Falling Mechas

Yun Jingheng opened the door and walked into the corridor. Yuanen Yehui's door opened at the same time. The two looked at each other without any unnecessary dialogue.

Ye Xinglan's door opened soon after. She had already put on her coat and her hair was not messed up. She obviously woke up earlier than the two of them.

At the end of the corridor, Xie Xie ran over in slippers, with messy hair, but his eyes were completely awake. "I just called home, and no one was in trouble at my house. But for the explosion on the bridge, my dad said that Mecha Brigade had sent people there, and it was initially determined that it was not an ordinary explosive."

Gu Yue opened the door and said something astonishing, "Eastsea City is a second-tier city that Sun Moon Federation East Sea is a coastal and land transfer hub, a marine resource center, an offshore military buffer defense line, and a Soul Master training base for civilians in the east."

"This was most likely a planned attack."

Five people were standing in the hotel corridor. The firelight in the distance outside the window was reflected through the window at the end of the corridor, making their shadows very long.

Tang Wulin walked out of the elevator door and came over when he saw them. "I just contacted the college and they told us to stay put and not to go there without permission. But--"

He paused and his eyes fell on the thick smoke rising in the distance. "That bridge is the only land passage connecting Eastsea City to several major towns in the east."

"If the bridge is broken, Soul Guidance Train can't get in, and materials can't get out, and the entire Eastsea Port District logistics chain will be stuck."

Yun Jingheng stood on the edge of the crowd, looking past the window at the end of the corridor into the surging firelight. He was silent for a moment, and then spoke, "How long has it been since the explosion?"

Xie Xie glanced at the communicator. "I looked at the time when I woke up. It was two forty-seven in the morning. It is now two fifty-eight - less than fifteen minutes."

"Fifteen minutes later, the fire burned like this, and the remnants of Soul Power have not been completely dispersed."

Yun Jingheng's voice is very flat, "Evil Soul Master's voice is probably louder?"

"It's very big." Tang Wulin said, "I just went down to the first floor and went out to take a look. There were many mechas flying in the sky, and they were all heading that way."

The corridor was quiet for a moment.

Outside the window, another rapid siren sounded from a distance, as if another batch of emergency vehicles were rushing towards the bridge.

Ye Xinglan put his hands in his coat pockets, and his eyes fell on Tang Wulin's face calmly. "The college asked us to stand still, should we do it?"

Tang Wulin's silence lasted for about three seconds, then he let out a breath and put the communicator into his pocket. "I think rushing over without complete information may make things more confusing."

"Boom--!!!"

The explosion came without warning.

Something crashed into the sea from a very high place. Aftershocks followed the ley lines throughout the city, and even the carpet in the hotel corridor could feel a faint tremor.

Everyone tilted their heads in the direction of the window at the same time, and Xie Xie almost lost his grip on the communicator.

Yun Jingheng didn't hesitate.

He turned around and pushed open the door of his room, rushed to the window in three steps and then pushed the glass window outward as far as it would go.

The sea breeze rushed in with a strong burnt smell, making his throat tighten, but he did not shrink away. He leaned his upper body out of the window, his eyes fixed on the sky in the direction of the cross-sea bridge.

Tang Wulin followed him closely and squeezed into the room. Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan arrived at the door almost at the same time. Gu Yue stood sideways on the other side of the window. Xie Xie was the last one to rush in, his slippers scraping crookedly on the carpet.

The scene outside the window made everyone temporarily speechless.

The originally dark sky above the sea-crossing bridge was now being torn into pieces by dozens of orange-red tail flames.

Mechas, at least twenty or more, were falling towards the sea from different heights.

Some of them had ignited into a ball of fire, trailing thick black smoke tails and falling vertically. When they hit the water, they exploded with large amounts of steam and water splashes.

Some were still struggling, with firelight reflecting on the outer shell of the aircraft, trying to adjust their attitude and try to make an emergency landing, but new explosions continued to explode around them.

And between the light and shadow of those mechas falling, there was someone.

At least seven or eight figures were suspended in mid-air, using Soul Power to lift themselves up, and their whole bodies Soul Ring flickering on and off in the night sky.

It's hard to see the specific configuration clearly from such a distance, but the purple-black halos are particularly dazzling against the firelight and thick smoke.

Someone is casting Soul Skill, someone is using a ball of light in their hands to strike a fatal blow at the falling mecha, and someone is scattered in all directions, like some kind of orderly encirclement.

The sea breeze carried the sound of their battle intermittently, mixed with the scream of broken metal and the low roar of Soul Power collision.

Yun Jingheng's fingers were clasped on the edge of the window, and his fingertips were slightly white.

He looked at it quietly for five seconds, and then spoke, his voice was low and every word was clear. "That is Evil Soul Master. They are clearing the place and leaving no survivors."

Gu Yue stood on the other side of the window, his eyes swept over the figures in the air one by one, and he spoke steadily but faster than usual, "There are a lot of Soul Rings in various colors, ranging from Four Rings to the eighth ring. If you dare to launch an attack openly, there are no Titled Douluos hiding in the dark."

Xie Xie squeezed to the window and poked his head out, his face darkening. "The three leaders went for the broken part of the bridge. They stopped at the broken bridge-what were they doing?"

Tang Wulin followed his line of sight and looked over.

The fire was the brightest at the broken bridge, and thick smoke continued to rise from the gaps in the broken bridge deck. The three tallest figures were indeed hovering above the broken surface, and the Soul Power fluctuations around them were obviously condensing, as if they were performing some kind of large-scale magic.

Yuanen Yehui's voice came from the door, with a suppressed urgency. "They want to expand the scope of destruction."

"If the location of the broken bridge is subject to another directional impact, all the remaining structural supports of the bridge will collapse, and the difficulty of repair will change from months to years now."

Ye Xinglan stood beside Yuanen Yehui, staring at the figures in the air from a distance, his lips slightly pursed, and he did not speak, but he had already taken his hands out of his pockets.

Yun Jingheng withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Tang Wulin: "Wulin, call Xiao Yan and tell her that we are likely to join the war and ask her to come and meet us."

Tang Wulin stood by the window, half of his face dyed dark red by the firelight reflected outside the window.

"Okay."

Yun Jingheng stood up from the window sill, put his cell phone in his pocket, and when he passed the door, he grabbed the thin coat thrown on the bedside and put it on.

"Xing Lan, call the college to report and tell them that there is a high possibility of us fighting."

Six people poured out of the room again.

The elevator came much faster this time than before. When the door closed, six young faces were reflected on the metal wall. Each one had a different expression, but their eyes were directed in the same direction.

When the elevator went down, Tang Wulin asked, "Xie Xie, does your family have a vehicle arrangement here?"

Xie Xie had already made the call. When the call was connected, he spoke a few words quickly, then ended the call and nodded to everyone, "There is a modified off-road vehicle in the underground garage of the hotel. The key is at the front desk of the lobby. I said hello at home, and we can leave in three minutes."

The elevator dinged and reached the first floor. The moment the door opened, the young girl on duty at the lobby front desk was visibly stunned when she saw seven people walking quickly towards her at the same time.

Xie Xie had already passed her and directly opened the front desk drawer and took out the car keys. His movements were as skillful as taking things at home.

The girl opened her mouth to say something, but Xie Xie turned back with a gesture and said "Xie Family has reported it."

When they rushed through the glass door of the lobby towards the basement entrance, another explosion came from the direction of the sea. It was not as loud as the previous two, but it carried a dull tremor.

"You go first, I'll pick up Xiao Yan and meet at the cross-sea bridge."