"Boom!"
A dull explosion made the entire aircraft shudder violently.
Although Ye Li had used the Space-Time Plate's power to evade ninety-nine percent of the attacks.
One stray energy beam had still slipped through and slammed into the aircraft's tail fin.
"Reporting, Director! The left tail fin is damaged! The hydraulic system has failed! We're losing altitude!"
The pilot's voice was filled with despair.
Trailing billowing black smoke, the aircraft spun like an unbalanced tin can, plunging helplessly toward the endless primeval forest below.
High above, Jupiter watched the smoking aircraft fall, a cold smile of success spreading across her face.
"Order the ground troops to converge on the crash site immediately!"
He issued his final orders over the Communicator.
"Remember, I want him alive."
"As for the others, leave no one alive."
Deep in the forest, amid an earth-shaking crash and the cracks of tree trunks snapping in half, the aircraft made a forced landing that was little short of a crash in a relatively open forest clearing.
The tremendous impact left everyone in the cabin dazed.
Ye Li was the first to recover.
Ignoring the wound on his forehead from the impact, he immediately grabbed the specially made briefcase beside him that held the Space-Time Plate.
"Everyone, grab your weapons and get out of here with me immediately!"
His voice pulled the still-groaning guards back from the brink of death.
They rushed out of the badly mangled cabin and quickly established a temporary defensive position in the surrounding forest.
Ye Li's gaze swept rapidly over the surrounding terrain like a hawk's.
It was a typical primeval forest, with towering ancient trees blotting out the sky, thick fallen leaves covering the ground, and countless sturdy vines twisting between the trunks like giant pythons.
Terrain like this was a nightmare