Destiny Mission of game ‘Star Ring’

Chapter 1740 - 1391: Breaking the Siege

Qian Chengxue saw that it was about time and said to Su Mo, "Su Mo, let’s go in too."

"Okay!"

Su Mo didn’t hesitate for a second. He piloted Mad Eye Rhenhok and charged toward Ceres.

Soon they entered Ceres’ atmosphere.

...

Ceres, Thunder Base.

The entire sky above the base was blotted out by countless infected, twisted Aliens, hideous bugs, and ferocious flying Alien Species, like a massive black cloud.

The Thunder Barrier that Thunder Base was so proud of had been completely torn to shreds.

At this point, Thunder Base was spewing out a crazy torrent of artillery fire.

The dense firepower rose like brilliant starlight, lighting up the sky that had been covered.

Countless Monsters were blasted into pulp, turning into a bloody rain that poured down from the sky.

On the outer land around Thunder Base.

As far as the eye could see, dense swarms of all kinds of Monsters were sweeping in like locusts.

At this moment, the pitch‑black gun barrels extending from the surface of Thunder Base were unleashing a wild storm of firepower.

Dense barrages of rounds and beams fell into the tidal wave, and swaths of Monsters collapsed with a roar.

And from time to time, Nuclear Bomb Missiles were launched in between, falling into the Monster tide.

Boom~

Columns of small mushroom clouds rose up.

The terrifying shockwaves swept across parts of the battlefield, scattering the previously dense tide into tatters.

Unfortunately it was useless; the next second, even more Monsters stepped on the corpses and surged forward.

At this time, waves of Mecha charged up and began a frenzied melee with those Monsters. These Mecha included Thunder Base’s regular defense forces as well as units from the Federation and other nations; they were all fighting shoulder to shoulder.

On the public comm channel, captains’ angry shouts kept blasting out.

"Hold those Monsters back! Even if you die, don’t let them break through!"

"Yes, sir!"

...

But more and more Monsters were flooding in, while their own comrades were falling one after another.

The firepower from Thunder Base behind them was getting weaker and weaker.

As a result, on the western side of Thunder Base, a cluster of Monsters pushed through the dense fire, pounced on Mecha one after another, and tore them to pieces!

"Ah!"

Screams of agony rang out one after another.

"Defense line in West Sector 4 has been breached! Requesting support!"

At this moment, the NCO in charge of guarding the western sector roared hysterically.

Inside Thunder Base’s command room.

Operators were reporting in one by one, their voices full of terror.

"Lord Baryk, the outer defense line in West Sector 4 has been breached."

"A large number of Monsters in the air have also broken through the firepower net."

...

Bad news kept coming in one after another.

Baryk’s right hand was clenched so tightly his knuckles were cracking; he was filled with unwilling rage.

Thunder Base had already held out for so long—if they could just hold a bit longer, maybe they could wait out the arrival of reinforcements. But now their ammo was almost completely used up; the whole structure was about to collapse!

"Lord Baryk, what should we do now? We really can’t hold anymore. Should we consider abandoning Thunder Base and relocating somewhere else?"

The adjutant at his side asked anxiously.

Baryk raised his head, cut the adjutant off with a hand, let out a deep breath, and said in a low voice,

"Say no more. As long as Thunder Base stands, we stand! If Thunder Base falls, there’s no point in us existing either!"

Everyone present stiffened at Baryk’s words, then replied one after another, eyes turning grim and resolute.

"Understood! We swear to live and die with Thunder Base!"

And just when everyone had prepared themselves to die, suddenly the sky went dark with "clouds"—countless warships broke through the cloud layer and appeared.

At the same time, an uncountable number of Mecha dove down, led by Mad Eye Hawke.

Su Mo gave a single order.

"Kill!"

Countless Mecha clashed with the Alien Species in the sky.

At the same time, a large number of warships opened their launch ports, and a storm of missiles and dense beams rained down around Thunder Base.

Rumble~

In an instant, the Monster tide was practically "washed off the map."

For a moment, everyone stubbornly holding the line at Thunder Base was stunned. When they realized it was friendly forces in the next instant, they shouted excitedly.

"It’s reinforcements, it’s reinforcements!"

"Reinforcements!"

Many people couldn’t help but burst into tears. They had held on for so long, and finally, reinforcements had arrived.

...

In Thunder Base’s command room, Baryk stared at the suddenly appearing reinforcements, his heart giving a violent tremor, then slowly sank back into his command chair.

The nerves that had been stretched taut finally relaxed, and a crushing wave of exhaustion washed over him.

"Commander, are you alright?"

Baryk’s adjutant hurriedly asked with concern.

"I’m fine. Hurry up and counterattack—crush that Monster tide!"

Baryk forced himself to straighten and gave the order.

"Yes, sir!"

...

More than three hours later, under the bombardment of Su Mo and the other reinforcements, the Monster horde besieging Thunder Base collapsed and scattered.

The crisis was also beginning to slowly lift.

At this time, damaged warships began landing near Thunder Base one after another.

The intact ships hovered in the air above Thunder Base.

Su Mo piloted Mad Eye Rhenhok down to the main gate of Thunder Base, just as Baryk hurried over with a group of NCOs.

He saluted Su Mo.

"Lord Su Mo."

"How bad are the casualties?"

Su Mo opened the cockpit, jumped down, and asked with concern.

"The casualties are extremely heavy. But you arrived just in time; if you’d been any later, Thunder Base truly wouldn’t have held."

"You’ve had it rough."

With a heavy heart, Su Mo patted Baryk on the shoulder.

At that moment, excited, choked voices drifted over from not far away.

Su Mo turned his head and saw that reinforcements from the various nations and the comrades who had been trapped here were hugging each other tightly, overcome with emotion.

Seeing this, Su Mo said to Baryk, "Many of the units that broke through to get in this time brought supplies and provisions. You can go ask them for some. There are too many Monsters entrenched on Ceres’ surface now; trying to break out is basically impossible. It’s actually safer to stay here."

"We understand."

Baryk nodded in response.

"I won’t keep talking with you. I’ve got some things to take care of."

Su Mo said.

"Alright!"

Baryk gave Su Mo another salute.

Su Mo then walked toward the nearby area, where Augustus was talking with the highest‑ranking Federation officer left at Thunder Base, Jimambu.

"How are the Federation forces stationed at Thunder Base?"

Su Mo walked over and asked directly.

Seeing Su Mo, Jimambu hurriedly gave a respectful salute. "Lord Su Mo, of the Federation troops stationed at Thunder Base, roughly one‑quarter have been killed or wounded. Fortunately, the logistics personnel and the large amount of extracted resources are still intact."

"One‑quarter... that’s brutal enough."

Su Mo felt a pang of grief—every single death was a huge loss.

"There was no other choice. If we hadn’t stepped up, this Thunder Base would’ve collapsed long ago."

Jimambu said with a bitter smile.

Augustus spoke in a low voice to console him, "You did the right thing. As for the sacrifice, that’s something no one can avoid. Hurry and take advantage of the fact that we’re still here—resupply and rest up as fast as you can."

"You’re going somewhere else?"

Jimambu paused for a moment, then asked.

"Of course. You didn’t think all these forces came just to support Thunder Base, did you? How could we be that extravagant? We only concentrated our strength to punch a way down here."

Su Mo explained simply.

"Got it."

Jimambu immediately understood.

Su Mo then turned to Augustus and said, "I’ll leave the aftermath to you. I’m going to take a walk around. If anything comes up, come find me."

"Alright."

Augustus nodded in agreement.