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The situation was becoming direr.

A constant stream of black flying spacecraft came plunged over from within the floating warship husks around. These drones, created by an alien sentient race, seemed to be specially designed for use in supergravity zones. Their elongated bodies were diamond-shaped, sharp and nimble, with a small rapid-fire cannon affixed to the nose of each.

Rapid-fire cannons were not particularly powerful weapons, but they boasted a very high-rate of fire. In the blink of an eye, Xia Fei and Porter had been submerged in thousands of combat drones. They were like a swarm of black locusts that blotted out the sun.

It was a good thing that the Tomahawk was large in size, able to draw the majority of the overwhelming enemy fire. Otherwise, Old Porter and his Tristan-class frigate would have gone plummeting like a falling meteor.

This situation could not last, for Old Porter’s frigate had already been damaged to the point that he was down to his last frame; it could very well explode at any time!

The Tomahawk was still hundreds of kilometers away from Old Porter’s coordinates, though in the vast expanse of space, it would appear that they were already very close if looked upon with bare eyes, when in fact it would still take Xia Fei at least several minutes to reach him.

The supergravity prevented either side from communicating, and any signal their system received would only be static. Xia Fei was simply unable to decipher just what Old Porter was saying.

The combat drones inside the Tomahawk could not reach in time to provide aid, and they were busy fighting the enemy that numbered over a dozen times their own. The combat drones’ firepower and defense were nothing to scoff at, but the enemy numbers were so overwhelming that a combat drone would get destroyed practically every minute.

This was a huge gamble, and it was a gamble over Old Porter’s frigate being sturdy enough to survive this deep space bomb’s detonation.

Since their survival chance was slim in the first place, Xia Fei decided to risk his life and roll the dice, using the most extreme method to attempt to save Old Porter. Winning would be a cause for celebration while losing would just mean that he had sent Old Porter off into the sunset with a bomb.

Old Porter would surely praise Xia Fei’s decision if he learned about it, as dying by the hands of his ally was preferable compare to being killed by enemy fire.

“Quickly depart from the warship! Connect to the drone control computer! Assign ten heavy combat drones to me!” Xia Fei barked loudly.

*Whoosh!*

The ejection device on the Tomahawk shot Vampire right out from the hangar bay while also releasing ten heavy combat drones for Xia Fei to manage.

The supergravity swept over them the moment they were out of the Tomahawk. Xia Fei and Harris did their best to endure it as the huge pressure caused their bones to rattle.

“It’s a success!” Xia Fei excitedly cried when he saw the thruster trail left behind by Old Porter’s Tristan-class frigate as it sped off.

He had managed to survive the blast!

However, Xia Fei could tell just by looking that the old man’s warship had already been pushed to the very limit, and was no longer able to withstand even another attack.

The thousands of combat drones that originally covered this spot in space were now reduced into scraps after taking the explosion of that deep space bomb. Even Xia Fei’s own combat drones had not managed to survive.

The debris of innumerable drones floated about as if telling everyone just how calamitous this battle of many against a few had been.

With the first step of his plan a success, Xia Fei immediately started on the second step; he was not out of the woods yet as there were still plenty of the diamond-shaped drones in the distance flying right toward them, their numbers nearly uncountable.

Xia Fei connected the overclocking chip to Vampire as quickly as he could. The chip itself used an interfaced port design, making it easy for anyone to install or uninstall it. Xia Fei was not only a speed ability user but also an adept mechanic, so installing the overclocking chip only took but a moment.

“Have the Tomahawk charge full speed into the enemy and send out all the combat drones inside the ship. Activate the smart fire control system and stall the enemy as long as possible!” Xia Fei commanded.

The Tomahawk pitched and adjusted its trajectory, heading straight toward where most of the enemies were concentrated. Twenty light combat drones

“Full speed ahead!” Xia Fei ordered Vampire. The Black Mamba 130 warp engine roared to life, going straight for Porter’s warship at top speed.

The Tomahawk and Vampire each went their separate ways, one drawing the enemy’s attention while the other rushing to save Uncle Porter. Anyone would have guessed that the chances were slim for the Tomahawk to lure the enemy fire away. After all, it was going up against thousands of enemies!

“Turn on the spotlight and send a message!”

Vampire extended out the spotlight it carried from under its hull and fired off a short message using the universal light code. Because of the supergravity’s interference, the usual communications system was unusable, so Xia Fei’s only resort was the ancient light code to send a message.

“Activate the docking bridge and get ready for boarding.”

Old Porter was an expert when it came to warships, so he was of course well-versed in such a classic method as the light code. The Tristan-class frigate extended its docking bridge after the message was sent. As long as Vampire neared it, they would immediately be able to connect their bridges.

Xia Fei was racing against time here. As he drew near Porter with every passing second, the merciless enemy drones steadily closed in at top speed. It was all about which one could make the first move now!

Life and death were sometimes mere millimeters away from each other. Xia Fei was focused and silent.

“Activate the overclocking!” Xia Fei commanded.

The Black Mamba 130 engine was one of the few top-grade warp engines in the Alliance, the material used and the workmanship of the component impeccable. Even though such an outstanding engine was the one attempting to push itself to the limits in the supergravity zone, it would still be a dangerous endeavor. After all, Vampire had but one engine; if it ended up becoming damaged as a result of being overclocked, there was no doubt that this place would become Xia Fei and Porter’s graves.

“Change to manual controls!” Xia Fei growled.

His two hands grabbed a hold of the control sticks as he flew Vampire out in a parabolic arc, doing his best to close in on Old Porter.

Harris, who had been beside himself with vexation had now become silent. Anyone could sense the heavy atmosphere that permeated the ship’s interior, as their fate hung on the balance with each passing second.

The flames exhausted from the Black Mamba 130 engine visibly changed as the original green luminous fire trail turned into a glaring red-orange glow. Even the internal temperature of Vampire rose quite a bit during this time.

Xia Fei was positive that this was the manifestation of the engine overheating. Now that Vampire had reached the cusp of its limit, the engine could fail any moment!

He was close!

Xia Fei was getting ever closer to Old Porter!

Xia Fei had his mouth shut, his teeth clenched firmly against each other, while his two arms controlled and steered to the best of his abilities. All of a sudden, dark-red Vampire made an unexpected maneuver in mid-flight; it went striking out!