Super Gene Optimization Fluid

“Do you understand now why I’ve been working so hard to try and open the seventh brain region of every human?” asked Harris.

Xia Fei was shocked, not expecting Harris to have such a motivation behind all his craziness.

Harris breathed a sigh of relief. “The humans may seem incredibly strong, but we are on a slow decline. According to a survey by the Alliance, the number of people with one ability, particularly advanced stage ability users, is on a slow decline. Perhaps in a few years, humans will just be like other sentient lifeforms and won’t even have abilities. By that time, the weak humans may not even be opponents to the insectoids, Na’vi, or the other sentient species.

“This insectoid is an example of someone that had managed to unlock its potential through genetic mutations. They are naturally stronger than humans; if they manage to break through the restriction of the zero-degree mezon to the brain region holding their abilities, the results are unimaginable.”

Based on the human understanding of insectoids, they were a race without abilities. This insectoid might have mutated for some unknown reason and become an insectoid ability user in the process, and this was just one case of it.

Xia Fei said after a few moments of thought, “Other than abilities, humans have technology, too. Without elite warriors we can still rely on advanced weaponry to defeat our enemies. We won’t die so easily.”

Harris let out a bitter laugh. “Perhaps. The ancient human civilization was quite advanced, but in the end, they still died in the hands of a robot army. Humans can only deal with the various dangers in the universe using their strength. Although I’m a scientist, I’ve never believed that science is the solution to all problems.”

It was not Xia Fei’s first time hearing about such an opinion. During his time in the Heaven Execution Training Camp, Battalion Commander Ye Jingshan emphasized the importance of warriors to the human race. Xia Fei had never thought that there could be someone so strong that they did not need any help from technology to deal with powerful warships alone.

Before any hesitation set in, he realized that Old Porter was piloting a Tristan-class frigate!

No matter what, he had to save this frigate from the barrels of these ships, which were like flies.

*Whoosh!*

Twenty, medium combat drones appeared from the drone bay and circled the Tomahawk.

“Target all the smaller hostile spacecraft! Engage the traction beam; destroy them while I tell them down!”

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh!*

After receiving Xia Fei’s orders, the unmanned drones started flying toward the small spacecraft!

Baring their full arsenal of weaponry, these combat drones were ready for combat!

Drones were just machines; they had no concept of fear. Even if they were facing the most horrible foes, they would still charge in head-first in an attempt to destroy them!

A small and black spacecraft in the distance had spotted the Tomahawk. About a hundred of them charged toward Xia Fei’s location. Because of their smaller size, they were quite fast and agile.

*Pow pow pow!*

The cannons on medium drones started firing. Although the enemies were incredibly nimble, Xia Fei’s Hesper combat drones were not anything to scoff at.

It was as if two angry swarms of wasps were tearing each other apart.

“Fully engage the warp engine! Get close to the Tristan-class frigate as fast as possible!” Xia Fei commanded loudly.

Three trails of dazzling blue flames jetted out of the thrusters in the direction of Old Porter. Because of the strong gravity, the unmanned drones could not be too far away from the Tomahawk. They could not just rush ahead to Old Porter’s location to save him, requiring the Tomahawk to get closer.

“D*mn gravity!” Xia Fei yelled as he slammed his fist on the control deck.

As he got closer, Xia Fei finally realized that the Tristan-class frigate was on fire!

Since the hull of the ship was metal, it would not burn even if it was under fire. Therefore, it was not difficult to come to the conclusion that Old Porter had been attacked down to the structural layer of his ship!

The structure of a ship was its last layer of defense, with dire consequences if it was destroyed.

“Fully overclock the warp engine! Get them!” Xia Fei had gone completely mad. Just a few seconds ago, he was still thinking about Harris’s words, but after realizing that Old Porter was surrounded, he became the craziest warrior, giving it his all to try and save the elderly mechanic.

This was a supergravity zone, meaning that the ship had to withstand a lot more pressure than normal space!

Not only was the engine running at full capacity, Xia Fei unexpectedly commanded it to fully overclock the warp engine in an environment like this!

This was basically giving the warp engine a death sentence!

A ship was an interstellar traveler’s best friend; even if the command would result in its death, the Tomahawk still executed the command without question.

The flames coming out of the warp engine widened, releasing lights more dazzling than the best fireworks!

Target was shaking violently as it wrestled with the supergravity.

“Warning! Engines 2 and 3 have overheated and can fail at any time!” urgently reminded the cold female voice of the mainframe.

Engines 2 and 3 were relatively old, so they quickly overheated when they were overclocked.

At this moment, the Tomahawk had just started accelerating and was still a distance away from Old Porter’s warship.

“Shut up!” Xia Fei gritted his teeth. “Complete overclock! Complete overclock!”

*Boom!*

A deep explosion could be heard from the back of the Tomahawk. “Engine 3 has failed; continue overclocking?”

“Yes!” Xia Fei commanded with no hesitation.

Not far away, Xia Fei’s twenty Hesper unmanned combat drones were battling against enemy space vessels. As they were greatly outnumbered, he had lost half of his twenty combat drones in the blink of an eye.

“Release Warhammer combat drones!”

*Whoosh!*

Eleven medium Warhammer combat drones were released from the drone bay, entering the fray in no time at all. Once a combat drone was destroyed, the Tomahawk would release another one immediately. Xia Fei’s ship was one that used drones for its offense, and its greatest feature was having hundreds of combat drones in the drone bay. Once one was destroyed, another one was released to take its place, restoring its combat prowess to what it once was, keeping up the pressure against the enemy.

*Boom!*

Another deep explosion was heard. The second engine could not take the pressure, failing after depressingly struggling for a few more moments.

Xia Fei glanced at the speedometer on the command deck and noticed that the Tomahawk’s speed was decreasing rapidly. At this moment, Xia Fei was still quite ways away from Old Porter’s warship.

The fire on the Tristan-class frigate was growing. Although the defense of those enemy ships were not nothing to scoff at, there were just too many of them. They were just like black flies, surrounding Old Porter, constantly under relentless assault.

There was not much time left for Xia Fei.