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Book Title: Simultaneous Travel: Me and Countless Others
Summary:
After crossing over, Luke had no system, mediocre talent, and wanted to live a simple life...
But unexpectedly, in a certain space, he met himself from another world.
Talents, skills, and numerical sharing... every Luke is each other's biggest golden finger!
Luke: I'm alone, and the Great Ying Immortal is within me... Divine Spirit plus Triple Rebirth! Hey, why do Lu Jin and Li Muxuan look so distorted when they see me?
Hogwarts Luke: After absorbing Voldemort's soul fragment, my classmates all said that I was a kind and generous person, but Dumbledore always stared at me...
Naruto Luke: Have you heard of a composite Jinchūriki? Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna fight inside me every day. The harder they fight, the stronger I become!
Pirate Luke: Hahahaha… I don’t have the ambition to become the Pirate King. I just want to take my family and the navy and use the Dark-Dark Fruit to crush all the Celestial Dragons!
Death God Luke: Captain Aizen... when did you have the illusion that I was hypnotized by the Mirror Flower and Water Moon?
Dragon Luke: Lao Chu, Maybach is indeed a good car, but the only car that can hit Odin's carriage is our mud truck!
All Luke: "My achievements today are all due to my own sweat and hard work, without any numerical value!"
"Simultaneous travel", "Comics", "Shared talents", "Happy and refreshing"
Chapter 757 Air Combat
Such a waste...
Conrad Coz pointed this out without reservation, and although he himself was a Primarch who was often wasted, Conrad would do so without any qualms if his words would upset Mortalian.
What's being wasted?
Death asked calmly, the fluorescent light from the holographic projection reflecting on his face, as he intently gazed at the army on the planet.
Those ships.
Conrad sprang from the shadows, peering with interest at the area where the battle was raging, and casually pointed with his sharp fingernails at the spot where the Pale Lord had smashed down the ships.
【oh,】
Motalian's tone remained calm, but for some reason, a sense of foreboding suddenly arose in Conrad's mind.
They were specifically designed to do this, are recyclable, and there's no need to worry about waste, because their chief designer was Hades.
Conrad made a retching sound, while Mortarian looked at the battlefield with satisfaction—interesting, the Tau's planetary warfare was much better than their naval warfare.
The Tau's fighting style...
Mortarian pondered, this seemed to align with the direction of the battle that Hades had been pushing forward.
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The crimson glow of the engine pierced the dawn.
Fly, fly, and fly again—fly as high as you can, and use your wings to provide your comrades on the ground with as much hope as possible, for the victory of the war, for the sake of the highest good.
The Gas Clan felt the hum of its engines; it was as fast as lightning. Beside it, its companions, piloting Barracuda air superiority fighters, broke through the clouds together. As the cursor operators on the ground confirmed the location, Seeker missiles emerged from under the wings of these fighters.
Launch! Launch! Launch!
The missile roared towards the ground, and the Air Clan felt that the Barracuda it was piloting had become lighter and lighter. Then it immediately pulled up the nose of the aircraft and ran the engine at full speed!
boom! ! !
The gas clan can withstand greater pressure and acceleration.
The barracudas turned and swam away with unimaginable acceleration, quickly returning to the thick clouds.
Their objective is to minimize damage to their own forces while protecting the ground troops' retreat as much as possible; therefore, they have no need to engage in direct conflict with the human empire's outdated naval forces.
Prior to this, the Imperial aircraft that the Tau people faced were often brutally clumsy and terrifying. With the support of ground-based Sky Ray missile boats, they had once seized control of the skies.
At that time, barracudas and tiger sharks swam together in the sky. The barracudas dropped missiles and ion bombardments, while the tiger sharks released wave after wave of different types of machine bees.
And when the human empire unleashes its intractable behemoths on the ground, the Manta slowly comes into their view—a massive, technologically advanced, streamlined ray-like creature, a colossal aerial construct comparable to the human Titans.
The difference is that this ray-like creature can fly.
To protect ground troops, all air forces on this planet have now been deployed.
As of now, the planet's defense network has been breached. The spears hurled by the Terrans pierced the planet's defenses and caused a brief disruption to the planet's magnetic field, preventing the Tau from immediately activating their air forces.
By the time their air force finally took off, a fierce battle had already broken out on the ground.
They first repelled a formation of Stormbirds, after which the Tau gained airspace control over the battlefield, allowing them to support the ground forces—
However, the commander warned them that the Terran air fleet seemed to have temporarily withdrawn, and given the significant advantage gained on the ground, the Terran air fleet was likely to return to fight again.
Therefore, they need to be constantly vigilant about their surroundings.
The Qi clan somewhat ignored its commander's warning, believing that the commander was overthinking things. The Tau were the absolute rulers of the skies, and they should take this opportunity to support the ground forces and turn the tide, rather than hiding in the clouds.
A deafening explosion came from beneath the clouds outside the window. Mr. Qi glanced worriedly at the ground image displayed on the screen—
Amidst the hazy, filthy gaseous fog, only a few landmarks of the Tau were marked, which they used to launch their munitions. The gas bombs launched by the Imperials of Man possessed the ability to disrupt magnetic fields.
Now, the pale, viscous fog blanketed the entire ground battlefield. Every now and then, the Tau people flying in the air could see a corner of the towering human knights or Titans peeking out from the fog before disappearing back into it with the jolts of their march.
Every now and then, flames, as if their colors had been wiped away, would burst open in the vast sea of fog.
“683-1,”
The commander's voice rang out from the command network.
"The bad news is that the ground troops' retreat was ambushed on the other side of the enemy's defenses—the out-of-contact No. 95 defensive wall was breached, and the enemy launched an encirclement from that side."
"Your current mission is to prioritize the evacuation of ground troops. Tiger Shark and Manta are on their way. Remember, ensure the successful evacuation of ground troops. Warriors, victory will be ours—for the sake of the highest good."
"For the Greater Good!"
Qi shouted, and the next moment the barracuda he was riding slid sideways and rushed out of the clouds. This meant that they no longer needed to prioritize their own survival. I am for everyone, and everyone is for me. Everything is for the sake of the highest good.
But it knew it wouldn't perish; its previous battles with the human stormbird fleet had given it confidence.
The control panel beeped, and Qi was delighted to hear the responses from the other units. The schools of fish soaring in the air merged together and quickly formed a giant school of fish surrounding Manta with barracudas and tiger sharks.
Their flat, curved wings complemented each other, creating airflow that propelled them towards the area where the ground troops had last sent signals.
To the naked eye, the area appeared to be engulfed in an ominous white ocean. A cruel enemy... Qi felt a jolt in his heart. Even if they conquered this planet, the damage the poison gas would do to the soil would render it completely unusable afterward!
Humanity has forever destroyed this planet, just as it has destroyed the galaxy—this ignorant and cruel race! They will always resort to brutal and direct methods.
Qi Shi clearly realized that it would rather die in battle than let its beautiful homeland, the beautiful Milky Way, fall into the hands of such a race!
The barracuda it was piloting thus moved more decisively through the school of fish. It soared with the wind and arrived at the front of the school in an instant. In order to enter the battle zone, they had to cross an area of thick lightning clouds.
In order to save time, they cannot take a detour.
Without fear, Qi rushed into the thunderstorm clouds.
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【past】
"Moth!"
【…】
"Moth! Moth! Moth—okay, Old Mo!"
Mortarian finally turned around as if his deafness had just been cured, and the next moment he rushed up with a cheerful over-the-shoulder throw. Fortunately, Mortarian was tall enough, and he managed to brace himself with his feet on the ground, like a clothes pole, preventing Hades, who had rushed over to hit Mortarian but ended up choosing an over-the-shoulder throw, from succeeding.
"a ha ha ha."
Seeing that his prank had failed, Hades laughed a few times and then decisively let go. Otherwise, the image of the two of them standing in the corridor in a "triangle" shape would be too abstract. He coughed a few times and immediately chose to preserve Hades' reputation.
【What's wrong? 】
Death asked calmly, continuing toward the port, while Hades followed in his footsteps, his smile mysterious.
"You know we recently received a new batch of fighter jets, right, Lao Mo?"
Death nodded, having heard a little about it. Hades' previously modified production lines had finally been put into mass production, and he had also seen these units with blank numbers on some small battlefield reports marked "Confidential".
Thinking about this, Mortarian raised an eyebrow thoughtfully. He felt somewhat interested. Death touched the potion bottle at his waist and looked at Hades with a mysterious (actually, a sly) smile, revealing his white teeth.
You're not planning to keep them hidden anymore?
"Bingo!"
Hades snapped his fingers, and Mortarian was not surprised at all. It was only natural that he should be given command of the first batch of new troops.
"I decided to put them to the test on a large battlefield and see where further improvements are needed."
Mortarian nodded. So what will these new troops be?
Death awaited Hades' introduction; he didn't need to speak, Hades, the chief engineer, would say it himself—a common trait among tech people.
"They just so happens to clash with the way titanium is used in warfare,"
Hades's gaze suddenly became playful.
"Actually, I hope that the new troops can try to learn from the experience of the Titanium."
This remark displeased Mortarion. Hades even needed to learn from the Tau's experience? But this was Hades after all, and Mortarion quickly dismissed his displeasure.
Don't worry, leave it to me.
Motarian said calmly,
I will ensure your new unit has a good combat environment—so, what is this unit?
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A gale-force wind, accompanied by torrential rain, lashed against the fuselage of the fighter jet, creating a sound like the blasts of a machine gun.
Before the storm, the dark clouds stretched like the sea, surging and roaring, as if heaven and earth had been turned upside down, all sinking into that dark and gloomy sea.
In this primitive and turbulent world, the technological creations that the Titans were so proud of seemed so small and insignificant. In the swaying gale, the fish gathered together and resolutely sailed toward the area on the ground where they had sent out their distress call.
boom!
A white flash, like a dragon, snaked downwards through the clouds, suddenly illuminating a patch of sky and earth, and also illuminating—
That area of the sky that was glowing with an eerie light.
A cold, vibrant green light flashed in the eyes of the hunter lying in ambush.
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“I once argued with Fernus for a long time.”
Hades chuckled and scratched his head.
“From the perspective of reducing costs and improving efficiency, Finus Manus always firmly believed that Imperial manpower was cheaper—therefore he refuted my attempt to establish a Level 2 unmanned command system using the Nirvana system.”
Mortarian pondered for a moment. Having witnessed countless deaths daily, Death himself agreed with Fernus.
"Therefore, I need to reduce the cost of producing an unmanned device to a level lower than the cost of training a machine servant or operator, otherwise Finus will continue to refuse to approve my application."
So you successfully reduced the cost?
Mortarian asked, but Hades just pursed his lips and shook his head.
“It’s not that easy—Finus is playing a logic game with me. The best way to reduce costs is to go into mass production, but before going into mass production, costs must be reduced. It’s a vicious cycle.”
【…】
Mortarian agreed with Hades—why was Phenus so unreasonable? Death calmly thought that if Hades was unwilling to attack his colleague, then Mortarian could try to do it for him.
Anyway, he doesn't like any of the Primarchs right now.
"In the end, it was Guilliman who spoke up for me. We persuaded Finus by saying that we could manufacture smaller models that could withstand more acceleration and that they would be more stable than artificial ones when used in combat."
Hades' smile broadened, as if he were recalling the scene of his successful verbal sparring.
"so,"
Hades looked at Mortarian.