It's Not Easy To Be a Man 210+

319 & 320

 319: Secret Weapon!
Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr

The next second, Lin Zhong-qing’s mecha also crashed into the air cushion, and he reacted just as quickly as Li Shiyu to shift his mecha to one side because there were still 7 companions waiting to enter behind him.

As one mecha after another slid into the military vessel, with even [No Mecha Unrepaired] sliding in easily with Qi Long’s assistance, Ling Lan’s worry eased. As long as the military vessel flew for another few minutes, they would escape the danger zone Little Four had calculated.

Seeing that her mecha’s power was almost running dry, Ling Lan said to the final person by her side, [Self-Defined Destiny], “Leopard, you go first.” Perhaps out of trust in the leopard’s ability, Ling Lan had left [Self-Defined Destiny] for last.

[Self-Defined Destiny] answered, “Okay.” But before he could control his mecha to descend into the port, that special-class operator which had tailed them all this way suddenly accelerated wildly to overtake them and shoot into the launch port.

“That special-class operator is too godd*mn shameless.” Seeing this, Li Lanfeng could not help but curse. Leaving alone the matter of following them here, the other should still have known to be courteous and stay in line. How could he be so shameless as to cut their line?

Ling Lan frowned at this. That special-class operator had unexpectedly snatched the perfect time to cut in — that was truly a perfect 10-second cut. What a shame, it looked like the leopard would have to wait a while now. Each mecha needed to take a 10-second delay from the previous one before sliding in, otherwise it would be too easy for a collision to occur. If unlucky, the operators involved could be heavily injured and may even die. Although Ling Lan too was extremely annoyed that the other mecha had done such a thing, she could not let the leopard do anything rash.

So, Ling Lan said, “Leopard, wait another 10 seconds.”

The two of them continued flying at high speeds to keep up with the mainship, patiently waiting for the 10 seconds to pass. Seeing that the timing was almost right, Ling Lan was about to speak up to let [Self-Defined Destiny] slide into the port when Little Four suddenly cried out in the mindspace, “Boss, not good! The magnetic storm is about to blow!”

“What?! Didn’t you say it was 18 minutes? There’s still several seconds on the clock!” Ling Lan’s expression changed drastically at these words. She had never considered the possibility that Little Four’s estimations would be off by a few seconds.

Before Little Four could respond, a cacophony of the crackling sounds of magnetic disturbance could be heard within the cockpit. Sure enough, the magnetic storm had broken out, otherwise they would not have felt such a strong disturbance so far away from the centre of the magnetic storm.

Ling Lan and Li Lanfeng turned their heads together to look, and they saw the deep purple ring-shaped haze in the distance bloom like fireworks. It exploded powerfully, spreading out into its surroundings like a purple sea of flowers, so lovely that it dazzled the eyes. It was hard to believe that such a beautiful scene existed in outer space.

However, Ling Lan and Li Lanfeng could not appreciate any of its beauty, filled instead with fear. They could see the places where the purple sea engulfed had become barren — it was spreading at a rapid pace and had already begun consuming the transport ship which had fallen behind the most. The ship was turned into dust particles in the starry skies, leaving no other trace of its existence.

“Rabbit, you go first.” Ling Lan had yet to ask the leopard to go first when Li Lanfeng beat her to the punch. He shoved Ling Lan beside him with all his might towards the launch port of the starship.