It's Not Easy To Be a Man 210+

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346: Death Descends!
Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr

The commander understood what the adjutant meant and immediately retorted, “No, that’s too dangerous.” Even though the adjutant’s strength was infinitely close to imperial level, he had still not reached it after all. Relying on the defensive shield of an ace mecha alone against the base’s ultimate weapon would at most buy the starship another ten to twenty seconds …

“We can’t just sit here and wait for death. If we can earn a bit more time, then we need to fight our hardest for it,” argued the adjutant passionately.

“But, if anything happens to you, you will have no choice but to remain at the Swift Dragon base.” The commander told the adjutant the likely outcome of his actions.

“That’s still better than having everyone remain here. If by any chance something happens to me, as long as you all live to return, then you’ll be able to submit a timely report. That will make it much faster for a rescue team to be sent … I believe that I should still be able to hold out for a short three to four days,” said the adjutant with a determined air. It could not be denied that he possessed the self-confidence and pride of an ace mecha operator deep in his bones.

The commander cast a silent look at the adjutant, then nodded solemnly and said, “Fine. Go and make your preparations. I’ll let the members of team C act as your personal JMC to guide your movements.” At this point, the commander paused for a moment before adding a final statement, “Take care!”

The adjutant saluted respectfully. “Yes! Sir!” Done speaking, he resolutely turned to leave the control room of the starship. As he turned, all the members of the control room, including the commander, silently saluted him. This was a sign of respect as well as a blessing for a comrade.

Meanwhile, on Ling Lan’s end, she had received news of the activation of the Swift Dragon base’s ultimate weapon at first notice. This made her mood turn extremely grim, for every base had its own ultimate weapon whose power was exceedingly horrifying. It was the last resort to protect a base — a sure-kill weapon against starships and powerful mecha. No matter how strong the starship’s energy shield was, it would at most be able to endure one strike from this weapon. After that one strike, the starship’s accumulated power would be completely depleted. It could be imagined that a starship without an energy shield would be a blatant sitting duck — any slightly powerful weapon would be able to riddle the starship with holes.

This development had pushed Ling Lan’s team into a dire situation. The moment they died, their mission would be judged as a failure. Moreover, the key thing was that they could not leave the Swift Dragon base either if that happened, and so would have no way of returning to the real world. Sure enough, an SSS-rank mission was extremely insane. Even the ultimate weapon of a base had been brought into play.

Seeing the adjutant volunteer, an idea sparked in Ling Lan’s mind. She said to Qi Long, “Qi Long, later, no matter what happens, you must bring the team back alive to the central district and complete our mission.”

Qi Long did not understand why his boss was saying this, but whatever Boss said to do, he would of course do his best to do. Thus, he acknowledged the order seriously.

Li Lanfeng was stunned by Ling Lan’s words, but he quickly figured out the other’s intent. With a shift in his expression, he said, “Rabbit, you’re going out?” Instantly, Ling Lan’s half-dead, battered appearance after he had intercepted the magnetic tsunami with an imperial mecha appeared in Li Lanfeng’s mind’s eye, and Li Lanfeng felt his heart shudder.

Li Lanfeng’s words instantly enlightened the other members of the team about what Ling Lan was planning to do. They all immediately spoke up in protest — they did not want to lose contact with Boss again.