At the same moment, on the Red Tiger and Blue Monarch, various preparations began to proceed in an orderly fashion.
In reality, most of the crew members still didn't know what had happened or what they were about to do.
However, since their captains, with whom they had spent over three months fighting side-by-side, had given the orders, they naturally proceeded.
They were used to it anyway, and there was nothing else to do now.
To put it bluntly, the vast majority of so-called battle-hardened soldiers throughout history possessed this very quality.
Tamir reported to Zhi Xia, "I just checked, and I should be able to disable the melee weapon restriction device.
Also, the armory has enough live ammunition for all power armor, but the door is locked and requires a password."
Zhi Xia nodded noncommittally, "What about the rest?"
"The shields, armor, and engines are all fine, completely intact.
There's no difference from a battleship ready for combat," Aisen said with a confident tone.
"The key is the weapons!" Lilia said.
The weapons she referred to, of course, were not for the exoskeletons, but for the battleship and its carrier-based aircraft.
"Frankie, do you have a way to crack it?" Lilia asked.
The big fat guy and the thin white guy exchanged glances and both shook their heads.
Mota, however, thought for a moment, seemingly eager to try, but ultimately gave up.
"The main issue is the password," the Grey Engineer said.
"If we don't unlock the electronic lock first, any irregular operation will trigger the limiter for a second time, and this time it might directly damage the energy pipelines."
"I could try to crack the password; it's just a data intrusion task, at most the computation will be a bit heavy... but I need time," the thin white guy said with not much confidence.
"You should focus on the Azure Princess..." Lilia thought of something else and interrupted, "I don't understand the technical difficulties you're talking about.
However, even if you can crack it... it's best not to."
"Yes, Yu Lian said he would handle it, so let's trust him," Zhi Xia also nodded in agreement.
The future tech giants, now just tech-savvy youths, looked at each other, completely baffled.
Fortunately, not much time passed; they deliberated for less than half a minute before receiving a signal from Earth.
"The password for the restriction device has been sent over.
However... Earth said they can't disable it remotely! We need to do it ourselves," Lilia scanned the info screen, her brow furrowing.
"Tsk, is it really impossible, or are they just afraid of taking responsibility?" Zhi Xia sneered.
After all, the restriction device was installed on the energy weapon's conduction core, making it one of the most dangerous engineering tasks.
If there was even a slight operational error, it wouldn't just be a question of whether the cannon could fire, but whether this ship would go boom.
"Leave it to me.
I've actually disassembled this kind of thing several times!
As long as we have the password, the most troublesome electronic lock won't be an issue!
The rest is just a matter of personal wrench-wielding skill!" Tamir stood up confidently, flexing his thin arms, managing to bulge out a tiny bit of muscle, not really looking like a skilled person.
"I'll go help too!" Aisen followed him.
Their steps were quite light, not at all like they were going to handle a dangerous task, but more like excited geeks who had just received a new game.
The thin white guy stayed on the bridge, opening the ship's computer control panel, and took a deep breath.
Lilia saw this and, before entering the main gun position, poured the thin white guy a cup of coffee and even gave him a smile.
As a result, although the other party's face visibly flushed, his entire demeanor also visibly swelled.
Though still looking frail, both his gaze and posture now held a hint of a warrior.
At the same time, Gongsun Qing walked into the bridge, just brushing past Aisen and the others who were leaving.
"Zhi Xia, Lilia, are there any spare transport shuttles on the ship?
If not, even a slightly tougher fighter jet would do," the physical combat specialist of the Red Tiger asked.
The two girls were puzzled, looking bewildered.
"A bit later, when we're about to launch our attack, can Li Baolu fly me over there?" Gongsun Qing pointed to the Azure Princess.
"Brigadier General Morey... he should be a very strong spiritual energy user, right?"
Lilia suddenly realized what she had overlooked, and her ears even turned red for a moment.
"No, use the landing craft instead!
Call Kou Shan, and have him and his people go with you!"
The Red Tiger had a small landing craft, large enough to seat over a dozen people.
Its energy was full, and its condition was excellent.
Its weapons had naturally been removed, but its most threatening part, the material disintegrator at the very front of the hull, could operate perfectly, which was enough to use as a ram.
"Xiao Qing, do you have experience with assault landings and boarding actions?
This is not the same as walking across a transport bridge!" Lilia said with some concern.
"It should be fine... at most, I'll just throw up twice," Gongsun Qing hesitated for a second, then gave a thumbs-up.
"It's okay, I'll just puke out my lunch later! It should be fine!"
Perhaps such determination and obsession shocked everyone, even the usually listless roommates ABC, plus Kou Shan and Mota, became much more energetic and moved more nimbly.
They finally completed all preparations before Yu Lian sent the message to prepare for action.
"Then, I'll leave it to you!" Yu Lian said before closing the communication.
He looked up at Wien, "According to the original plan, wait for my move!"
"Speaking of which, I wanted to ask earlier.
You want everyone to quickly sneak attack and destroy Feixue 48, simultaneously infiltrate the Azure Princess's core, then open the security room to release the security personnel, and have me organize them to seize the ship!
During this process, you'll occupy the core room below, attracting Morey and everyone's attention.
This is indeed a good plan!
However, there are ten fully armed special forces members below, and the door is locked.
How do you plan to..."
Wien hadn't finished speaking when he saw Yu Lian had already opened the nearby ventilation duct and shot out with a leap.
"...spiritual energy user!
You'll kill yourself playing around like this, eventually!"
Wien hesitated, wanting to carry his big gun down to support, but he was also a strictly trained military elite, understanding what he should be doing right now.
So, while grumbling, he ran along the pipeline towards the security room at his fastest speed.
Yu Lian had already sent the route to his terminal, so he could naturally follow the map.
On the other side, Yu Lian had already passed through the engineering pipeline.
His body was like a feather, gliding through the spacious four-meter-high passage, landing softly on the ground without making a sound.
For a moment, the two massive war machines showed no reaction.
"Hello there!" He greeted the two combat machines at the door.
These two machines, over three meters tall, finally stirred as if waking from a dream.
They shifted their upper bodies, lowered their four arms, revealing the openings for laser cutters and autocannons.
But then, with a "boom!" the leading machine was directly struck on its upper body by an invisible ripple, immediately stumbling back a step.
With Yu Lian's current strength, even the spiritual energy pulse, which could be mastered with just one ring, had destructive power comparable to a small wave cannon.
Even if it hit an infantry fighting vehicle, it would certainly flip it over on the spot.
However, this combat robot, which was "only" over three meters tall by visual estimation, merely stumbled back two steps, bumping into its "companion" behind it, and then immediately regained its Balance.
Just by its resilience, we can see that this thing was more than one magnitude stronger than the scorpion-type, which was the "Grey Mist Alert Machine" Yu Lian had just kicked to death.
The "Grey Mist Guardian Machine," an antique manufactured by an ancient civilization whose traces are almost impossible to find, possessed such combat power.
Without considering heavy firepower support, they were fully capable of slaughtering a squad of mobile infantry equipped with exoskeletons.
However, Yu Lian never expected to take them out with this one strike.
The two machines, after steadying themselves, bent their upper bodies, and their four open arms rotated, extending power hammers, battle axes, greatswords, and an iron fist the size of a sandbag from their muzzles, truly covering blunt weapons, sharp weapons, and bare-handed combat.
The cold, hard light of high-carbon crystal gleamed menacingly, a sight that made one's heart palpitate.
The iron fist opened its thick six fingers and moved its joints, each one feeling capable of punching through a wall.
"Energy manipulation spiritual energy user, switching attack mode, ravage mode!" The robot emitted a mechanical warning sound.
I'm not an energy manipulation type! I'm a bucket type!
Also, what the hell is ravage mode?
Yu Lian said, gathering his spiritual energy again.
By this time, the two robots had charged forward, one after another.
Although they were drones, their steps were well-coordinated and rhythmic, clearly programmed with a very complete close-quarters combat routine.
Even the Empire's most elite shocktroopers, trained for over a decade, couldn't perform better than them.
Anyway, on a large-scale battlefield, commanders only needed cannon fodder that acted according to prescribed procedures, not martial artists.
However, what Yu Lian wanted was for the opponents to rush at him.
If they had just stayed there, firing their guns "biubiubiu" without approaching, it would have been harder for him to deal with them.