Chapter 693 - 427: The Final Battlefield

The emergence of Sky City changed the local climate of New Moon City. The thermal energy generated by thousands of plasma engines created convection with the cold air, stirring up strong winds throughout the city.

Future held down the knitted hat on his head to prevent it from being blown away by the wind, looked up at Sky City appearing in the distant sky, and asked, "Didn’t the boss say they brought everyone back from the Capital City? Where are they now?"

Qi Ling: "Just contacted, still on the way. The Capital City is about a dozen hours of flight from us, probably won’t arrive until late tonight."

She took the laptop from the table, her fingers swiftly dancing over the keyboard: "It’s about time; proceed with the next step of the plan."

"Attack Sky City!"

Under Qi Ling’s operation, all the hangars for flying vehicles on the middle floors of Edge Mansion opened, and swarms of drones poured out, swarming the sky like a dark cloud of locusts.

These drones were the latest military models with high environmental adaptability. The strong winds did not affect them, and their roaring engines echoed across the sky. Their massive number nearly obscured the sun above the dome, casting shadows like a tide on the ground.

The drones spread in all directions towards Sky City, appearing like mere specks of dust compared to the vast and magnificent aerial city, but their sheer number was overwhelming, resembling countless ant swarms hunting a giant beast from a distance.

Soon, the first sound of artillery fire resonated in the air. The drone swarm launched a fierce attack, with various cannons, lasers, and micro-missiles pouring down like rain, forming a massive web of fire in the sky.

Laser beams danced in the air like red serpents of light, cutting through the sky with scorching energy. Micro-missiles trailed long tails of flame, and cannon bullets rained down densely, all hurtling towards Sky City.

Sky City, as the ultimate home for human elites, naturally boasted the most advanced defense systems.

As the attacking drones approached, defense drones belonging to Sky City emerged, darting straight towards the enemy formations to intercept.

Drones on both sides, controlled by their respective intelligent systems, fought ferociously. Interceptor missiles traced arcs in the air, and explosions formed intermittent fireballs.

High-frequency pulse weapons emitted intense electromagnetic waves, interfering with and paralyzing enemy electronic systems, causing them to lose control and plummet from the sky.

By now, the sky had turned into a chaotic battlefield, with fire and smoke rising everywhere. At every moment, drones were destroyed and fell, as if raining fire from the sky.

Apart from deploying drones for interceptive defense, Sky City also possessed an extremely advanced energy shield system. As shield nodes lit up brightly, azure barriers unfolded around its core, enveloping the entire Sky City.

These energy-based shields were seamless, able to block all attacks from the drones.

Laser beams hit them, scattering bright sparks, and the massive shockwaves from micro-missile explosions triggered ripples. Cannon bullets ricocheted with chains of crisp impacts, unable to penetrate the barrier no matter how fiercely the drones attacked.

This aerial battle lasted all day, from dawn till dusk, with the sunset gradually painting the sky a deep scarlet, as if drenching it in rich blood.

By this time, the drones launched from New Moon City had been nearly exhausted, all destroyed and fallen.

Obviously, relying solely on a single city’s strength and mere drones, breaching Sky City was impossible.

However, during this prolonged battle, Sky City’s shield energy was also depleted to some extent. Additionally, as the power reactor was primarily used for defense, less energy was allocated to the propulsion engines, resulting in extraordinarily slow movement, not even leaving the outskirts of New Moon City after a whole day.

Gradually, night fell, and the radiant Sky City appeared exceptionally magnificent in the night. The energy shields still stood strong, with drone wreckage scattered across the ground, a testament to the fierce battle by day.

Numerous white stars representing the Spear of Judgment still shimmered across the dome, forming a sea of stars symbolizing death, foretelling the destruction to come at the break of dawn.

Two-thirds of the 24-hour countdown to annihilation had elapsed.

The rise of dawn signified the arrival of doomsday.

On this final night before doomsday, people’s rationality collapsed entirely in the face of fear, and order ceased to exist. Chaos, despair, and violence filled every corner of the world.

On the streets of New Moon City, various chaotic scenes were unfolding.

A man in religious attire stood atop a burnt-out car, holding high a black flag adorned with cryptic totems, fervently preaching doctrines about doomsday, judgment, divinity, and punishment to the surrounding people.

In this era, with the flourishing of technology, religious forces had long declined, and typically no one would pay him any heed.

Yet now, he was surrounded by kneeling believers.

In the despair of doomsday, these believers chose religion as their spiritual totem, using momentary faith to escape reality and plunging into collective fanaticism.

They clasped their hands in prayer, fervently shouting slogans from their doctrines, as if they could attain salvation this way.

Not far from these believers, a group of thugs were looting, smashing, and burning, wielding clubs, iron pipes, and Molotov cocktails, furiously destroying everything in sight.