Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1054: Chapter 1053: Luck

He didn’t want to die, thought Jiang Cheng quietly, as he mustered all his energy and prepared for the impending battle.

Compared to the Erma Planet’s fleet gunboats, Jiang Cheng and their side were at a disadvantage. After all, they were piloting an older model, and although its performance was decent, it couldn’t compare to the fleet’s vessels.

Therefore, the fleet’s gunboats had already detected their presence, but they were still unaware of the enemy’s position.

In the fleet’s gunboat, the captain was staring at the monitor when his deputy suddenly spoke, ”Ha, so it’s this type of ship.”

The captain became happy, ”It’s unexpectedly a model that was retired twenty years ago. Now our chances of winning are even greater.”

He turned to ask the officer on duty, ”How long until Gunboat Number Two can rendezvous with us?”

The officer glanced at the radar, ”About four minutes.”

The captain rubbed his hands together excitedly and said, ”In that case, let’s initiate the attack first without waiting for them.”

He said to his deputy, ”If we’re facing the enemy alone, what’s your assessment of our chances of victory?”

The deputy disdainfully pointed at the monitor, ”Firstly, the enemy’s gunboats are nowhere near as advanced as ours. Secondly, our officers are rigorously trained, unlike theirs.”

He shook his head, ”As far as I know, after our fleet’s gunboats are retired, they often get bought by people from the Dark World under various pretexts, and compared to our officers, they are at most just a ragtag bunch!”

”So, I believe our chances of defeating them are at least over eighty percent,” he added.

The captain nodded slightly and was more cautious than this deputy, not as optimistic, but he agreed with the deputy’s analysis.

Being part of a regular fleet, they often looked down on other lesser teams or crews that weren’t on their level.

As for the people in the Dark World, he didn’t even consider them worth his time.

Rabble! The captain smiled slightly.

”Let’s fight!” The deputy looked at his superior with eager eyes, his tone filled with excitement.

”Mm-hmm.” The captain hesitated for a moment, and finally, the hope for victory overrode everything else.

”Alright, fight!” He issued a concise order.

The deputy excitedly pumped his fist and went to relay the command.

The captain watched as the enemy’s cannon drew closer on the monitor, taking a deep breath, his hands involuntarily clenching tightly.

The enemy had already discovered Jiang Cheng and his team and moved into attack mode, while Jiang Cheng and his team remained oblivious to the situation before them.

This was the gap in equipment, and it was also the reason why the base commander sought a fight in space with these aliens.

The target planet was right in front of them, and Jiang Cheng and his team became more cautious.

Jiang Cheng could leave any mode of transportation without much concern, but his two disciples couldn’t; at least currently, they still had to rely on the spaceship.

”Have you discovered anything?” Yanran asked Ba Lv.

”No, it’s strange. We are already close to the enemy’s planet, yet there’s no reaction from them,” Ba Lv replied.

A premonition suddenly surfaced in Jiang Cheng’s mind, and he shouted urgently to Ba Lv, ”Turn around!”

Jiang Cheng’s voice was filled with urgency, and Ba Lvluo reacted almost instinctively.

In the enemy’s cannon, the captain and deputy watched in stunned silence as the enemy gunboat that had been firmly locked on suddenly made a sharp 180-degree turn, causing the main cannon’s powerful beam to streak past the enemy gunboat’s tail.

The captain and deputy looked at each other in confusion, unable to comprehend how the enemy managed to pull it off.

Jiang Cheng looked at the blast of light outside the window with a hint of trepidation; it was fired by a large-caliber plasma cannon.

If their luck hadn’t been good enough, that shot, if it had hit the gunboat’s vulnerable spot, would have disintegrated their gunboat.

Looking again at his two female disciples, the two young girls were so frightened by the previous shot that their faces turned pale, and they were too shocked to speak.

This was no joke; if hit by such a powerful ion cannon, the result would be nothing but utter annihilation.

”Enough staring, focus on the enemy’s movements!” Jiang Cheng reminded the still fearful young girls.

Indeed, just as Ba Lvluo responded, she made an S-shaped maneuver, and another missile flew past under their gunboat.

As a result, Yanran and Ba Lv were alleviated from fear.

Why? Certainly, it’s because there was a human radar with foresight beside them.

The most crucial part was that this human radar was much more effective than the gunboat’s radar.

”Impossible! Absolutely impossible!” The captain pounded the table in front of him fiercely; everything before him defied common sense.

For the first time, their main cannon, under the condition of surprise attack, had started the offensive against the enemy. Although the enemy had been firmly locked on, at the moment they fired that salvo, the enemy somehow magically managed a swift turn.

If they called it a coincidence, or the enemy’s luck, they’d admit it.

But the recent shot of the missile had also hit nothing; it could only be described as ”miraculous.”

With the enemy’s luck, was there even a point in continuing the fight?

The captain gritted his teeth, issued a retreat command, and decided to rendezvous with Gunboat Number Two.

With an enemy this challenging, they would make new plans once their ally arrived.

Simultaneously, he reported the encounter and skirmish with the enemy to the base.

In the base’s command room, Shorty listened to the voice coming through the communicator and couldn’t help but let out a wry smile.

They had an equipment advantage, discovered the enemy first, and held the initiative, but the enemy still managed to escape.

The commander didn’t believe it was solely a stroke of luck for the enemy. He asked Shorty, ”Do you think this is the alien’s superpower?”

Listening to the commander’s question, Shorty raised his head in confusion, ”That person may possess many abilities, but if he also has the ability to foresee, then damn it, is he even human!”

Shorty’s emotions escalated, his face turning red, veins popping, as he suddenly burst out with foul curses, ”I refuse to believe it, is this person a God-like existence!”

He ordered the commander, ”Spare no cost, even if it means exhausting every weapon and ammunition in the base, also, also

What should be done? Even he couldn’t finish his sentence.

The commander offered him a glass of water, quietly sighing at the unfortunate man who crossed paths with such a person.

No, the commander silently concluded in his heart, Superman!

At the very least, he’s a Superman.

Nonetheless, even if it’s a Superman, or a God, as long as he’s an enemy, he must be dealt with to the fullest extent.

The commander ordered the anti-aircraft units to closely monitor all movements of both sides, and if there was an opportune moment, they were to fire without hesitation.