The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7503

Chapter 7503: Difficult Descent

Nobody knew what the aliens were up to in the inner system, but the combined fleet had very little choice about the matter.

The humans could either venture forward, stay in place or turn around and escape as quickly as possible.

The Larkinsons were no cowards, and their allies possessed just as much courage.

The second option only wasted more time while the third option was unacceptable in their eyes.

They had invested so much time and effort to reach this restricted star system. To turn around just after they had taken a single glimpse from a remote position would mean they got very little out of this diversion aside from collecting a bit of first-hand information.

That was far from enough to justify this venture!

Though everyone became increasingly more aware that proceeding forward would plunge all of them into danger, they still resolved to confront the threat head-on rather than take the more prudent course of action.

They were all soldiers of red humanity. They suppressed their individual desires in order to think about how they could best serve the greater good of their race and civilization.

Whatever the Red Cabal had been doing in this star system was obviously of great importance.

It might even have the potential to affect the balance of war in the region!

Faced with the increasingly more likely possibility that the native aliens were in the process of hatching a scheme that could potentially give them the edge they needed to break through the Terran Alliance’s borders, the humans felt obligated to investigate this matter to the end.

At first, the journey proceeded fairly calmly, if slowly.

The dark cloud hanging right over everyone’s heads had temporarily been shoved away.

The Minerva Mark II continued to project her enormous Command Field in every direction.

Although this domain field was not as powerful as a proper Saint Kingdom, its range was far greater. This granted the many mechs and starships of the combined fleet complete protection against the dark miasma and the irrational deathborn hiding within.

However, the Command Field did not unfold at its maximum range, but kept itself as contained as possible, thereby forcing all of the human carriers and warships to compress their formations and risk collisions.

Casella’s willpower was not infinite or inexhaustible.

The smaller her domain field, the longer she could maintain her current state.

A larger domain field also exposed it to greater pressure from the environment.

Her burden would grow exponentially if she kept trying to expand her Command Field!

Even at her present state, she could still feel her willpower being worn out at a faster rate than usual due to the constant need to resist the increasingly more hostile environment.

"You need to implement alternative solutions quickly, Ves." The Saint Commander privately communicated with the former patriarch. "The dark miasma’s concentration is rising the further we move towards the center of the star system. The amount of deathborn attacking the edge of my Command Field is also rising. I may not be able to last as long as I initially projected."

Ves frowned. "I see. That is... not good news. We should be ready to relieve your burden, though. Even if you have to cut your session short by 2 or so hours, our stopgap solutions should be ready for deployment at that time. It will be rough, but it doesn’t matter as long as we can hold out for at least 2 more days. Should we slow down our advance even further?"

"No. The inability to engage in warp travel has already hampered our mobility. The poor visibility and increasing risks of venturing deeper into hostile territory are not sufficient reasons to slow us down even further. The more time we surrender to our adversaries, the more time they have to prepare for our arrival. We absolutely cannot give them the opportunity to complete their welcome package."

Ves reluctantly agreed. Though he still feared the possibility of crashing head-first into a major threat, Casella indeed made a good point about giving the enemy too much time.

"By the way, the seers managed to gather more information now that we are making our way inwards. They have not only confirmed that the red dwarf star at the center has been weakening at a highly accelerated rate, but that one of the planets in the inner system has become a focal point of death energy."

"That does not tell me much. What is your interpretation, Ves?"

He did not immediately respond.

To be honest, he barely knew anything about the oddities in this star system.

Too much of it did not have any relation to his existing knowledge base.

That did not mean he had to rely on himself to provide the answers.

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