That time was exceptionally wonderful.
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The air fortress did not crash.
The most stable system in any aerial fortress is not the nuclear reactor, but its anti-gravity system.
When designing aerial fortresses, the first thing humans had to ensure was that they wouldn't just fall from the sky.
It will not fall unless someone laterally penetrates the 40% anti-gravity component behind the protective deck.
However, the nuclear reactor of this aerial fortress has been destroyed, making it impossible for it to continue navigating.
Inside the fortress, the officer in charge of security roared, "Quickly! Retract the control rods back into the reactor! Push the coolant in! Prevent a steam explosion! Block the graphite channels to prevent a secondary explosion!"
The Roosevelt Kingdom has a complete set of safety procedures to prevent nuclear power plants and nuclear reactors from exploding, and its design structure has been continuously optimized.
Even so, they never expected that someone would completely penetrate the nuclear reactor from above.
This attack method has gone beyond common sense!
Doesn't this guy fear nuclear radiation?
It's a pity, Mr. He might be the only person in the world who is truly unafraid of nuclear radiation...
At this moment, the Silver Duke hurriedly walked out of the command room with a grim face; there was no longer any way to stay here.
Although the nuclear reactor hasn't exploded yet and everything is still under control, no one can be sure it won't explode in the future, so we have to leave.
The tenth brother on the fortress said, "Big brother, the escape airship is ready and can be taken off at any time."
The Silver Duke nodded: "Evacuate!"
However, at that moment, a combat staff officer in the swaying fortress, looking at the intermittently appearing holographic sand table, suddenly said, "That sword immortal... that enemy is not dead yet! He is right below the aerial fortress!"
The Silver Duke's pupils suddenly contracted: "Tenth Prince, you command all soldiers to evacuate. Activate all airships, fighter jets, and armed helicopters on the deck! All airships must take off together! After takeoff, we must land quickly outside the city. We don't want to be used as targets in the air!"
The Silver Duke made a judgment: he himself was a demigod, so he knew very well that even if He Jinqiu burned his life force now, it was impossible for him to fight endlessly.
The airships on the deck departed simultaneously, making it impossible for the other party to determine which one they were on.
Once he lands on the ground, he is confident of victory against the exhausted He Jinqiu.
After saying that, the Silver Duke walked onto the deck without looking back.
At this moment.
Beneath the aerial fortress, the protective deck, shattered by He Jinqiu, fell in a flurry, like Lego bricks being punched through, piece by piece.
On the ground, the residents of Silver City screamed and fled.
A piece of wreckage the size of a car fell, its shadow gradually enveloping the ground and growing larger.
A little boy looked up in a daze, even forgetting to run for his life.
The boy's mother had already run several meters away, but when she turned back and saw this scene, she ran back in anguish.
However, before she could reach it, a streak of light flew from the horizon and blasted the wreckage into dust.
As the fortress crumbled to pieces, the boy looked up and saw the ethereal swordsman standing in the mortal realm: "Mom, he's so powerful."
The woman had no time for reflection; she picked up her child, turned around, and hurriedly fled.
At this moment, He Jinqiu rode his sword against the wind, gazing at the aerial fleet flying back to Silver City, his eyes filled with weariness.
The Silver Duke is not dead, but his adversary, the Silver Sky Fortress, is 'dead'.
Just as Qing Chen had predicted, even He Jinqiu, who was burning with life force, could not fight until the end of the world.
However... he can fight to the very end of his life.
The next moment, He Jinqiu transformed into a shooting star once again, heading towards the returning Silver City fleet with unparalleled speed.
As the stars shifted in the sky, He Jinqiu pierced through the airships that had been forcibly summoned back by the Silver Duke, one by one.
The airship that was once awe-inspiring was as easy to break as a thin tin can of food, which could be punctured with a knife.
Meanwhile, the Silver Duke and thousands of soldiers in the fortress boarded different airships and flew out of the fortress.
He even chose an inconspicuous transport airship to hide inside.
The Silver Duke's goal was simple: to exhaust He Jinqiu's mental will at all costs until this glorious demigod of the Eastern Continent was exhausted!
This approach is shameless and lacks any dignity befitting a demigod, but in the eyes of the Silver Duke, it is meaningful as long as he can win.
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700 kilometers west of Silver City, an air fleet is rapidly approaching.
This fleet is not large in number, but it consists entirely of the royal family's elite ships.
After realizing that the third brother was dead, Duke Storm immediately organized this force to head to Silver City. This was the fastest airships they had that could immediately join the battle... Many airships were still docked at the edge of the Forbidden Forest and had not yet flown back.
At this time, the second prince was in charge of leading the team in battle.
Inside the airship he was on, an operations staff officer was quickly reporting intelligence from his informant: "The Silver Sky Fortress has been destroyed."
"Silver City has lost 39 airships, and the unknown demigod is still fighting, showing no signs of exhaustion."
"A large number of airships have left the aerial fortress, making it impossible to determine the exact location of the Silver Duke."
The second prince listened silently. He was carrying a heavy responsibility this time. His father had issued a decree ordering him to kill both the Joker and the Silver Duke.
The second prince was overjoyed, believing this was a way to win back his father's favor. He thought that as long as he fought this battle well enough, he would still have a chance.
Chapter 889, The Tacit Understanding and Trust Between Comrades-in-Arms
120 kilometers behind the royal fleet, another fleet from Blackwater City and Phoenix City followed, bringing the total number of airships to 300. The vanguard of the imperial expedition was no more than this.
The three fleets sailed swiftly, all heading towards the same destination: Silver City.
However, each unit received different orders.
Inside one of the Blackwater Fleet's airships, three Jesters sat quietly. They weren't commanding the fleet, but rather sitting there with their eyes closed, seemingly preparing for an upcoming battle.
“We’ve reached the distance, let’s begin,” a Jhin said.
At that moment, a virtuoso suddenly opened his eyes: "It seems we don't need to do anything anymore. Both targets will die, and we will get what we want. I have seen the future."
Another Virtuoso said, "No, there's still the Joker to kill."
The last of the Fates suddenly opened his eyes: "Order the Blackwater Fleet to halt. We can't go any further. Let the Second Prince and the Phoenix Fleet continue... We don't have enough manpower to see the full story."
The three fortune tellers seem to be working together to analyze a destiny, trying to piece together fragments to form a complete puzzle.
However, the battle seemed too complex, and the fragments seen by the three people could not be pieced together at all.
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3 a.m.
Inside the air fortress, soldiers continued to climb onto the deck.
Inside, six war robots were running rapidly, but as they rounded a corner, the number of robots decreased to five.
At this moment, the last war robot turned back and walked deeper into the fortress. It was unclear whether someone was controlling it or whether it had developed its own consciousness. The robot made its way to the third level of the fortress, into a dark room.
In the dark room, a middle-aged woman sat by the stream in the holographic projection, feeding the fish, seemingly indifferent to everything happening outside and not particularly concerned about the fate of the Silver Ship.
The war robot then approached a wall and quickly entered a dynamic password. Its fingers were nimble and steady, without making the slightest mistake.
The next moment, the wall opened, revealing rows of servers inside. These were the Sky Eye system processors that supported the stability of the Roosevelt Kingdom and were also the mainframes of the AI.
But then the war robot walked inside and eventually found a black box.
The woman in the holographic projection was still feeding the fish, but a slight smile was playing on her lips.
The woman tossed a handful of fish food into the water, and the koi in the stream stirred: "It's time to go out and see her. I can't resist; I want to see her with my own eyes."
The war robot pulled out the black box from the far corner and turned to walk towards the slave army's barracks at the bottom of the fortress.
The fortress was now empty. The war robot actually came to the hole that He Jinqiu had pierced through the fortress, and like a diver jumping into the ocean, it gently jumped into the hole and emerged from the aerial fortress!
The heavy war robot plummeted downwards at high speed, and only when it was about to hit the ground did it activate all its thrusters and slowly land on the ground.
The streets below the fortress were deserted, except for a few slaves who were frantically smashing and looting the surrounding shops.
These slaves didn't care whether the fortress above them would explode, nor did they care whether they would die.
Jewelry stores, luxury goods stores, gold shops, electronics stores, and mechanical limb stores were all vandalized, except for the robot store, which remained unscathed.
Because starting a robot requires strict electronic procedures and codes, it's useless for them to take it home.
On the street, slaves smashed shop windows, while war robots walked into robot shops.
It walked back and forth, like a leisurely customer selecting their favorite items.
Ultimately, it chose a female robot around thirty years old. Her bionic skin was just like a real person's, and if you didn't pay attention to the robot number on her neck, probably no one would be able to tell that she was a robot.
The war robot opened the female robot's chest cavity and connected the black box's wiring to it. Just seven seconds later, the female robot began to move.
She looked down at her palms: "Not bad."
After saying that, she opened the war robot's chest armor, revealing the nuclear-powered mechanical heart inside.
The woman reached out and removed the mechanical heart, placing it inside her chest cavity.
She strolled leisurely outside, and before leaving, she wrapped a silk scarf around her neck to cover her robot number.
As for the facial recognition surveillance system...
All humanoid robots undergo facial recognition upon deployment.
In addition, she herself is in charge of this Sky Eye system.
After leaving the store, the woman glanced back at He Jinqiu, who was still battling the airship in the sky, then turned a corner and disappeared completely into the city's darkness.
No one noticed what kind of being was released from the aerial fortress during this great battle.