Thrive in Catastrophe - Chap 61
The instant Heine entered the cockpit, the craft tilted severely to its side. Heine grabbed a hold of the door and steadied Xiao Yan with his other hand. As the craft leaned, they both hung onto the door at 90 degree angles.
“Liv! Steady the craft!”
Suddenly one of their craft crashed and several emergency pods ejected.
Xiao Yan realizes that the situation is far more dire than he had initially realized. Not only were they dealing with an attack of Surge crafts, but the pilots were encountering blockers as well. Ptole was driving the craft with Liv. Right now, his head drooped down and he showed no reaction to outside stimuli. Liv’s mind was under too much of a load as a single pilot. The craft was rapidly approaching the ground, the mountains stretching ahead. If they crashed, they would slam right into them.
The craft attempted to recover its flight path, but Liv couldn’t hold it steady for long. Heine brought Xiao into the cockpit. They removed the pilot’s connector and Heine took his place. Instantly they gained altitude and passed safely over the mountains.
At the moment, the craft Luther was on was rapidly falling from the sky, their pilots also taken with the blocker invasion.
Luther’s eyes widened, the tumultuous sway of the craft was spiking his adrenaline. He silently lamented that, although he had made it off of the base, he would not return to the Shire.
“Colonel! Please be prepared to enter the security pod!”
As they crashed into a rocky terrain, an explosion sounded. Luther and the other researchers were ejected rom the cabin.
Xiao Yan watched it unfold, his heart tightening.
“Colonel Luther – -”
“As long as we can make it through this, we can still rescue them.” Heine reminded Xiao calmly.
Seeing the Surge’s blockers ability and strength, as they succeeding in downing their craft, Xiao was not confident they wouldn’t be destroyed.
“Xiao! Take over for Liv! Link to the craft!”
Heine’s order was stern and decisive.
“Boss it is too dangerous. If Xiao Yan is invaded with the research data he just gathered..”
“No one can invade his mind while I am here.”
He speaks as if the statement is an absolute truth.
Xiao pushed away Liv without hesitation. Every moment wasted meant more comrades were lost.
His brain and Heine’s connected through the terminal, instantly controlling the crafts engines. They communicated as if one brain. Xiao Yan can feel the power and strength of Heine’s mind aggressively extend through him.
Linking to another’s brain was a new experience for Xiao Yan. With no words he is able to effortlessly understand Heine’s thoughts and ideas. Heine’s rapid thinking is directly in line with his own.
They agree to unify their offensive and defensive tactics to ward off the enemy.
Xiao’s thinking quickly expands and spread through the systems of the other craft. He gained altitude and avoided the mountains. Within seconds their craft pulled into a line. Xiao Yan, under Heine’s guidance, fires a tracking missile toward the Surge, instantly two of the enemy’s craft crashed, exploding on impact.
As expected, the Surge attempted to invade Xiao’s brain. His thoughts became tangled and it affects the other craft; the entire queue’s flight path becomes erratic. Xiao felt his connection to the system being interrupted and interfered. Then the invader reversed course and headed into the outer edge of Xiao’s thoughts, prepared to push through his defenses and burrow deeper.
