Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high! Chapter 1081 734: Reinforcements (Part 2)

"Rose, deploy your unit to bolster Entrance Six at the dock! Gu Lan, neutralize the Bug Race artillery positioned on the left high ground! Kuang Xin, clear the right flank of any swarms attempting to encircle us!"

"Understood!" The team members' voices, though weary, conveyed unwavering obedience to the commands.

They understood that within these fifteen minutes, every passing second was purchased with lives, all for the slim chance of more Jade Stone Star compatriots successfully escaping.

High above, the Star Alliance Fleet's vessels engaged in a fierce struggle against the Bug Race's biological warships, numerous vessels succumbing to the onslaught and disintegrating into fiery debris that plummeted to the ruins below, igniting secondary explosions.

Although the order for retreat had been issued long ago, these warships persisted in their desperate rearguard action to facilitate the final evacuation of the ground personnel.

Bai E's mecha found itself encircled by three gargantuan Bug Race warriors. Its Devouring Star Blade met their formidable Bone Blades with a shower of brilliant sparks.

The mecha's auditory alarms screamed incessantly, signaling critical damage to its armor and a severe depletion of its energy reserves.

At the berth entrance, Rose's team was locked in brutal close-quarters combat against the swarms pouring through, with casualties mounting every second.

Kuang Xin let out a furious roar as his machine gun carved a path through the flanking horde, yet the swarm seemed to possess an inexhaustible supply.

Time itself seemed to stretch, each second feeling like an agonizing century.

Just as the defense perimeter teetered on the brink of collapse, Bai E's psychic senses detected, amidst the oppressive malice emanating from the main nest and the chaotic frenzy of the nearby Bug Race, several psychic signatures rapidly approaching from immense distances!

A raw, chaotic energy, brimming with both destruction and wild abandon; a cold, sharp Elven energy, carrying the subtle aura of a Thorny Bird; and then, another… a familiar, steady, essence born of human ingenuity!

Suddenly, an extremely encrypted, top-priority communication request forcefully penetrated the "Thorny Bird" communication network, and was instantaneously rerouted by Catherine directly to Bai E's cockpit!

Catherine's voice, laced with barely contained excitement and disbelief, crackled through Bai E's private channel, layered over the muffled sounds of astonished whispers from the command bridge:

"Commander! An urgent communication! The origin… the source is the 'Dawn Light'! It’s Helen! They’ve arrived!"

In the ensuing moment, Helen's voice, weary yet impeccably clear and imbued with an unmistakable authority, resonated directly in Bai E's ear, a beacon of hope piercing the pervasive despair:

"Bai E, respond if you can hear me."

"The 'Dawn Light' and its accompanying escort fleet of three medium-sized frigates have successfully reached the orbit of Jade Stone Star within the Aisera Star System."

"We intercepted the condensed situation reports and the distress signal you transmitted via the recorder channel."

"Gong Yan adamantly insisted that we make haste to provide support."

"Now, please relay your precise coordinates and current requirements."

This voice delivered a potent surge of revitalizing energy through Bai E's fatigued system.

He skillfully deflected a Bug Race warrior's Bone Blade, his mecha regaining stability with a decisive maneuver.

His gaze lifted, as if piercing through the dense fungal haze and the fierce ongoing battle, towards the vessel harboring the planet's salvation and his friend, now positioned above in orbit.

"Helen…" Bai E's voice was low, resonant with determination, carrying a slight rasp.

"This is Bai E. Current position: Jade Stone Star 'Beacon' Main Spaceport, specifically the Surface Defense Line at Berth Six. We are currently executing the final phase of personnel evacuation, under heavy assault from the Bug Race's primary ground forces, and facing immense pressure! The berth entrance is on the verge of being overrun, impeding transport ship liftoff! I repeat, urgent orbital fire support is critically needed to clear the perimeter around the berth and its main access routes! Transmitting coordinate data now!"

"Coordinates received!" Helen's reply was sharp and efficient, a testament to her researcher's characteristic composure, coupled with an unyielding resolve to honor her commitment at any cost.

"'Dawn Light' main cannon is charging! Escort fleet is opening fire, targeting the designated coordinates! Bai E, hold on! We are… coming home!"

Moments after Helen's declaration, the oppressive sky above Jade Stone Star was violently rent asunder by a new, incandescent brilliance!

It was not Helen's fleet's artillery that struck first, but a more remote, devastatingly powerful force—dozens of thick, gnarled, multi-hued energy beams and solid projectiles, wildly inaccurate yet immensely destructive, descended like a torrential downpour upon the densely populated Bug Race enclaves surrounding the "Beacon" port!

The explosive fire merged into a continuous inferno, instantly obliterating vast swaths of Bug Race territory and ground structures into mere dust!

The sheer magnitude of the shockwave caused Bai E's mecha to visibly shudder.

The unmistakable orbital bombardment, characteristic of the Beastmen—chaotic yet undeniably lethal—had commenced!

At the same time, those audacious Beastmen didn't let their colossal, thousand-meter stature deter them, leaping directly from their makeshift structures.

They plunged like verdant, humanoid projectiles, fearlessly into the heart of the densest Bug Race territories.

Among them, the most eye-catching and massive plummeted directly towards Bai E's vicinity, impacting a colossal bug Bai E was currently engaged with.

"Boom!"

The earth fractured, and the enormous insect was annihilated into a pulpy mess.

Emerging from the gore, a gargantuan Beastman brushed off the Bug Race remains clinging to its form and stepped forward.

A recognizable scar marked its visage—

"Bladeface Fang?" Bai E dredged up the name from his memory.

He pondered how these Beastmen had been brought along while Helen's fleet was being retrieved.

Bladeface Fang offered Bai E a malicious grin, gesturing with his oversized blade, "I pursued your vessel! Don't imagine you can escape my pursuit!"

Bai E responded with a shake of his head and a strained smile, flipping his combat sword and swiftly advancing towards another sector.

Following in close pursuit of the Beastmen, bolts of spectral purple, highly accurate, and lethal high-energy particle beams seared across the battlefield akin to a surgeon's instruments.

They artfully circumvented human defensive perimeters and primary installations, precisely targeting the Bug Race's heavy combatants and any Flying Dragons attempting to intercept.

The Dark Elf Fleet, much like phantom assassins, joined the onslaught against the Bug Race with a chillingly efficient and precise execution.

Their command ship, a vessel that resembled twisted thorns, maintained a silent vigil in a higher orbital path, radiating an unnerving psychic pressure.

Finally, the human forces' standard Light Beam Cannons and projectiles launched from the "Dawn Light" and its accompanying fleet, imbued with familiar energy signatures, carved through the coordinates Bai E had designated, focusing their attack on Entrance Six of the docking bay and the surrounding high-threat Bug Race positions.

While the sheer destructive power of human technology did not match the ferocity of the Beastmen, nor did it possess the pinpoint accuracy of the Dark Elves, it radiated the comforting warmth of home and brotherhood, carving a vital corridor for Bai E and his team to endure this chaotic battlefield!

The combined might of these three distinct forces, each employing their unique but equally formidable methods, signaled the commencement of a counteroffensive above the embattled planet!

And their common objective was singular—to provide all-encompassing support to the man fighting valiantly until the very last moment to safeguard the lives on the planet.

Observing the unfolding spectacle from aboard his spacecraft within the fleet, the allied commander could only muster a single, profound thought:

Bai E… who precisely is this individual?

How is he capable of simultaneously igniting the ferocious reverence of the Beastmen, capturing the impassive focus of the Dark Elves, and drawing forth crucial support from his home planet across the vast expanse of the Star Sea?

Bai E sensed the immediate pressure around him receding, witnessing the clearance of the docking entrance and hearing the thunderous roar of transport ships breaking free from their restraints.

He drew a deep breath, his Devouring Star Blade radiating a brilliance more intense than ever before.

"Everyone!" Bai E's voice boomed across the team's communication channel, charged with a revitalized power, "Our reinforcements have arrived! Maintain your positions and ensure the final contingent of our comrades boards the ships! Our fight… is far from over! Our objective——evacuate everyone from this planet!"

Helen's composed voice provided guidance to the retreating fleet, "The path ahead is clear, best of luck."

Within the spacecraft carrying the last vestiges of Jade Stone Star's populace, countless gazes silently observed these unknown saviors shedding their blood for them.

In this moment of universal abandonment, these individuals were extricating them from a hellish nightmare...