The thick, grayish-white energy beam, about to strike the bridge, abruptly twisted and dissipated at its exit point! As if slapped away by an invisible hand, it transformed into chaotic energy ripples, vanishing into the void!
The polyhedron itself trembled violently, its surface energy flow exhibiting significant disruption and interruption! Its core light dimmed instantly, and the distorted, energy-based humanoid silhouette emitted a silent shriek before collapsing and dissipating!
Effective!
"Target hit! Energy field strength reduced by 8%! Attack interrupted!" Leah's joyful voice rang out.
A surge of elation welled up in Kane's heart, but it was immediately replaced by deeper worry. After its overloaded launch, the prototype emitted wisps of smoke, and the focusing module's light became extremely unstable, clearly reaching its limit. The backup energy was also nearly depleted after this attack.
The enemy was merely caught off guard and did not suffer serious damage.
As expected, the polyhedron quickly stabilized after a brief period of chaos. Its core light shone again, but no longer with its previous arrogance; instead, it was filled with rage! It seemed to realize that the seemingly rudimentary device could indeed pose a threat!
It stopped concentrating long-range beams and instead began to slowly press forward!
It had lost patience and was determined to personally confront it and crush this insect that dared to harm it in the most direct way!
"Target is moving! Relative speed is increasing! Direction…heading straight at us!" Leah reported urgently.
Thirty kilometers…twenty-five kilometers…twenty kilometers…
The distance was rapidly closing! This time, it showed no sign of stopping!
Kane looked at the smoldering, near-destruction prototype, then at the colossal machine approaching with an aura of destruction.
The last chance lay in the energy of a single launch; it had to deliver a fatal blow at extremely close range.
He took a deep breath of the cold vacuum, a resolute glint in his eyes.
"Leah, heed my command," he said calmly. "When I give the signal, immediately transfer all remaining reserve energy to the prototype. Then… prepare for the impact."
He was going to gamble everything, aiming for the next decay point at the closest possible distance for a final, decisive blow.
Failure or death.
The gray-white polyhedron, like an enraged primordial beast, swept through the void with chilling killing intent, hurtling towards them. Its speed increased rapidly, its surface energy surging and boiling, radiating a suffocating pressure. Thirty kilometers was a fleeting distance on a cosmic scale.
Twenty kilometers… fifteen kilometers… ten kilometers…
Kane could clearly see the details of the energy flowing across the polyhedron's surface, the writhing streams of light like living creatures, and the increasingly blinding light at its core, representing the source of destruction. A massive shadow began to envelop the Nightingale, the chill of death seeping into every inch of its hull.
The predictive data transmitted by Leah to Kane's tactical eyepiece became extremely chaotic. The patterns of decay points were difficult to discern due to the high-speed movement and energy surge of the polyhedron. The red predictive circle flickered wildly, its position erratic.
"Target too fast! Prediction model failed! Unable to reliably predict decay points!" Leah's voice was filled with despair.
"Abandon prediction!" Kane's voice, however, was unusually calm, like the stillness of the eye of a storm. "Focus all sensors on its energy core! Monitor energy fluctuations in real time, looking for any form of intensity fluctuation!"