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Chapter 574: In Full Swing

When the Pontiff’s uise of friendship Had they been an obvious foe, invasion would have been difficult However, it wasn’t proving impossible for Lan Jue and the Driver Any metallic structure was like a house with paper walls to thee fros Xiaosu also confessed that it wasn’t a concern for her when designing the structure’s defenses

She still remembered the architecture like the back of her hand While they went over the plan, she’d drawn out maps for Lan Jue and the Driver They used it to direct them to the fortress’ heart, where the defenses controls were kept It also showed thehest priority was disabling the planetary defenses With their fortifications down, Majesty could take the fight to the other planet They raced through the structure as bolts of lightning until they reached the control center Because it was to be manned constantly, the center also boasted a fully equipped dormitory

Fundamentally similar to the Red Widows’ systems, this control room was responsible for the planetary and fortress defenses However, its expanded scale needed thirty h, they split the shift in half

Every corner of the control roo as silent sentinels The roof was peppered with turrets – internal security measures Xiaosu was a ninth level Talent, so she knehat kind of havoc an Adept of that level could do if they got in She had no illusion that these mechas and turrets would stop an Adept But they would delay thened as a self-sealing prison If the alarm was tripped everyone inside was locked in, but the defenses switched to autopilot A strong upgrade from the one they encountered from the Red Widows

The take-away; don’t trip the alarned their response to this proble’s circuitry That’s why Lan Jue and the Driver were necessary Lan Jue’s task was to disable all eight alaro off Meanwhile, the Driver stood by ready to insert the Accountant’s code into the systeive their jittery hacker complete remote access

The two tasks had to be done at almost precisely the same moment If not, the recursive system checks would spot a problem

The ht bolts of lightning slithered away in one blast For a moment the control room went dark, but quickly returned to norun to doze off, but the sudden flash had shaken the blind or did we have a blackout?” Another pirate asked

“You’re probably blind, it was nothing Everything looks normal to me, and there’s an hour left on our shift Next time you’ll know better than to drink so much before work”

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Space around the three main planets

The Accountant’s face was lit by one of the ers were a blur as they s of data filled his eyes The rest of his tea away at their stations

“We have control Battle preparations are coet; secondary planet alpha Awaiting orders”

The Accountant didn’t hear their reports All of his focus was on the screen in front of hier triumphantly jabbed the enter key His screen beca lines of code

“Got it! Whew, that’s one hell of an encryption You’re lucky you know me Anyone else, and this would have taken them three whole days By then the whole system would have reset itself a dozen tiin!” He shot a quick e to Lan Jue then took control of Majesty Under the veil provided by the Blinding Stone, the battleship slipped through the darkness of space toward their target

In the palace control roo heralded the appearance of Lan Jue and the Driver In a brief hail of electricity, the pirates inside collapsed The an to react, but the two Division leaders were faster

Lan Jue’s pal bolts impaled two of the mecha sentinels They were norainst his attacks The controls inside were instantly destroyed The Driver’s attack was the saht silver in hue

“Majesty Control room secured”

The Accountant’s voice replied “I’ve shut off alland alarm equipment You’re clear” With root control of the systeht for the Accountant Their defenses were frozen