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Chapter 700 Intercepting Plasma Bugs
At this moment, the Great Xia officer beside Fendona received an order and immediately shouted into the teleportation portal:
"Commander!"
"Commander Han orders that the portal's area be expanded as much as possible to facilitate the passage of the first batch of weapons and equipment, and to intercept the orbital plasma worms!"
"But Commander Han also said that if there is any danger, you must evacuate immediately!"
Safety first!
Lin Mo couldn't speak, so he could only nod in this direction.
The portal in mid-air continued to expand.
three meters.
Four meters.
five meters.
When the diameter reached five meters, the spatial gate was limited by the size of the magic circle and finally reached its limit.
Lin Mo did not act rashly; he immediately stopped the expansion and focused on maintaining stability.
He initially set up this formation simply to quickly lead the two elven elders back to Blue Star, so the size of the formation was naturally designed to be the fastest and most material-efficient.
No one expected that the evacuation gate would temporarily become a cross-planetary arms transport route.
However, a diameter of five meters is sufficient.
They weren't idle while the portal was expanding; they were constantly transporting equipment.
The first to arrive were small reconnaissance drones and portable radar components.
Next came the disassembly of the hypersonic missile launcher modules. If the complete launcher couldn't pass through, it would be disassembled and then quickly reassembled by robots within the launch site.
By the way, to ensure the stability of the portal, the soldiers brought enough energy crystals to replenish the magic circle.
The portal finally stabilized, and larger equipment began to pass through.
If the entire launch vehicle cannot be crammed into the five-meter teleportation portal, then it will be disassembled into rocket body sections, engine components, fuel tanks, and satellite payloads, and sent over piece by piece.
Daxia must establish its own Sky Eye system on the Kona satellite.
Only when satellites are launched will plasma worms in orbit cease to be a threat lurking in the darkness.
Meanwhile, inside the Kona position, newly delivered telescopes, optical arrays, millimeter-wave radars, and high-altitude reconnaissance drones were rapidly deployed.
The data is transmitted back to the TianShu Command Center in real time via quantum repeaters.
On the main screen, red markers began to appear in the previously blurry track area.
First place, second place, third place, and more and more...
Soon, two enormous black shadows appeared in the footage transmitted back by the high-altitude reconnaissance drone.
They floated in space outside the thin atmosphere of the Kona satellite, their three bloated fleshy sacs rising and falling slowly, with dark red lightning flowing through the gaps in their blackish-purple shells.
In the distance, more plasma worms are on their way.
Ten, dozens, hundreds!
They resembled a cluster of black stars pressing in from the depths of orbit, all pointing towards the Great Xia landing site!
The two plasma worms had already aimed their heads at the Daxia landing site.
In the footage transmitted back by the high-altitude reconnaissance drone, the two dark purple giant shadows hung outside the thin atmosphere, like two living gun emplacements floating on a track.
The largest one is nearly 1,500 meters long, with three sections of fleshy sacs, each nearly 500 meters in diameter, bound together by a thick carapace, from which dark red arcs of electricity flowed.
The other end is slightly smaller, but it is still nearly a kilometer long.
Their tail jet chambers opened slightly, and slender plasma streams left cold white streaks in the darkness.
The next second, the tips of both plasmaworms swelled up simultaneously.
A blue light emanated from deep within their heads, initially appearing as a blurry spot, but quickly becoming dazzling, even illuminating the surrounding carapace with a deep blue hue.
Inside the Tian Shu Command Center, everyone's expression changed.
No explanation is needed; the wildly rising energy curve on the screen says it all.
They are storing energy.
And the location they were aiming at was the core area of the Great Xia landing site where Lin Mo was located.
Han Niba stood in front of the main command platform, his gaze as cold as iron.
He glanced at the target parameters and then gave the order in a deep voice:
"Hypersonic interceptor missiles No. 1 and No. 2, lock onto your orbital targets and launch immediately."
"receive!"
The staff officer's voice immediately rang out.
"Objective one: confirm orbital altitude."
"Objective two: Confirm the speed of movement."
"The front-line optical array and millimeter-wave radar have completed cross-validation."
"Ballistics calculation complete!"
At the Kona satellite landing site, two newly assembled temporary launch pads were simultaneously raised.
"ignition!"
boom!
Two blinding trails of flame shot out simultaneously.
The gray ground beneath the launch pad cracked under the intense heat of the airflow. Two hypersonic interceptor missiles shot into the sky one after the other, piercing through the thin atmosphere and hurtling toward the two plasma worms in orbit.
The crowd at the Tian Shu command center fell silent.
The home screen is divided into three parts.
On the left are two plasma worms that are storing energy.
On the right are the trajectories of two rapidly ascending missiles.
In the middle is the countdown and interception window provided by the supercomputing system.
[Estimated time to make the shot: 3 minutes and 57 seconds.]
[Target energy response: Continuously increasing.]
[Target organ swelling rate: 62%]
The staff officers stared at the screen, even lowering their breathing.
On the screen, the plasma worm's head was still swelling.
The blue light grew brighter and brighter, as if something was being compressed, torn apart, and ignited within them.
[Estimated time to hit: 31 seconds.]
[Target energy response: Exceeds the red line.]
[Warning: Target appears to be entering pre-launch status.]
"Thirty-one seconds left."
After speaking in a low voice, one of the staff officers felt his throat tighten.
If the missile hits first, Great Xia will have a chance to blast these two orbital behemoths into the sky.
However, if the Plasma Bug fires first, the landing zone will have to take the hit head-on.
Just as the countdown to the hit reached twenty seconds, the heads of the two plasma worms suddenly bulged to their limit.
Immediately afterwards, the front end, which had expanded to almost transparent, contracted sharply, as if squeezed from behind by an invisible giant hand.
boom!
The first burst of fiery blue light shot out.
Less than half a second later, the second plasma worm also completed its launch.
Two plumes of high-temperature plasma, each nearly a kilometer in diameter, fell from orbit, leaving blinding trails, and crashed straight into the Daixia landing site on the surface of Kona satellite.
Inside the Tian Shu Command Center, many people felt as if their hearts had been squeezed.
Just twenty seconds short.
It really was only twenty seconds off!
If the missile had been a little faster, or if it had been launched a little earlier, those two plasma worms might not have had a chance to fire at all.
But there are no "what ifs" on the battlefield.
The analysis results from the supercomputing AI were also released at the same time.
[Based on the footage, the energy cluster is preliminarily identified as high-temperature plasma.]
[Maximum diameter of the plasma cluster: approximately one kilometer.]
Energy density: Extremely high.
[Landing point prediction: Core area of the Daxia landing zone.]
[Plasma worm structural hypothesis: The anterior end is a jet attack organ, the posterior end is a propulsion organ, and the middle section is an energy storage cavity.]
Upon seeing the last line, the staff officers' eyes narrowed sharply.
The weakness has been found.
But right now, everyone's attention is not on the weaknesses.
Because the two blue orbs of light had begun to fall, and the two hypersonic interceptor missiles had finally reached the vicinity of the plasma worm.
[Estimated time to hit: 10 seconds.]
[Eight seconds.]
[Five seconds.]
The two missiles entered the terminal penetration phase, and the outer layer of the missiles was pulled out by high-speed friction and electromagnetic disturbance, producing an incandescent white light.
The goal is getting closer.
Everyone held their breath.
If it hits, the enemy will surely perish due to the power of the missile!
However, what happened next left everyone speechless!