Silicon Invasion

Passengers gradually woke from their dazed state, their confusion tinged with disorientation. However, the oxygen masks dangling before them quickly helped them recall the events that had transpired.

Consequently, the once-peaceful cabin erupted once more in a chorus of screams.

The aircraft maintained its distance from the silicon-based beast for a while. Faint, indistinct sounds reached A091's ears. Its auditory structures had mutated to a highly siliconized state, the new configuration allowing it to capture subtle sounds emanating from specific directions even during high-speed flight.

Therefore, A091 knew that these faint sounds originated from the natives ahead. It listened intently for a long time, but couldn't decipher their meaning. Nevertheless, its extensive experience allowed it to detect a hint of fear within those sounds.

Could this native be afraid of it?

A091 reevaluated their relative positions. It noted that the opponent was merely comparable in size, with a relatively high degree of metallization, but its overall appearance was strange. It couldn't even discern the location of its mouth or claws, let alone sharp teeth and claws.

Flexing its massive claws, capable of slicing through gold and cleaving jade, A091 felt the opponent indeed had reason to fear it. This sparked a new idea.

Perhaps it could attempt to subdue the opponent and then force it to comply with its instructions.

Normally, A091's temperament would prevent it from readily attacking prey of similar size. Furthermore, being in an unfamiliar alien world, A091 was even more hesitant to expose itself to harm.

Therefore, even the small, highly siliconized trinkets on the ground were approached with caution, avoiding direct attacks.

However, if it could confirm that the opponent was a pushover, then everything would be different.

And now, A091 was about to conduct its final test.

"Captain! That thing is approaching again!" the co-pilot shouted. In truth, not everyone could perform this task. With no reference points in the sky, it wasn't easy to keenly detect whether an object was approaching. Without training and extensive experience, it would be impossible to do this job.

The captain didn't speak, only nodded. The control tower had informed him a few seconds earlier that the object was accelerating. With an increasing number of radars joining to form an intersecting network, even a one-meter reduction in distance could be accurately measured.

But now, he had no good solution. Although the plane was constantly ascending, it would take a long time to return to its previous altitude. Therefore, even if he wanted to perform another rapid descent, the conditions weren't favorable.

For now, the only option was to accelerate to full power and charge straight ahead.

Unintentionally, the captain made the most correct choice.

Seeing that the opponent was no longer performing fancy maneuvers, but instead focused on flying straight ahead, A091 became somewhat irritated.

Back in Maikanna Galla, it had never been at a disadvantage in terms of flight, but it never expected that this creature with no mouth or claws could fly so fast.

However, this further strengthened A091's belief that the opponent was a pushover, because in its experience, those who run fast are generally poor fighters.

It couldn't allow the alien native to look down on it. With this thought in mind, A091, despite feeling somewhat fatigued, increased its speed.

"Captain, it's still approaching!"

"I know!" the captain shouted. The control tower had specifically opened an information channel to share real-time data between the two sides. Both sides were accelerating, and the radar station could see everything clearly.

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"Old Gong, do you think A091 can only fly this fast?"

Faced with a colleague's question, Old Gong was a little annoyed: "I study the behavior and habits of silicon-based beasts. You should ask Old Li and the others about this kind of question!"

Old Li, mentioned by Old Gong, was an aerodynamics expert who had been brought into the emergency team. Hearing the topic turn to his area of expertise, he thought for a moment and said: "Although there is currently only some partial image data of A091, it can be seen that its structure still conforms to aerodynamics."

Old Gong complained that it was born into the air force, and if it didn't conform to aerodynamics, how could it fly at all? But he could only think about this in his heart. On the surface, he still listened attentively to Old Li's explanation like an obedient child.

"However, it still can't compare to our aircraft. Although we don't know what means it uses to increase its speed to this level, through observation, we have reason to believe that this is its limit."

Everyone nodded in agreement. For professional matters, listen to the analysis of professional people. The experts have said that the current speed is A091's limit, so it must be the limit.

This was really good news.

Unfortunately, there was also bad news, which was that the current speed was also the limit of the BD1891 passenger plane.

"Captain, the command center told us to maintain this speed. The expert team suspects that this speed is already the limit of the guy behind us."

The captain focused on looking ahead, only nodding slightly to respond that he already knew. The light of hope was becoming brighter and brighter. He only needed to hold on for another four minutes, no, three minutes, and his reinforcements would arrive.

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Giving it face, huh?

After flying head-on for two minutes, A091 noticed that the distance between them had not only not decreased, but had even shown a slight tendency to increase. It immediately became annoyed.

It was being forced to show its talents.

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Everyone, including the members of the expert team, may have previously focused on superficial things. They seemed to have forgotten that A091 was a silicon-based beast with a fairly high degree of evolution.

It should be known that the top-tier mechas of humans, to some extent, have parts directly removed from the bodies of silicon-based beasts.

And A091, which can be considered one of the best among silicon-based beasts, naturally wouldn't lose its status.

The wings, which were originally almost purely decorative, suddenly opened, and the enormous wind resistance instantly caused A091's body to pause.

Everyone who was paying attention to the situation immediately noticed the anomaly. Some people were overjoyed, thinking that A091 had given up the chase, but most people could only instinctively feel a tremor in their hearts.

But before they could express their respective views, A091 suddenly opened its mouth, and a green ray of light instantly shot out from its black hole-like mouth. The light was extremely fast, and the plane, traveling at nearly a thousand kilometers per hour, was overtaken as if it hadn't moved.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the alarms in the cockpit were already blaring, and now several more had been added.

"Captain! We've been attacked!"

Damn it! This thing doesn't have martial ethics. We agreed to compete in speed, so why is it getting angry out of shame? Can't afford to play, huh?

The captain couldn't speak anymore. With a loud bang, the alarms in the cockpit were already blaring, and now several more had been added.

"Captain! We've been attacked!"

Damn it! This thing doesn't have martial ethics. We agreed to compete in speed, so why is it getting angry out of shame? Can't afford to play, huh?

Fortunately, he was secured by the seatbelt, otherwise he would definitely have flown out and crashed into the windshield. The co-pilot rubbed his stomach a few times, the tightening had made his stomach uncomfortable.

The captain couldn't speak anymore. The plane was damaged, causing it to shake violently. He didn't know exactly what had happened, but his primary task was to stabilize the plane.