Interstellar Survival: Invasion

"Good. Great explorer, my faith in you wasn't unfounded, it seems. But if anything happens to you, what should I tell your friends? And how about our agreement?" Giorno said.

"My communication system has a storage function that will last 30 days. You can browse my database in case something happens to me. Don't worry," I said.

"Excellent. I'll give you 10 warriors. Go with them," said Giorno.

"No. I only need five," I said.

Giorno picked five of his elites and had them go with me.

"Take this. This is a micro-atomic bomb. Install the bomb on the device and withdraw immediately. The bomb will activate automatically the moment it is attached to something. It will detonate after three minutes," said Giorno.

I accepted the bomb and left immediately. By then, the storm had already stopped. The three planets had revealed themselves in the sky yet again, illuminating the battlefield with a silvery light. The three offensive lines were still fighting intensely. I noted with astonishment that a majority of the drones in the sky had retreated back to the college.

Corpses were strewn all over the main offensive line. Of course, things weren't much better on the police's side either. Slowly but surely, they were being suppressed. An encirclement was starting to form around them. I led my squad and advanced quickly. The visibility was much better with the storm gone. I could clearly see that at the very top of one of the walls was a purple device. The device was being charged.

I drew my automatic rifle loaded with tracking bullets and aimed at the charging device. With a pull of my trigger, thousands of tracking bullets shot toward the device. The device hurriedly withdrew into the wall, allowing the wall to block all my tracking bullets.

'Good lord. This device can also hide automatically?' I thought.

A laser beam shot toward me, piercing through a Liyate beside me. A red hole was left in the Liyate's body, instantly killing him.

"Get down!" I roared.

Concentrated laser beams rained down upon us, leaving numerous red smoking craters on the ground. I saw a crouching police gunman firing a mounted laser gun at us from a bunker. The concentrated laser beams suppressed us badly, to the point that even raising our heads was difficult.

"Giorno, cover fire needed from the tank! Ten o'clock from us!" I shouted into my communicator.

A few seconds later, the tank's yellow artillery shells dropped from the sky, creating several explosions in the base and raising clouds of dust and smoke.

"Crawl forward at top speed," I commanded.

The four surviving Liyates followed me and advanced quickly under the artillery's cover fire. About 50 meters later, we entered a massive crater. I saw Kalun lying on the ground with his face to the sky.

"He's still alive. The shockwaves had jolted him unconscious," said a Liyate.

"You, watch over him. Retreat when possible," I commanded.

A different Liyate stretched his head in preparation to scout ahead of us. With a bang, a beam struck his outstretched head, turning him into a headless corpse. Once again, laser beams rained down upon us, keeping us trapped in our hiding place. The enemy gunman seemed to have discovered our location and was madly firing at us. Through my probe, I saw that the charging device had come out of the wall yet again.

"Great explorer, bomb the shield device quickly. Their reinforcements are arriving soon," Giorno's voice came from the communicator.

Two red beams suddenly came from my back and struck the ground beside me. When I turned my head, I saw two drones firing at me.

'When it rains, it pours. Looks like the enemies are aware of our goal. They're focusing on me,' I thought.

With a yell, another Liyate beside me was felled. The remaining two were returning fire at the two drones.

'Li Canyue, charge! This falls on you now,' I told myself loudly.

I turned my shield to the maximum capacity, gripped my gun tightly, and took a deep breath. I then rose and charged toward the rain of beams. Large beams struck my shield, draining my suit's energy rapidly. I threw all caution to the wind and continued charging forward.

After a minute, I reached the gunman. He seemed dumbstruck by the prowess of my shield, staring from behind his shield blankly. I installed a timed cluster bomb on his shield before leaping to the side. With a loud explosion, the transparent shield was blown apart. I bolted up and stuck another cluster bomb on the mounted gun before firing at the still-stunned man. Surprisingly, his armor was able to block all the rays I fired.

'Good lord. This armor is way too strong,' I thought.

At that time, the gunman recovered from his shock. He immediately reached for the cluster bomb I stuck to his gun. In a moment of desperation, I pounced on the gunman. The two of us rolled off the platform housing the mounted gun.

We wrestled each other madly. At this time, my morph-capable shield proved its superiority, blocking all of my opponent's punches as I continued choking his neck with both my hands.

The gunman struggled with all his might. I suddenly saw a corpse on the ground beside us. His cause of death seemed to be a bullet to his exposed face. A bright idea struck me as I reached for my opponent's helmet.

The evolved version of a young Eternal with soft facial features revealed itself. I immediately pulled my gun and aimed at his head. The gunman finally realized the situation he was in. He stopped resisting and raised his hands.

"Take off your armor. Make it quick," I ordered.

The young policeman was momentarily stunned. He quickly stripped the golden armor off his body.

"Leave. Go as far as you can. Don't let me see you again," I said.

The young policeman had a hard time believing his ears. After taking a few steps backward in hesitation, he turned and ran toward the college. I then turned around to see that the air defense drones were still exchanging fire with the two Liyates. I could also see that Giorno's people had seized control of the first floor of the base. However, those on the second and third floors were still resisting fiercely.

After looking at the drones one more time, I looked at the mounted gun before me. I took the cluster bomb off the gun, raised it, and fired at the drones. Powerful laser beams struck the drones' shields. In less than a minute, the shields were overcome, and the two air defense drones were struck down. Dazzling red fireworks erupted in the sky. The attackers cheered, and their morale raised. They charged madly while shouting their battle slogans.

"Canyue, the enemy reinforcements have set off. Estimated arrival in three minutes," Giorno's voice came from the communicator.

I let go of the mounted gun and rushed toward the shield device. A sealed circular shield stood around the device. Below the wall, I saw a thick locked door. After installing a high-energy cluster bomb on the door, I jumped away. With a boom, the door was blasted apart.

I then rushed through the door. A towering iron charging device was operating at full power. An optical cable from the ground was connected to the pedestal below the charger. Countless lights were blinking non-stop on the device. In the middle of the device was a tube, with a blue beam almost reaching the top of the tube. The device was on the verge of activation.

'Damn it! I wonder if I have enough time,' I thought.

I quickly installed the micro-atomic bomb between the cable and the pedestal before leaving the room. I hurriedly jumped into the crater behind the mounted gun and lay on the ground. From my position, I could see that the two Liyates who had come with me were retreating with Kalun.

The large number of reinforcements were only 300 meters away from us. I could clearly see the battle-wolves leading the charge with ferocious-looking Eternal soldiers mounted on them.

'Damn that Giorno. Why did he set the bomb to three minutes? Three minutes have never felt longer than this,' I cursed inwardly.

Right at that moment, the purple charger rose from atop the circular wall. A thick blue beam shot toward the sky, forming a hexagonal shield. With that shield as the core, more and more hexagonal shields activated and joined together.

"Damn it! The shield is activating," I thought.

When more than 10 hexagonal shields had taken form, a noiseless light flashed, and a miniature mushroom cloud rose from the shield device. A violent shockwave rushed past me, followed by an ear-splitting sound.

'Thank the heavens, I finally succeeded,' I thought.

"Brothers, Brother Canyue has successfully blown their shield apart. The enemies are defenseless. Charge!" Giorno spurred his men onward for a final charge.

The loud explosion shocked the remaining police officers. The mad thugs that were charging without regard for their lives further frightened the police officers. They abandoned the base in droves and started running toward the college.

A burly figure rushed past me. It was a Liyate thug, his green hair trailing behind him. He sat down on the seat behind the mounted gun and aimed it at the incoming reinforcements before pulling the trigger.

The massive red beams instantly struck three mounted soldiers at the front of the group. The reinforcements were at a loss as to what to do when they saw the retreating police officers. They seemed to be stuck in a hard place.

"Aaron and Asa, attack from your positions. Everyone else, assemble and give chase. Attack in a straight line. Have the drones join the offensive after charging. Do not give them a chance to recover. Attack with everything you have," commanded Giorno with his communicator.

'This Giorno is quite a decisive one to attack without even resting,' I thought.

Unknowingly, Giorno came behind me with two burly bodyguards. "Great explorer, beautifully done."

Once again, yellow artillery shells shot out from the tank in the direction of the college.