Chapter 123: Shen Que Gets Angry

**Chapter 123: Shen Que Loses His Temper**

Shen Que frowned, "Wu Yue, this is too risky," he growled.

Wu Yue grinned, "Captain, have some faith in me."

Watching Wu Yue pilot the scout ship beyond the carrier’s perimeter, Shen Que ordered,

"Monitor all enemy movements around the warp point. Report any changes to me immediately!"

The copilot responded, "Yes, sir!"

As the polar barrier opened, Wu Yue's scout ship shot forward like an arrow—moving too fast to see.

With a speed far surpassing that of large combat ships, Wu Yue was the first to enter the gold zone, triggering the 3-minute capture timer.

Other teams snorted when they saw Blaze daring to claim the warp point with such a small scout ship. They issued immediate commands:

"Take that scout ship down—give Blaze a rude awakening."

But before they could fire, Blaze’s flagship launched a blanket bombardment across the gold zone, outpacing even their own firepower output.

In comparison, the other teams’ attacks looked weak.

Instantly, the commanders of the opposing forces exchanged suspicious glances. “What exactly is Blaze trying to do?”

By the time they reacted, a minute and a half had passed—half the capture time was already gone.

Contrascale’s Dragonbreath sneered mockingly as he watched the scout ship maneuver through the gold zone like it owned the place.

"Are these team idiots all useless?" he muttered.

The operator replied, "Captain, the scout ship’s maneuvers are extremely unorthodox—we’ve never seen anything like this. Where did they learn such tactics?"

Dragonbreath scoffed, "I don’t care how they fight. Today, they die. Launch tracking missiles."

Contrascale, which had been holding back, suddenly fired a barrage of powerful tracking missiles.

Blaze’s copilot raised his voice, "Contrascale just launched tracking missiles!"

Shen Que barked, "Destroy them! Do not let them breach the gold zone!"

Blaze’s missiles launched, colliding mid-air in a massive explosion.

Dragonbreath’s eyes lit up with battle lust. "Not bad, Blaze."

"Captain, only ten seconds left on the capture countdown!" called the operator.

Dragonbreath shoved the operator aside and slammed the button for the ICBM. His gaze locked onto the lone scout ship inside the gold zone, madness flashing in his eyes.

"This time," he growled, "let’s see what Blaze does to protect you."

The moment Contrascale's ICBM launched, the field went wild—no one had expected these outlaws to break the rules so early with a WMD.

Other teams planning to send scouts into the gold zone were forced to pull back.

The instant Shen Que saw the ICBM launch, he barked at Wu Yue, "Fall back!"

"Wu Yue, abandon the teleportation hub and return to the main ship immediately!

Once the intercontinental missile detonates, its blast will engulf the entire hub—there’s no escaping!!"

Wu Yue watched the countdown to the teleportation hub's completion and the approaching intercontinental missile, her face eerily still.

She silently counted in her heart,

"3, 2, 1."

Shen Que raised his voice, "Wu Yue! Get out NOW!!

Come back! Your life means more than this damn hub!"

"Congratulations to Blaze for securing control of the Snow Mountain Polar Map teleportation hub."

"KABOOM!!!"

The intercontinental missile crashed into the hub as the barrier flared to life, exploding with a thunderous blast.

At that moment, Shen Que felt like his heart had stopped for three seconds.

He rushed to the control panel, grabbing the comms, "Wu Yue, respond if you hear me!

Wu Yue!! Answer me!!"

No reply came from Wu Yue. The air inside the shuttle went deathly cold.

The teleportation hub’s barrier, bearing Blaze’s emblem, successfully activated. As the smoke from the intercontinental missile cleared, only wreckage remained inside.

Shen Que stared down at the ruined hub, his light eyes burning red.

A crushing aura and raging psychic power radiated from him, silencing every Blaze member aboard the shuttle.

A beat of silence.

Then, his lips twisted into a grin. "Turn Contrascale to dust. I want them scattered to the wind."

His voice was sharp as frozen steel—the first time anyone in Blaze had heard him speak with such terrifying menace.

Blaze’s shuttle housed twelve missile bays, each capable of launching core-driven laser missiles in unison.

No warm-up needed. Overclocked turbos spun so fast they broke past light-speed, warping space itself.

All twelve core-driven laser missiles locked onto Contrascale’s shuttle. With a thunderous blast, heat haze shimmered around Blaze.

In the blink of an eye,

the entire Contrascale team disintegrated into floating cinders, scattered to the wind.

The merciless strike stunned other teams’ members—and even their commanders—into reflexively backing off their shuttles by hundreds of meters.

Before they could recover,

suddenly,

panicked voices flooded all team channels:

"The hell?! Where did this Blaze recon craft come from?!" "Commander! Our hub’s gone!!"

"Shoot now! Take down that Blaze scout ship immediately!"

"Congratulations to Blaze for obtaining access rights to the Desert Wasteland map's teleport point."

"Congratulations to Blaze for obtaining access rights to the Lava Swamp map's teleport point."

"Congratulations to Blaze for obtaining access rights to the Deepsea Eye map's teleport point."

As three consecutive system announcements blared out, Blaze's team comms exploded with cheers and excitement.

"Wu Chong: Yue Yue, you're absolutely amazing, girl!! How did you suddenly appear here?! And you even secured the teleport point for us!!"

"Wu Yue: Damn right, keep that praise coming."

The moment Shen Que saw Wu Yue's message, a strange smile curled his lips.

He raised his head to glance at the others in the airship, and everyone immediately pretended to be clueless.

Cold sweat beaded on their foreheads, their legs trembling so badly they felt weak at the knees.

Oh no, oh no, oh no—was the captain going to go berserk and turn them all into mincemeat?!

"Jian Suiyu: Wu Yue, you should answer the captain first."

"Wu Yue: Huh? Did the captain call me?

Captain, wait a second—I lose signal when teleporting."

Just as Wu Yue's flyer reappeared at the teleportation array, she steered the scout ship toward Blaze’s main vessel.

On her way back to the main ship, Wu Yue caught sight of a field of wreckage below. When she spotted the Contrascale insignia among the debris, it suddenly hit her.

A horrible thought crossed her mind—

Did the captain… think she was dead and just wiped out Contrascale?!

At this moment, Wu Yue wished this trip back to the main ship would never end.

After boarding and exiting the scout ship, Wu Yue saw Shen Que standing there.

Wu Yue stopped short, then forced a smile and approached.

"Captain, I—..."

Shen Que, with his back to her, spoke coldly,

"Wu Yue, for disobeying orders and acting recklessly, you're relieved of your position as lead pilot."

With that, he turned and walked away.

Wu Yue stood alone, her head hanging dejectedly.

"Whimper QAQ"

The captain was furious.

After turning the corner, Shen Que stopped just around the corner and paused.

Peeking back, he saw Wu Yue standing there—in one piece, head bowed.

Finally, he exhaled deeply.

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