Following this, the T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser began its third, fourth, and fifth rounds of attacks.
Finally, during the fifth round of attacks!
The audience in the stands, after zooming in several times on the port-side armor of the T2 Black Rhinoceros-class interstellar heavy assault frigate in the live broadcast, discovered a damage mark several dozen centimeters long and a few centimeters deep.
"Even... even if it's sturdy, so what? The firepower configuration of a mere interstellar frigate simply can't do anything to a T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser.
Moreover, the speed of an interstellar frigate might not even be able to catch up to a T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser." Vice Dean Jia said at this moment, trying hard to save face.
"Yes, yes, yes. You are the vice dean of the Tianyao Noble Starship Military Academy, so what you say goes." Vice Dean Hong deliberately put on a fawning smile beside him, flattering as he spoke.
These words were clearly meant to mock the other party.
Vice Dean Jia's face darkened, and he said nothing, only able to use these excuses to convince himself that there was still hope in this battle.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield, the T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser also noticed something amiss and began trying to maintain distance from the T2 Black Rhinoceros-class interstellar heavy assault frigate using its speed while continuing to fire.
Zhou Min simply refused to believe that this T2 Star Escort Ship could truly withstand such continuous bombardment.
T2 Black Rhinoceros-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigate · Bridge
"Front hull armor overall damage: 6%, with the most severe location at 12%; side hull armor overall damage: 3%." The captain of this starship reported to Zhao Wan'er.
Zhao Wan'er glanced at the distance between the two starships on the star map. She had already familiarized herself with the performance of the T2 Black Rhinoceros-class interstellar heavy assault frigate earlier.
"The distance is about right. Relay my orders.
Prepare to activate 'short-range assault mode'!
All crew, prepare for impact!" Zhao Wan'er said solemnly.
"Yes!" The captain began relaying the orders.
Because the T2 Black Rhinoceros-class interstellar heavy assault frigate was designed with the expectation of withstanding heavy attacks and even collisions, every combat station was specially equipped with protective measures to allow soldiers to stabilize themselves and avoid injury from losing balance due to impact.
"'Short-range assault mode' activating... speed increasing!" the captain announced.
The red numbers representing speed instantly began to climb rapidly.
Audience Stands
Everyone closely watching the two starships suddenly began exclaiming in surprise.
"Oh my god! Look, that interstellar frigate seems to be accelerating!"
"This speed is way too fast, much higher than before."
"Wait... this speed... this direction... could it be that this interstellar frigate is planning to ram the T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser!"
This astonishing thought occurred to all the students.
Ramming a ship?
An interstellar frigate ramming an interstellar battlecruiser?
Zhao Chen wore a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, thinking this was the perfect opportunity to test the collision resistance of the T2 Black Rhinoceros-class interstellar heavy assault frigate in actual combat.
The rapidly accelerating T2 Black Rhinoceros-class interstellar heavy assault frigate aimed a horn-like module at its bow toward the flank of the distant T2 Purple Rose-class medium interstellar battlecruiser.
"Hurry! Speed up! Evade!" Zhou Min shouted in panic as she saw the interstellar frigate rapidly closing in on her.
"Captain... we're already at maximum speed, and at this distance, we can't evade!" the Deputy Captain said helplessly. "We should order preparations for impact."
Before the Deputy Captain could finish speaking, the entire ship hull shuddered with a heavy thud.
Almost instantly, unsecured items on the bridge flew into the air. Some crew members who hadn't stabilized themselves were flung meters away, completely airborne.
Zhou Min, seated in the captain's chair, didn't fly off.
But her pupils dilated as she watched a plump rear end hurtling toward her face.
Her face, which she had spent hundreds of Star Coins to maintain, now made intimate contact with that particular area.
"Ugh... ugh..."
"Warning! Warning! Warning! Severe impact detected on the left side of the ship hull. Left-side Starship Armor breached. Thirteen adjacent cabins sealed off!"
"Warning! Warning! Warning! This impact has affected the left-side starship engine, resulting in a 30% loss of speed."
"Warning! Warning!..."
The warning alarms on the bridge drowned out Zhou Min's cries for help.
By the time everyone recovered and began picking themselves up from the floor,
the Deputy Captain noticed a 200-pound bridge soldier sitting squarely in the captain's chair.
"Where's the Captain?" the Deputy Captain demanded, grabbing the hefty soldier by the collar.
"I... I... I don't know..." the soldier stammered.
"I'm... here..."
A voice came from the captain's chair.
The Deputy Captain looked behind the soldier and saw Zhou Min slumped in the chair, her entire body seemingly compressed, her face visibly distorted.
"Captain... your... your face..." the Deputy Captain gulped, pointing at Zhou Min's face.
Zhou Min froze, then kicked the hefty soldier aside and summoned a mirror. In the reflection, her face was visibly uneven and misshapen.
"My face! Aaaaaah!"
"Warning! Warning! Warning! Ship hull under impact! Ship hull under impact!"
Another sudden impact sent the Deputy Captain airborne. Instinctively, he grabbed onto something and plummeted downward.
When he regained his senses, he realized he had pressed Zhou Min's face firmly into the captain's chair.
"Aaaaaah!" Zhou Min screamed hysterically.
And the impacts kept coming.
One... then another... and another...
From different angles and directions!
From the outside, it looked like a T2 Star Escort Ship was repeatedly ramming a T2 Purple Rose-class medium interstellar battlecruiser as it fled in panic.
The problem was, the battlecruiser couldn't accelerate fast enough to escape the frigate's relentless pursuit.
"Warning! Warning! Warning! Ship hull control lost... Ship hull control... lost... Collision course with an asteroid detected. Evade immediately! Evade immediately!"
Collision with an asteroid?
The Deputy Captain had no time to attend to Zhou Min, who was emotionally distraught at the moment, and immediately operated to check the current situation.
Through the images transmitted to the bridge, their starship was hurtling toward an asteroid at an extremely high speed.
As for why this was happening?
The culprit, naturally, was that interstellar frigate.
That interstellar frigate was currently behind their starship, using its large black horn to push their T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser toward the asteroid.
"Captain! Surrender now! Surrender now! Otherwise, our starship is finished!" the Deputy Captain urgently urged Zhou Min to surrender.
"My face..." Zhou Min was still staring at her own face—this was her surgically altered face, after all.
The Deputy Captain pressed Zhou Min to surrender quickly. At this point, Zhou Min could no longer care about winning or losing; that interstellar frigate was simply too terrifying.
Zhou Min immediately contacted the arbitrator to declare surrender.
Audience Stand
The Arbitrator had just received the surrender from the T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser, but before they could relay this instruction to the T2 Black Rhinoceros-class interstellar heavy assault frigate, they witnessed through the live broadcast the T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser crashing heavily onto the surface of the asteroid, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.
The ship hull of the T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser was severely deformed.
In contrast, the 'culprit' behind all this, the T2 Black Rhinoceros-class interstellar heavy assault frigate, acted as if nothing had happened. It 'pulled' out its large black horn, seemingly satisfied as it gazed at the T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser, which had been battered beyond recognition.
Then, without looking back, it sailed away from the asteroid.
Everyone stared at that interstellar frigate, their minds racing with a torrent of curses.
Was... this really an interstellar frigate?