The massive fireball in the sky was not something that public opinion could control—soon, citizens of Metropolis were opening their cameras, and various topics quickly climbed to the top of trend charts.
However, this was not what Sun Jack cared about. Beneath the glaring light, the two spacecraft carriers within the clouds finally revealed their true forms.
The enemy attempted to activate Mimetic Camouflage to disappear in front of Sun Jack, but it was already too late. The sheer size of the enemy was too great. Sometimes, size is an advantage, but at this moment, it had become a disadvantage.
With a "hiss" sound, accompanied by a flash of white light, under the illumination of the giant fireball in the sky, it struck the massive spacecraft carrier in the distance.
Although the enemy had all sorts of protective measures activated, they were futile against the technology of The Previous Era. A large hole formed by molten metal quickly appeared on the body of the spacecraft carrier and completely penetrated it within 2-3 seconds.
Seeing this, Sun Jack was thrilled and immediately prepared to aim at the next spacecraft carrier, but a line of text appeared directly in front of him.
After reading the prompt, Sun Jack realized that even if the Sky-base Weapon had power, it could not be used indiscriminately; it needed charging and cooling down.
Watching the number representing the energy charge value slowly rising, he became frantic, knowing he must find a way to get through this period.
Suddenly, he had an idea. Standing under the bright sky, Sun Jack shouted towards the myriad combat units across the sky, "How about that! Isn't this enough to prove my strength? My grudge is with your boss, not with you! Why fight to the death?"
"Even if I seized Gaofeng Technology, shouldn't you workers still go to work? I, Borrow King, guarantee it! Those who give up resistance now will retain their current job positions and——get a 25% raise!!"
As soon as Sun Jack said this, everyone's hearts were inevitably shaken, but a single sentence from the corporate executives obliterated Sun Jack's temptation.
"He's buying time! This Sky-base Weapon needs cooling and charging! He's useless right now!"
"Damn!" Faced with the combat units moving into action again, Sun Jack had no option but to flee desperately. "AA! Nuclear bomb!"
"AA! Did you hear? Nuclear bomb!!"
"Oh oh oh! I'm on it!! It's ready! Come and get it!!"
Accompanied by another nuclear bomb, this time the explosion occurred among the ground troops; the powerful shockwave and the extensive EMP effect directly repelled the enemy's attack, buying Sun Jack enough time.
As the energy charge value steadily increased, Sun Jack's heart also lifted slightly—almost there, almost there!
"Jack! Watch out! Someone else is coming!" The voice of the Digital Personality tensed Sun Jie instantly.
"What's going on?" When Sun Jack sensed his surroundings through radar, he noticed something large gradually moving towards them.
The nuclear bomb's shockwave made the view across Metropolis exceptionally clear; soon, Sun Jack saw a huge mechanical construct slowly approaching in the distance.
It was a giant mushroom-shaped spacecraft carrier. Sun Jack immediately knew it was not Gaofeng Technology's Leviathan, nor was it a spacecraft carrier controlled by Eve. This was from another party!
Facing this unidentified force, Sun Jack's expression turned very grim. If it was an ally of Gaofeng Technology, then they were in trouble.
However, seeing Gaofeng Technology's combat units pointing their guns and cannons towards it, Sun Jack was thoroughly puzzled—it seemed the situation was not as he suspected.
"Hello, hello? Can you hear me?" Sun Jack was suddenly faced with a man staring right at him, his lips adorned with three lip studs and bulging eyes.
"I'm from Wol Technology. I don't care what grievances you have, but since you're willing to pay such a high price against Gaofeng Technology, I'm willing to help you take them down."
"What?" Sun Jack hadn't finished speaking when another person's face similarly popped up in front of him, also from an arms company, and more and more spacecraft carriers from other companies started appearing around them.
At this moment, Sun Jack finally understood what it meant to be under universal attack. At the slightest hint of weakness from Gaofeng Technology, these guys, like vultures to carrion, swarmed in.
Sun Jack hadn't expected the situation to change so rapidly; it seemed he might not need to do much more to achieve his goal.
Just as Sun Jack was planning to pull out and watch things unfold, a new communication request popped up directly on his system interface, bearing the identity of the CEO of Gaofeng Technology.
"????"
When Sun Jack accepted the call, a fierce dragon head appeared in front of him; to say it was furry would be inaccurate, as the dragon head and its golden pupils were all metallic, very distinctive.
As soon as the other spoke, Sun Jack knew he was talking to number 13 from the Federation. "Gaofeng Technology has been defeated, how does that benefit you?"
"Hm?" Sun Jack was almost confused by his question.
"Are you not doing this to seize control of Gaofeng Technology? If they snatch it from you, you'll gain nothing!"
"So?"
"So, under these circumstances, we should collaborate! Your capabilities have already proven your strength. If you help Gaofeng Technology through this crisis, you will become a stakeholder in Gaofeng Technology."
Is this guy out of his mind? He was just fighting to the death with him, and now he's talking about collaboration?
"What if I don't?"
"If you don't choose to collaborate, then you just wait for them to deal with Gaofeng Technology and then deal with you! Do you think a small security company like yours can handle a Sky-base weapon?"
"I am willing to share the technology and collaborate in the future!"
"Collaborate on what? Human experiments together? Sorry, I don't care about your terms; without you, they don't matter much to me."
As soon as Sun Jack spoke these words, the Sky-base weapons beside him aligned horizontally, and a beam of laser pierced directly into the combat unit group of Gaofeng Technology.
And as Sun Jack fired the first shot, all companies rushed forward, completely dismembering Gaofeng Technology in an instant, and the whole situation instantly turned chaotic.
As Sun Jack slowly landed on the ground, he looked at the unfolding farce with a sense of unreality. Was it over, just like that?
However, just then, X, controlling Abu's body, walked over and winked at him.
"Hehehe, you've won, but he has won more."