Silicon Invasion

Since the appearance of spatial rifts, from the beginning of recorded history, there has never been a case of misaligned opening. Therefore, situations like stepping outside and having a terrestrial silicon-based beast fall from the sky have never occurred.

However, silicon-based beasts do indeed fall from the sky. Spatial rifts occasionally open in the high altitude, and sometimes passing flying silicon-based beasts will闯入 (chuǎng rù: barge in/break into), and then, the moment they exit, they fall from the sky due to not being adapted to the gravity.

It's just that, due to the larger contact area of the airspaces of both sides, and the even scarcer number of silicon-based beasts capable of flying at high altitudes, such accidental events are truly just that – accidental.

Precisely because of this, the identification of less dangerous aerial spatial rifts has a very low priority. Moreover, the machines that detect spatial rifts only indicate a rough location. On land, it's a plane, and with a large number of personnel, it's easy to find.

But in the air, it's a three-dimensional, enormous area. To find it, unless one has exceptionally good luck, it will require a huge expenditure of manpower and resources.

More often than not, before the specific coordinates of the spatial rifts are found, they have already closed on their own.

Over time, people's attention to aerial, especially high-altitude, spatial rifts has dropped to a very low level.

This situation was no exception. The fluctuations when the spatial rift appeared were instantly captured by the observation station, but its approximate location was actually at an altitude of ten thousand meters.

According to past experience, this location posed almost no threat.

So, the recorder simply reported it and then aimed the nearest radar at that area. As for sending people to investigate, that would require the air force to mobilize; their subordinate helicopters couldn't reach that altitude at all.

Unbeknownst to them, something emerged from the spatial rift that opened somewhere. When that silicon-based beast came out, its silhouette was captured by the radar.

Even at this point, it didn't cause tension among the relevant personnel, because there was only a small radar nearby. Constrained by the equipment, the blips on the radar could only show the number, not the size.

However, as more and more radars were mobilized, the feedback from the radar cross-scanning gradually made the observers realize that something was wrong.

Nevertheless, they still didn't connect this blip with the passenger plane that was about to pass by a hundred kilometers away.

It's just that the silicon-based beast's flight speed was unimaginably fast. Soon, two blips appeared on the radar screen simultaneously…

The plane's ground control center quickly received the news and notified the passing plane. When the ground personnel saw the photos taken from the plane that were transmitted back, everyone was stunned.

Due to the angle, none of the photos captured the full picture of the silicon-based beast. But this didn't stump the emergency team, which had already coordinated resources.

After a complex calculation, the jaws of everyone dropped, and they couldn't close them again.

The size of this silicon-based beast was actually 50-60 meters long!

You have to know, that plane carrying nearly three hundred people was only forty meters long. That silicon-based beast was even bigger than a medium-sized passenger plane.

"If something happens, those few will have to face a military court!"

The emergency team leader reprimanded sternly, but unfortunately, even dragging the relevant personnel out and executing them wouldn't help now.

"Team leader, the pilot of the plane involved is a retired soldier and is currently flying according to our instructions."

A young man in uniform stood up and reported loudly, but then asked softly and doubtfully: "Team leader, is this really going to work?"

The team leader was a middle-aged man in his fifties. His once-straight back was now somewhat hunched. He was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said: "This silicon-based beast is a species we've never encountered before. Everything about it is a mystery. The expert group can only speculate about its habits based on its size and by referencing data from other large and flying silicon-based beasts."

"Currently, it seems to be having some effect. According to the feedback, after the plane adopted erratic flight, the silicon-based beast, which had already approached and was flying alongside, re-established the distance between them."

A female officer in the same uniform, lifted her head from behind her laptop, pushed up her black-rimmed glasses, and said in a calm voice.

"Good, how long until our fighter jets arrive?"

The team leader nodded. This was the only piece of news that could be considered good among all the bad news.

"Two M-7s from the nearby air force base have already taken off and are expected to enter the target location in twelve minutes."

"M-7s?"

The M-7 aircraft had been in service for over forty years and couldn't be considered a main fighter model. Fortunately, after decades of honing, their stability was still commendable.

"There's no other way. There are no large cities or main air force stationed nearby. However, the Shaohua warship is currently performing a mission in the nearby sea area. 6 MZ-25s took off three minutes ago, but due to the distance, they may need nearly twenty minutes to enter the target area."

The MZ-25 was a new type of carrier-based aircraft that had been in service for less than ten years. Its advanced level goes without saying, but unfortunately, the distance was too far, and they couldn't arrive in the first instance.

The team leader knew that urging wouldn't help, so he could only pray that the experts' predictions were correct.

Another room.

“Old Zhang’s method is working! We haven’t seen this guy before, but it hasn’t seen us either. Based on past experience, silicon-based beasts generally judge the strength of the opponent based on the degree of metallization on their body. And our plane, in their eyes, is definitely a top-notch powerhouse. The plane’s erratic flight, this obvious warning, has already made the other party retreat.” Seeing the information fed back on the computer, a middle-aged uncle shouted excitedly.

“Stop yelling, the situation is still not optimistic. The other party hasn’t left, which means it still hasn’t given up. It’s only temporarily retreating out of caution. In this situation, BD1891 is actually more dangerous.”

“That’s right, next it will likely test us again. If BD1891 can’t make an effective counterattack, it will definitely continue to push its luck. And BD1891 can’t withstand the torment. If the silicon-based beast discovers that BD1891 is just a paper tiger, then that would be troublesome.”

“Now, we can only hope that it’s not a reckless fool.”

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“Captain, command center wants us to hold on for another ten minutes!” The co-pilot raised his head and reported the news he had just received.

“Damn it! What do they want me to use to drag out another ten minutes!”

The usually gentle and refined captain completely let himself go at this time, blurting out all kinds of greetings.

Both co-pilots knew the pressure the captain was under at this time and let him vent without daring to say a word.

“Command center says the experts suggest we can try dumping fuel at a critical moment.”

“Dumping fuel?” The captain was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood: “Unlock the spare fuel tank, listen to my command, and prepare to dump fuel at any time!”

“Roger!”