Chapter 39: Driving Storm Crimson

At this moment, a piercing scream suddenly came from the side. Fugaku's pupils shrank, and he abruptly turned his head to look, only to see that at some unknown time, that giant worm had actually crawled up silently.

Its massive body charged toward the battlefield again, like a moving mountain, and in the blink of an eye it had approached right before his eyes. The next second, the giant worm fiercely slammed into Uchiha Fugaku, its entire body rushing straight like a shell fired from a cannon.

"Damn it!" Fugaku let out a low roar, his eyes blood-red. He gritted his teeth and barely controlled Susanoo to turn around, attempting to block this sudden attack.

With a loud "Boom," the two colossi slammed into each other. Instantly, a terrifying impact force spread through Fugaku's entire body via Susanoo.

The next second, it was like a kite with a broken string, flying straight backward and heavily slamming into the wall behind it.

"Bang!" The wall shattered in response, countless dust flying. Susanoo was deeply embedded into the wall, and the entire base was on the verge of collapse under this violent impact.

Intense pain instantly spread throughout his body, Uchiha Fugaku felt his five viscera and six bowels churning, his chest aching dully.

He lowered his head, and a mouthful of fresh blood spurted from his mouth, drawing a blood line in the air.

Uchiha Fugaku found his vision gradually blurring; maintaining high-intensity combat for a long time had begun to overdraw his eye power.

Intense pain and massive chakra consumption caused his consciousness to begin dissipating, everything before his eyes gradually receding.

"Damn it..." Fugaku gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice. He stared fixedly at the approaching giant worm and octopus monster, a sense of powerlessness rising in his heart.

At this moment, Fugaku suddenly noticed the Storm Crimson docked behind him. Among the ruins, its bright red paint was especially eye-catching.

A glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes.

He took a deep breath, enduring the intense pain as he slowly stood up. His eyes were blood-red, the Sharingan spinning wildly, black chakra surging around Susanoo.

"Ah!" Fugaku roared, and instantly, an unprecedented power erupted within his body.

The Ame-no-Nuboko extended wildly in Susanoo's hand, at a speed difficult for the naked eye to capture. The next second, it swept out with the force of mountains overturning and seas surging, heavily striking two Kaiju.

"Boom!" With a deafening roar, the two Kaiju's massive bodies were swept away by this blow, heavily smashing into the base's wall, creating a crater over ten meters deep.

Uchiha Fugaku grunted, his eyes in intense pain, fresh blood overflowing from the corners of his eyes. This blow almost drained his eye power, and the Ame-no-Nuboko in his hand could no longer be maintained, turning into specks of starlight.

He decisively dispelled Susanoo. The massive chakra armor instantly dissipated, turning into countless points of light drifting in the air.

"What is he doing?" Herman saw Fugaku's action, his face full of confusion.

Uchiha Fugaku leaped up and landed steadily on top of Storm Crimson. He hooked both hands into the cockpit door gap and pulled hard, actually tearing the cockpit door off.

"He wants to pilot Storm Crimson!" General Stark stared wide-eyed, saying somewhat unbelievingly.

"Impossible!" Herman said urgently, "Storm Crimson's piloting difficulty even exceeds that of ordinary Jaegers; it is the only Jaeger that requires three pilots to operate!"

Watching Fugaku enter Storm Crimson, General Stark decisively ordered: "Open all permissions for Storm Crimson!" "Load all onto the central pilot seat!"

"General, but..." Herman wanted to say more, but General Stark firmly interrupted him.

General Stark's tone was unquestionable, "There is no time to hesitate now; we must act immediately!"

Herman gritted his teeth and quickly operated on the control console, concentrating all of Storm Crimson's permissions onto the central pilot seat.

Uchiha Fugaku walked into the cockpit; at this moment, General Stark's voice sounded inside the cabin.

"Operating permissions have all been transferred to the middle pilot seat, but activation still needs some time; we will try our best to buy you time!"

"Understood."

Uchiha Fugaku reached out and gripped the control device hanging above the pilot seat, stepping both feet into the fixing device at the bottom; the mechanical arm immediately locked, firmly fixing his four limbs. General Stark watched the two Kaiju rushing toward Storm Crimson again on the monitoring screen and decisively ordered: "Launch freeze bombs! Jamming bombs! All engineering machines, block Storm Crimson!"

The weapon system inside the base activated again; dozens of freeze bombs and jamming bombs howled toward the Kaiju, exploding on them and releasing large amounts of liquid nitrogen and electromagnetic pulses.

At the same time, all operational engineering machines inside the base surged toward Storm Crimson's direction; forklifts, bulldozers, giant mechanical arms—all gathered around Storm Crimson, forming a steel barrier.

However, to the Kaiju, these seemed like a drop in the bucket. Although their movements were slightly slowed by the jamming bombs and freeze bombs, they still rushed toward Storm Crimson like an unstoppable flood.

All engineering machines along the way were trampled flat.

Uchiha Fugaku stared fixedly at the screen before him, countless data flashing rapidly across it. Although the progress bar was advancing slowly, compared to the speed at which the Kaiju approached, it was still too slow.

"Faster, a little faster," Fugaku silently chanted in his heart, sweat sliding down his cheeks. He gripped the control lever tightly, his knuckles turning white from excessive force.

Watching the Kaiju about to rush in front of Storm Crimson, Uchiha Fugaku gritted his teeth and decided to release Susanoo again to face them head-on.

However, at this critical moment, a huge figure suddenly pounced from the side, like a shell fired from a cannon, slamming heavily into the Kaiju in front.

"Boom!" The two colossi collided, erupting in a deafening roar. The Kaiju let out a painful scream, its massive body nearly flying backward from the impact.

"Eureka Striker?!"

Looking at the battered Jaeger before him, Uchiha Fugaku stared wide-eyed and subconsciously blurted out.

The Eureka Striker at this time was in ruins, with only half of its drive unit still intact; the rest was twisted and deformed, sparks occasionally bursting from exposed circuits, every movement accompanied by a piercing metal grinding sound.

And in the cockpit, Chuck gritted his teeth, staring fixedly at the screen before him, both hands gripping the control lever tightly.

With every breath, he felt a sharp pain coming from deep in his nasal cavity; warm liquid flowed down his chin, dripping onto the control console.

Without the main pilot's support, piloting the Eureka Striker alone placed a huge burden on his brain. Neurons could not bear the high-intensity connection; every nerve was screaming in pain.

Despite this, Chuck still gritted his teeth, his trembling hands clutching the control lever tightly, piloting the Eureka Striker toward the two Kaiju.

It extended its only remaining arm, tightly wrapping around the giant worm's neck, forcibly dragging it away from in front of Storm Crimson.

At the same time, the Eureka Striker's thrusters behind it erupted with a boom, dazzling flames spraying out.

Under the huge thrust, the Jaeger actually flew backward rapidly, simultaneously knocking the two Kaiju out of the center of the battlefield.

At this moment, the octopus's tentacles reached toward the Eureka Striker again.

Chuck roared, the bayonet blade on his left arm directly stabbing toward the octopus's head.

Pfft, a large amount of green blood spurted out.

And at this moment, the giant worm instantly wrapped its body around the Eureka Striker from behind, the blades on its body rotating and cutting again.

Although the Eureka Striker fought desperately, it was ultimately outnumbered.

With a loud "Boom," the battered body of the Eureka Striker was ruthlessly crushed by the two Kaiju; its metal shell shattered in response, parts flying everywhere.

The next second, the giant worm opened its bloody mouth and swallowed the wreckage of the Eureka Striker in one gulp; Chuck in the cockpit was not spared either.

In the base command room, everyone stared wide-eyed, gazing blankly at the tragic scene before them; for a moment, no one could speak.

(Chapter End)