Chapter 145: 28.6 Onboarding?

With Shade slamming on the kiosk, the sound of the Tether Cannon doing its job crackled through the air, its mechanism glowing blue as it reeled in the slack that was assuredly still submerged under the sea. Right alongside that, I killed everything that could possibly drain us of power as I waited for Shizu's updates.

"Twenty!"

"Eighteen!"

With each agonizing second, I sincerely hoped that it would be enough, that the Tether Cannon could reel in enough slack that we'd be able to run across without too much risk of falling into the sea.

"Sixteen!"

"Fourteen!"

[*"They're preparing to board!"*]

[*"Who turned off da lights?!"*]

I forced myself to ignore Guidance and Shen's voices as I listened to Shizu. I already saw that the enemy [Rig] was starting to prepare for the inevitable battle, and I didn't need anyone else distracting me from hopefully minimizing our energy usage and avoiding plunging us back into darkness in the middle of a war.

[*TWANG!*]