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The electromagnetic railgun emitted a low, deadly charging sound, each brief pause accompanied by a blinding blue light tearing through the night sky.
"puff!"
A flower-calyx beast was piercing through the core of its bromine mist shield as it was condensing it, and its body crashed to the ground.
"puff!"
Another Possession Beast's tail, which was simulating a distress call, was blown off at the base. Another Salamander had just extended its spiky tongue when its exposed core was pierced through its neck.
With each shot, she precisely reaped the core of the target's spirit seed.
At the same time, the four floating cannons of the Flying Snow mech created a laser interception net around her. Any bone spikes or acid bullets that tried to get close were intercepted in the air by the dense laser beams, providing a safe sniping environment for her and her nearby teammates.
As an elite snake-dog broke through the interception net and got close, she flashed like a ghost, her wrist blade popped out, and after injecting energy, the high-frequency particle blade instantly extended. With a clean and neat horizontal slash, the snake-dog's head flew off, and she finished it off.
"Hahahaha..."
Erica (Storm Shark) is a mobile arsenal. She has now completely transformed into a violent little girl, with her twin electromagnetic railguns spinning wildly, weaving two intersecting, destructive torrents of metal at a terrifying rate of 36000 rounds per minute.
Switching between high-explosive and armor-piercing rounds, she created an absolute death zone in front of her.
The surging pack of snakes and dogs was torn to shreds as if it had crashed into an invisible meat grinder wall.
The Earth Roar's bone armor was as thin as paper in front of the armor-piercing bullets, and she let out an excited scream: "Hahaha, turn them all into dust."
Erica is becoming increasingly violent, directly bombarding the ground with missiles, her eyepiece's V-shaped light band flashing wildly, and her shoulder-mounted honeycomb missiles firing continuously.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Miniature guided missiles, trailing plumes of flame, swarmed towards the distant group of spiky eels and an approaching calyx beast, like a swarm of bees.
"Boom boom boom!"
A series of violent explosions turned the target area into an inferno.
Even when faced with two large snake-dogs charging at her amidst a hail of bullets, the energy shield on her left arm instantly deformed, and the double-layered shield that activated in defensive mode steadily blocked their bites.
At the same time, Erica's right arm shield edge popped out a high-frequency chainsaw, which slashed down with a piercing cutting sound, and the rotating saw teeth instantly tore through the snake dog's bone armor and body.
"Captain Mark, there are just too many of them."
Erica complained, but the eight miniature thrusters on her back propelled her in incredible zigzag maneuvers across the battlefield, dodging the volleys of Earth Howlers and the beams of the Calyx Beasts, while simultaneously unleashing devastating firepower on the densest parts of the beast horde.
"Machine gun ammo consumed 80%. Hive missiles exhausted, shield energy remaining 30%, thrusters..."
The battle has entered its most brutal phase of attrition.
The corpses of the Devouring Beasts piled up like mountains, and the flowing crimson pigment and blood mixed into a viscous swamp. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, burnt stench, and blood.
However, driven by the Mana Flower, the Devouring Beasts continued to surge forth in an endless stream, like a tireless tide.
Chen Yuan's palm cannon's beam began to become unstable, the range of the high-temperature flamethrower shrank significantly, and the frequency of use of the spiral impact drill decreased. The Dragon Core continuously indicated a decrease in energy (45%... 38%...).
Mark's greatsword's earth-shattering shockwave range shrank, and the Annihilation Shoulder Cannon's firing rate slowed down.
The diamond-shaped shield finally shattered after withstanding several rounds of bombardment from the main cannon of the Flower Calyx Beast.
Several deep claw marks appeared on the surface of the mecha, and the nano-repair couldn't repair the new damaged areas in time.
Ran Bing's ice crystal force field shield range shrank, her freezing ammunition reserves were running low, the freezing beams of the floating cannons weakened, and one of the floating cannons was hit by the energy beam of a flower calyx beast and was falling while sparking.
The rate of fire of Mo Cheng's assault rifles was forced to be reduced, the shotgun mode needed time to cool down, the Hive Cannon misfired, and the light of the Blade Armor also dimmed considerably.
Feixue's sniper cannon also consumes a lot of energy, and the charging time is longer. The laser interception network of the floating cannon has a loophole, forcing her to use Shadow Blade more frequently to deal with the current situation.
Erica's electromagnetic railgun barrel overheated to a red-hot level, forcing it to stop and cool down, making it impossible for it to fire indefinitely.
Wielding her chainsaw shield, she charged through the horde like a berserker, her mech covered in acid corrosion and bone spur scratches.
Explosions and roars could be heard continuously from inside the base.
The electromagnetic laser swords and laser guns on the Iron Guard mech arms flashed, the Hellhound's laser cuts and shoulder machine guns roared, and the mechanical Black Hawk silently darted around, picking off the scattered spiked eels and spine worms that broke through. The pressure on the remaining troops was also immense.
As night fell and dawn broke, Chen Yuan and his team relied primarily on their mechs for combat, conserving energy as much as possible.
Three of the four Mana Flowers were destroyed by the combined fire of Chen Yuan's quantum pulse ray, Mark's greatsword, Fei Xue's sniper cannon, Erica's missile, and Ran Bing's freezing bomb under the relentless attack of the Shadow Squad.
The last plant was also severely damaged, and the scarlet pigment it emitted became weak.
Without the guidance of the core and the replenishment of life essence (a destroyed core cannot be revived), the beast horde's offensive finally collapsed.
The remaining Devouring Beasts roared in despair after dawn, fleeing into the depths of the ruins like a receding tide.
Outside the base entrance, corpses littered the ground, and the mountain of Devouring Beast remains created a hellish scene.
The five members of the Shadow Squad and Chen Yuan stood atop Beast Mountain, their mechs battered and wrecked, their energy gauges nearly depleted.
(Chen Yuan: 25%, Mark: 12%, Ran Bing: 10%, Mo Cheng: 8%, Fei Xue: 18%, Erica: Only the arm shield and thrusters have a small amount of energy left).
The mech's surface was covered with claw marks, acid corrosion marks, bone spike puncture holes, and charred black marks from energy burns.
Steam and coolant hissed out from the damaged joints; the nano-reserves had long been exhausted.
Only heavy breathing could be heard on the communication channel.
"Loongson...reporting...on the base situation..."
Chen Yuan was panting heavily, almost unable to catch his breath.
"Report: External threat eliminated, core area of base secure, residential area secure. 3 Iron Guard mechs moderately damaged, 2 severely damaged and awaiting repair, 1 Hellhound lost, the rest damaged, 2 Mechanical Black Hawks lost... Base's overall energy reserves... 3%. Defense system completely paralyzed. Urgent need for comprehensive overhaul and energy replenishment."
Loongson's electronic voice provides accurate data in a timely manner.
Chen Yuan looked at his comrades fighting bloodily beside him and the endless corpses at his feet.
The base was saved, but the backlash from Mana Ecology made him truly feel what a life-or-death crisis was for the first time.
He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled to calm himself down.
"Shadow Squad mission complete, returning to base for repairs... Let's go back for dinner!"
Chen Yuan gave the order, his voice drifting in the morning breeze.
Heavy breathing echoed in the communication channel. Beneath their feet lay mountains of Devouring Beast remains, and the air was thick with the pungent smell of gunpowder, charred flesh, and crimson pigment.
They thought the battle was over, but little did they know... the real crisis had only just begun.
Chapter 86 Give it a try
Mark's End Watcher's matte black armor was covered with impact dents and charred marks from energy burns. His high-frequency vibrating greatsword was stuck in the ground to support his body, and the other teammates' mechs were in similar condition.
"Loongson, report the remaining survival points."
Chen Yuan muttered to himself.
"Report: The count of Devouring Beasts killed in this defensive operation is complete. The total survival points earned are 334,500. Adding to the original 575000 survival points, the current total survival points are 909,500."
The number of over 900,000 surprised Chen Yuan greatly, as if his physical fatigue had been greatly relieved.
With these points, countless possibilities unfolded before his eyes: Ark Base repair, mech upgrades, energy reserves...
However, the real crisis has arrived.
The ground beneath my feet shook violently once again.
It's not the aftermath of a battle, but a new shockwave.
"Alert! Ultra-high energy level life activity detected. Distance from base: 9,000 meters. Extremely high danger. Number: 2. Level assessment: Infinitely close to monarch level. Species identification: Metamorphic type, Digjaw Beast, accompanied by a large number of pan-genetic and metamorphic Devouring Beasts. Number... exceeds 6,000!"
The alarm bells for Loongson are ringing with an unprecedented sense of urgency.
Everyone's heart sank into an icy abyss.
"How could this be?" Mark's eyes widened.
"So, everything that came before was just an appetizer, right?" Erica asked incredulously.
Through the pervasive blood mist, Chen Yuan squinted and saw two enormous, suffocating silhouettes slowly approaching.
These were the Beasts with two jaws. They were like moving mountains, over fifteen meters tall, covered with thick, obsidian-like, multi-layered bone armor, with ferocious bone spurs growing at their joints.
Most terrifying of all is that their heads have no eyes, only a huge, abyss-like mouth that takes up most of their heads. The upper and lower jaws are like two enormous, serrated guillotines that make an unpleasant sound when they open and close.
With each step they took, the earth trembled slightly.
Behind these two Bjawed Beasts, a large number of snake dogs, earth howls, thorn eels, flower calyx beasts, and bear-egg beasts gathered, forming an even more frenzied torrent than before. Under the pressure of the Bjawed Beasts, the crimson pigment churned even more violently, like a boiling sea of blood.
"Damn it... I knew it wouldn't be that simple."
Chen Yuan spat out a mouthful of saliva, the last glimmer of hope in his eyes vanishing.
Faced with monsters of this caliber, their current broken bodies don't even qualify them to be cannon fodder.
After much deliberation, Chen Yuan closed his eyes and opened them again, having already made up his mind.
"Shadow Squad, prepare to engage the enemy!"
Chen Yuan said in a deep voice, then his mind instantly sank into the depths of his consciousness to communicate with the system interface.
"System, emergency repair. Objective: Repair all Shadow Squad mechs and myself (Chen Yuan, Mark, Ran Bing, Mo Cheng, Fei Xue, and Erica) to optimal condition and replenish 100% core energy. Execute immediately!"
"Command confirmed. Repair and replenish six mechs. Survival points required: 5 points per mech, total: 30 points. Confirm?"
"Confirmed, execute immediately."
Chen Yuan didn't hesitate at all. Points could be earned back, but life was truly gone once it was gone.
The next moment, an invisible energy fluctuation instantly enveloped the six people.
A miracle unfolded before their eyes. On Chen Yuan's Dragon Core 7 suit, countless silver-gray nanoparticles surged and filled the deep, bone-revealing wounds as if alive. Reconstruction.
The dull armor instantly regained its cold luster, the electrical sparks at the joints were extinguished, and the vector nozzles on its back and feet once again spewed out surging blue-white nuclear fusion flames.
The helmet visor emitted a burst of blue light, instantly replenishing the core energy.
Mark's End Watcher mech had its dents smoothed out, the charred black marks faded, and the dark golden energy patterns flowed again like lava.
The vibrating greatsword, stuck in the ground, hummed, its dark golden light surging, and the muzzle of the Annihilation Shoulder Cannon was brimming with energy!
Ran Bing's Frost Oath Guardian, the cracks on the ice crystal cannon shield disappeared, becoming smooth as a mirror, with azure energy flowing across the shield surface.
At the location of the crashed floating cannon, new particles quickly coalesced and formed, and the four floating cannons were completely renewed, shimmering with icy blue light.
The Starry Sky mech in Mo City straightened its twisted gun barrel instantly, revealing a brand-new gun body.
The shoulder-mounted honeycomb cannon cover popped open, revealing the ready-to-fire chambers.