Chapter 1137: Chapter 36: Giant Beast (16)
Crash——
A colossal shadow rapidly rises underwater, stirring up monstrous waves,
parting the sea to either side like Moses.
"Roar!!"
The deep-sea giant beast known as the Ridgeback Turtle leaps out of the water, with arms strong and robust enough to easily crush an ocean liner, raised high,
grasping Storm Red from behind.
The Wei Brothers, in extreme pain and shaken, could not extend the A.T. Force Field to its maximum strength in time and were seized by the Ridgeback Turtle’s three arms.
Crack, crack.
Under immense force, the A.T. Force Field on Storm Red’s surface shattered directly, bending and breaking the steel and iron, bursting with explosive flames.
The three arms waved in vain, ultimately failing to escape the fate of being entirely broken and thrown into the sea.
[Alert: Severe damage to the system, power system malfunction, activating backup power]
[Alert: Mecha gravity balance system damaged, imbalanced]
Having lost all arms, Storm Red uncontrollably tilted forward,
a large amount of seawater mixed with the blood of deep-sea giant beasts poured back in through the cross-section of the broken shoulder,
corroding the fragile electronic components.
Mechanical alarm sounds echoed in the cockpit, and the Wei Brothers, gritting their teeth in pain, pressed the escape button with one last shred of sanity.
Boom!
The chest armor of Storm Red mecha dented into a small hole, and the spindle-shaped cockpit carrying the Wei Brothers was ejected from the hole, skipping across the sea surface over a dozen times, exiting the battlefield range with the ocean current.
Meanwhile, the body of Storm Red mecha was completely shattered under the pounding blows of the Ridgeback Turtle.
Things happened so quickly that everyone in the command hall watching the live broadcast on screen did not react for a moment.
The fourth-generation mecha Storm Red had long been stationed at Port City, independently killing seven deep-sea giant beasts, ranking among the top worldwide,
According to PPDC’s expectations, even facing a previously unseen category 4 giant beast, it might be at a disadvantage, but it was certainly not expected to fall and die in mere minutes.
"They have evolved..."
Biologist Newton Geizler of the Monster Science Department muttered in the command hall, "First, the agile Tail Rat simultaneously attracted the attention of Storm Red and Chernobyl Alpha,
then the strength-type Ridgeback Turtle launched an assault, annihilating the relatively poorly armored Storm Red in one fell swoop."
"Not only that, their A.T. Force Field has also improved."
Physicist Hermann Gotlieb, beside Newton, looking at the screen data, gasped, "The average A.T. Force Field strength of all previous category 4 deep-sea giant beasts was 30 Ohm Index,
with a few deep-sea giant beasts reaching 40 Ohm Index.
And just now, when Ridgeback Turtle destroyed Storm Red, the Ohm Index even soared to 58 points!
Almost double that of other category 4 deep-sea giant beasts!"
The command hall was silent, everyone watching the giant screen as the Ridgeback Turtle nonchalantly tossed Storm Red’s corpse into the sea.
"Gonna die, gonna die, gonna die——"
In the cockpit of Capini Mech, Dawn gritted her teeth, her eyes fierce.
Her beam saber’s hilt was firmly caught by the suddenly enhanced A.T. Force Field of the Tail Rat, unable to move,
even with the power of Capini Mech’s vector nozzle wings boosted to the maximum, the mech could only flounder wildly like a giant moth, always unable to escape the reach of Tail Rat’s arm.
"Roar——"
Tail Rat multitasked,
its tail suddenly whipped around, the tip like a dart, striking Chernobyl Alpha.
Similar to the Ridgeback Turtle beside it, its A.T. Force Field intensity on the surface abruptly increased, directly overwhelming Chernobyl Alpha’s A.T. Force Field.
The tail tip rapidly pierced through the Golden Shield, then drilled through the mech’s armor, stabbing into the mech.
Splurt——
The Tail Rat’s tail sprayed out a large quantity of corrosive liquid,
the heavily armored Chernobyl Alpha was completely defenseless against such internal attacks,
its abdomen and waists rapidly escalated in smoke,
the fists it had raised and ready to pound the Tail Rat also lost power instantly due to the corroded nuclear reactor, dropping down, hitting the sea.
The Tail Rat, abruptly attacking and destroying Chernobyl Alpha, did not stop there; its left fore limb lifted, looked slow but was actually quick, coldly and relentlessly swatting at the Capini Mech held captive by it.
Dawn suddenly sensed the sky darkening, as the Giant Beast’s palm, larger than the entire Mecha, radiated a golden light, enveloping them.
In this critical moment, Dawn’s brain, enhanced by the Soko Psychic Induction System, remained calm,
She directly released the Mecha’s control lever, pulling out an ancient sheepskin scroll from the void, and with both hands exerted force to tear it apart.
Teleport, transfer.
At the last moment before Tail Rat’s palm closed, the Capini Mech vanished from its place,
appearing a hundred meters away above Chernobyl Alpha.
A Perfect Level consumable teleportation scroll was used just like that.
Inside the cockpit, Dawn was panting, her eyes bloodshot,
both from wasting a precious life-saving item,
and from the massive burden this kind of scroll, capable of teleporting the Mech, placed on its user.
"Such a loss..."
Dawn took a deep breath, steadied her breathing, and looked down at the two deep-sea monsters, the fragmented Storm Red, and the heavily smoking Chernobyl Alpha,
made a quick decision, directly diving the Capini Mech down to the position of Chernobyl Alpha’s chest.
When she had teleported with the Black Trojan to the broken dome, Dawn had already gathered information on these heavy Mechs in the hangar,
As a first-generation heavy Mech, Chernobyl Alpha’s chest armor was extremely thick; even without the protection of the A.T. Force Field, normal Giant Beasts would exert great effort to break through,
but this design also left no room for an escape system,
meaning the pilots couldn’t eject the cockpit and escape like Mecha operators.
"Move!"
With just a glance, Dawn determined that Chernobyl Alpha Mech had completely lost its combat capability,
She rushed forward, swinging the Beam saber, slashing open the Mech’s shell that was continuously dissolving under poison corrosion, and pulled out the pilot couple, the Kadenovskys,
taking them with her away from this soon-to-collapse heavy Mech.
Tail Rat noticed Dawn’s actions, roared in anger, raised its tail, and sprayed a jet of poison towards the Capini Mech, but failed to hit the swiftly, nimbly maneuvering Big Fluttering Moth.
"Roar—"
Tail Rat watched the increasingly distant Capini Mech with some resentment, flicking its tail, it smashed the dissolved and stationary Chernobyl Alpha at the waist,
turned to join the Ridgeback Turtle in confronting the isolated Eureka Raider.
The battlefield quickly shifted from 3 vs 2 to 1 vs 2,
the Hansen father and son piloting the Eureka Raider hesitated and briefly stopped, unsure whether to advance or retreat.
Fortunately, the deep-sea monsters had already made the decision for him—
Ridgeback Turtle slowly stepped forward, one step at a time towards the Eureka Raider,
while Tail Rat submerged into the ocean, swimming toward Port City.
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In the command center, Li Ang, sifting through complex documents, lifted his head, frowning as he looked at the chaotic command hall.
The abrupt change in the battle, the sudden strengthening of the deep-sea monsters’ A.T. Force Field, and the terrifying implications behind it,
left the elite PPDC members in the commanding hall feeling somewhat panicked and frightened, at a loss.
"Tsk."
Li Ang, interrupted during his reading, clicked his tongue in annoyance, glanced at the Black Trojan beside him, and said, "Brother Ma, would you go once?"
"Huh? Me?"
The Black Trojan’s expression froze momentarily, then he smiled wryly and said, "Brother Li, I think you may have some misconceptions about my abilities...
In the world setting of this script, only heavy Mechs can deal with level 4 Giant Beasts, and only the A.T. Force Field can counter the A.T. Force Field.
I’m just a logistics officer; I probably can’t fight off the Tail Rat that’s about to invade Port City..."
"I’m also in logistics."
Li Ang sighed, "You say I’m a logistics officer, why do I have to personally intervene in every battle?
Damn it, what has the world come to?
Never mind, I’ll go instead."
He closed the document in his hands, strode out of the command center, amid the complex gazes of the PPDC, leaving behind the words "Don’t touch my materials", pulled out his Colt Revolver, and pulled the trigger towards the distance.
