Chapter 1147: Chapter 146: Giant Beast (26)
"Hmm..."
Black Trojan pondered for a moment. Clearly, the Killing Game wasn’t so kind as to tailor a light-hearted script task journey for them.
The process of killing the third Deep-Sea Giant Beast would inevitably encounter twists and turns.
The question is, in what form will these twists come?
"If the Killing Game wants to increase the difficulty, there can only be a few possibilities."
Dawn raised a finger and said softly, "Firstly, the Deep-Sea Giant Beast appearing this time is very strong, extremely strong,
so strong that even if humanity’s overall power has been enhanced, we still cannot handle it,
forcing us to risk our lives and personally confront it.
Secondly, setting a time window.
For example, if we cannot kill the emerging Deep-Sea Giant Beast within a short time, the deep-sea civilization encountering suddenly enhanced human forces will return to their own world.
This would prevent us from completing the task..."
Dawn squinted, paused for a moment,
Black Trojan frowned and asked, "What’s the third then?"
Dawn waved a hand, "The third possibility... might be that there are no Deep-Sea Giant Beasts at all."
"No Deep-Sea Giant Beasts?"
Black Trojan raised an eyebrow and quickly understood Dawn’s meaning, "You mean during this Manila Bay attack, there isn’t a ’Level 4 Deep-Sea Giant Beast’ as defined by human civilization,
but rather all Level 1 or 2 sea creatures?
Since the task requires us to kill Deep-Sea Giant Beasts, even slaughtering numerous sea creatures won’t fulfill the task objective,
we must take the initiative to seek out other Deep-Sea Giant Beasts and kill them for it to count?"
"This could be a possibility."
Dawn nodded, "Human civilization in this world hasn’t captured a living, controllable Level 4 Deep-Sea Giant Beast.
All beasts emerge from unfixed passages beneath the sea.
If the Killing Game is dark enough, it might let us follow these passages, head to the homeland of the deep-sea civilization, and find and kill the Deep-Sea Giant Beasts there."
"The homeland of the deep-sea civilization..."
Black Trojan clicked his tongue upon hearing this, such a place couldn’t possibly be a tranquil and peaceful haven, more likely it’s a giant military factory producing Deep-Sea Giant Beasts.
The key point is that the technology tree of the deep-sea civilization is entirely different from humans,
Technological creations and extraordinary powers effective in the real world,
may not work in the Deep-Sea World.
"If the PPDC scientists speculate correctly, the planet the deep-sea civilization resides on is likely covered with liquid ammonia.
The sea level pressure there is sixty times that of Earth, the ocean contained isn’t water, but corrosive liquid ammonia.
The primary race of deep-sea civilization lives in liquid ammonia oceans year-round, establishing underwater cities."
Black Trojan pondered for a while, in such an environment the players’ strength would be severely weakened, and the various Mechas developed by PPDC don’t seem to have been specially modified for expeditions to Alien Planets,
for instance, to operate in high-pressure environments.
Speaking of modifications...
Black Trojan turned his head, looked through the hangar wall behind, a thousand meters away, at the Obsidian Mecha parked at the port, being modified by Li Ang using Divine Power Vine.
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"The original Pineal Organ of the Obsidian Model came from a certain Level 4 Deep-Sea Giant Beast, with limited A.T. Force Field strength.
After replacing it with the Ridgeback Turtle’s Pineal Organ, the A.T. Force Field strength can be increased by 20%..."
Li Ang stood on the chest of the lying Mecha, countless vines extending from the cuffs of his arms, connecting to various parts of the Mecha,
serving as the power tendons, energy pipelines, hydraulic levers of the unfinished Mecha.
The Obsidian Model, with blueprints provided by the Americas Industrial Group, assembled and produced by the Broken Dome Fortress, is a fifth-generation heavy Mecha,
Originally planned to be 76 meters high, weighing 7900 tons, with a titanium alloy frame, powered by nuclear energy, equipped with two adhesion wings on the back, beneath which are four groups of Vector Noozle Mouths,
its main combat weapons include a titanium alloy short-handled Battle Axe, round shield, and electromagnetic rail rifle.
Due to frequent attacks by Deep-Sea Giant Beasts on the Broken Dome Fortress,
the Obsidian Model has been delayed and unfinished,
with many components inside the Mecha, including the main weapons, yet to be installed.
But now that Li Ang is here, these issues are no longer a problem.
Crackle.
The vines were like dense long snakes, burrowing into every corner along the seams of the Mecha’s exterior armor,
adding sparse spots of emerald green to the Mecha’s original deep-black design.
Li Ang’s goal is not only to make the Obsidian Model Mecha move,
but also to enable the Obsidian Mecha to utilize the physical properties of the vine itself,
to perform simple actions like standing and running even without Divine Power filling the vines.
"The modification of the torso has been completed; next is to repair both arms..."
Li Ang ignored the astonished and horrified gazes of surrounding PPDC staff as he calmly went about modifying the Obsidian heavy Mecha.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, he abruptly raised his head and looked towards the distant sea surface.
The waves and surges of the sea, originally ebbing and flowing, suddenly calmed down, the surface smooth as a mirror.
The seagull flocks, long entrenched here foraging from human trash, refusing to leave no matter what,
also seemed to sense something,
emitting panicked and noisy cries, hurriedly flying away.
"Woo—woo—"
In cities, on sea surface vessels, naval bases, and sky airships,
sharp air raid sirens echoed from all human creations.
"It’s finally here..."
On the airship bridge, General Stake took a deep breath, looking at the holographic projection.
The sea’s tranquility lasted for less than half a minute,
with a large amount of bubbles roiling and surging from beneath the sea surface, the entire sea area seemingly boiling.
"Detected Ohm Index!"
Cai Tiantong stared intently at the screen, his voice overly tense and a bit sharp, "40, 50, 60! Surpassing all previous records! Still rising!"
General Stake rushed to Cai Tiantong’s side and shouted gravely, "How many? How many Deep-Sea Giant Beasts?"
"Five..."
Cai Tiantong opened his mouth, eyes dazed, his mouth dry.
The screen was densely packed with red dots, continuously emerging from the sea trench cliff a thousand meters below.
"Five hundred..."
Cai Tiantong’s throat was hoarse as if burning, yet his heart felt like it had dropped into an icy abyss, filled with infinite despair.
Five hundred Deep-Sea Giant Beasts...
Even if all Human Mechs from the Monster War era, whether destroyed or still in service, were gathered together, they’d be easily crushed.
Indeed, the so-called "attacks" by the deep-sea civilization before,
were mere probes to gather intelligence, deceive humanity,
misleading humanity to misestimate the deep-sea civilization’s military strength,
facilitating this fatal blow now...
In the airship bridge, silence reigned, everyone dazedly watching the screen filled with emergent, surfacing red dots, momentarily forgetting to think.
"No, this is not right."
Stake suddenly reacted, realizing the trench cliff displayed on the map indeed had sufficiently deep water, but limited width,
Five hundred Deep-Sea Giant Beasts couldn’t all swim out simultaneously, "Where’s the underwater drone? Pull up the underwater surveillance footage of that sea area."
Cai Tiantong followed the command, and new footage appeared on the screen.
Swimming out of the sea trench cliff weren’t Level 4 Deep-Sea Giant Beasts,
but rather standard Level 3 or Level 2 deep-sea creatures.
All of them had undergone evolution, now with streamlined bodies more suitable for underwater movement, thicker body armor, some parts growing special organs resembling long-range artillery.
Their total body length not exceeding the 60-70 meter Level 4 Deep-Sea Giant Beasts standard line, only their A.T. Force Field strength reached that level.
Stake instinctively breathed a sigh of relief, quickly realizing something, immediately tightening his nerves, and without hesitation pressed the broadcast communication button.
The shrinkage in deep-sea creatures’ sizes actually implies a smaller attack surface, more agile movements, faster speed.
With unchanged A.T. Force Field strength, they’re even harder to deal with than before.
