Chapter 622: Chapter 188: Terror Lurks_2
Ji Heng closed his eyes, focusing his mind to maintain his superpower.
Before long, the timid Insect Soldier turned around and walked away again.
"Ji Er, you should find a way to leave. I can’t bear to watch; it’s even more thrilling than when it was Wu Qingqing."
"Every step feels like walking a tightrope on a cliff."
"I’m holding a pillow while watching; it’s more exciting than a horror movie."
"I’m different. I watch through my fingers, so I can adjust the level of horror at any time."
Walking step by step towards the mecha, Ji Heng asked his new companion, "Shall we take the risk?"
He was a First-class Soldier, and completing the mission would be a first-class merit, enabling a promotion to Lieutenant, with a salary increase of a thousand a month, twelve thousand a year. Even during holidays, he’d receive better gifts, and if hospitalized, he’d get a private room, doubling his welfare benefits.
Is it worth the risk for him?
It was worth it. Once you experience the comfort of the Standard Black Wings, it’s hard to let go.
Only a promotion can earn the privilege to equip one.
"Alright, tell me what to do."
"We both need to exit the cabin."
Although the Space Button can be handed over to Ji Heng, it would be dangerous if outside the range of Ji Heng’s superpower, so both needed to exit the cabin together.
They stood behind the mecha, with a cocoon above them at least five times the size of their mecha.
"What if... there is no ’what if’." The soldier with mechanical limbs straightened his chest, ready to face death: "I’ve died once, I’m not afraid of death."
Ji Heng’s forehead beaded with sweat: "I can still hold on a bit."
"Let’s try first. Not getting out is better than doing nothing." This level of repair room was no different from the highest security research room, and their weapons couldn’t break the defense.
Rather than waiting to die, it’s better to complete the mission.
Entering the repair room only took two short minutes, but felt like half a lifetime.
Once decided, they began to implement it.
The cabin slowly opened.
An Insect Man happened to slide down from above along the cocoon silk, and it was the first time both were so close to an Insect Man without the protection of the mecha, feeling as if they were naked.
Ji Heng carried Xiao Cai, who analyzed the surroundings, displaying words on the helmet screen, "In three seconds, an Insect Man will slide down to the location where you are standing."
Ji Heng and his teammate hurriedly moved forward, stepping on a path paved by the mecha’s arm, with their legs feeling a bit weak.
Another Insect Man fell from above, landing just behind them.
From Xiao Cai’s feedback, Ji Heng knew the Insect Man did not move but was greedily eyeing them.
A chill ran down Ji Heng’s spine, too afraid to move.
His teammate agreed to stop, palms icy, repeating to himself that surviving catastrophe would lead to good fortune.
The Insect Man crawled closer, as Ji Heng kept retreating, maintaining a distance between them.
Reaching the mecha’s palm, they could not back up any further; any step back would result in a fall.
At this moment, an Insect Man fell from above, landing directly on it; the two Insect Men rolled away.
"I kind of feel like laughing."
"And a bit like crying; poor Ji Er, nearly fell into the insect’s mouth."
They took a deep breath and continued forward, carefully avoiding the cocoon silk, dodging the "Insect Man rain," and approaching the customized mecha. Ji Heng attempted to reach out to the mecha but was slightly out of reach.
He had to switch places with his teammate, who picked up the Space Button and placed it on the mechanical limb.
The mechanical limb extended according to his thoughts, grabbing the customized mecha. Pressing the start button, the Space Button matched with the customized mecha, ready for retrieval.
For a while, there was no movement; it wouldn’t retract.
Ji Heng asked what was going on, why there was no action.
He shrugged, "It won’t retract."
The audience was equally confused because the screen was pitch black, and switching to night vision mode didn’t help.
They were anxious, hoping they would move faster, but at this moment, there was no movement.
"What are they doing, why haven’t they retracted it yet?"
"I’m anxious for them, hurry up, why not get on with it?"
"Do you think they don’t want to? Maybe they’re simply stuck."
Ji Heng: "Have you retracted things this way before?"
His teammate nodded, "We’ve done many experiments, and the mechanical limb can connect with our nerves, conveying mental commands; retracting the mecha is definitely possible."
Do they need to get a little closer?
Ji Heng lightly pressed his dry lips, "Do you know, under what circumstances, things can’t be retrieved into the Space Button?"
"Space Button being too small, mismatching with the object, if the object contains a living creature..."
At this point, both looked at the customized mecha cabin, their eyes losing "light."
A giant tentacle popped out from inside the mecha cabin.
This tentacle was familiar to Ji Heng, belonging to a mother body that Su Xiaocai had killed before, sporting similar tentacles on its back, though this one looked larger.
