Chapter 7

It was getting dark, and the wind was getting stronger in the forest at night. Ying Chen

When he was about to go 3 kilometers deep, he had already entered the deep area of ​​the Banut map. The map on the mecha was popping up an alarm. He turned off the "depth warning", and the lightsaber at hand was still dripping with blood.

In the mecha's field of vision, a sharp-toothed rat opened its scarlet eyes. After seeing Ying Chenlin beheading its kind, it turned around and ran towards the outskirts of the Banut contaminated area.

[Emergency notice from the Banut Contaminated Area Management Bureau: A mutated pollution source has appeared in the contaminated area. Mecha soldiers who are still deep in the contaminated area, please evacuate as soon as possible! ]

The emergency notification flashed only twice, and was soon disrupted by the chaotic magnetic field, turning into a buzzing signal sound.

"It's a pollution source issue. The mutation is at least Class A."

Ying Chenlin: "But there are not enough green wall mines outside, so we can't go in yet. We have to go in and take a look."

He was the only one in the narrow cockpit, and the mental tentacles did not respond at all.

Ying Chenlin paused after he finished speaking and looked down at the black and red necklace hanging around his neck.

The black and red mecha necklace fell out of his collar silently as he moved.

The mecha that accompanied him was not the S-class mecha 'Yuan' that he had used for many years, but just an ordinary B-class mecha without any intelligence. All its actions came from the direct orders of the mecha master.

"Forgot, you're not here now."

Driving a mecha and communicating with intelligence is like a habit engraved deep in memory.

Ying Chenlin did not chase the escaped sharp-toothed rat. He slightly raised his right hand.

A slightly sour feeling of fatigue spread along his nerves, making his right hand holding the weapon become particularly heavy. The fatigue brought by driving the mecha came faster than his memory.

But not to the point of exhaustion.

It might be that the mental power he was currently driving in the mecha was relatively weak. In the contaminated area, the mutated plants and animals were very sensitive to mental power. His poor mental power was actually a good thing. Ordinary mutants could not sense him. The strongest mutant he had encountered so far was the sharp-toothed rat.

The danger was temporarily eliminated. Ying Chenlin found a safe place to disconnect the mental empathy, took out the backpack from the corner of the cockpit, and injected himself with injections at regular intervals. After finishing all these, he turned his attention to the map route and pollution threshold recorded along the way.

The danger level in the Banut deep area is even higher. From the outermost area to now, the pollution threshold has jumped from 1240 to 2310, which has exceeded the highest value of the Banut pollution area. This is obviously abnormal.

Ying Chenlin turned off the notification from the Polluted Area Management Bureau. His A-level mental power was more than enough to drive a B-level mecha, but his lack of mental power had a serious effect. Combined with the rest time, his limit in such a polluted area was 2 days.

In two days, I have to at least make enough money before I leave.

Ying Chenlin glanced deeper into the Banut contaminated area, and he still wanted to go in and take a look.

There are more unknown dangers in the depths of the contaminated area, but the resources are richer the deeper you go. Materials like green wall ore are rare in the periphery, but once you reach the deep area, you can see traces of ore almost every kilometer. There are more and more strange signs, especially energy-related mineral materials, almost all of which have traces of drilled holes on the sides.

One or two places can still be considered isolated cases. The deeper you go, the more traces of these holes you can find. There are fewer resources in the areas with traces of holes, as if they were swept through by something, leaving only a messy scene.

Ying Chenlin was thinking when he suddenly noticed a sound not far away.

He immediately stepped back and noticed several mechas approaching in the radar field of view, followed closely by a dense array of red warning dots.

At this time, an SOS signal requesting contact popped up in the radar field of view.

Ying Chenlin: “……?”

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Nick followed his friends into the Banut Deep Area for an adventure, wanting to try out his newly purchased A-class mecha. However, the situation in the Banut contaminated area has been very unstable recently. They have encountered many attacks along the way, and their mechas were splattered with blood.

There are pollution sources high up in the Banute Deep Area. The disordered magnetic field at high altitudes will affect the flight direction of the mecha. In addition, the energy consumption is high, and it is completely unable to support long-term high-altitude flight in a disordered magnetic field environment.

Several people fled from the group of sharp-toothed rats in a panic. The mecha had already consumed a lot of energy and it was obvious that it could not go any deeper. Who knew that when they were about to retreat, a migration of sharp-toothed rats suddenly broke out in the rear, and there were at least dozens of sharp-toothed rats at a glance.

Sharp-toothed rats are relatively rare pollutants in the periphery of the contaminated area. They usually hide deep in the contaminated area. Normally, seeing one or two is considered a lot. Now, dozens of them have come at once!

For them now, it is simply a deadly rat tide.

They turned on the thrusters and tried to escape, but the rats seemed to have eyes and rushed after them. Seeing that their energy was being consumed faster and faster, they had no choice but to send an SOS distress signal to the outside, hoping that the management area would receive the signal and send rescuers to them.

The manageable area seemed to be affected by the signal and there has been no response.

Just when they thought there was no hope of rescue, a strange voice suddenly appeared in the distress channel.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

The voice was very young, but it was an emergency signal for Nick and others.

"We've encountered a tide of sharp-toothed rats. Our energy consumption is too great. We need rescue," Nick said hurriedly.

Unknown voice: "How much energy is left?"

Nick glanced at them and said hurriedly, "We have two B-class mechas and one A-class mecha. The average remaining energy is 20%, and the damage level of the mechas is 30%."

He immediately sent the other party the information about his mecha.

20% of the energy is enough for normal use, but to deal with so many sharp-toothed rats, this amount of energy is not enough. Their energy may be completely exhausted after killing half of them.

When the energy is exhausted, they can only sit and wait for death.

The voice in the distress channel paused for a moment, as if thinking about something.

Nick looked at the radar system and noticed that a strange mecha appeared on the system far away from the radar. This was the deep area of ​​the contaminated area. The mecha that could enter the deep area of ​​the contaminated area alone must be extraordinary. The voice in the distress channel was most likely from this mecha. "We can pay the reward! Money is not a problem!"

"It's not about the reward." The strange voice said, "I'm alone."

Nick paused. There was only one person on the other side, while there were dozens of sharp-toothed rats.

Even when they normally have sufficient energy, it is still difficult for them to deal with so many sharp-toothed rats, let alone ask for help from one person. He thought to himself, is this really going to happen? If the energy is exhausted, there will be no protection. With the destructive power of the sharp-toothed rats... "You are the only one who responded to our external request for help. We really have no other options."

At this time, a strange voice suddenly asked: "How much weapon energy is left?"

Nick was stunned for a moment, "My energy cannon still has 15% power, and my friend's lightsaber and thunder cannon are still usable."

"That's enough." The strange voice said, "Come to me."

Hearing what the other party said, Nick and his friend did not hesitate and immediately drove towards the location of the other party's mecha on the radar map. With this acceleration, the rat tide behind also followed suit, and the distance between them and the mecha became smaller and smaller, and they violently destroyed the trees in the forest.

"Nick, it's too late!"

"Look! There's a high-level Sharptooth Rat among them, maybe more than just B-level!"

Nick gritted his teeth and saw through the field of view a high-level sharp-toothed rat with red skin in the rat group. The sharp-toothed rat seemed to notice him and rushed straight towards him. Its cracked fangs glowed coldly, as if it could pierce through their mechas at any time.

The most powerful thing about the Sharp-Toothed Rat is its teeth, which can be smelted into C-grade metal.

A high-level Sharptooth Rat in a frenzy state can bite through the shell of a B-class mecha.

It’s over! There is no time to turn around!

Just when the sharp-toothed rats were about to pounce on Nick's mecha, a thunder and magnetic cannon coming from the rear blasted through them and hit the tide of rats behind them, causing an instant paralysis effect.

The thunder cannon weapon uses the B-level special pollutant Thunderbird as the weapon energy core. The Thunderbird can release small-scale lightning strikes, causing electric shock paralysis effects. The Thunderbolt Cannon also inherits its paralysis effect, causing paralysis for a few seconds to the target it hits.

In just a few seconds, Nick and the others avoided being attacked by the sharp-toothed rats and quickly turned into the forest.

At the same time, a calm and rational voice came from the distress channel.

"Fly up."

Nick and his friend adjusted the direction of the thrusters and twisted them upwards.

"Turn back and prepare the energy cannon."

Nick actively braked the mecha, turned his head and fired an energy cannon backwards, hitting the rat group and causing a burst of fire in the rat group.

At this time, another thunder and magnetic cannon came from the rear and paralyzed the sharp-toothed rat that was climbing up. Seeing this, Nick's friends hurriedly used their magnetic cannons to block the swarm of rats.

Only then did Nick notice that the place where he was hiding was a tall abandoned building in the mountains. Banut used to be a mountain city, but it was later covered by pollution and humans evacuated. The buildings here are nearly five hundred years old and are completely covered by the mountains.

It takes time for the sharp-toothed rat to crawl up high.

Similarly, he also saw a white mecha behind a tall building.

The magnetic cannon that just supported them was fired by this mecha.

"We can't deal with the rats. We can't hold out for 10 minutes with the thunderbolt cannons." Nick said hurriedly, "And there's a high-level mutant sharp-toothed rat among them. If its energy runs out, we'll all die here."

On a high place, Ying Chenlin was observing the swarm of rats below.

This cannot be considered a group migration of sharp-toothed rats, because the group of rats does not reach the scale of a tribe...these sharp-toothed rats are more like following the higher-level sharp-toothed rat.

In a place like the contaminated area, mental power has a huge influence. When the three mechas fled, their mental power was fully released. In the dark forest, it was like a big shining light bulb. It would be strange if these rats didn't bite them.

"The thrusters are turned off. Wait on the upper floors of the building." Ying Chenlin glanced at the remaining energy in the mecha and said coldly, "Conserve your mental power."

Nick was stunned. "But if we take away our spiritual power, we can't do anything——"

Before he could finish his words, another thunderbolt cannon blasted into the rat swarm. This time, the white mecha on high ground leaped down and entered the rat group without the support of thrusters. The shining lightsaber rushed straight towards the high-level sharp-toothed rat.

boom--

A knife hit the high-level sharp-toothed rat, and the energy of the light knife rubbed against the rat's skin, creating sparks of fire.

"careful!"

After the paralysis effect wore off, the restless rats on the side immediately aimed at the white mecha in the middle, and were about to pounce on the white mecha. At this critical moment, the thunder and magnetic cannon on the left hand of the white mecha aimed at the ground and bombarded it. The thunder and magnetic cannon suddenly expanded and instantly controlled all the sharp-toothed rats within the attack range.

The mecha's right hand did not stop and continued to attack the high-level sharp-toothed rat.

Nick was completely stunned. The mecha pilot below was actually operating at the same time, controlling the swarm of rats with one hand and aiming at the leader of the swarm with the other.

And that’s not the end. The high-level sharp-toothed rat had no ability to resist under the opponent’s continuous attacks. Every time it tried to resist, it was interrupted by the opponent’s rapid attack rhythm.

Only then did Nick see clearly that the person he asked for help did not seem to be a big boss, but just a B-class mecha. The weapons it carried were the common lightsabers and thunder and magnetic cannons among B-class mechas. It didn't even have an energy cannon for long-range attacks. It was purely a melee weapon.

A sharp-toothed rat within the control range of the magnetic cannon continuously attacks the only target in the rat group with its superb movement, without wasting any energy and with a very efficient hit rate.

"Help me quickly!" Nick reacted after a brief shock and immediately aimed his energy cannon at the rat swarm in the distance. His two friends followed suit and fired their weapons. Soon, a space was cleared in the middle of the rat swarm.

The white mecha was still confronting the high-level Rat King. Under the continuous and efficient combo, the Rat King soon let out a wail. It realized that something was wrong.

It wanted to escape from the mecha's attack, but the mecha master didn't give it that chance at all.

When the other Sharp-toothed Rats were suppressed by the Energy Cannon and the Thunder Magnetic Cannon and could not move forward, the Mecha Master decisively pursued the Rat King with all his might. After five minutes, the Rat King let out a loud howl and fell to the ground. With this howl, the Sharp-toothed Rats around seemed to have foreseen the danger and fled outside one after another.

The rats that had originally gathered together were scattered at this moment and dispersed in a short time.

Ying Chenlin ended the battle and looked at the direction where the rats were fleeing. Although it was very chaotic, they were all running towards the outskirts of the contaminated area and none of them were running inside. It was as if there was something strange hidden deep inside, which brought them great fear.

"Is it over?" Nick looked down in a daze.

Ying Chenlin came back to his senses and replied, "It's over."

The white mecha was still beside the corpse of the Rat King. Its body was stained with the blood of the Sharp-toothed Rat. There were also many low-level Sharp-toothed Rat that were killed by energy cannons and magnetic cannons.

"You shouldn't use too much mental power in this depth. Mental power is extremely attractive to these pollutants." Ying Chenlin briefly explained: "You just happened to run into them, attack them, and carry extremely attractive mental power. In addition, this high-level sharp-toothed rat seems to be very interested in you, so they will only follow you."

Nick and his friends were in such a hurry to escape that they didn't pay much attention to some things. They felt a little ashamed when they heard this. Nick just got the intermediate mecha master today. He originally planned to come here for adventure with his friends. Who knew he would encounter such a situation? "Thank you for your help, brother! Without your help, we might not be able to wait for rescue. The magnetic field at high altitude is disordered, and our distress signal cannot be sent out..."

Ying Chenlin listened to them talking and glanced at the body of the sharp-toothed rat next to him. Part of the sharp-toothed rat's body could be processed into materials and sold for some money in the market.

"What are you going to do with the corpses of these rats?" Ying Chenlin asked.

Nick was still chattering and praising someone, when he suddenly heard the voice and immediately said, "Big Brother, you handle it. As for the reward we just agreed on, according to the market price--"

"I didn't kill the other rats. They were killed by your energy cannons. They're not my reward." Ying Chenlin pointed at the corpse of the high-level sharp-toothed rat under his feet, "I'll take this one. Is that okay?"

"No problem. These sharp-toothed rats cannot be killed without your help. It would be unreasonable for you to not take any reward at all. Besides, we asked you for help, so we must give it to you."

Nick and his friends were not short of money. Seeing that Ying Chenlin would not accept payment, they hurriedly said, "How about this? We will take the bodies of the sharp-toothed rats away, and all the crystals of these sharp-toothed rats will be yours."

"Boss, we are not short of money, we just came to the Deep Area for adventure."

"Yes, yes, you must take it!"

"Without your help, we wouldn't be able to accomplish this, and we might even lose our lives."

"You're consuming energy to save us!"

Seeing people say this, Ying Chenlin no longer refused.

The general pollution level of Sharp-toothed Rat is C to B. Every part of the corpse is useful, such as the Sharp-toothed Rat's crystal. Even if it has no superpowers, it still carries the basic characteristics of the Sharp-toothed Rat. One is that it can be used to make chips for mechas, and the other is that it can be used to temper the sharpness of weapons. It can also be sold at a good price in the market.

While the others dealt with the sharp-toothed rat corpses around them, Ying Chenlin used his light knife to flip over the Rat King's corpse, stabbed it into its skull, and found a crystal from the red and white pulp.

[After testing, the item is a [Sharp-toothed Rat] crystal, grade B variant. ]

The crystal of the high-level sharp-toothed rat is a pity that it is not a supernatural crystal with supernatural powers, otherwise it could be sold for more money.

Ying Chenlin put the crystal away and was about to deal with the body of the high-level mutant rat when suddenly a deep red crystal fell from under its body.

This crystal is very small, even smaller than the crystal of the sharp-toothed rat.

There was a faint flash of lightning in the crystals, layer upon layer.

Ying Chenlin stretched his tired right hand, and his peripheral vision glanced at the red crystal, which made him look even darker.

...Kill one, get one free?

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