Lu Xiaoyao never expected to be beaten so badly. The mecha in front of her seemed to have taken a liking to her, relentlessly pursuing her—no, relentlessly attacking her.

Even though she was dozens of times larger than him, who gave him the courage to chase after her and fight?

"Ouch~~ It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

Oh, it's her. She's so clumsy and bad at it. You can tell she's easy to beat. _(|3」∠)_

What angered her the most was that Waldo stood by like an idiot and didn't intervene at all!

"Are you stupid?! We're in cahoots!"

Enraged, Lu Xiaoyao shouted out, but in the brief pause she was struck again by the black mecha.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Lu Xiaoyao cried out in pain again. She hadn't expected that the Starfire Worm, with its enormous size, would be so afraid of pain!

She just couldn't understand why it hurt so much when this mech, which was so small compared to her, slashed her!

She would understand this question if she had carefully studied the details of the Starfire Insect beforehand.

Compared to other insectoid species whose surfaces are either hard armor or soft yet tough shells, the Starfire Insect's surface is made up of a unique combination of these two materials, which has even fascinated humans.

However, the design of this game later made players who had played as the Starfire Worm realize that there are many complex nerves connected to the Starfire Worm beneath its skin.

No matter how big the wound is, it will be extremely painful for the Starfire Insect.

Therefore, the consequences of provoking an adult Starfire Insect are not something to be taken lightly.

At this moment, Lu Xiaoyao was in this state. The pain made her scream and immediately stop caring about Waldo. She launched an indiscriminate attack on the mecha that had caused her pain, or rather, on the surrounding starships.

"Arrange your troops in formation and launch the attack according to plan."

Doron was well aware of the Starfire Bug's weakness.

He had experienced the Starfire Insect once when the game was first released. After confirming that all the data of the Starfire Insect in the game came from reality, he began to study how to fight against the Starfire Insect.

He's been waiting for this day, for this method to be put into practice.

That's why, after hearing what Doron said, Waldo didn't interfere with Doron's targeting of Lu Xiaoyao.

If he makes a move, Doron will definitely have a backup plan against the two of them. It's better for him to watch how he deals with Lu Xiaoyao, this worm, and then he can take advantage of the chaos to leave later.

The dozen or so starships that came with Doron were scattered around Lu Xiaoyao's huge body. Soldiers kept flying out of the starships and opened their spatial buttons. Soon, dozens of B-class or higher mechs appeared around her.

Instead of concentrating their attacks on one spot, the attacks were scattered across Lu Xiaoyao. Because of her size, she had nowhere to hide. Although the sprayed bodily fluids were severely corroding the starship's defense system, the mechs, under Doron's command, had already flown to corners where Lu Xiaoyao couldn't be sprayed and continued to attack her.

Lu Xiaoyao cried out in pain.

Waldo felt a pang of pity and was about to help Lu Xiaoyao when a sudden, inexplicable sense of danger washed over him.

Just as he was having bad thoughts, a sharp pain suddenly came from his back. Then he saw the mechs that had been ganging up on Lu Xiaoyao suddenly retreat with the starship.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a dark figure rapidly moving from behind him to in front of him and flying away. Before he could realize what was happening, the pain in his back did not disappear with time, but instead grew stronger and stronger, until he felt his vision gradually blurring.

The excruciating pain finally made Waldo realize what Doron had just done.

Feint to the east while attacking in the west.

He had agreed to target Lu Xiaoyao's actions, but in the end, he fired an armor-piercing bullet capable of penetrating a high-level black beetle into his own body.

Moreover, at this moment, Waldo could feel that power madly destroying everything in his body; he was about to explode!

"Get out of here immediately!!!"

Before the explosion, Waldo shouted at Lu Xiaoyao, who had been stunned by the pain. Lu Xiaoyao, still in excruciating pain, opened her eyes and saw the Starfire Insect, which was even larger than herself, explode in front of her...

"Oh My God?"

Hu Yue stayed by Mu Chen and Li Yuan's side, when she heard a terrifying loud noise coming from the direction they had fled.

"What's this?"

Upon seeing the blinding white light in the distance, Hu Yue immediately ruled out the possibility of a starship explosion.

They still vividly remembered the scene of the starship explosion. The commotion was so great that it could be seen from so far away, and it was clear that this explosion was many times more powerful than the previous starship explosion.

"It's likely that Lu Xiaoyao and the others are gone." This was the only conclusion Mu Chen could reach. Immediately afterward, he and Li Yuan's mental network quickly detected a large number of people heading in their direction.

"We might be in for some trouble..."

As Mu Chen spoke, he shared what he had seen with Mingmei, who was currently locked in combat with Rui'an.

Ah~

Mingmei was now completely dumbfounded. If she had known she would be forced into a fight, she would have...

You led Li Yuan closer to me.

At that moment, Mingmei silently conveyed her decision to Mu Chen through Mu Chen's mental network.

They had to run.

As for how to run, that's up to her.

Rui'an was completely unaware of all this, but she did receive good news from her younger brother.

Doron is finally arriving with the rest of his helpers!

Heaven knows that this was the first time she had ever learned what "integrated offense and defense" meant from a black beetle. Originally, she was commanding the other starships to surround the remaining three beetles, but who knew that the black beetle had also seen through her plan.

She didn't give the starships a chance to attack, blocking all those attacks that were insignificant to her.

Incidentally, he also used his armored wings to cut two starships in half!

Rui'an gasped at the sight.

At least, the black beetle's power stemmed from the player character within it; she couldn't even imagine how terrifying a black beetle like this would be in real life.

...

Li Yuan and I are right behind you.

Mu Chen and Li Yuan pretended to be getting closer to Ming Mei to avoid being surrounded by the remaining starships. Suddenly, Ming Mei rapidly vibrated her armored wings and accelerated towards the mecha next to Rui An.

"Danger! Spread out!"

Seeing the black beetle suddenly attack the starship, Rui'an instinctively ordered the starship to dodge. Immediately afterward, a winding black shadow suddenly swung towards her.

Before she could even see what was going on, Rui'an immediately assumed a defensive stance and retreated. Then she heard someone shout in the public chat that the Zerg had fled.

"What?"

Rui'an immediately opened her eyes and saw that the black beetle that rushed out at high speed had two ribbons tied around its body, and those ribbons were the thousand-eyed beetle that she had secretly pulled along with it.