Beep, beep, beep—

The crystal reactor on Zhang Fan's chest was flashing red, indicating that the mecha was running out of energy.

There were many crystals on the ground, but Zhang Fan didn't have time to pick them up.

The insects surrounded him in layers, and the time it took to bend down to pick up a crystal was enough to leave him with several more holes.

The flashing light meant that there were only three minutes of energy left, but there were still at least a hundred insects around.

Zhang Fan fought and retreated, having already retreated to the inner perimeter of the "Bird's Nest" base, with the central garden's bulkhead behind him, leaving him with nowhere to retreat further.

rustling sound—

As if in provocation, the insects surrounded him, brandishing their pincers in a show of force, but did not attack.

Thump, thump, thump—

The surrounding insects automatically parted to make way for the four-star male cockroach leader, who slowly walked over.

This was the first time Zhang Fan had seen a commander-level insect up close. He had only seen it in photos taken by infrared cameras before, and now that he was seeing it in person, he was amazed at how large it was.

Holy crap!

It's more accurate to call it a mantis than a cockroach, or a monster with the lower body of a cockroach and the upper body of a mantis.

While other soldier cockroaches have their pincers on their heads, the four-star male cockroach has its pincers on its chest, and they can be folded up, looking like two folded scimitars, gleaming with a cold metallic light.

Squeak squeak squeak—

The four-star male cockroach stared at Zhang Fan with its compound eyes, making strange rubbing sounds from its mouthparts.

Insects don't have vocal cords, so is this how insects talk?

"Are you mocking me?" Zhang Fan laughed.

Squeak squeak squeak—

"Although I don't understand any of your nonsense, judging from your expression, you're probably mocking me, right?"

Squeak squeak squeak—

"Then I'll give you a piece of advice, which a really good girl taught me." Zhang Fan raised his right hand.

"You talk too much; you're really not suited to be a villain."

Snap!

Zhang Fan snapped his fingers with his right hand.

"receive. "

boom!

The ground in the middle of the insects exploded, and the huge shockwave blew away the surrounding insects. The insects at the center of the explosion were blown to pieces.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions occurred continuously on the ground, originating from the central garden, detonating the explosives that had been buried underground beforehand.

The insects, blasted into pieces, were blown into pieces again before they even hit the ground. Zhang Fan, who was in the eye of the storm, felt as if a rain of cockroaches was falling from the sky, with broken and fragmented cockroach limbs scattered everywhere.

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk." Zhang Fan smacked his lips. "This is troublesome. It's been blown to pieces, so the crystals won't be easy to collect."

The explosions gradually subsided, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt insects and dust. Zhang Fan released his arms from his head, stood up, and looked around.

Centered on him, the surrounding ground appeared to have been plowed.

Zhang Fan, carrying the Molten Twin Swords, searched for the four-star male cockroach leader, whose head was adorned with a precious crystal.

Thump, thump, thump—

Upon hearing this strange sound in his right ear, Zhang Fan instinctively turned to the right, crossing his two swords in front of his chest.

Clang!

Two sharp blades emerged from the billowing dust, resting on the sword and pressing down on Zhang Fan's shoulders. The sharp tips left two deep scratches on the mecha armor on his shoulders.

Damn it!

So you're not going to say much now? Let's get straight to the point!

The mech's neck area has the lowest level of protection; if I had been even a second slower in parrying, its two scythes would have chopped off my head.

Bang!

Zhang Fan kicked the dust into the ground, shoving the four-star male cockroach away.

Zhang Fan is not the same as usual now. After putting on the MK10 insect-specific mecha, he is two meters tall and weighs 800 kilograms. He is no less powerful than a four-star male cockroach.

Clang! Clang!

Zhang Fan swung his sword twice, but both times the four-star male cockroach parried the blows with its scythe.

This scythe is truly amazing. If it were the pincers of a cockroach, it would have been cleaved in two by the molten sword, but the molten sword could only leave two notches on the scythe, unable to cut through it.

Squeak squeak squeak—

"I'll show you what shouting is like!"

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Zhang Fan wielded his twin swords like whirlwinds, constantly slashing at the four-star male cockroach's scythe, forcing it to retreat repeatedly.

Bang!

Zhang Fan stumbled and almost fell.

An injured soldier cockroach bumped into his waist. It turned out that the four-star male cockroach had been squeaking and calling for his subordinates. Although the surrounding soldier cockroaches had been badly damaged by the explosion, some of them were still able to move.

The chelicerae that had just bumped into Zhang Fan's waist had been blown off; otherwise, it wouldn't have been a bump, but a bite.

Zhang Fan ended the life of the soldier cockroach with a backhand sword strike. With the cockroach dragging him along, the four-star male cockroach had already run away.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The red light on his chest flashed even more rapidly.

There's no other way, let's leave it for now and replenish the crystals first.

Zhang Fan dared not stop outdoors to turn on the crystal furnace to replenish the crystals, especially given the possibility of insects lurking nearby.

Holding the two molten swords, Zhang Fan slowly retreated to the central garden, opened the air chamber, and entered the central garden before he could finally relax a little.

The crystal is placed in the research cabin next to the central garden.

Zhang Fan walked through the central garden toward the research module.

Clang!

There was a sound of glass shattering overhead.

Zhang Fan looked up and saw the shadow of a large insect descending from the sky with a whooshing sound, its two sickles plunging straight down.

Bang!

Zhang Fan barely managed to block the scythe with his sword, but his body was pinned down by the four-star male cockroach.

Click! Click! Click!

The four-star male cockroach used its mouthparts to tear at the mecha on Zhang Fan's body.

Beep beep—

Even more fatally, the crystal reactor stopped working at this point.

The lights went out, and without energy, the consequence of wearing the 800-pound mecha was that Zhang Fan couldn't move and could only let the other party tear him apart.

Zhang Fan watched helplessly as the four-star male cockroach dismantled the mecha piece by piece, like taking apart Lego bricks, and there was nothing he could do.

The broken glass gap in the central garden had been automatically sealed by the barriers. Zhang Fan watched as the leaves scattered around him slowly fell...

Is this really the time to die?

"Roar!"

A loud roar echoed throughout the garden. Zhang Fan saw a huge black shadow leap onto the back of the four-star male cockroach and slam its arms hard into the cockroach's neck.

The four-star male cockroach, feeling pain in its back, immediately released the immobilized Zhang Fan and turned to wield its sharp scythe...

"Roar!"

Zhang Fan saw red blood splattering in the central garden, splashing onto his mecha, onto his eyes...

Red...

Oh shit!

Zhang Fan's eyes were wide with rage!

"Xiao Feng! Disarm yourself!"

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The hydraulic system was deactivated, and the mechs detached from Zhang Fan's body.

Zhang Fan stood up from the pile of metal and took the AWP hanging from the hatch in the central garden.

Pull the bolt, load the gun, aim.

"You beast! I'm right here!"

Bang!

The moment the four-star male cockroach turned around, Zhang Fan pulled the trigger, and an armor-piercing incendiary bomb hit its left forehead, slicing off a piece of cockroach meat and knocking a crystal off its head.

squeak!

The four-star male cockroach, feeling pain in its head, wanted to rush over for revenge.

Come on!

Instead of retreating, Zhang Fan advanced, taking another step forward and pulling the trigger again.

Bang!

One of the forelegs of the four-star male cockroach was broken.

"come over!"

Bang!

A piece of armor on the chest of the four-star male cockroach was blown off by a bullet.

"Your father is here!"

Bang!

With each shot Zhang Fan fired, he took a step forward, his eyes seemingly spitting fire.

"Come!"

Bang!

The four-star male cockroach's shell was dented. Without further hesitation, it used its scythe to break through the tempered glass in front of it and fled into the distance.

Zhang Fan stood there blankly, holding his AWP, watching the insect's figure disappear into the distance.

I'd already fired all five bullets, and I was standing in front of it with an empty gun, yet it still ran away?

Rubbish!

An insect is an insect!

Sunlight streamed into the central garden; it was daylight, and the insects should be gone...

Zhang Fan took a few steps forward and knelt beside the blood-soaked, dark figure whose skin was no longer intact. Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

Are you stupid?

"Didn't I tell you to hide properly?"

"What are you doing out here?"

"Are you looking to die?"

"idiot!"

"Waaaaah..."

This was the first time Zhang Fan had cried since arriving on Mars. He didn't care about Liao Changtian's talk of a global live broadcast. A grown man, in front of all humanity, cried like a child...

"Waaaaaah..."

This was his first friend, his first friend since arriving on Mars...