Chapter 167 Two in One

When Sheng Heng entered the command room, Admiral Sheng was staring at the video screen coming from the front with red eyes. The video showed a starry sky filled with mechas and Zerg wreckage. Sparks occasionally burst out from the interior of some mecha fragments. It was obvious that a fierce battle had just ended.

"Admiral." Sheng Heng walked to the side of Admiral Sheng.

"Sheng Heng? Are you awake?" Seeing Sheng Heng, Admiral Sheng's cold and hard expression finally softened a little. During the time when Sheng Heng was unconscious, he had been in the command room, just asking the doctor to report to him every day. Knowing that Sheng Heng was not seriously injured, he had not visited him.

"How's your recovery going?"

"Everything is ready. We can fight at any time." Sheng Heng said.

"Okay." General Sheng didn't say anything to let Sheng Heng rest for a few more days. At this moment on the battlefield, there was no soldier who was not injured.

"What's the current situation on the front line?" Sheng Heng asked.

"Two more mutant insects died." said General Sheng.

"Really? There are only three left." Sheng Heng was pleasantly surprised. In the past half month, all the nine-level mechas of the Federation had only killed three mutant insects together. But he didn't expect that two of them died during the few days he was unconscious. "Who killed them?"

"General Xiao and General Yun teamed up to kill one in the G-12 galaxy. At the same time, General Yun's mecha Song Tao was severely damaged and cannot be repaired in the short term." Admiral Sheng said.

Sheng Heng was shocked: "Two level 10 mecha warriors joined forces, and they only managed to kill one?"

The level 10 mechas were their last remaining fighting force. When the mutant bugs first appeared, the two generals did not attack immediately in order to prevent the appearance of the Bug King. However, the power of the eight mutant bugs exceeded the military's estimation, and the current level 9 mechas of the Federation seemed unable to completely destroy them. After thinking it over again and again, General Xiao and General Yun chose to attack in advance, trying to kill these mutant bugs as quickly as possible. Why did they damage a level 10 mecha when they thought it was a sure thing? This was the reason why Sheng Heng was surprised.

"The mutants are evolving." Admiral Sheng said, "During this period, the mutants have devoured countless warriors with high mental power levels. Biologists say that the Zerg is in a highly evolved process."

"What about the other one?" If it takes two level 10 mechas to kill one mutant insect, who killed the remaining one?

"Old Pang modified the Tianhe-1 battleship and killed a mutant insect, but..." Admiral Sheng's voice trembled slightly, "Yuan Hai is gone."

"Lieutenant General Yuan?!" Yuan Hai is one of the ninth-level warriors of the God of War Legion.

"The Tianhe-1 battleship needed one minute to charge. Five level nine fighters worked together to contain the mutant bugs and locked them within the bombardment range. However, when they were trying to evacuate at the last moment, the mutant bugs noticed it. In order to stop the mutant bugs from escaping, Yuan Hai rushed back with his mecha. Together with the mutant bugs, they were blown to ashes by the battleship." Admiral Sheng's clenched fists kept shaking, "Just now."

Sheng Heng suddenly raised his head and looked at the wreckage-covered video screen again. Many mechas appeared in the screen at some point. They stood in the void, formed a circle, and then raised their right hands in unison and saluted the void.

Sheng Heng's eyes were filled with tears, and he stood up straight. He raised his right hand towards the video screen, and saluted solemnly towards the starry sky. Around him, other soldiers in the command room were also doing the same thing.

After three full minutes, the mecha in the video slowly dissipated, and in it, Sheng Heng saw his eldest brother's mecha, Xingchen.

Xingchen is a mecha specially customized by Diya for Sheng Zhuo. It is silver-white all over, without a trace of dust. But at this moment, the silver-white has dimmed a lot, and even large pieces of the outer shell on the back have fallen off, revealing the dark parts and wires inside.

"Admiral, I would like to request to go and kill the remaining three mutant insects. Please call back Major General Sheng Zhuo." Sheng Heng couldn't help but say.

"The base needs guarding," Admiral Sheng said.

"Call your eldest brother back. He can still guard here. Besides, the stars were made by Master Diya himself, so it will be easier for him to repair them." Sheng Heng was so anxious that he even forgot to call Sheng Zhuo by his military rank.

"Do you think Shengzhuo will let you take his place?"

"It's not a replacement, I'm more suitable." Sheng Heng took out a royal blue space button from his arms and handed it to Admiral Sheng, "This is what Xiaohao gave me, a level 8 mimic mecha."

Shengli's mimicry system is still only at level seven, but with the bonus of the Phantom Stone it can be regarded as a level eight mimicry mecha.

Admiral Sheng's eyes suddenly widened, staring at the blue space button in Sheng Heng's hand. He knew that Yan Hao was building a mecha for Sheng Heng, so this was the new type of mimicry mecha that Yan Hao had been building?

“How’s the performance?”

“Xiao Hao hasn’t had time to test it, but he should be able to catch up with the God of War.” The God of War is the origin and symbol of the God of War Legion. It is a level ten mecha passed down by the ancestors of the Sheng family.

"Father, let me go to the front line." Sheng Heng asked for battle again.

Admiral Sheng finally agreed to Sheng Heng's request and sent him to the front line to fight the mutant insects, but the person he recalled was not Sheng Zhuo, but another level nine warrior who was more seriously injured.

It may be because the Sima Army slaughtered the most low-level Zerg in the previous year, so the first location of this Zerg tide was in the star field where the Sima Army was stationed, and therefore the Sima Army station became the core of this battle. When Sheng Heng arrived at the Sima Army station, Sheng Zhuo came to pick him up in person, and he was taken to the military meeting almost as soon as he got off the spaceship.

Sheng Heng was not qualified to participate in this kind of meeting in the past, but now he has "Victory". If "Victory" is really as powerful as a god of war as Yan Hao expected, then Sheng Heng will be the fourth level ten mecha warrior in the Federation and have a unique status in the Federation like other level ten mecha warriors.

When Sheng Heng entered the room, almost everyone's eyes were on him. Sheng Heng remained calm and saluted the federal marshal Yu Xiuyuan who was sitting in the first seat: "Marshal Yu."

Yu Xiuyuan nodded, and then asked directly: "I heard that you brought a level 8 mimic mecha? Is its combat power comparable to that of a traditional level 10 mecha?"

"Yes." Sheng Heng nodded, walked forward a few steps, found an open place, raised his hand and released the mecha in the space button.

It was a mecha that was all azure blue with flowing light. Under the lighting of the conference room, it looked like the sea under the sun, pure and dazzling, yet exuding surging spiritual pressure.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were filled with blazing light. Has the mimic mecha that is comparable to a level 10 traditional mecha finally been created? Especially General Yun, whose mecha had just been damaged, looked at "Victory" with eyes that were almost on fire.

When he saw the mecha for the first time, he even wanted Yu Shuai to force him to use it. In wartime, when mechas and soldiers are in short supply, it is common to have the best resource allocation. As long as he can prove that he is more suitable than Sheng Heng to drive this mecha, then he can ask for it. He is a veteran level 10 fighter with rich combat experience. He is fully confident that he can be stronger than Sheng Heng. But he changed his mind and gave up the idea because... this mecha was made by Yan Hao, and it was tailor-made for Sheng Heng.

"His name is Victory, the victory belonging to the Federation." Sheng Heng said.

"Good." Yu Shuai cheered. This was the Federation's victory. The Federation needed this victory so much. "Put away the mechas first. Let's start the meeting."

Sheng Heng put away the mecha and sat at the end of the table with Sheng Zhuo.

"The battle has lasted for 25 days. We have lost 11 planets and countless mecha warriors. Now, the warriors of the major legions who are still fighting are all wounded. The battle cannot continue. If we continue like this, our warriors will gradually lose their combat effectiveness due to hand injuries, while the Zerg can reproduce again in a very short time." Yu Shuai said seriously, "According to our exploration, large Zerg tides have been found in the 11 occupied planets, and the number of Zerg eggs is countless."

"The most urgent task is to kill all the mutant bugs first." General Xiao said, "Kill all the mutant bugs. The Zerg will lose the command of the highly intelligent Zerg and its strength will be weakened."

"But biologists have speculated that the mutated insects are a phenomenon of the rapid evolution of the Zerg, and that they are sent out by the Zerg King to capture nutrients. Killing them all might anger the Zerg King," someone reminded.

"Should we just leave them alone and wait for them to complete their evolution? Then the Insect King won't come out?" General Xiao asked.

“……”Everyone was silent.

This is a multiple-choice question. The current situation is that the mutant insects are more powerful than humans can imagine. Once all the mutant insects are killed, there is a 90% chance that the King of Insects will appear. At this stage, the Federation has already done its best to deal with the mutant insects. If the King of Insects appears, the Federation will almost be doomed. But if the Zerg are not completely killed, the Federation will still be doomed, but it can be delayed for a while. And during this delay, will there be a miracle? They don't know, but they are willing to believe it.

"I agree with General Xiao." Sheng Heng suddenly said, "The Federation has been defending for hundreds of years and has waited for the Zerg to evolve. If we wait any longer, we don't know what will happen. No one knows whether the Zerg King is not showing up now because he is evolving or recovering from his injuries. But forcing it out in advance is better than letting it evolve completely and then come out. Even if we can't win in the end and have to give in and preserve our strength, I hope it will be after we fight hard. At the very least, I don't want to be the one whose strength is preserved."

The meaning of Sheng Heng's words was very clear. No matter what the Federation's final decision was, he would definitely fight the Zerg to the end in this battle.

"Good boy, you have courage!" General Xiao praised him fiercely.

Sheng Heng chuckled.

"Me too. The level 10 mecha will not come out unless the Federation is at risk of death. I will not be the one whose strength is preserved." General Xiao stated.

"Damn it. My mecha is damaged, and now I let you show off all by yourself." General Yun looked unwilling.

"General Yun." Sheng Heng suddenly called out to the other party.

"What?" General Yun had barely managed to suppress the urge to take over Sheng Heng's mecha, and was now extremely impatient with Sheng Heng.

"When I came here, my father asked me to bring something to you." Sheng Heng said with a smile.

"What?"

Sheng Zhuo, who was sitting next to him, had a flash of eyes, as if he thought of something, and then he saw Sheng Heng take out a familiar space button from his pocket.

It was a silver-grey space button with the emblem of the God of War Legion on it. It looked a bit plain at first glance, and even had mottled marks on it. Those mottled marks shone with an ancient atmosphere under the light.

"That is..." General Yun seemed to realize something and stood up from his chair excitedly.

"God of War." Sheng Heng was holding the spiritual symbol of their God of War Corps, the Level 10 Mecha God of War. "Father knew that your mecha was damaged in the battle, so he specially asked me to bring the God of War."

“Is this… okay?”

"Father said that the God of War was born to defend the Federation, and now is the time when the Federation needs him." Sheng Heng said.

General Yun couldn't bear it any longer and quickly walked around half of the conference room to stand in front of Sheng Heng.

Sheng Heng smiled and put the God of War into General Yun's palm: "General, the God of War is just borrowed from you. Please return it after this war is over."

"Of course." General Yun laughed. He suddenly liked this talkative junior. The war was over, which meant that the Federation had won. By then, he would have plenty of time to repair his waves and would not have to occupy the Sheng family's God of War.

Yu Xiuyuan watched this scene and turned his gaze to a middle-aged man with an elegant appearance sitting on his left. He was the third level-10 mecha warrior besides General Xiao and General Yun, Feng Ming.

Feng Ming knew what Yu Shuai meant by looking at him, so he said directly without hesitation: "Even if the Federation wants to preserve its strength, it should preserve the strength of young people. I am already old, so naturally I cannot take this position."

Three level 10 warriors and an eight-level mimic warrior all expressed their opinions. Yu Shuai no longer hesitated and gave the order directly: "Okay, let's fight!"

Then everyone spent another half an hour formulating a method to kill the three mutant bugs. Currently, the three mutant bugs were distributed in two places, and they decided to kill one of them.

Because the two generals Yun Xiao and Xiao had barely managed to kill one together before, this time they planned to send three people to surround and kill the mutant insect. The three people were General Xiao, Feng Ming, and Sheng Heng. The main purpose of bringing Sheng Heng was to test the performance of "Victory". If the performance of Victory really reached the level of a level 10 mecha, the two cyan Zergs could be killed together. Otherwise, they had to find a way to separate the two mutant insects.

After the meeting, the three of them boarded the departing warship. During wartime, every second of delay meant someone would be sacrificed, and every time the Zerg ate a person they became stronger, so they had to be quick.

"Quick battle and quick victory! I can't wait to kill the other two mutant insects." Before setting off, General Yun said this to the three people.

He did not participate in this operation because he had just received the Ares mecha and needed time to adjust to it.

The battleship took off, flew through the atmosphere into space, and flew to where the mutant bugs were. About an hour later, the battleship arrived at its destination, which was an alien star field on an asteroid. Countless dark Zergs lined up in neat rows and were flying into the star field. In front of them, the Federation's mechas and battleships were waiting in full battle array.

If an asteroid like this only has ordinary Zergs, they might still be able to fight, but if there is a mutant Zerg in the swarm, all resistance will be in vain.

When the battleship approached the Zerg, the blue mutant Zerg flying slowly in the Zerg suddenly turned its head and looked over.

"Fire!" General Xiao gave the order directly.

With a roar, a beam of dazzling white light penetrated the insect swarm, instantly clearing a large area.

The Zerg's forward movement paused, and then all the Zerg turned their heads to look at the battleship, then adjusted their direction and swam over one by one.

"Keep firing, don't stop." General Xiao turned to look at Sheng Heng and Feng Ming, "Let's go."

The three of them turned around and walked towards the hatch together. As they walked, General Xiao said to Sheng Heng: "The mutant insects can lock our position based on the fluctuations of mental power, so a surprise attack is almost impossible. Don't be lucky. The only way to kill it is to fight head-on."

"clear."

As they were talking, the three of them had already arrived at the hatch door, each summoned their own mecha, and flew out together when the hatch opened. The moment Sheng Heng flew out, he took out the Xuanming Gun and flew towards the dense swarm of insects. Just when General Xiao was about to remind him not to be reckless, he saw that the dense swarm of insects suddenly hid in panic at Sheng Heng, who shouldn't have been the moment "Victory" approached.

The azure blue mecha was like a blue flame, burning through the impenetrable darkness and reaching the mutant insects.

"Oh my god, what kind of operation is this!" General Xiao exclaimed in amazement, while controlling the mecha and following closely behind.

"It's mental pressure." Feng Ming said, "Just like the high-level Zerg suppress our low-level warriors' mental power, Sheng Heng is suppressing the Zerg in reverse."

"Damn, they both have S-level mental power, why is he so awesome?" General Xiao expressed his dissatisfaction.

"I heard from a senior pharmacist that S-level mental power is the highest level that can be measured by instruments at this stage, but it does not mean that S-level is the highest level of mental power." Feng Ming said.

"So what level is this kid? Super S-level?"

"It may also be because he was born S-level, and the two of us are inferior products who awakened later in life."

"I don't like the word inferior product." General Xiao, who had been an elite all his life, felt uncomfortable.

"Then let's just assume he has super S-level mental power."

As they were talking, the three of them had already arrived in front of the mutant insects, and countless swarms of insects surrounded them.

"Sheng Heng, be careful, the mutant insects are targeting you." General Xiao reminded.

Ever since the three of them began to approach, the mutant insects' eyes have been on Sheng Heng, just like every time a level nine Zerg appears, the strong men on the human side will be the first to lock onto the level nine Zerg.

This was the first time Sheng Heng faced mutant insects. On the way here, General Xiao told him a lot about the differences between mutant insects and level nine Zerg, such as being smarter, more oppressive, and more responsive.

He might be smart, but Sheng Heng didn't know if he was quick to react, but he didn't feel the pressure. He could feel that the mutant insect in front of him was observing him with his mental power, but this mental power did not pose a threat to him.

My mental strength is stronger than its.

"Since you've set your sights on me, I'll go first." As he spoke, Sheng Heng swung his spear and turned into a ray of blue light as he rushed towards the mutant insects.

General Xiao and Feng Ming were both surprised to see Sheng Heng rushing up as soon as they met, and immediately followed him one after the other, silhouetted for Sheng Heng. They had three mechas dispatched today, and if there were any more losses, it would be a shame for the uniforms they were wearing.

“So fast!”

The three of them were still some distance away from the mutant bugs. Although Sheng Heng was the first to fly out, they were only a second or two slower. But in the blink of an eye, Sheng Heng had already opened up a considerable distance from them, which showed that the speed of Sheng Heng's mecha was much faster than theirs.

In the distance, Sheng Heng had already swung out the Xuanming Spear. The strong mental fluctuations on the spear made the mutant insect restless. It raised its sharp tail hook and swung it towards the right hand of "Victory" holding the gun.

The mutant insect's tail hook and claws are very sharp and can break the shell of a level 10 mecha. Sheng Heng was afraid that Shengli would be damaged, but he did not dodge immediately. Instead, he moved lightly, only moving a very small distance, avoiding the mutant insect's attack and taking a step forward.

The mutant insect didn't seem to expect that the other party could get close to it while dodging its attack. This was something it had never seen before from a human. The mutant insect felt something was wrong and quickly retreated.

How could Sheng Heng let it escape? But seeing that the mutant insect's huge body was about to retreat, he suddenly stretched out his arms, clenched his palms tightly, and grasped the mutant insect's tail hook before it could retract.

The mutant insect hissed silently, and its powerful mental power exploded at the same time. General Xiao and Feng Ming, who had just approached, quickly mobilized their mental power to defend themselves, and their movements paused. The mutant insect thought that Sheng Heng would also be temporarily slowed down by its mental attack, but it didn't expect that Sheng Heng didn't even frown, and his other hand also grasped its tail hook. Then he used both hands to pull it back violently.

The mutant insect lost its balance and flew straight towards Sheng Heng. Sheng Heng calmly raised his hand, and the Xuanming Spear stretched out, piercing the mutant insect's eyes before it could dodge, and then pulled it out.

In an instant, emerald green slime exploded in the air, and the mutant insects hissed and roared madly, and all the parts of their bodies that could attack attacked in all directions like crazy.

Sheng Heng's expression remained unchanged. He calmly controlled the mech to dodge every attack of the mutant worms, and kept getting closer to the abdomen of the Zerg during the attack. This scene made the two level 10 mech warriors on the side stunned. But they were all warriors who had just entered the battlefield. After a moment, they regained their sanity and opened long-range weapons to attack the mutant worms, creating opportunities for Sheng Heng.

The mutant worm was indeed a newly evolved Zerg, with a much higher IQ than the ordinary Zerg. It quickly realized the danger from its abdomen, and immediately tightened its body and wanted to retreat. But Sheng Heng would never give him a chance, and when the mutant worm's mental power swept over, it fiercely counterattacked. He had not used mental power to attack the mutant worm before, waiting for this moment.

The powerful mental power of Sheng Heng rebounded along the mental trajectory of the mutant insect, and the mutant insect's brain was instantly confused, its eyes were absent-minded for a moment, and its body was also stunned at the same time. And Sheng Heng was waiting for this moment.

The mecha turned into a blue light, turned around and came to the weak spot of the mutant's abdomen. Xuan Ming showed no mercy and stabbed it with a flash of purple lightning. As if afraid that this shot would not kill the mutant, Sheng Heng activated the heavy energy particle cannon on his shoulder and bombarded the weak spot.

General Xiao and Feng Ming just stood there, watching the blue Zerg that looked like a battleship being completely destroyed by Sheng Heng's crazy bombardment.

The Zerg's shell is extremely hard, and ordinary weapons cannot penetrate it at all, but that is when the Zerg is alive. Once the Zerg dies, its physical strength will begin to weaken.

Sheng Heng's bombardment directly blew the mutant insect's body to pieces.

"Although it's very brutal, I really like it!" General Xiao pounded the wall of the mecha hard, his tone full of envy.

"Is this the mimicry mecha?" Feng Ming also had envy in his eyes.