Chapter 83: Danger Zone "Then continue to fire corrosive bombs, Yan...
Lin Xi said, "Then continue firing corrosive bombs. The rock beast digests rock, and it's the gastric juices, not its stomach, that are powerful. Once the gastric juices are completely consumed, its stomach will suffer, followed by its internal organs."
Parker asked, "Aren't you worried that the corrosive bombs won't consume the gastric juice after firing?"
Lin Xi kicked him and said, "Why are you making so many assumptions? Do you believe that I will leave you like a bug here?"
Parker curled his lips: "The boss is really violent!"
Lin Xi raised the corner of her mouth: "Of course, tenderness is for your partner, right, dear?"
Muas reluctantly replied, "Yes."
Parker: “…”
Being a couple is great, but does that mean they can bully single people?
Parker thought about it for a moment and realized that it did seem quite remarkable.
Their second brother is a royal family member, a prince!
The royal family possesses the most extensive wealth and the most supreme power among the Zerg. Being able to marry into the royal family is simply a great honor for one's ancestors. The more Parker thought about it, the more jealous he felt.
Their boss is so lucky!
Muas continued, "It's not just corrosive, the corrosive bombs are also poisonous. Wylie and I configured them."
Parker suddenly realized what was going on. He glared at Lin Xi and said, "Boss, see? Second Brother has a backup plan. It's not your crude and simplistic theory!"
Lin Xi said, "That doesn't matter. It just means Muas is smart, a good commander, and resourceful. We mortal insects can't match him."
Parker: “…”
He forgot that the two are one, and Quamyas is Qualinsi, which is a mockery in vain.
Parker turned around, patted Wylie's mecha, and praised him, "You're not bad, kid. You can even improve the ammunition."
Wei Li smiled sheepishly: "No, no, the main contributor is Muas."
Parker was speechless for a moment: "...Okay, you are all very good."
After Muas dug out the core, he divided it among the worms and continued on his way.
Parker's mecha advanced slowly, and fell a little behind. Wylie turned around and said, "Parker, move faster, or you'll be left behind."
Parker said listlessly, "We just finished fighting, why don't you take a break?"
Thinking of Parker's suicidal behavior, Wylie blurted out, "If you say something bad about Muas, Lin Xi will be angry. If you say something bad about Lin Xi, Muas will be angry, so she definitely won't let you rest."
Parker: “…”
What this meant was to tell him clearly that why did he have to mess with these two big guys when there were so many people he could mess with? Didn't he have any sense of responsibility?
Although Parker knew that Wylie was not making an allusion to him but stating the facts, he still felt very aggrieved!
"Swish, swish, swish" Parker's mecha moved forward quickly, leaving Wiley's mecha behind. Wiley was a little puzzled. What happened to Parker? Why was he acting so confusingly?
Sander came over and said, "It's okay. Parker often has these periodic seizures."
Wylie said, "Oh," "So that's how it is."
Parker: “…”
This is how reputation is damaged.
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Although the middle area of the danger zone is not as dangerous as the inner area, it is still full of dangers.
A muddy tentacle stretching out from the swamp can drag the huge mecha into the swamp. Once it is stuck deep, there is no way to recover.
The depth of the quiet lake cannot be estimated by the naked eye. It may be just a small lake, but it may also contain a bottomless lake bottom, breeding super-large water monsters.
The water in this lake is also toxic and cannot be consumed.
It is not only large alien beasts that are difficult to deal with. Many small alien beasts, such as poisonous beasts, will quietly climb onto the mecha when the Zerg are unaware. Their venom will corrode the mecha and the door of the operating room. The sleeping Zerg are lambs to be slaughtered.
The physique of a high-level female insect is comparable to that of a mecha, and it can survive in space for a period of time, but its venom can corrode the mecha as well as the body of the female insect.
There were rumors online that female insects' wings could rip apart mechas, but that only applied to some female insects, such as those in the order Coleoptera, whose wings were made of crustaceans and were incredibly sharp. Some had bone wings, capable of slicing through exotic beasts with a single blow, but most female insects' wings weren't that impressive.
Once insect wings are damaged, unlike arms and legs which can be restored using cloning technology, it is difficult for insect wings to heal. Therefore, when military females go to the battlefield, they usually do not go into battle unarmed unless their mecha is damaged.
If a military female suffers irreversible damage to her body, her career as a military female will end and she will have to declare retirement.
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The three-month survival training is coming to an end.
Linxi's team has stayed in Zhongwei for a long time. They have seen many kinds of strange beasts. Their cooperation has become more and more tacit, and the five insects' skills in controlling mechas have also been improved.
The one who has made the most progress is Parker.
It can be seen that some insects are not incompetent, but they just want to be clever and lazy.
Muas said, "There's still half a month left before the assessment. In this final half month, we have two options. The first is to continue hunting in the Central Area. I believe we've accumulated a considerable number of points."
"Secondly, we're very close to the inner circle. If we fight hard and encounter a mid-level monster, killing one will be equivalent to killing dozens of low-level monsters."
"But this will also bring great danger. Our mechas, ammunition, medical supplies, and everything else are running low. Whether or not you decide to give it a try is up to you."
Parker scratched his head, feeling overwhelmed. These kinds of decision-making issues were all decided by the leader. He had been accustomed to obeying orders during this period of time. Now that the decision was suddenly handed over to them, Parker felt a little unsure.
Sander asked, "If you encounter danger and just run away, what are your chances of survival?"
Muas said, "It's fifty-fifty."
Parker couldn't help but look on his face. "...Even after running away with all my might, the chances of survival are so low?"
Muas nodded: "Yes."
"The probability is so terrible, let's not try it." Parker said timidly.
"Why are you so discouraged? If you want to be a qualified military woman, you must be brave and daring. If you retreat when you encounter such a small danger, you are really an unqualified military woman." Lin Xi said.
Parker shook his head. "Boss, you don't understand. A traitor needs to know his own limitations and know when to retreat. If you know you can't overcome the danger and still insist on charging forward, you're a fool."
Lin Xi curled her lips: "Then you are really flexible!"
Parker nodded complacently: "That's right."
Lin Xi knocked the man's head hard, angrily saying, "You thought I was praising you! I was scolding you for being hopeless!"
Parker felt a little aggrieved: "Boss, why did you hit me? And who is Adou?"
Lin Xi crossed his arms and said, "Adou is just like you, a piece of mud that can't be helped."
Parker said, "That Adou is quite foresighted. He knows his own limitations."
Lin Xi: “…”
Muas knocked on the ground, silencing the insects. "Entering the inner enclosure is indeed dangerous. After careful calculation, my probability of survival is probably less than 50%. This rate is too low to be worth the risk. It's safer to continue hunting exotic beasts in the middle enclosure."
In fact, if Muas had gone in alone, the probability of survival would have been very high, and escape would have been no problem at all. However, there were four other insects traveling with him. Lin Xi had a trump card, and he could use his mental power to cheat when his mecha was trapped, so escape should not be a problem.
But the other three bugs were different, especially Wylie and Parker. As logistics soldiers, even if they honed their driving skills in just a few months, they were still not as good as the two years of accumulation of the combat system.
In addition, their mechas were not in the best condition and had been damaged many times. Although they had been repaired, various small problems had accumulated. In high-intensity combat, subtle differences became fatal weaknesses.
Linxi and Muas did not carry any ammunition in their space hub, which meant that they were also short of ammunition and medical supplies.
In these situations, they can only choose to give up.
Lin Xi agreed: "Since you have made up your mind, I have no objection."
The other insects also agreed.
Parker muttered, "What? Other bugs don't go in because they're assessing the situation, but when it comes to me, they act like they're afraid of death. It's so unfair..."
Upon hearing this, Wylie poked Parker and said, "Stop talking. If Brother Lin Xi hears you, he'll probably scold you again."
The movement here was indeed discovered. When Parker saw Lin Xi's gaze moving over, he quickly shut his mouth.
The rest of the journey, under Muyas's guidance, was much easier than before.
After walking for two days, we didn't encounter any strange beasts.
Parker looked around a bit bored and said, "Did our route overlap with other students? This area is so quiet."
Lin Xi looked at the hills in the distance and said, "It's endless here. Even if there are strange beasts, they probably won't show up easily."
Muas frowned and said, "Everyone, be alert and don't let your guard down. I always feel like there's something wrong with this place."
Lin Xi drove the mecha to Muas' side and asked, "What did you find?"
Muas shook his head: "Not yet, I just have a hunch that there seems to be danger ahead."
Intuition is like a sixth sense, a very mysterious thing, but in military females, it is indeed an amazing trait. Some insects are more sensitive to danger than others.
Lin Xi still believed in Muas's intuition and suggested, "Why don't we change direction?"
Muas pursed his lips: "It's good to be on the safe side."
Muas followed his thoughts and moved away from the hill.
But the students on the other side were not as lucky as Linxi's team.
"Ah! Why are they firing at us? Can students kill insects and snatch spoils among each other? Isn't this strictly prohibited by the academy?"
The female insect beside him was in a panic. Upon hearing this, she really wanted to curse the insect, wondering if its brain had been eaten by a strange beast. "Open your eyes and see clearly, those are not students from our academy!"
The black gilded mecha shell was emitting a faint cold light. It was at least a first-class quality mecha, completely different from the semi-linked mecha they were using that was about to be eliminated. It was simply a life-and-death battle!
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