Chapter 74: Taking Responsibility

The Pluto Mecha punched through the special alloy for more than ten meters with one punch. Even though it was a special alloy that had been frozen to the extreme, it still amazed everyone.

In the cockpit, Sun Duxiu said solemnly: "Li Yi, your mecha skills are amazing, can you teach me?"

Li Yi said: "You are quite amazing, I heard that it only took you ten days to learn all the basics of virtual reality mecha skills and clear the training level."

"Mine is just average, but yours is top-notch. They are different."

Sun Duxiu said enviously: "I think you must have a deep understanding of mecha skills. Can you teach me?"

"It's simple. Just practice your fighting skills until you can break the human body's limits."

Sun Duxiu: "...Your words are no different from farts. If I can do it, do I need to ask you?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "If you can do it, then there is no need for me to tell you. It is because you can't do it that I can tell you with confidence."

Sun Duxiu was speechless: "Damn it! Do you have to be so straightforward?"

As they were talking, Pharmacist Wan and Zhang Xuqiang had worked together to quickly dig an underground passage.

Only a thickness of seven or eight meters was left at the final breakthrough point of the pit, so that it could be broken through at the last moment.

After all the divine mechas filed in, it wasn't crowded at all.

Obviously, the increase in the number of mechas was taken into consideration this time, so the inside of the passage was specially widened a lot.

Cai Xiaodong praised: "This method of alternating hot and cold is indeed easier to destroy special alloys, and the excavation speed is much faster than Tan Haoran's desperate appearance."

Zuo Ying also agreed: "And it seems that the consumption has obviously decreased."

Li Yi smiled and said:

"We have more people this time, and the energy consumption is not high, so there is no need to rest. So now, let's start preparing!"

…

In the monitoring room.

"Fuck, how come these guard mechas suddenly became stronger? And so much more powerful?"

Ma Ruhu slammed the table angrily.

"Old Ma, be quiet. The situation in every class is not good right now."

Liang Zhishen's mouth curled up slightly, and the usually calm expression on his face disappeared.

"It seems that the strength of this relic is unusual. It can actually use our virtual relic control authority to collect our data and understand our combat mode. Otherwise, it is not enough to explain why these guard mechas are attacking us in a targeted manner."

Ma Ruhu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you serious about what you said? Do you have any definite evidence?"

Liang Zhishen shook his head and said:

"I just made a rough judgment based on the current situation. Whether it is true or not is not important, but at least at the moment, almost all the teams are being attacked for their weaknesses."

"Even Li Yi's team, which had made it to the third level without any casualties, had to lose a member."

"Now that they are finally going to face the enemy head-on, perhaps the situation will be even worse."

"Because the strength of the opponent may also be quietly changing."

Liang Zhishen's analysis pierced Ma Ruhu's heart like a needle.

"If this is true, perhaps the upgrade of the ruins exploration level will be triggered soon. By then, our ship will not be the only one to enjoy this ruins."

Ma Ruhu's voice became much deeper.

Liang Zhishen said: "Let's upgrade it, and let the main ship arrange other ships to intervene together. After all, the lives of all the elite seeds in the special selection class are in our hands, and we can't just fight with them blindly."

Ma Ruhu slapped the table and said angrily, "You make it sound so easy. It's a rare opportunity for us to get the rights to develop the ruins because of our good luck. Now we have to give it away. With all the work and investment we have done before, and the huge loss of funds and ship resources, who can take up this responsibility? Are you Liang Zhishen?"

Liang Zhishen shook his head: "I definitely can't do that. There is only one person here who can take the responsibility, is not afraid of taking it, can take it, and even has the right to speak."

Ma Ruhu immediately turned his gaze to Chen Qiongzhi beside him.

Chen Qiongzhi said speechlessly:

"Don't think I can't see that you two are acting. Aren't you just trying to provoke me and make me go up there and fight for it?"

Ma Ruhu immediately licked his face and approached and said:

"Miss Chen, Commander Chen, how about you please do me a favor and do it for me?"

"Did you eat dumplings? You have a disgusting breath. Don't come near me."

Chen Qiongzhi was just about to slap Fei Ma Ru Hu in the face, but he flew backwards on his own accord and hung on the wall.

"Awesome! You made me fly such a long distance without even touching me. Chen Qiongzhi, you are getting more and more awesome! I really admire you! I am shocked!"

Ma Ruhu jumped down from the wall and praised him with all kinds of words.

When Liang Zhishen saw Ma Ruhu's exaggerated performance, the corners of his mouth twitched and he couldn't bear to watch it.

"Don't do these fancy things, it's useless."

Chen Qiongzhi tapped the table with his slender fingers and said thoughtfully:

"To be honest, now that the team structure has been strengthened, they may be overwhelmed in the short term, but the strong teams should have no problem quickly breaking through the six-mech encirclement at the second level."

"If we can't get there even with more people, then it just means we have no chance."

"The key is whether the remaining seeded groups can break through to the third and fourth levels."

Ma Ruhu and Liang Zhishen looked at each other and knew that Chen Qiongzhi had made up her mind.

Liang Zhishen said, "Chen Qiongzhi, you are so sure, are you optimistic that Li Yi's team can crack the third level's divine light bomb and enter the fourth level? That's why you are not afraid of the fleet's exploration level upgrade?"

Ma Ruhu couldn't help but ask, "But judging from the situation, even if they can pass the enhanced third level, there will be a lot of casualties, right?"

Chen Qiongzhi said noncommittally: "Who knows?"

…

In the passage, the Pluto mecha started with the Tiger Strike Flow posture and began to accelerate.

“Warning, warning!”

"The hatched 100-meter-class divine mecha has been activated. Please evacuate immediately. Evacuate immediately."

As these words rang in everyone's ears, Li Yi's expression changed slightly.

It was triggered ahead of time this time? "Pharmacist Wan, burst out with all your strength to break the passage! Cai Xiaodong, you also work together! Speed!"

The acceleration of Pluto Mecha is increased to a higher level.

At that moment, Pharmacist Wan's face looked heavy as she continued to condense the Falling Flame Phoenix and attached it to the frozen opposite wall.

Boom!!! As the Pluto mecha began to accelerate, Yao Shiwan instantly increased the force of the impact, and violent explosions began to sound.

Cai Xiaodong also started to launch super shock waves to accelerate the bombing of the wall.

"The situation has changed. Everyone, come out and attack with your divine skills with all your strength!"

"Sun Duxiu, after you pick me up, rush over here and use your mecha skills to the fullest, and work with me to break the giant egg with all your strength!"

Li Yi gave the order decisively.

At this moment, the Pluto mecha has accelerated and arrived at the entrance of the passage, and the remaining entrances have also been opened with the efforts of Pharmacist Wan and Cai Xiaodong.

Swoosh!!! A huge mecha suddenly jumped up from the cave entrance and launched the six-fold shock that had been brewing for a long time! That's right, since he generated the second Pluto divine gene in his body last time, his physique has naturally improved.

Currently, a single eruption can already withstand the surge load of six earthquakes.

At the same time, Sun Duxiu's Thor-sequence D-class mecha, the heavy magnetic mecha, also jumped up. The huge purple-blue body was like a flash of lightning, rushing directly to the top of the incubator.

Boom!!! After six shock waves, the giant egg seemed to be completely unable to resist and shattered to the ground on the spot. The broken eggshell flew up like glass shards.

Li Yi couldn't help but be stunned.

How come it was easily broken by one punch this time? You know, although the last punch created a lot of big cracks, the main structure was still intact.

After coming to his senses, Li Yi finally had a real sense of the fact that his strength had improved suddenly and dramatically.

"Yes, my growth this week should be much faster than the second week!"

"I have gone through Chen Qiongzhi's stronger state of oppression training. With the help of Zhang Jingyu's medicine, my physique has become more coordinated with the Pluto's divine gene. At the same time, new divine genes have been generated. Daily training and memory are also being captured normally..."

As Li Yi's thoughts flashed through his mind, he felt a surge of joy in his heart.

At this time, even if the incubator is activated in advance.

However, because the giant egg exploded earlier than before, the elephant-headed creature that was revealed was only 68 meters tall at this moment.

The result that followed was undoubtedly a lot of thunder but little rain, which quickly ended the battle.

…

At this moment, in front of the frozen corpse of the elephant-headed creature, Sun Duxiu marveled:

"Is this the final boss of the second level? Not that great."

Zheng Xueyuan said, "Humph, you are wrong, Sun Duxiu. According to the information I got from my sister, it is said that Zhou Huize's group from Class 1 and Fang Tao from our class encountered huge divine mechas that were 80 to 90 meters high. They were extremely terrifying."

"It's not that this final boss is weak, but Li Yi's command and strength allow you to pass the level easily."

Yaoshi Wan also said: "That's right, Zheng Xueyuan is right, Sun Duxiu, if you really think this huge divine mecha is weak, then why do you want to stay in our group?"

Sun Duxiu said in a low voice: "I was just talking, I can see clearly how awesome Li Yi is."

Cai Xiaodong smiled and said, "What the hell? How did you see that?"

Zuo Ying sneered at Cai Xiaodong: "Vile."

Cai Xiaodong was immediately embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "It's just a dirty joke."

Because Li Yi once again had a super-powerful outburst, the hatching of the giant egg was instantly interrupted. In addition, with the advantage in numbers, everyone felt a little relieved after the battle.

Li Yi said:

"Okay, enough small talk, let me tell you about some of my new discoveries."

Everyone immediately quieted down.

"Although the battle was easily resolved just now, there are still some unpleasant details that made me think about it."

"First, we activated the elephant-headed creature prematurely for no apparent reason. This is very dangerous. Fortunately, there was not much thickness left at that time. Otherwise, if we were delayed, we would have to face at least an elephant-headed creature that was catalyzed to 80 meters, or even an elephant-headed mecha."

"Of course, this is not everyone's problem. I guess it is still related to the map changes we discovered earlier."

"We must be more careful in our next actions to avoid accidents on the paths we are used to."

"Secondly, did anyone notice that the elephant-headed creature's behavior pattern this time was different from the last time?"

Cai Xiaodong answered quickly: "I know, it has become more orderly! The crazy time at the beginning is obviously reduced by half."

Yaoshi Wan added: "Also, the elephant-headed creature focused its attacks on Li Yi who was beside him, and me who had fierce firepower."

Zuo Ying whispered, "The biological aura of the elephant-headed creature has also decreased a lot."

Li Yi nodded slightly:

"In addition to this, there is another relatively hidden but real thing, which is the way the elephant-headed creature exerts its strength. It also has a bit more human touch and loses some of the original animal movement habits that still remain."

"Also, everyone is paying attention to observation during battle, which means you are starting to apply more thinking to battle, which is a good thing."

Sun Duxiu listened and nodded vigorously: "It seems that I need to learn more about Li Yi's thinking mode next."

Cai Xiaodong asked: "Li Yi, with so many details missing, what is your conclusion?"

Li Yi said: "Our computing power controls a part of the ruins' authority, but in turn, this ruins authority may also be using it to collect various data we generate in order to deal with our invasion."

"This is just a guess, there is no evidence, but apart from this explanation, I can't think of any other more reliable reason to explain why the elephant-headed mecha suddenly became targeted."

Everyone nodded, this was indeed very possible.

Li Yi continued: "In addition to this explanation, I personally think there is another possibility that is less likely but exists, that is, the action pattern of the advance team happens to be exactly the same as ours, so the changes in the elephant-headed mecha are aimed at the advance team, not us."

Cai Xiaodong couldn't help but ask:

"Why is this possibility relatively small? I think this possibility is also very high. If the internal operating functions of the ruins are not completely damaged, there will definitely be this kind of learning behavior, right?"

Yao Shiwan suddenly realized, "I see. It's because the elephant-headed mecha's main attack target was Li Yi and me, but it didn't pay much attention to Sun Duxiu, who has equally impressive lethality, right?"

Li Yi praised: "That's right, if the advance team has the same firepower distribution mode as us, it is not impossible, but the possibility is much lower."

During the discussion, everyone gained a new understanding of Li Yi's analytical ability.

Next, seven mechas opened the incubator channel and slid into the third level one after another.

…

Inside the monitoring room.

Liang Zhishen sighed: "Li Yi, this kid, can actually figure out so many things with just a few clues. His brain is really scary."

Ma Ruhu was surprised and said, "You are just trying to find ways to brag about yourself, right? Didn't you two just come to the same conclusion? What's the big deal?"

"stupid!"

Liang Zhishen complained: "What are our conditions? All the surveillance cameras are watching! He only experienced one battle and he saw it."

Ma Ruhu was shocked and said, "Damn, what you said seems to make sense. He looks so confident. Could it be that he is even sure that he can crack the divine light bullet?"

Liang Zhishen shook his head and said, "Not really. No matter how smart you are, the speed and range of the divine light bullet are there. It's impossible to do it out of thin air."

…

After the seven mechas entered the non-dense area of ​​the third level, Li Yi immediately looked towards the dense area.

If the towering tree in the second level breaks in the middle and the same happens in the third level, then the situation is worth pondering.

"Damn it, a few of the giant vines in the third level were broken."

Cai Xiaodong also immediately observed this.

Zuo Ying said: "There is a smell of giant beasts in the air."

Sun Duxiu said with emotion: "We have entered the third level. It feels like a dream."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Let's go, first hide outside the map, observe the situation remotely, and then make a decision."

Ten minutes later, seven mechas arrived at the outskirts of the hidden map but did not go in to avoid being identified by the detection system of the divine light bomb.

Li Yi said: "Cai Xiaodong, Zhang Xuqiang, Sun Duxiu, the four of us will form a arhat, raise the altitude, and observe the internal situation of the hidden map."

Cai Xiaodong suddenly realized, "Yes, this place is covered with dense bushes and vines, which block our vision. Our long-range detection system is useless. If we stack higher, we may be able to find something."

At this moment, Sun Duxiu's 41-meter heavy magnetic mecha is the chassis, the Binglun mecha is second, the Mingfeng mecha is third, and the Pluto mecha stands on top of the Mingfeng mecha, stacked up to a height of more than 140 meters, launching long-range detection and looking down.

Pharmacist Wan, Zheng Xueyuan and others were responsible for guarding the outer circle.

Fortunately, they were all fighting masters from the special class, and their chassis were stable, so although it was a bit troublesome to stack them up, it was not difficult.

Sun Duxiu carried four machines by himself and said in a depressed tone, "How is it? Did you see anything?"

"Don't worry, there are still a lot of obstructions. I need to analyze it slowly."

Fifteen minutes later.

"Okay."

The Pluto mecha fell down with a loud bang and landed steadily.

The Mingfeng Mecha and Binglun Mecha also came down one after another, and the ground inevitably shook quite loudly in the process.

Fortunately, after the noise, it did not attract anything, which made Zheng Xueyuan, who was on guard outside, breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, this was her first time at the third level, and she couldn’t intuitively feel the huge difference between densely populated areas and non-dense areas.

"How is it, did you find anything?"

Li Yi smiled and said:

"Two good news and one bad news."

"The first good news is that I found a device that is suspected to be able to launch divine light bullets. It is about 30 kilometers from our location. According to the information found on the intranet, this should be a divine light bullet with a flashing range of ten kilometers, because the device is not very large."

Everyone looked excited.

It was fired from 30 kilometers away, which meant that if you wanted to hit them, with the terrifying firing speed of the Divine Light Bullet, it would take three seconds to cross the 20-kilometer range and reach the outermost strike range on their side.

Although 3 seconds is short and not enough for everyone to move around fully, it at least provides more space.

"The second good news is that perhaps because the advance team took this route, the launcher of the divine light bomb was slightly damaged. I estimate that the damage rate is between 10% and 20%."

Cai Xiaodong: "Damn, I thought the damage rate would be over 50%. So it looks like the bad news is really bad."

Li Yi ignored Cai Xiaodong and continued:

"The bad news is that there is another launcher of the divine light bomb 30 kilometers inward from here, and it is likely to have a flashing range of 10 kilometers."

"The two divine light bullet launchers just happen to completely cover the area ahead. There is no way to bypass them."

Pharmacist Wan raised her eyebrows slightly: "It seems that this news is indeed very bad, Cai Xiaodong, you are such a bad mouth."

Cai Xiaodong was innocently implicated and defended himself by saying, "This has nothing to do with me. It was Li Yi who announced the bad news."

Li Yi smiled and said, "Actually, there is one more thing, but I'm not sure if it's valuable."

"What?"

"I looked for a long time and didn't find any detection-related devices on the surface."

Sun Duxiu was confused and said, "What does it mean if there is none?"

Li Yi continued:

"According to the intelligence I found, the detection device and the launcher of the divine light bomb are two sides of the same coin. It is impossible for one to exist without the other."

Cai Xiaodong suddenly had an idea and said excitedly:

"Could it be that the detection system is hidden somewhere else? And that place might be where the divine light bullets cannot reach? For example, it is dark under the lamp?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "I have also thought about this possibility, but I have ruled it out."

"Do you remember where we were detected last time by AI Xiaochi?"

Pharmacist Wan said thoughtfully:

"It was shortly after we bypassed the giant super vine, right? Could that giant super vine be the detection system? If we destroy the giant super vine, can we go straight through?"

Li Yi shook his head again:

"We walked seven or eight kilometers after the super giant creeper before we were reminded by AI Xiaochi, so the possibility of a super giant creeper is not very high."

"Where exactly is that?"

Several people were scratching their heads.

Sun Duxiu and the other newcomers naturally had no chance to participate in the discussion. After all, they did not have a deep understanding of the situation and could only listen quietly.

Li Yi smiled and said.

"I'm still thinking about it. I haven't figured it out yet. I just need a flash of inspiration. Maybe I need to take a nap and look for some inspiration."

"Sleeping now? Isn't that too leisurely?"

Li Yi paced in the cockpit for a few minutes, and finally gave up this tempting idea.

After all, this is a virtual reality, and brain waves are recorded in real time. There is a risk of exposing talents, which must be prevented.

"Haha, it's just a joke. Let's go explore outside the hidden map first. There's still time. Maybe I'll get some inspiration."

Everyone was helpless. Although they knew there was an upgrade pool in the hidden map, there was nothing they could do.

I can't just go and die knowing that I'm going to die. Now I can only look for clues somewhere else.

…

Half an hour later.

The seven mechas returned along the original route, and after exploring the outer perimeter of the hidden map in vain, they headed towards the north side of the densely populated area.

Along the way, the Pluto mecha stopped and walked, constantly observing the traces on the ground, the types of vegetation on the ground, and the overall terrain conditions.

Cai Xiaodong couldn't help but ask:

"Li Yi, judging from your actions along the way, have you discovered anything?"

Li Yi nodded slightly and said, "It's not confirmed yet. Let me confirm it first."

Fifteen minutes passed.

Zuo Ying suddenly said, "What a strong smell of wild beasts, maybe it's a huge creature like the Guardian!"

Everyone stopped suddenly and looked at the Pluto mecha in the middle.

Li Yi said: "Zuo Ying, tell me the exact location."

Zuo Ying said: "The smell is very scattered and difficult to determine. Perhaps we have entered the temporary territory of this large beast."

"temporary?"

Zuo Ying said: "Because the smell is still fresh, there are no creatures living nearby that would produce sour or foul odors."

Li Yi nodded slightly: "In this case, let's retreat ten kilometers away and repeat the Arhat again to see if we can find something beyond the obstruction."

Everyone did as they were told.

…

Five minutes later.

The Pluto mecha landed lightly from a high altitude.

"I saw it. It was a giant canine-shaped creature. There were some traces of mechanization on its body, but only 30%. In other words, it was probably a giant creature that failed in the mechanization process. It was 89 meters long and had an uncertain look in its eyes. It was probably also rapidly catalyzed to a half-stage state."

"Perhaps this is a remnant of the advance team's previous exploration, or perhaps it's a monster that appeared due to changes in the map."

"The target of this canine creature is obvious. It is guarding the densely populated area."

Li Yi said in a deep voice: "It seems that other people coming from the densely populated area, especially those groups with densely populated experts, will probably encounter that giant creature soon and start a battle."

"We'll leave one person here to observe the fighting movements of other groups, and the others will follow me to explore other areas."

"Cai Xiaodong, you stay here for now and report to us at any time, is that ok?"

Cai Xiaodong said confidently:

"Don't worry. Among all the divine mechas here, my Mingfeng mecha is probably one of the shortest. It can be hidden behind a giant vine. It has high concealment."

"Very good. In addition, I need you to pay close attention to the methods of Team 1 and Team 2 to see if they have any techniques or tactics that we don't understand."

"no problem."

…

20 minutes passed.

On the public channel, in another area where there were few giant vines, six mechas were looking ahead in shock.

Those were the remains of a giant creature that was at least 180 meters long.

The skull alone is almost as big as Zuo Ying's E-class mecha, which is quite outrageous.

Li Yi pondered and said, "From the marks on the surface of the remains and the vegetation covering them, the time of death is at least more than three years. If the time is extended, it may be even longer. Zuo Ying, do you see anything?"

Zuo Ying was controlling the mecha to fly around the skeleton. She said:

"The shape of this skeleton is a bit like a giant version of the snake-headed mecha from the first level. I estimate that the year of death is at least ten years, or even a hundred years. Because the environment here is different from our usual conditions, it is hard to say how long it will take for the remains to rot."

Li Yi nodded slightly: "I did find a divine nucleus. Wow, it's so big, almost as big as a bathroom."

As he spoke, the Pluto mecha took out a huge silver ball from the skeleton's chest.

"He didn't have time to destroy the divine core, which means the one who killed him must be a divine mecha of the same level, or even a higher level."

Pharmacist Wan asked: "Li Yi, the divine mecha that the super giant vine in the hidden map bred is this?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "This is very likely."

As it spoke, the Pluto mecha suddenly unleashed a punch that broke the character's strength, creating a crack in a rib, but did not break it.

"Hiss, this thing is so strong."

Feeling the crack on his ribs, Li Yi was a little surprised.

etc…

crack……

"Oh, I see. I have figured out how to crack the divine light bullet!"

Li Yi's laughter was heard on the public channel, and everyone was startled.

"Really?"

Sun Duxiu couldn't help but ask.

"That's right. Without further ado, call Cai Xiaodong back and let's set off to the hidden map as soon as possible. The sooner the better!"

At this moment, Li Yi's thoughts were clearer than ever before.

"Cai Xiaodong, what's the situation at your site? Has a fight taken place? If not, come and join us as soon as possible. I have thought of a way to get to the fourth level!"

"What a coincidence! Zhou Huize's team has already come out. They may fight with the giant canine creature at any time. What should we do?"

(End of this chapter)