Chapter 15: Even Wood-type can scare people to death!
However, it was too late. The squad leader soon heard the alarm coming from the public channel:
"Warning! Mech HX-121 has been attacked by a weapon of unknown material. Its outer shell is completely destroyed and its defense level has dropped below 30%. It is recommended to evacuate and retrieve the mech's cockpit."
Such warnings were heard one after another, and the outer shells of all ten mechs he led were destroyed.
The last thing the squad leader saw was his mech's outer shell shattered, leaving him sitting alone in the cockpit supported by a tall metal frame, like a commander without any troops.
"It's over, it's over! Eleven mechs have been destroyed! The patriarch will skin me alive!" the squad leader muttered in despair.
However, Xiaobai did not give him the chance to go back and be skinned alive. After breaking through the strongest defensive shell of the mechs, he launched a large-scale ice seal, freezing all eleven mechs, along with their pilots.
At this point, the entire squad was wiped out.
At the same time, Bo Yiyan was also attacked, but the second squad leader was not as generous as the first squad leader. He only had two team members aim at the target's spine and pelvis and fire a burst of light particle cannons at the same time.
After all, they were only besieging a weak wood-type character. So what if it was an A-rank? Could it be like a metal-type character with a body of bronze and iron?
He said that two point-fired particle cannons were already enough. They were so expensive, he should save a little more so that the captain could give him a reward later.
Bo Yiyan's ability level has dropped to the eighth rank, equivalent to an A-level ability. However, he has an eighth-rank contracted plant, Qiansi. By combining the two eighth-rank abilities, he can reach the ninth-rank level.
Two point-fired particle cannons instantly shattered the defensive barrier he had set up and shot towards his spine and pelvis.
As an eighth-tier plant, Qiansi naturally possesses strong adaptability, and immediately summoned its own form to cover him.
Two burst-fire shells pierced its body, leaving two thumb-sized holes.
The bullet's aftershock grazed Bo Yiyan's skin, but did not cause greater damage, because Qian Si's body was thick and sturdy enough to block 99.99% of the attack's force.
Upon hearing Qian Si's wailing, Bo Yiyan was instantly enraged!
Considering the long lifespan of a plant, Qiansi is still just a baby. Since forming an equal contract, the relationship between Boyiyan and Qiansi has become increasingly close.
An equal contract cannot force the contracted plant to protect its master with its life, but if the master dies, the contracted plant will suffer a backlash, and its level will drop by at least two major ranks.
Qiansi had just fallen from the ninth rank to the eighth rank after being sucked down by Bo Yiyan. If he died, wouldn't it become the sixth rank?
That's why Qian Si was willing to take those two deadly cannonballs for him.
However, for Bo Yiyan, it was as if he had adopted a child, and the child had taken a bullet for him, which seriously injured him. Although it was not fatal, how could he not be angry?
After locking onto the source of the attack, he directly manipulated his wood-based abilities, instantly scattering hundreds of seeds that sprouted into countless vines that entangled the outer shells of the eleven mechs attacking him.
The vine that Bo Yiyan nurtured is called the Mutant Bone-Eating Vine. Its sap has a super corrosive effect, but he wasn't sure if it could corrode the mecha's outer shell.
However, he thought that the mech's outer shell was not a single piece, and its detectors, joints, and other parts must be relatively weak.
When the mutated bone-corroding vines wrapped around the entire mecha, he used his superpower to detonate all the vines, and instantly a thick green sap with a strong, pungent smell splattered all over the mecha's shell.
All of this happened extremely quickly. When the second squad leader came to his senses, all eleven mechs, including his own, were covered with the dark green sap left by the bursting vines, as if the mechs were uniformly dressed in camouflage.
It's strangely... neat.
However, the second squad leader quickly realized that this was a counterattack launched by the enemy.
Since he was able to retaliate, it proves that his previous shooting had failed to inflict effective damage on the enemy.
At that moment, he felt a pang of regret, regretting that he had been too stingy and should have fired at least four shells instead of two.
He was about to order his men to fire again when he heard a piercing alarm on the public address system:
"Warning! Warning: The outer shell of the HX-145 mech has been attacked by a highly corrosive biological weapon of unknown material. The outer shell is completely destroyed and the defense level has dropped below 30%. It is recommended to evacuate and retrieve the mech's cockpit."
The warning kept repeating, and the screen showed mechs whose outer shells were corroded like sieves, riddled with holes of all sizes, a truly pitiful sight!
Then another alarm sounded: "Warning! Warning! Unidentified corrosive liquid has been detected on the damaged mech, continuing to erode the internal circuitry. We recommend removing the damaged outer shell of the mech as soon as possible!"
Now every team member panicked and hurriedly clicked the "remove outer shell" option on the control panel. After confirming, the mech system returned the following message:
"Due to damage to some circuits, this operation cannot be completed. Please select the last available option—activate the mech escape pod!"
The second squad, including the squad leader and all eleven members, collectively chose to "activate the mech escape pod." Just kidding, the reason why this group of B-class soldiers dared to besiege an A-class soldier was precisely because of their mechs, wasn't it?
Now that the mechs are destroyed, if they don't escape now, those terrifying wood-type bosses will lash out with several corrosive vines each. Do they think their bodies are harder than the mech shells?
I'm afraid I'll lose my life here.
At times like this, they couldn't even bother reporting to their direct superior, Hanajizaburo, for fear that if they delayed even a second, they wouldn't be able to escape.
Eleven escape pods were simultaneously launched into the air at an altitude of 1,000 meters, and then sped away into the distance in an instant.
When Bo Yiyan tried to launch a second attack, he found that the targets had all disappeared, leaving only eleven dilapidated mechs standing there pitifully.
He hadn't even had a chance to vent his anger, but at the same time, he felt a sense of relief.
Those terrifying bullets could even penetrate Qian Si's body. If they could be fired like a shotgun, he would probably lose his life here.
This incident served as a warning to him; the high-tech weapons here were truly terrifying. He, who could have roamed freely on Green Algae Star before, now had to be constantly vigilant.
Matt had been monitoring the battle here using his mental network. He had prepared for the worst; if the two big shots couldn't hold out, he would have to find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
In short, we have to find a way to get out of here no matter what.
The battle ended just ten minutes later? It feels so unreal.
**
Hanake Saburo originally planned to stay in the center, and whichever squad dealt the first heavy blow to the enemy, he would rush out immediately and capture them alive.
If a small team couldn't hold on, he would rush over to provide assistance.
But just seconds before the battle began, he suddenly felt a pang of fear, a sense of danger that had saved his life more than once.
But the arrow was already on the bowstring and had to be released; he couldn't very well order everyone to retreat now, could he?
But because of this feeling of palpitation, he stopped and even maneuvered his mecha back several hundred meters.
A few minutes later, his eyes widened in horror as he witnessed two small teams, one of which was completely wiped out along with its mechs, and the other where the mechs were completely destroyed while the crew escaped.
The loss of 11 B-level warriors and 22 mechs means that even if the family head is willing to protect him, the family elders will not agree.
He's dead!
Admittedly, he had always been loyal to the head of the family, but when it came to his own life and death, he could only be selfish this once.
He directly controlled the mecha to escape at high speed, his target being the nearest planet, Baiyu Star, as his mecha only had enough fuel to get there.
However, before leaving the atmosphere of Silverwing Star, he sent the head of the family a complete video of two small teams surrounding and killing slaves.
Finally, he added: "These two alien slaves are suspected to be S-level and A+-level. Please be sure to take precautions as soon as possible!"
This was his last act of loyalty. He believed he had done his best, but who made the Hua Jing family so unlucky? They bought slaves for an entire spaceship, and two of them happened to be super high-ranking?
This is not his fault at all, as the captain of the guard.
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