Chapter 98 The Frenzied Desert Beast
Seeing Su Li come in, He Xiao and the others were very happy and quickly invited Su Li to go behind the big rock.
Just as Su Li walked over, the sand beneath her feet suddenly began to move, and her feet seemed to be sinking deeper.
Someone screamed, "It's quicksand!"
Su Li had already flown into the air.
She has discovered that simulated battlefields test the mech soldiers' adaptability in many ways.
For example, in the previous ocean battlefield, if you were not careful and fell into the sea after you came out, you would be eliminated.
This time, the desert battlefield will feature quicksand that will test their reaction speed. Those who are slow will be eliminated once they get stuck in the quicksand.
It also lets those mech soldiers know that in a real battlefield, they simply won't have that much reaction time.
Su Li piloted her mecha over and landed beside He Xiao and the others. Before she could ask what was going on, she saw something emerge from the sand.
Tiny, like the tentacles of something.
Su Li immediately took out the photon gun, aimed it at the thing, and fired.
After firing several shots, the tentacles stopped emerging from the ground.
"What was that just now?" someone asked, puzzled.
Seeing that the thing was gone, some people even dared to go and check.
"Don't move!" someone shouted.
But it was too late. The few mech soldiers who went to check were entangled by the dense tentacles that emerged from the ground and were dragged down in an instant.
They were eliminated before they even had a chance to make a sound.
"Fly up into the sky!" Su Li shouted, while simultaneously piloting the mecha and grabbing two slow-reacting people along with her.
As they hovered in mid-air and looked down, the tentacles multiplied.
The only slightly better thing is that the length of their tentacles extending out of the ground is not enough to reach them, who are hovering in mid-air.
They tried to sweep the tentacles with laser guns, but as soon as one disappeared, another would appear.
"But it's so hot! Can't we find a way to get down?"
"Yeah, the inside of the mech should be kept at a constant temperature, so why is it suddenly so hot? I didn't feel cold in the snow last time, so why does it feel so hot this time?"
"If this continues, will we be too hot to fight and be eliminated?"
The class monitor leaned over and said to his classmates, "Something's not right. Logically, the mechs should be able to withstand this kind of heat, but now the heat is actually penetrating into the inside of the mechs."
"Yes, yes, I'm covered in sweat right now, this is really abnormal."
"Su Li, are you alright?" He Xiao asked, leaning closer to Su Li when she didn't speak.
When I got closer, I found it was actually quite cool.
The cool air was actually coming from Su Li's mecha.
As everyone approached, Su Li released some cool air from her mecha to make them feel less uncomfortable.
Other mecha soldiers from different academies also dared to hide behind the giant rock's shadow.
Seeing someone go there, others followed suit.
It's always better to be in the shade than in the sun.
Hearing that Su Li's mecha could release cool air, everyone glanced at it enviously, but dared not approach.
The lessons learned from the previous two simulated battlefields have at least been kept in mind.
"Should we go over there too? Otherwise, if we stay here, the mechs will consume a lot of energy, right?" He Xiao said worriedly.
She didn't want any unforeseen events to occur before Su Li even made a move.
There was still some space below, so they could go over, but the shadiest spot was taken, and some people had been pushed out.
"Why don't we go over there? If we're not directly exposed to the sun, it won't be so uncomfortable," the squad leader suggested.
I feel really bad about riding on Su Li's coattails like this.
Su Li looked down and, whether she was seeing things or not, she saw the boulder move slightly.
No, she wasn't seeing things; the boulder really did move.
"Get out of the way!" Su Li shouted.
But it was too late. The boulder suddenly stretched out its arm and slammed it directly at the mech hiding in the shadows.
They were too close for anyone to react.
Even those that were fast were swallowed whole by the strange beast that suddenly stood up.
The group of mech soldiers who were squeezed out were lucky enough to escape unscathed.
When the beast stood up completely, someone exclaimed in surprise, "It's a desert berserk behemoth!"
The behemoth was even larger than the octopus-like creatures they had seen on the ocean battlefield.
That huge rock was the body of the giant beast. After it stood up, its stone-like scales opened up.
Its body is covered in eyes and has many tentacles.
The tentacles they had just seen were from the giant beast.
Su Li quickly fired all her bullets at the giant beast, but it had no effect on it whatsoever.
It even raised its hand to block the incoming light bullets.
"Get out of the way!" someone shouted.
After the mechs dodged, they threw an ion bomb at the behemoth.
A loud explosion rang out, but the giant beast was only injured in one eye.
It roared so loudly that they had to cover their ears, and some who couldn't take it were eliminated on the spot.
Those outside the arena were equally anxious, saying, "General, isn't this desert berserk beast set up too powerfully? These students have never experienced such a powerful beast before."
During the school drills, those monsters were child's play. But when they came to this simulated battlefield, these students, who had never experienced a real battlefield, were powerless against the powerful monsters.
Although the students won't get into any trouble, if things continue like this, it's questionable whether they'll even make it to the final stage.
The general's secretary stood up and said, "We understand your concern for the students, but the situation with the alien beasts has changed, and we have to adjust our simulated battlefield combat plan."
The secretary looked at the broadcast footage and said, "Besides, it's not necessarily a complete defeat."
Everyone had witnessed Su Li's performance in the first two simulated battlefields.
On the StarNet, Su Li's name was spontaneously pushed to the top by StarCitizens.
Su Li's performance in the simulated battlefield was also recorded, such as when she unleashed the Buddha's Palm technique in the snowy battlefield.
There are also scenes of mechs being cleaved apart underwater.
The number of views on the optical computers is enormous.
Powerful mechs are always admired, and everyone is eagerly anticipating what unexpected things Su Li's mech will do next.
The other person didn't know what to say, so they sat back down and looked at Mei Lanru in front of them. They couldn't help but say, "As expected of a good student taught by Teacher Mei, you are really amazing."
Teacher Mei laughed and said, "My uncle's students are not bad either. I think there are still a few who haven't been eliminated yet."
"Hmph, don't be too smug. Until the very last moment, no one knows how it will end."
"Although it's not the very last moment, our Federal Military Academy has already won two red flags, so the outcome is already decided," Teacher Mei said with a smile.
The other person snorted heavily and reluctantly sat back down.
This incident was indeed unexpected; no one expected the general to alter the energy of the behemoth in the simulated battlefield.
Secondly, the character Su Li emerged.
Although I had heard of Su Li's name in various competitions before, her performance in the simulated battlefield was still quite surprising.
The system switched between several screens and even pointed out some flaws in Su Li's mecha.
"It's good enough that she's done this well. It's not like it's on your planet. The conditions are what they are. She broke the rules herself and did a great job. System, don't make things too difficult for her." Xiang Bei couldn't bear to see her precious granddaughter being nagged by the system, so she said a few words in her defense.
The system concluded, "Actually, it's not that bad. There are still some commendable aspects. Just keep trying."
The atmosphere on the desert simulated battlefield outside the big screen remained extremely tense.
The raging desert beast suddenly stood up, and the two sides were locked in a stalemate.
They were on high alert high in the sky. The beast was enormous, and they had to fly higher, otherwise, if its arm swept over, they would be eliminated.
But the higher you go, the hotter it gets. It feels like the mecha is about to melt. When I look up, I see two suns in the sky. No wonder it's so hot; the heat is penetrating right into the mecha.
"Look, there are two suns up there."
Everyone looked up and saw that the sunlight was dazzling, but that didn't stop them from seeing that there were two suns in the sky.
"No wonder it's so hot, there are actually two suns."
"I knew the simulated battlefield was going to get harder, but they didn't say it was going to get harder like this. Isn't that a bit much?"
"Where's the flag? Have you seen the flag? Let's get the flag and leave quickly."
Let alone my own mecha, even when I bump into my classmate's mecha, it feels frighteningly hot.
The closer they got to the sun, the hotter it became. Even with their mechs' protective gear activated, everyone still felt unbearably hot. Below them lay raging desert beasts; no matter what, they would eventually be eliminated.
“Look into the giant beast’s eyes; there’s something inside.”
Everyone looked over and saw that a flag was hidden in one of the giant beast's eyes.
Upon seeing the flag, the mech soldiers fell silent. Who on earth came up with the idea of hiding a flag inside the behemoth's eye?
Last time, they planted the red flag on the head of the octopus beast; this time, they hid the red flag in the eye of the raging desert behemoth.
Everyone silently cursed the person who had raised the flag.
This means that in order to get the flag, you have to attack the giant beast.
"This giant beast has so many eyes; if we want to get the flag, we have to take it down."
The mech soldiers dropped bombs, but they didn't seem to have much effect on the behemoth.
Especially after being bombed with ion bombs just now, the behemoth is now on guard against them. It can even catch the bombs it throws down and throw them back. Everyone quickly dodged to avoid being affected.
The giant beast let out a roar that nearly deafened them.
The beast's voice was incredibly penetrating; if it weren't for the mech's protective gear, one might not have been able to hear it at all.
Su Li said to He Xiao and the others, "Cover me."
Then they charged toward the giant beast, their target clear: the eye with the flag.
Su Li rushed over at top speed. Although the beast was huge, it was very agile.
It swung its tail directly at Su Li, as if determined to send her flying.
"This student is too reckless. What's the difference between this and suicide? Principal Mu, didn't your teachers teach these students that they shouldn't be too reckless when encountering strange beasts?" someone outside commented.
All eyes in the hall fell on the principal of the Federal Military Academy's Mecha Academy. "Principal Mu, your students are too eager to win. Such behavior is unacceptable."
“If she were eliminated, I wouldn’t argue with what you said, but she’s still in the simulated battlefield, so why are you so eager to draw conclusions?” Principal Mu said nonchalantly.
The others were speechless for a moment and immediately fell silent.
Such a reckless person will be eliminated in no time.
"She's a woman after all; she has no sense of the bigger picture."
“Uncle, weren’t you born of a woman? If Grandma didn’t have a sense of the bigger picture, she wouldn’t have given birth to a good-for-nothing like you.” Teacher Mei retorted without any politeness.
This uncle of mine is useless and always talks nonsense.
What's wrong with the woman? The two red flags from before were brought back by Su Li.
The general looked at the screen thoughtfully. "Her name is Su Li, right?"
Principal Mu nodded. "Yes, her name is Su Li."
The general nodded, said nothing more, gestured for everyone to be quiet, and continued watching.
In the simulated battlefield, Su Li's mecha leaped nimbly across the giant beast.
They dropped cluster bombs as they ran.
Cluster bombs contain many small bombs, which disperse the attack on targets after being dropped.
Su Li's target was the giant beast's eyes.
The bomb exploded, and the giant beast, disregarding the pain, still tried to grab Su Li's machine.
The ground shook violently, and sand flew everywhere, obscuring everyone's vision. The behemoth grabbed Su Li's mecha and clasped its hands together, as if to crush it flat.
"Su Li!"
Those who watched the broadcast felt regretful.
"I thought Su Li would have something special about her, but this is what happened?"
"Exactly, where's her Tathagata Palm? Where's her sword and hammer? Why is she so weak this time, even worse than in the last match?"
"I'm not watching anymore, this year's mock competition is totally boring."
"Look, Su Li hasn't been eliminated yet."
Everyone immediately perked up and continued watching.
The giant beast's clasped hands slowly opened, clearly not by its own will, but by something forcing them open.
A stick supports the palms of the giant beast's two hands.
When He Xiao and the others saw it on the spot, they couldn't help but exclaim, "Su Li is still not out!"
"Look, Su Li's mecha seems to be getting bigger."
They watched as Su Li's mecha rapidly grew larger, eventually becoming almost the same size as a giant beast.
"How is this possible? Even if you stretch metal, there's no way it could stretch this much." Some people outside the screen still found it unbelievable.
Citizens watching the broadcast across the stars had already cheered.
"Su Li! Su Li!"
They called out Su Li's name in unison.
Su Li took the stick and hit the giant beast directly on the head.
Just as it was about to roar again, a cluster bomb was thrown into its mouth, and then both hands were pressed firmly against the giant beast's mouth to prevent it from spitting it out.
As the bomb exploded, the giant beast's figure swayed.
Su Li seized the opportunity to take out the red flag and toss it to the squad leader.
Seeing them take the red flag, Su Li shouted, "Get out of the way!"
The squad leader immediately led the group to move aside.
Su Li controlled the mecha to lift the giant beast up, and then used a stick to shove it into the sand.
Her mecha body slowly shrank back to its original size.
Before leaving, they also planted nano-missiles on the behemoth.
As Su Li ran towards the sky, she shouted to the people in her academy, "Run!"
The others quickly ran to other places.
The students from other colleges were still confused when the nano-missiles exploded, and some people were still affected and eliminated.
The behemoth fell silent, but the vortex that had been leaving never reappeared.
It's getting hotter and hotter here.
Su Li said, "The vortex that led us out was there from the very beginning."
"How is that possible? It's not here." Everyone looked around.
Su Li looked up and pointed to the two suns in the sky.
"You mean, of those two suns, one is a departing vortex?" He Xiao said, looking at the sun in the sky.
Su Li raised the mecha's hand and slammed it down with the Tathagata Palm technique.
One sun remained unharmed, while the other was transformed into a vortex of heat.
"It really is a whirlpool, let's get out of here quickly!" the squad leader shouted.
Just as she was about to lead the class out, a beam of light shot out from behind and hit Su Li's mecha.
Su Li's mecha was undamaged.
Another beam of light struck, knocking the class monitor out of the game.
"Su Li, you have to win!" Before disappearing, the class monitor threw the red flag to the classmate closest to him.
The beam of light shone down again.
"Luo Chao, are you crazy?"
"I'm not crazy. Have you forgotten the rules of the simulated battlefield? Are you just going to stand by and watch the Federal Military Academy take all the red flags this year?"
Everyone fell silent.
I still think Luo Chao has gone mad.
Don't they want to take the red flag?
They can't beat Su Li.
Su Li has dealt with all the alien beasts in the three arenas so far. They must be incredibly foolish to attack her.
"You guys go first," Su Li said to her classmates.
She was genuinely angry. She told her teammates to take the red flag and leave first, while she dodged the incoming photon particle bullets and charged directly at the person who had knocked the squad leader out of the game.
Su Li was so fast that the other party couldn't even see her before she rushed over.
In close combat, you need to switch weapons, and Su Li didn't give her opponent a chance at all. The first thing her mecha needed to do was to be fast.
Before the opponent could bring out new weapons, they beat them mercilessly until the opponent had no chance to fight back, and the mech was deformed from the beating.
After knocking her opponent out of the game, Su Li quickly headed towards the vortex.
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