When Cen Yu entered the simulated terrain, he immediately sought cover.
The standard mechs were not designed to deal with the Queen Bugs during simulations, so they were not designed with any concealment devices that could hide and obstruct the Queen Bugs' vision when they left the factory.
Although the system allows users to exchange winning points for equipment, and even redeem new mechs when necessary, Cen Yu felt it was unnecessary.
Anyway, he entered the simulator to familiarize himself with the combat mode and learn about the bugs.
Since mental energy can detect the presence of insects, he wondered if using it in reverse could block the King Insect's detection... He tried to envelop the entire mech with his mental energy and then quietly entered the King Insect's line of sight.
Knowing that one can start over after death, he made very bold attempts.
In the sky, the enormous king insect, which almost blotted out the sun, seemed unaware of Cen Yu's presence.
This made Cen Yu realize that using mental power to cover it up was a feasible action... He operated the standard mecha to take off and quickly and quietly arrived above the King Worm.
When the mech's scan revealed the full appearance of the King Worm, Cen Yu couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.
He never expected there to be such a large insect... He found it hard to describe what kind of thing it was; it was unlike anything he knew, a strange aggregate.
The moment you see this thing, your instincts will tell you it's dangerous and you shouldn't go near it.
Cen Yu piloted the mecha to slowly approach, but when he actually faced this behemoth, he only felt overwhelmed.
The system lacked a summary of the King Worm's weaknesses and other attack methods. In his previous defeats, Cen Yu hadn't even seen the King Worm's attack methods. By the time he realized what was happening, he had already been sent outside the instance.
He guessed that the information about the weaknesses of these Queen Insects was likely a secret within the Legion.
This will not be mentioned in simple simulation systems.
He tried to hover about half a meter away from the King Insect... The enormous compound eyes made him feel nauseous.
The mech was equipped with a high-powered cannon for long-range shooting, but Cen Yu felt that the standard mech's firepower probably wouldn't be able to damage the Queen Worm's shell.
He tried to shoot at the unknown compound eye.
—The moment he attacked, the King Insect discovered his location.
Now Cen Yu finally understood how the King Worm attacked him.
The Queen Worm spat out a black sphere from its mouthparts. The moment this thing touched it, the mech's cannon barrel vanished, and the sphere immediately moved to the mech's head.
Cen Yu was sent out of the instance again.
"...That sphere is his ability?" Cen Yu muttered to himself as he sat in the cabin.
His head throbbed with pain, and his clothes were almost soaked with cold sweat.
As he continued to challenge the King Worm and his survival time increased, his gold coins in the system also increased exponentially... It seems that the system also understands that it is unrealistic to let novices challenge the King Worm, and the standard for judging points is the survival time under the King Worm.
"When the sphere appeared, all the ammunition fired from the cannon also disappeared," Cen Yu pondered. "Could it be some kind of devouring ability?"
Four hours had passed since he entered the training pod.
People outside were also muttering—
Is the beginner mode really that fun?
Is Cen Yu asleep inside?
The training pod alerted him that he had overexerted his mental energy today and needed to rest...
"Let's do one last round." Cen Yu stretched his body. "If we still can't see its human form this time, then we'll call it a day."
...
Upon re-entering that familiar terrain, Cen Yu was able to quickly envelop the mecha with his mental energy, preventing Wang Chong from detecting his whereabouts.
He flew slowly, following behind the giant king insect in the air, trying to find its weakness from its actions.
He discovered that when the queen beetle is feeding or attacking, it spits out black spherical objects from its mouthparts, and anything that comes into contact with these objects disappears instantly.
It seems his previous guess was correct; the Ohmu's ability is similar to "hiding" or "disappearing," allowing any target that comes into contact with the spherical object to simply vanish.
After circling the Queen Beetle in the air for a long time, Cen Yu finally discovered during one of the Queen Beetle's feeding sessions that its weak point was probably the area below its mouthparts...
Without hesitation, he flew directly to the body of the King Worm and began to attack that spot.
The King Worm immediately felt pain. Due to its position, even if it wanted to spit out the black ball, it was difficult to directly attack Cen Yu because of the angle. In addition, Cen Yu was agile, and the King Worm, due to its huge size, had some difficulty grabbing Cen Yu's mecha.
Enraged, the king insect finally transformed into a more agile anthropomorphic form under Cen Yu's gaze.
It was a dark-haired man with a gloomy expression...
He glanced at Cen Yu's mecha and immediately raised his hand.
In an instant, Cen Yu's mecha distorted, and Cen Yu himself was sent outside the instance.
...
Inside the cabin, Cen Yu was panting heavily.
The mecha was completely twisted, and the pain for him was no less than that of his limbs being twisted into pretzels. Fortunately, when the system sensed something was wrong, it immediately adjusted the realism to the lowest level. Otherwise, Cen Yu would probably be unconscious in the training pod by now.
“…I was still careless.” Cen Yu muttered to the system, “I thought it was a simulated environment, so I treated it like a game.”
He admitted that when he found the Ohmu to be really difficult to defeat, he treated it all as a challenge against a BOSS.
I was just completing the tasks within the instance.
But when the final death came, the helplessness and the real feeling of the entire mecha being shattered still left Cen Yu with lingering fear. He knew he definitely couldn't bear the pain of his limbs being twisted and squeezed until his whole body was turned into a meat patty.
The training pods are there to help these warriors, who are about to enter the battlefield, understand the Zerg and find ways to fight them; they are not a game.
If you treat all of this as a simulation game, constantly pushing the boundaries of danger... then when you finally reach the real front lines against the Zerg, you're very likely to be killed by Zerg that possess intelligence and strategy.
At this moment, Cen Yu's T-shirt was almost soaked with cold sweat.
The long hours of intense training had left him exhausted... The simulator also indicated that he was not in good condition and should go back to rest immediately.
Cen Yu sat in the cabin for a while longer, waiting until he had regained some strength before pushing open the cabin door and leaving.
At this moment, people were paying more or less attention to Cen Yu's training pod. When the pod door opened, Cen Yu walked out of the pod, almost completely soaked.
Some people saw that Cen Yu was exhausted and wanted to help him...
Li Chonghe had already arrived at Cen Yu's side. He blocked the view of others with his body and then handed Cen Yu a bottle of energy supplement.
"I drank it."
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