A loud "bang" woke up everyone who was immersed in watching the battle. They all looked up and saw several huge beetles hitting the translucent protective shield.
The beetles were as long as two and a half meters. Their hard shells were an ugly gray-brown with some purple spots on the surface. They had forelimbs with sharp serrations and protruding mouthparts. A pair of yellow-green compound eyes protruded outward, staring at the students in the protective shield.
Being stared at by such an ugly pair of eyes, several timid girls screamed in fear.
"Don't be nervous, they can't get in because of the protective shield." A middle-aged instructor in uniform whispered. His shoulder straps showed that his rank was a warrant officer. He should be the person with the highest rank in the entire camp, otherwise it would not be his turn to give orders.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the beetles opened their mouthparts and sprayed out yellow-green mucus. When the mucus came into contact with the surface of the protective shield, the upper shield made a sound similar to corrosion.
"It's corrosive liquid!" The students seemed even more panicked. This kind of poisonous insect that can spray corrosive liquid is the most dangerous kind of insect. Their corrosive liquid can even penetrate super alloy mecha.
"Emblem! Use the enhanced defense emblem to reinforce the operator immediately!" The instructor shouted to the soldier guarding a protective shield operator at the back of the camp.
The soldier raised his head and gave the instructor a wry smile, "Sir, there are no extra emblems."
The instructor suddenly realized that the military academy had chosen this extremely remote, primitive planet specifically for the freshman final exam. They had surveyed the surrounding area within a light-year and confirmed its safety before bringing the students here. They had not anticipated the sudden appearance of the Zerg, so they had only brought a small mech team, each equipped with only two C-level reinforcement emblems.
This latest type of protective shield operator is also enough to withstand the attacks of ordinary monsters. They brought it with them just in case and did not even think of bringing a few more strengthening emblems for the operator to use.
"Oh! It's going to break!" another student screamed.
The instructor, at a loss, looked up and saw that the translucent shield had been cracked by the constant corrosive liquid sprayed by the poisonous insects and the impact of their jagged forelimbs. Even though this latest type of shield had a self-repair function, the speed of its repair could not keep up with the speed of the poisonous insects' corrosion and destruction.
"Come back for help! Hurry up and ask Captain Johnny to come back for help!" Sweat was oozing from the instructor's forehead.
"Captain Johnny and the others are stuck and can't get out!" After the soldier contacted the captain of the mecha team through the light brain, he said to the instructor with a sad face.
The instructor looked at the mecha team not far away. The originally silver surface of the mecha was covered with insect blood. Under the effect of the enhanced emblem, their speed and defense were greatly improved. They dodged the insect attacks nimbly and waved the Aurora Sword in their hands, splitting the insects in half. However, there were still hundreds of insects rushing towards them fearlessly, surrounding them tightly and leaving them no chance of breaking out.
Seeing this, the instructor took a deep breath and then asked, "Have you contacted the reinforcements? How long will it take for them to arrive?"
"The closest ones to here are the patrol ships of the Fourth and Second Armies. They are rushing here as fast as possible, but they encountered a large number of Zerg blockades on the way and have not arrived yet." The soldier kept looking at the optical computer and communicating with the reinforcements through the optical computer.
The instructor glanced at the growing cracks in the protective shield above him, then a resolute expression appeared on his face. He took out his laser rifle and a magnetic bomb and said to the students, "We don't know when the reinforcements will arrive. From now on, we can only rely on ourselves. You are all future soldiers. Show your courage! Orcs, protect your classmates and follow the signal troopers to evacuate quickly from the rear!"
He was obviously prepared to die together with those poisonous insects.
Those orc students immediately transformed into beast forms and asked other students around them to sit on them, preparing to escape from here as quickly as possible the moment the protective shield broke.
"Wait a minute!" A voice suddenly sounded.
The instructor frowned and looked at the person who spoke. It turned out to be Dragal.
"Sir, I have another emblem here that strengthens defense." Dragal took out a square black box from his backpack.
The instructor was stunned. He had never thought that a student would wear a coat of arms during training. After all, the rules of this final exam prohibited the use of mechas and weapons.
"Are you a student of the Heraldry Department?"
"No, I'm a mecha combat major." Dragal scratched his cheek embarrassedly. "I won this in a lottery."
By sheer luck, Dragal had entered a raffle while browsing mecha information on the Star Network and had won a C-rank enhanced defense emblem. He considered it a lucky charm and always kept it with him. Before his final exam, he'd somehow managed to put it in his backpack. And it had indeed come in handy, hadn't it?
The instructor hurriedly opened the box, revealing a metallic, diamond-shaped emblem with intricate magic patterns painted on its surface. While it was reasonable to test the emblem to determine its properties and energy level, the situation was urgent, so there was no time to waste.
"Quick! Install it on the protective shield operator!" The instructor rushed to the signalman as fast as he could with the emblem in his hand and threw it to him.
The signalman did not hesitate at all. He immediately opened the secret door behind the protective shield operator, revealing a diamond-shaped groove, and pressed the emblem in his hand into it.
Almost in an instant, the protective shield shone brightly, and the translucent protective shield became visibly thicker. The cracks on the top that were originally expanding gradually stopped and began to slowly repair themselves.
"Chirp!" The poisonous insects chirped angrily and sprayed out more corrosive liquid. Everyone looked at the protective shield above with trepidation, hoping that the strengthened shield could hold out for a while longer.
The flying insects that were surrounding and attacking the mecha team may have heard the chirping of the poisonous insects, and hundreds of them turned around and rushed towards the protective shield.
Everyone's faces turned pale now. The protective shield had been torn apart by the poisonous insects. If hundreds of insects attacked together, it would definitely not last more than three minutes. By then, they would all become food for those insects!
The mecha team also noticed this. Captain Johnny retracted the Aurora Sword and took out the energy cannon again, blasting a gap. The remaining mecha combatants stepped forward to attract the attention of the flying insects, allowing Captain Johnny to break out.
As soon as Johnny got free, he immediately aimed at the flying insects rushing towards the protective shield and fired another energy cannon.
The energy cannon blew most of the flying insects into pieces, and the shock wave blew the beetles on the protective shield more than ten meters away.
"Beep, beep..." However, just as he was about to fire another energy cannon to kill the remaining insects surrounding the shield, his mech sounded a low-energy alarm. He had already expended a lot of energy fighting the insect swarm, and firing the energy cannon again would consume too much energy.
Johnny was forced to retract the energy cannon and disable most of the mech's functions, including flight. He landed on the ground, using the Aurora Sword and his mech's own speed to fight the pursuing bugs.
Fortunately, the emblem he was equipped with had the attribute of enhancing speed, which could help him move quickly without the assistance of the mecha thrusters, otherwise he would have been eaten clean by these bugs long ago.
The instructor frowned deeply. Johnny had just made a desperate attempt to help them out. When he saw him land on the ground and fight the flying insects at a completely disadvantageous position, he knew the situation was not good.
"Send a distress signal again!" They can't hold on for much longer!
"Sir..." The signalman's voice stopped abruptly.
A "whoosh" sound was heard in the air, and a black and red mecha cut through the sky and appeared in front of them at an extremely fast speed.
The mecha that suddenly appeared raised its arms and fired hundreds of tiny bolts of lightning from its palms, striking the insect swarm directly, blasting them to pieces. At the same time, it dodged to the other side at an extremely fast speed, changing direction and attacking again.
In just a few minutes, it killed hundreds of insects.
"It's Thor!" Someone has recognized this mecha with amazing combat power through the attack skills it uses.
"It's Lieutenant Hall who comes to save us!" The female students were very excited, and even the arrogant Risa showed a bit of admiration on her face.
When Liu Linchuan heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched. Isn't Hall the name of the original owner's 'fiancé'?
Sure enough, the next moment, the signalman finished his unfinished words, "Sir, the Fourth Army's patrol ships are fighting the Zerg. The Second Army's patrol ships have broken through to rescue them. Lieutenant Hall has arrived in his mecha. The one currently battling the Zerg outside is probably Lieutenant Hall's mecha, Thor."
Instructor: ...
There's no need to say something so obvious again.
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