Chapter 168 Is it the Insect King?
The emergence of mutant insects was the biggest threat of this insect swarm. The military had already lost several level nine mechas to kill these mutant insects. It could be said that the Federation's high-level combat power had lost more than half. However, Sheng Heng, relying on only one person, killed the mutant insect in the center of the insect swarm in less than ten minutes.
The entire battle process was broadcast live on the military's internal network by the mecha's built-in camera, and was also uploaded to the headquarters of each base. Everyone who saw this scene stopped what they were doing in shock, as if time had stopped at that moment.
Soldiers are not afraid of war, nor of death, but of hopelessness. When the mutant insects attacked the Federation, although many people died, they did not despair, because the Federation's high-level combat forces did not go to the battle. However, when all the level 9 mechas, and even the level 10 mechas went out to fight but failed to annihilate the mutant insects, they were overshadowed by a shadow in their hearts.
In the battle with the mutant insects, the Federation's high-level combat power suffered heavy losses, and it is uncertain whether they can kill all the mutant insects in the end. Well, even if we are optimistic and the Federation can kill the remaining mutant insects, by that time, the Federation's high-level combat power will be almost all lost. By that time, only ordinary level nine Zergs will appear. How should the Federation deal with it?
What's more, behind the mutant bugs is the Bug King. The tenth-level mechas are the Federation's reserve combat power against the Bug King. Now they have all been consumed by the mutant bugs. If the Bug King appears, how will the Federation resist? So they are desperate, desperate for the future of the Federation, until a blue mecha rekindles their hope.
The Federation still has spare strength. It has mechas that are beyond level ten and have combat power that surpasses that of mutant insects.
"We won. We won."
I don't know who shouted first, but then the whole army shouted excitedly. It was a cry for victory and for the future.
"Sheng Heng, pose in a cooler way." General Xiao said to Sheng Heng through the internal channel, "The entire federation is watching you."
Sheng Heng was stunned at first, then he immediately understood that he needed to give a shot of adrenaline to the soldiers whose morale was low.
Sheng Heng controlled the mecha and flew above the mutant insect's body. He swung the Xuanming Spear in his hand, making an extremely beautiful gun flower, and then slashed it downward fiercely. A purple lightning shot out and sank into the mutant insect's body. Then, the mutant insect's huge body was split into two, with its head and body separated.
This scene was brutal and bloody, but it was like a dose of stimulant injected into the blood of the federal soldiers, making their blood boil.
Ares Legion, inside maintenance room No. 1.
Yan Hao was being held tightly in the arms of the excited Diya, shaking him tightly: "Too awesome, so amazing, Sheng Heng killed the mutant insect alone, ahahahahaha..."
Yan Hao was also very excited. He was not a soldier. Although he had been to the front line several times and had experienced some dangers, he had never felt as passionate as he did now.
He looked at the mecha holding a gun and standing in the air in the video. That was the mecha he made. The senior used the mecha he made to kill the mutant insect, so it could be said that he killed the mutant insect.
Yan Hao always thought that he was a gentle person and he didn't like people with rough temperaments. But at this moment, looking at Sheng Heng who was roughly cutting open the body of the mutant insect in the video, he almost shouted out: Senior, you are so handsome.
"Yan Hao, make another mecha like this. If you have another one, we won't be afraid even if the Insect King comes." Diya said, shaking Yan Hao's shoulder.
"It took me ten months to make this mecha. The power of the mimic mecha is also closely related to the operator's mental strength. If someone else were to drive it, the power might not be as good."
"The Phantom Stone is useful, but it's too troublesome. The entire mecha must be made by one person." Dia sighed. If it weren't for this, he could gather all the senior mecha manufacturers in the federation to make a mimicry mecha together, and he could build another one in a month at most.
"So the most urgent task is to promote the fifth-level mimicry mecha first. This way, we can alleviate the soldiers' hand injuries, and then we can be prepared for long-term combat. By then, I will have enough time to make another one." Yan Hao said.
"I've prepared it for you a long time ago. I'll call someone right away." Dia said and turned around and went out.
Half an hour later, Yan Hao started a live broadcast across the entire network.
Because of the victory that Sheng Heng had just brought to the Federation, the fanatical crowd was still excited, and they were frantically posting comments in Yan Hao's live broadcast room.
[Master Yan Hao, did you build the mecha that Sheng Heng is driving? ]
[Master Yan Hao, what is the name of that mecha, and what level is it? ]
[Master Yan Hao, is that mecha more powerful than a traditional level 10 mecha? ]
【Master Yan Hao...】
Yan Hao just glanced at the barrage quickly and turned on the blocking function, and the projected image immediately became clear.
Yan Hao was wearing the uniform of the Ares Corps' mecha manufacturing department. He stood in front of a half-assembled mecha and said, "This live broadcast is a teaching live broadcast, only for mecha manufacturers above level 4. What I want to broadcast live is the modification of the level 5 mimicry system."
Modification of the five-level mimicry system? !
Yan Hao's opening remarks were like a bomb dropped into the hearts of countless people in the Federation.
Does this mean that mimicry mechas will become popular?
[Fuck you! I can actually see the popularization of mimicry mechas in my lifetime? ]
[Then can I also go to the battlefield? I retired last year due to a hand injury. If the mimicry mecha becomes popular, can I go to the battlefield again? 】
[The above, me too, I retired three months ago. I can't wait to go back to the battlefield and avenge my brothers in the team. ]
【If I am called, I will return. 】
[What the hell, I'm going to submit an application to the military right now. I want to go back to the battlefield.]
【I'll go too.】
Because Yan Hao habitually turned off the bullet screen every time he broadcast live, these people spontaneously left messages under Yan Hao's personal homepage. Soon, millions of messages were posted. The majority of them were not from mecha builders, but from mecha warriors who had retired due to injuries.
Every year, a large number of soldiers in the Federation retire due to hand injuries. Because they cannot drive mechas, they hide among the ordinary people and live ordinary lives. After decades of accumulation, the number of these soldiers is even greater than that of active soldiers. Once they regain the ability to fight, it means that the overall military strength of the Federation has increased by more than one-fold.
This is an unimaginably large number.
"Because the situation is urgent, I can't explain the principle to you. What I have to do now is to tell you how to modify it. The internal circuits and systems of traditional level 5 mechas should be unified, so the modification steps are the same. I will first modify a level 5 mecha myself, and then modify it from a guidance perspective. If you don't understand, you can also download the modification tutorial from my personal homepage. Okay, the modification starts now."
In fact, at this moment, the people who paid the most attention to Yan Hao's live broadcast were mecha warriors, ordinary people and students. Most of the mecha manufacturers in the Federation were in the maintenance room of the military, repairing mechas, and the reason why Yan Hao chose to live broadcast the entire network was to create a huge sensation. His role was the same as Sheng Heng's last shot, which was to boost the morale of the Federation.
This was Yan Hao's longest live broadcast, which lasted for a full thirty-two hours. This thirty-two-hour live broadcast was a must-see video for all students studying mecha manufacturing in the future federation, and it was a classic example of teaching mimicry mecha.
Yan Hao's live broadcast also changed the battle plan that Marshal Yu and his team had just made. On the first day that Sheng Heng arrived at the Sima Corps, the battle plan they made was to eliminate the mutant worms as quickly as possible. After Sheng Heng killed a mutant worm in just ten minutes, the remaining two mutant worms instantly became less scary. Just when they were trying to kill the remaining two Zergs, Yan Hao's live broadcast started.
Yu Xiuyuan only watched the beginning of the live broadcast. When he heard Yan Hao was going to teach everyone how to modify the mimicry mecha, he made a call to Sheng Heng who was on a battleship heading to the next galaxy.
"Yu Shuai, what's the matter?" Sheng Heng asked.
"Yan Hao just started a live broadcast, saying that he would teach everyone how to modify the mimicry mecha." Yu Xiuyuan explained the whole thing, and then asked, "Based on your understanding of him, is it really possible to popularize mimicry mecha?"
Sheng Heng didn't know Yan Hao had started the live broadcast. He was in space at the moment, and could not access the Internet except through the military's dedicated channel. But even so, he still answered without hesitation: "Yu Shuai, as long as Xiao Hao promised, he will definitely do it."
"In that case, don't kill those two mutant insects yet. Come back first." Yu Xiuyuan said.
Although everyone was puzzled, they turned around and went back to the base.
Back at the base, everyone who had just held a meeting a few hours ago gathered in the conference room again. It was the same people, but their positions had changed. Sheng Heng, who was originally sitting at the end of the conference table, was directly pulled by General Xiao to sit next to him. No one who saw this scene was dissatisfied, and Sheng Zhuo was even more pleased and proud.
"Our previous plan was to kill the remaining three mutant insects, and if the Zerg King appeared, we would fight. But now the situation has changed..." Yu Xiuyuan said straight to the point, "We made this plan before because there are too many Zerg. If the battle line is too long, the soldiers will not be able to bear it, and our combat power will decline before the Zerg. But just over an hour ago, Yan Hao started a live broadcast."
When Sheng Heng heard Yan Hao's name, his eyes lit up.
"I just consulted the two mecha masters, Master Zhong and Master Pang, and also asked other mecha builders in the base. They all said that Yan Hao's modification tutorial was very successful. It is only a matter of time before mimic mechas become popular."
Now not only Sheng Heng's eyes lit up, but everyone's eyes in the conference room lit up.
"So, I decided to postpone the plan to kill the remaining two mutant insects for a while, so that all the existing level 5 mechas of the Federation can be modified, or at least half of them can be modified, to accumulate more strength for the Federation." Yu Xiuyuan said.
Before, they did not have the conditions to extend the battle line, so they could only give it a try. Now that they have the conditions to extend the battle line, they certainly hope to adopt this safer method.
The battle plan was changed. Sheng Heng and three level 10 mecha warriors went to the star field where the remaining two mutant insects were, but they went there not to kill them, but to hinder them. They entangled with the mutant insects in the starry sky, fighting, but not killing them, just not allowing them to approach any planet. Without the harassment of the mutant insects, the confrontation between the Federation and the Zerg seemed to have returned to the balance of one year ago.
Although both sides fought, they suffered casualties, and the Zerg never invaded any planet again. The soldiers of the Federation also got a chance to breathe. The soldiers with injured fingers no longer cried anxiously in the hospital, but went to the mecha manufacturing department to urge the mecha manufacturers to quickly modify the mecha.
Time passed, and two weeks later, just when the people of the Federation felt that life was returning to normal, under the distant starry sky, a huge Zerg, like a golden lighthouse in the dark night, opened its deep eyes.
It raised its huge front paws and poked at the void again and again. A small wormhole appeared with each poke. It poked eight times in a row before stopping.
At the same time, eight wormholes appeared within the Federation star field. These eight wormholes were distributed in different areas, but they had one common feature.
Next to the wormholes, there were mutant worms or the bodies of mutant worms. Before anyone could react, these wormholes suddenly expanded, wrapped around the bodies of the mutant worms, and swallowed them all.
At the moment when the wormhole appeared, Sheng Heng was fighting a mutant worm. Almost at the moment when the wormhole appeared, he felt a strong mental fluctuation, and he turned around and retreated out of instinct. It was this instinct that allowed him to avoid being swallowed by the wormhole.
"What is that?" General Xiao asked in horror as he looked at the wormhole that was gradually disappearing.
"I don't know, but I felt a powerful mental fluctuation from it." It was so powerful that it was the first time that Sheng Heng trembled because of someone else's mental power.
Is that the Insect King?
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