The next day.
After breakfast, the students of the Mecha Department set off one after another. Because of what happened last night, Sheng Heng and Cheng Wenkang will work with the team that their squad leader Sun Chu is in today.
On the way, Cheng Wenkang asked Sheng Heng in annoyance: "Boss, why do we have to prove it to that pig Zhu Wencheng?"
Zhu Wencheng's last name sounds very similar to "zhu", and Cheng Wenkang never liked him, so he always called him "Zhu Wencheng" in private.
Sheng Heng explained, "It's not to prove it to Zhu Wencheng, but to eliminate everyone's doubts. Everyone has known about my hand injury since I entered school. Whenever I have a class exam, as long as the practice is a little bit more intense, my hand will be swollen the next day. And it's been two days since we came to the No. 3 Deserted Planet for the exam, and not only is my hand fine, it's in better condition than everyone else's. Normal people would find it strange."
Cheng Wenkang said: "Then why don't we just explain it?"
Sheng Heng: "Explain that my Dark Soul is equipped with a mimic operating system?"
Cheng Wenkang: “Yes.”
Sheng Heng: "What do you think would happen to Zhu Wencheng if I said that last night?"
Cheng Wenkang thought for a moment and said, "He will definitely ask us to prove it."
Sheng Heng: "Then how can I prove it to them? Driving the Black Soul and showing a set of moves? My hand is injured, but I have no problem controlling the mecha for a short period of time."
Cheng Wenkang understood immediately: "They will definitely ask me to drive the Black Soul."
Sheng Heng: "Do you think I would let others touch the Black Soul?"
Ever since the Black Soul was modified by Yan Hao, Sheng Heng has been treating it like a treasure. Even Cheng Wenkang himself has not had the chance to touch the Black Soul's mimicry system, and he has been jealous for several days. How could Sheng Heng let others touch it, especially a scumbag like Zhu Wencheng?
Wait, it’s not like no one is allowed to touch it.
"Of course I will. I don't believe that if I want to touch you, you will refuse." Cheng Wenkang said.
Sheng Heng chuckled: "Is he someone else?"
Cheng Wenkang didn't pay attention and was so disgusted that he almost vomited his breakfast.
You just know how to disgust me in front of me. If you have the guts, go and say it to my junior.
"Ding ding." At this moment, a notification tone asking for communication sounded in the cockpit of both of them. They both agreed casually, and the face of squad leader Sun Chu immediately appeared on the virtual screen.
"Sheng Heng, Wen Kang, at our current speed, we will reach our destination in fifteen minutes, near the 68th insect nest." Sun Chu said, "For safety reasons, I will add both of you to our team channel for easy communication."
In this assessment, each group had its own planned route of action. Yesterday, the two groups were temporarily merged. Since Sheng Heng’s group only had two people, Sun Chu suggested that they follow their group’s previous plan. Since they were small in number, it would be convenient for them to cooperate with the monitor’s five-person group, so Sheng Heng agreed to Sun Chu’s suggestion.
"Okay." Sheng Heng agreed.
Now that we have formed a team, no matter what the reason is, as long as we are in a team, we should cooperate with each other.
Sun Chu added the two to the team channel and began to arrange tactics: "Nest 68 is a small to medium-sized nest, with about 10,000 Zergs in it. We will only kill them on the periphery. Today's goal is tentatively set at 130 per person."
After saying that, Sun Chu subconsciously glanced at Sheng Heng's split screen. Although he didn't say anything, everyone understood what he meant. The goal of 130 was suitable for their team, but it was not enough for Sheng Heng, whose individual points exceeded 300 yesterday. Of course, the premise was that Sheng Heng's points were all obtained by killing Zergs himself.
Sun Chu continued, "Most of our mechas are capable of long-range attacks, but we also need people in the front to stop the Zerg from approaching us. Li Fei, Xiao San, you two have been attacking from the back for the past two days. Today, you go to the front."
"Yes." The two people named by Sun Chu had no objection.
They are well organized and obey orders, which shows that Sun Chu's team is very united.
"Sheng Heng, what about you guys?" Sheng Heng's group also had to send one person to the front to act as a meat shield, but they were a temporary team after all, and Sun Chu couldn't make arrangements directly.
"I'll go to the front." Sheng Heng said directly without any nonsense.
Sun Chu was a little surprised. You know, standing in front to stop the Zerg from approaching would cause the most attacks. This required extremely high operation skills from the mecha master. Sheng Heng had a hand injury, so it would be less stressful if he was at the back. Why did he take the initiative to go to the front? Sun Chu looked at Cheng Wenkang's expression again and saw that he was used to it, as if this had always been the arrangement between the two of them. He did not question it at the moment, but waited and saw what would happen.
Maybe Sheng Heng's hand is really healed?
"That's the arrangement, then."
In a blink of an eye, the seven of them arrived at the periphery of Hive No. 68. Two of the five members of Sun Chu's group immediately rushed out with mechas and took the lead in killing a small group of Zerg. There were about 20 Zergs in that small group, which were small groups of scouts that were common on the periphery of the Hive.
"Prepare for long-range attack and fire." Sun Chu immediately gave the order.
Suddenly, all the mechas' long-range weapons were activated and began to attack the small group of Zerg.
The IQ of low-level Zergs is not high. When they are attacked, they will actively attack the enemy closest to them. Therefore, all the Zergs around who reacted all went towards the mechas of Li Fei and Xiao San, so that the mechas that attack from a distance are not in danger. When the Zergs gather together, it is the best time for long-range attacks. The three people in Sun Chu's team, together with Cheng Wenkang, shoot at the Zerg frantically. They must kill the Zerg before they get close to the melee mechas, or at least weaken their combat power, otherwise the melee mechas will be surrounded and destroyed by the Zerg.
There were only about 20 Zergs in this small group, not many in number, and with seven mechas fighting together, Sheng Heng had no chance to show off. More importantly, he was afraid that if he showed off too much, it would affect the performance of the other two, so he had been fighting the approaching Zerg in a conventional manner.
In this way, the seven people cooperated smoothly and killed their way in. In just one morning, the seven-man team killed nearly a thousand Zergs. During the whole process, the Dark Soul controlled by Sheng Heng always responded quickly and moved swiftly. Sun Chu and others finally believed that Sheng Heng did not cheat.
"In just one morning, we've almost killed two-thirds of yesterday's goal." Someone said happily after looking at the points.
"The damage to the mecha is also less than the previous two days."
"That's because the Dark Soul is in the front. The Dark Soul is a level 6 mecha, so it's naturally stronger than our mecha."
"Okay, it's almost time for lunch, let's find a place to rest for a while." Sun Chu said.
Everyone had no objection, leaving behind the remains of the Zerg on the ground and turning to leave, but at this moment, a subtle and low whistle suddenly sounded. The whistle was not loud, so small that it seemed to be inaudible at any time, and it was very easy to be ignored, but strangely, it was clearly imprinted in everyone's ears.
At first, Sheng Heng didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was just the cry of some animal in the jungle, but soon he found something wrong, because Li Fei, who was walking in front of him, suddenly staggered, and the orange mecha flipped sideways in a very strange movement, then forcibly twisted back, leaned forward, and half-knelt.
This is the mecha's self-repair function, which will only be activated when the control command of the mecha is suddenly interrupted.
And this was just the beginning. Then the mechas of Xiao San, Sun Chu, Cheng Wenkang and two others in front of Li Fei all showed strange operations to varying degrees.
"Fatty, what's wrong with you?" Sheng Heng opened Cheng Wenkang's communicator and asked anxiously.
"Boss..." Cheng Wenkang's voice seemed to be in great pain, "My head hurts, and my eyes... my eyes are black."
Headache?
"Squad leader, my head hurts."
"Very uncomfortable?"
Immediately, other people's voices were heard in the team channel.
Mental attack!
Almost instantly, Sheng Heng determined that headache, blindness, and slight insect chirping were new abilities that the Zerg evolved last year, a kind of insect chirping that could affect human mental power. But how could the Zerg here have such abilities?
Sheng Heng subconsciously covered his ears, trying to block out the sound of insects, but the sound seemed to be ringing directly next to his eardrums, without weakening at all.
"Does anyone of you have a level 6 mental sedative?" Sheng Heng asked loudly.
"I... didn't bring it?" Cheng Wenkang replied with difficulty.
"We... don't have any either." Sun Chu said.
They were only facing level 4 Zergs in this assessment, and the insect chirping that could affect mental power was an ability only possessed by level 6 and above Zergs, so they had not considered the problem of mental agitation at all. They only brought energy and some ordinary medicines, and no one thought of bringing level 6 mental sedatives.
With a "hum" sound, Sheng Heng suddenly felt that his mental power seemed to vibrate uncontrollably.
Oops, my mental strength is also being affected.
Sheng Heng's mental power is S-level, so his resistance to mental attacks is better than that of ordinary people. That's why he behaves like an ordinary person when others are affected. But the Zerg's mental attack has an invincible existence, that is, it can ignore the mental power level and produce an effect, the only difference is the length of time. It is also for this reason that the military suffered heavy losses in the battle in the A star system last year. Thousands of officers who did not take mental sedatives in time suffered varying degrees of damage to their sea of consciousness.
"We must leave here quickly?" Sheng Heng's face changed drastically, "Can you still move?"
“Ahh~~”
There was a lot of screaming in the channel, and no one could answer Sheng Heng's question.
"Warning, warning, a large number of Zerg are approaching." Suddenly, the Dark Soul's intelligent system began to sound the alarm.
Sheng Heng looked at the screen fiercely and saw that about five kilometers away from here, a large area of red dots representing the Zerg were moving rapidly. At this speed, they could arrive in ten minutes.
I can’t leave!
If Sheng Heng left alone, it wouldn't be a problem, but if he left, the remaining six people would have to wait for death.
[Sheng Heng, you must remember that as a soldier, you must never abandon your comrades on the battlefield.] This is what his father often said to him since he was a three-year-old child.
Almost without hesitation, Sheng Heng turned around and rushed in the direction where the Zerg was coming from. While moving forward, he did not forget to send out a distress command: [Coordinates 2345 7896 Found a level 6 mutant Zerg mental attack, six students were affected by mental power, requesting rescue.]
A distance of five kilometers is a very short distance for both the Zerg and the mecha. Five minutes later, the two sides met on the way.
Sheng Heng took a quick look and found that they were basically level 4 Zergs, which immediately made him feel relieved. Level 4 Zergs were not very intelligent, and as long as he was still here, these Zergs would not attack Cheng Wenkang and the others from behind.
With a "clang" sound, the Xuanming Spear slid out from Black Soul's arms. Black Soul held one end in each hand, docked in the air, then bent his knees and jumped into the center of the Zerg. At the same time, Sheng Heng pressed his left hand on the control console, and his fingers quickly input a command. Then, the black body of Black Soul's gun burst out with purple lightning, crackling in the air. Several Zergs who rushed to the front were hit by the lightning on the Xuanming Spear and fell to the ground with convulsions.
Sheng Heng took the opportunity to stab the Zerg in the abdomen with a gun. The twitching Zerg immediately stopped moving and its entire body collapsed.
The Zerg is a low-intelligence, high-defense, and highly reproductive race. Their only weakness is the soft flesh on their abdomen that is not covered by armor. If the soft flesh is pierced, the Zerg will die immediately. For this reason, the more advanced the mecha, the more melee weapons will be equipped. Because only when you are close to the Zerg can you quickly and accurately attack the Zerg's weaknesses.
Before, Sheng Heng had not even taken out the Xuanming Spear because he had to cooperate with Sun Chu's team. But now, he needed to rely on the Xuanming Spear to delay time.
Perhaps they had killed too many Zergs in a row before, which aroused the anger of the Hive Queen, so they sent two thousand Zergs this time. And this was only what he could see at the moment, and there were still Zergs approaching in the distance.
Sheng Heng kept thinking of ways, but his hands kept moving. The lightning on the Xuanming Spear never stopped, but no matter how skilled Sheng Heng was, he couldn't stand the endless stream of Zerg. So every once in a while, he would jump into the air and place a high-powered particle cannon towards a place where there were fewer Zerg, blasting a gap and then going in.
In this way, the Zerg that were about to crawl in front of him would turn around and approach Sheng Heng again. During this process, Sheng Heng's points were increasing at an astonishing speed.
This went on repeatedly. Just when Sheng Heng thought he could hold on until help arrived, his brain suddenly made a "buzzing" sound and his vision suddenly blurred for a moment.
The chirping of insects must be stopped!
His mental power is S-level, and he is very resistant to the chirping of insects, but it is difficult for him to calm down after the riot.
Perhaps the sound of insects had a greater and greater impact on Sheng Heng's mental power, and Sheng Heng could vaguely sense the direction of the insects. He made a decision almost instantly, and rushed towards that direction with his gun in hand.
As the distance between the two sides shortened, more and more Zergs appeared in Sheng Heng's sight. Finally, Sheng Heng locked onto the level six mutant Zerg that was making insect sounds among thousands of Zergs that looked almost identical.
Sheng Heng controlled the Black Soul and swooped down from the sky. Just when he was about to approach the mutant insects, countless ordinary Zergs suddenly flapped their wings and flew up, forming a wall of insects in front of the Black Soul, blocking Sheng Heng's sight and way.
“Boom boom!”
The particle cannons bombarded continuously, and in combination with the Xuanming Gun, the insect wall was quickly broken down. However, as each piece of the insect wall fell, another piece stood up. The dark blue insects that covered the sky and the sun surrounded Sheng Heng in an instant. At this time, from the outside, the tall figure of the black soul could hardly be seen.
"Sheng Heng, Sheng Heng, how's the situation over there? We'll be there right away, in ten minutes." The anxious voice of the class teacher Xiao Tianhan came from the communication.
"Hurry!" Sheng Heng's mental strength was unstable at this time, and he could only utter the word "hurry". But even if he didn't say anything, Xiao Tianhan could guess the fierceness of the battle from Sheng Heng's terrifying increase in points.
"Hold on, there is a team returning from the interstellar battlefield near you, they will be here soon." Xiao Tianhan shouted and hung up the communication.
Sheng Heng no longer listened to the following words. He had only one thought at this moment, which was to kill his way through the insect wall and kill the sixth-level mutant insect. Only by killing the insect before his mental power became agitated could he avoid damage to his sea of consciousness.
Sheng Heng was very anxious and used almost all the weapons on Black Soul. For many of the Zergs that he shot down to the ground, Sheng Heng did not even bother to fire a final shot and just kept rushing forward.
Closer, closer, fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters...
At the same time, a team of three mechas appeared a hundred meters in front of Sheng Heng. The three mechas were equipped with different types of melee weapons and were obviously above level six.
"Teacher Xiao, I found it."
"Mingxuan, how is Sheng Heng?" Xiao Tianhan.
"He is surrounded by Zerg and the situation is very critical, but he should still be alive. I will rescue him now." From the outside, only dense Zerg can be seen, but judging from the Zerg corpses constantly falling to the ground, the people inside should still be fighting.
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man named Mingxuan flew towards the swarm of insects with the laser sword in his hand.
"You go save the junior students, and I'll kill the level six mutant bugs." Mingxuan ordered.
Just as the three were about to approach the swarm of insects, a purple lightning suddenly shot out from the swarm of insects, followed by a pitch-black spear, then a mecha arm, and finally a mecha covered in white mucus, which shot out as fast as lightning and aimed directly at the level six mutant insects ten meters away.
The sixth-level mutant seemed to have a higher IQ than the fourth-level one, and turned to run. But Sheng Heng would never let it run away. He swung the Xuanming Spear horizontally, sending the sixth-level mutant flying. Then he raised the particle gun in the crook of his left arm, aimed, and accurately shot the soft flesh of the mutant's abdomen.
The cry of the level six mutant insect suddenly stopped and it fell from the air.
Sheng Heng's tense mood relaxed, and Hei Hun moved slowly, with his body tilting slightly.
"Are the current sophomores so powerful? A thousand troops and a single person killing a mutant insect?"
“Handsome!”
"If you keep praising me, our handsome junior will be drowned by the swarm of insects." Mingxuan said unhappily.
The three laughed, swooped down, and rushed in. In just a few minutes, they cleared a space around Sheng Heng. At this time, Xiao Tianhan also rushed over with his men. He saw that the Black Soul was still standing and there was no major damage, so he finally put his heart at ease.
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