Mu Ning watched the Qilin Military Academy's live stream.
"This is Qilin's Squad Four. They've changed their mecha form."
The Fifth Military Academy League was a massive event that drew the attention of all military districts. Over the past two days, Qilin had left a profound impression on her!
The reason she decided to come over today was to see if Squad Four's unconventional tactics were a reflection of their personal characters or something intentionally cultivated by the academy.
Chao Hao and Fu Manli kept their backs perfectly straight.
"Yes, Marshal!"
Mu Ning's slender eyebrows raised slightly.
"Whose mecha is that?"
"It belongs to Mecha Engineer Wang Tianwei."
"Hmm..."
It was a pity she had been busy just now and hadn't seen how this boxy vehicle was made.
An eighteen-year-old cross-level supreme mecha engineer... looking back at the past few leagues, it seemed only one or two people could ever rival her.
"Alright, let's all watch the match."
She would just have to catch up on what she missed when she got back.
On the screen, Wang Tianwei and the others drove their hovercar and finished searching two more mine shafts.
"Hey! I don't believe this!?"
They hadn't found a single button. Was their luck really this bad? It was completely unscientific!!
"Go to the next one."
Huang Yan held a pen and drew a large X on the paper over the mine shaft they had just traversed.
"Sir Huang, there are Ore-eaters trailing us."
Jian Jingyu had kept his eyes on the rear of their vehicle, and now he could see some bugs following them.
However, there were nowhere near as many as the tidal wave of bugs from last night. The idea to shrink the mecha was indeed correct!
Huang Yan glanced back.
"The numbers aren't large, and they can't catch up to us. Ignore them for now."
"Holy crap!!!"
Just as he spoke, Wang Tianwei suddenly let out a loud yell, yanking everyone's attention from the rear to the front!
"It's coming, it's coming! The big one is coming!!"
Saying that, she hurriedly shifted gears and started reversing!
"Hiss!!!"
"So ugly!!"
It was the giant, fleshy bug that had blocked the exit yesterday—the Tunnel-throat!
Yesterday, they had only seen part of its body, but today they were looking right at its face!
Illuminated by the headlights, the first things they saw were the protruding fangs, followed by the overlapping folds of flesh above its massive maw!
Wang Tianwei took one glance and felt her sanity points plummet! She had almost driven right into its mouth!!
Jian Jingyu instantly whipped out his rifle and fired a burst at the pursuing Tunnel-throat!
Huang Yan and Zhang Lyra's gun barrels were pointed one forward and one backward!
"It's working! Its face seems sensitive to pain!!"
Hearing this, Wang Tianwei slowed her reversing speed. The Tunnel-throat in front of them twitched and shrank back under Jian Jingyu and Huang Yan's bullets! The way its body writhed was exactly the same as yesterday!
It could slither backward too!?
Seeing this, Wang Tianwei immediately steered with one hand while raising her gun with the other to shoot at the bug ahead!
"Force it out, then kill it!"
Zhang Lyra was angry!
Such a massive thing blocking the mine shaft made it impossible for them to run smoothly at critical moments!
Huang Yan had the same thought.
The Tunnel-throat's aggressiveness wasn't even as high as the Ore-eaters and Debris Ants chasing them from behind!
If they were outside, no matter how big it was, it would just take a few more artillery shells. He could handle it alone.
But why did it have to keep blocking the path in the mine shaft? This was incredibly unfriendly to them!
The three parties were in a stalemate. For every step the Tunnel-throat shrank back, their vehicle followed a step!
Behind them, a few scattered Ore-eaters had already leaped onto the vehicle and started biting at the energy shield.
Huang Yan took a moment to pierce them to death with his mental energy. He was getting more and more proficient with this attack method!
Finally, they reached an intersection that could lead them to the main road!
Huang Yan spoke up.
"Stop, put your guns away!"
Wang Tianwei put both hands back on the steering wheel, keeping her eyes forward, and Jian Jingyu stopped shooting ahead.
"Wait for my command, prepare to accelerate!"
Huang Yan pulled out a fully charged mecha energy block and held it in his arms. The Tunnel-throat, which had been retreating just a moment ago, immediately became restless. Its body and head began leaning forward as if it had forgotten the pain!
But the Ore-eaters and Debris Ants were even faster than it!
"Goldfish, Lyra, shoot the back!"
Jian Jingyu and Little Bear opened fire without a word, but the commotion behind the vehicle seemed to be growing louder!
The Tunnel-throat finally began to slowly arch forward. Huang Yan told Wang Tianwei to keep driving outward. To increase the temptation, he pulled out another energy block.
Jian Jingyu leaned halfway out to attack alongside Zhang Lyra.
"It's no good, Sir Huang! There are more and more bugs!!"
On the other side of the mine shaft, the bug tide appearing at the far end was exactly the same as yesterday's!
Gritting his teeth, Huang Yan pulled out their last energy block, which only had a fraction of power left, and tossed it toward the Tunnel-throat!
The ugly giant mouth opened and swallowed the energy block whole! Having tasted the sweetness, the Tunnel-throat finally abandoned all caution and chased after them!
"Accelerate, head for the exit!"
Wang Tianwei stepped on the throttle, and the four of them baited the Tunnel-throat behind them like they were fishing.
The good thing was that when the Tunnel-throat chased them, its entire body blocked the mine shaft completely!
The bugs behind couldn't get through for the time being, but Huang Yan noticed that the entire interior of the mine shaft was starting to tremble...
"Faster!"
"Got it!"
They all felt that this inexplicable commotion was very wrong.
"Boom!!"
Just as the mecha zipped past a passageway, the wall behind them was suddenly burst open! The bug tide had drilled its way out!!
"Ahhhhhh!!!~"
Jian Jingyu let out a trembling scream as he stared despairingly at the bugs crawling onto the energy shield!
Wang Tianwei pressed the clearing button, scraping the bugs off the front shield, but it was quickly filled by a new layer! She could only see the road conditions through the gaps...
"Turn left! Then in two hundred and fifty meters, turn right!!"
Wang Tianwei stared at the dashboard, her lips pressed tightly together. She was actually relying on pace notes now!
These bugs were even more detestable than zombies! Blocking their line of sight was just too dirty!
How did Sir Huang's mental energy attack work again? It seemed to focus into a single point...
Huang Yan kept his attention on the Tunnel-throat's movements behind them. Realizing it was still following, he relaxed a bit and finally spared a moment to continue clearing the bugs off the mecha!
"...Sir Huang! Did you hear that commotion!?"
Little Bear's ears twitched.
"It doesn't sound like star beasts!?"
There seemed to be a lot of ore in the area they were passing through, which restricted Huang Yan's mental energy. He couldn't detect exactly what it was for the moment!?
But the faint rumbling sound... did it sound a bit like a mecha firing its cannons?
"There's another squad in the mine shaft!?"
"What!?"
Running into another squad right now would be disastrous! They only had one mecha! And it wasn't equipped with any thermal weapons!
Wang Tianwei slammed the throttle all the way to the floor!
"Hold on tight!! Let me show you what drifting really is!!"
Aside from the driver, the other three were practically plastered against the doors as they took the corner!
"Ahhhhhh!!"
