Wang Tianwei completely regained the feel of drag racing in the apocalypse. To avoid being caught by the bugs and the Tunnel Throat behind them, she kept the energy valve pressed all the way to the floor!
In the front seat, Jian Jingyu was pressed flat against the backrest, clutching his rifle and clenching his jaw, not daring to make a single sound!
He sneaked a peek at the dashboard... At this speed, if they crashed into a wall, they would definitely have to be scraped off!
He decided to just endure it; he absolutely could not affect Sister Zebra's performance!
In the back seat, Little Bear had the exact same reaction. After all the bugs on the protective shield were thrown off, she used her free hand to grip the seat tightly, and then peacefully closed her eyes.
If she couldn't see it, she wouldn't be afraid!
No wonder Sister Zebra always chose the autopilot mode whenever she flew an aircraft... It turned out she was doing it for the sake of their lives!!!
It had taken them over ten minutes to descend from the mine entrance, but it took less than five minutes to get out!
"Haha!"
The moment they burst out of the mine shaft, Wang Tianwei couldn't help but let out a loud laugh. She still had it in her!!
It wasn't until he saw the starry sky outside that Jian Jingyu finally remembered to breathe!
"Huff! Huff! I survived..."
"Little Bear, shoot!"
Hearing Huang Yan's voice, Zhang Lyra immediately opened her eyes. As if she had never been afraid at all, she leaned out and fired several consecutive shots at the insect swarm behind them!
Now they finally didn't have to worry about collapsing the mine shaft!
The Tunnel Throat, following closely behind the bugs, suddenly slowed down when it reached the mine entrance, seemingly a bit intimidated.
Huang Yan didn't give it much of a chance to hesitate. While Little Bear and Jian Jingyu were dealing with the ore-devouring bugs and debris ants, he pulled out two more backup energy cores. This drove the inexperienced mutated beast completely out of its mind!
"Hiss!"
A section of its body squirmed out of the cave entrance.
"Sister Zebra, stop. Everyone, switch to mechas."
Wang Tianwei darted to an open clearing and parked the vehicle!
The three teammates opened the doors and got out. Jian Jingyu boarded his light mecha with his legs still trembling!
Meanwhile, the "vehicle" they had just been riding seamlessly transformed into a black mecha in a fraction of a second!
Although its firepower wasn't abundant, it wasn't completely lacking either... If all else failed, she still had her chainsaw sword, didn't she!?
As soon as the four mechas appeared, the rich energy lured the Tunnel Throat into crawling forward a large distance!
"Hiss! Hiss!"
The smell of energy!
All the energy cannons on Zhang Lyra's back stood upright, aiming at the star beast in front of her.
"Firepower display!"
Jian Jingyu and Huang Yan no longer held back either, opening fire one after another!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The viewers still watching the live broadcast were absolutely thrilled.
"This is the firepower display we want!! Awesome!! [Emote]"
"The moment all the weapons on Little Bear's back lit up, I got goosebumps!!"
"The Bear Clan never admits defeat! Ah!! Just like that, bomb it to death!!!"
"Chainsaw Sister Zebra is online!! Everyone else, get out of the way!!"
"Transforming mechas! Wuwuwu! Long live transforming mechas!!!"
Before long, the neck area below the Tunnel Throat's head was blown off, but its body still retained consciousness, and its rear half twitched as it tried to shrink back into the cave!
Wang Tianwei maneuvered her mecha to shoot out several grappling hooks, pressing the gravity acceleration to drag its body out! The chainsaw sword in her hand thrust in and out along the creature's blood vessels!
"Little punk! You still want to run!? No prey that falls into my hands can ever slip away!"
Surprisingly, as Wang Tianwei was dragging the bug out, the sound of artillery fire also echoed from inside the mine!
Soon sensing that the bug's body had lost its strength, Huang Yan commanded his teammates to cease fire.
"Wait, there's someone behind it. Sister Zebra, come back!"
The four members of Qilin immediately grew more cautious, and Wang Tianwei retracted her grappling hooks, distancing herself from the Tunnel Throat.
The other three aimed all their firepower at the mine entrance, waiting to see exactly who was following behind them.
Valk's assault trooper blasted the rear half of the Tunnel Throat's body to a pulp... It didn't take long for them to blast open a disgusting "passage."
Stepping out over the flesh and blood, the mechas of both sides came face to face.
"..."
"Yoo-hoo, four Super S-class mechas!?"
Wang Tianwei had just finished drag racing, and her adrenaline hadn't completely subsided. Seeing the opposing mechas, she could hardly hold herself back.
Just now, she had taken advantage of the chaos to stash a "Little Bee" into her spatial button. Did this mean she now had someone else's mecha to study?
Valk seemed to be quite wealthy, didn't they!
"Rumble!"
Hiranuma Yusho led his team out of the cave entrance, and the moment they stepped out, the mine shaft behind them collapsed, taking a large patch of the ground behind it down as well...
Oh no, their academy's bonus point button was still inside, and they hadn't found it yet!
Wang Tianwei instantly calmed down. Hovering her mecha in mid-air, she narrowed her eyes and slowly raised the chainsaw sword in her hand.
"Valk again? You guys are done for."
The four members of Valk instantly felt a chill run down their spines. If they said it wasn't on purpose, would the others believe them?
The viewers in the live broadcast room found this scene incredibly thrilling.
"Valk and Qilin are facing off!! Fight, fight!!"
"The mine shaft got collapsed, what do we do now!? 300 points gone down the drain!"
"The person above me, go check Valk's live broadcast! They found Qilin's bonus point button!"
"Then it's even more over..."
"No way! Eliminate Valk!!"
"Kill them!! Bear Clan, Goldfish! If you don't kill them, don't ever say you've been in the Zero Realm!"
Wu Fangyu quickly scanned the opposing mechas, groaning internally.
She sent a voice message within the team channel,
"The opponent has three Super S-class mechas and one Super A-class! From the outside, there is almost no wear and tear.
I don't know how much energy they have left, but our energy might not be enough... Fighting wouldn't be very wise."
Seeing the numerous thermal weapons mounted on the back of that "Porcupine" style mecha, Taylor couldn't help but gulp.
"Captain, the situation doesn't look good... What do we do now?"
Barry, on the other hand, wasn't quite convinced. If they fight, they fight!? Who were they ever afraid of!? It would be the perfect chance to snatch Qilin's energy!
It would just be a little difficult, but they weren't the First Military Academy! Didn't they still have an A-class?
Amidst the tense atmosphere, Hiranuma Yusho calmly pulled out a red button and broadcasted his mecha's voice externally,
"You guys went down the mine to find this, right?"
"..."
"Are you interested in discussing a collaboration? We won't let you lose out."
At first, Wang Tianwei and the others didn't realize what that thing was, solely focused on sending these "culprits" who collapsed the mine shaft out of the game!
But when they discovered that what the opposing commander was holding was actually Qilin's academy bonus point button, they all fell silent!
Two nights of being chased by bugs and modifying mechas... all for this!
And now it was actually in the hands of another team?
"...Where did you find it?"
"We just picked a random path, blasted through it, and saw it when we came out."
"...Damn it!"
Hiranuma Yusho opened the outer casing of the button,
"How about it, Huang Yan? Are you interested in having a chat? We don't necessarily have to be enemies."
After a long moment, Huang Yan finally had his squad members lower their weapons,
"Of course."
