Doomsday Sequence Caravan: I Have a Mechanical Heart

"Five shots," Su Mu said solemnly. "There are four shots left."

"So, every shot from now on has to repel that guy."

"Otherwise, we might not have been able to escape to that highway."

"Why don't you deform the roof of this truck?" Cheng Jun thought for a moment, then looked at the van at his feet, his eyes lighting up. "I'll also take a rocket launcher, and we can take turns firing."

"This should buy us more time."

"You really know how to come up with ideas." Su Mu glanced at him and guessed that this guy clearly wanted to show off his rocket launcher, and it just so happened that this was a perfectly reasonable excuse.

However, if Cheng Jun were to use a rocket launcher to blast the earth beast, although its power would not be as great as his Flowing Light, it would be much more powerful than a Gatling gun.

As for shells, I wonder how many could be made from this large part of the vehicle roof.

"Just tell me if my method will work or not," Cheng Jun chuckled, seemingly certain that Su Mu would do it for him.

"Okay." Su Mu looked at the earth beast recovering in the distance, and agreed without further hesitation. After speaking, he squatted down and placed his hands on the roof of the car.

With a flash of blue light, most of the roof in front of him rapidly contracted and deformed.

Three or four seconds later, a rocket launcher with seven rockets was completed and landed on the exposed cardboard boxes.

Cheng Jun was overjoyed and laughed heartily as he held the toy in his arms, looking just like a child who had received a long-awaited toy.

"Alright," Su Mu reminded him, "Stop grinning like an idiot, hurry up and fire a shot to test its power."

"Alright!" Cheng Jun responded, quickly loaded a rocket, then slung the rocket launcher over his shoulder and fired at the still-recovering earth beast.

call---

Blue flames shot out as the rocket hurtled towards the earth beast's mouth.

One second later, boom---

Another huge explosion rang out, and a ball of blue flames surged out, fiercely scorching the earth beast's newly recovered mouth.

hiss---

The earth beast let out a mournful howl, as if its throat had been torn apart, rendering it unable to utter a sound. Its body writhed even more violently.

"I feel like my shot was even more powerful than your 'Flowing Light'," Cheng Jun laughed and said excitedly.

"You're overthinking it," Su Mu replied calmly. "Your shell just went in a little deeper."

"Su Mu." Cheng Jun turned to look at him, as if he had just thought of something. "I think if we give it our all, we should be able to kill that big guy."

"Impossible." Su Mu shook his head, directly rejecting his idea.

"Why?" Cheng Jun asked, puzzled. "If we each had a rocket launcher and kept bombarding it, we could definitely kill it."

"Not to mention that my energy is almost completely depleted right now," Su Mu glanced at him and explained, "Even if my energy hadn't been depleted, I could still build seven or eight rocket launchers for you."

"But this thing is not even half as powerful as my Flowing Light, let alone my Particle Energy Cannon."

"At most, we can only break its mouth open; there's nothing we can do about other parts of its body."

"I'll give it a try." Cheng Jun seemed somewhat skeptical upon hearing this, so he loaded another cannonball and fired it at the earth beast's carapace.

whoosh---

A streak of blue flame flashed past at lightning speed, striking the earth beast's body a second or two later.

boom---

A huge explosion rang out, but after a burst of fire, the earth beast's carapace remained unchanged.

"This thing is really freakish." Cheng Jun was stunned for a moment, then cursed again, "Its defensive power is so amazing."

"Otherwise, Ling Hao wouldn't have led us to escape at such a desperate cost," Su Mu said calmly.

In the blink of an eye, a few minutes passed.

Su Mu and his group were getting closer and closer to the highway. With repeated use of rockets to intercept them, the earth beast was no longer able to get too close.

Even when it went berserk again and leaped up to try and kill them, it was repelled by the rockets fired by Su Mu and Cheng Jun.

Su Mu glanced north and could vaguely see a highway running east to west.

Now, with their rocket launchers, he and Cheng Jun could keep the convoy safe for the time being. But he was worried about how long they could escape if the earth monster continued to chase them once they reached the highway.

Even if the speed could be increased further, it would be difficult to shake off the current earth beasts.

"Are you worried about what will happen if we get on the highway?" Cheng Jun glanced at him and suddenly asked.

"Hmm." Su Mu nodded slightly, looking at Cheng Jun with surprise, "How did you know?"

"That's what you call tacit understanding," Cheng Jun chuckled. "Because I was worried too."

"So, have you thought of any solution?" Su Mu asked casually.

"No," Cheng Jun replied readily, "but I think you should be able to come up with a solution."

"You overestimate me." Su Mu shook his head, sighed somewhat speechlessly, "I'm just using the methods I have."

Without sufficient strength, there are no solutions.

"Actually," Cheng Jun paused for a moment, then slowly spoke, "I have a way to get the convoy out of trouble."

"What method?" Su Mu asked, somewhat surprised.

"I'll jump down and fight it," Cheng Jun said casually. "That way, our convoy can get out of trouble."

"No way." Su Mu's expression suddenly turned stern after hearing this. "How could you even come up with this idea?"

"I'm just strong," Cheng Jun chuckled, pretending to be relaxed, "I can grab its tail and swing it hard."

"That won't do either," Su Mu said in a deep voice. "You'd better not even think about it."

"Okay, okay." Cheng Jun nodded. "I was just saying."

"However, if we can't shake this guy off, he will remain a threat."

"I know." Su Mu narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly, "Let's take it one step at a time."

"It really won't work."

"We have no choice but to take a gamble."

"Hmm." Cheng Jun glanced at Su Mu and nodded heavily.

After the two men finished firing their rocket launchers, their convoy finally arrived at the east-west highway, and in a short while, their speed increased significantly again.

Su Mu's Flowing Light transformed back into a dagger and was retracted to his waist.

He glanced at the earth beast several miles away, then looked at Cheng Jun, "I'm going back now."

"If it catches up with us again, then we'll have to get out of the car and fight."

"Okay, be careful," Cheng Jun replied.

Su Mu didn't say anything more. He mentally gestured for Zhu Meng to come to the side of the van. He then jumped onto the roof of Zhu Meng's van and climbed inside.

Cheng Jun didn't linger there and returned to the driver's seat.

As soon as Su Mu sat down in the driver's seat, he noticed that An Xin was awake. Her eyes were cold and her expression was indifferent.

"What's wrong?" Su Mu was slightly surprised and looked at her.

"I don't know why either," An Xin said slowly, "She didn't wake up, so I woke up."