Exploding God

"What's that... watch out!"

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Several spitting sounds pierced the air, leaving white streaks in mid-air before striking the fighter mechs with their backs to the dense forest.

At that moment, Han Zhen used his amazing reaction speed to suddenly spring into the air.

On the other side, Lü Geng's reaction speed was also astonishing. The moment Han Zhen jumped up, he decisively raised his arm and fired a precise high-explosive bullet to meet the oncoming white phantom.

boom!

The white light was blasted apart the moment it came into contact with the high-explosive shell, turning into several streaks of fire that illuminated the somewhat dark depths of the dense forest.

It was a giant spider the size of a wooden house.

Pairs of eerie red compound eyes lit up.

"What the hell is this thing... Prepare for battle!" Ye Tianming felt a chill rise in his heart. He had absolutely no recollection of this creature, but time did not allow him to think any further. Large swaths of cold mist rose between his hands.

Shasha~~

In the visible and invisible bitter forest wetlands, a large number of scattered, yellowish-brown rocks began to crack one after another.

One by one, the spiderlings crawled out under the transmission of pheromones, gathered together, and rushed towards the Hibiscus Squad like a tide.

"Perfect timing." Suo Qiang sneered, slung the javelin behind his back, took out the heavy flamethrower, and the moment he pressed the switch, a terrifying tongue of fire nearly twenty meters long spewed out.

"Guys, it's barbecue time!"

The intense heat instantly engulfed large numbers of spiderlings, their mournful screams echoing throughout the room.

At this moment, a large patch of white ice mist descended from the sky, covering the two giant spiders that were about to leap over. Their movements immediately slowed down, and visible ice flowers rose from their bodies.

boom!

With a gunshot, the frozen heads of the two giant spiders exploded instantly.

The Sharpshooter Mech and the Elemental Mech worked together perfectly.

Qi Yuan held the Gauss sniper rifle in one arm, fired the grappling hook with his left hand, and began to distance himself from the battlefield.

The Hibiscus Squad maintained an extremely high level of performance. From their initial reaction to the sneak attack to their organized counterattack, they managed to hold their own for a time.

Inside the all-terrain vehicle in the back, Yu Hongyang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've never seen this kind of giant spider before, but it doesn't seem like a big threat. Zhou Zhao, what's the situation on your end?"

"The mist beasts at the edge of the dense forest are starting to gather and disperse, and no other abnormalities have been found for the time being." Zhou Zhao stood on the chair, monitoring his surroundings through the protruding transparent observation window.

"Captain, the edge of the dense forest is safe... Don't... linger in the fight."

"Huh? The communication was interrupted." Yu Hongyang instinctively felt something was wrong, and when he looked at the screen again, he saw a scene that terrified him.

A giant spider that had circled to the side suddenly sprayed out a web, which somehow bound Ye Tianming's leg. When Han Zhen went to rescue him, he found that his cutting dagger could not cut through the seemingly thin spider silk!

As the second line of fire, the Ranger mech Lü Geng began to switch fire, attempting to use incendiary bombs to help burn through the spider silk.

At this moment, the remaining giant spiders seemed to have noticed the battle situation and began to consciously swarm towards the elemental mech trapped in mid-air.

The orderly formation of the Hibiscus Squad was instantly disrupted, and the previously dense network of firepower suddenly came to a halt, allowing the giant spiders in the dense forest to take the opportunity to swarm out wildly.

The battle situation took a dramatic turn for the worse in an instant!

In his anxiety, Yu Hongyang wanted to use a drone to issue a silent warning.

However, one of the drones hovering in mid-air had just gotten close when it was caught in a spider web that pierced through the branches and leaves, and was suddenly pulled out of control, crashing into the ground.

Inside the all-terrain vehicle's cargo compartment, a screen that was monitoring a live video feed suddenly went dark.

On the other screen, the image froze on a giant spider with its terrifying mouth spread wide, and the signal was interrupted.

"The captain is trapped, the drone signal is lost, all signals... are completely cut off!"

Yu Hongyang's face was deathly pale, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him, leaving him icy cold. But soon, like a drowning man suddenly grabbing a branch, his eyes lit up, and he shouted, trembling with excitement:

"Call for help, yes, we can also call for help from the hunting camp."

However, after frantically pounding on the control panel several times, he was devastated to discover that the communication signal with the hunting camp had also been cut off.

Yu Hongyang stared at the front row with bloodshot eyes. "Zhou Zhao, drive! Turn back! I need you to get to a place where we can contact the camp in the shortest amount of time! We need support!"

Zhou Zhao, who was standing in the front row, suddenly shrank back and stepped on the gas. The all-terrain vehicle roared and its eight tires spun rapidly.

Stop.

A voice suddenly appeared, calm as a block of steel, without any ripples, yet carrying an irresistible meaning.

Yu Hongyang turned around in astonishment. He stared at Lu Ze, who had stood up, and paused for a moment before exclaiming incredulously, "What are you talking about! We don't have time to waste! That's the Bitter Forest Wetland, filled with highly toxic marsh gas. The captain and the others are more than 5 kilometers away, and we..."

"The Devouring Terror Spider." Lu Ze spoke again, and those three simple words instantly silenced the restless Yu Hongyang.

"What did you say?" Yu Hongyang was startled and his eyes widened.

Lu Ze glanced at Yu Hongyang indifferently, calmly put on the digital bracelet, picked up the Star Mist Atlas with his left hand, and said as he walked towards the door:

"Terror Spider, a social mist creature, 5-star threat. Its main attack methods are silk spit and venom. If more than 3 Terror Spiders are seen at the same time, it usually means that there is at least a group of 200 or more Terror Spiders nearby."

"Summer is the egg-laying season for the dire spider. Their presence here suggests only one possibility: they have migrated their territory. The migration route would likely be upstream along the Yangtze River."

"Dread spiders are extremely aggressive during their egg-laying season. The silk they spray is more than 30 times stronger and more resistant to pulling than a steel wire of the same thickness."

"The fact that Captain Ye's foot is entangled means that the original retreat plan has failed."

"I'm not sure how long they can hold out. But I am certain that if you drive back, it's almost certain that the Hibiscus Squad will suffer casualties."

Zhou Zhao instinctively slammed on the brakes and looked at Yu Hongyang with a questioning gaze.

When Yu Hongyang heard the last sentence, his whole body trembled. He couldn't even imagine how he would break down when he faced the corpses of his brothers with whom he had spent every day.

Lu Ze's calm words and tone were like a small sail struggling in the dark waves suddenly seeing a towering lighthouse, bringing a glimmer of hope to Hong Yang in the darkness.

Yu Hongyang spoke, but after only a dozen seconds, his voice became hoarse from vocal cord congestion, and tears welled up in his red eyes, "What if... we stop the car..."

When he was still 2 meters away from the door, Lu Ze stood still, his clear black and white eyes looking straight at the other person.

"I will be your hope."

A simple sentence, yet it carries a domineering power that is astounding!

Outside the car, a fierce wind howled, whipping leaves and dirt against the vehicle.

Inside the carriage, there was a deathly silence.

"What do you need?" Yu Hongyang's chest heaved violently, his veins bulging all over his body. "If you can save them, I'll sell my life to you!"

"I still have my life!" Zhou Zhao's voice was as firm as iron.

"No need, just lend me something."

Lu Ze turned his head and raised his arm, his right hand gently grasping the hilt of the black knife lying beside him...

This is a 170-centimeter-long, sheathed military knife.

"That's the Ranger Mech's molten saber, weighing... 56 kilograms. And it needs electricity to unleash its maximum killing power. You don't have a construct mech!" Yu Hongyang stared at Lu Ze in horror. That was definitely not a weapon used by humans.

"That's enough."

Lu Ze gripped the hilt of the knife with his right hand and, to the astonishment of the two men, casually drew it as he walked away!

With effortless ease, the military knife, weighing over a hundred pounds, felt as light as a feather in his hands.

The blade was dark, without any luster or reflection.

The long, gray blade is the same length as the user's body.

Zhou Zhao and Yu Hongyang watched this scene with bloodshot eyes, and simultaneously swung their arms to pound heavily on the locks on both sides of the door.

Boom!

The carriage door opened with a thud, and a howling wind carrying the scent of earth swept into the carriage.

Lu Ze calmly stepped forward, sword in hand.

"Just wait for me."