Exploding God

At the edge of the bitter forest wetland, inside an all-terrain vehicle, Yu Hongyang was nervously giving Ye Tianming basic first aid. After seeing that the bleeding had finally stopped, he collapsed to the ground, wiping the sweat from his brow.

Looking at Ye Tianming's pale face, and then at his brothers covered in wounds.

"When you came back...did you see Consultant Lu?"

"By the way, where's Lü Geng?"

Yu Hongyang's question made the three team members tremble violently.

"What? You didn't see him?" Yu Hongyang immediately became nervous and stood up excitedly.

"Don't get agitated." The three hurriedly held Yu Hongyang down. After exchanging glances, Suo Qiang's cheeks twitched, and he swallowed hard before saying, "We... we saw it."

Han Zhen and Qi Yuan nodded vigorously in agreement.

This time, Yu Hongyang was a little puzzled and asked, "Why didn't Consultant Lu come back with you? This is the Bitter Forest Wetland. He didn't even wear a breathing mask when he left. The poisonous miasma and fog here..."

Because he doesn't need it!

The three of them simultaneously uttered this cry from their very souls.

Han Zhen resolutely raised his head and said, "Qi Yuan and I have the highest mobility. So, Suo Qiang will stay in the car for defense, and we'll go back to meet Lu Ze, stopping at the line that Brother Lu Ze just drew."

After saying that, Han Zhen and Qi Yuan turned around and prepared to rush back to the Bitter Forest Wetland.

However, at that moment, a series of fluctuating electrical sounds suddenly came from the communicator, and Yu Hongyang shouted in surprise, "The communication is showing signs of being restored!"

"Contact Lü Geng immediately!" everyone shouted in unison.

However, at that moment, everyone's wrists lit up simultaneously.

Looking down, a bright red "SOS" appeared, and everyone's body trembled violently, their scalps tingling.

The person seeking help is [Lü Geng].

Lü Geng... he's still alive!

As they looked at each other, ecstasy flashed in everyone's eyes, followed by the chilling worry.

This is because it is a contact method that is only used in the most urgent situations.

Is it a matter of life and death?

Yu Hongyang slammed the call button and roared:

"Lü Geng—"

The hissing electrical current produced intermittent, extremely weak sounds.

"Come here, help...help me."

The sound stopped abruptly.

Yu Hongyang stood frozen in place, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at the three construct pilots. "We, Mu Jin, cannot lose a single one!"

As everyone's gazes met, a resounding response rang out:

"Hibiscus strikes!"

……

Three kilometers from the edge, the once tall and imposing Ranger mech now hunched over, its 2-meter-tall body bearing a pair of 5-meter-long, door-like fangs, not to mention the "gray eggs" hanging all over its body like hand grenades.

A sphere about one meter in diameter was also hanging from the rope around his waist.

Lü Geng trudged deeper and deeper into the mud.

The spoils were about to crush this already exhausted man.

Hearing the communication suddenly cut off, Lü Geng slapped his mask in annoyance and muttered under his breath, "Weren't all these spiders supposed to be dead? Why is the signal still so bad?"

"It should be a nest in another area." Lu Ze glanced at the hunched and humble Ranger mech, a fleeting moment of pity crossing his face, so he asked with concern, "Can it hold out?"

When the Combat Association identifies the killer of a Mist creature, it generally relies on video footage if there is surveillance equipment near the defensive camp. However, in combat zones deep within the Mist, it usually requires the provision of a distinctive organ of the dead creature.

Therefore, when Lü Geng was disemboweling the giant spider, he also needed to remove its fangs.

This resulted in Lü Geng's mecha carrying a load that increased several dozen times.

A mech weighing 0.3 tons is carrying 13 tons of cargo...

If it weren't for Lü Geng's Ranger mech having all-terrain tracks, he would be buried in the mud today.

"Lü Geng—"

"Lu Ze—"

Suddenly, a frantic shout came from afar.

Lu Ze and Lü Geng stopped in their tracks at the same time. At the end of their line of sight, three mechs were charging towards them, kicking up clouds of dust.

"I'm here!" Lü Geng shouted, tears welling in his eyes.

After the three mechs flipped over the fallen giant tree in front of them, they suddenly came to a sharp stop.

Then, like three petrified sculptures, they stared at the "small mountain" that Lü Geng was carrying on his back.

"What are you still standing there for? Come and help me!"

"I really can't carry it anymore." Lu Geng coughed a few more times under the weight, revealing extreme weakness. His dual identity as the Prince of Chrysanthemums and the porter had left him breathless.

Lu Ze, dressed neatly and cleanly, smiled and waved as a greeting.

Han Zhen: ...

Qi Yuan: ...

Locking strength: ...

Five minutes later, three small hills slowly moved up beside Lu Ze.

There were also three dark faces hidden behind the cheeks, their expressions gloomy.

……

……

At the hunting camp, piercing alarms blared, and all teams went on high alert.

The communications room is already operating at full capacity.

"An unknown disaster has been discovered."

"The edge of the Bitter Forest Wetland has been attacked by mist creatures, resulting in numerous casualties. We request assistance!"

"Data sent to the reconnaissance tower, extremely urgent! Requesting contact with the Combat Association command branch!"

Has the reconnaissance tower responded?

"Sir, we've got it! We've got it! The latest data from the Combat Association's Research Department has come through the reconnaissance tower."

The giant screen instantly displayed preliminary data from the research department, accompanied by an image of a bird running through the hills.

[Creature Name: Terror Spider; Threat Level: 5-Star (Gentle Breeze); First Discovery Location: Bitter Forest Wetland, Eastern Area of ​​Shangnan City; Habitat: Unknown; Attack Methods: Venom, Silk Spray, Pounce; Preliminary Characteristic 1: Social Creature...]

[This recommendation: The safety level of the Kulin Wetland has been upgraded to a medium-risk area; evacuation of personnel should be arranged as soon as possible.]

Looking at those precise lines of data, everyone swallowed hard, and when they saw the last line of advice, even some of the more mild-mannered people couldn't help but curse.

"Go to hell! We're the babysitters' area—a hunting camp! Not a reconnaissance tower with powerful mobile weaponry! You want us, a bunch of less than four-star gene warriors and construct pilots, to rush into a swarm of hundreds of Devouring Terror Spiders to rescue a group of five-star construct pilots? Did the research department even have a brain when they said that?! Don't pull me... Call them back, I'll curse those motherless bastards to death!"

"Old Tang, Old Tang, quickly hold Old Tang down."

"Old Tang is right. All the firepower in our hunting camp is fixed on the defensive wall. If we rush over, we might not even know who will save whom. By the way, what did the branch command say? Has the Yanhuang Combat Alliance intervened in this beast tide?"

In the communications room, a group of people restrained Lao Tang, who was about to explode, while the person in charge quickly arranged for coordination with various parties.

It's all in chaos, complete chaos.

Communication was disrupted, so the hunting camp was receiving very limited feedback. The fragmented information they received just as communication was restored was chilling.

Of the sixty combat squads that went out, more than thirty have suffered casualties.

Preliminary statistics indicate that 39 pilots died and 54 were injured, and this number is rapidly increasing.

Suddenly, the communications officer shouted.

"They're here!"

"A message has arrived from the Shangnan Branch Command: the garrison at the G71 defense zone reconnaissance tower is launching an attack, and the Yanhuang Combat Alliance is summoning gene warriors within a 20-kilometer radius to participate in the rescue."

"At the same time, the Combat Association officially issued a bounty for the new species."

[Five-Star Bounty: Hunt Down the Terror Spider (24-Hour Validity)]

"Hunting the newest species, the 5-star threat, the Terror Spider, will earn hunters extra points (+50 points/spider) and an extra monetary reward (+5000 yuan/spider) during the bounty period."

The anxious crowd in the communications room instantly collapsed into their seats.

The Combat Association has finally made its move, and this final bounty will greatly incentivize combat teams in other regions.

With these three measures combined, we hope that those combat personnel currently on the front lines can return safely and triumphantly.

"By the way, which teams went deep into the Bitter Forest Wetland today for operations?"

"There's only one, it's... the Hibiscus Squad." The communications officer checked the surveillance data and said with difficulty.

After a long silence, a sigh was heard from inside the room.

May the stars bless them.