My health recovery is incredibly fast.

The first creature to approach Hyperion is the mutated flat-headed sea serpent, a monster known for its speed and cunning. It burrows into the sandy seabed and swims swiftly toward its target.

Huberon discovered the uninvited guests beneath the sand immediately.

His hands crossed and waved in front of him, hurling pressure-sensitive mines onto the sand. No magical light flashed during this process, because these mines came from the alchemical device in the puppet's palm.

Mines sealed off the ground around Huberon.

The flat-headed sea snake collided head-on with one of them.

"Oh!"

After the first muffled explosion, a series of explosions followed.

"Boom bang bang..."

Fragments from inside the mine were carried by the current toward the sea serpents. Amidst the hissing and tearing sounds of flesh and blood, the three sea serpents were instantly turned into three clumps of black, minced flesh, which were then crushed into meat paste by the water pressure.

The combat golem located at the epicenter of the explosion was unharmed.

This is thanks to the unique design of pressure-sensitive mines.

Its outer shell has a directional blast hole, which can only spray water in one direction, and the fragments inside will not harm people or objects in the other direction.

When laying the mines, Huberon precisely fixed the direction of the explosion.

This requires sufficient on-the-spot reaction and combat experience.

Huberon and three other team members with military experience were best suited to handle mines and serve as assault troops.

The sound of the mines exploding alerted the other two groups of monsters.

The oyster immediately inhales a large amount of sand, sprays it into the seawater, muddies the water, obscures the enemy's vision, and then shakes its shell to bury itself in the sand.

The activated needle-like sea anemone immediately takes root in place, its body shrinks into needles, and transforms into sharp, thin rocks.

The seawater returned to calm.

The monster is extremely alert and will not move for a short period of time.

Combat training consumes a great deal of energy, and the combat puppets cannot operate for too long; Huberon must take the initiative.

After recalling the direction of the monster, Huberon finally headed towards the activated needle-like anemone.

He didn't turn on the diving light on his forehead, but only activated the night vision function of his mask, lest there be some undetected, sinister monster.

Huberon has found the revitalized needle-like sea anemone.

The monster's defensive posture contains an element of attack intent.

They will shoot out from the sandbed the moment they spot their target, piercing the enemy with their sharp spikes.

The best way to deal with them is to attack from outside their range.

Huberon discovered the needle-like anemones a little too late. These insidious monsters were hiding on the side of a rock, in his blind spot. If it weren't for the scout combat puppet, it would have been difficult to spot them.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" Three poisoned needles pierced through the darkness.

Huberon turned sideways and raised his hands, forced to use a water shield to block the attack.

Under high pressure, spellcasting consumes a lot of energy, the casting speed is slow, and the success rate of spellcasting is not 100%.

Whether controlling existing seawater or creating temporary, energy-rich seawater using water elements, one must contend with immense water pressure.

Huberon reacted quickly enough, but the water shield was a beat too slow to condense, barely managing to block two needles. The third needle pierced the combat golem's right arm.

The Whale Armor worked its magic; the needle was pushed off by the tough material, deflected, and landed on a nearby rock.

Hmm~ The material of the Demon Whale is still amazing. It saved the battle puppet's life. Otherwise, the injured area would have been instantly flattened by the water pressure, causing the entire arm to be ruined.

Xia Zuo watched with great interest, even more engrossed than if he were on stage himself.

The scene where the Assault Combat Puppet was ambushed with needles will not occur with Combat Puppets in the roles of Scout, Guardian, and Blesser.

The scout combat puppet has a 270-degree field of view, making it difficult to be ambushed.

The Guardian comes with a [Reactive Deflection Shield], which can stack shields along the attack trajectory for protection the instant the operator notices the attack.

The Blessing Master is permanently stationed at the [Resistance Aura Emitter], and can use an alchemical device to maintain the blessing spell [Resistance Aura] for an extended period of time, resisting or deflecting anything that approaches at a speed exceeding 1 meter per second.

Chapter 71 Limited Energy and Insufficient Endurance

Huberon lost the first-mover advantage.

Xia Zuo didn't think it was a big problem.

The most threatening sneak attack has been thwarted, and Huberon has successfully locked onto the enemy. What follows is a sharp counterattack.

Hyperion specializes in water and wind magic, and the alchemical tools on his battle golems are all powered by these two types of energy, corresponding to the water and wind attributes respectively.

Water-based alchemy tools, after being processed by enchanting techniques, are perfectly suited for high-pressure and terrestrial environments. They consume very little energy and have a 100% success rate.

Huberon raised his right hand, palm facing the direction of the activated needle-like anemone, and fired several mines.

The window for retaliation is short, and hasty firing will result in a loss of accuracy.

But it's alright.

The combat golem's mask has an auxiliary target acquisition device that can interface with the night vision module.

It can continuously guide the flight direction of a naval mine after it has been launched, and cause it to explode at the closest possible distance to the target.

To put it another way... as long as the enemy target is at a 30-degree angle directly in front of the combat golem, any projectile fired by the combat golem will have an automatic aiming function.

Self-aiming is difficult to implement in the scientific field. It requires the computer to calculate the spatial data of the target in advance and then send the positioning to the propulsion system of the projectile.

However, in the field of alchemy, alchemists who control combat puppets are the best radar and computers. The warhead of a mine contains a portion of the alchemist's water energy, which the alchemist can use to adjust the mine's flight direction, just like controlling a water ball spell they have cast.

Huberon uses the alchemical visual system of the combat puppet to obtain the most intuitive sensory data. Through synchronization with the combat puppet, he adjusts the pointing angle of the auxiliary target acquisition device with low latency and zero error, thus assisting the target acquisition device in guiding the warhead of the mine. (Note: This is analogous to a helmet-mounted sight in reality.)

Ultimately, less than two seconds after being ambushed, the mine launched by Huberon exploded right next to the activated needle anemone.

The directional explosive advantage of the mines was once again demonstrated. This time, they exploded to the left of their flight path, bypassing the obstruction of the rocks and directly hitting the activated needle-like anemones hiding behind them.

Xia Zuo couldn't see the scene from that angle, but he estimated that a few more shots would be needed to confirm effective damage.

Huberon thought so too. He gathered the energy of the combat puppet and focused it on the auxiliary power system of his two arms. He waved his hands again and used the launchers in his palms to fire several mines. The booming explosions could be heard hundreds of meters away.

A large amount of anemone debris was washed out by the rushing water and lingered around the rocks.

Huberon stretched out his right hand toward the rock and released five detection sound waves from his five fingertips. Only after all five sound waves indicated that there was no living thing behind the rock did he personally go over to check the battle situation.

Very good, the activated needle-like sea anemones were completely wiped out.

Huberon changed direction and swam toward the location of the bubbling oyster. It was a bit far, so he activated the underwater propulsion system of the combat golem.

This system operates in two ways. In most cases, it is driven by elemental energy, which can be detected by energy fluctuations. It is not covert enough and cannot be used for covert operations.

Another operating method is purely mechanical drive, which uses the mechanical energy stored in several high-strength torsion springs to rotate the propeller blades.

With the enhancement of enchantment, a single torsion spring can store approximately 500 points of elemental energy, allowing a combat golem to swim about 200 meters in a dark environment.

Huberon chose to use mechanical energy to drive the thrusters. The blades rotate almost silently, with only a faint sound of water flowing, which sounds no different from the movement of ordinary deep-sea fish.

Hillenburg carefully considered his choice of training monsters.

The flat-headed sea snake represents an aggressive opponent, the active needle-like sea anemone is a treacherous sneak attacker, and the belching oyster is a cunning disruptor.

The shell of the oyster has six layers, twice that of ordinary oysters.

After hiding in the sand, they shed their outer shell as a decoy, then swim to another place and shed their second shell.

The six-layered shell means that the singing oyster can create up to five illusions to deceive its pursuers. The innermost shell is the hardest and can multiply to produce new shells; the singing oyster will not shed it.

Huberon swam on a sandy bed for more than ten minutes and found many oyster shells exposed or protruding from the sand and rocks.

He didn't open the outer shell to take a look.

Doing this is dangerous.

The borborygmus oyster has likely set up a tricky trap.

Inside their shed shells, they leave behind small, popping fleshy particles.

In a high-pressure, lightless environment, sharp sounds are not only extremely piercing, but can also be transformed by water pressure into a long echo that reverberates continuously within a small area.

Xia Zuo took this situation into account when designing the combat puppet.

He added hearing protection to the combat puppet's auditory system. When it receives a loud bang or explosion that could cause hearing damage, it will immediately reduce the noise, but it will not affect the puppeteer's ability to analyze the timbre and sound source.

Of course... it's best not to hear the sharp, explosive sound if possible.

Huberon found a way to locate the true location of the groaning oyster without triggering a trap.

He stopped on a relatively flat sand bed, plunged his hands into the sand and stones, and used a device on his fingertips to emit deep and rhythmic sound waves.

Based on his understanding of marine creatures, Huberon knew the weakness of the rumbling oysters: their musicality compels them to dance to dynamic bass notes…

Low-frequency sounds travel further in seawater, so Huberon wasn't worried that the rumbling oysters wouldn't hear the music he played.

About two minutes later, a quacking oyster finally couldn't resist jumping up. It emerged from the sand and rocks, spewing out a large cloud of sand to obscure its vision, and then swam away from the source of the sound.

Huberon pulled his right hand out of the sand and threw out two mines.

"Boom boom~"

The squeaking oyster was overtaken by a mine and torn to pieces by shrapnel.

The death of its kind aroused fear in the remaining two oysters. They suppressed the urge to dance and held their breath in the sand for nearly ten minutes. Finally, unable to bear the rhythmic bass any longer, they emerged from the sand and fled in different directions.

Huberon launched mines from both sides, successfully killing the last monster and bringing this combat training to a close.

Alchemy lamps extend from the base of the alchemy chamber, illuminating the training area with bright light.

Danielle spoke through the Coral Megaphone on the public channel:

"Alright everyone, all the training sessions for this session are now complete. Let's clean up the area and summarize our training results."

Xia Zuo disconnected from the synchronization with Wanshi 2 and woke up from the sofa.

He immediately pulled out his notebook and scribbled down his thoughts, trying to capture the fleeting research and development inspiration in his mind.

While developing existing models of combat puppets, Xia Zuo discovered a research direction where he could make great strides.

In this world filled with alchemy and magic, people are accustomed to using combinations of magic and alchemical tools to solve problems encountered in life, work, and combat.