A single-player post-apocalyptic game, but with an all-female teammate mod.

"Don't be careless."

He whispered, "The more it's like this, the more..."

The next second, all the lights in the building suddenly went out and then suddenly came back on, switching to a blinding blood red.

Although there were no hints, Aono understood that this was normal.

"retreat!"

He grabbed Dudu and pulled her back quickly, but had no intention of leaving the building.

We can't live without it.

The door, which was supposed to open automatically, had somehow closed.

Judging from its sturdiness, it certainly won't break in a short time.

The two stood back to back against the door, warily watching the hall ahead.

A few seconds later, the metal walls on both sides suddenly flipped open, revealing rows of hidden compartments.

Click, click, click.

The sound of metal joints rubbing together rang out frequently.

The first thing that appeared before the two of them was a humanoid robot.

It has the outline of a human female, but its entire body is covered in silver-white armor.

The face is a smooth curved screen, without any facial features, only a line of red scanning code that keeps scrolling.

Next came all sorts of mechanical creations.

A four-legged mechanical hound silently leaped out from the depths of the corridor.

Six slender mechanical limbs hung down from the ceiling, each gleaming with a cutting blade.

One by one, the upside-down robotic spiders were slowly descending.

The two were instantly surrounded.

“Aono-nii…”

The girl gripped the stone spear tightly, but did not back down.

Aono took a deep breath and pulled Dudu half a step behind him to protect her.

The metal blade of the fire axe gleamed coldly under the red light.

"It's nothing, it just looks scary. Apart from that robot, they are all ordinary monsters around level 10."

At this moment, in front of Qingye and Dudu, the names and ranks of these mechanical creations were displayed above their heads.

Mechanical Dog lv.11 (Normal)

Mechanical Spider lv.12 (Normal)

Amidst the dense white text, a line of blue text stands out strikingly.

[Combat-Specialized Android Lv.15 (Elite)]

This feature wasn't this useful when fighting mycelium zombies before.

Regular monsters, elite monsters, or bosses.

All of these are speculations made by Aono based on his actual combat experience.

Aono estimates that this is also a feature unlocked by the system.

There's only the monster's name; its specific combat power and skills are not described, and as always, it doesn't have a health bar.

While it may not seem to offer much help in actual combat, this simple piece of information has already saved Aono a lot of trouble.

As the mechanical army drew ever closer, Aono had a sudden thought, and the dense text before him gradually faded, blurred, and eventually disappeared completely.

Then, after he tried leaving the name of the only elite monster, the light blue text reappeared in his field of vision.

Just as Aono figured out this new function, the mechanical army had already reached a range where they could launch an attack.

With no time to instruct Dudu any further, he raised his fire axe and chopped at a mechanical dog that pounced on him.

The fire axe struck the mechanical hound's silver-white armor, only sending up a trail of sparks, without even leaving a dent.

"Tsk."

Aono stepped back to defend, and punched the mechanical dog in the neck joint with his backhand.

With a dull thud, the metal body finally swayed, and a blue light, like a short circuit, sizzled out from the crack.

As your level and combat intensity increase, it's time to replace this beginner weapon, which is still quite sharp against mycelium zombies.

Even a fire axe can't penetrate its defenses, let alone a stone spear.

Without hesitation, he decisively took out two flamethrowers from his backpack.

"Beep beep, here you go."

The two worked in perfect harmony, and in the next second, a blazing fire dragon enveloped all the mechanical dogs in front of them.

The once-victorious flamethrower suffered a crushing defeat this time.

Despite the scorching flames, the mechanical dog still pounced forward at an astonishing speed.

Qingyin reacted extremely quickly, immediately throwing the flamethrower in his hand and pulling the unaware little cook aside.

The girl, who had barely dodged the mechanical dog's attack, took a deep breath and quickly forced herself to calm down.

She stared at the silver-white mechanical dog, which glowed red in the high temperature but remained perfectly still, and said with a grim expression, "Brother Qingye, flames don't seem to work on these mechanical creations."

"Hmm." Aono's expression wasn't very good either.

He realized that steel creations are not afraid of fire, let alone this kind of mechanical monster that is clearly not made of ordinary metal.

Unable to find the mechanical dogs' weakness and unable to escape, Aono could only fight and retreat with Dudu.

A moment later, the two moved to the corner.

After the impact area was reduced again, the pressure was relieved considerably.

Leaning against the corner of the wall, Qingye shielded Dudu behind him, constantly using a fire axe and stone spear to knock away the mechanical dogs that pounced at him, while carefully observing his surroundings.

First of all, although three types of mechanical monsters have appeared, so far, only the mechanical dogs have attacked them.

Then there are these mechanical monsters, which have high defense but average attack power.

There are also no remote attack methods.

As if hearing Aono's thoughts, the mechanical dog pack, which had been unable to break through for a long time, suddenly stopped in place and opened its silvery-white metal mouths.

Aono's eyes widened as he watched the orbs of light shining from the mouths of those dogs.

"You mother..."

While offering a beautiful greeting, he quickly pulled Dudu to the side.

31. Successfully killed

Aono ran through the hall with Dudu at full speed, white energy orbs exploding behind them.

This mechanical dog's ranged attack looks terrifying, but it takes a long time to charge up and its direction is fixed.

The problem is that there are quite a few of them; otherwise, they wouldn't pose a significant threat.

While dodging the mechanical dog's ranged attacks, Aono tried to guide the mechanical dog's energy projectiles toward the mechanical spider and the combat robot.

But they were all easily blocked.

The plan to use someone else to do the dirty work failed, and Aono was somewhat disappointed.

Fortunately, even so, the mechanical spiders and combat robots still showed no intention of participating in the battle.

After playing the dodgeball game for about five minutes, Aono and Dudu had already run all over the hall.

There are a total of thirty-one mechanical monsters in the hall.

Twenty mechanical dogs, ten mechanical spiders, and one combat android.

The hall has a total area of ​​about 150 square meters, which is about the size of a slightly larger ordinary apartment.

However, because it was completely empty and ten mechanical spiders were hanging upside down from the ceiling, the space was very spacious.

A white energy blast grazed past Aono's clothes again and slammed into the wall, which resembled a screen.

It was as if it had been absorbed, or as if it had simply vanished into nothingness under some kind of rule.

However, without any sign of damage or explosion, it silently blended into the wall.

"Running like this isn't a solution."

Aono took a moment to say to Dudu, "We need to figure out how to deal with these mechanical dogs."

"Ah."

Dudu nodded and told Aono the information she had observed.

"Brother Qingye, when those mechanical dogs open their mouths to fire energy blasts, they don't seem to move, and their bodies don't seem as sturdy inside as they are outside."

"Probably..."

Logically speaking, the inside of the body is more vulnerable than the outside.

But the monsters in this world are unscientific and cannot be judged entirely by common sense.

"Never mind, let's give it a try first."

Aono replaced the fire axe with a stone spear, which had a longer attack range and was easier to stab.

Then he turned around and charged toward the two mechanical dogs that were charging up their energy.

As the distance closed, apart from the two mechanical dogs that had begun to charge up, the other mechanical dogs stopped their ranged attacks and pounced again.

"Tsk, what a hassle."

Aono frowned. This delay meant he wouldn't be able to use the stone spear to give the two mechanical dogs a vigorous deep-throat experience.

Dudu noticed the situation and came over to help, carrying a stone spear.

Her combat strength is not as strong as Aono's, and her combat talent is also average, but that's when compared to Aono.

The combat experience gained from countless battles with mycelium zombies, through blood and sweat, is far superior to that of these rigid mechanical monsters.

The mechanical dog's defense is ridiculously high, making it difficult to kill.

But simply blocking the obstructing mechanical dog for Aono was a piece of cake for her.

Aono and Dudu used the oncoming mechanical dog as cover to avoid the two energy blasts flying from a distance.

Like the mechanical spiders and androids before them, the mechanical dogs hit by the energy blasts were almost completely unaffected.

Seeing this, Qingye and Dudu used their stone spears to knock away several mechanical dogs around them and decisively broke free from the encirclement.

Then the two started running again, quickly widening the distance between them.

When the distance was about 10 meters, another mechanical dog began to open its mouth and charge up.

"Again!"

Qingye shouted lowly.

Their eyes met, and they understood each other without needing to say a word.

Stopping his leisurely walk, he turned around again and charged at the mechanical dog whose mouth was emitting a blinding glow.

When the distance closed to five meters, the mechanical dog, which had not yet charged up, pounced again.

Aono didn't stop this time and continued to charge forward.

Just as she was about to collide with the oncoming mechanical dogs, the beautiful girl with long orange hair suddenly stopped and slid to the side.

Using the momentum of his forward charge, the stone spear in his hand changed from a thrust into a fierce horizontal sweep!

The spear, accompanied by a whooshing sound, struck precisely on the side of a mechanical dog's head.

Although it failed to penetrate the shell, it did knock the creature off balance and send it flying several meters away.

At the same time, Aono ducked to avoid the attack of another mechanical dog and arrived in front of the mechanical dog that was charging up.

With a thought, he took out a stone spear from his backpack again.