After the Mechanical Necromancer on the opponent's side took control, Li Aozi immediately felt the pressure increase sharply.
First, the density of the firepower almost increased by an order of magnitude, and the lethality increased geometrically. Those shrapnels seemed to have grown eyes, constantly accelerating in the vacuum of space, even changing direction at zero angle, tightly locking on Li Aozi.
Bang!
Li Aozi's Implant Gear body trembled. His health points instantly dropped by three percent. He didn't have time to evade maneuvers. A squad of mechas in a 'p' formation alternated attacks like waves, charging at him. Bound by the continuous attack of groups of three, the damage Li Aozi inflicted was extremely limited, far from enough to annihilate them all.
Even if the mecha in the front crashes, the spiral offensive formation is enough to allow the mechas behind to complete the task.
"072, raise the machine gun by 6 centimeters, 109 ship, release electromagnetic smoke screen to block the vision, 761 squadron, head to the area (1202, 8975, 556), Li Aozi will be driven there by our artillery..."
Dufen Herman's fingers moved swiftly, continuously receiving every piece of information about mechanical creations crashing and responding quickly.
"Oh, did they change the commander?"
Li Aozi launched a volley of Arcane Missiles, hastily creating a gap, about to break out of the encirclement, when suddenly, an assault pod smashed onto him.
[Gravity Vortex]
The anti-gravity device on the pod neutralized the Gravity Shield, and Li Aozi felt a sudden chill in his heart.
[Something's not right with this thing!]
Li Aozi reached for his shotgun to blast the opponent away, but the move was precisely what they expected.
Boom!
The moment he pulled the trigger, the assault pod instantly exploded into a gray mist, rushing towards him. Li Aozi immediately felt the output power of his Arcane Energy begin to drop.
[You've been polluted by Night Butterfly Dust, genetic disorder: silenced for 10 seconds]
Zing! Zing!
Two heavy mechas initiated a jump, one above and one below, grabbing the weapons and thrusters of the Implant Gear. Their palms embedded deeply into the surface, beginning to secrete a large number of nano-machines. The pale golden nano-machines contacted the flesh, mechanical energy surged, instantly starting to decompose the Implant Gear and composite armor.
"It's impressive to have planned a tactic in such a short time—truly remarkable."
Li Aozi snapped his fingers.
Gravity·Spacetime Freeze
"I knew you would do this."
Dufen Herman casually waved his hand.
Mechanical energy transmitted across space to the battlefield, instantly changing the magnetic field.
Crack!
A main cannon was dismantled, Li Aozi was slightly surprised:
"Subspace transmission magnetic field locks spacetime, remote control of nano-machines dismantling Implant Gear—is this micro-control or some metaphysical burst? If it's micro-control, this guy's [Dexterity] and [Intelligence] must be on par with Kappa (10)."
Even Gravity couldn't function due to the opponent's miraculous interference.
"It seems I can't take this lightly."
Li Aozi raised his hand and fired a [Dark Light] missile behind him. The white light exploded, Angels and Shadow Demons responded by flipping the two heavy mechas away.
Regaining freedom, he quickly discarded the Implant Gear being decomposed by nano-machines. The chest armor, left shoulder, back, thigh, and all thrusters had to be abandoned.
"This way, your Implant Gear is useless. All along, you've relied on your defense and speed to crush the Night Butterfly troops, and since you're not Kappa (10), there was no alert triggered—well-calculated, but by doing so, you maximized the damage to our living forces... However, as long as you're not Kappa (10), you can't decide the victory of the battle."
Dufen Herman opened a communication channel and spoke flatly:
"Colonel Kadun, it's your turn."
Shhh—
The Implant Armor was continuously discarded. Various damage-inducing biological ammunitions completely destroyed the life force of these flesh tissues, turning what could once self-repair into a piece of rotten meat.
"I didn't expect such a big difference with a change of commander."
Li Aozi leaned against a meteorite, checking the remaining usable Implant Gear:
"What N4 said was right, the preparations were indeed a bit rushed, without accounting for the enemy Mechanic's precise operations. Still, this is a bit unbelievable—the whole Galactic Eye Battlefield's communication environment is so complex, yet he can still remotely control nano-machines over such a distance."
According to the Star Map layout, at such a distance, the opponent can only use subspace transmission energy, with a delay of at least—12 seconds for each operation.
That is, every move he made predicted 12 seconds into the future.
"Under the guise of a Mechanic, doing operations akin to a miracle worker."
Li Aozi glanced at the task objective.
There were over 400 remaining to be killed, and the opponent must have realized the need to preserve living forces.
Lose land, lose people; lose people, lose everything.
Next, even a secondary school graduate should know that the Night Butterfly's commander will specifically open a Teleportation Array to take away the remaining people—time is running out.
As for reinforcements.
Li Aozi glanced in the direction of the Crystal Tower.
As a magical civilization, the Crystal Tower takes a long time to prepare for each operation, and with the ally's Kappa (10) injured, Li Aozi didn't think the Crystal Tower would confidently expand the battle results.
But that didn't matter; Li Aozi was prepared from the start for being isolated and unsupported.
After all, although his Implant Gear seemed destroyed, his body remained in full status.
"Next, it's time to launch an interception from here—"
Li Aozi paused, suddenly feeling a chill run through his body.
Beep beep beep beep beep—!
Nearby, the biological computer emitted a series of buzzing alerts.
"Above us!"
He suddenly looked up, raising his arms, his palms bursting out a large number of Arcane Missiles.
Whoosh boom—!
A silver-gray light streaked across the starry sky, making exaggerated sharp-angle turns from the direction of Polaris.
The panoramic cockpit reflected the Arcane Missiles closing in around, the Mechanic glanced casually and kept stepping on the gas pedal, the Antimatter Engine running at high speed, leaving them behind, yet unable to shake them off entirely.
"Friendly reminder: Colonel Kadun, those Arcane Missiles can't be dodged, you can only take them head-on meow."
The cat-headed robot in the co-pilot seat made a muffled clamp sound:
"I suggest you give up resistance, Colonel Kadun meow."
Crack!
The silver-gray mecha weaved through the Galactic Eye, dozens of Arcane Missiles relentlessly pursuing it.
Just as the nearest [Bloodline] missile was about to catch up with the mecha, he suddenly pulled the handle, the entire mecha instantly turned, yanking a string of weapon pods from its back, throwing them forward.
Bam!
The Arcane Missile exploded, and with the help of the impact, the speed of the mecha increased dramatically. However, in the next moment, other missiles chased up, crashing down!
Pitter-patter!
In this brief interval, the Mechanic controlled the grip with one hand, raised the Beam Gun, accurately targeting two Arcane Missiles, while the other hand quickly tapped on the keyboard.
Shutdown all sensors, relying entirely on visual locking, eliminating the Galaxy Eye's interference with mechanical equipment.
The deep crimson pupils quickly swept over everything in front of him.
[Lock completed]
"Night Mother above."
Click.
Pulled the trigger—the silver-gray mecha's back immediately ejected rows of golden Holy Missiles, inscribed with script and Saint's Shroud, the missiles faintly showing the saintly presence. In the next moment, these missiles, bearing the blessing of predecessors, burst out at speeds more terrifying than Arcane Missiles, intercepting each Arcane Missile.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom!
This wasn't a computer-simulated explosion sound, but the saints themselves carrying the universe's sound.
"Bearing faith and in the name of my homeland, I will defeat you completely."
'Barbarian' Kadun lifted his helmet, revealing his tattoo-covered left face, black fluffy short hair set free, allowing him to perform to the fullest.
He pushed the control lever, chanting the names of the Saint Heir, Holy Mother, Holy Spirit, the speed of the mecha increased faster, and with the radar off, the main monitor's search capabilities significantly boosted.
Soon enough, he found Li Aozi hiding behind the meteorite.
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