“Um...”

Hei Deng Xia Huo took a moment to ponder. The arena game clearly wasn't so kind as to tailor a relaxing and enjoyable script mission for them.

The process of killing the third Deep Sea Behemoth would inevitably encounter twists and turns.

The question was, what form would these twists and turns take?

"If the arena game wants to increase the difficulty, there are only a few possibilities,"

Fu Xiao raised a finger and said softly, "First, the Deep Sea Behemoth that appears this time is very strong, extremely strong,

So strong that even if the overall strength of humanity has been enhanced, it is still impossible to deal with,

Forcing us to risk our lives and face the enemy ourselves.

Second, setting a time window.

For example, if we can't kill the appearing Deep Sea Behemoth in a short period, then the Deep Sea Civilization, encountering the suddenly strengthened human forces, will return to their own world.

Making it impossible for us to complete the mission..."

Fu Xiao narrowed her eyes and paused for a moment.

Hei Deng Xia Huo frowned and asked, "What about three?"

Fu Xiao waved her hand and said, "The third possibility... is probably that there are no Deep Sea Behemoths."

"No Deep Sea Behemoths?"

Hei Deng Xia Huo raised an eyebrow and quickly understood what Fu Xiao meant, "You mean that in this attack on Manila Bay, there are no 'Tier 4 Deep Sea Behemoths' as defined by human civilization,

But all are Tier 1, 2, and 3 Deep Sea creatures?

Since the mission objective is for us to kill Deep Sea Behemoths, even if we slaughter a large number of Deep Sea creatures, we cannot complete the mission objective,

We must actively seek out other Deep Sea Behemoths and kill them to count?"

"That's a possibility."

Fu Xiao nodded and said, "The human civilization in this world has not captured any living, controllable Tier 4 Deep Sea Behemoths.

All the behemoths appear from irregular channels beneath the sea.

If the arena game is dark enough, it might lead us along the channels to the home of the Deep Sea Civilization, to find Deep Sea Behemoths there and kill them."

"The home of the Deep Sea Civilization..."

Hearing this, Hei Deng Xia Huo smacked his lips. That kind of place was unlikely to be a peaceful paradise. It might be a giant military factory for manufacturing Deep Sea Behemoths.

The key point was that the Deep Sea Civilization's tech tree was completely different from that of humans.

Technological creations and extraordinary powers that could work in the real world

Might not be effective in the Deep Sea world.

"If PPDc's scientists haven't guessed wrong, then the planet where the Deep Sea Civilization lives is likely a planet covered in liquid ammonia.

The atmospheric pressure at sea level there is sixty times that of Earth, and the ocean contains corrosive liquid ammonia instead of seawater.

The main race of the Deep Sea Civilization lives in the liquid ammonia ocean all year round, building underwater cities."

Hei Deng Xia Huo quickly thought it over. In that kind of environment, the players' strength would be severely weakened, and the various types of mecha developed by PPDc didn't seem to have been specially modified for expeditions to alien planets,

Such as being able to operate in high-pressure environments.

Speaking of modification...

Hei Deng Xia Huo turned his head and looked through the rear hangar wall, seeing Li Ang, thousands of meters away, who was modifying the obsidian mecha parked at the port with divine power vines.

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"The Obsidian's original pineal gland organ came from a Tier 4 Deep Sea Behemoth, and its A.t. field strength was limited.

After replacing it with the Ridgeback Turtle's pineal gland organ, the A.t. field strength can be increased by about 20%..."

Li Ang stood on the chest of the horizontally lying mecha, with countless vines extending from the sleeves of his arms, connecting to various parts of the mecha,

Acting as the mecha's unfinished power tendons, energy pipes, and hydraulic levers.

The Obsidian was a fifth-generation heavy mecha provided with blueprints by the American Industrial Group and assembled and produced by the Shattered Dome base.

According to the original plan, the Obsidian was 76 meters tall, weighed 7,900 tons, had a titanium alloy skeleton, was nuclear-powered, had two adsorption wings on its back, and four sets of vector nozzles below the adsorption wings.

The main combat weapons were a titanium alloy short-handled battle axe, a round shield, and an electromagnetic railgun.

Because the Shattered Dome base was frequently attacked by Deep Sea Behemoths,

The Obsidian was never completed.

Many components inside the mecha, as well as the mecha's main weapons, were not installed.

But since Li Ang was here, these were no longer problems.

Crack, crack.

The vines, like dense, long snakes, drilled into every corner along the gaps in the mecha's external armor,

Smearing the mecha's original dark black shape with scattered moss green.

Li Ang's modification goal was not just to make the Obsidian mecha able to move,

But to allow the Obsidian mecha, even without divine power filling the vines, to rely on the physical properties of the vines themselves,

To perform simple operations such as standing and running.

"The torso modification project has been completed. Next, we need to repair the arms..."

Li Ang ignored the surprised and horrified gazes of the surrounding PPDc staff and unhurriedly modified the Obsidian heavy mecha.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he suddenly raised his head and looked towards the distant sea.

The waves that had been rising and falling on the sea had suddenly calmed down, and the sea was as smooth as a mirror.

The seagull flocks that had been entrenched here for a long time to obtain food from human waste, and could not be driven away no matter what,

Also seemed to sense something,

Making panicked, noisy cries and fleeing in a hurry.

"Woo—woo—"

Cities, ships on the sea, naval bases, airships in the sky,

Sharp air raid sirens echoed in all human creations.

"It's finally here..."

In the airship's bridge, Stacker took a deep breath and looked at the holographic projection.

The calm of the sea lasted for less than half a minute.

A large number of bubbles churned out from under the sea, making the entire sea area seem to be boiling.

"Hume index detected!"

Cai Tiantong stared at the screen, his voice a little sharp due to excessive tension, "40, 50, 60! It has exceeded all previous records! Still rising!"

General Stacker rushed to Cai Tiantong's side and shouted in a deep voice, "How many? How many Deep Sea Behemoths?"

"Five..."

Cai Tiantong opened his mouth, his eyes straight, his mouth dry.

On the screen, there were densely packed red dots, constantly gushing out from the 1,000-meter-deep trench cliff under the sea.

"Five hundred..."

Cai Tiantong's throat was hoarse as if on fire, but his heart was like falling into an ice cave, infinitely desperate.

Five hundred Deep Sea Behemoths...

Even if all the human mecha during the Kaiju War, whether destroyed or still in service, were gathered together, they would be easily crushed.

Sure enough, the so-called "attacks" of the Deep Sea Civilization before

Were just probes to gather intelligence and deceive humans,

Inducing humans to underestimate the military strength of the Deep Sea Civilization,

To facilitate a fatal blow at this moment...

There was silence in the airship's bridge. Everyone stared blankly at the red dots that kept gushing out and floating up on the screen, and even briefly forgot to think.

"No, that's not right."

Stacker suddenly reacted. The trench cliff shown on the map did have sufficient depth, but the width was limited.

It would be difficult for five hundred Deep Sea Behemoths to swim out at the same time. "What about underwater drones? Pull up the underwater monitoring footage of that sea area."

Cai Tiantong obeyed the order. A new picture immediately appeared on the screen.

What swam out of the trench cliff was not a Tier 4 Deep Sea Behemoth,

But the original standard Tier 3 and Tier 2 Deep Sea creatures.

Their shapes had all evolved, with more streamlined bodies suitable for underwater activities, thicker body armor, and some parts growing special organs suspected of being long-range artillery.

The total length of the body did not exceed the 60-70 meter Tier 4 Deep Sea Behemoth standard line, but the A.t. field strength had reached it.

Stacker subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but in an instant, he realized something again, immediately tensed his nerves, and pressed the broadcast communication button without hesitation.

The shrinking of the Deep Sea creatures' bodies, on the contrary, meant a smaller attack surface, more flexible movements, and faster speeds.

With the A.t. field strength unchanged, it was even more difficult to deal with than before.