Chapter 20 The Silent Suspension Ladder

Clang.

Clang.

On the 20th floor of the Lost World, Ding Zhensi piloted the [Shan Hai · Kui Ox] mech, walking on the silent suspension ladder.

The military searchlights on both sides of the mech's cockpit emitted a bright light, illuminating the road ahead and the cliff below the suspension ladder as bright as day.

With a personal combat strength ranked 79th, Ding Zhensi's act of turning on the lights might seem arrogant, but after seeing the group of people behind him, this behavior became reasonable.

Two colleagues from the Special Affairs Bureau, also piloting mechs from the [Shan Hai] series,

Jian Wang Ting's [Chi Xiao], ranked 67th in personal combat strength, Jian Wang Ting's [Ju Que], 77th, Ji Qiao Guild's [Zhi Ming], 68th, and the president of the Huan Yue Ring Guild, [Huan Yue], 51st.

Ding Zhensi initially teleported to the 21st floor. After repelling a wave of mech-beast attacks, he explored downwards and gradually encountered others, joining forces to repel the attacks of European Heavy Industries Group players.

Jian Wang Ting and Ji Qiao Guild were originally established in the East and had a good relationship with the Special Affairs Bureau.

As for Huan Yue, the president of the Huan Yue Ring Guild, the daughter of a Datuk from Malaysia, and the actual manager of the Malaysian black market,

she held a noble position in the real world, possessing strength, money, and power.

Rumor had it that the hereditary royal family had more than once selected excellent royal children who wanted to marry her to consolidate their relationship.

Because of this, Huan Yue's identity was particularly sensitive, and Ding Zhensi and others didn't want to directly shout and kill her in front of the cameras—Huan Yue was not only the strongest transcendent in the area, but also had a prominent official status from birth, and could directly control power at any time, becoming a leader in the neighboring region.

Moreover, Huan Yue's ancestors also had Cantonese blood, which could be considered a distant relative.

Rumble—

A muffled sound came from the upper floor, and the seven stopped and looked up, watching the dust constantly falling from the dome.

After a moment, the sound stopped, and Ding Zhensi looked down at the time in the lower right corner of the cockpit display screen and said in a deep voice, "Twelve hours, 2.783 seconds."

It had been 12 hours since the players teleported into the Lost World, and this was the fourth all-floor震动 (zhèndòng, shake/vibration).

"The 震动 (zhèndòng, shake/vibration) interval is shorter than last time."

Chi Xiao frowned and muttered to himself, "I don't know what's going on upstairs... How are Cheng Ying, Yu Chang, and the president…

Damn it, the absorption effect of the building materials here on energy is outrageous.

The communication device bought from Jing Ge, with a unit price of nearly four thousand game coins, has a contact distance of only three thousand meters without any obstruction.

The contact distance will plummet if you encounter a wall along the way. It's no different from shouting loudly.

Could Jing Ge be selling us fake and shoddy defective products?"

"That's not likely."

[Zhi Ming], who had a buzz cut, wore glasses, and looked like an ordinary engineering student, turned around and explained, "The communicators produced by Jing Ge are indeed of excellent quality. Our Ji Qiao also imported several pieces. There won't be any problems.

It's just that the metal here is too special—I've collected a lot of samples for this. After taking them to the outside world, I will definitely be able to promote the development of materials science in the real world.

Maybe it can also solve the problem of the tremendous destructive power of transcendents to conventional building materials..."

"Shh!"

Ding Zhensi seemed to have heard something. His expression changed drastically, and he raised the arm of the Kui Ox mech.

The others stopped talking instantly. As the Kui Ox mech turned off the lights, they all turned off the light sources in their hands, restoring darkness to the area.

After a moment, Ding Zhensi's voice sounded, "It's okay."

The Kui Ox mech turned on the lights again, and Ding Zhensi nodded apologetically to the others, "Sorry, I might have misheard just now."

"Do you want to take a break?"

Ju Que frowned and said, "Have you been piloting this mech all the time? Is there a problem?"

With Ju Que's knowledge, he could naturally see how much Ding Zhensi's own body strength was.

He knew that most of the latter's skills were all in this Kui Ox mech.

The other two Special Affairs Bureau pilots would take turns piloting the mech.

They would leave the cockpit every once in a while, allowing the mech to maintain automatic walking, while they hung outside the cockpit.

It could be seen that the process of piloting the mech was by no means easy and might consume a considerable amount of sanity, spiritual power, and physical energy, and it was still passive consumption.

"It's not serious."

Ding Zhensi smiled wryly and didn't explain to Ju Que how he was different from ordinary pilots. He said loudly, "Does everyone still have the strength?

Let's rest for thirty minutes in the most solid place in the rocks ahead, and then head towards the edge of the Lost World."

The twentieth floor of the Lost World had a large number of cliffs with extremely smooth walls on both sides. Only the suspension ladder in the middle could be used for passage.

"Okay."

The others responded and came to the suspension ladder platform.

The young pilot piloting the [Shan Hai · Qu Ru] mech placed a rubber ball on the suspension ladder. The ball rapidly expanded and soon expanded into a semi-transparent giant hamster ball tent, isolating air and detection methods.

Everyone stepped into the hamster ball.

Zhi Ming sat on the ground of the tent, took out a quick-frozen bento from his space equipment, heated it slightly, and ate it himself—not that he was eating alone, but that players generally carried their own food.

Only the most familiar and trusted people could exchange and share food and medicine.

Chi Xiao and Ju Que ate their energy food, while Huan Yue didn't take out any food, just sat in the corner, quietly polishing her crescent-shaped, wheel-shaped metal weapon.

"Zhensi,"

The older [Shan Hai · Hu Jiao] pilot let the Ming pilot enter the tent to rest first, while he piloted the mech and stood outside the tent, and said to Ding Zhensi in the communication channel of the Shan Hai mech, "You have the deepest degree of fusion with the Kui Ox mech's mecha-spirit, and your sanity consumption is the greatest.

You should also take a rest and take a nap in the sleeping bag.

I'll take care of it here."

"No need, Uncle He."

Ding Zhensi shook his head and said softly, "In my current state, I can't sleep even if I want to. The Kui Ox mech's mecha-spirit is constantly roaring in my head."

"Roaring?"

The pilot, called Lao He, frowned. "Murderous impulse?"

"No..."

Ding Zhensi said slowly, "Its voice is full of anger...and fear.

It's like being stared at by another ferocious beast, making a threatening roar.

Some kind of thing lurking in this space is causing the Kui Ox's mecha-spirit to be in a long-term state of unease and vigilance.

The further forward we go, the heavier the feeling of unease becomes."

"...Are you sure?"

Lao He took a deep breath. The mecha-spirit of the Shan Hai mech was essentially a fragment of the soul contained in the corpse of a beast from the Imprisoned Demon Cave.

Its life level far exceeded that of humans.

The thing that could make the Kui Ox mecha-spirit feel fear...

"I'm sure."

Ding Zhensi nodded heavily. "There must be something hidden at the edge of the Lost World that is related to the background setting."

"..."

Lao He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "In that case, we need to send this information to the outside world as soon as possible.

It's a pity that the detection mechanism of the detector is highly intelligent and cannot keep the camera locked by 'using a negligible amount of attack damage to harm companions.'

Maybe..."

Lao He's expression changed drastically. The yellow and red painted mech suddenly raised its right arm, blocking the front of the cockpit. The arm armor extended a circular shield like a peacock spreading its tail.

But it was too late.

A meter-long metal rod flashing with electricity shot from a great distance and instantly penetrated the [Shan Hai · Hu Jiao] mech's arm armor, which had not been fully deployed, blasting the upper half of the entire mech.

A large number of metal fragments flew out, and Lao He, who was blasted out of the cockpit by the shock wave, was covered in lacerations.

The more concealed and more serious injuries caused by the vibration of the internal organs caused him to cough up a large mouthful of blood and fall into a coma.

The combat anti-G suit worn by each mech pilot came into play at this time.

The surface of the anti-G suit automatically tightened, stopping the bleeding from the wound, injecting a large amount of first-aid potion using the syringe inside the clothing.

And according to the user's physiological data and mental state,

it directly took over the brain and issued an order to surrender and withdraw from the competition.

Lao He's figure disappeared into mid-air.

Before Ding Zhensi could breathe a sigh of relief, another metal rod came from a distance and shot towards the cockpit of the [Shan Hai · Kui Ox] mech.

Buzz—

A crescent-shaped, wheel-shaped metal weapon suddenly flew out of the hamster ball.

While tearing the hamster ball tent, it also struck the metal rod.

The shock wave from the explosion was visible to the naked eye.

Ding Zhensi clearly saw that the metal rod was split in two, turning into two segments, and fell into the bottomless cliff.

As for Huan Yue's crescent-shaped weapon, it only retreated thirty meters and was pulled back to Huan Yue's hand, which was a little pale, by an invisible force in the blink of an eye.

There was no need to shout the words "enemy attack."

The phantom of the detector quietly emerged in the high air.

The Kui Ox mech's multi-functional detection and early warning system automatically analyzed the trajectory of the metal rod and immediately locked onto the direction of the enemy attack—a narrow seam in the wall thousands of meters away.

There, a figure wearing a black leather jacket and an opaque motorcycle helmet was squatting on the ground, holding a metal rod more than a meter long in his left hand. His entire right arm had turned into a long and heavy magnetic railgun, with the muzzle pointing towards Ding Zhensi and others.

Syndicate's [Supercritical]...

And standing with him was [Thunder Wolf · Wang Hu], a young man wearing simple fighting clothes, tall and strong, with a righteous face.

Seeing that he had been discovered, Wang Hu had no intention of escaping with his companion. He strode out of the narrow seam in the wall, came to the middle of the suspension ladder, and faced Ding Zhensi and others from afar.

Without any hesitation,

the Qu Ru and Kui Ox mechs directly pulled the trigger towards Wang Hu, firing a chain of machine gun bullets.

The missile bay on the back of the mech also launched a dozen miniature missiles, dragging their tails of flame and flying towards Wang Hu.

However, Wang Hu just bent his knees and jumped.

Bang!

His figure leaped high like a cannonball, and then slammed down heavily, causing the suspension ladder to shake wildly and almost collapse.

The ground under the feet of the mech shook slightly, and the chain of machine gun bullets spreading death grazed past Wang Hu.

As for those miniature missiles...

A large number of pale hairs that danced with electricity grew out of Wang Hu's body out of thin air.

His already burly figure further expanded.

Like a wolf-shaped beast surrounded by thunder.

Whoosh—

A dense sound of piercing the air rang out.

A part of the hair on Wang Hu's body suddenly became sharp under the action of lightning. As he shook his spine, they shot out, piercing and detonating all the miniature missiles.

The whole person, or rather, the Thunder Wolf monster, slammed down towards Ding Zhensi and others like a shooting star.

"Die!"

The young pilot of the Qu Ru mech, witnessing the predecessor who was like a teacher and father being severely injured and blasted away, not knowing whether he was alive or dead,

was furious at this moment. He stepped forward and swung his giant halberd, which buzzed and rang, and slashed towards the wolf-shaped beast.

"Be careful!"

Ding Zhensi's pupils shrank.

He saw the hair on the spine of the Thunder Wolf beast suddenly extend, wrapping around the halberd handle, preventing the halberd blade from slashing at its body.

And the Thunder Wolf himself, with agility that did not match its body, suddenly turned over, and two pairs of wolf claws grabbed the right arm of the Qu Ru mech and pulled hard.

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Kaka Kaka Kaka Kaka—

The parts of the Qu Ru mech flew open like popcorn, accompanied by the pilot's shrill screams. The entire right arm of the mech was torn off and slammed to the ground with a bang.

Buzz!

A red light flashed, and Chi Xiao pulled out the long sword from his waist, and the scarlet sword energy forced back the Thunder Wolf.

Ju Que also pulled out the Xuan Tie greatsword and used it as a shield to block the electromagnetic cannon fired by [Supercritical].

Zhi Ming of the Ji Qiao didn't know when he had taken out a flat box made of half wood and half iron and aimed it at the Thunder Wolf.

The box was seven inches long and three inches thick. The surface of the box was carved with the words "Blood will be seen when it is released, and misfortune will return if it is empty" in small seal characters.

Huan Yue held up the suspended moon wheel with one hand. The moon wheel rotated lightly, and the sharp blade reflected the faint light of the emergency lights.

Surrounded by enemies, Wang Hu was not nervous or flustered. In his Thunder Wolf form, he slowly stood up, clenched his wolf claws, and released lightning to turn the metal parts he had scratched off into dust.

The [Chong Ming High-Frequency Cutting Blade] in Ding Zhensi's hand buzzed. He stepped forward and glanced at his companions' status—the Qu Ru mech had lost an arm, and the pilot in the cockpit,

was also scratched on the arm by mechanical parts in the attack just now. His entire right arm was bloody and was receiving hemostatic gel treatment from the combat anti-G suit.

"You have a lot of courage."

Huan Yue said softly, "But there are only two of you. You rushed in like this. Aren't you afraid of not being able to get out?"

"Is it necessarily useful to have more people?"

A chuckle came from below the suspension ladder. Everyone's expressions changed and they turned their heads to look at the left side of the suspension ladder—a ball of orange-red flames was rising slowly from the abyss cliff there.

In the flames, a petite blonde girl with a lazy expression, was chewing on a lollipop and sneered, "If it's useful to have more people, the others might as well surrender to European Heavy Industries Group. What are they still fighting for?"

Syndicate's third seat, [Burning Fury], ranked 32nd in personal combat strength.

Ding Zhensi's breathing stagnated. Burning Fury was holding four extra belts in her hand, two of which still had blood that had not completely dried on them...

"Gen-sys Biotechnology Company, ranked 52nd in combat strength, [Barbatos],

No Face Gliding, vice president of Thousand-Throat Beast, ranked 87th,

[Mother Tree], one of the Seven Warlords of European Heavy Industries Group, ranked 47th,

Eye Demon, vice president of Thousand-Throat Beast, ranked 34th."

Burning Fury flicked her tongue, moved the lollipop to the other side of her mouth, and casually counted the origins of these blood-stained belts.

She looked at the ugly faces of the crowd, crunched and crushed the candy, and a somewhat evil and playful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Which rank can you... be ranked?"