Chapter 125 Desert Tyrant

"Alright, thank you, Plague, for the relatively serious commentary…" Mr. You said, extending his palms towards the large screen. "Let's reveal the answer!"

In the desert, Xiao Tan and Bei Ling couldn't hear any of the sounds from the studio, and they hadn't seen any cameras or anything like that around them either. How the image was being transmitted was anyone's guess.

Just a moment ago, after the two of them had been moving forward on their respective slides for a while, suddenly their eyes were filled with white. The dazzling sunlight broke through the darkness, and the surrounding temperature rose sharply, as if they had fallen out of some kind of spatial rift in mid-air.

This desert seemed very calm. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but yellow sand. No cacti, no animal bones, no rocks, and certainly no oasis… The strangest thing was that in such an open place, there was no wind. And the desert in front of them was completely flat, with not even a slightly higher sand dune in sight.

"These conditions are quite suitable for shooting," Bei Ling said, shielding her eyes with her hand as she looked around.

Xiao Tan smiled awkwardly and first said, "Um… thanks for coming with me."

"Ah~ it's nothing, this is also a strategy. Since the combat portion can be shared by multiple people, we should make good use of the rules. It's not my fault you're so clumsy and weak," Bei Ling replied in a helpless tone, while raising her hand and sticking her index finger into her collar to loosen it. She was wearing a full set of special forces gear, so naturally she was very hot in this temperature.

Xiao Tan didn't pay too much attention to Bei Ling's evaluation of him. He also knew that there was no malice in her words. "Speaking of… in this kind of environment, where will the enemy come from?" He raised his head. The sun was blazing in the sky, and there wasn't a cloud in sight. The strong light made it impossible to open his eyes wide. "If they came from the sky, would it be giant black vultures or something?"

"Following your logic, if monsters came from the ground, they'd be super big bugs?" Bei Ling retorted.

They were both wrong…

At that moment, back in the studio, Mr. You was just getting to the reveal. His next sentence was, "He is… from Cybertron… Desert… Tyrant!"

A tidal wave of cheers erupted from the audience.

At the same time, Desert Tyrant entered Xiao Tan and Bei Ling's sight.

He appeared on the distant horizon, approaching at an alarming speed, a trail of dust rising behind him.

Desert Tyrant's appearance when he entered was that of a giant mechanical tiger, with yellow and black tiger stripes on its metal body. Although he hadn't gotten close yet, Xiao Tan could already estimate from a distance that this monster… or rather, this Transformer… wasn't too big. He guessed that when it transformed into robot form, it would only be five or six meters tall.

Bang—

The gun had already fired.

Xiao Tan turned his head and saw that Bei Ling was already lying prone on the ground, her sniper rifle propped up, and she had already fired the first shot.

In this windless, bright, and open arena, as a player specializing in shooting, if she couldn't do something before the enemy got close, then she would definitely be unqualified. Even if she couldn't end the battle directly from a distance, she couldn't let that big metal lump approach them unscathed.

Under good sniping conditions, Bei Ling decisively aimed for the head and fired. But unfortunately, her first shot missed the tiger's head. Of course, this was because Desert Tyrant was moving. If the opponent was stationary, in this environment, even a shooting specialist with an F rating could hit it with a sniper rifle with a scope and normal performance.

"This is troublesome…" Bei Ling licked her lips, immediately prepared a second shot, and pulled the trigger.

Bang—

This time, the target was closer. Looking through the scope, it seemed almost within reach. And this shot did hit.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, perhaps it was luck, but this time Desert Tyrant was not only hit, but the bullet happened to hit its left eye, leaving a black hole in the tiger's face. A burst of sparks erupted at the moment of impact. But Desert Tyrant was not an organic creature, but a living robot, so such an attack was not fatal.

Bang—the third shot.

After firing this shot, Bei Ling didn't even bother to see if it hit. She immediately put the sniper rifle back into her bag and took out a German-made MP5 submachine gun, aiming the gun.

Although this gun was a store item, it was expensive. For shooting specialist players with some financial means, this submachine gun was an excellent choice in the early stages of the game. Weighing less than three kilograms, it had a high rate of fire, low recoil, high accuracy, and a fast reloading speed. As a mature standard weapon, the MP5 was the first choice of many special forces around the world for a long time due to its reliable and excellent performance.

Da da da da…

When Desert Tyrant had come within thirty meters of the two of them, Bei Ling began to pour out the bullets from her submachine gun. The third shot she had fired with the sniper rifle earlier had hit the monster's chest, but the armor there was obviously thicker, and the sniper bullet had failed to penetrate it, leaving only a bullet mark.

Xiao Tan also took out his Winchester and held it in front of him. Although his heart was racing and his palms were sweating, he didn't rush to pull the trigger. After several scripts of training, at least Xiao Tan had a certain understanding of the characteristics of the weapons on his body. He knew very well that the shotgun in his hand could only exert its maximum power when fired at close range. If he fired it from tens of meters away, even if what was rushing over now wasn't a Transformer but a dilapidated armored vehicle, it probably wouldn't cause any damage.

The MP5's bullets all swept across the front of Desert Tyrant, setting off sparks, but failed to slow his speed. When he approached within ten meters of the two players, his two hind legs kicked off powerfully, leaping high into the air…

The sunlight cast a huge shadow of a tiger on the sand. In the short seconds that Desert Tyrant was in the air, the shadow on the ground underwent a drastic change.

Obviously, Desert Tyrant was transforming in mid-air. The original tiger-shaped head opened and twisted, and a robot's head emerged from its torso. The four curved beast legs twisted, folded, compressed, and extended at bizarre angles. The mechanical arms inside its torso were revealed, and the outer tiger-striped armor was attached to the outside of its limbs like armor. The bullet holes that had been made in his head earlier had now been transferred to painless locations. It seemed that his tiger form was used for high-speed propulsion and taking hits.

The entire transformation process looked chaotic and complicated, but it was quick and efficient. This tiger, leaping up, turned into a robot warrior more than six meters tall before landing, and attacked the two players.

After transforming, he spoke…

Without any emotion, a mechanical voice rang out, "Humans… obliterate… reshape…"