Chapter 60 Self-Detonation

"Aaaaaah—"

Suddenly, a sharp insect screech nearly deafened everyone present.

No one expected that two of the insect generals chasing Mingmei and Mu Chen would suddenly lose control. After emitting that ear-piercing, unpleasant shriek, they suddenly self-detonated!

"Not good!"

A self-detonation from an insect general-level Zerg—what kind of explosion would that be!

And to have two of them explode at once!

The teachers, reacting quickly, combined their defenses and swiftly encircled all the students to protect them.

However, this didn't include Mingmei and Mu Chen, who were not near them, or Lu Gui, who was further away and entangled in battle with the Xingyan insect general.

While the teachers raised their shields, the students weren't stupid either. They all raised their own shields at the first possible moment.

When facing a Zerg self-detonation, activate your shield immediately.

Whether others do or not, you must!

This was emphasized in the first practical combat class and was a knowledge point that was constantly and repeatedly mentioned afterward.

"Crack."

As expected, the moment the explosion sounded, the shield shattered instantly. In the 0.5 seconds that the teachers' shields delayed the blast, the students' shields were fully raised again.

However, less than a second later, another "crack" made the students' hearts sink once more.

Just now, it was the teachers' shields that broke, so now, without even needing to think, it was their turn.

After two consecutive "crack" sounds of shattering, the A-class mechas still faced a significant remaining energy impact.

It took quite a while for the explosion that swept across the entire battlefield to subside...

"Ahhh! Crap! I'm going to have to pay for this! Ahhh! Selling my brother wouldn't even cover it!"

Zhen • Can't Be Sold For Much • Hu: ????

The reactions of Jin Ni's students were considerable.

The moment they regained consciousness after the impact and saw the display showing 40% damage to their mechas, they nearly fainted.

They remembered what their teacher had said: if the mecha is damaged, you have to pay.

But how expensive are A-class mechas?

Zhen Po felt that he couldn't count that high even with all ten fingers.

"Meimei!"

Regardless of the damage to his own mecha, Qie Xier looked towards Mingmei and Mu Chen the moment the aftershocks of the explosion disappeared.

Even with S-class mechas, the shields that Mingmei and Mu Chen had activated one after the other were ultimately destroyed by the self-detonation.

Although their damage was less than 10%, a piece on the shoulder of the Jin Yi mecha shattered due to material issues.

Revealing the insect core of the queen Zerg inside.

"That's..."

The others hadn't reacted yet, only wondering why Mingmei's mecha had a pile of pretty gemstones hidden underneath.

Upon closer inspection, they could sense the immense energy within.

However, no matter how much energy an S-class mecha needed, Mingmei's use of so many "energy stones" was simply a waste.

"They're quite pretty."

Someone from an unknown class said this.

But this was definitely not as simple as "quite pretty."

Even a fool knew that no design on an S-class mecha was a waste, right?

On the Zerg side, two insect generals had suddenly exploded, and the lower-level Zerg had also been almost entirely wiped out in the explosion. Now, Mingmei, due to the sudden and violent surge of power, felt as if her entire mental strength had been drained, and coupled with the impact just now, she had completely fainted.

Mingmei was even more unaware that almost all of the surviving Zerg on the field were insect general-level.

Even those that weren't were infinitely close to being insect generals.

When they saw the parts of the beautiful "gemstones" inlaid on Mingmei's mecha, these insect generals suddenly went crazy. Even the Xingyan insect general, who was still entangled with Lu Gui, now showed his impatience and directly bypassed Lu Gui, rushing towards Mingmei's side.

It was at this moment that Lu Gui suddenly realized that there was still room for his strength to improve.

Was that guy just playing with him like a dog during their fight?

Now that he didn't want to play anymore, he wanted to shake him off?

Realizing this, Lu Gui immediately turned back, wanting to return to help Mingmei and the others!

"Meimei..."

Mingmei had lost consciousness due to the overdraft of her mental strength. Mu Chen, piloting Su Bo, looked at the insect generals surrounding them from all directions, took a deep breath, and steadied his mind.

Next, he'd handle it.

At this moment, on the battlefield, less than ten insect generals remained, and they were all surrounding Mingmei.

The average damage to the other A-class mechas had reached 50%. Even if someone wanted to help, the teachers wouldn't let their students go forward to their deaths.

However, there were still a few teachers in the team who were piloting their mechas towards Mingmei and the others, including Qie Xier.

Qie Xier had already noticed that something seemed to be wrong with Mingmei, and while anxious, she was secretly cursing Mei Qiu and Hu Mingli.

Where the hell were these two?!

Their battle was almost over!

With eyes already reddened, Qie Xier knew that her husband's cousin's participation in this plan had been something she and Mei Qiu had strongly advocated for. If something really happened to Mingmei, she and Mei Qiu would never be able to forgive themselves!

"Damn it! You insects are still so unscrupulous!"

Sometimes, people are just like that. The appearance of Mei Qiu and Hu Mingli at the last moment directly broke the mentality of several insect generals present.

"Withdraw!"

The Xingyan insect general sprayed out large amounts of bodily fluids, making it look like it was launching an attack, but secretly, it had already sent out a signal to retreat!

They couldn't be completely annihilated!

Insect general-level Zerg couldn't afford to be lost!

"Hey! Where do you think you're going?"

Hu Mingli, piloting his S-class mecha, floated like a ghost onto the path of the fleeing insects, and then—

"Damn, they're all insect generals! Did all the insects you brought die?"

While attacking, Hu Mingli continued to taunt these insect generals with his foul mouth.

But this time, he discovered that these insect generals, who could understand human speech, had "better tempers" than the insects he had dealt with before.

"Heh, as expected, you can really endure it to escape!"

Blocking another insect general, the other party, seeing that it was blocked and couldn't escape, simply chose to die heroically, entangling Hu Mingli to allow its companions to leave.

Seeing that something was wrong, Mei Qiu rushed up after having the people he brought guard all the teachers and students. However, the appearance of Mei Qiu alone directly broke the mentality of that insect general, causing it to self-detonate on the spot.

Leaving Mei Qiu and Hu Mingli with no choice but to retreat and defend.

"Damn it! What kind of plague god are you? The moment you arrive, the insects self-detonate without even moving a hand?"

Hu Mingli knew that Mei Qiu had a fierce reputation. He considered his own reputation to be quite fierce as well, but to make the Zerg self-detonate just by showing his face, Mei Qiu was definitely something else.

Who knew that Mei Qiu would say after hearing this, "What exactly did you do to the insects? Why did it self-detonate the moment I arrived?"

"Huh?"

Hu Mingli almost laughed out of anger from Mei Qiu's attempt to shift the blame. "It's your fault for not catching any alive, don't try to blame me!"

"Is that so? If you hadn't provoked it too much earlier, it wouldn't have self-detonated in a fit of anger."

Qie Xier had just confirmed that Mingmei had only overdrawn her mental strength and fallen asleep, and when she came over to find Mei Qiu and Hu Mingli, she heard a scene that resembled kindergarteners arguing.

For a moment, Qie Xier was filled with worry for the future of humanity...