Chapter 221

Indeed, Mu Chen's Subai (plain silk) mecha had enough space for an extra person. Whether this was something he had in mind from the initial design or just a coincidence, no one knew.

Anyway, Mingmei knew that her Jin Yi (brocade) was definitely a single-seater.

Sitting in the co-pilot seat of the Subai, Mingmei did nothing but watch Mu Chen methodically test all the weapons that the Subai could mobilize, marveling at his skill.

Mu Chen's slender fingers moved so fast on the keyboard that they became a blur. The operation of the Subai and Mingmei's Jin Yi were two extremes.

Mingmei excelled at close combat, so the Jin Yi was designed for her close-quarters fighting style. The controls inside were extremely simple. Most of the time, Mingmei controlled the Subai's actions directly through connected mental waves.

As long as the Subai's movements matched her own, she didn't even need to think about what weapons to activate. At most, she would think about activating a defensive shield for herself.

But Mu Chen was different. Mingmei didn't dare touch the complex internal controls of the Subai, fearing that she might accidentally set something off.

The Subai was too complicated for Mingmei to handle.

"What's wrong?" Noticing Mingmei's admiring gaze, Mu Chen smiled gently.

"I feel like your mecha is too complicated. Will you really have time to use everything when we're fighting?" Mingmei wondered how Mu Chen, so calm now, would be in the heat of battle.

"It's not like I haven't been in actual combat before."

Mu Chen chuckled at Mingmei's concern. His words reminded Mingmei of the time they were surrounded, and Mu Chen had charged into the encirclement to find her.

Was she worrying too much?

"It doesn't matter, I'm here anyway. If you're really too busy, I can help you a bit." Even though Mu Chen said he could handle it himself, Mingmei still felt she had to say something nice since she was in his mecha.

"Shhh—"

Suddenly, Mu Chen raised his hand to silence her, and the atmosphere between them became tense.

Startled by Mu Chen's sudden gesture, Mingmei's eyes widened, and she stopped speaking.

She slowly turned her head to look outside the mecha. At this moment, the Subai was flying around an asteroid belt. The surrounding asteroids, large and small, were mottled and gray, testing everyone's eyesight.

Mingmei and Mu Chen tacitly checked their respective sides, releasing their mental energy. Soon, Mingmei spotted a dense cluster of pseudo-mother larvae clinging to the back of a huge asteroid near their mecha!

A trypophobia "dream"!

"Let's go!"

Mingmei felt her scalp tingle as she looked at the pseudo-mother larvae crawling all over the asteroid. Just as she spoke, Mu Chen had already begun to operate the Subai, accelerating away.

At this moment, a tentacle suddenly stretched out from under an asteroid below their mecha, swiftly slapping towards them. Fortunately, Mu Chen reacted in time and dodged with the Subai.

Only when Mingmei and Mu Chen reacted did they see the pseudo-mother, with skin the same color as the asteroid, lying there!

It was the pseudo-mother's tentacle that had attacked!

This veteran player, playing the pseudo-mother, had sprayed out the pseudo-mother larvae in advance and hid them on the asteroid. He himself was also hiding in the dark, waiting for prey.

He knew his companions were preparing to ambush the players, but he wanted to pick up the scraps.

He had already calculated that even if they severely injured these rookies, some would still escape.

This complex terrain was perfect for hiding or shaking off pursuers. As long as he held out, he could score big.

He just didn't expect to "score" so quickly.

He had intended to detour, but this detour led him right into the enemy's face!

The veteran player playing the pseudo-mother didn't panic when he saw the mecha dodge his attack. He immediately used his mental energy to stir up the pseudo-mother larvae.

Therefore, Mingmei and Mu Chen, having just dodged the adult pseudo-mother's attack, looked up to see a sky full of pseudo-mother larvae!

"What the—!"

She still vividly remembered the scene from the previous game where a few pseudo-mother larvae had destroyed a starship. Now, the sky above them was filled with pseudo-mother larvae!

"Achen?"

Mingmei was completely unfamiliar with the Subai's controls. Sitting here like a decoration, she could only call out to Mu Chen in the face of the swarm of pseudo-mothers.

"Don't worry, watch me."

Hearing Mu Chen's words, Mingmei, whose heart was in her throat, finally relaxed.

Unfortunately, in the next second, Mu Chen directly drove the Subai through a series of 360° turns and various other loops, making Mingmei feel like she was about to vomit.

But they didn't have time to vomit. Mu Chen adjusted his position and, through the mecha's visual sensors, looked at the pseudo-mother player chasing closely behind. He turned the mecha around.

"Meimei."

"Hmm?"

Hearing Mu Chen suddenly call her name, Mingmei was stunned and suppressed the discomfort in her stomach to look at him.

"I'll need to charge the energy cannon to deal with the adult pseudo-mother. These pseudo-mother larvae will definitely rush over first." As Mu Chen spoke, he winked at Mingmei. Instantly, Mingmei noticed a row of control keys in front of the co-pilot seat.

They looked familiar.

It seemed like she knew how to operate them.

"Help me block the pseudo-mother larvae for a while, okay?"

Mu Chen's smile was incredibly captivating at this moment, bewitching Mingmei to blurt out, "Okay~"

Unbelievable!

Too unbelievable!

This wasn't what Mingmei herself said, but what the player playing the pseudo-mother thought as he chased after Mingmei and Mu Chen.

Good heavens, this mecha was covered in gunports. It was fighting like a starship fortress. How could he keep up!

Watching the pseudo-mother larvae being shot down by the opponent's guns before they could even touch them, the pseudo-mother player instantly felt the urge to run.

But Mu Chen had also successfully charged his attack. Just as the opponent was about to abandon all the larvae and prioritize escaping, Mu Chen blasted him into smithereens with an energy cannon.

The remaining larvae were quickly cleaned up by the two of them together.

In response, Mingmei's fear of the terrifying scene where pseudo-mother larvae had destroyed a starship gradually dissipated. She said, "It seems… that fighting isn't so scary after all."

"Actually, maybe it's not that it's not so scary, but that you're very strong?"

Mu Chen smiled at Mingmei. Mingmei shook her head shyly, not thinking she was strong.

On the contrary, Mingmei only said, "We're probably lucky. We only encountered one zerg, and not even a very strong one. It would be hard to say if we encountered one that was inherently strong."

As for why they hadn't encountered any strong ones, they should probably ask Lu Xiaoxiao and the others…