Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 838 - 837: Thunder Wolf

Crunch.

Crunch.

On the 20th floor of the Lost World, Ding Zhensi piloted the [Shanhai·Kui Ox] mech, walking on the silent hanging staircase.

The military spotlights on both sides of the mech's cockpit emitted bright light, illuminating the road ahead and the cliff below the hanging staircase as bright as day.

Judging by individual combat power rank 79, Ding Zhensi's act of turning on the lights might seem a bit arrogant, but when looking at the group behind him, this behavior becomes quite reasonable.

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

rankings 67 of the Sword King Court [Chi Xiao], 77 of the Sword King Court [Ju Que], 68 of the Mechanism Guild [Zhi Ming], and 51 of the Phantom Moon Guild Leader, [Phantom Moon].

Ding Zhensi initially teleported to the 21st floor, and after repelling a mech beast attack, he explored downwards and gradually met others, jointly repelling the attack of players from the European Heavy Industry Group.

The Sword King Court and Mechanism Guild are based in the East and have a good relationship with the Special Affairs Bureau,

while Phantom Moon, as the Guild Leader of the Phantom Moon Guild, daughter of the Datuk of Malaysia, the actual manager of the Damam Black Market,

holds a prestigious position in the real world, combining strength, money, and power.

Rumor has it that the hereditary Royal Family has more than once chosen outstanding royal offspring to marry her, aiming to consolidate mutual relations.

For this reason, Phantom Moon's status is particularly sensitive, and Ding Zhensi and others find it inappropriate to directly confront her in front of the camera—Phantom Moon is not only the strongest transcendent locally but also holds inherent official status, potentially controlling power at any time to become the leader of nearby areas.

Moreover, Phantom Moon's ancestors have Guangdong heritage, making her somewhat relateable in kin.

Boom——

A dull sound came from the upper floor, and the seven of them paused collectively, looking up at the ceiling continuously releasing dust.

After a moment, the noise subsided, and Ding Zhensi looked down at the time on the bottom right corner of the cockpit screen, saying in a deep voice: "Twelve hours, 2.783 seconds."

It's been 12 hours since players teleported into the Lost World; this is the fourth tremor across all floors.

"The intervals between tremors have shortened compared to the last."

Chi Xiao slightly furrowed his brows, murmuring to himself: "Wonder what's happening upstairs... how are Cheng Yin, Yu Chang, and the Guild Leader doing...

Damn, the building materials here have absurd energy absorption effects,

The communication device bought from Whale Song, costing nearly four thousand Game Coins per unit, has a communication range of only three thousand meters without any obstructions,

Whenever encountering a wall, the communication range plummets, rendering it no different than shouting loudly.

Could Whale Song have sold us counterfeit and inferior products?

"No, that's unlikely."

[Zhi Ming], with a flat-top haircut, glasses, and a typical engineering demeanor, turned back to explain: "The communication devices produced by Whale Song are indeed excellent in quality; our Mechanism Guild has imported several without any issues.

The metal here is just too special—I've collected a lot of samples, which will definitely advance material science in the real world once we bring them out,

perhaps even resolve the issue of the destructive force transcendent have on conventional building materials..."

"Shh!"

Ding Zhensi seemed to hear something, his expression suddenly changed, and raised the arm of the Kui Ox mech.

Everyone else immediately stopped talking, following the Kui Ox mech in extinguishing their lights, plunging the area back into darkness.

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

The Kui Ox mech's lights came back on, and Ding Zhensi nodded apologetically to the others, "Sorry, I might've just misheard."

"Do you need a break?"

Ju Que frowned and asked: "You've been at the controls of this mech continuously, are you okay?"

With Ju Que's insight, he naturally could discern the strength of Ding Zhensi's physical body,

knowing that most of his abilities depend heavily on this Kui Ox mech.

The other two Special Affairs Bureau pilots take turns piloting the mechs,

leaving the cockpit periodically to let the mech walk automatically, hanging themselves outside the cabin.

Obviously, operating a mech isn't easy, and likely depletes considerable Sanity Value, Spirit Energy Value, and physical energy, even passively.

"Not serious."

Ding Zhensi chuckled bitterly, without explaining his difference from regular pilots to Ju Que, saying boldly: "Does everyone have the strength?

Let's rest for thirty minutes at the hardest rocky area ahead, then proceed towards the edge of the Lost World."

The twentieth floor of the Lost World has many cliffs with extremely smooth walls on both sides, only having a central staircase for passage.

"Okay."

The others agreed in unison, stepping onto the staircase platform.

The young pilot of the [Shanhai·Qu Ru] mech set a small rubber ball on the staircase, which rapidly inflated into a half-transparent giant hamster ball tent, isolating air and detection means.

Everyone entered the hamster ball,

Zhi Ming sat on the tent floor, took out a pre-made bento from his space equipment, heated it slightly, and began to eat—not hoarding food, but rather because players generally bring their own food,

only sharing food and medicines with the most familiar and trusted people.

Chi Xiao and Ju Que ate their own energy food, while Phantom Moon did not take out any food, quietly sitting in the corner, polishing a crescent-shaped wheel-like metal weapon.

"Zhen Shi,"

The older [Shanhai·Hornless Tiger Dragon] pilot let the bright pilot enter the tent first to rest, then stood in front of the tent in his mech, speaking to Ding Zhensi via the Shanhai mech's communication channel: "Your symbiosis with the Kui Ox spirit is deeper, consuming more Sanity Value,

you should also take a break, enter the sleeping bag and rest for a while.

I'll keep watch."

"No need, Uncle He."

Ding Zhensi shook his head, softly saying: "In my current state, I can't sleep even if I want to. The spirit of the Kui Ox mech keeps roaring in my head."

"Roaring?"

The pilot called Old He frowned tightly, "A murderous impulse?"

"No..."

Ding Zhensi slowly said: "The voice is filled with anger... and fear.

It's as if being watched by another fierce beast, issuing threatening roars.

Something lurking in this space keeps the Kui Ox spirit in long-standing tense vigilance.

The further forward, the stronger the unease."

"...Are you certain?"

Old He took a deep breath. The spirits of the Shanhai mechs essentially consist of soul fragments from beasts of the Demon Prison.

They possess life statuses far surpassing humans.

Whatever could make the Kui Ox spirit feel fear...

"Certain."

Ding Zhensi nodded heavily, "The edge of the Lost World must hold something related to the backstory setting."

"..."

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

Unfortunately, the detector's camera mechanism is highly intelligent and can't maintain a lock by 'attacking a comrade with negligible minor damage',

Maybe..."

Old He's expression suddenly changed, the mech with yellow and red camouflage lifted its right arm abruptly, placing it in front of the cockpit, the arm armor extending into a circular shield like a peacock displaying its tail.

But, it was still too late.

A metal stick, flashing with electrical sparks, shot over from a great distance, instantly piercing through the still-expanding arm armor of the [Shanhai · Hornless Tiger Dragon] mech, shattering the entire upper half of the mech.

A massive amount of metal fragments flew out, and Old He was blasted out of the cockpit by the shockwave, his whole body covered with gaping wounds,

The more covert yet more severe internal injuries caused by the vibrations of his organs made him cough up a massive amount of blood abruptly, falling into a coma.

The load-bearing battle suit worn by every mech pilot played its role at this moment,

automatically tightening on the suit's surface, stopping the bleeding, using the internal syringes in the clothing, injecting a large amount of emergency medication,

and based on the user's physiological data and mental state,

directly took over the brain, issuing a surrender and withdrawal command.

Old He's figure disappeared in mid-air,

before Ding Zhensi could breathe a sigh of relief, another metal stick came rushing from afar, heading for the cockpit of the [Shanhai · Kui Ox] mech.

Buzz——

A crescent-shaped wheel weapon suddenly flew out from the hamster ball,

tearing through the hamster ball tent and slashing the metal stick simultaneously.

The explosion shockwave was visible to the naked eye,

Ding Zhensi clearly saw the metal stick split into two, falling into the bottomless abyss,

while the crescent-shaped weapon belonging to Phantom Moon only bounced back thirty meters, and in the blink of an eye, was drawn back by an invisible force to the slightly pale hand of Phantom Moon.

There was no need to shout 'enemy attack' anymore,

The virtual image of a detector quietly surfaced in the high sky,

The multifunctional detection and early-warning system of the Kui Ox mech automatically analyzed the trajectory of the metal stick, immediately locking onto the direction of the enemy attack—a narrow gap in the wall a thousand meters away.

There, squatting on the ground, a figure dressed in a black leather jacket, wearing an opaque motorcycle helmet, holding in his left hand a metal stick over a meter long, while the entire right arm transformed into a long and heavy railgun, the muzzle pointing towards Ding Zhensi and the others.

Syndicate's [Supercritical]...

And standing next to him was a youthful [Thunder Wolf · Wang Hu], dressed in a simple fighting suit, tall and muscular with a righteous aura.

Seeing that he had been discovered, Wang Hu had no intention of escaping with his companion, striding out from the narrow gap in the wall, standing in the middle of the suspended ladder, looking at Ding Zhensi and the others from afar.

Without any hesitation,

Qu Ru and the Kui Ox mech directly pulled the trigger towards Wang Hu, firing a chain of cannon rounds,

The missile compartment on the mech's back also launched more than a dozen mini-missiles, trailing flames towards Wang Hu.

However, Wang Hu merely bent his knees and jumped.

Boom!

His figure leaped up high like a cannonball, and then heavily smashed down, making the suspended ladder tremble violently, almost collapsing.

The ground under the mech's feet shook slightly, as the deadly cannon round chain passed close by Wang Hu.

As for those mini-missiles...

Wang Hu's body suddenly grew a large amount of pale hair, electrified,

and his already robust and powerful figure further expanded.

Like a wolf-shaped beast cloaked in thunder.

Whoosh—

A dense sound of air being torn apart arose,

part of the hair on Wang Hu's body suddenly sharpened due to the electrical impact, and as he shook his back, it shot out rapidly in succession, piercing and detonating all the mini-missiles.

The whole person, or rather the wolf-shaped beast, plummeted towards Ding Zhensi and the others like a meteor.

"Die!"

The young pilot of Qu Ru's mech, witnessing his mentor and father figure severely injured and knocked flying, life or death unknown,

at this moment, driven by rage, stepped forward, the giant lance in his hand buzzing, slashing towards the wolf-shaped beast.

"Be careful!"

Ding Zhensi's pupils contracted,

only to see the wolf-shaped beast's back hair extended suddenly, entangling the lance's shaft, preventing the blade from striking the body,

while the Thunder Wolf itself twisted its body with an agility incongruent with its size, using its two pairs of wolf claws to grip Qu Ru's mech's right arm, yanking hard.

Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack—

The parts of Qu Ru's mech scattered like popcorn, accompanied by the pilot's shrill screams, the entire right arm of the mech was torn off, thudding to the ground.

Buzz!

A red light flashed, Chi Xiao drew the waist-side long sword, its crimson Sword Qi repelling the Thunder Wolf,

Ju Que also drew a heavy Great Sword, using it as a shield, blocking the railgun fired by [Supercritical].

Zhi Ming, of Mechanism Guild, unknowingly pulled out a half-wood, half-iron flat box, aiming it at the Thunder Wolf.

The box was seven inches long, three inches thick, with small-seal script engraved on the surface that reads, "Blood will be seen upon unsheathing, an empty return means misfortune".

Phantom Moon gracefully holding the suspended moon wheel with one hand, the moon wheel spinning lightly, the sharp edge glinting under the weak reflective light of the emergency lights.

Encircled, Wang Hu, however, didn't seem nervous at all, in his Thunder Wolf form, he stood up slowly, tightening his wolf claws, releasing electricity which ground the metal components he grasped into dust.

Ding Zhensi's [Bug Buzz · High-Frequency Cutting Blade] buzzing in his hand, he stepped forward and glanced at his fellow's status—Qu Ru's mech lost an arm, while the pilot inside the cockpit,

was wounded on the arm by a mechanical component in the prior attack, the entire right arm a mass of bloody flesh, currently being treated with the battle suit's hemostatic gel.

"You're very courageous."

Phantom Moon spoke softly, "But there are just two of you, aren't you afraid you won't be able to get out after such an ambush?"

"Does having more people necessarily useful?"

A light laughter came from below the suspended ladder, everyone's expressions changed simultaneously, turning their heads to look at the left side of the suspended ladder—a cluster of orange-red flames rising steadily from within the abyssal cliff,

Within the flames, a short blond girl with a lazy expression, chewing on a lollipop, sneered and said, "If numbers were so useful, everyone might as well surrender to the European Heavy Industry Group and be done, why struggle."

Ranked thirty-second in personal combat power, the third seat of Syndicate, [Raging Fire].

Ding Zhensi's breath halted, Raging Fire's hand holding four additional belts, two of which still had fresh blood that had not yet fully dried...

"52nd in combat rankings, Gen-Sys Biotech Company, [Barbatos],

87th, Vice President of Beast of Thousand Throats [Faceless Glide],

47th, European Heavy Industry Group, one of the Seven Martial Seas, [Mother Tree]

34th, Vice President of Beast of Thousand Throats [Eye Devil]."

Raging Fire flicked her tongue, moving her lollipop to the other side of her mouth, casually listing the origins of these blood-stained belts.

Looking at the grim-faced crowd, she crunched the lollipop with an audible crack, her mouth curling into an evil and teasing smile, "How high is your rank?"