Chapter 623 - 188: Terror Unleashed (Part 3)

"Run."

Both turned and ran, but after just a few steps, the Insect Man fully emerged from the cabin, having been hidden for so long, it was unexpectedly discovered by humans right away.

It crawled slowly onto the Mecha, wrapping around the highest point of the custom Mecha, its tentacle grasping Black Wing’s hand, pressing down lightly like a feather.

The arm angled downward.

Both fell to the ground together, but fortunately, their teammate’s mechanical limbs were powerful enough, shooting out a grappling hook to grab the cabin.

Just after escaping danger, the tentacle from behind attacked again, like a cat teasing a mouse, easily catching Ji Heng’s ankle and pulling back.

The power of humans is very insignificant.

In a tug-of-war with the Insect Mother, humans couldn’t win, and could only be the ones getting hurt.

The two were no match for the Mother; in a split second of pulling, Ji Heng decisively let go of his teammate’s hand, "Qing, give him the permission, pilot the Mecha."

The cabin was already open; Ji Heng didn’t need to operate it personally. As long as the piloting permission was temporarily transferred, the teammate could pilot the Mecha.

Qing opened the permissions and controlled the Mecha’s hand, swinging the shining sword.

Sacrificing a Magnetic Blade to cut off the tentacle that ensnared Ji Heng.

Ji Heng, attuned to the situation, threw out a new Mecha.

"Flame King," the same series as the Mecha currently owned by Su Xiaocai.

The fiery red figure, even in the dark, emitted an orange-red hue, like a demon king freshly emerged from magma.

Exuding the fragrance of riches.

Ji Heng has a good brother, who willingly funded him to ensure he had the best Mecha.

Flame King appeared and immediately knocked over the custom Mecha behind, the Insect Mother fully emerged from the cabin, leaping forward trying to capture Ji Heng. Flame King’s Mecha cabin flashed a silver rope that wrapped around Ji Heng’s waist, pulling him into the cabin.

Ji Heng successfully entered the cabin.

Since Su Xiaocai’s thrilling jump-off on Huangyang Star, she’s been contemplating how to minimize the risk of jumping off. She had considered enhancing the Mecha’s performance, but later found it infeasible.

Since there were multiple Mechas at their disposal, they might as well maximize their utility.

That jump had many elements of luck involved; to better leverage the advantage of having multiple Mechas early on, Su Xiaocai developed the Mecha Master Capture System, an AI-driven system that could be automatically activated.

Missing the tasty Mother, it roared, "Crafty humans." The metallic, hoarse voice sounded like chalk screeching on a blackboard.

The audience facing the Mother was greatly unsettled.

"It can talk?"

"The Mother can speak human language?"

"You guys didn’t know the Mother can talk?"

"First time hearing the Mother speak, sounds horrible."

"This isn’t a vacuum environment?"

"You’re all so naive, but after watching many live streams, you’ll understand that humans aren’t just escaping illiteracy to comprehend common knowledge."

"Why are you all focusing on the Mother? Our Ji Er’s Mecha is so cool, just like my Qing."

While the audience was typing, Ji Heng and his teammate were already fighting with the Insect Men indoors, where combat was akin to tearing the place apart.

The teammate kept jumping and killing the cowardly Insect Soldiers with joy; Black Wing worked so well, and having driven Black Wing before, he felt Ji Heng’s Mecha performance surpassed the training Mecha he had used.

The good mood lasted for barely ten seconds.

The surrounding Insect Men charged, more and more, all climbing onto the Mecha body, trying to tear away the protective shell to get at the food inside.

Flame King emitted heat all over, the rising heat scorching their feet, causing the Insect Men to flock toward Black Wing.

The teammate could only fly up, dodging in the repair room, using force to counteract force continuously, behind him a wave-like surge of Insect Men, stopping meant death.

The Insect Mother wanted to topple Black Wing, Ji Heng decided to face it head-on.

He knew well he wasn’t a match, but he needed to try.

Flame King wielded the Insect Slaughter to attack.

The Insect Mother unfolded its pair of bony wings, snapped them off, and confronted him head-on.

Since exposed, Ji Heng ceased to maintain his superpower.

The two engaged in a fierce battle.

Flame King’s attributes were high, plus Qing’s prediction assistance, for a moment, they seemed to equally match.

Ji Heng understood it was all an illusion; currently, he could only buy time.

Insect Slaughter clashed with bony wings.

The speed and force, Ji Heng braced himself to withstand, missing a beat meant death.

Each collision between them sent the surrounding Insect Men flying; Flame King, with gravity at its maximum, stabilized on the ground, the heightened gravity increased the driver’s energy consumption.

But it eased some pressure on Black Wing.

The Mother seemingly saw through Ji Heng’s dire plight, picking up an Insect Man, placing it in its palm.

A shocking scene unfolded, the cowardly Insect Soldier was compressed under invisible pressure, turning it into a lump of liquid.