Chapter 871: Chapter 644: Zeg! The Deepest Depths! (Two Chapters Combined)
(This chapter has 4400 characters, combining two chapters)
In Mu Fan’s vision, the hundreds of warplanes in the distance had already turned into a faint line, but in the areas they rapidly swept over, countless rough 3D modeling images began to construct before Mu Fan’s eyes.
Digitalized three-dimensional maps suddenly appeared.
This is the result of the Predator Fighter’s scan data link sharing.
Waves of horizontal ripples began to refresh from top to bottom, this was a special radar used for scanning insects.
However, so far, Mu Fan had not seen a single Zeg.
“No Zeg detected within 300 kilometers at 12 o’clock direction.”
“No Zeg detected within 300 kilometers at 1 o’clock direction…”
“2 o’clock direction…”
In total, twelve directions, from a high-angle view, these scattered warplanes present a standard circular launch pattern continuously spreading out.
“All warplanes have advanced into the second area!”
Suddenly, a flash of red appeared at the bottom left corner of the light screen in front of Mu Fan.
“Pheromone identification successful, hidden jet tiger insect found at 8 o’clock direction!”
A three-dimensional image instantly materialized, countless red lines outlined the contours tightly alongside those dense, thick trunks, as if symbiotic with these trees.
“Eighth squad conduct extermination operation, other squads continue with spreading investigation, radar power adjustment. This time, Master Black is going to slaughter you!”
Listening to Black’s report, Mu Fan didn’t pay any more attention, just took a glance and continued flying forward.
Over fifty green light dots on the light screen simultaneously converged towards the red light dots; he knew this was Black demonstrating the power of the Predator Fighters.
Over five hundred kilometers from Mu Fan’s position, those black warplanes, with a rough texture feel, simultaneously tilted their wings and turned to the lower side.
The design of these warplanes was peculiar, as the entire fuselage was integrated, showing no glass at all.
The traditional cockpit area was entirely covered by integrated metal.
The special X-wing design endowed them with unparalleled stability, and four enormous real-space engines were fixed to the narrow framework at the tail, each equipped with an aerodynamic S-wing.
Four long barrel extensions appeared simultaneously from the four wingtips.
When these fighters began a rapid dive, a spectacular scene unfolded in the sky.
Over fifty fighters dived at supersonic speeds, a violent beauty that tore through the air, indescribable in words, while the violently shaking branches on the ground signified the impending danger.
In Mu Fan’s vision, those previously hidden jet tiger insects simultaneously raised their pincers high, then pierced the tree trunks, and their green corrosive poison liquid dripping mouths aimed at the sky.
This attack mode was identical to when they destroyed the drones.
Clearly, these jet tiger insects had realized the intent of those warplanes and were prepared to counterattack.
However, the speed and altitude of these warplanes were beyond their attack reach, so these insects waited for the Predator Fighters to dive into the canopy like the previous drones.
Yet this time, what awaited them was merely Black’s silent attack command.
All four long barrels on each fighter’s wings now glowed with white light, the brilliance intensifying, finally drawing clear and shocking white trails in the sky.
Thunk!
With a muffled, powerful sound,
Thud, thud, thud…
Countless artillery shots followed closely!
These gathered Predator Fighters, covering downwards, dispersed rapidly after a concentrated salvo at unimaginable speed and maneuverability.
Under strong propulsion, the fighters easily performed an Immelman Turn.
Like a firework bursting skyward, climbing vertically after exploding and diving back toward the center.
Diving again, another wave of strong impact particle cannons attacked.
Countless light balls, larger than fists, rained down like hail.
A light ball plunged into the top of a giant tree over three meters in diameter, and then with a piercing shredding sound, the entire tree exploded, scattering sparks everywhere.
Under the scorching heat, moisture in these trees quickly vaporized, causing the trunks to catch fire with a violent blaze.
However, this was merely one shell.
One salvo meant the landing of thousands of shells.
Those jet tiger insects that couldn’t dodge in time were blasted to pieces by the particle cannons from head to tail.
Their hard shells could withstand human small-caliber bullet attacks, but they couldn’t withstand the impact of these strong pressure particle cannons.
Once, twice, three times…
At five hundred meters above ground, massive sonic booms continuously erupted, the Predator Fighters hovering near the speed of sound back and forth breaking through the sound barrier.
Beneath them, the previously hidden jet tiger insects were finally utterly hidden, their corpse remnants and the splintered trees merged into one, with indistinguishable green or black mucus covering the bombed wreckage.
Sharp whistling sounds echoed as these Predator Fighters climbed once again, flying further away.
As if they had just done something trivial.
By this time, the light screen in front of Mu Fan already displayed six areas where the Zeg were distributed.
Their blatant fire assault finally provoked the insects.
“Alarm, large number of flying winged dragons detected ahead.”
The sudden piercing alarm sounded, Mu Fan glanced down at the light screen, now over 800 kilometers from the Shadow Base!
He had returned to the location from a few days earlier during the evacuation.
But unlike before, now he controlled a powerful mecha with Ruins Technology!
And it was a mecha fully armed by Loki Heavy Industry.
The high-altitude Taigu, letting the violent air current brush across the mecha body surface.
The red armor stood out particularly under the gloomy sky!
All Predator Fighters in the left and right directions were already involved in the ground Zeg eradication, but Mu Fan had no intention of calling these jets back.
Black also gave no orders to those fighters, thinking if the Taigu Mecha couldn’t even handle these flying winged dragons, it might as well apply for scrap directly.
“The flying winged dragons before us exceed 600 in number,” Black just reminded Mu Fan briefly.
Black eyes calmly watched the dense mass of brown flying winged dragons, Mu Fan, in a synchronized state, looked on expressionlessly without a hint of emotion.
This human-insect confrontation scene, unlikely to appear anywhere in the universe, unfolded calmly within the atmosphere of Planet 131.
Exiting the supersonic state, the Taigu Mecha hovered mid-air.
Both arms extended to sides, palms facing up.
The entire mecha formed a massive cross.
With a tone of nostalgia, Mu Fan murmured, “Only at this moment can I remember you… Extreme Special Soldier.”
“Black, activate Meteor 3!”
“As you command!”
With a buzz, the enormous Testa Propulsion instantly shut down, and the raised metal cover plates slowly retracted back over the shoulder blades at the back.
The last remaining giant central engine suddenly started to rotate inwardly, releasing a flash of purple light.
The retracted then outwardly rotating central engine now looked completely different, its dark edges adorned with intricate metallic patterns.
The purple light spread rapidly across the engine along these patterns.
Intense purple light flared dramatically behind the Taigu, the cruciform suspended mecha completely changing color at this moment.
Deep purple, blazing red, when these two colors interweaved, a sinister brilliance rose from the mecha’s surface.
Inside the cockpit, Mu Fan let out a muffled groan, feet glued firmly to the metallic floor, hair fully flattened against the scalp.
Supergravity Domain—Eight Times Field!
Mu Fan exerted force with both palms in front of him, his body emitting crackling sounds from his bones, signaling the exertion of full body strength.
As he made this move, the hair close to his scalp eerily began to rise, as if gravity had completely vanished at this moment.
The thick arms of the Taigu Mecha similarly emitted creaking sounds, a reaction of the metal under immense pressure.
This gigantic mecha was effortlessly compressing a purple energy ball, making it smaller and smaller.
Tens of kilometers away, Flying Winged Dragons pierced through the air at nearly the speed of sound, their fierce faces appearing increasingly clear on the light screen.
The alarm sounded more urgently.
Beads of sweat rolled down Mu Fan’s forehead; the power of the Meteor 3’s engine was the core of this mecha, and without a resilient body, it was impossible to control such unimaginable power.
Finally, with a furious roar, the purple energy ball in Taigu Mecha’s hands was compressed from a five-meter diameter to less than two meters.
Then Taigu Mecha’s arms began to uncontrollably tremble.
Mu Fan looked at the Flying Winged Dragons almost within reach, a cold smile gracing his lips.
“Taste this thing.”
―― Taigu Retraction Cannon!
With a retract of both fists, the purple tail flame behind the mecha roared to life, the powerful kinetic energy transferring to the fists and then striking heavily on the purple energy ball.
The approximately 1.5-meter diameter purple energy ball was launched with a bang, seemingly slow yet swiftly crashing forward.
Flocks of Flying Winged Dragons spread out in flight, swiftly making way for the purple energy ball to pass through.
Sharp cries emerged from the pack of Winged Dragons, their gazes returning to the red giant after barely half a second on the light sphere.
Mu Fan made no move, merely counting down three numbers aloud:
“Three… Two… One.”
When the countdown reached zero, the purple energy ball that had passed halfway suddenly halted, then instantaneously expanded into a light mist over a kilometer in diameter.
The Flying Winged Dragons enveloped by the purple light mist suddenly stiffened, eerily suspended in midair.
But the still cruel gaze indicated these Winged Dragons were not dead; they just couldn’t understand why they suddenly couldn’t fly.
They cried out urgently, attempting to flap their wings again, but to no avail.
Mu Fan calmly admired this magnificent scene in front, then slowly raised his left hand.
The left arm of the Taigu Mecha followed suit, six thick crimson gun barrels beginning to slowly rotate along the mecha’s exterior.
Strange purple energy began to infuse the six thick barrels.
“Disappear.”
Gently uttered two words.
The purple light mist 3 kilometers away abruptly contracted!
The densely suspended Flying Winged Dragons in the air were forcibly gathered by a mysterious force…
Compression!
The unwilling Winged Dragons howled desperately, to no avail.
The countless Winged Dragons overlapped, their bones breaking under pressure, yellow-green liquid seeping from their bodies.
Over 600 Flying Winged Dragons were entirely compressed into a Zeg meatball less than a hundred meters in diameter.
Then, amid a gentle whistling, the weapon “Red Flame” on the left arm of the Taigu Mecha rhythmically fired six Fire Meteors.
Red Flame Six Consecutive Strike ― Blazing Pulse!
Sizzle…
When the first Fire Meteor struck the stationary target, it exploded into a sky full of fire mist, completely igniting the Zeg meatball.
With each Fire Meteor impacting the target thereafter, the flames became more dazzling and resplendent.
Piercing screams began, soon engulfed by raging flames.
When the sixth, slightly larger than the previous ones, Fire Meteor crashed into the blazing giant fireball.
With a boom, the entire fireball exploded entirely, dispersing into a sky full of red mist, countless ashes mingled with sparks falling from the sky.
As if it were raining a bizarre fire.
The Taigu Mecha withdrew its left hand, Mu Fan blinked indifferently and pushed the pressure lever.
The purple glow behind the red giant dimmed, returning to the Testa Propulsion’s three-engine mode.
Igniting the explosion, the enormous body of the Taigu traversed through the falling fire rain with a white gas wave.
The target pointed directly to the deepest point.
…
At the deepest part of the primitive forest, three thousand kilometers from the Shadow Base, towering giant trees nearly a hundred meters high completely covered the area, dense foliage entirely blocking the sunlight streamed by the star.
Now, in the originally silent jungle, a wave-like shushing sound ebbed and flowed.
If someone were standing here right now, they would undoubtedly collapse to the ground with their scalp tingling.
Because looking around, there was almost no end to the Zeg, of all sizes, densely packed.
A rough estimate couldn’t count them at all.
Whether there were hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands, maybe even more…
All the bugs Mu Fan once saw on the Zeg Clan’s hierarchy chart at the Shadow Base appeared here now!
Those over a hundred meters in diameter, the Corruptors who almost shot down the Dingchuan Academy’s transport ship, now numbered a full one hundred!
Just their bodies occupied most of the central area.
As for the other half of the area, it was occupied by the Lord Zeg with dozens of giant, soft tentacles hanging down, more than fifty Lords… all suspended in the air, their dense tentacles hanging down to the thick fungus blanket on the ground.
There were also other Zegs Mu Fan had never seen before, like giant scorpion shapes exceeding 80 meters in diameter.
Rhino Worms, giant lurkers…
All these insects far exceeded the database records of the Shadow Base, all gathering here obediently, surrounding the central white chubby worm about five meters long.
And all bowed their heads respectfully, not daring to look directly at that ridiculous fat worm.
Two small, mung bean-sized eyes were embedded in the bright white transparent skin, looking utterly comical at first glance.
But upon closer inspection, one could clearly see the wisdom emanating from those eyes, the lively luster akin to human eyes, unimaginable that this existed in a worm.
“Chirp chirp.”
A sharp cry sounded, the swarming Zegs suddenly paused, then collectively stopped, slowly retreating.
The high-tier Zegs surrounding the central area retreated respectfully with their heads bowed.
Instantly creating a space over five hundred meters in diameter.
The white chubby worm, seeing this scene, actually nodded in satisfaction, glanced around, then chirped softly again.
Click…
The leaves on the ground suddenly rustled and trembled.
Then, in the worship of these Zegs, the ground beneath the white chubby worm began to rise thunderously.
The white chubby worm, eyes glowing with satisfaction and authority, quietly ascended with the rising ground beneath.
One meter, two meters…
Five meters, ten meters, twenty meters…
Finally…
A massive black shadow completely emerged from the ground.
Cracks opened and closed, with immense house-like green eyes opening wide.
Slowly scanning the tens of thousands of insects before it, viscous green liquid dripped from its yawning maw.