Chapter 67 - Elite

Just as Su Mo was about to be bitten, he leaped backward, narrowly avoiding the attack.

He immediately steadied himself and lifted his gun to fire, wanting to strike back.

Click, click!

Unfortunately, he was out of bullets.

The scene also gave Zhou Qian a huge scare.

At that moment, the ferocious Bai Ze thrust its tail toward him.

Su Mo immediately knelt on both knees, his upper body leaning back almost brushing against the incoming tail before it pierced the Weapon box behind him.

Crack!

The entire box shattered, scattering weapons everywhere.

Decisively discarding his sniper rifle, Su Mo rolled over, picked up a loaded QBZ-171 assault rifle from the ground, pushed off with his left hand, and leapt to his feet, raising the barrel towards the Mature Stage Bai Ze in front of him, and fired a burst.

Bang, bang~~

At such close range, he didn’t need to aim, a spray of bullets, headshot after headshot.

Thick blood splattered everywhere as the Bai Ze let out a mournful howl, its massive body wobbling before it fell unwillingly to the ground.

Before Su Mo could catch his breath, a more than three-meter-tall figure, accompanied by furious roars, charged at him.

Su Mo turned his head to see a Mature Stage Bai Ze pouncing at him, its mouth full of sharp teeth tearing towards him.

He held his breath, twisted his body at the limit, narrowly avoiding the bite.

But he couldn’t dodge its violent charge.

The fierce collision sent Su Mo flying.

He finally crashed heavily to the ground, nearly knocking the wind out of him.

Su Mo couldn’t help but let out a pain-filled groan; the hit was like being struck by a small sedan.

Whoosh!

A sound of something tearing through the air came.

Ignoring the pain in his body, Su Mo’s brain reflexively reacted, rolling away from his position in a lazy donkey roll.

At that moment, a sharp tail pierced the ground where he had been lying.

Su Mo shook his head, struggling to regain his composure, and decisively dropped the gun in his hand.

He picked up another freshly loaded QBZ-171 from the ground and fired at the Bai Ze.

The Mature Stage Bai Ze in front of him was riddled with holes.

Blood gushed instantly, but even so, it was no use.

Since no vital parts were hit, it became even more ferocious and desperately lunged at him.

It looked intent on tearing Su Mo to shreds.

“Su Mo, be careful!”

Seeing Su Mo in danger, Lin Zinuo rushed over immediately, continuously shooting, but to little effect.

Su Mo’s pupils shrank, his muscles tensed, his nerves stretched to the limit.

The feeling of impending death did not crush him but instead spurred his potential, as he prepared to gather his strength for a counterattack.

Just then, three Mechas charged from the distance, raising their gigantic weapons!

Click, click~

A torrent of relentless gunfire!

Finally, the Bai Ze that had nearly reached Su Mo was turned into a sieve, collapsing unwillingly before him.

With the arrival of three eight-meter-tall, bulky green Mechas, the once precarious situation immediately stabilized.

The charging Mechas shot down one Bai Ze after another, kicking one away with a powerful blow.

Seeing the turn in the tide, Su Mo let out a sigh of relief.

Instantly, pain flooded his body, and he gritted his teeth, preparing to stand up.

“Are you okay?”

Lin Zinuo walked up to him, extending a hand and asking with concern.

If it weren’t for Su Mo’s timely rescue of her and the quick support for the others, they might have really perished here today.

Su Mo was slightly taken aback, but eventually extended his hand and clasped it with Lin Zinuo’s; her hand was indeed exceptionally soft.

Then Lin Zinuo pulled Su Mo to his feet.

“Are you really okay?

If you’re injured, you have to speak up.

Hidden injuries can be deadly if they fester.”

Lin Zinuo was still a bit worried as she asked.

“I’m fine.”

Su Mo replied hoarsely, turning his head to look around.

The battle was almost over, and the ambushers, the Bai Ze, had been wiped out.

Of course, the cost had been high.

The number of survivors, counting himself, had dwindled to only twenty-four.

A large number of players living here had died tragically.

This was still thanks to them opening the weapon box, as well as the three mechas that had arrived later.

If they had stuck with the weapons they’d had before, they probably would have been annihilated by now.

Besides, Su Mo felt like he had seen a ghost.

This monster called Bai Ze was excessively intelligent, even knowing how to use bait and lay an ambush.

At that moment, Zhou Qian came over, panting as she asked Zinuo.

“Sister Zinuo, everything’s been cleaned up.

Assuming there are no accidents, those monsters should be the ones who caused the annihilation of the personnel left behind.”

“Hmm, how are the casualties?”

Lin Zinuo asked with a headache.

“It’s bad because the attack came so suddenly.

And we still don’t know if there are any monsters hiding in this base.

I was too naive before.”

Zhou Qian looked up, her unease apparent.

Unfortunately, with the steel beams overhead crisscrossing and the dim visibility, it was hard to spot any lurking monsters.

“Let’s all gather together.

With the mechas on hand, as long as we’re not ambushed, we should be able to handle a small scale of monsters.

Don’t blame yourself, no one could have predicted an ambush, and even if they had, it might not have been avoidable.”

Lin Zinuo reassured Zhou Qian.

Zhou Qian managed a weak smile.

Sssss~~

Just then, Lin Zinuo’s communicator suddenly erupted with static noise, followed by Zhao Yang’s voice, desperate and urgent.

“We’re under attack!”

“Ah!”

A scream followed, and then the communication was cut off.

Lin Zinuo’s face changed dramatically, and she immediately shouted to everyone, “Everyone head to the entrance now!”

Li Han and his two teammates piloted their mechas and rushed toward the entrance.

As they ran, they raised their weapons, aiming at the entrance to prepare for the approaching enemy.

Unexpectedly, what they encountered was not an enemy but a familiar figure.

They saw Luo Jia running in from the outside, her face etched with fear.

Upon seeing Luo Jia, Li Han shouted loudly, “Hurry up!”

When Luo Jia saw her comrades in the mechas, it was as if she saw a glimmer of hope, and hope reignited in her previously despairing eyes.

But as she was about to run inside—

Zap—

A sharp and lethal tail pierced through her chest from behind, her eyes quickly losing their spark of life.

A giant shadow emerged from behind her, a seven-meter-tall mutant Bai Ze with two tails, its whole body covered in hardened gray-white skin, and a circular fissure in its chest where a special “spark” burned—an Elite Level I-Type Bai Ze.

Behind it were two smaller I-type Bai Ze of the same species, each a head shorter and each with two tails.

The other minions were not even worth mentioning, their numbers beyond what one could see at a glance.

The Elite Level I-type Bai Ze swung its tail and flung Luo Jia’s body in front of everyone, a clear taunt.

“Dammit!

Vengeance for Luo Jia and the others!”

Li Han’s eyes turned red, and he instantly pulled the trigger, unleashing a fierce barrage of fire.

His teammates also launched their attacks without hesitation.

However, the I-type Elite Level Bai Ze, like a bolt of lightning under the volley of bullets, charged at Li Han.

As it neared, its two tails shot out like sharp spears and instantly struck the left side of Li Han’s mecha’s chest—a spot that avoided the most durable central region.

The sturdy armor on the left side caved in an instant, and the entire mecha staggered backward, crashing heavily to the ground.

“Captain!”