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"Roger that!"
An orange shadow shot into the sky; it was Mo Cheng's mech, its shoulder-mounted honeycomb cannon muzzle flashing blue light.
"Boo! Hah! Hah!"
Three pulse projectiles were fired into the area where the snakes and dogs were most densely packed.
"Peng!"
An invisible electromagnetic storm swept through, and dozens of snake-dogs collapsed to the ground like puppets with broken strings.
"Erica, launch missiles at the calyx beast's main body."
"received."
Erica controlled the Storm Shark, fully opening the missile pods on its shoulders. 24 micro-missiles, trailing flames, crashed into the fleshy torso of the Calyx Beast like a swarm of vengeful bees.
"Boom boom boom!"
A series of explosions rang in my ears, engulfing the purplish-black body in front of me, and the stench of blood and flesh splattered like a torrential rain.
The large calyx beast let out a painful howl amidst the explosion, its flower buds suddenly bursting open, a violent, foul breath brewing, and the surrounding Devouring Beasts pounced on it madly.
"Flying snow!"
Mark cleaved through the last snake-dog blocking his path with his greatsword. "Take it down!"
A kilometer away, atop a building, the blue light from the V-shaped eyepiece of the flying snow intensified.
"Target locked: the connection point of the spirit seed inside the flower bud."
Feixue calmly said, "Explode!"
The electromagnetic sniper cannon was charged to its limit, and the barrel turned dark red due to overheating.
"boom!!"
The laser net formed by four floating cannons precisely intercepted the snake-dogs that pounced on Feixue from all around.
"call out!"
The sniper cannon fired, and a slender blue-white beam pierced through the smoke and dust of the explosion, accurately striking the core of the flower bud of the calyx beast.
The armor-piercing warhead pierced through the energy connection between the Spirit Seed and the Star Vortex, as if cutting through thorns and brambles.
"His!"
The large calyx beast let out a dying howl, and the entire bud burst open from the inside, spraying thick purple sap like a waterfall.
"Mo Cheng, Erica, bombard the Star Vortex with all your might, leave the rest to us."
Mark plunged his greatsword into the ground and unleashed his attack at maximum power.
Dark gold patterns lit up wildly on the black mecha, and Mark raised the greatsword high again, a terrifying energy storm gathering at the blade.
"Get out of my way, all of you!"
"boom!"
Mark swung his greatsword and unleashed a shockwave that surged forward in a fan shape like the wrath of the earth, blasting away all the flesh, bones, and Devouring Beasts in its path.
at the same time.
Mo Cheng switched his dual pistols to shotgun mode, approached the vicinity of the star vortex, and unleashed a barrage of firepower.
Erica unleashed her shoulder cannons at full power, raining down high-explosive shells at the crack.
"Crack... Boom!!"
The star vortex base completely collapsed, the suspended star vortex twisted violently, the dark purple vortex turned into an unstable pale white, and the unstable energy magnetic field seemed about to explode.
"retreat!"
Upon seeing this, Chen Yuan's warning echoed throughout the entire communication channel.
"Come on!"
The Shadow Squad retreated rapidly, while the Star Vortex, deprived of its energy support, collapsed inward into a point of extreme white light.
next second!
"Buzz... Boom!"
A silent annihilation pulse swept across the entire field.
The Devouring Beasts within a radius of 100 meters weathered away like sand sculptures, and the shockwave sent the outermost horde of beasts flying. Mark and the others were also affected.
A few minutes later, the smoke and dust dissipated.
Where the star vortex once stood, only a molten crater ten meters deep remains, its crystallized soil radiating a dark red residual heat.
Chen Yuan hovered in mid-air, watching all this with lingering fear; the destruction was enough to threaten the interior of the mecha.
Mark's greatsword slammed into the ground, his black mech covered in scratches.
Ran Bing's shield dissipated, and her silver-blue armor rippled slightly.
Mo Cheng blew on the hot muzzle of the gun, while Erica excitedly made a victory sign.
Snowflakes glided down from the top of the tower, and white smoke curled from the muzzle of a sniper cannon.
At the center of the pit, a life essence crystal the size of a fist, resembling a dark red crystal, floated quietly, emitting an alluring light.
"Sample retrieval, quick, the surrounding Devouring Beasts are gathering."
Chen Yuan flew at top speed, using the nano-alloy mecha arm to catch the crystal. "Return to base."
"Understood." (Flying Snow)
"Understood." (Mo Cheng)
"Understood." (Mark)
"Received." (Ran Bing)
"Okay." (Erica)
And so, the six mech afterimages tore through the radiating clouds, flying at top speed toward the base coordinates.
As the alloy gate of Ark Base 9 slammed shut behind him, Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief before deactivating his mech.
He opened his palm, and the dark red crystal floated in the nanofield, with molten lava flowing inside, turning the command room a blood-red color.
[Beep, ultra-high density life-source aggregate detected... Analyzing components...]
The Loongson chip's electronic tone unusually fluctuated: [Energy Purity: 98.7%...Bioinformation Entropy Value Exceeds Threshold...Exchangeable Points: 500,000!]
"What, 50?"
In this battle, Chen Yuan and his companions worked themselves to the bone and only managed to earn a little over 7 points. Now, a single Life Essence Crystal can be exchanged for 50 Survival Points.
"Damn, I should have blown up a few more star vortexes."
Chen Yuan was secretly troubled, but then he realized that things wouldn't go so smoothly, so he didn't think too much about it. The backlash from the Mana ecosystem was no joke, and no one could predict what would happen.
Chapter 83 Mana Ecological Counterattack
At the No. 9 Ark Survival Base, the comfort of the constant temperature bed allowed Mark and the others to quickly fall into a deep sleep.
But in the middle of the night, the base shook.
The bed frame swayed, the fixtures hummed, and the alarm lights instantly turned the residential area a glaring blood red.
"what happened?"
Mark's voice boomed through the communication channel, hoarse from just being startled awake and instantly tense with alertness.
“Earthquake? Impossible. This abnormal frequency can only be…” Mo Cheng’s voice followed closely behind, carrying the instinctive analysis of a technician.
Ran Bing, Fei Xue, and Erica woke up almost simultaneously. Their well-trained muscle memory instantly put them into a fighting stance, even though they had just woken up from their sleep.
Chen Yuan sat bolt upright, his eyes wide with no sign of sleepiness. "Longxin! Report the situation!"
"Alert: A massive cluster of anomalous life forms has been detected. Origin: Around the surface, within a range of 10,000 to 15,000 kilometers from the base boundary. The number... is surging. Preliminary scans have confirmed over 6000 Devouring Beasts of different levels and species within a 10-kilometer radius, and the number is still rapidly increasing."
"Energy characteristic analysis...confirms the existence of a large number of metamorphic individuals, and the source of the vibration is a surface resonance caused by a large-scale collective rush!"
The electronic voice from the Loongson chip was more urgent than ever before, projecting a chilling scene onto the holographic sand table—red dots representing the Devouring Beasts surged towards the base core from four directions like a boiling sea of blood.
"As expected, the Mana ecosystem's counterattack... is happening faster than I anticipated."
Chen Yuan whispered that their actions during the day in destroying a star vortex had clearly enraged the will of the Mana ecosystem.
"Shadow Squad, all personnel on combat readiness. This is a battle for survival. Mark, Ran Bing, Mo Cheng, Fei Xue, Erica, don your mechs and prepare to attack."
"Iron Guard 1-5, Hellhound 1-5, Mechanical Black Hawk 1-5, remain inside the base, prioritizing the safety of the core area and residential areas. Loongson, activate the base defense system at maximum power."
……
Outside the base, the night was stained with a strange blood mist by scarlet pigment.
Four Mana flowers quietly emerged from the cracks in the ground in four directions. The four huge and eerie Mana flowers swayed gracefully within them, exuding a deadly allure and guiding signal.
Under their "command," the torrent of Devouring Beasts created an unprecedented scene.
The vanguard beast tide, like a gray tide of snake-dogs, was the largest in number. They crawled silently and swiftly on all fours, their antennae waving wildly as they searched for the exact source of life essence within the base.
The massive roars of the beast horde followed closely behind, their red vocal sacs, like throbbing evil hearts, poised to unleash a low, chilling hum, each growl accompanied by the bulging of the vocal sacs.
In the shadows, the spiny eel, like a nimble venomous snake, swiftly darts through the shadows of ruins and packs of snakes and dogs. Its bony plates blend seamlessly with the environment, its mouth opening and closing, its bony spikes poised to strike.
The spinal worm is like a bone-deep carbuncle, attaching itself to large individuals.
The bearded beast's tail, with its arm mimicking a human's cry for help, emitted a mournful pleas and crawled swiftly.
The salamanders, resembling giant toads, were all heading towards the No. 9 Ark survival base.
Dozens of enormous calyx beasts, resembling mobile fortresses, had dangerous blue energy flashing from their mouths and were surrounded by a faint bromine mist. They were the nodes and commanders of the beast tide.
There is only one goal: to destroy this steel nest in front of us.
"Buzz!"
Under the extreme control of the Loongson chip, the base's defense system was fully activated.
Around the base, three massive energy barriers instantly unfolded, seemingly forming an indestructible fortress.