Chapter 332 Cicada Shell

Although the PPDC did not recognize this monster and did not give it a code name - but Fu Qinghai knew it.

The fourth-level monster "White Snake" appeared in "Pacific Rim 2: Uprising" and its special ability is to burrow into the ground.

The overall appearance of the "White Snake" is similar to that of ankylosaur. It is copper-green in color, with a large tortoise-shell-like plate on its back that extends all the way to the tail. The plate on the top of its head forms a horn-like protrusion. It has a total of six legs, and each leg joint is also protected by a plate. The spike-like tail is also a powerful weapon.

The monsters of ten years from now have all appeared in advance, so even if the monsters from the animated series "Pacific Rim: The Black" appear, Fu Qinghai will not be surprised at all.

Looking back, the reason why "Poison Lady" and "Swift Dragon" had been lurking in the deep sea and were reluctant to land, and then inexplicably began to approach the coast, might not be to compete with "White Scar" in endurance - but to wait for "White Snake" to sneak all the way underground to the nearby area, and then wait for an opportunity to ambush the Mecha Hunter.

As shown in the movie, the "poisonous woman" indeed has the ability and wisdom to command other monsters.

But Fu Qinghai didn't have time to think about these things right now.

Because they are far from out of danger.

…

As soon as "White Scar" stretched out his hand to lift up the head of "White Snake", he was slapped away by the "Poison Woman" and disappeared into the ocean again. It can be said that he was not given any face at all.

The people in front of the screen felt a jolt in their hearts.

The heart that had just settled down immediately hung up again.

Five minutes ago.

The "White Snake" entangled the "White Scar" and dragged it into the pit, but it happened to expose its vulnerable abdomen without a deck. The mecha hunter broke free with one hand and used the Kleus-type siege drill to forcibly remove its head!

The "White Snake" was beheaded soon after it appeared.

But "Poison Lady" and "Swift Dragon" still exist.

At this moment, the two thick and powerful claws of the "poison woman" were scratching fiercely near the energy core on the chest of the mecha hunter. One punch after another, the claw caused massive damage to the outer shell of the body. The piercing pain feedback made Zofia feel like a thousand arrows were stabbed in her heart and she almost fainted.

But the other person in the synaesthesia connection has always silently endured the strong pain from the body's feedback. He is conscious and the feeling he transmits is as stable and tenacious as ever, like a towering and majestic mountain or a deep-rooted old tree, firmly supporting Zofia so that she will not be forced to disconnect the synaesthesia connection due to the repeated flushing of massive neural signals.

"So he is the driver?"

Zofia thought unconsciously.

"concentrate!"

Fu Qinghai calmly controlled the Mecha Hunter, and at the same time conveyed a thought in his mind to remind his partner.

The "poisonous woman" pounced on "White Scar" and beat him wantonly. The mecha hunter lay down in a mud-stirred, sunlight-less pit on the seabed, trying desperately to defend himself.

There was also a "Swift Dragon" moving back and forth nearby, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack - this damn beast used its speed advantage in the water to circle around "White Scar" and bite it non-stop.

Almost every attack pulled at least one metal part off the White Scar's body.

"Ganlinliang!"

Fu Qinghai cursed inwardly and came up with a plan.

Zofia knew immediately what he was thinking.

The "Velociraptor" was like a swordfish in the water, swaying its body from side to side so fast that it seemed to be shaking. It quickly passed by the "White Scar", and its huge mouth opened in the shape of three petals, from which its real head was ejected, a pointed mouth emitting fluorescent light like a nautilus, and it bit towards the arm of the Mech Hunter.

The "White Scar" who was well prepared took a heavy blow to the face from the "Poison Woman", raised his giant chainsaw sword and chopped it down fiercely. The spear-like hook at the bottom of the chainsaw sword caught the horn-like protrusion on the "Velociraptor" shoulder.

"Swift Dragon" missed its bite and swung its tail to avoid it quickly, but ended up pulling "White Scar" with it, dragging it a long distance, scraping the edge of the pit and the seabed along the way, and getting rid of the "poisonous woman"'s entanglement.

"The head control cabin is broken and water is seeping in some areas!"

Qingming issued a red alert.

A large amount of seawater poured into the control cabin, drowning Fu Qinghai and Zofia together. Water splashed, cables swung around, and alarms kept beeping. The two were dizzy from the violent shaking, but fortunately they were not disconnected from the synaesthesia connection, and could only confirm the position and status of the mecha based on the holographic projection in front of them.

The "Swift Dragon" turned flexibly and opened its mouth to bite the "White Scar". The "White Scar" lay on the monster's back and grabbed the slender bird head that popped out of the monster's three-petal mouth. It used the chainsaw sword to forcefully cut the bright red neck. Blue blood spread out, just like killing a chicken and bleeding...

The headless "Swift Dragon" slowly stopped swinging.

"White Scar" was dragged into the deep water area by "Swift Dragon". After killing the monster, it quickly activated the turbine drainage channel on its chest. The mecha hunter slowly rose and came to the shallow water area. Its feet stepped on the slope of the seabed and its head gradually emerged from the water.

The searchlights of the surrounding civilian helicopters had been searching the sea and soon spotted the Mech Hunter that had resurfaced. The camera followed the searchlights and the audience in front of the TV breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this scene.

The "White Scar" stepped out of the sea, with sea water dripping down its body in streams. It looked extremely bad, with multiple parts of its body damaged, oil dripping, sparks flashing, and almost no intact armor on its body.

But in his hand was the long and narrow head of the monster "Velociraptor".

"Wow——"

The spectators in front of the TV were excited.

Another one, another one killed!

"White Scar" killed another monster.

Humanity's strongest mecha hunter, well-deserved!

Anchorage Shattered Dome.

"Yes! Yes! I knew they could do it. I knew that White Scars would never disappoint!"

A staff member pumped his fist excitedly.

People around them clapped their hands and cheered, celebrating this hard-won and tragic victory. Only controller Cai Tiantong quickly leaned over to the microphone and asked loudly:

"'White Scar', this is the Anchorage base mission control center. Repeat, this is the mission control center. Can you hear me? Please reply if you hear me."

The comms channel was still filled with static.

Mission Control received no response.

"Their communications equipment may be broken."

A staff member said.

The outer sea of ​​Chanzhou Bay.

"White Scar" turned around slowly, holding a chainsaw sword in one hand and a siege drill in the other. The head of "Saurus" was stuck in the mechanical claws of the siege drill and was thrown into the sea.

The pilot team looked at the "poisonous woman" not far away. The monster showed a rare cautious attitude, swinging its only two remaining long tails, lowering its body, and slowly approaching the mecha hunter.

"Qingming, report the damage."

Fu Qinghai muttered to himself.

A holographic projection of the Mech Hunter appeared on the visor of the helmet, with several areas marked in red, indicating that the damage was serious, and yellow areas indicating that some functions were affected.

"The right arm is damaged, some cables are broken, and the Mech Hunter's single-arm power output is reduced by 37%."

"Water has entered the chest area. The damaged area has been sealed. The output power of the energy core has been reduced by 20%."

"The head control cabin is damaged, the communication channel is invalid, the auxiliary aiming and fire control systems are offline..."

Qingming reported a series of damaged parts one after another.

At this moment, there was still a pool of sea water under Fu Qinghai and Zofia's feet, which was the result after the water was drained.

Fu Qinghai is now very fortunate: the three monsters "Poison Woman", "Swift Dragon" and "Abomination" are wormhole guards, not good at fighting on the water, and do not have the corrosive poison sac spray and biological electromagnetic pulse of "Tail Rat" and "Hedge Turtle" -

Of course, the "White Scar" had been coated with acid-resistant alloy and electromagnetic pulse defense in advance, but the outer shell of the mecha was now in tatters. If they encountered those two monsters again, Fu Qinghai and Zofia would probably have no choice but to abandon the plane and escape.

Although the "poisonous woman" is huge but not bloated. This giant monster with a slender body has three tails that account for half of its body length. At the end of the tail is a trident-like spike, but one of the tails has been broken. Fluorescent blue spots and crack-like luminous stripes spread along its spine all the way to the end of the tail, flickering like a breathing light, weird and enchanting.

The monster seemed very patient. It circled around "White Scar" slowly and at a leisurely pace, gradually closing the distance. After several rounds of fighting, both sides were equally covered in wounds. The "poisonous woman" swung her huge double-bun head, and the four small blue eyes at the end of the forked head looked coldly at the mecha hunter.

Suddenly, it moved!

The "poisonous woman" used all four legs and stepped on the water surface to rush towards the "white scar" quickly, twisting her body left to right like a snake monster lizard. Fu Qinghai and Zofia took a stance and waited for her seriously, only to see the "poisonous woman" push the ground with both legs and tail backwards like a kangaroo and pounce on them at an extremely fast speed.

The "White Scar" did not shy away, holding a chainsaw sword and a siege drill in each hand. The two weapons vibrated and hummed at the same time, and the hooked saw blade and the toothed thread rotated rapidly, leaving only a blurry afterimage, and brazenly rushed towards the "Poisonous Woman"!

"Pah!"

The three-toed giant claws of the "poisonous woman" actually directly grasped the two arms of the "white scar".

The giant claw on the left, black crusty fragments and blue flesh flew all over the place, and was directly pierced through the palm by the chainsaw sword. The square blade of the chainsaw sword emerged from the back of the claw.

The giant claw on the right was interlocked with the four mechanical claws of the siege drill, tightly clasped together. It was also polished away in minutes, leaving only a white palm skeleton.

The mecha hunter and the monster wrestled desperately, their muscles and steel cables contracted and tightened, their bones and pistons groaned with effort, and the "White Scar" was suppressed and retreated step by step. The "Poisonous Woman"'s claws were instantly disabled!

But...

It is locked together with the "White Scar".

Fu Qinghai reacted immediately and shouted:

"Be careful!"

As soon as the voice fell, two thick three-pronged sharp tails, like two vicious snakes, drilled along the armpits of the "poisonous woman" and directly penetrated the head control cabin of "White Scar"!

Although the two of them were in sync, at the critical moment, Fu Qinghai only had time to twist his waist and fall backwards. "White Scar" made this move synchronously, almost dodging the first sharp tail by a hair's breadth. The second tail that followed, suddenly swung forward like lightning, and penetrated directly into the middle of the "Y"-shaped light blue mask of the mecha hunter!

"Bang!" There was a loud noise.

The light blue mask shattered like glass, and the huge three-pronged tail tip fiercely stabbed into the head control cabin. The "White Scar" kept leaning back, and the "Poisonous Woman"'s tail chased forward until the tail was stretched straight!

Fu Qinghai was stunned.

He stared with wide eyes at the black dart-shaped tail tip in front of him. It was larger than a car, and the end was only thirteen centimeters away from his chest.

"Unlock!"

Fu Qinghai ignored the huge tail tip still stuck in front of him, opened his mouth and roared, twisted his waist and half turned backwards.

The energy output pipeline and control handle of the Kleus-type siege drill on his left arm were instantly cut off, and the "White Scar" pulled his left hand out of the "boxing glove" and swung a fierce punch forward, hitting the "Poison Woman" hard on the chest and blocking a tail in the process. The elastic hard skin on the chest of the "Poison Woman" rippled and vibrated, and there was no sign of being hurt at all.

When the tail was pulled away, Fu Qinghai and Zofia's eyes suddenly became clear. They could see the huge face of the "poisonous woman" outside through the broken mask, and the four eyes at both ends of the monster's head emitting faint blue light. They could also see the two little guys driving the mecha hunter inside through the cracks in the mask.

This time we are facing each other seriously.

The more pain, the more excitement.

Zofia clearly felt the surging fighting spirit in Fu Qinghai's heart. The stimulation of the electrical signals from the damaged mecha did not make him shrink or feel timid in the slightest.

On the contrary, Zofia could even hear the vigorous beating of two hearts, the thrill of adrenaline rushing through her body, and the three lungs frantically inhaling the salty, cold seaside air outside the crack.

Fu Qinghai still held the chainsaw sword tightly in his right hand, refusing to let go. After hammering the "poisonous woman" with his left arm, the arm armor quickly bounced up and slid open, revealing the black hole of the earthquake cannon.

It was right in front of the "evil woman's" chest.

"boom--"

The first shot.

The "poisonous woman" trembled all over, a gap exploded in her chest, and thick blue slurry sprinkled down like rain - at such a close distance, there was no need for a fire control system, and she could hit the target with her eyes closed.

"Left arm, earthquake cannon, 'City Breaker' earthquake bomb, one round, reload completed, three rounds of ammunition remaining."

A huge black shell popped out from the arm and fell, and Qing Ming simultaneously sent a prompt that the ammunition was loaded.

"boom--"

Second shot.

The "Poisonous Woman" still had a siege drill on her right claw. She waved her hand to block the "White Scar's" left arm holding the cannon, but the shell was fired at that moment, breaking her arm in an instant. The "City Breaker"'s seismic bomb continued to have force and drilled into the gap in her chest.

With a muffled sound, the "poisonous woman" trembled all over.

"White Scar" held the hilt of the chainsaw sword tightly with his other hand, and the lower end of the sword hooked and locked the palm of the monster's left claw, resolutely preventing the "poisonous woman" from retreating. Another huge black shell emitting white smoke fell from the sky into the sea.

Qingming immediately sent a reminder:

The third seismic bomb has been loaded.

"boom--"

The third shot arrived as promised.

This shot had a penetrating effect.

It penetrated the "evil woman"'s chest and came out from her back.

The monster's chest was pierced.

Fu Qinghai and Zofia could even see the waves, tides and horizon behind the monster through the circular hole in front of them.

The light gradually faded from the two pairs of eyes of the "poisonous woman" with double-bun giant claws. The monster's body tilted, and it shrank and twisted as if it had lost its support, and it fell powerlessly to the side.

"White Scar" twisted his wrist and pulled the chainsaw sword out of the monster's palm. The left arm of the "Poison Woman" then fell into the shallow sea, splashing white water all over the sky.

"it's over."

Fu Qinghai and Zofia thought of it at the same time.

"Long live!!!"

Inside the Anchorage shattered dome and mission control center, everyone jumped up and shouted in unison. Hats, cups, pencils, keyboards... were thrown into the air in an instant. Some people even hugged each other and cried.

"Ulla——"

In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island, at the front desk of an old apartment, people gathered in the narrow hall, jumping and dancing, crying and laughing, singing celebratory songs loudly... The same scene happened in different countries and different occasions, in bars, squares, homes... People were as happy as if their country's football team had won the World Cup.

"Bang!"

At the headquarters building, the representative slammed his fist on the table. His tense mood suddenly relaxed. He stared blankly at the image on the screen and muttered to himself:

"I heard that the pilot of the 'White Scar' is a Chinese. This is a Chinese mecha, right..."

"I would like to remind the Chinese representatives that starting from the fifth generation, the Mech Hunters have cancelled the 'nationality' setting. These Mech Hunters belong to all mankind. This is also a victory for all mankind."

The representative of Ying Country quickly interrupted.

"No."

The Chinese representative shook his head and said affirmatively:

"This is a Chinese mecha!"

…

In the shallow sea of ​​Chanzhou Bay.

The head of the mecha was severely damaged and all detection equipment had failed. The "White Scar" lowered its head. Fu Qinghai and Zofia looked at the monster's corpse under their feet through the crack.

"call..."

They both gasped at the same time.

At this moment, fatigue and exhaustion surged into his heart, and the mecha hunter slowly turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Fu Qinghai suddenly thought:

"Why haven't I received any notifications about reaching the milestone for killing monsters?"

"I didn't receive it either."

Zofia sensed his thoughts and responded.

The two of them thought about it and turned around suddenly.

The abdomen of the monster "Poison Woman" bulged slowly, as if something was wriggling inside its body. Along with the monster's blood and bile, it slid out from the hole in its chest and revealed its true form in the air, just like a cicada shedding its shell or a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon - but its speed was much faster.

Before the mecha hunter could react, three pairs of wings spread out in the air. In other situations, Fu Qinghai might think these wings were pretty nice.

They are transparent with light blue stripes, and look very much like the wings of damselflies. Eight long, thin legs with hooks and spines support it to stand up from the faded blue bursa. The pair of hind legs are particularly huge, like the legs that grasshoppers use to jump on the ground.

Now, relying on its two legs, it catapulted into action, leaped forward in a huge leap, and pounced towards the head cockpit of the "White Scar" with a "whoosh". Its sharp siphon-like mouthparts went straight towards Fu Qinghai and Zofia in the gap.

A flying monster?

Both of them were startled.

"White Scar" hurriedly raised his hands to protect his head, and the chainsaw sword was restarted. This monster that looked like a dragonfly and a butterfly flew into the air. The strong wind caused by its wings created waves on the water, and then it swooped down towards the mecha hunter.

"boom--"

The last earthquake shell was fired.

However, it was dodged by the flying monster that was well prepared. Compared with those level 4 and level 5 monsters, it was not large in size. It flapped its wings and rotated, flying up and down at an extremely fast speed and extremely flexible, flying around the blind spot of the mecha hunter's vision.

The auspicious array failed, there was no auxiliary aiming and observation of the fire control system, and one hand had to protect the head control cabin. At this moment, the two men could only shoot by feeling.

The flying monster's pair of huge fluorescent blue compound eyes rolled around, reflecting the crack on White Scar's head that was protected by his hands. Then the monster locked onto that spot firmly and suddenly dived down to stab.

"Bang!"

The monster was concentrating on dodging the chainsaw sword swung by the right hand, but was accidentally slapped down by the raised left hand. At the same time, the armor plates on the upper abdomen of "White Scar" were lifted up, and two sets of double-linked five-barrel revolver muzzles with dense black holes popped out. Zofia, who was well prepared, immediately controlled and opened fire!

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Vulcan giant bomb!

Nicknamed "The Devil's Laughter".

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—"

The flying monster's wings were hit so hard that their broken limbs flew everywhere and their appendages kicked wildly, and a strange "squeaking" sound came from their mouthparts. Fluorescent blue blood, transparent broken wings and black claws splattered everywhere.

As the monster dived into the water, Zofia immediately turned the muzzle of her gun and started shooting. A row of tall water columns suddenly exploded on the sea surface. The monster swam like a flying fish and glided like a water strider, maneuvering up and down, left and right at high speed, while fleeing desperately... Finally, it escaped from the attack range of the mecha hunter, then flapped its wings, dragged its broken body, and staggered towards the inland area.

"Click, click, click…"

The Vulcan giant bomb slowly stopped rotating.

"White Scar" stood where it was, and Fu Qinghai and Zofia could only watch the monster escape through the crack.

The two of them showed the same unhappy expression.

Just at this moment.

"Boom boom whoosh whoosh..."

The noise of helicopters came from the sky.

The mecha hunter turned around and looked.

A black mass of helicopters, with dense white searchlights sweeping around beneath them, and a huge object like a carrier rocket hanging from several steel cables, slowly flying towards this side.

Xiao Fei's pod booster...

It's finally here.

...

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