Volume 13 Ancient Bronze City Ruins Chapter 629: Insect-Type Transformed Humans
Several mechas immediately came to the front of the battle line, but they did not draw out the melee weapons at their waists. Instead, they raised the "Hurricane Hammer" fully-automatic shotguns that were standard on the "Thruster" series of mechas, and pointed their guns at the rapidly approaching Zerg-type cyborg.
In the command terminology of the field corps, close combat has never been equal to hand-to-hand combat - ten steps away, the gun is fast; within ten steps, the gun is both accurate and fast.
Although the alien insect-type mutant moves very fast, the continuous shotgun fire at close range will weave a barrage of bullets with no blind spots, completely covering all the space for it to dodge and maneuver.
However, the actual situation was not as everyone expected - just when these thrusters raised the hurricane hammer, many scales on the alien insect-type mutant's body suddenly flipped up, revealing special glands hidden under the scales, and the next moment, a large amount of transparent liquid suddenly spurted out of these glands.
Just like the silk spitted out by a spider, these transparent liquids quickly turned white and solidified after coming into contact with the air, forming a series of rapid-shooting silk threads. The pilots of the Thruster mechas had not even reacted before the machine in the middle was already stuck by these silk threads.
Immediately afterwards, this iron can weighing more than ten tons was pulled by the other party's silk threads which were not much thicker than a hair, causing it to lose balance and fall heavily to the ground!
"Fire! Shoot!"
Several other Thrusters immediately pulled the trigger - although the full power of the Hurricane Hammer could not be exerted at this distance, only the density of the shotgun shells would be affected, and the power of a single projectile would not be weakened too much, so it was more than enough to deal with unarmored targets.
But what the pilots and soldiers could never have imagined was that the silk threads shot out from the glands quickly retracted in less than half a second, dragging the fallen "Thruster" in front of the Zerg-type mutant, blocking all the shotgun shells fired at it like a shield.
The Zerg-type mutant waved his arm and inserted the blade-like limb at the front of his arm into the armor gap of the machine. He pulled hard, and accompanied by a burst of flying sparks, the body of the thruster on one side instantly collapsed, and the mechanical arm drooped to the ground, unable to move anymore.
"The thruster's transmission cable has been cut." Layton said, "That guy...it's obviously familiar with the structure of this type of mecha."
Although the left side of the machine was completely paralyzed, the pilot did not give up. He manipulated the other arm of the machine and pulled out the thermal combat dagger at his waist from the sheath.
He can definitely be considered the person who has the most intuitive sense of the stickiness, strength and terrifying power of these "spider silks" - no doubt about it.
The moment the spider silk attached to his body, the muscle memory accumulated from years of training and fighting had already made him subconsciously prepare to wrestle with the opponent, but the entire body was still pulled to the ground by the irresistible force and dragged over...
He knew very well that he could not break free of these restraints by relying on his own power. Moreover, his body was already half paralyzed... Instead of struggling in vain, he might as well take advantage of this opportunity to get close to the opponent and give him a fatal blow!
The blade of the thermal combat dagger lit up with a dark orange-yellow light. Although the light seemed dim, the actual temperature of the blade could reach over two thousand degrees Celsius. It was no exaggeration to say that it could cut through iron like mud.
But before the pilot could stab the nearby insect-type cyborg with the thermal combat dagger, the opponent's mouth suddenly split into four pieces like an insect's mouthparts, and a strong acid with white smoke spurted out of the mouth, creating a coin-sized hole in the cockpit cover.
A translucent fleshy straw extended from its mouth and quickly pierced into the dissolved hole. With a creepy and strange sound, the flesh and blood that seemed to have been dissolved into a paste was sucked into the stomach of the transformer along the straw...
Although the distance was more than twenty meters, the cables connected to the aircraft body transmitted the shrill screams in the cockpit back to the public channel exactly as they were... Just by listening, one could imagine what a horrifying scene was in the cockpit at that moment.
"This can no longer be considered a cyborg, right?" Layton swallowed with some difficulty, his bionic throat twitching involuntarily. "This is closer to the definition of a monster than those indigenous creatures, right?"
"There is no doubt that this thing is a monster." Ivan said, "The human part of it is probably less than 15% left."
"Doctor...how did you figure out this 15 percent?" Leighton couldn't help but ask.
"It's a simple matter of addition and subtraction. At least its circulatory and digestive systems have been replaced. Plus, its power is much stronger than that of ordinary Seed of Corrosion containers. I have reason to believe that its bones and muscles are not original either... So, the only relatively complete human organ left is probably the brain. Counting in some miscellaneous things, 15% should be a relatively conservative number."
"If I have the chance, I would really like to dissect its body." Ivan paused and added.
"Open the shields! All the machines in the front row open their shields!"
At the commander's order, the remaining machines directly activated their energy shields - although the spider silk was difficult to deal with, the high temperature of the energy shield could still burn it. The thruster that was just towed away was also unlucky. At first, the pilot was unable to activate the shield due to the imbalance of the machine. By the time the pilot reacted, the connection route of the left arm carrying the energy shield was completely cut off by the opponent, so that he was unable to activate the shield until his death.
But when several machines put up energy shields and prepared to move forward, the Zerg-type cyborg actually rushed towards them holding up the half-paralyzed thruster!
"The native insect species... have always been known for their extraordinary strength that is completely disproportionate to their own size... If I were to use one word to describe this cyborg, it would be... 'perfect'," Ivan murmured.
As he spoke, the Zerg-type cyborg had already raised his body and crashed into the energy shield. The surface of the thruster mech was instantly burned red, and the reactive armor on the shoulders and outside of the arms exploded one after another - but that was all.
No matter how powerful the energy shield is, it is impossible to burn through a mecha weighing more than ten tons in such a short time. Caught off guard, the thruster that was chosen as the target collided head-on with its former comrade-in-arms... and taking advantage of this opportunity, the Zerg-type mutant that passed through the shield instantly went behind the target and inserted the sharp blade into the gap in the armor, replicating a previous operation.
What Layton said was absolutely correct. This Zerg-type cyborg was extremely familiar with the machines equipped by the Field Corps. In an instant, another machine lost its ability to move and fell to the ground.
Dozens of spider silks shot out and entangled the two machines. The Zerg-human's body suddenly leaned back, and the two heavy machines were swung up like meteor hammers and smashed towards the convoy not far away.
"Be careful!" The commander of the mobile force shouted at the top of his lungs. Because the second thruster was paralyzed, a hole was torn in the originally complete defense line. Before the two "Shield Mountains" could fill the gap in time, the enemy had already used their scrapped mecha as a throwing weapon to smash it...
Given the protective capabilities of these light armored vehicles, if they were hit by these two machines, there would be no chance of survival for the crew members inside the vehicles. If the machines, ammunition, and reactors on the vehicles were detonated, the losses could be further increased.
He seemed to have seen the armored vehicle being smashed and the flames of the explosion rising into the sky, and he even subconsciously raised his arms to protect himself...
But the expected loud noise never happened.
"Huh?" He was stunned for a moment. The distance between the convoy and himself was not more than twenty meters. He should not be able to hear any sound, right?
With such doubts, he put down his arms and looked up into the sky, only to see that the two Thruster mechas that had fallen down were frozen in mid-air - not only were the bodies of the mechas frozen, but even the burning flames on the first Thruster and the rising black mist were also frozen.
The commander couldn't help but open his eyes wide - although he had seen many strange things in the battles with indigenous creatures and heretical sects, this kind of scene was really the first time he saw it.
It was as if... the flow of time had stagnated on these two machines.
"You go deal with the other cyborgs, leave this guy to us." Ke Lan left these words in his ear, and rushed out directly with Asano Akira. One of the former's arms was quickly covered by scarlet living armor, while the latter tightly grasped the hilt of the sword and tucked the scabbard under his armpit.
Seeing someone rushing towards him, the insectoid turned around and sprayed a large amount of spider silk towards the two people. This time the amount of spider silk was much larger than the previous two times, and it almost instantly formed a large web, covering Ke Lan and the others like an overwhelming force.
It was obvious that the cyborg felt a fatal threat from Ke Lan and Asano Akira.
"Asano Akira, come here!"
"good."
As soon as Asano Akira spoke, he jumped up from the ground, twisted his body nearly 180 degrees in the air, and suddenly drew his sword towards the spider web covering him!
Countless gray knife lights flashed in the air, and the large net that was tough enough to capture the mecha was cut into pieces in the blink of an eye .
Without the obstruction of the spider web, Ke Lan pounced directly at the alien insect-type mutant. The bloody claws on his hands suddenly grew to more than half a meter in length and went straight to the other party's neck part that was not covered by scales.
Just when Ke Lan's claws were about to grab the opponent's neck, the glands on the opponent's back suddenly shot out several strands of spider silk, which stuck to the ground in the distance and pulled its body back quickly.
This kind of displacement made Ke Lan think of an old movie called "Speedman"...
After the attack missed, Ke Lan did not immediately chase after him. Instead, he pulled out the pistol from his waist with his other hand and repeatedly pulled the trigger at the wide-open chest and abdomen of the alien insect-type mutant.
Although the caliber of this pistol is only 3.6 mm, it is a Gauss pistol. The penetrating power and kinetic energy attached to the bullet are far greater than the large-caliber hunting pistol that Ke Lan used before. More than a dozen needle-shaped bullets easily tore open the scales on the modified man's body and penetrated into its body.
Judging from the shooting position, the bullet almost hit the heart 100% - of course, the premise is that it still has a human heart and the position of the heart has not changed.
The alien insect-type mutant quickly opened up a distance of more than ten meters between itself and Ke Lan, but judging from the way it landed, the dozen or so shots that Ke Lan had just fired at it did not seem to cause any serious damage to it.
"Insects are really tenacious..." Ke Lan couldn't help but complain in her heart.
Many species of insects on Earth can survive for several hours after their heads are cut off, and can even grow a new head... not to mention the native alien insects on Alpha. This is in line with the basic understanding of human biology - the simpler and lower the structure of a living organism, the stronger its regeneration ability. It is often difficult to kill high-level organisms quickly with fatal injuries.
For example, if you cut an earthworm in half, it will split into two independent individuals instead of dying.
If we cut off the head of this Zerg-type cyborg...
This thought only flashed through Ke Lan's mind, and then a ghostly figure with a gray knife light approached the side of the cyborg in an instant. Before Ke Lan could even catch the moment Asano Akira drew his knife and then put it away, the head of the alien insect-type cyborg had already left its neck and flew into the air.
"Asano Akira seems to have become much stronger..." Ke Lan thought to himself. Without using the time stop function, it was difficult for him to see Asano Akira's moves clearly. If Asano Akira's attack moves were recorded with a highly sensitive camera, in order to capture the moment when he drew his sword, it would probably require a one-second segment to be subdivided into hundreds of frames.
Asano Akira did not stop there. After beheading the enemy, the gray sword light drew a huge cross, which deeply penetrated into the body of the alien insect-type mutant... The next second, the body that had few human features had broken into four large pieces and fell to the ground.
"What a fast sword." Layton said absentmindedly, "I recorded the fight just now, but even in slow motion I didn't see Asano Akira's sword movement."
"That's normal. I didn't see it clearly either." Ke Lan said, "Let's not talk about this for now. There are still a lot of enemies that haven't been dealt with..."
He turned his head to look at the battlefield on the other side, and saw that the mobile forces were continuously pouring firepower on the shield of the cyborg, but after bombarding for half a day, the strength of the shield did not show any signs of weakening.
