Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 733: Sudden Gunshots
"They are a group of steelback rhinos... They are herbivores, but they are the more aggressive ones among herbivores." Ivan, who was sitting in the back seat of the SUV and watching the images sent back by the drone, said, "They are right on our route. If the SUV drives directly through them, these aggressive guys will definitely catch up with us."
Although it was impossible for the steelback rhinoceros to catch up with Ke Lan's off-road vehicle, if hundreds of them, each weighing as much as an elephant, ran at full speed in an open area, the noise would be too loud, and who knows what would attract them...
If a few predatory creatures were attracted, the situation might be resolved through fighting. However, if the Ark's all-weather reconnaissance drones deployed near the Great Basin were attracted, things would become troublesome.
Although Ke Lan and his team's off-road vehicles and Blasphemer mechas have added anti-radar stealth coatings, this kind of "invisibility" is not invisible in the physical sense like optical camouflage. If they are directly exposed to the visible light lens of a drone, they will still be discovered.
Even if the undead crew doesn't have time to send people to stop them, they can still use long-range strikes to destroy their necessary routes - missiles and plasma fly much faster than off-road vehicles.
The operation across the Great Basin must be carried out as quickly and secretly as possible.
"Can we clear out all the steel-backed rhinos in 120 seconds without using long-range weapons?" Ke Lan asked in the communication channel.
"Okay." Valentina responded immediately. The Blasphemer mecha suddenly accelerated, overtook the off-road vehicle, and glided forward.
Not long after, the figure of the Blasphemer Mecha appeared in the drone's screen. The Steel-backed Rhinoceros that were digging up the sand with their lips and teeth immediately noticed the giant that appeared nearby. They all raised their heads and looked towards the Blasphemer Mecha.
But before these steel-backed unicorns could react, the Blasphemer mecha had already cut into the herd, and the heavy armor-piercing swordsman raised his sword and cut the two closest steel-backed unicorns in half.
The Steelback Rhino has a thick layer of "armor" on its back, which is made up of multiple layers of composite cuticle and hardened fat. Its defense can even withstand direct fire from a 0.5-inch caliber heavy machine gun within a distance of 100 meters. However, in front of the Blasphemer's heavy armor-piercing sword, it is almost the same as a cream cake under a red-hot metal knife.
The Blasphemer leaned forward and his heavy armor-piercing sword drew a blade light like a full moon, and three more steel-backed unicorns were cut open - the corpses of these beasts didn't even have time to bleed because they were carbonized by the energy shield wrapped around the blade.
The rest of the Steelback Rhinos didn't react until this time, but instead of rushing towards the Blasphemer Mecha, they turned around and ran away.
Because they gathered too densely at the beginning, many steelback rhinos were knocked to the ground by their own kind. After countless hooves stepped on the fallen steelback rhinos, these unfortunate individuals had completely lost their lives.
"It seems that no matter how violent the temper of a beast is, it will flee when it encounters an enemy it is unable to fight against." Sanshisan said in a teasing tone.
"It's the instinct of living things to seek benefits and avoid harm." Ivan was not too surprised to see this scene. "If our off-road vehicle just passes by them, they will definitely catch up. But if we rush into this group of steel-backed unicorn rhinos with energy shields and crush them, they will choose to avoid us instead."
"A typical bully." Sanshisan took out a piece of gum from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and chewed it vigorously twice. "In fact, there is no difference between humans and beasts."
"From a biological macroscopic perspective, that's right." Ivan nodded. "Before our ancestors evolved wisdom, we were also beasts."
“Look, these steel-backed unicorns are quite smart. They actually know how to escape in several directions… The mecha driven by that little girl is very fast, but it should be impossible to kill all these guys in two minutes, right?” Thirty-three said, looking at the screen.
"Just drive away the steel-backed rhinoceros on the route ahead." Ke Lan also noticed this and changed the original order.
In just thirty seconds, more than one hundred steelback rhinos were killed by the Blasphemer mecha's sword. The remaining one hundred or so steelback rhinos were divided into a dozen smaller groups and fled in all directions. Even if these escaped steelback rhinos attracted other predators, it would be difficult to create a large-scale beast tide... Such chases can be seen everywhere in the wilderness of Alpha Star, and there is no need to worry about attracting the attention of the Ark.
After hanging the heavy armor-piercing sword back on its back, the Blasphemer Mech circled the slaughterhouse piled with the remains of steel-backed unicorn rhinos, and then returned to the side of the off-road vehicle.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't do it..." Valentina's voice sounded in the communication channel.
"It's not your fault. What I meant by clearing out these steel-backed rhinos within 120 seconds was the premise that these beasts will rush towards you all at once after being provoked. Since they choose to escape, my original goal has been achieved. It doesn't really matter whether I kill them all or not." Ke Lan said.
Valentina did not continue speaking, and the communication channel returned to silence again.
The Blasphemer mech was not without long-range weapons. In addition to the powerful small plasma cannon that came with it, Layton and Chi Hanfeng also added a large number of additional weapons to the mech, which was a set of additional equipment named "HWS Expansion Set" by Layton. The sharp-edged external armor almost completely concealed the original characteristics of the Blasphemer mech. Under the premise of not affecting the flexibility of the movable joints as much as possible, this external armor was equipped with a full twenty different weapons - in Layton's original words: "Anyway, the Blasphemer mech is so powerful and has an anti-gravity device. Even if a hundred-ton weapon is hung on it, its mobility can still beat all the mass-produced mechs on the Ark."
But before entering the Gray Mist Forest, it is best not to use these weapons to avoid being discovered by nearby drones or observation sites.
"The road is clear, keep going." Just as Ke Lan was about to step on the accelerator again, a gunshot suddenly echoed in the sky above the basin.
Although Ke Lan couldn't tell the specific model of the gun, he could at least be sure that the gunshot came from a large-caliber anti-material sniper rifle with a caliber of at least 0.5 inches .
Besides them, there are other people active in the Great Basin!
