Chapter 138

The crowd momentarily shifted their gaze from Qin Su, turning to look in the direction of the sound. The moment they saw clearly, they trembled, countless pairs of eyes flashing with the same look of terror.

In the endless Abyss, an indistinct black shadow, its exact form obscured, moved swiftly toward them from a great distance.

As it swam, the water rippled, and under the immense repulsive force, the creatures were shaken and thrown around. Whether fish or insects, they were quickly hooked back by the long, tongue-like appendages extending from the giant's body and swallowed up, disappearing into its form.

Even though they were so far away, so far that they had zoomed in to the limit, they were still awestruck by the enormous, all-encompassing shape.

I can't even imagine how enormous it would be if it were to arrive...

"What... what is that?"

"No, I don't know. I didn't see it in the course at all."

"Qin Su turned around just now because he noticed something, right...?"

Is it an insect or a normal aquatic creature?

"Like a large mountain covered with small hills moving in the water."

"What should we do now?"

In the Communication Channel, everyone's voices were filled with fear of the unknown, and their gazes lingered anxiously on Qin Su and the behemoth.

Although the students in Class 66 did not experience the Vitelta incident together with the students in Class 6, videos about Vitelta are still widely circulated.

It is said that these videos not only became teaching materials for Military Academies responsible for Purge the Zerg, but also represent valuable and irreplaceable video data for regular Military Academies.

But...

They also remembered that Qin Su had discovered the anomaly before the Vitelta Purge, and had prepared massive explosives to target the giant version of the Kisslip Tree Armadillo before facing it.

After two days of clearing, they were a long way from the Spaceship's docking point. Of all the people there, only Qin Su could teleport to the Spaceship's location. Qin Su could make the Spaceship arrive here instantly, but the ammunition inside the Spaceship had not been assembled, so even if it was released together, it could not be detonated at the same time.

It was impossible to generate enough explosive power in an instant to blast this unknown giant monster apart.

Not to mention...

They're all still here; they didn't escape beforehand. Even if it could be detonated instantly, they'd be blown to smithereens along with the monster.

Qin Su was their only hope.

If Qin Su has no other choice, then...

Everyone swallowed hard.

The monster was moving very fast and was closer than it had been a second ago. By adjusting the magnification of their Visual Helmets, they could see familiar red arcs of light scattered irregularly across the giant body like starlight.

Those are the same Underwater Combat Suits they're wearing.

What's hanging there is most likely the bodies of students from other classes.

Prior to this, there were no warning messages on the Forum, indicating that they died in a very short time before they had a chance to send out a distress signal.

Given the speed at which the monster went from being barely visible a second ago to being able to get a general idea of what it was like, one can imagine the urgency other classes would feel if they encountered it.

They only have one path: death.

[Danger!]

[Judging by this size comparison, it's probably many times larger than a whale in our Real World ocean.]

[I knew it! How could a planet covered entirely in water not have any hidden monsters besides insects and ordinary aquatic creatures?]

[Congratulations on opening the hidden item!]

[Wait... Could this be the monster that swam across the next area in less than a minute and wiped them all out? How did it suddenly appear here from so far away? (horrifying)]

Qin Su: "..."

Unexpected events arrive before tomorrow; bad things come true even if good ones don't. This is clearly not his 'Target Bug'.

Undoubtedly, this was a battle with a huge disparity in strength.

The enormous shape within his field of vision completely exceeded Qin Su's knowledge. Qin Su didn't know what it was, but it wasn't surprising at all that a planet with no land and only water could harbor any kind of monsters in its unfathomable depths.

"Everyone, gather around me."

Qin Su didn't have time to listen carefully to what his classmates were saying in the Full-Band Communication; all his attention was focused on the giant object. Only two seconds passed between turning around to see the giant object and issuing the command.

Although this unexpected event made Qin Su's heart clench, Qin Su still tried his best to control his emotions when he spoke, and his tone and voice did not reveal the slightest bit of unease.

Hearing Qin Su's command, which was in a state of extreme tension, the crowd felt a surge of hope even though it was only a few words. Their bodies moved faster than their minds to gather around Qin Su.

Qin Su tensed, focusing on the monster's movement speed. The moment the monster entered the range of most of his weapons, he issued a second command to his classmates who had already gathered around him, "Attack!"

Bang bang--

Boom boom--

As soon as Qin Su finished speaking, the muffled sounds of countless weapons hitting the water echoed around him.

The students from both classes had assembled a second ago, and the next second they heard Qin Su's cold command. Before they could react, they were already firing at the giant object that was getting closer and closer to them, blinded by a series of dazzling lights through their transparent helmets.

Qin Su stared intently at the damage caused by the shells hitting the giant object. After a long period of memorization and practical verification, he had memorized the damage values of each weapon and the actual damage caused to different objects to the point of being able to recite them backwards.

He tried to estimate the strength of the creature's 'defense' based on the damage inflicted on its surface by his weapon before it reached him, and to find the weakest point in its defenses.

Given the current situation, he cannot take everyone with him, which means some people will die.

Having spent so much time together, even if it's just to maintain his popularity and public image, he absolutely cannot abandon the life of any member of the team unless it's a last resort.

He could only try to find a solution.

As the attack progressed, Qin Su's pupils clearly reflected layers of uneven material being blasted off the giant object, only to be easily absorbed back into it again in less than a second through the long, purple ribbon-like structure.

Some of the fallen 'shells' were blasted off, but new 'shells' quickly replaced them from the inner layers.

Judging from the shape and appearance of the things on the giant creature, they are clearly not tentacles.

As they drew closer, regardless of size, Qin Su noticed their almost identical behavior patterns and appearances, nearly indistinguishable from those of giants. He immediately thought of animals in the Real World who habitually carried their young with them wherever they went.

But those animals either carry their cubs on their backs or hang them in front of them; very few have their entire bodies covered in dense, even their abdomens, like countless layers of armor.

If he's right...

Qin Su: "..."

He's going completely crazy.

Before going mad, Qin Su dared not relax his guard in the slightest, both physically and mentally. He still forced himself to monitor the impact of the shells on the behemoth like a scanner, using his Optical Brain and Visual Helmet to analyze the surface attack layer every second...

When He Muzhi saw the enormous, nameless monster, his heart skipped a beat, and his body reflexively followed Qin Su's orders.

The sound of weapons brought him back to his senses, and he glanced at Qin Su guiltily.

No matter the situation, Qin Su remained calm and composed, as if Mount Tai had collapsed before him. This gradually calmed He Muzhi's wildly beating heart, and he looked guiltily at the other classmates present.

'His bad luck has dragged everyone down with him.'

[A-Mu, this isn't your fault. Don't take all the blame on yourself.]

[That's right, when that group in the next area was wiped out, you weren't in their class either. It was a completely indiscriminate attack, and it had nothing to do with your bad luck.]

Da da--

In just five seconds of continuous attack, Qin Su scanned the layers five times and urgently analyzed the monster's skin data. By then, the monster was already only a little over a thousand meters away from them.

Based on the speed at which the monster was moving, it would only take it a little over two seconds to reach their current location.

"Everyone, move backward!"

Qin Su didn't have time to think too much. Faced with an insect that wasn't on any record, he could only disregard what it was and decisively order his classmates to retreat without discrimination.

He couldn't possibly share the data he just obtained with his classmates, as that would expose his secret, and his classmates didn't possess the same 'technology' and Life Points bug as him.

He had many opportunities to try, but his classmates died after trying.

Depending on the monster's movement speed, the students need to retreat a certain distance each time it makes a move in order to maintain a relatively safe distance from the monster.

Moreover, he also needed his classmates to retreat and attract the monster's attention, so that the monster would not have time to pay attention to him in the air.

Qin Su's third command was still concise and to the point. Upon hearing it, everyone froze, and without any obvious hesitation, countless figures retreated in unison.

As they turned to retreat, they clearly saw through their Visual Helmets that the instant Qin Su finished speaking, his tall figure flashed above them in the blink of an eye. Without a moment's hesitation, he moved in the opposite direction, heading headlong towards the monster...

"?!"

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through everyone's minds, and they paused briefly.

The students of Class 6 (Class 66) were still Vitelta. Although they didn't have time to look at each other or even say another word, when they saw Qin Su's movements, their bodies stopped at the same time and turned around in unison.

Qin Su's orders were naturally not to be disobeyed, but... they were no longer the incompetent people who needed to hide behind Qin Su and be protected. Even if it meant death, they didn't want Qin Su to face danger alone forever.

If Qin Su is angry... we'll talk about it later.

If they were still alive back then...

Qin Su: "?"

High in the air, Qin Su, who was in a 'two-way rush' posture with the monster, caught a glimpse of his classmates stopping and turning around before he gave the fourth command, and a question mark slowly formed in his mind.

Did he just speak? Why did everyone stop?

The situation was urgent. The students had stopped about the distance he had estimated, so Qin Su didn't have time to figure out why they had stopped. He quickly shouted, "Stop retreating! Turn around and continue the attack!"

He never intended for them to actually leave.

"Two seconds later, everyone focus fire on the cracked area at the top." Each time a shell lands on the 'bumps' on the giant, their surfaces will show cracks of varying degrees.

If another shell hits the crack, they will break apart and fall off the giant object.

If a 'child' behaves this way, there's a very high probability that a giant creature will do the same, since they look exactly alike.

After saying this, Qin Su withdrew the little attention he had been giving to his classmates and focused on himself and the monster.

(Class 6: "!"

The Class Monitor must have seen what they were doing, so he simply kept them around.

Upon hearing Qin Su's cold and stern voice, the students of Class 66) stopped their retreat and turned around to attack as before. During the attack, based on their own and Class 6)'s positions, they belatedly realized that Class 6) might have hesitated during their retreat.

Did Qin Su see that Class 6) didn't want to leave, so he simply told them not to leave either?

Compared to the unwavering loyalty shown by Class 6) during their time of crisis, aren't they... ungrateful?

(Class 66: "..."

Feeling guilty, regretful, and annoyed, the students of Class 66 carried out Qin Su's orders and attacked together with Class 6, while feeling embarrassed and uneasy.

However... focus fire on the crack?

Following Qin Su's orders, everyone retreated upwards and backwards, now standing diagonally above the colossal object, their gazes fixed on the massive, mountain-like structure.

'Where's the crack? I can't see it!'

Feeling anxious and confused, everyone agreed that Qin Su must have his reasons for saying that. They held their breath and attacked, not daring to make a sound, for fear of disturbing Qin Su at this critical moment and causing their entire army to be wiped out.

Less than a second after saying his last words to his classmates, Qin Su had a brief moment, less than a second, before reaching the weakest point identified by the fifth-floor scanning analysis. He looked down at the part marked on the Visual Helmet from above.

Just as he had thought, the countless mottled, pitted, gray things were almost identical in appearance, except for their varying sizes.

From the area where the students' attacks landed and exploded, Qin Su saw the inner layer of the giant object and the outer layer of 'children' stacked on top of it.

As the final confirmation time ended, Qin Su adjusted his body to a head-up position the instant he combined his movements with the analyzed weak points.

Just before contact, Qin Su, who had already taken the opportunity to inhale a great deal of oxygen, first peeled off the Underwater Combat Suit that had been set up to track the target under his skin, leaving him in only his plain inner Combat Suit continued to dive down.

Without oxygen, he can't hold his breath for long before he starts convulsing and floating to the surface, a very unsightly state.

Man proposes, God disposes Qin Su never expected that the things originally intended to lure the 'Target Bug' and be used on the insects and his Combat Suit would end up being used on him by some twist of fate.

In the blink of an eye, just before he could touch the behemoth's 'weak point,' Qin Su, taking advantage of the behemoth's size, used his body muscles to inject all ten K-110 vials he was carrying into its skin...

Upon realizing that his skin had been pierced, Qin Su almost immediately lost all human consciousness, only feeling that his hand, which had been clenched into a fist, had touched something hard.

The sharp, jarring impact of the hard object brought Qin Su back to his senses for a brief moment, his unfocused pupils reflecting the cracked skin beneath.

Immediately afterward, Qin Su felt his hand touch a soft spot, and then he lost consciousness again...

"!!!"

Those on higher up saw Qin Su, who was originally higher than them, teleport to a distance of less than a meter from the giant object. Suddenly, they saw Qin Su's Combat Suit fall off and plummet. For a moment, they were all dumbfounded and had no idea what was going on.

Before their blank minds could react, Qin Su once again delivered a powerful visual impact.

The instant Qin Su's Combat Suit came off, his diving body made contact with the behemoth's skin, and his punch landed like a thunderclap. The ground shook violently, and countless small monsters, densely packed together, were sent flying...

In the brief moment of being thrown back, the gray-black skin instantly cracked outwards from Qin Su's fist, revealing countless long fissures that clearly showed the red and white flesh inside.

Qin Su's figure then disappeared into the crowd, vanishing without a trace.

[This is out of control!]

Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!

[I strongly suspect that the Combat Suit limited the Boss 1's performance, which is why he was ruthlessly abandoned by the Boss 1.]

[Baby 1 Ren? Did he get inside the flesh?]

"!!!"

'So this is the crack Qin Su was talking about!'

Watching Qin Su single-handedly wield the immense power of a thousand pounds, and in the instant he made contact with the behemoth, he forcefully smashed a huge gash into the broad top of the massive object, everyone's pupils dilated in shock. Recalling Qin Su's orders, they dared not hesitate for a moment, their minds filled with the thought that they could not hold Qin Su back. They swiftly concentrated their fire and launched a frenzied attack on the crack.

Qin Su...

Since they dared to let them do that, nothing bad must happen.

Besides, the object was like a mountain; with the power of a cannonball, it was impossible to penetrate it.

The giant creature, gripped by excruciating pain in its back, suddenly lunged forward and rampaged, causing the water to surge and churn.

However, the students from Class 66) and Class 6) had already been arranged by Qin Su to be at a relatively safe distance. Although the surging water made it difficult for them to keep their balance, the cracks were large enough and the attack range was wide enough that they could hit the cracks even if they attacked randomly.

Less than ten seconds into the frenzied bombardment, the enormous creature, which was churning in the water in intense agony, suddenly let out a sharp, piercing, and strange cry.

Then, everyone saw blood gushing from the bottom of the monster, and beneath the thick red blood was a familiar figure.

"Qin Su!"

"It's the Class Monitor! It's the Class Monitor!"

"The Class Monitor is alright!"

Qin Su's appearance effectively inspired everyone. Everyone kept working, their voices filled with excitement, and some even had tears in their eyes.

The moment Qin Su emerged from the thick Meat Mountain, his Underwater Combat Suit, which had been pre-set, quickly enveloped Qin Su entire body.

Before attacking the behemoth, Qin Su almost timed his attack perfectly, getting right up close and quickly penetrating its body. Even after losing consciousness, he didn't manage to inhale any water.

Less than a moment after leaving the giant object, Qin Su was taken back into the prepared Combat Suit. He was fully dressed, but had only taken a small sip of water; his mouth and nose were filled with the stench of blood.

Because he used the K-110, and even used ten at once, Qin Su had already anticipated the effects. He had configured his Combat Suit that the moment he was completely enveloped in it, before he could regain consciousness, he would become useless within three minutes. Before he could do anything unpredictable in front of his classmates, he would be swiftly taken away by the Combat Suit.

The strong ending is here; for the sake of image, no further paragraphs should be included.

The students of Class 6) and Class 66) were happy to see Qin Su safe and sound one second, but the next second they saw Qin Su, his figure shrouded in blood, disappear like a ghost without leaving them a word, leaving a trail of blood before their eyes.

If it weren't for the bloody trace left in the water, they wouldn't even know which direction Qin Su had gone.

"???"

"Qin Su, what's going on?"

"The Class Monitor... just left like that?"

"No, what else? Do you expect the Class Monitor to help us finish up this kind of work?"

That's not what I meant. I'm afraid the Class Monitor won't want us anymore.

"Did we perform so poorly? Or did the Class Monitor deliberately leave to see how we behave next?"

"We must have disappointed Qin Su."

Everyone was instantly filled with confusion, completely baffled by Qin Su's actions. Amidst their chatter, they unanimously concluded that it was their own fault.

Despite their unease, having already disappointed Qin Su, they dared not incur his Qin Su a second time. Each struggled to steady themselves as the behemoth thrashed about in the water, and relentlessly bombarded the path to their survival that Qin Su had single-handedly created...

Unconscious while in his Combat Suit, Qin Su deliberately avoided the areas within the current Purge zone, unable to predict what he might encounter along the way. To prevent himself from running into people, he set humans as 'obstacles' for automatic identification and avoidance.

Insects are meant to Purge, and the K-110 is only effective for three minutes. Qin Su knew he was about to enter a period of 'uselessness,' so he set them as essential items based on the database to earn more kill points, hoping they would be more considerate in their next life.

The Combat Suit had no consciousness; it simply followed the route set by Qin Su, leading him to the designated location, and did not stop even when encountering Su Zhanghua and the others who had been separated from their classmates due to the attack by the giant object.

"Holy crap... what just flew by in an instant?"

"I don't know what went there." Su Zhanghua stared wide-eyed at the hole in the distance, gestured with his hand, and murmured with difficulty, swallowing hard, "I only know it was a terrifying thing."