But clearly, he would definitely go easy on them.
"Little sister, keep a close eye on that monster's head movements!"
"Just now, he used an extremely terrifying breath beam attack. With a single strike, he instantly killed Iron Hammer!"
Lin Wange reminded her younger sister, telling her to stay alert to every move Godzilla made.
"As long as that monster doesn't make any other moves, we'll slowly approach him. Our primary objective is to rescue Sakura Saber!"
As Wulei's main pilot, Lin Wange made her on-the-spot judgment:
"That monster's armor is preliminarily estimated to be at least level 8, and very likely level 9!"
"Wulei's performance is insufficient. It'll be difficult even to break through his defenses, let alone kill him. After rescuing Sakura Saber, we'll adapt to the situation and wait for reinforcements from the other bases. Two against one will be much easier!"
"But before that, we need to first..."
Just as Lin Wange was preparing to keep talking, her younger sister, Lin Changge, spoke up and interrupted her:
"Big sister!"
"Oh, what is it?"
With an expressionless face, Lin Changge reported to her older sister and superior:
"If I didn't observe incorrectly... that monster has started moving."
"Isn't it normal for him to move? Is he coming to kill us? Prepare for battle!"
Lin Changge's mouth twitched.
"No, that monster isn't coming toward us—he directly returned to the seabed and deep-dived away!"
"Big sister, did you forget to wear your glasses again?"
Lin Wange fell silent for a moment before replying softly:
"What serious person wears glasses when fighting?"
"And besides..."
"Does this count as winning without a fight? We can add another Silver Stripe to our shoulders!"
Although Wulei had not even swung her blade once, according to regulations, as long as Godzilla retreated, Wulei would earn one more credit for "repelling a monster."
From now on, Wulei's shoulders would no longer bear one gold and three silver stripes, but one gold and four silver stripes!
If Lin Wange were a little more shameless and forcibly claimed Iron Hammer's credit as her own too, then Wulei would deploy next time with two gold and four silver stripes!
Of course, Lin Wange was not quite shameless enough to go that far.
Praise the moon (~￣▽￣)~
Deep Dive, Deep Dive!
Although Lin Wange sounded casual and natural on the surface, that was merely her usual personality.
Even in tense situations, she acted carefree and casual, or cracked a couple of corny jokes to "warm" everyone's hearts.
But when it came to actual action, she was never careless in the slightest.
Her seemingly careless personality did not affect her actual performance.
As her biological younger sister, Lin Changge knew her older sister's personality very well.
If Lin Wange were truly unreliable, then Lin Changge would be Wulei's main pilot.
After all, her Spiritual Connection Index score was the same as Lin Wange's: 97!
It was only in certain detailed assessments that she had always lost to her older sister, and thus ended up in the co-pilot's seat.
"There's still no trace of that monster. He seems to have really left."
Lin Changge repeated herself, somewhat unable to believe it.
Earlier, she had suspected this was that monster's strategy—that he had submerged himself in the seawater to prepare for a sneak attack.
After all, some monsters with highly developed brains possessed intelligence that truly could not be underestimated.
Lin Wange's expression remained unchanged as she comforted her younger sister:
"Don't panic, don't panic. Maybe he recognized the four stripes on our shoulders and got scared away."
While spouting nonsense, Lin Wange connected to the Command Center's voice channel:
"Uncles at the Command Center, you have satellite surveillance, so you should understand the situation on the battlefield even more thoroughly than we do."
"After that monster entered the sea, did you track any further signs of him?"
Although large mechs were known as mobile fortresses and contained no shortage of high-precision instruments of every kind,
their primary purpose was still combat. When it came to detection, they naturally could not compare to satellites directly monitoring the field.
General Luo's voice came from the other side, cautious but not tense:
"You may rest and regroup where you are for now. Once Sakurajima's relevant departments retrieve Sakura Saber, you can return along the original route."
Lin Wange paused slightly, then asked in disbelief:
"That monster really left?"
Old Luo's voice was utterly certain:
"He did leave. That monster deep-dived into the deep-sea region and is already rapidly moving away from land... That monster's dorsal spines are not merely defensive and energy-storage structures!"
"After he deep-dived into the water, satellite tracking quickly lost him. Clearly, those dorsal spines also possess anti-scanning capabilities!"
This was good news, and bad news.
Wulei did not need to fight the monster, so there would be no losses.
But after such an enormous monster came ashore and then vanished in the offshore region, no one could sleep soundly.
Lin Wange was still utterly confused.
"This makes no sense, Uncle Luo! If that monster just left like this, what was he after?"
Yeah, what was he after?
No one knew where that monster had come from. After appearing, he killed Iron Hammer with one move, incidentally saved Sakura Saber, and then...
Then he stared at Wulei from afar and left?
Were there really monsters out there who did such good deeds?
Lin Wange did not believe it. So what exactly had that monster been after?
General Luo's voice sounded again:
"The Analysis Department's preliminary data analysis indicates that this monster came specifically for Iron Hammer. The two monsters had a deep grudge against each other!"
"After discovering this monster, Iron Hammer immediately abandoned his attack on Sakura Saber and instead confronted this monster!"
Lin Wange's merciless mockery rang out:
"And then Iron Hammer got instantly killed in one move? Come on, Uncle Luo! You used to be a pilot too. Do you really believe the analysis of those rigid-minded uncles in the Analysis Department?"
"In nature, a tiger confronting a lion would make sense. But when have you ever seen a little piglet dare to confront a tiger?"
General Luo fell silent.
To be fair, that was true.
Under that mysterious monster's attack, Iron Hammer had indeed been as fragile as a little piglet.
If he could be instantly killed with one move, how could he have dared to become the other's enemy?
The entire incident had thus become an incomprehensible mystery.
After a long while, General Luo coughed and said:
"We know very little about that monster. Once we gather more information in the future, perhaps we'll understand this matter."
"Wange, Changge, your task now is to wait until Sakurajima's departments successfully recover Sakura Saber, then return from where you are!"
Lin Wange replied weakly:
"Got it, Uncle Luo."
Hearing this, General Luo helplessly shook his head.
"You brat, during the next on-the-spot performance assessment, if you don't score above Changge, I'll definitely put you in the co-pilot's seat!"
"Got it, Uncle Luo. You said the same thing last time. I gave Changge a chance too, but she wasn't good enough. How is that my fault?"
Luo Bing deep-dived through the depths of the ocean, swimming along in complete comfort.
His combat strength had not declined in the slightest because he had entered the sea.
He had long heard that Godzilla excelled at amphibious combat, both on land and underwater. Luo Bing had not believed it before; judging by his appearance, he had always thought the King of Monsters should be better suited to ground combat.
Now, he believed it.
In the past, nature had brought humanity not only resources, but also all kinds of dangers.
But after transforming into Godzilla, the feeling of birds soaring through the endless sky and fish leaping through the vast sea, personally overlooking nature, was truly awesome.
Compared to a monster's immense body, individual humans still appeared far too small and fragile.
So...
"What am I thinking? I still want to keep being human!"
Luo Bing mocked himself inwardly as his gaze casually roamed the seafloor.
Because of the monsters, the ocean had become far more dangerous than in his previous life, but this had also made its fish resources exceptionally abundant.
Not long after diving underwater, Luo Bing had already encountered two whale pods in succession.
Although the largest blue whale was only as thick as his calf, it still displayed the ocean's magnificent splendor.
If this had been his previous life, this close to Sakurajima, they would have long since been wiped out by whaling ships.
"Hm?"
After swimming several dozen miles farther, Luo Bing suddenly felt as though someone was watching him.
This was Godzilla's physical instinct. Luo Bing's own sixth sense was not nearly so sharp.
"What's going on? If Godzilla's body instinctively noticed it, does that mean the other side is a powerful enemy even Godzilla must take seriously?"
As Luo Bing speculated inwardly, his enormous body temporarily stopped moving, and his broad head turned to survey the surroundings.
The seabed, faintly lit with blue fluorescence, was not bright and seemed somewhat gloomy, but that could not obstruct Godzilla's vision.
He glanced at the countdown in his mind. There were still thirty-seven minutes left.
After considering it, Luo Bing calmly swam toward the direction from which he felt watched.
He had been swimming toward the base this entire time.
If this watcher truly was some powerful monster, then he would be leading a wolf into the house.
He had to strike first!
Monster Codename: Serpent King
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