Organ Clusters

Inside the cockpit of a mecha, a man with lifeless eyes and a full beard was smoking.

A holographic window was open on the command console, showing a ground offensive and defensive battle between several mech swarms supporting the Undercity, including Guangling City, and the swarms of insects and behemoths.

At that moment, a clear, ethereal voice rang out from the communication channel on the command console.

"Brother, do we really have to just watch like this?"

"If we had intervened, wouldn't so many people have died in the landing operation?"

"I feel like our dragon riders are pretty useless."

The man with lifeless eyes scratched his hair, which he hadn't washed in days, and flakes of white hair immediately fell from his eyes.

"Xiaoyu, it is precisely because we are Dragon Riders that we cannot easily take risks."

The man said while smoking, "We only have thirty-six people, and two-thirds of them have been deployed to the Desperate Battlefield and those forbidden areas that may be evolving into a deadly Forbidden Land."

"This group consists mainly of the elite of our Dragon Riders."

"Only those of us who are at the bottom of the pack will be given flexible and adaptable tasks, such as protecting important figures like Dr. Jia Miao on the ground, or, like this time, being responsible for delivering the final blow to the Overlord Giant Beast."

These two were the same dragon riders who protected Jia Miao last time.

Pan Xing and Pan Yu are siblings.

Pan Yu then said over the communication channel, "So why can't we handle the entire battle?"

"It hurts me so much to see those people sacrifice their lives."

Pan Xing exhaled a puff of smoke. "Even though we're at the bottom of the pack, we're still Dragon Riders."

"We, the Tiangang Dragon Riders, have more important, higher-level goals."

"Even if this Undercity is gone, we cannot sacrifice ourselves here."

"So what we can do is let them exhaust the behemoth's power, and then strike when it's on its last breath to finish it off."

"Xiaoyu, perhaps one day we will have to sacrifice ourselves like those people."

"But not now, and not here."

"The Tiangang Dragon Riders are not protecting a city, but this entire land."

There was a moment of silence on the communication channel before the girl said, "I understand."

Inside the crimson mecha, the petite girl huddled up, her eyes devoid of their usual sparkle.

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Bang! Inside the cockpit, Meng Fanxi's whole body trembled violently. However, looking out of the panoramic window, he no longer saw high-altitude clouds and countless giant fleas, but rather a continuous, seemingly endless, deep blue biological matrix.

"This is the Forbidden Land in the sky, on the body of the Kun?"

Meng Fanxi stood up and glanced back. In the distance, the flea swarm was still active, rays of light flashed, and fireballs burst forth; the landing operation was still ongoing.

"Run!"

Ma Shuo's voice rang out. "There are only three of us left in our team. We have to do the job for our fallen brothers too, blow them up!"

Meng Fanxi nodded, controlled his mecha, and began to move behind the captain and Xiao Rong's mecha.

On the command platform, the command center began to issue instructions, marking the locations of the Anti-gravity Organ on the Kun's body.

Soon, an organ was identified on the screen.

Meng Fanxi immediately took control of the mecha, moving quickly alongside the other two friendly mechas.

High in the sky, other aircraft were still rushing past the swarm of fleas, attempting to land.

Although friendly forces had already opened up landing channels, the process was still difficult and fraught with danger.

Just like now, a dark gray machine can already see the 'ground' of the Forbidden Land area in the sky below.

But at that moment, a male flea appeared outside the panoramic window.

The aircraft was then violently impacted, deviating from its original trajectory, followed by streaks of light.

The mech barely managed to hold on, but was attacked from behind by a Gu Diao. The 'Skywing No. 3' spacecraft malfunctioned and exploded, leaving the mech unable to continue.

Similar incidents continued to occur, and in the end, only about 80 mechs successfully landed in the Forbidden Land aerial area.

Boom!

An Anti-gravity Organ exploded, scattering fragments that fell to the ground.

Inside the driver's cab, Ma Shuo cheered and shouted, "Keep going! Keep destroying!"

But at that moment, the Giant Beast Radar issued a warning: a Spectrum Signal was rapidly approaching from the sky.

Ma Shuo looked up and saw that the Anchorhead Flea and various giant beasts that had been scattered around the Forbidden Land area in the sky were now beginning to return to the Forbidden Land.

"Oh shit!"

"Are you trying to kill us?!"

"Xiao Meng, shoot those things down."

"Xiao Rong, cover me!"

After Ma Shuo finished speaking, he controlled the mecha to rush towards another Anti-gravity Organ.

Meng Fanxi piloted the mecha, raised his sniper rifle, and fired repeatedly into the sky.

Giant fleas were continuously hit and fell to the ground. In an instant, insects rained down near Meng Fanxi's mech.

On the other side.

Under the cover of his teammates, Ma Shuo continued to destroy the Anti-gravity Organ marked by the computer.

These things resembled giant flowers, with petal-like cavities opening to reveal rhomboid, columnar crystals inside.

Among these Anti-gravity Organ, some are clustered together, their rhomboid pillars forming the shape of towering trees, with umbrella-shaped crystalline veins extending from their tips, radiating brilliant colored light.

This is Organ Cluster, each consisting of hundreds or even more Anti-gravity Organ. They are important nodes supporting the Anti-gravity Field and are also the primary targets of the mech swarm.

Fortunately, Ma Shuo's team quickly discovered a cluster of organs.

Looking at the enormous crystal tree, which was even larger than the mecha, Ma Shuo laughed and shouted into the communication channel.

"I've won!"

"Xiao Meng, Xiao Rong, cover me!"

"Watch me blow this thing up!"

As he spoke, the armor on both sides of Ma Shuo's mecha opened, revealing mechanical arms that held out various gun parts.

With the help of the robotic arm, Ma Shuo quickly completed the assembly, and a peculiar gun appeared in the mecha's hand.

Without the grip and trigger, this thing looks like a rectangular black box. Ma Shuo controlled the mech to raise the weapon and point it at the Anti-gravity Organ cluster.

Pull the trigger.

The energy bar on the gun lit up, the indicator lights on both sides of the barrel flashed continuously, and finally a pitch-black bullet, carrying a heavy meaning, was blasted out of the muzzle.

The bullet spun, leaving a dazzling trail of light as it hurtled towards the crystal tree ahead.

Bang!

The bullet struck the crystal tree, and upon contact, tens of thousands of fine cracks appeared on the crystal surface.

Then irregular fragments peeled off the surface and fell onto the bio-matrix, where they shattered.

The bullet continued to penetrate deeper, eventually reaching the core of the crystal tree after striking the surface crystals.

This is no longer a crystalline material, but a part composed of numerous nerves, blood vessels, and flesh.

This part is the key to the Anti-gravity Organ cluster; after the bullet passes through it, it explodes out from the other side.

Instantly, the air was filled with flying crystal fragments and pieces of broken flesh and blood. The entire crystal tree was shattered, and the crystal veins from the roots to the crown were blasted apart by Ma Shuo's single shot!