This time, Bai Ying didn't curse Yu Xiao for joking around.
Even she could feel the chaotic winds surging across the surface of the sea!
[Multiple unidentified hostile mechs detected. Analyzing...]
When the red system warnings appeared in the cockpits of all three mechs, Yu Xiao was already prepared for battle!
He could clearly feel the shallows beneath his feet trembling!
Whoosh!
Several shark fins, each ten meters long, suddenly emerged from the dark sea. Like blades, they sliced across the black water, speeding toward the Silent Graveyard!
At the same time, dozens of enormous red dots appeared on Xingtian's radar!
"Are those Demon Sharks?!"
Bai Ying immediately maneuvered Xingtian into a combat stance, her eyes fixed on the fins at the front!
Although she had never trained at the Jaeger Academy, Bai Ying knew every detail about mechs and monsters by heart—she'd been a mech fanatic since childhood.
And Demon Sharks were among the first monsters she'd learned about.
Back in the days when the first-generation mechs fought bloody battles, Demon Sharks had been one of humanity's greatest enemies. Most were between fifty and sixty meters long, and their weight ranged from seven thousand to eight thousand five hundred tons.
Demon Sharks were among the most troublesome enemies for mechs because of their peerless maneuverability underwater and their tendency to attack in groups!
Unlike most of today's amphibious monsters, which could stand on two legs, Demon Sharks were true sea monsters. Their streamlined bodies and long tails gave them terrifying speed in the water!
If a mech's maneuverability in the open sea was like that of a cargo ship, a Demon Shark was a speedboat equipped with rocket boosters!
Although Demon Sharks had never come ashore to attack cities, ten years ago they had once made the sea lanes across the entire planet impassable!
As humanity's war technology continued to advance, Demon Sharks gradually faded from view. Now, ten years later, people had every reason to believe that the newer, more threatening monsters had completely taken their place.
And yet now, they had returned like ghosts!
Five thousand meters... four thousand meters...
[System analysis error. Cause: Enemy units contain multiple identification records.]
"No, they can't come ashore to attack. That would be suicide..." Bai Ying immediately dismissed the thought.
"They're not monsters!"
At that moment, Yu Xiao finally voiced his conclusion!
As one of the "Demon Sharks" swam beneath Demon Scorpion's powerful spotlight, Yu Xiao clearly saw a glint of blue metal!
Two thousand meters!
Rumble!
A blue mech leaped out of the water, sending up a towering wave dozens of meters high!
"Roar!"
Its distorted roar, laced with electronic static, sounded like the most deranged scream from the depths of the dark universe!
"What... what is that thing?!"
Bai Ying could feel her heart pounding as if it would burst through her chest at any moment. Her body trembled, because her instincts told her that this was definitely not a life-form this planet could have created!
Its head had been damaged beyond repair. The place that should have been its cockpit was packed with brown walls of flesh, and on closer inspection, seven asymmetrical eyeballs grew from them!
Lower down, green pus coated its body. Between every plate of armor, muscle that seemed to be "breathing" could be seen. It wrapped around the support struts like vines, holding together a mech frame that should have collapsed!
Even more grotesque, its armor was covered in fine scales. It should have been an upright, fearless warrior, but its joints had all been filled with writhing cartilage. Now it could bend them backward, crawling on all fours like a monster!
Behind the mech was a ten-meter-long fin and a huge, thick tail thirty meters long!
Every inch of the deformed creature seemed to defy all sense of proportion!
"Open the error report details and list all related identification records!" Yu Xiao ordered the system without hesitation.
[Mech designation: Blue Eagle (destroyed)] [Mech model: Standard Second-Generation Defender Jaeger] [Pilots: March Elton (deceased), Philip Joyce (deceased)] [Mech specifications: Second-generation nuclear-powered armor, height 70 meters, weight 11,000 tons] [Equipment modules: "Spark" 1.0 intelligent AI system, rocket-powered punching fist, shock-resistant synthetic muscle units, 700 mm shoulder-mounted armor-piercing heavy cannon] [Combat rating: Class D (2,200 points)]
"Second-generation mech?!" Before Yu Xiao could finish reacting, the system displayed another set of information.
[Monster name: Demon Shark] [Monster type: Category I] [Energy level: 2] [Monster rating: Strength 5, Agility 8, Defense 4]
"Roar!"
One mech after another followed Blue Eagle out of the water, their chilling howls rising one after the other.
They had come from the darkest depths of the ocean, monsters that should never have seen the light!
"Open fire!"
Yu Xiao knew that fighting was their only option now.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Demon Scorpion's shoulder armor shifted and reshaped. All eight missile launch ports erupted in bright flames at once!
Cobra immediately drew the enormous energy rifle slung across its back and fired twice at Blue Eagle, which stood at the front!
All eight chemical missiles hit the heads of the monster mechs without exception, instantly bursting into a spray of green pus and metal fragments that reeked of the sea!
Blue Eagle, standing at the front of the monster mechs, suddenly dodged sideways, letting the black energy blast pass just inches from its body!
A moment later, two more black energy blasts melted a monster mech covered in seaweed on the spot!
"Careful! Blue Eagle's maneuverability is on a completely different level now!"
By the time Yu Xiao finished speaking, Blue Eagle had already adjusted its combat stance and was charging straight toward Demon Scorpion!
"So fast!"
Bai Ying had never seen a mech move with such agility!
Blue Eagle was running at an unbelievable speed, as if it had rendered the immense resistance of the air irrelevant!
Even from two thousand meters away, Bai Ying and Yu Xiao could clearly hear the sonic booms caused by Blue Eagle's charge!
Just as Yu Xiao was about to direct Cobra to fire a second volley at Blue Eagle, several artillery shells suddenly exploded against Cobra's damaged armor!
[Warning: 77% of full-body armor damaged!]
"They can fire artillery too?!" Yu Xiao looked at the monster mechs with shattered heads, only to see them already preparing another long-range attack.
Fortunately, Cobra's anti-energy armor was highly effective against artillery. Otherwise, that barrage might already have damaged the mech's interior!
"I'll handle Blue Eagle. You take care of the other monster mechs!"
Bai Ying piloted Xingtian straight toward Blue Eagle!
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