[An allied large airborne unit has been detected. System identifying...] [Unit name: Truth] [Identification code: OSC-101] [Unit type: M-2 Legion-class transport ship] [Affiliation: Watchman Alliance—Omega Research Complex]
Just as Yu Xiao had resigned himself to death, the system alert brought him unexpected news.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Neither the monsters' roars nor the surging waves could drown out the explosions that shattered the sound barrier and rang across the heavens and earth!
[Allied mechs approaching]
RUMBLE!
Yu Xiao felt something enormous plummeting from high above. It landed less than two thousand meters behind him.
But he hadn't expected that to be only the beginning.
More and more tremors and deafening booms erupted around Yu Xiao, a symphony of steel and artillery fire!
"Mary, hurry! Get your people to give these three mechs emergency treatment!"
The moment she finished speaking, Yu Xiao felt three different mechs drag the three bodies onto shore!
Only when a cool sensation swept through his entire body did his consciousness begin to clear again—someone had manually freed up his memory space!
The first thing Yu Xiao saw was a pure white mech leaning over Xingtian's chest.
Judging by the armor's material and the mech's construction alone, Yu Xiao knew it was a specialized third-generation Decider mech.
He was wondering why a specialized mech wasn't fighting the monsters and was instead leaning over him when he suddenly saw it raise its right hand, which had been hidden from view.
It was a huge mechanical device mounted on the mech's arm!
Just looking at its length, it was already over twenty meters long!
"Wait, what are you doing!?" Yu Xiao couldn't tell what the device was for, but the white mech was trying to push it into Xingtian's body.
Almost instinctively, Yu Xiao tried to make Xingtian get back up, but he quickly realized that the white mech was clearly much heavier than Xingtian. As long as it was pressing down on him, he couldn't move.
So Yu Xiao could only watch helplessly as the white mech shoved its hand into Xingtian!
ZAP!
Yu Xiao heard the sound of welding coming from Xingtian's abdomen.
"Is it... repairing the mech?"
The bizarre sight left Yu Xiao silent for quite a while. As far as he knew, any mech maintenance, servicing, or modification had to be done in a hangar.
And yet, he was seeing another mech repair him with his own eyes.
"But isn't that a waste of resources? They mounted such a huge mechanical device just so they could weld parts onto other mechs?"
As it turned out, Yu Xiao was still too naive.
The next second, the white mech pulled out its arm, and the bulky-looking mechanical device began to transform!
A welding torch, electric drill, magnetic converter, cooling spray gun...
Yu Xiao understood now. The other side had brought an entire tool kit onto the battlefield. Using it to repair mechs was a waste of its capabilities—this setup could probably even build turrets right there on the battlefield.
At the same time, Demon Scorpion and Cobra found themselves in the same situation, making Yu Xiao wonder if these mechs were mass-produced.
Unfortunately, the system couldn't identify the mech. In other words, this type of mech wasn't part of the Watchman Alliance's Mobile Armor Corps.
In just five minutes, all three mechs under Yu Xiao's control had received basic repairs, avoiding total destruction.
Even so, the battle continued.
When Yu Xiao got the three mechs back on their feet, the entire coast had become a blood-soaked hellscape of corpses!
Dozens of monster corpses piled atop one another, forming a plain across the shallows. The sea breeze, heated by artillery fire and carrying a pungent stench of blood, drifted inland.
Dozens of mechs had carved out a safe zone with guns, cannons, and blades!
"There's no end to them! We can't kill them all!"
The voice on the public channel came from a dark red mech covered in heavy weapons. Yu Xiao noticed its callsign: Molten Rock.
The system couldn't identify this mech either, but judging by its appearance, it stood somewhere between a second- and third-generation mech in height.
"Damn it!" Molten Rock's pilot swore. "Calling Truth. The target mech is out of danger. Requesting permission to withdraw with the target!"
"Denied. We have to hold back this beast tide," Truth replied, rejecting Molten Rock's request.
"That wasn't our mission from the start!" Molten Rock's pilot was worked up, but he chose to vent his anger on the monsters. "And there's nothing here but these endless beasts! I haven't seen a single Level Five monster!"
Yu Xiao had the same question.
"We're analyzing the energy signal data. We expect it to take another seventeen minutes. Until then, you must keep advancing the line. The closer you get to the energy source, the more data you'll collect."
"...Understood!" Molten Rock's pilot fell silent for several seconds, barely managing to hold back the urge to curse.
Just then, the white mech standing behind Xingtian finally spoke.
"Your mechs are in terrible condition. Please don't rejoin the battle," the white mech announced over the speakers. Its voice clearly belonged to a woman. "We'll take care of everything. Please wait here patiently."
As soon as she finished speaking, all three white mechs headed toward the battlefield. Only then did Yu Xiao notice that each one was carrying a gigantic "backpack" almost as large as the mech itself.
"What... is that thing?"
Yu Xiao had barely asked the question when the "backpacks" rapidly began to transform.
They consisted of dozens of small components, each equipped with an intelligent sensor-based docking system and independent multi-angle miniature rocket thrusters.
In just a few seconds, the components automatically found their corresponding mounting ports on the white mechs and became part of them!
Heavy armor, serrated blades, hydraulic boosters, auxiliary shock-absorption units...
Yu Xiao watched with his own eyes as the three "white-clad angels" transformed into heavily armored warriors!
And the multifunctional mechanical arms he'd assumed were meant purely for engineering and repair transformed into multifunctional combination cannons!
Sure enough, once the three "armored angels" joined the battle, they pushed the entire front line from the shore back into the shallows!
[Warning: Multiple high-threat targets approaching. Energy level: 4]
The moment the system warning appeared, Yu Xiao saw several unusually tall figures emerge from the surface of the distant sea.
Even from several thousand meters away, the glaring light on their bodies was visible!
Almost as soon as the radar detected the Level Four monsters, Molten Rock turned the broadcast volume all the way up!
"Stop advancing!"
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