Simple Slaughter

Four large excavators dug a huge pit in the ground. Two of the excavators had already been smashed to pieces, and another was immobilized, its digging arm broken. The last one stubbornly kept digging.

A huge hole appeared at the bottom of the pit. Light flashed incessantly from within—it was mecha underground firing shots.

"They actually dared to cause trouble on our turf. Leave no one alive. Wipe them all out!"

In an instant, a battle plan appeared in Zhang Hao's mind. Mifeng had sent it over, and he received it immediately. This was a form of communication through a linked network of souls, something only people with a Bridgehead and soul intelligence could use. This kind of coordinated team combat was something other forces lacked.

Mifeng's plan was simple. He would handle one Heavy Mecha fortress, Zhang Hao would handle another, and Zhang Yihu would protect Zhang Hao. Zhang Erhu and Zhang Sanhu would deal with one Heavy Mecha together. They only had to hold it off; they didn't need to destroy it. No matter how strong they were, there were only two of them.

Zhang Hao picked up the sniper Electromagnetic Cannon. He didn't feel much pressure in this fight. After all, he wasn't killing people, just mecha.

As soon as Mifeng sent out the plan, he charged down from the mountain. Zhang Erhu and Zhang Sanhu's mecha headed for the other side, while Mifeng targeted the farthest Heavy Mecha.

He crouched halfway and raised the Electromagnetic Sniper Cannon, activating full detection.

In an instant, the detection system zoomed in. There were sixty-seven mecha in total, along with a Heavy Mecha fortress. Zhang Hao was surprised to find red dots inside the mecha. They were the operator robots moving around within them.

He quickly selected armor-piercing rounds and fired. In an instant, one red dot went dark. He fired ten rounds in a single burst, at a rate of two per second, and soon the entire Heavy Mecha was disabled.

Mifeng was much more brutal. He charged straight in, and the enemy's communication channel exploded with people shouting in panic.

[Enemy attack! Enemy attack!]

[Engage!]

[Whoa, a Humanoid Mecha!]

Since no lives were at stake, everyone on Slaughter Planet was a fearless fighter. At worst, they'd lose a mecha, so no one was afraid. They'd only feel the sting of losing money. Mecha were expensive, and losing one could deal a serious blow, but this gathering had been organized by a wealthy tycoon, who would reimburse half the cost of any mecha lost. More than ten mecha immediately moved to meet the attackers in battle.

Just as they were about to close in, Mifeng drew his light blade and suddenly accelerated! The mecha trying to block him were dumbfounded; they didn't even have time to react before eight mecha shattered. Worst of all, the operator robots inside them were shattered too. That made the losses enormous.

The communication channel filled with shocked cries.

[He's a god-tier expert!]

[Good heavens, it's a Mecha Master from the Secret Workshop!]

[Fall back! Fall back! Don't try to stop him!]

[What the hell... They're all smashed...]

[You bastard!]

[It's over! My mecha! Aaaah, my login robot got smashed too!]

A chorus of wails broke out.

They might not fear death, but no one wanted to stand in the way of a mecha they couldn't fight. It wasn't that they were afraid to die; they just couldn't bear to lose their mecha and robots.

One mecha had already fled up the mountain when its connection suddenly cut off. A nearby mecha cried out, "Whoa! Someone's sniping!" His words were still echoing through the communication channel when a shot took him out too.

After taking out the Heavy Mecha assigned to him, Zhang Hao began sniping the mecha trying to escape. This was also Mifeng's order. Anyone who dared to poach on their territory would be wiped out.

"Mecha incoming!" Zhang Yihu said, darting forward. His job was to keep anyone from getting close enough to disrupt Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao fired one shot after another, at an average pace of one shot per second, entering a frenzied sniping mode.

In less than five minutes, all the enemy mecha had been destroyed. Zhang Hao couldn't help remarking, "It was that easy?"

"Their mecha are no match for ours. It's only natural they'd get crushed," Mifeng said.

Not a single mecha escaped. The Secret Workshop had more than a hundred satellites in orbit over this region, so everything that happened on the ground was investigated in detail.

Zhang Hao didn't like killing, but he found this long-range sniping style pretty satisfying. It was just like shooting at moving targets. There was nothing to it.

Soon afterward, a large flying mecha arrived, carrying hundreds of mecha. Once it reached its destination, it quickly deployed them. Then the flying mecha spread a curtain of light, immediately blocking the view from above.

Next, an Engineering Mecha was deployed to collect the damaged mecha.

When an Engineering Mecha showed up, there was usually nothing left behind on the ground. Every part of a mecha was valuable; even recycling them as materials would turn a profit.

Mifeng returned with Zhang Erhu and Zhang Sanhu. "There really are Crystal Life underground. We've hit it big this time."

"Are we going down?" Zhang Hao asked.

"No need. There's a team specially assigned to deal with the Crystal Life. We'd only get in their way. Our attacks are too powerful, and that would reduce the Soul Crystal yield."

Next, Zhang Hao watched as mecha warriors set down one large box after another by the opening. They opened the lids, and countless one-foot-long mechanical ants poured out, quickly forming a flood that flowed straight into the hole.

Several mecha followed them underground. They were all shaped like ants, but these few were quite large. The smallest was three meters long, and the largest was six. They led a large swarm of ant mecha underground.

Zhang Hao could access the information from below. More than thirty thousand little ant mecha had gone in, controlled by the few giant ant mecha.

"We're done here. Let's head back!" Mifeng said.

Zhang Hao really wanted to see how the little ants fought the Crystal Life, but Mifeng wasn't interested in watching. He had probably seen it too many times.

Mifeng ran toward the base. Zhang Hao sighed to himself, then followed him back.

After returning to the Main Bridgehead in their hometown, they found that the transfer had cost quite a few resources. Fortunately, Mifeng didn't care.

Zhang Hao brought his robot back and returned to his cloned body. He once again tasted what it meant to suffer the most extreme pain and experience the most extreme pleasure.

On Slaughter Planet, Zhang Hao had almost grown used to his robot body and to the feeling of being all-powerful while piloting a mecha. Once he returned to his own body, he struggled to adjust again. He truly felt weak as could be.

Zhang Hao slept for three days and three nights before he finally recovered. Only then did his body and soul gradually readjust.

Mifeng had brought his robot back this time too, so he used it to get around. Of course, this robot couldn't board a plane or take the high-speed rail. It would never get past security. The day after he returned, Mifeng got his ID card.

Mifeng told Zhang Hao that he had already begun building his own transportation network on Blue Star. With the vast resources he had acquired from Slaughter Planet, building a transportation network on Blue Star was the next step.

The next day, Wu Renbao came to Yuan Mountain Villa.

He spoke with Mifeng for half a day, then left. As he departed, he wore a string of beads around his wrist.