The first Stitched Behemoth smashed through the bone plates sealing the nest entrance.
Before the fragments hit the ground, the Mecha behind it pushed forward. Its shoulder-mounted weapons roared to life, blasting the slime-spewing insect sacs on both sides to pieces.
[Thunder King] hovered high above and pointed his staff downward.
Lightning drilled into the breach, piercing the insect swarm trying to block the entrance. Several players with Flight Wings skimmed past the charred nest walls and sent back footage from within.
Layer after layer.
Beyond the vast nest chambers, holes leading deeper inside were still visible, packed with pale insect eggs.
Bi Ren Liang Mou's eyes lit up.
With nest shells this thick, they could patch up quite a few places by dismantling and hauling them back.
He controlled a Bone Beast forward, preparing to tear open a second entrance from the side. Just then, the first Stitched Behemoth to enter backed out. Several long, thick venomous stingers were embedded in its shoulders and back, and its forelimbs dragged across the ground, leaving behind a trail of sticky blood.
The Behemoths behind it were blocked by its bulk, crowding at the entrance and growling low.
"Wounded ones go left! Don't block the entrance!"
A player waved to direct them. Several Mechas took the opportunity to fill the gap and continued firing inward.
Hannibal frowned and ran a hand along the wound.
The toxin had not had time to spread. The real problem was that the forelimb joint had been shattered.
The carrier was parked outside. If they transported it back to the cultivation zone from here and then sent it back again, the forward force would be down another heavy construct.
And this kind of damage had only just begun.
"Bring those carts in from the back."
As Hannibal