"Just as I thought!"
"Where there's treasure, there's always something guarding it."
In the ship's control room, Yang Zheng sighed as he watched the screen.
The screen showed a huge, thick slab of rock that looked entirely unremarkable. At least, most of the surrounding rocks looked much the same.
Yet as an exploration-type Mechanical Puppet approached the rock-breath spiral, the thick slab suddenly burst apart, and an enormous creature broke out of it.
The creature looked hideous. It had two heads and three enormous hooves, like a beast molded from the hardest rock. Sharp edges covered its body, and six pairs of compound eyes across its two heads gleamed with cold green light.
"Yooo!"
One of its heads suddenly opened its mouth and spat a thick, searing beam at a Mechanical Puppet. The puppet was sent flying backward, its internal core shattered by the impact.
The creature then launched frenzied attacks at the other exploration-type Mechanical Puppets attempting to approach.
"Space-Eating Flower!"
"Take it down!"
In the ship's command room, Yang Zheng stroked the tender leaf that appeared on his shoulder. The Space-Eating Flower's leaf gave a gentle response, then vanished from his shoulder.
On the rocky ground below, the bizarre beast was attacking the other Mechanical Puppets. They were only exploration puppets, after all, with little offensive power of their own. They relied entirely on their F9-grade metal construction.
Suddenly, without any warning-
A nearly transparent root tore through space. Moving at incredible speed like an invisible lash of death, it struck with ruthless precision at the vulnerable neck where the beast's two heads joined.
Splurt!
A dull tearing sound rang out.
The bizarre beast's enormous stone body shuddered violently, as though an invisible hammer had smashed into its core. Its movements froze instantly, and the green light in