bioinnovel Chapter 205: Clone!
Chapter 205: Clone!
The off-road vehicle sped along the bumpy mountain road for two hours.
Qin Xiao gripped the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the road ahead.
The road grew narrower and narrower, and the trees on both sides grew denser, with branches occasionally scraping against the car body, making a screeching sound.
"Brother Yan, there's no road ahead."
Zhang Yan looked up and glanced at it.
Ahead lay a dense primeval forest, with tree trunks so thick that three or four people couldn't wrap their arms around them, their canopies blocking out the sun.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of decaying leaves, emitting a damp, musty smell.
"parking."
Qin Xiao slammed on the brakes, and the SUV slid several meters through the mud before coming to a stop.
The two got off the car.
Zhang Yan opened the system's storage space, and the Wind Spirit Mech appeared out of thin air on the open ground.
The dark camouflage paint job is almost completely invisible in the shadowy forest, with only the joints occasionally reflecting a metallic sheen.
"Release the Black Scorpion as well," Zhang Yan said.
Qin Xiao's eyes lit up.
A giant mechanical scorpion crawled out of the spatial rift, its eight legs firmly planted in the soil, and the particle cannon at its tail slightly adjusted its angle, scanning the surrounding environment.
"High concentration of miasma detected. We recommend activating the filtration system," the Black Scorpion's electronic voice announced.
Zhang Yan boarded the cockpit of the Wind Spirit, while Qin Xiao crawled into the Black Scorpion.
Stay close to me, don't fall behind.
"Don't worry, this big guy of mine is no pushover."
The two mechs, one in front of the other, headed into the depths of the forest.
We had only gone less than a kilometer when Fengling's radar started alarming frantically.
"Large biological reaction detected 300 meters ahead."
Zhang Yan switched to thermal imaging mode.
A dozen or so red dots appeared on the screen, huge in size, and were moving rapidly toward us.
"What is it?" Qin Xiao's voice came through the communication channel.
"I don't know, but it's definitely not friendly."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a deep roar came from the woods.
Several wild boars, each the size of an elephant, burst out of the bushes.
Their fangs were half a meter long, their eyes glowed with an eerie red light, and their mouths dripped with foul-smelling saliva.
"How did this thing grow so big?" Qin Xiao exclaimed in surprise.
"It's been contaminated by the energy of the Ruins," Zhang Yan said calmly. "Don't hold back, clean it up directly."
With a sudden burst of strength from its limbs, the entire mecha shot out like an arrow.
The hydraulic shock absorption system perfectly absorbed the impact force, and Zhang Yan could hardly feel any bumps in the cockpit.
Before the first wild boar could react, Fengling's sharp claws had already pierced its skull.
Blood splattered.
Zhang Yan drew his claws and flipped to the side, dodging the attack from another wild boar.
The turbine thrusters on its back briefly activated, and the Wind Spirit traced an arc in the air before landing steadily on the wild boar's back.
The claws stabbed down again.
Qin Xiao's side was equally decisive.
The black scorpion's pincers clamped onto the neck of a wild boar, snapping it with a crack.
The particle cannon at the rear was fully charged, and a blue beam shot out, instantly vaporizing the two charging wild boars.
The battle ended quickly.
Seven or eight wild boar carcasses lay on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of burning flesh.
"We've only just come in and we've already encountered this monster. The further we go, the more dangerous it will likely become," Qin Xiao said.
"Normal." Zhang Yan checked Feng Ling's condition. "The energy of the Ruins will corrupt the surrounding creatures, making them violent and powerful."
"Then we'll have to fight our way through?"
"What else?"
Qin Xiao grinned, "That's great, perfect opportunity to test the power of the Black Scorpion."
The two mechs continued forward.
On their journey thereafter, they encountered even more contaminated creatures.
Giant pythons, mutated monkeys, and even a black bear with three heads.
In every battle, Wind Spirit displayed astonishing mobility.
It darts through the forest like a real cheetah; wherever its claws pass, no creature can survive a single round.
The Black Scorpion was responsible for suppressing firepower.
The particle cannon's power was fully unleashed in the dense forest; with a single shot, trees within a ten-meter radius, along with the monster, were reduced to ashes.
"Brother Yan, your mech design is absolutely amazing!" Qin Xiao became more and more excited as the battle progressed. "I feel like I could take on a whole company by myself right now."
"Don't get cocky. If you really run into a rout, your firepower won't be enough."
"That's still better than going empty-handed."
Zhang Yan didn't say anything more.
He stared at the constantly flashing red dot on the radar, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
There are far too many of these contaminated organisms.
Moreover, the deeper you go, the more severe the pollution becomes.
This indicates that the main body of the ruins is nearby.
"stop."
Feng Ling suddenly stopped.
Qin Xiao also braked, "What's wrong?"
There's something ahead.
Zhang Yan switched to full-band scanning mode.
A huge energy reaction appeared on the radar, less than 500 meters ahead.
"Is it a ruin?"
"Uncertain, but the energy fluctuations are very strong."
Zhang Yan took a deep breath. "Prepare for battle."
The two mechs slowed down and cautiously approached the energy source.
The trees gradually thinned out, and the view opened up.
Ahead was an open space with a huge stone pillar standing in the center.
The stone pillars were covered with ancient runes, emitting a ghostly blue light.
Beside the stone pillar stood a person.
Su Wanqing.
She had her back to Zhang Yan, her hands pressed against the stone pillar, and a crimson energy flow surrounded her body.
"Found you." Zhang Yan said coldly.
Su Wanqing slowly turned around.
A sinister smile played on her lips, and her eyes burned with red flames.
"You little devil from the Mohist school, you arrived faster than I expected."
Her voice was a mix of male, female, young and old tones, which sounded particularly harsh.
"However, you're too late."
Su Wanqing raised her hand, and a scarlet energy ball appeared in her palm.
"I have already absorbed half of the energy from the core of the earth's veins."
"I am now more than ten times stronger than I was in Jinghai."
Zhang Yan didn't waste any words.
The wind spirit's turbine thrusters started at full power, and the entire mecha transformed into a black shadow, rushing towards Su Wanqing.
Su Wanqing sneered and threw the energy ball out.
The energy ball exploded in the air, transforming into countless red beams of light that shot towards Feng Ling.
Zhang Yan manipulated the wind spirit to roll continuously in the air, dodging most of the attacks.
However, several beams still struck the mech's outer shell.
The anti-meme coating worked; the beam of light was refracted and did not cause any real damage.
"Interesting." Su Wanqing narrowed her eyes.
With a powerful push of her feet, she shot towards Feng Ling like a cannonball.
The speed is astonishing.
Zhang Yan's pupils contracted, and he immediately activated the emergency evasion procedure.
At the last second, Feng Ling dodged to the side, and Su Wanqing's fist grazed the mecha's shoulder, leaving a sonic boom in the air.
"Qin Xiao, provide fire support!"
"receive!"
Xuanxie's particle cannon instantly locked onto Su Wanqing, and a blue beam roared out.
Su Wanqing snorted coldly and raised her hand to create a red barrier.
The beam of light struck the barrier, bursting into a blinding flash.
When the smoke cleared, Su Wanqing was unharmed.
"That's it?" she scoffed.
Zhang Yan's eyes turned cold.
"System, analyze the target's weaknesses."
"Scanning... Scan complete."
"The target is the energy clone of the Void, with its core located in the chest cavity. We recommend focusing your firepower on it."
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