The island was once again plunged into darkness, and the wind by the lake became cold.
Ding Meng let out a long sigh in the cold wind. He suddenly opened his mouth and said something very strange, "You really are a test subject."
The soldier in the Hercules armor seemed to be stunned.
Ding Meng sighed, "A normal armor that can increase an origin ability user's index by three times is already considered an excellent product. But this armor of yours can actually increase an origin ability user's index by seven times. It's really a rare high-tech product."
The soldier's voice was full of pride. "Since you know, you should also know that resistance is futile."
Ding Meng did not answer him. He continued, "Do you know why I know that your armor has such an effect?"
The soldier was stunned again.
Ding Meng slowly took two steps forward. "It's very simple. Because you are a beginner War Venerable, and your energy index is only about 100,000 points."
The soldier's voice became cold. "How do you know?"
Ding Meng sneered. "You can pretend in front of them, but you can't pretend in front of me. Officer Bai, do you still want to continue using your strange voice?"
The soldier seemed to be silent. After a while, his voice turned into a male voice. "Ding Meng, you'd better be sensible and take the initiative to give me that package. We can be considered to have a good relationship. If a talent like you has the opportunity to enter the Federation, all the major forces will fight for you. If you want, I can be your guide and recommend you to the Sheng Hao Group. You may not know about the Haitian Group, but as long as you are a person, you should know the strength of the Sheng Hao Group …"
This soldier was none other than Bai Yue, who had tricked Ding Meng, Dai Yi, and the others on the carrier in Meteor City and had stolen Nightmare's backpack.
He did not appear in the venue at first. It was not until the Hercules armor was damaged that Bai Yue, who was inside the armor, was scanned with his telekinesis vision.
Ding Meng laughed even more disdainfully. "As I said before, the position of the deputy commander of the Green Arrow Corps is not low, and you betrayed the Dai Family. I'm afraid that there must be a bigger force behind you. I didn't expect you to rely on the Shenghao Group."
Bai Yue said proudly, "A fine bird chooses a tree to nest in. You are a smart person, so I don't need to say more about this principle, right?"
Ding Meng said, "You know the word 'good bird', 'bird' is a good word. At least it's not a human, it's a beast."
Bai Le stared at him.
"What are you trying to say?"
Ding Meng said, "I have my reasons for saying that you are not human."
Bai Yue forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "What reason?"
Ding Meng said, "I've been thinking about something. Your Hercules armor is said to be the seventh-generation product being developed by the Holy Grail Federation. The Federation commissioned Shenghao Group to develop it."
Bai Yue said, "So what?"
Ding Meng said, "Although I'm also a layman when it comes to armor, I still know one thing. A fully mass-produced armor needs to be tested, modified, and perfected at least thousands of times. It also needs to be tested many times by specialized soldiers. It will not be put into production until it's mature. You don't have to deny it. Your armor is definitely not a mature product."
Bai Yue could not deny it because he was one of the soldiers in charge of the trial.
Ding Meng continued, "It stands to reason that this kind of high-end armor is classified. Even if it's a trial, it should be done in an absolutely confidential place, or inside the Kejia server. It's impossible to fly to outer space, especially to a place like Cypress Grove. Of course, you can also explain that the Shenghao Group wants to see the actual combat results."
Bai Yue did not say anything. He once again had a new understanding of Ding Meng. Although this guy was usually cold and indifferent, he was actually very flexible and thought more clearly than anyone else.
"That's the problem."
Ding Meng spread his hands and said, "How can such a high-end product be tested by someone like you?
If I were the boss of the Shenghao Group, I would at least send someone at the combat master level to Cypress Grove. "
Bai Yue snorted coldly and said, "You think you're smart?"
Ding Meng said, "Since the Shenghao Group knows about the existence of the Inverse Source Crystal, they should understand that the Starbow Group will not come empty-handed. At the very least, they will send an expert to oversee the operation. Anyway, no matter what kind of person it is, it will not be someone with your strength to pilot the Hercules armor …"
No matter how unwilling Bai Yue was to admit it, he had to agree with Ding Meng's analysis. If this semi-finished armor fell into the hands of the enemy, it would be a big joke.
Ding Meng said, "But you still came. I'm afraid there's only one explanation, that is, there's a big flaw in the Hercules armor. If there's a problem, the one who died is just an outsider, the deputy regimental commander of the Green Arrow Corps. Even if he dies, the Sheng Hao Group won't suffer any loss. Anyway, they don't treat you as a human being. It's reasonable for me to say that you're not a human being …"
These words were a classic case of wild guesses and nonsense. It was purely based on skewed logic. However, this was also Ding Meng's psychological tactic. He was betting that Bai Yue's defection back then was for glory and wealth.
Along the way, Ding Meng had a certain understanding of "traitors".
Ji Ming was such a person when he was on the Songqing spaceship. However, Ji Ming was trained by Lan Bing to be an undercover agent in the Norse Empire for many years. He was fundamentally different from Bai Yue. Bai Yue's behavior was commonly known as "leaving home halfway".
In fact, who did not want glory and wealth?
There were too many people like "Bai Yue" in the world. They always thought that they could attract the attention of the higher-ups by groveling, currying favor, flattering, and doing whatever they could to get the attention of the higher-ups and finally embark on the road to success.
Therefore, they did not hesitate to betray their former allies. When the benefits were big enough, they could even disown their own family. However, they forgot one thing. Their self-righteous behavior of "enduring humiliation" was a moral villain in the eyes of the people at the bottom of the hierarchy. Moreover, the so-called higher-ups also despised such people from the bottom of their hearts.
Sometimes, slaves were essentially the same as animals. Do not expect others to treat you as a human being. For a large-scale organization like the Shenghao Group, when necessary, the priority would be to send the slaves and animals to their deaths. Who would be willing to sacrifice the elites?
Anyone with a normal IQ would not do such a thing.
Ding Meng's words indeed aroused Bai Yue's anger. He could not help but curse, "Bullsh * t! Who do you think you are?
What do you know?
Last time in the Flying Star City, I spared your life because I thought you were a talent. I didn't expect to run into you again this time. Do you think it's useful to talk so much? "
Ding Meng smiled and said, "Then, do you think I will fall in the same place twice?"
"Then go to hell!" Bai Yue said as he charged at Hao Ren like a whirlwind.
Ding Meng had only watched from afar before. Now that he was in close combat, he really understood the power of the Hercules armor.
Although the battle armor had lost an arm and Sheng Hao's golden shield, the left hand was still there. Furthermore, the mechanical palm was deformed with a series of cracking sounds, and a huge cutter was flipped out from the inside. This thing was made up of many large and small high-frequency rotating saws. They were densely packed together and looked like an enlarged version of a cactus.
No one dared to take this thing head-on. Ding Meng had to slide to the side.
The huge saw hit the ground, and a stone the size of a tea table instantly turned into a puff of smoke.
Bai Yue, who was equipped with the armor, was indeed fast. As soon as Ding Meng dodged, the saw quickly turned and chased after him as if it had eyes. No matter how he dodged, the saw would eventually cut him to death.
Soon, a large number of coconut trees in the forest fell, and countless branches and weeds rose into the sky.
The right hand of the armor was not really disabled. The cut at the elbow was also deformed, turning into a long and flat black energy pulse gun.
The firing rate of the gun was not fast. Every five seconds, a long droplet-shaped energy bullet would shoot out. Although the bullet was small in size, its power was amazing because it did not hit a person, but the ground under Ding Meng's feet. As soon as the bullet touched the ground, it quickly turned into a circle of white light and spread out like a wave.
The ground was clearly distorted into an "S" shape. The energy pulse gun created a shock effect, which interfered with Hao Ren's movement and footwork. To put it bluntly, Bai Yue's idea was the standard style of a lightspeed assassin: to make it impossible for Hao Ren to fight back and kill him in one go.
With his continuous smashing and shooting attacks, Ding Meng could only jump from tree to tree. However, this was not a solution because as the cutter continued to cut down tree after tree, Ding Meng would sooner or later fall into an awkward situation where there were no trees to use.
Sure enough, after the armor cut down more than forty coconut trees, the energy pulse gun finally stopped shooting at the ground and directly greeted Ding Meng.
This shock did not have a direct killing effect, but when it exploded in the air, the energy flow it set off was quite fierce. If Hao Ren dodged with the flow, he would be fine, but if he went against the flow, his speed would be greatly reduced.
Bai Yue obviously saw this point. After another bullet was fired, he chose to predict Ding Meng's movements in advance. He suddenly raised his fist and punched at Ding Meng's right side. This time, it was not a violent punch, but a sudden ejection of the large cutter from the armor.
"Watch out!" Little Rascal exclaimed.
Ding Meng also noticed that something was wrong. When the cutter was in front of him, it suddenly exploded. Countless large and small gear saws scattered. From afar, it looked like a miniature force field. All the saws surrounded Ding Meng.
Bai Yue smiled. "Go in peace. Dying in the hands of Hercules armor is not a disgrace to your status."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a series of "Cha Cha Cha" sounds, and all the saws closed in from all directions, converging on Ding Meng at the center.
"Clang!"
At the critical moment, a golden diamond mirror image suddenly appeared and covered Ding Meng.
As the gear saws rushed up, the mirror image's surface flashed with a strong light. Apparently, it was resisting the fierce attack.
Ever since Ding Meng started practicing the Diamond Star Technique, he had never felt more tired than this defense. These saws were really like countless strange insects gnawing at the surface of the origin power mirror image.
Under the high-speed operation of the six origin points in his body, the origin power was still being drawn out to support the mirror image.
Xiao Ai said in a deep voice, "Don't overuse it. These saws are made of special materials. The diamond prism won't last for too long."