When Fu Qingqing heard this, she frowned.
"I don't think there have been any geno beasts in Mechanical King Hall."
"That doesn't mean there aren't any," Qi Yuan said.
"Genetic warriors have become the main fighting force to wear down the Mech Dynasty's machines. Just like how we will research the Mech Dynasty's machines to find ways to break them, the Mech Dynasty will definitely research ways to deal with our genetic warriors."
"Although the Mech King Court fanatically worships steel machines, they will not be inflexible on the battlefield."
"A geno beast like this isn't some high-end technology."
Fu Qingqing looked at the giant sandworm geno beast, and she was eager to try it out.
"Don't move," Qi Yuan said.
"With the power of the team, we'll be able to take care of this sandworm. The real trouble is yet to come. Save your strength."
Facing the giant sandworm, the team commander quickly gave the order. Two tier-five genetic warriors jumped out of the car. They controlled the power of the earth to stop the giant sandworm from wreaking havoc among the team.
Otherwise, with the huge size of the sandworm, it could easily overturn all the heavy trucks.
The sandworm's body was huge, and it had a lot of power and defense. But against two tier-five genetic warriors, it was quickly at a disadvantage.
The Mechanic was in the midst of changing the energy core. Seeing the sandworm being beaten to a pulp and retreating, a black monster quietly crawled out of the hole left behind by the sandworm. It was only the size of a human head, and it looked like a black spider. All of its energy waves were blocked, and it successfully avoided the fleet's warning system.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the giant sandworm geno beast. If it wasn't for Qi Yuan keeping the spirit fortress open, they wouldn't have noticed the intruder's presence.
The spider wasn't a bug, nor was it a geno beast. It was a machine.
Although the strength of a machine wasn't proportional to its size, Mech King's Palace's technology wasn't strong enough to fit that many combat units into a machine of that size. That meant the black spider wouldn't be too strong. It wouldn't even be able to compete with the sandworm, even if it did.
Just as Qi Yuan was about to issue a warning in the fleet's communication channel, the black metallic spider's joints suddenly rotated. A small metallic antenna extended from each of its eight legs towards the sky. A bright blue arc of electricity extended from the end of the antenna, forming a blue circular arc of electricity.
Only then did the Spirit Fortress sense that there was an extremely chaotic and powerful energy similar to an electromagnetic pulse hidden in its body.
Qi Yuan knew this was bad. He finally figured out what the spider was for. The enemy wanted to paralyze the team.
There was no time to warn them.
Without any hesitation, Qi Yuan pulled out a Gun of Annihilation that he had personally crafted. He aimed it at the black eight-clawed spider and pulled the trigger.
Just as the blood-red power of annihilation shot out, the interconnected ring-shaped blue electric arcs suddenly spread out and quickly shrouded the entire convoy that was not protected by the energy shield.
Boom!
The second circle of electricity formed, and the black spider was blown apart by the Annihilation Gun.
At the same time, a series of small explosions came from the car. Qi Yuan's heart sank. The electronic equipment in the car was damaged.
Soon, the mechanic in charge of changing the energy core came out of the car with a gloomy face.
Every car's energy shield generator had been destroyed by the pulse of electricity. This meant the team could no longer use their energy shields.
The commander of the team hurried over. The giant sandworm was already on the ground, killed by two tier-5 genetic warriors. Looking at the giant body on the ground, he couldn't feel happy.
If they were in other places, the destruction of the vehicles' energy shields would not affect them too much. However, in the red zone, it meant danger was coming.
"How long will it take to repair the damaged equipment?" the commander asked.
The mechanics looked at each other and said, "Although the machine was killed in time and didn't send out any destructive pulses, the team doesn't have any spare energy generators. Therefore, it will take at least five hours to repair it."
Hearing this, everyone in the team felt a chill in their hearts. Although the battle earlier didn't attract the attack of the insect beasts, five hours was too long. They didn't have that much time to waste in the red zone.
The longer they stayed in the red zone, the more dangerous it would be.
In this urgent situation, this battalion major who was the commander of the convoy showed his decisive side.
"Leave a driver in each truck. Drive the trucks at full speed along the safe passage. Get as many out as you can!
The rest of you will split up into small teams and walk toward the frontline base. If a battle breaks out, don't get involved. You can deviate from the safe passage and take a detour. However, don't stray too far from the safe passage. "
The movement of the trucks was too loud. Without the isolation of the energy shields, it would definitely attract the attention of the insect beasts. The safe passage could at least reduce the probability of encountering the panic-level insect beasts.
Although these trucks had powerful combat power, once they entered combat mode, the trucks would be in a desperate situation.
As for the people walking to the frontline, since they were smaller targets, the probability of attracting the insect beasts would be greatly reduced. When encountering a battle, taking a detour and leaving the safe passage would be safer than rashly joining the battle.
The team started moving quickly. The team was the first to leave. Without any energy shields, the trucks pulled away from each other and charged into the distance.
After the trucks were far away, the remaining hikers scattered and blended into the wilderness.
Traveling in large groups in the wilderness was a very dangerous thing to do. Therefore, before they set off, the teams were completely separated.
In order to ensure the combat power of each team and minimize the possibility of being attacked by the insect beasts, a maximum of two rank 5 ability users were allowed to travel, and a maximum of five rank 4 ability users were allowed to travel. This was the data obtained by the Wilderness Exploration Department after risking their lives in the wilderness.
As for the rank 6 ability users, no matter if it was an ability user, a mechanic, or a genetic warrior, Qi Yuan didn't find any trace of them. Even the rank 6 ability user who killed the sniper didn't find any trace of him.
In the end, Qi Yuan and Fu Qingqing traveled together. The two of them deviated from the safe passage and stepped into the wilderness.
Qi Yuan carried the box with the mutated energy weapon and activated the area detection all the way. The two of them didn't stray too far from the safe passage. Using the area detection, Qi Yuan found a lot of black-toothed rats lurking near the safe passage. They seemed to be looking for something. The two of them carefully went around them and didn't get discovered by the rats.
After traveling a safe distance, Qi Yuan suddenly felt a strong energy wave coming from the safe passage in front of them.
"Be careful."
Qi Yuan and Fu Qingqing looked at each other. They didn't approach rashly. Instead, they observed from afar for a while. They found two rank 4 ability users, two rank 4 mechanics, and one rank 5 ability user working together to fight against a heavy truck that had already turned into a fighting machine. The battle between the two sides was very intense.
"It's the Black Scorpion Bandits!" Fu Qingqing said in a low voice.
Qi Yuan also raised his eyebrows. Although the Black Scorpion Bandits weren't very famous, they were still notorious in the Black Steel Shelter.
The Black Scorpion Bandits were a group in the wilderness, and their leader was Black Scorpion.
They were different from the hunters in the wilderness, not only because they were stronger, but also because the members of the Black Scorpion Bandits were originally from the Black Steel Shelter.
Black Scorpion was originally an M5 in the Wilderness Exploration Department. Later, because he made a mistake, he was sent to the wilderness. After seeing that there was no hope of returning to the shelter, Black Scorpion became bold and directly destroyed the entire wilderness stronghold, escaping into the wilderness.
After disappearing for a long time, he gathered a few people who were exiled from the Black Steel Shelter and formed the Black Scorpion Bandits. They specialized in raiding and robbing.
In the beginning, they only ambushed the hunting teams of the Black Steel Shelter. Slowly, they began to attack the small convoys of the Black Steel Shelter. In the end, they even went crazy and massacred a few gathering points.
The Black Steel Shelter also sent people to encircle and suppress them a few times. Unfortunately, they slipped away every time. However, they didn't expect that they would enter the red zone. Moreover, they dared to attack the large convoys heading to the frontlines.
Thinking of the black-toothed rats and the giant sandworm, Qi Yuan vaguely guessed how they could escape from the Black Steel Shelter's encirclement.
Qi Yuan didn't know much about the Black Scorpion Bandits. However, because the Black Scorpion Bandits were former members of the Wilderness Exploration Department, Fu Qingqing had a deeper understanding of them.
"How many Black Scorpion Bandits are there in total?" asked Qi Yuan.
"There aren't many Black Scorpion Bandits. The Wilderness Exploration Department has the information of six of them. Maybe there are a few who haven't shown up, but the total number of Black Scorpion Bandits is definitely no more than ten," said Fu Qingqing in a low voice.
"Not all exiled people have the courage to go against the shelter."
There were only five bandits fighting here, which meant that there were still some Black Scorpion Bandits who hadn't shown up yet.
"I suspect that there are other people behind these bandits," said Fu Qingqing.
Qi Yuan nodded.
"The Black Scorpion Bandits aren't that strong. If they didn't have the support of other forces, they would have been wiped out long ago. It's impossible for them to hide until now."
"There aren't many forces that have the strength to support these bandits and the motive to do so. Other than the Quicksand Shelter and the Apocalypse Holy Court, there's only the Mechanical Empire."
"The Quicksand Shelter is now improving their relationship with the Black Steel Shelter, so they probably won't let the Black Scorpion Bandits attack the convoy supporting the frontline at this time."
"Although the Apocalypse Holy Court also has the strength, to them, the Defilers are more reliable than humans. I didn't feel any Depraved Power from those black-toothed rats, so the possibility of it being them is not high."
"The mechanical body that almost paralyzed the convoy just now should be the work of the Mechanical Empire, so they should be supported by the Mechanical Empire."
"Should we kill them?" asked Fu Qingqing.
"We can't do it. Don't forget, the Black Scorpion Bandits still haven't shown up, and the leader Black Scorpion hasn't shown up either," said Qi Yuan.
At this time, Qi Yuan sensed a black-toothed rat quietly emerging from the ground, as if looking for something.
"Let's go, there's still someone hiding in the dark," said Qi Yuan.
Fu Qingqing followed his advice, and the two quickly took a detour and left.
At this time, another black-toothed rat emerged from the ground and appeared in the direction the two were heading.
Qi Yuan's eyes narrowed. There were too many black-toothed rats. If the two continued to hide, they might not be able to completely escape the encirclement of the black-toothed rats. If they could use this black-toothed rat to severely injure the person behind the scenes, they might be able to reduce the risk of being exposed.
Qi Yuan's mind moved, and he directly activated the Mind Fortress, enveloping the black-toothed rat that was spying on them.
In the Mind Domain, the Mechanical Deity appeared again.
This time, the enemy of the Mechanical Deity became a giant black-toothed rat full of aggression. Compared to Wen Zhuo's giant python, this giant black-toothed rat was obviously larger. Its size was not any smaller than the Mechanical Deity formed by Qi Yuan's consciousness.
It had two green eyes that emitted a fierce light as it stared at the Mechanical Deity.
"Who are you?" The giant black-toothed rat spoke human language and roared at the Mechanical Deity formed by Qi Yuan.
The Mechanical Deity did not say a word. A giant sword emitting red and white flames condensed in its hand out of thin air.
It suddenly slashed down at the giant black-toothed rat.
The burning giant sword slashed through the void, and the blazing white flames dragged out a comet tail. The surging killing intent showed Qi Yuan's determination to kill it.
Although this black-toothed rat was huge, its figure was somewhat illusory. As the giant sword slashed down, it let out an angry roar.
Two green rays of light shot out from the giant black-toothed rat's eyes at the same time.
One shot toward the giant sword, and the other shot toward the body of the Mechanical Deity.
Boom!
With a loud sound, the light beam that shot toward the blazing white giant sword was shattered, turning into a dark green corrosive cloud that spread out.
The blazing white giant sword sizzled in the dark green cloud, but it could not stop it from slashing down at all.
Puchi!
The blazing white giant sword that exuded a terrifying energy fluctuation directly slashed the body of the giant black-toothed rat. Blazing white flames erupted in its body.
The giant black-toothed rat let out a painful roar. It looked huge, but it was far from displaying the strength that matched its size. Even the black python that Wen Zhuo manifested was stronger than it.
With just one slash, this seemingly powerful black-toothed rat was burned into ashes in the blazing white flames, leaving no trace behind.
As for the green light beam that hit the body of the Mechanical Deity, other than releasing a cloud of dark green poisonous fog again, it only left a mottled corrosive trace on the heart of the Mechanical Deity.