Ling Cage: Enhanced Nanosteel Suit at the Start

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Chapter 303 Humanity Has No Chance of Winning

Vera's true form emerged from the shadows like a ghost, her poisoned wrist spikes aimed at the weak point marked by Helian Hong.

However, just as the wrist stab was about to hit, the Immovable Mountain twisted again and transformed back into the shape of Jock's tattered Monarch armor, with several seemingly identical mechanical tentacles extending from its back.

"Hehe, copying me?"

Instead of getting angry, Jock laughed. The truly tattered Monarch armor suddenly shuddered, and the tentacle that had plunged into the ground unleashed a powerful electromagnetic pulse. "Show me your true form!"

Pressing his advantage, Jock unleashed the Scrap Recycling Cannon, spraying out highly viscous and corrosive metal scrap that covered the area.

The mechanical tentacles of the fake "Jock" visibly sluggish upon contact with the waste, revealing the inferior quality of the replica.

Many copies followed, but they were all exposed one by one.

The second form is the true mirror image.

Realizing that simple form imitation could not win, Mirror Beast finally unleashed its true power.

Its mercury-like surface, like a broken mirror, reflected the distorted scene around it.

Second form... activated.

Its aura became erratic, as if it possessed multiple characteristics simultaneously.

"A rapid energy shift, hmm? Its energy fluctuations are mimicking... mimicking my abilities?"

Jock was the first to notice the anomaly; he discovered that his control over the surrounding mechanical units was being slightly disrupted.

"They've started copying our abilities. Although they're not as strong as our originals, combining them is extremely troublesome."

Su Chan quickly analyzed that her quantum perception domain had also been replicated.

"Helian, find the location where it has the ability to copy."

Vera moved through the shadows, dodging the clones' attacks, and calmly gave the order.

"Analysis in progress... When the target replicates a high-level ability, its core energy flow will experience brief turbulence, with uncertain location, but following a certain algorithm... Su Chan, cooperate with me to predict the trajectory."

In an instant, this area became bizarre and surreal.

There might be several Vera fighting in the shadows, or several Joker's mechanical tentacles attacking each other, or even a fake Su Chan sending incorrect battlefield information.

The human team is struggling to cope, not only having to distinguish between genuine and fake, but also having to fend off attacks from those weakened but still deadly replication abilities.

"Damn it, this is never going to end! I can't take it anymore!"

Jock was enraged. His tattered Monarch armor crackled with electricity as he prepared to activate his Overload EMP, even if it would harm him.

"Jock, don't be impulsive."

Vera sharply stopped her, "Nangong, how effective is the interference?"

“It’s feasible. The gene sequence of the clone is not stable. The interference has taken effect, and its morphological maintenance time has been shortened by 27%!” Nangong Wan reported immediately.

"Alright, Su Chan, Helian, lock onto its core location. Qiao Ke, prepare for maximum power mechanical suppression. Vera, the final blow is up to you."

The scene appeared chaotic, but opportunities arose in an instant.

The Mirror Beast seemed to be trying to replicate Helian Hong's "Material Sequence Perception" to find the weaknesses of the human team in reverse. This ability involves extremely complex information processing, which caused a noticeable slight turbulence in its core energy flow, which was jointly detected by Su Chan and Helian Hong.

"Coordinates locked, quick!!" Su Chan and Helian Hong said in unison.

Broken King, Ultimate Form!

"All proliferating tentacles, liberate the mechanical realm, and die!"

Jock laughed wildly as the tattered Monarch armor nearly disintegrated, all the mechanical tentacles detached and flew towards the locked coordinates, instantly forming a temporary but powerful mechanical force field that imprisoned that space like a cage.

The simultaneous explosion of overloaded EMPs caused sparks to fly from Joker's own armor, but it truly affected the energy flow of the Mirror Beast.

The Mirror Beast, temporarily imprisoned and disturbed, abruptly halted the kaleidoscopic changes on its body surface, revealing its mercury-like core, which was constantly twisting and attempting to find its optimal form.

"Shadow Imitation, the Ultimate Feast!"

Vera's figure appeared simultaneously from all the illusions she created, making it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

Each phantom assumed an attack stance and charged at the Mirror Beast.

Her true form, on the other hand, ignites with dark flames of life essence, maximizing the stealth and one-hit-kill characteristics of her venomous fangs.

She was like a poisonous stinger piercing through a lens, rushing towards the imprisoned core.

The wrist spikes were no longer being refined with simple neurotoxins, but rather with a gene-disintegrating sequence agent specially made by Nangong Wan to target the original structure of the mirror beast.

Vera's wrist spike successfully pierced the ever-changing, mercury-like core.

"hiss!!!"

The Mirror Beast let out a mournful cry. Its body stopped transforming and instead shattered like a broken mirror, breaking apart inch by inch from the point where it was pierced.

The fragments of the mirror image scattered and flew everywhere, each fragment reflecting the same shape that had been copied countless times. In the end, all these reflections vanished into nothingness in a violent energy fluctuation.

The dust has settled.

Only the slightly breathless human team remained at the scene, along with the surrounding environment that was gradually returning to normal.

Vera retracted her wrist spikes, and the eerie light on the fang armor slowly subsided.

While cursing and swearing, Jock retrieved the damaged mechanical tentacles and injected himself with emergency repair fluid.

Su Chan, Helian Hong, Nangong Wan and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, no one noticed that the fragments that had turned to dust were re-coalescing like quicksand. A seventh-tier Calamity-level Devouring Beast was not so easy to kill.

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The brutality of the battlefield far exceeds even the most pessimistic expectations of humankind.

None of the eight Calamity-level Devouring Beasts died. Even those that were severely injured were able to revive by consuming a certain amount of their life force while in a near-immortal state.

"Roar!!!"

The Ripper's shattered six arms were pulled back from the flesh furnace, but the new arms were noticeably thinner, and the dark red bone armor had lost its original metallic luster.

His roar was still terrifying, but it lacked some of its strength, and his aura had fallen from the peak of the late seventh rank to the mid-seventh rank.

Immediately afterwards, the body of the Illusionary Eye, composed of countless eyeballs, also reassembled in the seven-colored halo, but many of the smaller eyes were forever dimmed and closed, and the huge main eye also looked exhausted, and the halo it emitted was no longer so captivating.

The rotting colossus rose again from the putrid pus, its size reduced by a whole circle, the number of virus jets on its back decreased by more than half, and the concentration of the pervasive miasma of death returned.

The heavily injured Storm Thunderhawk was rebuilt in the lightning, its wings no longer blotting out the sky, and the area of ​​the thunderstorm domain shrank dramatically.

The Lava Core Beast, the Void God, and the Mirror Beast Wanmian have all recovered, but at a great cost... sacrificing a massive amount of abnormal life force, their strength has generally decreased by 30%.

Eight pairs of eyes, filled with savagery, resentment, and a destructive desire, locked onto the already weakened humans once more.

"...They...didn't die...Just as I thought, they weren't that easy to kill. If only they were that easy to kill."

On the communication channel, someone uttered a near-desperate murmur.

On the human side, they are already exhausted and at their last gasp.

Chen Yuan was panting heavily, while Bai Yuekui, the tomb keeper, Xuanyuan Jing, and the others were extremely weak because they had unleashed their source potential.

Mark, Ling Ye, and the others' mechs were damaged and their core energy was depleted. Even facing the eight Calamity-level Devouring Beasts, which were now 30% weaker but had an even stronger killing intent, the human side had no chance of winning.

Chapter 304 The Mechanical War God requests to go into battle

Chen Yuan used all means to repel Experiment 19, and then said to each survivor's communicator: "Everyone, immediately abandon the attack, take the wounded, and retreat to the Mechanical War God at full speed. This is an order!"

There is no time for sadness, no time for hesitation.

The remaining human warriors unleashed their last strength, grabbing their severely injured or powerless companions, transforming into streaks of light, and flying towards the Mechanical War God with all their might.

"Don't even think about escaping?"

Subject 19's mental fluctuations were icy cold, and a hint of resentment flashed in his eyes on his pale face.

"Pursue them and destroy them in one fell swoop."

Eight Calamity-level Devouring Beasts, carrying boundless hatred, stirred up violent energy turbulence and relentlessly pursued the retreating human team.

The beast tide gathered behind it, like a black tsunami determined to engulf everything.

Just as they were about to catch up with the retreating humans, their claws and energy about to touch those weary figures...

A massive shadow, swirling with deep, dark blue energy, moved like a continental plate, cutting into the battlefield at unimaginable speed, standing between the fleeing humans and the pursuing Devouring Beasts.

It's the Hope!

This 18-kilometer-long stellar-class spaceship, with its star-like bow facing the beast tide, shimmered with dark blue energy patterns, resembling a blue star forcibly dragged into the human world, exuding a cold and resolute majesty.

The person in control was Chen Xin, who pressed buttons in the air to activate various defense mechanisms and attacks.

"Star Torch Matter-Antimatter Annihilation Furnace, overload operation mode activated."

"All weapon systems unlocked, target locked..."

"At all costs, we must keep the enemy out of our defensive lines."

The bridge of the Hope was deserted. Chen Xin's cold electronic voice echoed in the empty cabin. Her virtual image was solidified on the main screen, her eyes like the coldest ice and the fiercest fire.

"Fire!"

The Hope demonstrated the terrifying power of being the most technologically advanced creation of human civilization to date.

"Corona-class heavy particle beam cannons, fire salvo!"

The bow and two additional secondary gun turrets on top of the hull, along with the three main guns, simultaneously unleash wide-range attacks.

Three massive particle beams, each over 100 meters in diameter and seemingly capable of tearing space itself, swept across several kilometers in an instant like whips of light wielded by God, blasting towards Experiment 19, Ripper, and Storm Thunderhawk, who were charging at the forefront.

On the 19th, the energy wing membrane was deployed, and the death pulse collided with the particle torrent, causing large sections of space to collapse.

The Ripper roared to the sky, trying to force its way through, but was pushed back by the beam of light, and its newly formed bone armor shattered once again.

The Storm Thunderhawk let out a shriek and quickly released its lightning shield, but it was forced to retreat under the impact of the particle stream, and its lightning feathers were charred and scattered everywhere!

"Starburst Multipurpose Missile Vertical Launching System, Full Barrage Launch!"

On the Hope's broad hull, thousands of vertical launch wells opened simultaneously with a series of clicks.

The next moment, the sky was like a meteor shower flying in reverse, with countless missiles shooting into the sky, trailing colorful plumes of flame.

After being launched, these missiles quickly and intelligently target and separate their targets. The armor-piercing warheads accurately land on the king-class Devourer, the high-explosive warheads clear large gaps in the beast horde, and the EMP missiles disrupt the operation of the energy-type Devourer.