Life Dungeon Game

Throughout the Federation's centuries-long history, the Sky Beasts have helped humanity defeat numerous powerful alien beasts and are now among the most powerful weapons deployed by the Federation's military.

He Ao had a bad feeling when he first saw the military signal jammer at the Dead Tree Bar, but the appearance of the Sky Beast still exceeded his expectations.

This is something that ordinary conglomerates or even city defense forces can't afford. The construction cost of a single aerospace behemoth is as high as tens of billions of federal dollars, and the annual maintenance cost alone is in the tens of millions. Running it costs hundreds of thousands per minute.

Many small cities cannot afford to support such a behemoth.

Even among large conglomerates, only a minority can afford to buy and maintain such a massive aerospace beast.

Moreover, as a super product of Ives Space Systems, the Sky Behemoth has a purchase threshold.

Direct purchase is impossible; one must continuously spend hundreds of billions of federal dollars at Ives Space Systems Company to become the company's top VIP customer before being eligible to bid for a spot in the annual Space Beast competition.

Furthermore, the Sky Beast is not sold individually; it is sold as a complete combat unit, including the mechs, drones, and dragoons.

After this rigorous selection process, only a few established conglomerates are qualified to purchase the aerospace behemoth.

Some young conglomerates, such as the already-dead Kegete Conglomerate, despite their high market capitalization, lack any aerospace giants in their mercenary groups.

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However, compared to hiring a B-level expert to provide support, the initial investment cost of the Sky Beast is far higher, so apart from the Federal Army, there are not many conglomerates that are truly willing to purchase it.

In summary, only established conglomerates with long-standing resources have the money and the qualifications to purchase the superhuman power within the Sky Beast Balancing Conglomerate.

Clearly, United Industries, which has only been established for two or three decades, is not among these 'old-established conglomerates'.

Therefore, this behemoth in the sky is most likely a loan from a long-established conglomerate to United Industries to "hold things in place".

Aside from the purchase cost, the actual wear and tear on the aerospace behemoths is not high. Moreover, if these things are not taken out and operated frequently, they are more likely to break down if left unused for a long time. Therefore, if the relationship is right, some established conglomerates are likely to be willing to 'lend' them.

Moreover, this thing exerts a much stronger sense of pressure than a B-level expert.

As a dense mass of shadows loomed over him, He Ao's expression turned somber.

United Industries actually made a mistake that crossed a 'bottom line': in principle, super weapons like the Sky Behemoth are not allowed to enter cities.

A single accidental injury from this weapon could result in the deaths of countless people.

Fortunately, judging from its appearance, this aerospace behemoth is not a nuclear-powered model, but rather a model powered by an ultra-high-energy compressed battery.

This model is larger, cheaper, and has lower maintenance costs, but it also has less battery life and carries fewer weapons.

It can be considered a 'youthful' style.

The person who designed this aerospace behemoth probably wanted it to adapt to environments that normal nuclear reactors cannot operate in, but He Ao believes that such environments most likely do not include 'urban environments'.

In the very short time that He Ao's thoughts flashed by, the giant sky beast in the sky seemed to have also noticed his presence.

"'The Seventh Force'?"

An aged voice rang out from the drones flying in the sky, "What exactly do you want?"

He glanced at the gap between the drones and saw the black mech that had escaped from his grasp earlier.

This guy had already darted behind the drone and must have been transmitting He Ao's 'achievements' to the control room of the Sky Beast via a special channel.

The drones surrounded He Ao, but did not launch an attack immediately.

Clearly, they were very wary of Heo.

"The Seventh Force,"

Seeing that He Ao did not respond immediately, an aged voice came from the drone again.

"As you have already seen, we will soon restore order to this city. If you really want to do anything in this city, surrender is your only option. As long as you are willing to serve us, we can forgive and forget everything that happened before."

The voice was high above, its back against the enormous sky behemoth, an invisible and oppressive shadow covering everyone's bodies. "I believe you know very well what the fate of a weak Fallen Angel mech would be against a sky behemoth. If you want to be our enemy, then what awaits you is death and destruction."

He watched all this through the monitor inside the mecha. He no longer had the strength to speak, nor did he want to speak here.

He pushed slowly

joystick.

The pristine white mecha slowly raised its left hand.

"Are you going to surrender?"

The aged voice echoed from the sky, looking down upon the creatures below. He seemed to see He'ao's hand gripping the longsword, which remained still. "Appropriate vigilance is permissible. I allow you to hold your weapon and surrender with only one hand raised."

Then, in all the drone cameras, the pure white mecha's palm turned, the back of its hand facing outward, and slowly bent its little finger, ring finger, index finger, and thumb.

Against the backdrop of this friendly gesture, the whole world seemed to fall silent for a moment.

"You idiot!"

The sound of almost gritting teeth came from the drone.

Immediately afterwards, the flying drones, like a black wave sweeping in from the earth, spewed flames at the pure white mecha.

He suddenly raised his knight's sword and swung it out, destroying the incoming cannonballs into bursts of flame. Then, he rushed through the flames and used his knight's sword to slice through the wave of drones in the sky, creating a gap.

Then he rushed through the swarm of drones and continued flying upwards.

A Dragoon fighter jet that was very close to Heo quickly ascended and launched a missile while dodging Heo.

He Ao sliced ​​the missile in two with a single sword strike, and with another strike, he cleaved the airborne dragon rider fighter in two.

Then he turned around and looked at the drone chasing after him, adjusting the laser cannon in his right hand to low-power continuous mode.

A dazzling laser streaked across the sky, then swept to the right like a magic wand being waved.

Countless drones shattered under the laser beam, and the shattered fragments destroyed other drones. In that instant, a wall of flames formed between He Ao and the drones behind him, briefly blocking the path of the drones behind him.

Immediately afterwards, He'ao's speed rapidly increased, soaring straight towards the colossal object in the sky.

At that very moment, two jet-black mechs rushed up and blocked He Ao's path.

He Ao, one after the other, shattered the cockpits of the two mechs.

The out-of-control mech crashed to the ground, landing on the boundary between the sea and the land.

We were already standing on the edge of the storm sea. A little further ahead, He Ao could even hear the howling of the storm in the distance.

His figure continued forward, rushing towards the colossal sky beast suspended high in the air.

Vian did not have the blueprints for the Sky Behemoth, nor had he studied it, but he had been to the Sky Behemoth exhibit of the Ives Space Systems Company.

Although the long-legged blonde saleswoman from the Ives Space Systems, wearing black stockings and high heels, hadn't shown him around the core area of ​​the Sky Beast, he could still roughly guess the location of the main control room.

It should be a little behind that huge main cannon.

Large weapons like the Sky Beast are most afraid of getting close to small, high-attack weapons, so it is equipped with a mech squadron of at least a dozen mechs when it appears.

With over a dozen mechs swarming forward, along with drones and dragoons, even a B-level superhuman would find it difficult to break through quickly.

But at this moment, when He Ao looked around, besides the two mechs he had just destroyed, all he could see were...

Even with the mech that escaped so quickly, there are only three mechs left in the vicinity.

Clearly, the mech squadron that was sent to the main cathedral and killed by He Ao was the mech squadron that defended against the aerial behemoth.

The number of surrounding Dragoon fighters was also more than half that of the theoretical number.

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United Industries seemed never to have considered that the Sky Behemoth would be attacked by a single soldier, nor did it ever consider that the Sky Behemoth was in danger of being attacked.

Therefore, they easily dismantled the combat formation intended to cooperate with the aerial behemoth and used it for other tasks.

As He Ao drew closer to the aerospace behemoth, openings began to appear beneath the massive creature, revealing miniature missile silos inside.

Micro-missiles rained down on He Ao's location like a storm. These missiles seemed to be equipped with tracking devices and rushed towards He Ao with trails of flame.

He immediately turned in mid-air, swooped down towards the sea below, and then suddenly pulled up as he approached the surface, soaring back into the sky.

Some missiles were unable to adapt to such high-maneuverability operations and exploded on the sea surface after losing their targets, while others tracked down Heo's movements.

He Ao immediately turned around, raised the laser cannon he had prepared in his right hand, and swept it horizontally. Countless missiles were shattered under the laser's beam, along with the missiles behind them.

At that moment, a piercing alarm suddenly sounded in the cockpit of the mech.

He Ao raised his head and looked up at the sky.

At the very front of that magnificent shadow, the once pitch-black main cannon was now filled with an orange-red glow.

A terrifying heatwave instantly spread through the pitch-black space, illuminating the sky like the sun and dimming the stars.

Without hesitation, He Ao activated all the thrusters to full power and shot diagonally into the sky.

boom--

With a deafening cannon blast, a massive orange-red flash of light struck the sea surface where Heo had just stood.

The tranquil seawater evaporated into countless hazy white mists the instant it touched the light, and a huge cavity with a diameter of several hundred meters appeared where He Ao had just stood.

The damp seabed is exposed to the air, and countless ferocious fish swimming in the sea are either roasted into dried fish or instantly steamed by the scorching steam under this high temperature.

A mining ship marked with the words "United Industries" was moored on the shore, now reduced to half its original size, with molten iron hanging from its remaining section, gleaming with a scorching light.

Immediately afterwards, the gushing seawater surged back and filled the dried-up seabed.

The colossal object in the sky had already turned its cannons towards Heo, who was already floating in the sky, and began to charge up its energy again.

Two more mechs rushed up, trying to stop He Ao.

This time, He Ao quickly destroyed the mech's control panel, then raised his giant sword and plunged it into the mech's back.

With a flash of electricity, two battery compartments containing energy cells fell into He Ao's hands.

Under normal circumstances, forcibly removing the mecha's battery would directly trigger the battery stress response device, leading to an explosion. Therefore, He Ao directly used his understanding of the mecha's structure to remove the battery and battery protection device together.

The instant he destroyed the mech, missiles fired again...

He Ao chased after him.

He dodged backward, streaking across the sky like a beam of light, shaking off some missiles as he hurtled toward the ground.

Just as he was about to reach the shore, he turned around and fired a laser cannon, destroying the missiles following behind him.

He then landed and removed the energy batteries from the two mechs he had just destroyed that had fallen onto the shore.

This gives you four high-performance compressed batteries.

When he dealt with those two mechs, he deliberately didn't destroy their energy batteries, thinking they would be useful later.

However, if the commander of United Industries hadn't arranged for these mechs to be delivered in pairs, he wouldn't have been able to do this so easily.