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Cherno Alpha and Crimson Storm are still submerged in the sea.

The electromagnetic pulse from the ridge-backed turtle completely burned through the circuit system, leaving the two mechs like abandoned iron towers, with seawater up to their waists.

The recovery tugboat had just approached, and before the towing cable could be attached to the towing hook, the sea surface cracked open.

The entire shallow beach was lifted up at the same moment, as if the seawater was being pushed upwards from the seabed by an invisible giant hand.

The Cherno Alfa was the first to be hit.

A tail covered in dark blue scales swung up from below the water, its tip tipped with a barb, piercing directly through the mech's chest nuclear power compartment.

Armor is like paper in front of barbs.

Hydraulic oil and coolant gushed out of the wound, mixing with the seawater and creating large patches of murky foam.

The Cherno Alpha's entire mech collapsed from the chest down, with its head, shoulders, and arms folding inward like a crushed iron can.

The people on the tugboat didn't even have time to scream.

The Crimson Storm is the second one.

It was bitten off at the waist.

No one saw how the monster moved; they only saw a dark blue shadow slide across the water.

Storm's three crimson arms twitched simultaneously, and a neat ring of serrations appeared on its red-painted waist armor.

Immediately afterwards, his upper body plunged into the seawater, while his lower body remained standing. The hydraulic pipes and cables at the break point were exposed, and after a few sparks, the water went completely dark.

Only then did the monster rise from the water.

It has dark blue scales and its back is covered with glowing keratinous protrusions.

Three pairs of eyes are located on the front and sides of the head, without pupils, only cloudy, dark yellow sclera.

Level 5 monster.

But it is completely different from the venomous woman in the movie. The arrangement of its scales, the curvature of its bone claws, and the frequency of the glow of its keratinous protrusions—every detail tells us that this is not a product of natural evolution.

It is a biological weapon that has been concocted.

Targeting the laser emitters of the Dangerous Gipsy Danger, the joint structure of the external armor, and all means of human retaliation.

When the Dangerous Gazelle rushed out, Raleigh's nosebleed hadn't been wiped clean yet, Mori Asako's hands were trembling, and the mental connection between the two almost broke.

But they went ahead anyway, because there were no other mechs outside.

The dangerous wanderer stood still on the shallows.

But the monster was faster in the water than they had expected.

Its slender, streamlined body instantly broke through the sea surface, and its five bone claws shot out simultaneously, carving a long gash across the chest of the dangerous wanderer.

The chain sword shot out and struck the monster's forelimb, splitting its scales open.

The monster didn't loosen its grip; instead, it swung its other forelimb from the side, its bone claw piercing the left shoulder, and the chain sword slipped from the hand and fell into the sea.

The laser emitter then fired.

The orange-red beam struck the monster's head, scorching its horny protrusions and sending up a plume of white smoke.

However, the beam of light did not penetrate the scales. The monster automatically adjusted its angle the moment it was hit, dispersing the energy throughout its body.

Each scale is a miniature scattering device.

This isn't for defending against fists; it's specifically designed to defend against energy weapons.

In the cockpit, Raleigh looked at the energy readings that appeared on the screen and his lips moved slightly.

He wanted to say "How is that possible?" but couldn't make a sound. The laser was their last weapon; they had already lost the contest of strength and speed.

Even the final, deadly attack failed to harm the monster.

The bone claw pierced through the mech's chest, then with a powerful tear, the Dangerous Gipsy was ripped in two.

His upper body, along with the cockpit, was thrown towards the dock ruins and crashed into a pile of containers.

The monster turned around and took its first step toward the coastline.

In the control room, Penticos braced his hands on the tactical table, his knuckles white, and he picked up a box of medicine and took a pill.

Zhao Yi braced his hands on the edge of the tactical table. "This isn't right. A level 5 monster shouldn't appear at this time!"

"What other backup plans are there? Any plans."

"You've given me far too little time and money." Zhao Yi stared at the monster wading ashore on the holographic screen, his voice tinged with something that was hard to define—either anger or helplessness.

"The orbital weapon platform has been depleted of its reserves, and the external armor was used up in the last battle. The laser emitters were temporarily installed. If I could have more time, it wouldn't be long, even a month, before I could develop a real energy weapon."

He paused, watching the level 5 monster on the screen slowly and heavily march towards the coastline.

"But now—there's no other way but nuclear weapons."

Penticos' jaw muscles tightened slightly.

"Nuclear weapons won't work."

"Once the ocean is polluted on a large scale, the toxins in the monster's blood will spread throughout the Pacific Ocean with radioactive fallout. At that time, what humanity will lose is not just a city, but half of the world's fisheries and coastlines. We do not have the ability to counteract pollution on this scale."

"Then why didn't the monster just commit suicide as soon as it appeared?" Ao Qing, who had been watching the whole thing, finally couldn't help but ask. "Wouldn't it be faster to just let the blood flow into the Pacific Ocean?"

"Who?!" Zhao Yi turned his head sharply.

"You haven't answered my question yet." Ao Qing leaned against the desk behind him, his hands in his pockets.

"We don't know either." Penticos didn't know who the person in front of him was, but he still answered, "The only possibility is that in a cat-and-mouse game, when the hunter isn't hungry, he'll always play with the prey for a while first."

"That makes sense." Ao Qing nodded. After all, everyone wants to take a chance when they're sure to win. "Let's deal with this monster first."

Ao Qing glanced at the level 5 monster.

Is this the thing that plunged the entire base into despair?

He raised his hand, without making any hand seals or chanting any incantations, and countless streams of spiritual energy were released from his body, causing an invisible pressure to create a depression in the seawater within a radius of several miles.

The rocks on the seabed cracked, and a huge ring of waves exploded on the surface of the water.

Spiritual energy transforms into a sword.

A cyan sword aura hundreds of feet long materialized out of thin air, its blade pointing downwards at the monster's head.

The monster raised its head, and all three pairs of eyes looked at the sword light hanging above its head.

Before it could react, the giant sword formed from spiritual energy fell.

Cutting into the center of the skull is like a hot knife cutting into butter. The keratinous protrusions, the scattered scales, and the carapace that can withstand laser beams are no different in front of the sword energy.

The sword light cleaved from head to tail, the dark blue scales neatly separating to both sides along the sword mark, splitting the entire body in two. The cut in the middle was frozen by the chilling spiritual energy, not a drop of blood flowed out, and even the surrounding seawater was frozen into ice.

Then everything fell silent.

Ao Qing withdrew his hand, and the spiritual energy dissipated into the air. "That way, we don't have to worry about pollution."

"A sword immortal?!?" Zhao Yi exclaimed, his eyes gleaming with surprise.

"No." Ao Qing shook his finger, a smile playing on his lips. "It's the Dragon Clan."