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The sound of the pincers rubbing against the Luna alloy while suspended in mid-air was extremely noisy.

It seems this thing can only be used for pressure resistance.

The defense is decent, but only decent—it's not durable enough.

He stepped onto Ivan, and through the surging waves, his eyes met those of the enormous creature.

A pair of round, red eyes, resembling car headlights, revealed a fierce temper.

"Click—"

Another crack appeared; there was no time to weigh the pros and cons.

Renyi quickly bent down, his left hand reaching for Ivan's neck, where Klaus had left a release clip in case of an emergency.

He pressed down with a "snap" and casually ripped off the helmet that was in the way.

"Let go!"

"what?"

Upon hearing Ren Yi shout to let go, Ivan was horrified:

"I let go and fell! Boss, you were on me too—"

But at the same time, he let go.

This is a conditioned reflex of obeying superiors, honed on the battlefield, where actions are a fraction of a second faster than the brain at critical moments.

The tension was released, and both sides lost control at the same time.

The ship, which was already tilted at a fifty-degree angle, suddenly bounced up and almost capsized on the sea.

This made things difficult for the four guys on deck—

The four people, along with Newton, turned into persimmons in a slingshot, flying from right to left and crashing into a pile of splattering objects.

The king crab on the other end didn't fare any better.

This delicious, grumpy old man, clutching the 'canned food skin,' tumbled and sank undignifiedly underwater, creating a whirlpool several meters deep.

As for Ivan in the middle...

From any angle, it actually looks like a sausage that has been squeezed out of its casing.

"Swoosh!"

In the blink of an eye, only a pair of floral shorts slid out of the moon-white titanium alloy armor and fell into the sea with Renyi.

The sea level has recovered somewhat.

"Splash!"

The two men emerged from the sea one after the other and quickly boarded the boat.

The deck was completely silent except for the sound of seawater dripping... oh, and Klaus's groans as he clutched his back.

[Boat: Take off from Wuhu! Crab: Roll over! Ivan: Striptease!]

[I was eating instant noodles and almost choked on them...]

[Hahaha, now it's a real, skinned bear.]

[The boss's tail-cutting survival tactic is impressive, but the test subject got stolen!]

The moment he stepped onto the deck, he went straight for the crew members who had just stood up, grabbing one in each hand and running wildly toward the observation hatch without even looking.

"Keep up!"

Interspersed throughout were Klaus's cries of "Wait, wait, wait, waist, waist!"

Finally, Ivan, wearing floral shorts, pushed Nathan and Sita through the door—

boom!

The car doors are locked.

The atmosphere became somewhat tense for a moment. After slamming the door shut, Ivan scratched his head in confusion.

"Boss, why are we in such a hurry? That guy might catch up, won't he?"

Will do.

Just as Ren Yi was about to answer, he saw waves churning up on the sea in front of him.

Whoosh!

A pincer, like a reef, slammed into the ship, causing the [Deep Sea Shadow] to sink.

【Durability -30】

The transparent observation cabin allowed them to see the outside world from every angle, revealing the ferocious true form of the giant creature that had been hidden beneath the sea.

Its back is bulging, and its eight legs, covered with ferocious barbs, are as thick as industrial hydraulic cylinders.

Look at the outline...

It looks like a coconut crab magnified a hundred times!

"Coconut crab? This is troublesome..."

Nathan clicked his tongue and pulled out his notebook to record the spectacle before him.

As the largest terrestrial arthropod on Earth, it is also known as the robber crab or the gossip crab, and is a type of terrestrial hermit crab.

Even an ordinary one can crack open a coconut, break a bird's wing, and climb an 18-meter-tall coconut tree.

of course.

This isn't a purebred coconut crab; it's much more difficult to deal with!

"Bang—"

With just a simple movement, the transparent wall of the observation cabin visibly trembled.

【Durability -45】

At this moment, the enraged Steel Fist King Crab was stretching its long, segmented limbs onto the deck. The sharp barbs on its legs left a dent with every step. Its two giant claws were of different sizes, with Ivan's already-ruined Luna Alloy Exoskeleton Power Armor still hanging between the serrated teeth of the smaller one.

Its back is the most eye-catching feature.

The carapace, which should have been as rough and rocky as the pincers, was now covered by algae and gray shell that had slipped away, revealing a moon-white metal that was exactly the same as the previous [Heavy Armored Naked Fish].

The difference is that this time, the outer shell isn't like Gundam's outer armor, but rather...

It replaced the crab shell and perfectly integrated with its flesh and blood, as if it were born that way. The symbiosis between carbon-based life and inorganic metal seems to have created the monstrosity in front of us that combines vitality and mechanical violence.

"My God... is it a product of technology or...?"

"Or was it assimilated after years of digestion and metabolism?!"

Klaus's face was almost pressed against the transparent wall as he muttered to himself, completely ignoring his back injury and the artificial object he had previously treasured—

In the face of such a miracle of life, equipment and such are nothing compared to a loli!

"Boss, Klaus, don't you guys think...?"

Ivan remarked with deep emotion, "This scene...it's a bit like when we first met?"

He was referring to the time when Renyi was still driving his bone boat and was being chased by a level 4 crab.

Upon hearing this, the smile on Ren Yi's lips widened slightly.

"It's still a little different."

His gaze moved from the eight sturdy-looking legs to the mountain-like metal shell.

"We don't need to run this time."

The irritable old man, used to being domineering, lost his patience. He raised his larger pincer and slammed it heavily against the wall where Klaus was. But Klaus stared intently at the connection between his carapace and limbs, as if trying to see if there were any welding marks.

【Durability -150】

If we let it be dismantled again, what would happen?

"Stop looking, be careful of your eyes!"

"[Solar Flare]!"

Sure enough, beautiful fireworks will always look beautiful no matter how many times they are set off.

The moment the solar flare was released, the air was severely deformed due to the high temperature, but miraculously, the ship's hull, including the fragile sails, was not affected at all.

Even though they closed their eyes beforehand, all they could see was a white blur.

The entire process was completely silent, lasting twelve seconds.

Nathan muttered.

The [Heart of the Sun], which had entered cooling mode, went out. Pushing open the hatch, the sea breeze and the strange smell of burnt protein rushed in.

You have defeated a Lv8 Steel Fist Emperor Crab (Special), gaining 680 Evolution Points.

Several people rushed to follow Ren Yi onto the deck.

The moon-white metal shell, which had been cleaned of all debris under high temperature, spun around in place, with smoke still rising from its edges.

As for those eight thick, powerful legs covered in barbs... all that remained were eight long, rectangular ashes lying flat on the ground.

Two puddles of black ash shaped like crab claws were also included as a bonus.

Another gust of wind blew by, scattering the powder everywhere.

Any: "..."

He originally wanted those eight long legs!