Translator: H2dH2mr Editor: H2dH2mr [No Mecha Unrepaired] finally stopped writhing. Its massive snake head dropped to the ground, sending up some dust and fallen leaves. [No Mecha Unrepaired] said cautiously, "It's dead..."
"Not yet!" replied Ling Lan coldly. How could such a small trick fool her? In the primordial forests, what kind of savage beasts had she not seen before? Some were even more cunning than this python.
"Ah..." [No Mecha Unrepaired] stared at the python in shock. It was still not dead in this state?
Ling Lan drew out a short blade from each of the rabbit's hind legs. With a violent flick of her left hand, one of the short blades was flung out viciously, whistling through the air as it flew towards the python's head.
Just as the dagger was about to hit, the python suddenly raised its head and opened its mouth wide to bite down viciously on the flying dagger. With a 'crack', the sturdy and freshly made dagger was instantly shattered into pieces. It was clear to see just how powerful the python's bite was. If Ling Lan had walked up to the dagger herself and been caught off guard by the python's sneak attack, she might have died along with the dagger.
However, this terrifying attack was also the python's final attack. At some point, Ling Lan had actually shot out a second short blade. Just as the python had bitten through the first short blade, the second short blade had pierced right through the snake's eye, piercing right through its entire head.
In its death throes, the python seemed to be in extreme pain. It opened its mouth wide and roared angrily at the sky, letting out a piercing hiss. Only then did the python's head fall heavily to the ground, once again sending up a cloud of dust.
Seeing this, Ling Lan controlled the rabbit mecha to leap forward. Seeing this, [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s heart pounded in fear, and he shouted loudly, "[Lingtian First-String], be careful. It's not dead yet!" If the opponent feigned death again, wouldn't it be very dangerous for the rabbit mecha to go up like this?
"It's already dead this time." Ling Lan replied calmly. She walked over to the snake's head and pulled out the carrot blade that had been nailed to its vitals. Then, she pulled out the short blade from the snake's head and rubbed it against the ground a few times before sticking it back into its hind legs in disdain. There was no helping it — the weapons on the trainee mecha were really too few — Ling Lan could not bear not to take them.
Just as Ling Lan was preparing to leave, [No Mecha Unrepaired] spoke up once more, "That, aren't you going to take the spoils?"
In the earlier moments, when the rabbit mecha had killed other mutated beasts, it had never taken the spoils of war from the mutated beasts. This made his heart ache. Mind you, those were points... although each one was only worth a few tenths of a point, many a little makes a mickle. With so many savage beasts, if he collected them all, he would at least have a few dozen points.
In Mecha World, it was really hard to move around without points. If he had countless points, he would not have been so pitifully trapped in Three-Seas Town. He would have directly auctioned off 10,000 points, and even the Thunder King would not have been able to stop the strong from taking him out of Three-Seas Town.
"Spoils of war?" asked Ling Lan curiously. She really did not know anything about these things.
"That's right. There are many good things on the beasts' bodies. As long as you collect them, you can go to the exchange shop and exchange them for points. For example, these python fangs — one can be worth 3 points, so four of them are worth 12 points. Like the rabbit pelts you've hunted along the way, each one is worth 0.2 points, while the wild wolf pelts are worth 0.3 points..." [No Mecha Unrepaired] really knew the spoils of war like the back of his hand, counting on his fingers as he described all the wastage Ling Lan had made along the way.
Ling Lan listened for a long while. So there was still such a way to accumulate points in Mecha World. However, she glanced at that snakehead. Fine, she had no interest in coming into contact with that ugly body any longer, and so said, "You go ahead and collect them!"
[No Mecha Unrepaired] thought that Ling Lan was asking him to help her collect the points, and so he grunted happily and moved to collect the four fangs on the snakehead. Ling Lan's terrifying battle prowess along the way made [No Mecha Unrepaired] understand that his rewards were not enough to hire such a strong mecha operator. He really wanted to use other things to make up for it. If he could help the other collect spoils of war and earn more points, he would feel that he owed her less.
As [No Mecha Unrepaired] collected the fangs, he sighed as he looked at the part where the python's middle section had been reduced to minced meat. This was Ling Lan descending from a great height, using the weight and gravity of her mecha to smash the snake's body into minced meat with a single palm strike. This move was impeccable in terms of timing and accuracy, proving that Ling Lan's mecha piloting ability had already reached the level of becoming one with the mecha. This was a characteristic of a special-class operator, and this also proved that [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s guess was accurate — the operator of this trainee rabbit mecha before him was definitely a mysterious and powerful special-class operator.
Of course, [No Mecha Unrepaired] was not surprised by the other's strength, but rather lamented the fact that the snakeskin had been destroyed by Ling Lan's brute strength. He thought to himself that such a large piece of snakeskin — if it had been perfectly peeled off, it would have been worth at least 30 points. This was already considered an extremely high amount among the spoils of war. Alright, in order to accumulate points, [No Mecha Unrepaired] had unquestionably become somewhat of a point freak.
[No Mecha Unrepaired]'s collecting ability was still very strong, taking less than two minutes to collect the four fangs. Even so, Ling Lan still felt that it was not worth it. Perhaps this was also why Little Four had not suggested it to her. Killing ferocious beasts might only require a few seconds of Ling Lan's time, but collecting them would take up a lot of her time. This was definitely not what Ling Lan wanted.
Seeing that [No Mecha Unrepaired] had finished collecting the fangs, Ling Lan no longer hesitated, continuing onwards. Although they were cautious along the way, they did not encounter any more ferocious beasts, nor did they encounter any other dangers. This strange situation made [No Mecha Unrepaired] feel uneasy. But for some reason, as he watched the rabbit mecha in front of him hopping about unhurriedly, the distance of each hop being the same, the arc and rhythm of its movements perfectly in sync, this sort of precise control caused his emotions to slowly return to calmness...
After walking for about five minutes, suddenly, Ling Lan stopped in her tracks and said, "Be careful."
Although [No Mecha Unrepaired] had not chosen the path of learning to be an official mecha warrior, his years of self-reliance had given him an extremely rich combat experience. Hearing Ling Lan's warning, he had already assumed a defensive stance. The situation around him was split into multiple viewpoints, filling up his mecha's screen. However, other than silence, there was no other movement.
No, there was actually still sound. It was the sound of the wind rustling the leaves, but this was an extremely normal scene... [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s forehead was still sweating. The quieter and more normal it was, the more it meant that danger was approaching.
At this moment, [No Mecha Unrepaired] still had not noticed that he trusted Ling Lan unconditionally. That was why he had taken Ling Lan's warning to be careful so seriously, even believing that danger was just around the corner.
"Jump!" Ling Lan shouted loudly. Without even thinking, [No Mecha Unrepaired] immediately operated his mecha to leap into the air. On the screen, he saw a flash of red light pass under the feet of his mecha.
"Swoosh!" Was it the sound of something piercing into flesh, or perhaps it had pierced into the ground? Before [No Mecha Unrepaired] could tell, he heard a violent crackling sound coming from not too far behind him.
Before [No Mecha Unrepaired] could operate his mecha to expand the range of his screen, he felt his mecha being sent flying by a strong force.
On the screen, [No Mecha Unrepaired] could see very clearly that the one who had attacked him was the rabbit mecha. The other had viciously kicked him with its hind legs. This kick was even stronger than the one Ling Lan had used to push him away previously. It sent [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s mecha flying, hanging over several large trees before landing heavily on the ground some 30 metres away.
If not for the fact that [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s physical fitness was still considered excellent, just these repeated collisions alone might have caused him to be heavily injured. Still, even so, [No Mecha Unrepaired] could feel his entire body trembling from the impact, and he could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood...
"Could it be that [Lingtian First-String] wants to kill him?" This was [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s first reaction, but he very quickly discarded this thought. This was because he believed that with [Lingtian First-String's] strength, it would be easy to kill him if they wanted to, and would not leave him with even the slightest bit of injury.
Meanwhile, Ling Lan had borrowed this force from [No Mecha Unrepaired] and with the help of her engines, she had shot up rapidly into the air, dodging the sudden attack of a flash of silver light. At the same time, she had also helped [No Mecha Unrepaired] to avoid this vicious attack. This was because the trajectory of this silver light's attack was precisely [No Mecha Unrepaired]'s mecha.
Ling Lan operated her mecha to land steadily on the ground. She looked carefully at a large silver python about 10 metres away that was already circling around, preparing to attack once more. This python was even larger than the one Ling Lan had killed earlier. Its two lantern-sized snake eyes shone with a cold, sinister light, not bothering to hide the murderous intent within.
"Who would have thought that the savage beast circling around here would be of the python tribe." Ling Lan frowned. Although Ling Lan had been trained by the learning space to not be like a girl anymore, not fearing any beasts or savage beasts, it was hard to hide her natural disgust towards these slippery, cold-blooded reptiles. Thus, when she discovered that her opponents were these pythons, she was still somewhat displeased.
Ling Lan glanced at the carrot blade not too far away, which had already pinned down a slightly smaller python. That python was currently struggling with all its might, trying to break free from the carrot blade.
Ling Lan could not help but grunt. She knew that she would definitely not be able to use that carrot blade now. Furthermore, because the rabbit mecha was just a trainee mecha, other than the carrot blade, it only had two high-performance steel short blades. One of them had already been 'heroically sacrificed' in the previous battle, so the only cold weapon Ling Lan could use was that one short blade.
Although the rabbit mecha still had a beam handgun on its back, Ling Lan knew that just relying on the power of that handgun alone would not be able to break through the defence of this large python's skin. Of course, it was not that it was completely useless. If it hit a vital spot, it would still be effective, such as the python's eyes, or its unprotected mouth... but in a mobile battle, it was very difficult to hit these spots. Unless it was absolutely necessary, Ling Lan did not want to use that unreliable beam handgun.
Ling Lan's left hand picked up the only short blade, and she was somewhat regretting her carelessness. She should have prepared a sharp longsword, or perhaps a beam saber — that way, killing these pythons would be much easier.
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