Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Ignoring Ling Lan's gloominess, the group quickly arrived at a place ten kilometers away where there was a thermal reaction.
It was a huge lake. The surface of the lake was sparkling. The naked eye couldn't see the end of the lake. The dark blue lake water was clear and transparent. However, Ling Lan and the others couldn't be sure if there were any life forms in the lake. The heat emitted from the lake and the thick fog on the surface of the lake proved that the temperature of the lake wasn't low.
Without Ling Lan's instructions, Xie Yi had already taken a sample of the lake water. The results were displayed in the team communication channel.
"The temperature is 87 degrees Celsius. Will there be fish in the lake?" One of the mecha operators exclaimed. The fish in the lake had probably become mature.
"You're a veteran. Did you forget that this is a new planet. All common sense has to be broken. I'm guessing that the fish on this planet aren't afraid of high temperatures, "someone retorted.
"There are similar fish in the Federation too. That Amu fish can only live in water that is 50 degrees Celsius and below 60 degrees Celsius. They will die if the temperature is lower than 45 degrees Celsius." Someone pointed out the truth and reminded everyone not to forget that they were limited by their own thinking.
"No one knows what's down there. It's better for everyone to be careful." Yang Mingzhi was the most experienced mecha operator in the team so he reminded everyone when he saw that everyone was focused on the conversation.
Everyone reined in their thoughts and focused on the lake. They weren't as relaxed as before.
Ling Lan understood. As expected, they still had some problems when it came to actual combat. After so many years of living in a daze, they had lost the vigilance that warriors needed to have. These things couldn't be solved no matter how hard training was. Only after a few life and death battles would they be able to slowly remember the feelings they had in the past.
"Regiment commander, I feel that the heat in the lake doesn't match the heat emitted by the mecha just now." Li Lanfeng looked at the optical supercomputer of his mecha. He realized that the heat emitted by the lake was indeed there. However, the temperature was only 87 degrees Celsius. It wasn't enough for the heat emitted by the mecha to be so obvious.
Ling Lan stared at the lake for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Looks like we have to explore the bottom of the lake." Li Lanfeng's question was the same as hers. Even though the lake was huge, the amount of heat emitted from the lake wasn't enough for the mecha's thermal detection system to be so bright. It was very likely that there was something at the bottom of the lake that affected the temperature of the water. He just didn't know if that thing was a one-time resource or a resource that could be developed.
However, underwater exploration was extremely dangerous. The exploration of new planets was on the ground, in the mountains, in the forests, in the deep valleys, in the bathtubs, in the water, and so on. The bottom of the water was the most difficult because not only was there water resistance, but one's vision would also be greatly affected. More importantly, no one knew what was hidden at the bottom of the water.
After some consideration, Ling Lan chose Zilong, Zhao Jun, Liu Furong, and Gu Zhengyang to explore the water with her.
Li Lanfeng's lips moved slightly when he heard this but he still didn't volunteer himself. Although he really wanted to explore the water with Ling Lan, his rationality told him that the situation below was unclear. If anything happened, his stamina might drag the entire team down. He didn't want to cause trouble for his rabbit.
In the end, Ling Lan let Yang Mingzhi be in charge of guarding the remaining people and let Li Lanfeng and Han Jijun assist them. She glanced at Lingyu who was standing at the side like a block of wood. She thought for a moment and said, "Lingyu, follow me." “
Since he was here to be a bodyguard, it would be a waste not to use him.
"Yes, regiment commander!" Lingyu nodded. Soon, the six of them operated their mechas and jumped into the water.
The moment they entered the water, the six of them changed the settings of their mechas according to the environment in the lake. They changed their mechas to be adapted to the environment in the water. The mechas sank slowly. After around ten seconds, they reached the bottom of the lake. The lake was unexpectedly deep. There was no light at the bottom of the lake. However, as the mechas had a searchlight, everyone could still see around 30 meters around them. However, that was all they could do.
The six of them carefully searched the bottom of the lake. While they were sinking, they didn't find any aquatic creatures. This made them very curious. Was there really no living creatures in the lake?
"Be careful!" Zilong felt his Boss kicking him away. Lingyu, who was guarding beside Ling Lan, shot a beam at him. The beam brushed past his mecha. If his Boss didn't kick him away, he would definitely be shot. Zilong was shocked and angry. Was there something wrong with Lingyu? Wasn't he Boss's bodyguard?
"Zilong, check your mecha. See if there's anything wrong with it." Ling Lan's cold voice sounded in Zilong's cockpit. Lingyu was still holding his beam gun. However, this time, he wasn't pointing at him. Instead, he was pointing at his side.
Qi Long's heart skipped a beat. He knew that things were definitely not as he thought. He immediately checked his mecha and found that at some point in time, a scar had appeared on the chest of his mecha. There was a circle of scars, and there were also traces of charcoal from being electrocuted.
Zilong immediately rewound the video and slowed it down by ten times. Only then did he see a silver-white whip-like object suddenly fly out from the side and hit him instantly. If his Boss didn't kick him away in time, his mecha might have suffered more than this small injury. At the same time, he saw clearly that Lingyu's shot had hit the silver-white whip-like object. Because of this, the object suddenly retreated and didn't continue attacking.
With Lingyu on guard, Ling Lan was relieved. She squatted down and picked up the half of the whip-like object that had fallen to the bottom of the lake after being shot by Lingyu.
Once that object entered the palm of Ling Lan's mecha, it emitted intense sparks. Ling Lan had already prepared for this. She used a beam shield to protect her palm. This was the result of the collision between the two types of energy. After a few seconds, the sparks finally disappeared. The remaining energy on the silver-white whip-like object seemed to have been used up. It stopped moving and the originally bright silver-white color had turned into a dark grey color.
"This object has a strong electric current. Even if it leaves the main body, the electric current won't disappear. It will remain in its body." Ling Lan explained the situation to the other five people. "Also, according to its attack pattern, it should be a tentacle-type creature." “
When everyone heard this conclusion, they couldn't help but grit their teeth. The most difficult underwater creatures to deal with were tentacle-type creatures. Moreover, it was a monster with a strong electric current. Although they weren't afraid of it, it was still a headache.
Ling Lan looked at Lingyu and saw that he had put down his beam gun. This meant that the creature that attacked them had gone far away. Or perhaps it had continued to hide and wait for the next attack. Ling Lan swallowed the questions she wanted to ask. She turned around and instructed everyone, "Everyone, be careful. It is injured. It will definitely attack again."
"Yes, Regiment Commander!" Everyone became alert. With such a terrifying tentacle-type creature that was good at hiding around, they had to be careful with every step they took. The beam shields that they hadn't activated in order to conserve energy were now activated. Every mecha in the dark bottom of the lake emitted a fluorescent light. Ling Lan knew that doing this would make them more like targets. However, compared to being targets, Ling Lan was more afraid that they would be killed by the tentacle-type creature's sneak attack.
"Regiment Commander, we can't contact the higher-ups." On the other side, Liu Furong frowned and told Ling Lan the bad news. Just now, Ling Lan asked Liu Furong to contact Yang Mingzhi and tell him that there might be a powerful tentacle-type creature underwater. She asked them to be careful.
"It seems that the lake water has the ability to cut off signals." Gu Zhengyang guessed.
"It could also be the ability of the tentacle-type creature." Zhao Jun had another guess.
"No matter what it is, we have money now." Grinning widely, Qi Long's eyes shone as he looked at the lake in front of him, as well as that unknown tentacle-type creature. His eyes were filled with credits, and it was impossible to tell that he had almost died just now. He, who had a strong will, was as lively as ever.
"I didn't expect our luck to be so good." Although the situation was bad, their mentality was very good. They started to find joy in their misery.
Everyone knew that if they wanted to turn the lake water into credits, they had to kill the tentacle-type creature in the lake. Moreover, they didn't know how many tentacle-type creatures there were. Also, if they killed the tentacle-type creatures and found out that the lake water was just normal water with no ability to cut off signals, then their efforts would be in vain.
Although they didn't know if there would be any benefits in the future, Zilong, Zhao Jun, Liu Furong, and Gu Zhengyang accepted the unknown challenge with a happy and relaxed attitude. Ling Yu, who was following them, couldn't help but nod secretly. He was satisfied with the performance of Ling Lan and the other team leaders.
The 20 people guarding the lake were split into two teams. One team was resting on the spot while the other team was on guard duty. One team stared at the lake surface while the other team observed their surroundings.
The person in charge of this team was Li Lanfeng. Luo Lang and Xie Yi accompanied him. Although Li Lanfeng believed that Ling Lan and her team would be fine, he couldn't help but look at the lake surface. He hoped that Ling Lan and her team would return safely in the next second.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed. "Luo Lang, Xie Yi, look. Did something appear under the lake?" Just now, he felt a silver light shining in front of his eyes. This strange light made Li Lanfeng instantly raise his guard.
Luo Lang and Xie Yi immediately looked at the lake surface. However, they didn't see anything.
"There doesn't seem to be anything," Luo Lang said uncertainly.
Hearing this, Xie Yi smiled and said, "Lanfeng must have seen wrongly. How can there be living things in this temperature?" After saying that, he operated his mecha and looked at the other side of the lake.
His words seemed to have gained Luo Lang's approval. He also turned his mecha around expressionlessly and shifted his focus to the other side.
Seeing that the two of them didn't see anything, Li Lanfeng muttered to himself, "Did I see wrongly just now?" In his confusion, he also operated his mecha to turn around and no longer pay attention to the lake surface.
When the three of them operated their mechas and turned their attention elsewhere, six long whips suddenly shot out from the lake surface. They flew towards the six mechas on guard duty by the shore. Three of the six mechas were Li Lanfeng, Luo Lang, and Xie Yi.
"Bang, bang, bang!" The moment the whips shot out, Li Lanfeng, Luo Lang, and Xie Yi seemed to be prepared for it. They immediately shot out beams and hit the six whips.
This situation caught the ambushers off guard. The six whips were instantly broken by the three of them. The other three mechas on the shore also dodged to the back under the orders of the three team leaders.
Seeing the ambushers appearing on the lake surface, Yang Mingzhi, Han Jijun, and Li Yingjie quickly operated their mechas and rushed over.
Two of the broken whips fell onto the yellowish-brown vegetation on the shore. As if they were alive, they jumped and twisted violently. Every time they jumped and twisted, the vegetation that they came into contact with would be turned into charcoal. What a terrifying amount of electricity.
The mecha operators who saw this scene instantly felt a chill down their spines. If these whips directly landed on their bodies, they would definitely be turned into charcoal instantly. They wouldn't have a chance to live at all. This was just the energy from the broken whips. If it was a complete body, the mecha might not be able to withstand such a strong amount of electricity.
Just as Yang Mingzhi and his team met up with Li Lanfeng and his team, the surface of the lake suddenly started to churn. Hundreds and thousands of whips suddenly shot out from the originally calm lake surface and rushed towards the people on the shore. It seemed that when Li Lanfeng and his team broke its weapon and injured it, it was completely enraged. It wanted to use all its strength to kill all the mecha operators on the shore.
"F * * k, it's a tentacle-type creature. Stay alert. Don't get dragged into the water by this monster." Yang Mingzhi hurriedly shouted a reminder. He immediately took out his beam gun and shot at the tentacles furiously.
At this moment, he was very worried for Ling Lan and her team. He didn't know if they were safe underwater. It should be known that this type of creature was definitely harder to deal with underwater.
The crazy shooting allowed them to destroy more than 200 whips. This was because their shooting skills didn't miss a single target. However, in the face of more than a thousand whips, their results weren't worth mentioning. There were still nearly 800 whips flying towards them fiercely.
"We don't have enough people. We can't fight recklessly." Yang Mingzhi immediately ordered, "Everyone, quickly retreat. Get out of the attack range of the tentacles."
Many mecha operators disagreed with this order. For example, the people from the Lingtian Battle Team didn't like to retreat under Ling Lan's guidance. However, they still remembered Ling Lan's arrangement. The person in charge of guarding the shore was Yang Mingzhi. Even if they still wanted to fight, when they heard Yang Mingzhi's order, they decisively put away their weapons and operated their mechas to retreat.
On the battlefield, one must follow orders. If not, no matter how strong the mecha clan was, it would be hard for them to survive on the battlefield. Under Ling Lan's constant nagging, the people from Lingtian were successfully brainwashed. Thus, they definitely wouldn't mess up at this moment.
Although everyone's speed wasn't slow, the monster in the lake was faster than them. Before they could retreat out of the attack range of the tentacles, they were already caught by it.
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