Ye Chong stood in front of a neat formation, led by Sang Pu. This platoon of 500 people was the Sang Family Village's most elite force. They were all the best of the best. Ye Chong had used up all the lavagold they mined in the Sang Family Village, in exchange for their lavagold blades and spears. These spears were made entirely of lavagold, and looked exactly like the bitterwood spears they used to use. The cost of lavagold for these spears was a source of heartache for the village chief.
The 500 people stood there quietly, exuding a murderous aura. Ye Chong nodded in satisfaction. Only someone like him, who had been through many life-and-death battles, would understand that the murderous aura emanating from this troop could only be formed through countless battles and killings. Only a true veteran could possess this aura. Even the mech pilots from the Four Forces, the strongest forces in the Five Galaxies, would not be able to exude such an aura. It had been too long since they had experienced war!
And these villagers, under such simple and crude conditions, still had to fight with the beasts that were more powerful than the mutated beasts every day. They had been trained hard since they were young, and fought long and hard on the battlefield. Ye Chong did not believe that any other platoon in the world could compare to them in terms of willpower.
Ye Chong spoke slowly, his voice solemn, "Our mission is to hunt. 10 days, we only have 10 days." Ye Chong did not need to say much to a platoon like this. He gave the order without further explanation. In 10 days, the first batch of products would be ready.
The stillness seemed to weigh down the air around them.
"Pu, you're in command."
"Yes," Sang Pu bowed in acknowledgment. Ye Chong took out Han Jia, climbed into the cockpit, and took to the skies.
Sang Pu looked up at Han Jia with envy, but when he looked down again, his expression turned murderous. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
The platoon split into dozens of smaller units, and quickly moved out of the village. The 500-strong platoon moved silently. The platoons covered each other's backs, which was an eye-opener for Ye Chong as he hovered in the air.
The wild beasts outside the village did not notice the Sang Family Village. They were focused on running forward. However, there were still small groups of wild beasts that entered the valley in front of the Sang Family Village. Ye Chong and the rest were targeting these small groups of beasts. No one dared to provoke the larger groups outside. Otherwise, the Sang Family Village would have been drowned by the black flood before the Steelbats even arrived.
Every team's target was a wild beast. Cover, sneak attack, contain, and attack together. With their cooperation, the wild beasts were quickly killed. Their efficiency impressed Ye Chong, and the villagers' tactical training impressed him even more.
This reminded him of two teams, Black Cove and the Sanctuary.
Like the Black Cove mech pilots, they were all close-range fighters. Their group battle style was more like the Sanctuary's, but compared to the Sanctuary, other than the lack of mechs, their teamwork, honed through life and death battles, was much better.
Soon, their attacks became smoother and smoother. They gradually adapted to the new weapons in their hands and their attacks became sharper.
Ye Chong's blood boiled as he watched the villagers' performance. He waved his hand, and Han Jia swooped down.
Looking at the god-like Han Jia, all the villagers couldn't help but show heartfelt respect. What happened next was even more shocking to the Sang Family Village's elite warriors. Was this the power of a mech?
The two 1.5-meter-long wooden daggers were extremely sharp, and no beast could block them. Han Jia's nimble movements and skillful maneuvers were mesmerizing. Usually, Han Jia could take down a few wild beasts with a single mech. This mister's danger was indeed no different from the rumors. The gray shadow of the dagger exuded the aura of the Grim Reaper, and it was a fatal blow. The wild beasts' wounds were always fatal, like the neck or the heart. There would never be a second stab. Seeing this, all the villagers felt a chill run down their spines. They secretly rejoiced in their hearts. Fortunately, the teacher was on their side.
No one paid attention to the dead wild beasts. They continued to search for other wild beasts in the valley, and the hunt continued.
In the 10 days, with Ye Chong's participation and the new weapons, the harvest was more fruitful than expected. On the first day, when Sang Pu organized the villagers to move the wild beasts' carcasses, everyone was shocked by the scene. The ground was littered with the carcasses, some of them still warm. The thick stench of blood permeated the valley.
After the initial shock, everyone was overjoyed. To them, these wild beasts were food for the future. With so many wild beasts, it would last them a long time.
The 10 days passed in the blink of an eye. The entire Sang Family Village was bustling with activity like never before. Everyone looked tired and their eyes were red, but no one gave up their work to rest. Everyone was fighting for their own fate, the fate of their family, and the village. They did not know what they were doing, but no one questioned its authority, because it was an order from the man himself.
When they saw the beast stampede, everyone was disheartened. Many even thought that it was the end of the world. But at this moment, Sir, this mysterious and powerful Sir, gave them all hope.
Everyone was filled with respect for this young man. The man led the hunting team in the day, and worked late into the night.
After 10 days, the first batch of products was finally ready. In front of Ye Chong, there were all kinds of parts, arranged according to their type. Ye Chong's assistants listened respectfully to Ye Chong's explanation.
"The assembly of this engine is very simple. Look, there's a V-shaped socket here. Here … "Ye Chong assembled the bone parts into engines one by one. Ye Chong had simplified the Destiny engine a lot because of the conditions here.
This was Ye Chong's plan. He wanted to make use of the skeletons and manpower here to produce large numbers of simple full-skeleton mechs in a short period of time, and defend the Sang Family Village.
The unique conditions here made Ye Chong believe that this plan could be carried out. The skeletons here were dense and hard, and had excellent properties. Ye Chong did not need to embalm them. Almost every adult villager here had the basics of bone carving, so Ye Chong had plenty of manpower to make the skeletons. The skeletons here had been preserved for hundreds of years, so Ye Chong did not need to hunt for them.
More importantly, if he could not overcome this obstacle, he could not go to the Red Sea to save Mu and Shang. Ye Chong could only rack his brains, and come up with all the solutions he could think of.
In the past 10 days of hunting, Ye Chong had obtained a large amount of meat, which was processed and stored. The cave used to store food was almost full, and with the blueberries that would ripen in two months, the food was enough to last them for a long time. The 10 days of hunting had almost depleted Han Jia's energy cells, but Ye Chong did not have time to worry about that. He knew that if the steelbats came, his mech would not be of much help.
When he first saw the storage cave, Ye Chong thought that digging a hole would be a good idea. It was only when he found Old Sang De that he found out that in Archipelago, other than naturally formed caves, digging a hole here was extremely difficult. The soil here was extremely hard, and the deeper one went, the harder it would get. It would take a long time to dig a hole big enough to fit a hundred people, and that was with lavagold tools. If it was before, it would be impossible.
Looking at the final product, Ye Chong was not sure if this thing could withstand all his hopes.
This was not a mech, from Ye Chong's professional point of view. Without a photon processor, Ye Chong could not build a real mech. Ye Chong's inspiration came from racing mechs, those mechs that were designed for speed. From an aerodynamic point of view, if it was purely for speed, the mech's design was not the best choice.
Ye Chong's design philosophy was simple. First, it must be easy to build, second, it must be able to fly, and third, it must be able to attack.
It was with this philosophy in mind that Ye Chong came up with this new product.
The water droplet-shaped main cabin was embedded with four extremely sharp bone pieces, as if there were four leaves embedded on a water droplet. At the top of the cabin, a sharp bone spear was pointed straight ahead. The bone spear could be replaced, and its joints were reinforced.
There were no optical circuits in this thing, only the most primitive mechanical connections.
Theoretically, the monster could fly, but Ye Chong doubted if it could do it. He looked around, and it seemed like he was the only one who could fly first.
He opened the cabin door. The simple air pressure system was not a problem for Ye Chong. Ye Chong was quite satisfied with the thing's hydraulic buffer system. Sang Fan had found a solution by accident that had excellent buffering properties.
This could protect the pilot to a certain extent, Ye Chong comforted himself.
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