Chapter 653: Yang Yixie: Stop playing elsewhere, watch my moves

Those weapons themselves had been silenced by Ying Duo, so even a volley of simultaneous fire couldn't disturb Yang Yixie, who could sit calmly on the railing, tapping the keyboard while swinging his legs.

The spots where the many bullets struck didn't leave deep wounds, but the sheer number compensated for the lack of single‑shot power; the skin's surface was repeatedly hit in a short time, just as it began to heal it was pierced again.

Meng Kexin's voice came through the lull in the battle; she had to remind that suddenly‑acting, apparently over‑excited fellow:

"That Aberrant Species girl is still inside!"

Yang Yixie's fingertips kept moving, "I know, you don't think that dragging this out will ever give us a chance to rescue her, do you?"

A second volley followed immediately; this time he slightly adjusted the angle of some weapons, concentrating the trajectories nearer the fissure and further enlarging the wound.

"Do you intend to wear her down here until the heavens and earth wear out, the seas dry up and the stones crumble?"

Yang Yixie's voice rose a bit compared to before; actually he was in a good mood, his tone laced with impatience, more like a frustration of iron that won't become steel.

"I don't need to explain the state of your Aberrant Arts, do I? If anyone laid down even a little harsh hand, it wouldn't be dragging on endlessly here."

Fate's Shen Zexi worries that a careless decision on his part could bring further misfortune; unless absolutely necessary, he carefully reins in his thoughts and doesn't make wishes lightly.

Meng Kexin's Aberrant Arts of consciousness may have no effect on this completely irrational monster, but they can pinpoint Hong Ling's location precisely; however, the lethality is limited, making it hard to break through.

Balanced Qi Hengyu......

Hm?

Qi Hengyu actually made a move?

His fingers tapped a few more keys; the mech below synced with his fire rhythm, attacking from the opposite side as the monster dodged sideways, cutting open the fissure that was healing again.

Chen Mo Zhi's debuff‑inflicting ability remains that strong; in recent years they've even developed many poisons against Aberrant Species, stacking a long list of debuffs beneath the monster's Blood Bar.

As a result, Qi Hengyu's Aberrant Arts "Balance" effect is virtually invisible inside.

No wonder he felt the damage he dealt was off; it turned out it also cut him down. Still, Qi Hengyu's work wasn't faulty—if that monster went out of control and unrestrained, it could demolish this place in minutes.

Yang Yixie's voice came down from the second floor; he didn't want to waste words with these indecisive fellows.

"You're all gathered here—can you help her regain her self‑awareness, or share her Mutation? If you won't act, go deal with the other Aberrant Species; don't let them further pollute this side of the world."

In fact, Yang Yixie's meaning was obvious:

"Stop the nonsense, watch my moves."

Clearly he's already a bona fide adult; after fully unleashing his nature, he shows a childish side, as if he's gotten a perfectly suited toy, and as if he can finally display his power openly and proudly.

In short......

He was excited.

Although outwardly he kept a calm demeanor and complained about their slowness, they somehow heard joy in those complaints.

In this world, Ying Duo......

No, Ying Duo, is it really such an easy‑to‑understand person?

From below, they could also see the familiar yet strange person's hair tail, gradually taking on a hue of Ying Guang Lu, and it kept spreading upward, looking more and more like the image in their memories.

But Yang Yixie himself paid it no mind; his finger traced an arc on the keyboard, the floating firepower nodes in midair adjusted their angles in sequence, and the mech's head light strip flashed.

It leapt sharply, climbing onto the monster's back; its two hands each seized the keratinous protrusions on either side of the monster's scapula, anchoring itself there.

Immediately, an energy blade sprang from the inner side of the mech's arm armor, slicing precisely into the monster's body and advancing a stretch along the gun‑blasted fissure.

Gold light flickered in Yang Yixie's eyes; everything before him was being stripped away, and 【Recon】 let his sight pierce through the layers of black liquid, directly locking onto Hong Ling's location.

The firing rate of those floating firepower nodes surged, and Yang Yixie converged all trajectories onto a single point.

Luo Jinyou had already readjusted his position by the time Yang Yixie finished speaking; his tail swept swiftly through the air. He was more familiar with Ying Duo's combat style than the others and knew exactly what to do now.

The black liquid, finding it couldn't seal the breach, coalesced again into several tentacles, attacking outward.

Luo Jinyou dodged the tentacle attacks while moving toward the mech.

Meng Kexin lifted her war hammer again, the head still smeared with the black slime that had been brushed off when it was fired. She glanced at the fissure being continuously torn by firepower, said nothing more, turned and called Chen Mo Zhi to deal with the Aberrant Species elsewhere.

Yang Yixie was right; although the Aberrant Species appearing in this world now are weak, letting them continue to proliferate will only make the situation worse.

They can't focus only on the enemies before them.

The monster's forelimb rose, trying to swipe the mech away and block the still‑tearing opening, but the mech's hand had already lodged itself there.

Mechanical fingers spread, gripping the edge of the fissure, then forcefully pried it open to both sides.

Black slime continuously gushed from the fissure, flowing down the mech's arm; where it met the metal surface it made a faint sizzle.

Yang Yixie's hands kept moving, his gaze fixed on the interior of the pried‑open fissure.

A humanoid silhouette wrapped in black slime had become quite clear; fragments of a cream‑colored coat still clung to Hong Ling's shoulder, the slime had been largely cleared away by the mech, revealing skin so white it was almost translucent.

One of the mech's arms released its grip on the fissure edge and reached into the monster's interior; the tentacles continued their relentless assaults, but all were blocked by the shield Luo Jinyou raised.

The mech's large hand bypassed the constantly oozing slime, precisely grasped Hong Ling's shoulder, and pulled her outward.

More slime was dragged out of the fissure, like pulling a radish, forcibly yanking the person out.

Achieving this relied entirely on the mech's sufficient power and Hong Ling's body, as an Aberrant Species, being resilient enough.

If it were an ordinary person, Yang Yixie would worry that this might accidentally snap their arm.