Chapter 472

The fog, which was exceptionally thick at the bottom of the canyon, was already thin to nothing after climbing to an altitude of only a few tens of meters from the exit at this moment.

The all-female world is in the daytime at this moment, and the dawn's faint light is arrogantly spilled down from the cracks in the rock wall above the head.

It is as if they tore apart the once oppressive gray-white thick fog and pierced through the cold, damp air that had accumulated for thousands of years.

Viewed from the back, the mecha carries the morning light. The sunlight plates it with a shimmering golden edge. The cold metal armor is spotless, refracting luster, and the ghostly blue tail flame sprayed by the engine burns violently in the air, making a roar.

Holy crap, this is the roar after breaking free from the shackles, this is the roar of rebirth from the ashes!

In one word, it's really damn cool!

OK, the cool back is finished, let's look at it from the front.

The mecha presents a cautious, open-handed, virtual-grasping posture, and a lump of slime is bulging out bit by bit through the edge of the gaps between the mecha's palm fingers. Following the vibration frequency of the engine, the whole thing is still trembling in a very Q-elastic way, even more "duang" than Jackie Chan after using Bawang shampoo.

Sigh, a hero saving a beauty is really cool.

But a hero saving a slime is not necessarily so.

The aesthetic and so on are completely ruined.

However, Lin Li quickly dispelled these thoughts because what is important now is not this.

There is not much time left, and the most important thing is still to complete the task.

"Zhu Ning, scout a bit before flying out? The scout drone won't be discovered, right?" Lin Li looked at Zhu Ning in his hand and asked.

During the conversation, a scout drone had already detached from the whole and hovered in front of the mecha.

The reason why Lin Li had to ask Zhu Ning first was that he didn't understand the creature "Black Bug" and was worried that rash operation would cause any accidents.

And Zhu Ning also knew what Lin Li was worried about, so she nodded: "Theoretically, they shouldn't deliberately linger around the canyon, let alone pay attention to the canyon. After all, falling is ten deaths and no life. A drone will definitely not be discovered."

In fact, Zhu Ning thought that the mecha could fly out as a whole, but being steady is definitely not wrong.

Lin Li stared at the real-time picture coming from in front of him and operated the drone cautiously.

It flexibly bypassed the last few protruding craggy rock walls, sneakily poked out of the head of the Silent Canyon, and bathed in the vast and somewhat pale sky of this so-called "Crystal Cluster Continent."

The lens rotated rapidly, scanning the edge of the canyon, the sky, and the broken earth as far as the eye could see with the widest angle.

Except for the sound of the wind and the sand and gravel rolled up by the airflow, the field of vision was desolate and dead, like the Gobi Desert in the desert.

The corpses of the Black Bugs will disintegrate rapidly, and the complete mecha wreckage will be recycled by the Black Bugs as trophies. Even if a battle had indeed occurred above the canyon tens of hours ago—the time Zhu Ning fell—nothing could be seen now.

"No suspicious targets found."

"This is the best situation." Zhu Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmm, it's time to send you home,"

Without letting the drone fly back, Lin Li lowered his head and looked at Zhu Ning:

"However, Miss Zhu, next we are going to leave the edge of this canyon and fly to the territory of your alliance. The speed will be very fast, and the bumps and wind pressure will also be very large. Staying outside like this is very dangerous, right?"

"Can you enter my cockpit? From the perspective of every time the hatch opens, the space should be enough."

"Entering the cockpit is definitely not possible. Even for the mecha of our world, the cockpit is only designed for a single person. Not to mention that this is a mecha specifically designed for you. If I force myself in, I will most likely crush the cockpit's environmental control unit."

Zhu Ning paused and immediately tried to give a plan:

"But, since it is a combat armor, if it is set according to the rules of our world, it should have a special maintenance and detection interface.

Take a look at your mecha status bar to see if there is a 'Maintenance Energy Interface' hatch cover?

That cabin space is independent of the cockpit. It is mainly used for connecting power to external equipment, reading basic system logs, or performing emergency function resets without opening the main cockpit door. It should meet our needs, and I might also be able to give you some help through this aspect."

Lin Li immediately searched in his neural connection field of vision upon hearing this.

Soon, in the complex structure diagram of the mecha, he locked onto a square area located below the abdominal armor and near the crotch. With a thought, the area covered by the armor plate with clear yellow warning stripes on the edge was highlighted in his main perspective.

The label next to it was indeed "Maintenance Energy Interface Cabin-MPC."

"Yes," Lin Li confirmed, "It's consistent with your description. I'm opening it now."

The mecha made a subtle metal friction sound. The armor plate located below the abdomen slid to one side silently, revealing a small space, a metal chamber with various standard sockets, lines, and heat dissipation grilles inside.

"It's here," Zhu Ning breathed a long sigh of relief, "Although it's a bit crowded, this purpose was considered at the beginning of the design. It's just right. Please put me into this cabin, Mr. Lin.

This way, not only can you act relatively freely, but I can also extend part of my body inside to connect to the feedback port and assist you."

Lin Li had no objection. He adjusted the position of his palm, and after Zhu Ning entered, he closed the cabin door according to her signal.

【External device attempting to connect, accept?】

"Accept."

【"Undefined device" applying for internal communication permissions, accept.】

"Accept."

"Mr. Lin, can you hear me?"

Zhu Ning's voice immediately appeared inside the mecha and became much clearer.

"Yes."

"Good, later I will also apply for a few permissions from you. After you pass them, I can 'see' the basic parameters such as our flight attitude, speed, altitude, and energy consumption. Please rest assured, all permissions are restricted. You can terminate them at any time, and if I use them abnormally, the mecha will definitely give you feedback."

"No need to explain this to me, I trust you." Lin Li smiled.

After delegating all the permissions Zhu Ning applied for, the hum of the engine instantly rose by an octave, and the ghostly blue tail flame at the nozzle suddenly surged and lengthened—Lin Li operated the mecha to leave the canyon.

"The mecha didn't record any maps," before Lin Li could ask, Zhu Ning sighed with a "sure enough" feeling, "Fortunately, I should still remember the relative positions of the canyon and the alliance outpost. Mr. Lin, the heading is about 17 degrees southeast."

"Good, what altitude do I need to maintain?"

"The higher the better. The flight altitude of the mecha in our world is limited by the environment. The altitude limit is based on the mecha level and the pilot's mecha synchronization index. Your mecha will be limited by the Silent Field, and presumably, it will also be subject to this limit."

"Understood."

Lin Li nodded and didn't hesitate anymore, crossing the broken rock walls of the canyon with a stable posture.

What came into Lin Li's eyes was a large area of dark wasteland, the surface was cracked, and huge rock layer cracks crisscrossed.

"There really is a limit." Lin Li raised his eyebrows slightly.

When the mecha climbed to an altitude of less than 1,000 meters, the mental console displayed the limit of the "Sky Field," forcing Lin Li to lower the altitude slightly.

During the time he tested the mecha in the doomsday world, his mecha synchronization index was only 60, and he could easily fly over 1,000.

Sure enough, it's the world's limit.

And Zhu Ning said this was already considered a very high altitude.

Lin Li didn't maintain the highest altitude flight all the time, because he needed to come down from time to time to let Zhu Ning see the scene more clearly and ensure that the route was not deviated.

"At my speed, how long will it take to reach the area where your alliance is located?" Lin Li asked.

"If everything goes well, less than two and a half hours is enough."

Lin Li looked at the 【3.17.26】 on the system panel upon hearing this.

Almost, it seems that completing the task is still promising.

"Mr. Lin, do you have any supplies you need? With the contribution you can provide to our scientific research, I hope to repay you as much as possible." When flying at high speed, Zhu Ning asked.

At the bottom of the canyon, she couldn't do anything, but if she could return to the country, things would naturally be different.

"I guess I do," Lin Li didn't refuse this kindness, pondered for a moment, and responded:

"For the consumables that come with the mecha, the amount I have here is limited, such as bullets and drones. In addition, there are very few weapon modules and so on. You can see the mecha's data now, right? If there are any that fit and can be used, I would be grateful if you could provide them to me."

"Okay," Zhu Ning's voice was instead a bit cheerful. She wished Lin Li had needs, "I have already started sending and receiving information, hoping to meet our own people in advance."

—At this moment, she, who had obtained the permissions, was controlling the mecha's communication system.

However, the signal sent out now was still in a state of sinking into the sea.

But it doesn't matter. The most critical thing is to get in touch when approaching the alliance country.

Zhu Ning knew that Lin Li didn't have much time to stay in this world. If this strange mecha was mistaken for an enemy, it would be very troublesome, and there was no time to waste on explanation. So at least contact must be made in advance, explained in advance, and the importance of the matter explained. The country also has a contingency plan.

After flying for half an hour, the wasteland gradually receded, and a strange and magnificent scene began to dominate the field of vision.

Countless blue-purple giant crystals pierced out from the ground, some as high as a hundred meters, some as thin as spears, and some thick enough to be hugged by several people. They huddled together to form a continuous forest shimmering with cold, faint light.

—The crystal cluster forest in Zhu Ning's mouth. These crystal clusters are renewable resources and one of the important resources widely used in this world.

"The signal still has no response. It seems that no alliance people are here. Mr. Lin, let's continue to increase the altitude." Zhu Ning said with regret.

"Good."

"Unknown dangerous object approaching!"

"Warning!"

When the mecha tried to climb, a warning suddenly appeared in front of it.

"One o'clock direction, surface, three 'Stealth Piercers'!"

In the crystal shadows below, three pitch-black figures sprang up like lightning. Their bodies were like armored centipedes magnified several times, covered with heavy armor shells with a metallic texture, and sharp metal barbs densely covered both sides of their bodies.

The diamond-shaped mouthparts opened, and three thick columns of acid emitting a strong fishy smell sprayed out like high-pressure water guns.

Lin Li had already noticed these three "Black Bugs" before Zhu Ning's reminder. With a thought, the mecha engine roared, the body rolled sideways, and dodged all the acid.

Lin Li didn't have much panic in his heart, but rather more curiosity about the "Black Bug."

So this is what they look like?

Can they be considered the Zerg in cognition?

Although he deliberately came down, the altitude is at least a few hundred meters now. This acid can spray so far.

It's a pity that the occasion is not suitable for going down to fight.

"Avoid battle?" While increasing the altitude, Lin Li asked Zhu Ning.

"Hmm, these 'Black Bugs' can't fly. They won't be able to do anything if we go higher. But we may need to be careful next. If these 'Black Bugs' return to the nest and pass the information, we are very likely to be watched all the way."

Zhu Ning nodded, but gritted her teeth and said.

"Then killing them is the most appropriate, right?" Hearing this, Lin Li's escape action stopped abruptly.

"But getting closer is more dangerous. If you want to kill them, the most suitable thing at the moment is the ion light blade. Conventional firearms can cause damage, but it is very difficult to fatally stop them from fleeing." Zhu Ning, who could see the mecha weapon module data, said hurriedly.

"Maybe I don't need to get close." Lin Li looked at the system, "The panel is not everything I have. I also have a sniper rifle."

【Death Sigh Type 4: Used for a designated mecha, generating a Death Sigh Type 4 weapon that perfectly fits the corresponding mecha, a heavy firepower armor-piercing heavy sniper rifle, with amazing power.

When generated, the mecha body may be modified without side effects, making it easier to operate the weapon with the mecha, and it comes with 100 bullets after generation.】

There are two of these things in the warehouse.

With a thought in his mind, Lin Li materialized it.

—When driving the mecha, the things materialized by the system can only be materialized in the cockpit, not in the mecha's hands, but "Death Sigh" can be used after designating a target, so it doesn't hinder it.

A black shadow appeared in the mecha's hand and began to compress and shape, finally transforming into a sniper rifle nearly three meters long, composed entirely of energy.

"Where is the weak point?" Before Zhu Ning could comment on this, Lin Li asked.

"The gap in the head armor shell. If you can hit the brain along the gap, you can kill it with one blow."

Relying on the sensory fusion of neural connection, the muzzle of Lin Li's gun instantly locked onto the gap in the head armor shell of a Black Bug below.

Bang—!

Unlike the expected big sniper scene, Death Sigh had no deafening explosion, only a dull, light sound, like a sigh appearing between heaven and earth.

A pure purple energy beam compressed to the extreme hit the moment the shot was fired.

The head of the Piercer that was locked onto, the extremely hard pitch-black armor shell, didn't even explode the moment it was hit by the purple light, just like a punctured balloon, weirdly collapsing, decomposing, and shattering inward.

Within a breath, this Black Bug turned into a large mass of thick dark green juice mixed with fragments and wreckage in the silent collapse and decomposition.

"Holy crap, is it this violent?" Lin Li clicked his tongue slightly.