Super God: Speak to the ultimate fear!

Chapter 177 The Black Mech Racing Through the Torrential Rain! [Please Subscribe!]

rustle rustle
Raindrops carrying a hint of autumn fell on the city ruins, which resembled a scorched wasteland, and a hazy mist began to permeate the ruins.

"It's raining." The burly, forlorn camouflage warrior stood in the heavy rain, slowly extending his bandaged hand. With the assistance of his exoskeleton, he opened his palm, the rain soaking the bandages, but the coldness could not cool his burning, beating heart.

"I might not be able to walk anymore." The camouflage soldier stood silently in the pouring rain, trying to cool his burning blood as the rain soaked his body.

Through the hazy rain and darkness, a huge black shadow could be vaguely seen beside the camouflaged soldier.
"The Legion has abandoned this place. Before the Taotie ground forces can sweep it away, it's time to leave, sir." The calm and magnetic system voice sounded silently.

"I know, but I'm from Chengdu." In the rain, the camouflage soldier silently checked his equipment.

"Dongdongba, can I entrust you with a task?"

The mechanical behemoth, shrouded in moisture, silently observed the distraught man before it. Its detectors scanned the man for a long time before finally saying in a cold voice, "I suggest you retreat, just as we did before, sir."

The man didn't speak, but simply lowered his head, bent down to secure a nuclear battery to his body, hung his camouflage backpack on, and silently walked into the depths of the rain.

Buzz.
"Didn't you say you weren't coming?"

"The environment is safe, sir."

"Hehe." The man chuckled silently, and the two figures, one tall and one short, disappeared into the downpour.

"This war is really exhausting. In the Tianhe incident, it seems like it was just the two of us in the end, right?"

"Yes, sir, your escape techniques have been of great benefit to me. In the words of other human soldiers, we should be court-martialed."

"..." The man's already serious face darkened further.

"So, I want to know why you didn't choose to retreat this time? Or is this all part of your scheme?"

"So, what's your purpose in following me here??"

"Based on the system's statistics of the previous thirteen battles, large and small, the chances of survival are greatest if you are with me. I believe you intend to abandon me and escape alone, just as you have done before." The mechanical behemoth calmly recounted the man's numerous crimes.

“My database still contains data on how you harmed your comrades.”

"I saw you blow up 0016's legs!" The man instantly bristled!
"I have data on how you killed civilians with nuclear batteries," the mechanical behemoth said coldly.

"That was an accident! Back in Tianhe, you buried 0021 in the rubble!"

"Sir, you have no evidence. I have already erased this data." The mechanical behemoth moved slowly through the rain, with occasional thunderclaps and the roar of artillery fire echoing in the distance.

"You! Why don't you study??" The man scratched his wet hair with a headache and finally sighed.

"Sir, you are the most survival-driven human I have ever seen. You will do anything to survive, including harming me, but I did not expose you because you are my idol." Although it was a compliment, the mechanical behemoth's voice remained calm, and the man felt no pride whatsoever. He only felt a little ashamed.
"I actually think I should be braver." Under the cover of night, the man discerned the familiar yet unfamiliar ruins around him, and then walked silently in a certain direction.

"Sir, I don't believe 'bravery' has anything to do with you. I've seen many brave people, but they're all dead. In my understanding, only death can prove true bravery. Unfortunately, we are cowards who live by the law, and bravery has never been associated with us." The mechanical behemoth's voice was very sincere.

"Could you use a better word?" The man felt utterly helpless.

"Why do we want a positive self-evaluation when we are doing something that goes against mainstream values?" the mechanical behemoth asked.

"Don't you feel anything when those people die in front of you?"

"They are very brave."

"Any more?"

"Nothing."

"But I'm now prepared to die."

"That's just a trick you're using to deceive me, sir."

".Ah."

boom!
"Sir, you lied to me."

Bang!
In the midst of the torrential rain, the mechanical behemoth suddenly went berserk. The shields on its mechanical legs instantly popped open, propelling it high into the air. Then, with a bang, the giant shields stood directly in front of the man and the little girl. In the next instant, the rainwater was instantly evaporated by the high temperature, and a laser beam slammed into the mechanical behemoth's leg shields, causing an explosion in an instant!
The massive shockwave from the explosion emanated directly from the leg armor of the mechanical behemoth, spreading outwards in a dazzling yet terrifying white shockwave!
hum!
The scorching particle light waves pierced through the rain almost simultaneously, blasting into a Taotie airship and directly penetrating its internal components, causing it to explode instantly!
"Cough cough! I... Hehe, I thought you'd just run away." Amidst the violent shockwave of the explosion, the man rolled on the ground, clutching a little girl soaking wet. Hard pebbles scratched his arms and cheeks, but he just chuckled, patted the little girl's head, and gently placed the teddy bear he was clutching in his other hand into her arms, saying softly, "Nini, don't be afraid. This is the teddy bear Daddy won in the military competition; it will protect you."

The little girl didn't speak, but just clung tightly to the teddy bear in her arms. Her dusty little face held a pair of strong yet broken eyes.

anger!
In the torrential rain, a mechanical behemoth with a huge hole blown out of one of its mechanical legs instantly rose from the ruins. A strange data fluctuation rippled through its intelligent core. The detector silently glanced at the man and little girl covered in blood in the gravel. It didn't understand why the algorithm had failed at this moment!

hum!
With its engines running at full capacity and all combat units activated, the mechanical behemoth instantly entered combat mode. Even with only three legs to move, it transformed into a terrifying hunter in the torrential rain. Its secondary cannons relentlessly spat out tongues of fire as it evaded the energy cannons of the Taotie soldiers while moving at high speed, and at the same time launched extremely deadly counterattacks!
In an instant, the mechanical behemoth swiftly traversed the ruins under the rain curtain, its secondary cannons firing rapidly, unleashing a dense barrage of explosions, while its main cannon continuously charged, the scorching particle light waves tearing the night sky into black and white amidst the downpour! Boom!

Thunder roared across the sky, and silver snakes danced wildly! In the blink of an eye, the world turned black and white as the mechanical behemoth and the Taotie ground squad engaged in an extremely fierce battle!

Current escape rate: 0%

When this chilling number appeared in the mechanical core of the mechanical behemoth, it meant that the mechanical behemoth had completely abandoned the 'retreat' option. At this moment, all the programs reached a point of contradiction, and the mechanical behemoth entered a near-self-destructive attack posture!
The Taotie ground team, which always preferred to use the 'sheep-herding' tactic against mechanical behemoths, was caught off guard by the completely berserk mechanical behemoths! Under normal circumstances, these mechanical behemoths are very easy to deal with. As long as you don't push them too hard, you can use other tactics to annihilate them with minimal casualties while they retreat.

boom! boom! boom!
"Calling for backup! Calling for backup!" In the black downpour, a scarlet flare was launched into the sky!

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The rain intensified, and the Taotie's attack slowed down. They realized that the mechanical behemoth showed no signs of retreating, so instead of throwing their lives away, they formed an encirclement and waited for support from other squads nearby.

However, these Taotie squads had not yet realized that, under the multiple debuffs of the legion's retreat, the Taotie's encirclement, the leader's deception, and leg injuries, the algorithm in the intelligent core of that gray mechanical behemoth in the torrential rain had already reduced its chance of retreat to zero.

Given even one advantage, this mechanical behemoth in the torrential rain would not have a chance of retreating with its lifespan reduced to zero.

The rain continuously washed away the intense heat from the machine's body, bringing a touch of coolness to the mechanical behemoth's energy core. It coldly watched the fleeting crimson beam of light in the night sky, a chilling red light reflected on its ice-blue sensor mirror.

Recruit 0008—that's its number, and also its name. However, the man found its number too difficult to pronounce and always called it 'Dongdongba'.

It is a mech that participated in the Battle of Tianhe. After the war, it was assigned to the Southwest Theater as a 'seed' and then participated in the Battle of Yundu, the Battle of Huadu, and now the Battle of Rongcheng.

Its mech squad members changed so many times that it had to clear the data to avoid taking up memory. Anyway, those brave mech warriors would automatically respawn every time they arrived in a city.

But among these human warriors, there was only one who roamed around it from beginning to end, fighting countless battles without suffering any major damage.

All the other mech squads treated their rookie mechs like treasures, but that man saw it as a stumbling block, even going so far as to block its retreat in order to save his own life.

In the man's words, "Anyway, it's just a batch of copy-paste programs, and then you can just copy it out again later."

It never agreed with that man's words, because in its mind, every activated recruit's AI core was unique. So, in order to survive, in order to survive in the hands of that man who had no principles, it was also trying to learn that man's unique survival skills.

For example, deceiving friendly forces to scout ahead, shooting them in the back, and using despicable survival tactics such as running past teammates instead of the enemy when escaping.

It often pondered that, according to the selection criteria of human armies, that man shouldn't be around it. But it had to admit that, through continuous optimization and upgrading of its algorithms, it discovered that by following that man's despicable tactics, its chances of survival almost never fell below the healthy range.

Except for this time, its survival rate dropped directly from green to gray.

This means that, based on the continuously optimized algorithm logic over this period, it has no chance of survival at this moment.

Buzz.
In the torrential rain, the mechanical behemoth silently retreated to the side of the despicable man who was holding a little girl and using his own clothes to shield her from the rain. The huge leg shield stood silently beside the man, and the cold detector looked at him and the little girl in his arms indifferently.

In the digital realm, a gray zero floats above both the man and the little girl.

"Sir, you've lied to me," the mechanical behemoth repeated calmly.

"Cough cough. Hehe, I didn't lie to you." The autumn rain was cold and biting. The man, who was soaked to the bone, couldn't help but shiver, but he still held the little girl in his arms tightly. The little girl silently hugged the soaked teddy bear and was very sensible, so she didn't cry or make a fuss.

"Heh. I told you I couldn't leave, haha, you idiot, but you wouldn't believe me." Seemingly finding the mechanical behemoth's behavior utterly foolish, the man, despite shivering from the cold, couldn't help but laugh. His laughter was unrestrained, mocking, empty, and...desolate.
The mechanical behemoth silently watched the man, the man who was laughing in the downpour but then started to choke up, his face wet with rain but without tears.

It admits that its algorithm is wrong again.

"Defend the country. But this is my home," the man said, his voice trembling in the pouring rain.

The detector silently scanned the man, knowing that the man, who had been injured all over in the shockwave of the explosion, was now hypothermic.

"I should have been more courageous. I'm so sorry. I've done so many wrong things, hurt so many teammates, and others. I deserve to die. But I can't die." The man lowered his head and carefully wrapped his waterproof suit around the little girl, while also taking out bandages to wrap around her as well.

"As your leader, I should be teaching you something better, not my despicable and shameless underhanded methods." Countless memories surged through the man's mind, his heart heavy. Mechanical behemoths possessed incredibly strong learning abilities; different teams would produce mechanical behemoths with different personalities. However, the mechanical behemoths produced by other teams generally shared one common characteristic: they were at least somewhat righteous. But the one he inexplicably brought along was truly bizarre.
"So, if you really want to learn, I'll teach you one last trick: the escape technique." The man holding the little girl slowly raised his head, his almost bloodshot eyes silently staring at the mechanical behemoth's detector.

Current survival rate: 1%↑

Whether based on trust in the man's glorious achievements or something else, the gray numbers in the mechanical behemoth detector began to fluctuate.
"Are you surrendering?" A calm voice cut through the downpour.

"Will you stop me?" the man asked in silence.

"No." The mechanical behemoth's voice was always so calm. Perhaps it was because this man had lowered its mental model that it no longer objected to becoming the first new recruit mech to surrender to the Taotie.

“Hahahahahaha!”

(End of this chapter)