I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

"Hello, Master Sister! You look so beautiful today!" Ye Qianxue said coquettishly.

Mu Mu stepped forward and pinched her delicate little face, saying with a forced smile:

"My dear disciple... I've overheard your conversation for ages. Do you think I'll let you off the hook?"

Seeing that she had been caught, Ye Qianxue decided to stop trying to appease her and pointed her finger at her, tearing off the pretense of civility, and asked:

"Tell me! Where did you take my sister?!"

Mu Mu ignored her, grabbed her hand and held her tightly in his arms.

"As a prisoner, you have no right to question me. Just wait to be punished..." Mu Mu paused, then whispered in his ear:

"Together with your older sister!"

"What—" Ye Qianxue's eyes widened, wanting to question her about what was going on, but the soft flesh around her waist was being pinched, making her weak and unable to move, and she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

"You two sisters have very similar weaknesses in some ways," Mu Mu said, seemingly eager to stir up trouble.

Ye Qianxue felt incredibly humiliated! Instead of finding her sister, she was about to be devoured by this big bad wolf, and was verbally harassed to the point of being completely humiliated.

"Big sister..." Ye Qianxue closed her eyes tightly and murmured to herself. Suddenly, Yan Ziming's voice came from behind Mu Mu.

"Alright, alright, stop bullying my little sister. We're doing this in public, what kind of depraved or insane thing do you want to do?"

Yan Ziming pulled Mu Mu's hand away from Ye Qianxue's restraint, patted her head to soothe her emotions, and looked around the battlefield, noticing that quite a few people were watching them.

"My good disciple, you're lucky." Mu Mu seemed to remember something and pulled Ye Qianxue aside to whisper something:

"After the battle is over, find some free time and come to my room alone tonight. Don't tell your sister, otherwise... you know what will happen!"

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"Alright, now that things are over, I'll go clean up the mess and take care of that middle-aged trash while I'm at it."

Old Wang, who had long since disappeared, felt a chill run down his spine. His hand, which was controlling the steel tornado, trembled violently, almost injuring his own men.

"What did she just say to you?" Yan Ziming asked Ye Qianxue after Mu Mu disappeared into the crevice.

"No, it's nothing! I just gave Qianxue a little threat..."

Ye Qianxue shook her head like a rattle drum, afraid that Yan Zimo would find out what had just happened.

"is it?"

"Yes, yes! It really was just a small—a tiny threat!" Ye Qianxue emphasized again.

However, the more she acted like this, the more Yan Ziming felt that something was amiss. He wondered if he should follow this girl and see what they were up to.

"Big sister, the enemy is here! Please protect us!"

A large wave of mutated species was approaching, and Ye Qianxue took the opportunity to hide in Yan Ziming's arms, refusing to come out.

"How am I supposed to fight like this?" Yan Ziming complained, looking rather helpless. His younger sister was just too clingy, daring to act so recklessly on the battlefield.

But it's cute just the way it is.

A B-grade blue-faced ghoul charged fearlessly towards him. Yan Ziming immediately fired a palm lightning bolt at its chest. In just an instant, the lightning pierced through its chest, and the ghoul fell into the beast horde behind it, causing a massive explosion that killed more than a dozen mutated creatures on the spot.

Under the fierce bombardment of the human side, only a small number of mutated species managed to reach Yan Ziming. In addition, with Lao Wang's previous massacre, there were actually not many mutated species left in this area. Most of them were frantically attacking at both ends of the trench. However, with Lao Wang, the meat grinder, there was no sign of the battle lines collapsing.

The heavily injured SS-class giant python was also firmly restrained by Mu Mu. Judging from her effortless movements and the dazzling Milky Way that illuminated the entire sky, Mu Mu clearly had an overwhelming advantage and should be able to end the battle soon.

The situation on the battlefield is now clear. As long as the plan against Death goes smoothly, the Yongjing Military Administrative Region can be recaptured today.

Chapter 168 Anchoring

On the other side, the battle on Longteng's side was also about to end. The fight between the two giant beasts had crushed countless mutated species. Other S-level mutated species did not dare to participate and directly bypassed them to charge towards the human side's position.

On the back of the mech, a lieutenant general frowned as he looked at the energy bar on the display screen, which showed 22%.

That was the remaining energy of the Dragon Soaring Mech.

It had only been a little over an hour since it started fighting, and its energy was already running out. Every time this behemoth was deployed, it consumed an astronomical amount of energy. Even China's world-leading medium-voltage DC power generation technology was struggling to keep up, and it would require many improvements before this steel behemoth could be fully combat-ready.

Research into using crystal nuclei as an energy source has been put on the agenda. Before that, the first-generation Dragon Soar model can only be used as is, and the latest energy technology will be installed in subsequent improved models.

With their energy reserves nearly depleted and the mammoth still formidable despite being badly injured and bleeding profusely, the lieutenant general issued a kill order.

"Main gun charging preparation."

"Yes!"

The dragon's appearance changed; a silver cone emerged from its chest, and specks of red light began to appear on it, clearly indicating that it was about to grow larger.

The mammoth panicked. It sensed an unprecedented threat of death from that wisp of red light. Its mobility was far inferior to the tyrant's; it had no way to dodge such an energy attack and could only rely on its physical strength to withstand it. Judging by the charging up, it would take some time. Rather than waiting to die, it was better to take the initiative and attack.

Roar, roar—

The mammoth charged, but the broken leg affected its mobility, causing it to miss its target. With just a slight twist, Long Teng sent the mammoth's hundreds-of-tons-weight body crashing into a nearby mountain peak.

In an instant, the earth shook and the world trembled three times. A piece of the entire mountain was knocked off!

This was the power generated even when the mammoth had lost a leg and was moving at less than half its normal speed.

If it were to hit solidly, even someone with a body of steel like Long Teng wouldn't fare much better; his body would likely be dented in some way.

When the first attack failed, the mammoth turned around and continued to press against the dragon's belly, forcing it to retreat repeatedly.

The two peerless divine weapons in Longteng's hands kept cutting flesh and bleeding from its body, while the close-in weapon on its back was firing at full power. However, the mammoth was unaffected and continued to withstand Longteng, walking for over a hundred meters.

"Hmph! A beast is a beast. That's all he can do. Hasn't the main gun fully charged yet?"

The lieutenant general frowned. The manufacturing cost of this mech was astronomical, and the maintenance cost would naturally not be cheap either. Even if it was stored in the warehouse and not used, the daily maintenance cost was still a behemoth that gave the military a headache.

Even landlords don't have surplus grain these days! Especially in this apocalyptic world where everything is scarce.

The paint on the outer shell has been scraped off by Mammoth, and there are dents in some places. The telematics system is also partially malfunctioning. The repair costs alone are enough to make the country's top leaders feel distressed.

"Report: Fully charged, ready to launch!"

Without further hesitation, the lieutenant general scanned the iris and fingerprint, and a launch button appeared on the screen. Without a second thought, he pressed it.

Inside the core of the Dragon Soaring, an orange obsidian crystal the size of a human face vanished instantly, its energy converted into the main cannon's power. Before it was even fired, specks of red light floated in the air, arranged in a straight line, and the intense heat burned a hole in the mammoth's skin.

The next instant, the main cannon suddenly fired a beam of red light, striking the mammoth that was at point-blank range without any suspense. The surrounding space distorted irregularly, its eyes immediately dimmed, and its body underwent a chilling transformation—

The mammoth's body, over fifty meters tall and weighing over a hundred tons, began to crack and break apart inch by inch, eventually turning into a large pile of ashes that drifted away in the wind.

"The power is not bad, as expected of a main cannon that surpasses the Crimson Flame, but the cost of firing is too high." The lieutenant general nodded, very satisfied with the power of the main cannon. One shot annihilated the mammoth, which was known for its defense. This power is a significant threat even to SS-class mutated species.

His adjutant's lips twitched. Among all the obsidian crystals, this one was of the highest quality and was the size of a human face. It was gone in one shot. The price was really too high!

If used for scientific research, its value would be far greater.

The lieutenant general, seeing his adjutant's miserly nature resurface, scolded him:

"What's there to be upset about? This time, Longteng's participation in the war is just part of its testing phase. All the expenses are necessary to create a reliable and powerful weapon."

Whether a weapon is powerful or not depends on its performance in actual combat. The deployment of Longteng in this battle was a major test, to see if it could withstand high-intensity combat.

If we mass-produce and deploy them into battle without testing them in actual combat, and problems arise, it will be a double loss. Not only will all the products already produced be rendered useless, but the production line will also be temporarily shut down. Restarting the production line will cost a huge sum of money in the future. Both in terms of time and money, it will be enough to cripple the country.

During the battle with the mammoth, its impact resistance, attack system, mobility, power system, and so on were all tested. The only thing that hadn't been tested was the main cannon. Originally, they could have killed the mammoth without the main cannon, but the lieutenant general still ordered a crystal obsidian to be used as the energy core to test the power of the main cannon. Only then did they end the SS-class mammoth with a single shot.

After this comprehensive test, the lieutenant general was very satisfied with the performance of this war machine. Apart from the power system, which was criticized by the crew, the performance of other parts was commendable.

If such war behemoths could be mass-produced and equipped with several in each military administrative region, the tragedy of the Yongjing Military Administrative Region would never have happened.

However, the current predicament is...

"Longteng's power system has malfunctioned, so we'll probably have to settle here temporarily," the lieutenant general said with a wry smile.

Although there is a backup power source, its power is not comparable to the main power source, and it can only support the dragon to travel for tens of kilometers. It is impossible to get it to join the battle.

Apart from the Yongjing Military Administrative Region, the nearest Jiangning Military Administrative Region is more than 800 kilometers away. They would have to break down halfway there and would have to trouble the military's transport team to take them back.

"But sir... there's an S-rank giant lizard slowly approaching us," the adjutant said, his face ashen.

It turned out that an S-class mutated species that was lagging behind had become suspicious when it saw that Long Teng had not made any move. Despite the disproportionate size of the two, its curiosity overwhelmed it, so it boldly walked towards them tentatively.

"What should we do, sir? We can't fight right now!"

"Is the close-in weapon system still usable?"

For dealing with S-class mutated species, two close-in weapon systems are enough; even if they don't kill it, they can scare it away.

"It's still on, but the power system isn't strong enough to make it change direction, which means we can only attack the lizard when it runs into the gun barrel itself."

"..."

The lieutenant general's eyebrows were almost completely covered by wrinkles. After much deliberation, he decided to ask the nearest high-level ability user for help. As for whether he could wait for them, he didn't know.

"Open fire with full force from the close-in weapon system, let's scare it first."

At the general's command, the close-in weapon system suddenly started firing, followed by a massive barrage of bullets that plowed through the small hill in front of the gun barrels. Countless pebbles rolled down the hillside, and the sheer force of the attack startled the approaching giant lizard. After circling around suspiciously for a few moments, it finally decided to leave.

"Phew—" The lieutenant general breathed a sigh of relief, opened the hatch, and climbed onto the mech's shoulder to breathe in some fresh air, but all he could smell was the stench of gunpowder.

"Cough cough—damn mutated species, turning our place into this mess, bastards..." the lieutenant general cursed, then froze when he looked up and saw a head peeking out from a hilltop.

That cunning big lizard actually came back!

And it even saw itself breathing "fresh" air outside!

This was a serious matter. Realizing it had been tricked, the giant lizard angrily charged at Long Teng, the ground shaking so violently that the lieutenant general nearly fell off.