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"Confirm upgrade."
Chen Yuan did not hesitate at all; the value of the Iron Guard was far more than just cannon fodder.
In battle, Iron Guard is a reliable second-in-command who can share the pressure and form tactical coordination. The first upgrade only costs 5000 points, which is a great deal.
[Command confirmed. 5000 survival points deducted. 860 survival points remaining.]
[The upgrade process for the secondary combat unit "Iron Guard" has been initiated... Estimated time: 45 minutes.]
The silver-gray mecha warrior was enveloped in a soft cocoon of upgrade light, from which a subtle hum of reorganization could be heard.
With his points still below 1,000, Chen Yuan lamented that he was still too poor.
The upgraded Iron Guardian doesn't change much in appearance, but it looks more robust, with a streamlined energy sword hilt protrusion on the outside of its left forearm.
When the dark blue eyepiece scanned the surroundings, it seemed to carry an even more dynamic sense of "observation".
[Iron Guardian upgrade complete. Status: Energy Core 100%, Reserved Nanoparticles 100%...]
The monotonous electronic sound rang out again.
"very good."
Looking at the newly transformed Iron Guard, Chen Yuan walked up to him and began to talk to himself.
"Listen, Iron Guard, from today onwards, we brothers will fight side by side. I'll take the lead in the attack, severely damaging the target, and you'll finish them off, using your sword to shatter the spirit particle core, understand?"
[Command Understanding: Coordinated Combat Mode. Main Attack (Chen Yuan): Severely damage the target, exposing its core weakness. Secondary Attack (Iron Guard): Execute core destruction; mode confirmed.]
Iron Guard's blue light from his eyepiece remained steady, and he nodded slightly.
"Dragon Core, search for high-density, hybrid Devouring Beast hordes."
Chen Yuan's eyes burned with a thirst for points and power.
[Command received, target locked: coordinates (X-512, Y-89). Abandoned vehicle processing plant.]
[Target composition: Snake-dog pack (approximately 20), Spiny Eel swarm (lurking), Earth Howler (3, including 1 Corrosive variant), Calyx Beast symbiotic tumor (2 plants).]
[Active energy response, with signs of synergy. Hazard level: Moderate.]
"Shag, Go go go, Let's go!"
Chen Yuan and Tie Wei simultaneously activated their flight thrusters, and the two figures, one silver and one gray, shot out of the Ark base like arrows released from a bow, like two blades tearing through the stifling air of the wasteland, speeding towards their coordinates.
……
The abandoned vehicle processing plant is like a graveyard for steel behemoths.
The piles of rusty, abandoned cars were now covered in vines and scarlet moss.
The air was filled with the smells of rust, engine oil, and the sweet, fishy odor characteristic of manna.
Chen Yuan and Tie Wei flew high into the sky, arrived at the exact coordinates, and silently landed on top of the highest pile of vehicle wreckage.
Below, a pack of snake-dogs roamed among the rusted vehicles, while a three-headed earth howler spewed acid mist not far away, corroding the metal debris. Two enormous scarlet tumors took root in the central open space, their wriggling tentacles sensing their surroundings.
Chapter 26 New Crisis
"Let's get started, Loongson. Synchronize the battlefield data with Iron Guard. Iron Guard, prioritize eliminating the lurking Spiny Eels and the troublesome Snake Dogs."
After downloading the command, Chen Yuan launched his attack, locking onto the core nodes of the Earth Roar and the Tumor, and then drew his sword to strike.
The command was instantly transmitted to the Iron Guard via neural links.
[Data synchronization complete, combat orders received.]
Iron Guard 1's response was concise and powerful.
The sounds of battle erupted the moment Chen Yuan drew the yellowish-brown electromagnetic laser sword from his back.
"kill!"
Chen Yuan gave a low shout and stared at the Corrosive Roar, whose back sacs were dark green and constantly dripped corrosive mucus.
At the same time, a ghostly light condensed in the palm of his left hand, and he fired a precise shot at an ordinary-looking acid sac next to him.
Iron Guard, like a gray cheetah, silently slid down from the flank. He did not immediately draw his sword, but instead raised the electromagnetic laser gun on his right arm.
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"
The three condensed blue beams were not aimed at the conspicuous snake-dog, but rather precisely penetrated into the gaps and shadows of several piled-up vehicles.
There, countless spiky eels surged out like a tide.
"Puff puff!"
The spiky eels that were hit head-on by the beam of light exploded instantly, prematurely detonating the hidden swarm.
The remaining spiny eels surged out wildly, but the Iron Guard's gun barrel moved steadily and efficiently, firing in short bursts, eliminating all the spiny eels that tried to approach or spray their bone spikes.
at the same time.
"boom!"
Chen Yuan's palm cannon beam accurately hit the acid sac of the ordinary ground roar.
"BOOM!"
The violent explosion blasted the earth-roar into a bloody mess, spraying corrosive acid everywhere and affecting nearby snakes and dogs, causing chaos.
Chen Yuan himself had already reached the Corrosive Roar. The mutated Roar let out an angry roar, and the dark green sacs on its back swelled up, ready to unleash a jet of viscous corrosive liquid that shot out like a high-pressure water gun, with great speed and astonishing power.
Chen Yuan neither dodged nor evaded, and his blue shield unfolded.
"Chucky!"
The corrosive liquid jet struck the shield, creating ripples that caused the shield's color to dim considerably.
Gravity impactor, knee strike!
With the corrosive liquid beams in his face, Chen Yuan's thrusters activated a second time, and his right knee, covered by a distorting force field, pressed against the relatively vulnerable side of the corrosive earth.
“Bang, snap!”
A dull thud accompanied by the sound of bones cracking reached his ears. The corrosive roar's massive body was jolted back, its acid spray interrupted, and he almost vomited.
"Now! Iron Guard, go! Shatter the core!"
With a loud shout, Chen Yuan wielded the electromagnetic laser sword with all his might, transforming it into a yellow flash that precisely pierced through the Corrosive Roar's exposed jaw guard due to its intense pain, revealing the spirit particle core inside that was flashing red light.
[Command received. Full speed ahead, attack until death.]
Iron Guard responded almost simultaneously with Chen Yuan's shout. It abandoned its attack on the last few spiky eels, and blue flames erupted from its propulsion units, making it move like lightning.
With a flick of his wrist, a relatively slender electromagnetic laser sword emitting a blue glow popped out.
Accelerated by the flight thrusters, the light blade, like a precise scalpel, instantly swept across the gap Chen Yuan had created.
"Sizzle, pfft!"
Iron Guard's laser sword pierced the exposed core of Corrosive Roar without hindrance. The scorching high-temperature plasma instantly vaporized it, and Corrosive Roar's roar came to an abrupt halt as its massive body crashed to the ground.
"Cooperative kill: Corrosive Roar (mutant), Survival Points +800."
Chen Yuan and Tie Wei worked together seamlessly, delivering a fatal blow.
"Good brother, let's join hands to break through the waves, one wave after another, one wave higher than the next, one wave stronger than the next, coming and going in the waves, raging waves, raging waves."
Chen Yuan muttered to himself, "The Iron Guard's AI is unable to recognize the true meaning."
Facing the onrushing pack of snakes and dogs, Chen Yuan and Tie Wei stood back to back, wielding two electromagnetic laser swords, one blue and one yellow, with impenetrable force, like two deadly blue and yellow wheels of light.
With a flash of sword light, the attacking snakes and dogs were cut in half like harvested wheat, their cores annihilated.
Even if some manage to slip through the net and attempt a sneak attack, they are dealt with by the Iron Guards' precise gunfire or by Chen Yuan's casual sword strike.
To deal with the other ordinary roar, Chen Yuan directly used his palm cannon to blast away the pile of vehicles where it was hiding, exposing it.
Iron Guard charged forward like a demon, its laser sword precisely piercing the gaping maw of the creature in its panic, penetrating the back of its head, and tearing out the core of its spirit particles to destroy it.
To deal with the two symbiotic tumors, Chen Yuan was responsible for drawing fire while using palm cannons and armor-piercing rounds to bombard their waving tentacles and spurting bone needles.
Iron Guard, relying on its mobility, skillfully weaves through the gaps in the tentacles, its laser sword cutting through the energy roots with ease like a scalpel, finally finding the core node and piercing it with a single strike.
The entire abandoned vehicle processing plant resembled a dueling ground for two swords, with yellow and blue flashes intertwined, each flash destined to severely injure the Devouring Beast.
The electromagnetic laser gun's bursts of fire, like precise drumbeats, eliminated scattered threats.
There was no unnecessary talk, no fancy moves, just extremely efficient and coordinated killing.
When the last tumor withered under Chen Yuan's sword, the entire battlefield was left with only the lingering smoke, the pungent smell of burning, and mutilated corpses scattered everywhere.
[Battle over.]
【协同击杀：蛇狗x20=3000点，刺鳗集群x100+=14000点，地吼x3（含变种）=1500点，共生肉瘤x2=2000点。】
【当前累计生存点积分：860+3000+14000+1500+2000=21360点】
With nearly 2 survival points, his efficiency far surpasses Chen Yuan's solo combat.
He turned to look at the silent Iron Warrior beside him. The Iron Warrior's left arm laser sword had been retracted, while the muzzle of his right arm gun was slightly red. The dark blue visor calmly scanned the battlefield, as if checking to see if any survivors had escaped.
Although it cannot express emotions, its absolute reliability in executing orders and its precise and deadly coordination at critical moments replaced the anxiety in Chen Yuan's heart caused by the sense of crisis with an unprecedented sense of security.
"Well done, Iron Guard. I'll treat you to a chicken leg when we get home tonight. Um... I forgot you're a mecha, how about I add some machine oil?"
"..."
Chen Yuan reached out and patted Tie Wei's sturdy shoulder, then started rambling again. Perhaps he had been holding it in for too long and desperately wanted to talk to someone.
Iron Guard turned his head slightly, and the blue light from his goggles seemed to flicker briefly, as if in response.
[Threat eliminated, nanounit reserves: 85%, requesting further instructions. Return to base?]
"I won't go back yet. I'll find another hunting ground and earn more points."
……
The scene shifts to sunset, and we arrive at an abandoned mine.
The setting sun dyed the huge pit of the abandoned mine a desolate blood red.
Chen Yuan and Tie Wei had just finished another operation to clear out a small thorn eel nest and, guided by the Dragon Core, arrived at the abandoned mine.
[Core Energy: 62%. Nanoscale Reserves: 54%, Flight Speed Decreased by 17%...]