Gu Ya calmly lifted his spear and used the leg thrusters of his exoskeleton armor to fly up, simultaneously activating its searchlight.
What he saw made him freeze in mid-air.
The monster had a giant snake head, its body coiled around the tree trunk, as thick as a giant pillar, its scales distinct.
Several meters behind its head, it had countless hand-like tentacles, each several meters long.
"What kind of monster is this!"
The giant snake opened its mouth in the air and lunged at Gu Ya, intending to swallow him whole!
Its dark, abyssal mouth was as terrifying as a bottomless pit.
Gu Ya suppressed his fear, shone the searchlight, and saw the internal structure of the snake's mouth.
It was an jawbone supported by rows of metal bones.
There was also a thick, pure silver, conical tongue, made of connected metal plates, extremely agile.
This was no creature, but an alien mecha!
The giant snake was not fast, but its strength was immense.
Its body, coiled around the tree trunk, directly snapped the trunk.
The snake head flew forward, its mouth closing and swallowing Gu Ya in the air.
Gu Ya's vision immediately turned black, and he felt something squeezing his body, the pressure increasing.
But a smile appeared on Gu Ya's face.
Shi Heping, who was eating, was suddenly drawn to the holographic image. Gu Ya's name disappeared, replaced by "Serpent Lizard Mech."
Shi Heping sighed through his nose, put down his food, stared at the holographic screen, and raised his wristband.
"Old Xie, Gu Ya was attacked by a mech, he might be... wait!"
Shi Heping suddenly said, and Gu Ya's name reappeared on the holographic screen!
"What happened to Gu Ya?" Xie Fangbin urged on the communication.
Shi Heping suddenly smiled and said, "It's fine, Gu Ya took down a serpent lizard."
On Gu Ya's side, the mecha mechanic used a combination of skills. Within a second, [Code Tampering] rendered the giant snake immobile.
He pried open the giant snake's mouth and crawled out, exhaling. That was close.
One second later, Gu Ya would have been crushed by the serpent's metal tongue.
"Strange?" Gu Ya wondered, "Why didn't the system mission complete."
Gu Ya re-summoned the system and found the details in the mission:
[Main quest unlocked: Eliminate nearby giant creatures]
[Mission Reward: 2000 System Coins]
[Rare item drop rate in System Store increased by 20%]
[Discount on System Store items: 25%]
[Void Pack gains new function: Can store up to three real-world items]
Gu Ya confirmed that he indeed had not completed the mission.
This meant there were more giant beasts nearby.
Gu Ya felt his scalp tingle. He looked up and saw two round, orange-red eyeballs appearing on the treetop, barely obscured by leaves.
Damn it! His skills were still on cooldown!
The four eyes suddenly narrowed into two slits and rapidly enlarged.
The monster was coming down!
Gu Ya felt a strong wind pressure impacting his head. He didn't dare to delay and quickly flew to the side.
The giant beast earlier had snapped the tree trunk, and the mecha was buried under it. Worse, the armor at the cockpit was facing downwards, preventing Gu Ya from entering.
Gu Ya used the propulsion of his exoskeleton armor to shuttle between the tree trunks, trying to evade the giant beast's sight.
The pursuing giant beast behind him was swift and fierce, coiling around the tree trunks to chase Gu Ya, relentlessly trying to swallow him.
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Gazing at Gu Ya's never-before-seen exoskeleton, Wei Ping released the communicator and said with a charming sneer, "Hehe, classmate Gu Ya, let's end this game of make-believe!"
As she spoke, Wei Ping piloted her mecha and swooped down at Gu Ya.
But then, something bizarre happened.
The giant beast beneath Gu Ya's feet suddenly opened its orange-red eyeballs, lifted Gu Ya, and flew up with its mouth agape.
Wei Ping's eyes widened in shock as she tried to quickly correct.
But it was too late.
The giant beast bit down on Wei Ping's mecha, its snake body rapidly constricting and coiling around its head.
Simultaneously, the outer armor of its neck opened, launching dozens of wire-like tentacles, like flying darts with strings, piercing Wei Ping's mecha!
"How is this possible!" Wei Ping was completely panicked, unable to control her mecha, which was firmly held by the giant beast.
With a "crack,"
Wei Ping's mecha was crushed between the giant beast's powerful jaws, its armor directly deforming, its head cracking, its legs breaking. Only the back thrusters still weakly sputtered pale blue flames.
Wang Can and Huang Bo were instantly startled and accelerated towards Wei Ping's position.
"Gu Ya!" Wang Can shouted furiously, piloting his mecha to fly up and snatch Wei Ping from the beast's mouth.
At the same time, Huang Bo piloted his mecha straight for Gu Ya, intending to blast him away from above the beast's head.
Gu Ya slowly stood up, facing the two attacking opponents, and calmly shouted, "You lost!"
Wang Can's mecha had already grasped Wei Ping with both hands.
And Huang Bo's mecha's giant fist was less than five meters from Gu Ya.
But at that moment, both their mechas suddenly powered down and plummeted to the ground from several meters up.
"What?" Wang Can exclaimed in shock.
At this time, Shi Heping, sitting at the camp, was once again stunned by the scene before him.
Gu Ya had defeated two giant beasts in just five minutes.
Even more astonishing, Wang Can's team had also been taken down by Gu Ya!
He stood up, walked to the holographic screen, and rubbed his eyes hard.
It was true, the names of Wang Can's team of three had disappeared before Gu Ya.
Shi Heping let out a stunned laugh, took out his wristband, and said, "Fang Bin, there's something you need to come and see..."