Chapter 100

"Why do we have to go this way?" The Captain sat beside Tang Bai, looking ahead at the meteorite belt.

Although Tang Bai's excellent ship piloting skills are well documented, shuttling a more experienced ship pilot through a meteorite belt is a death-defying adventure.

"Because it's not just dangerous for us, it's dangerous for the Bugs too." Tang Bai's gaze was firm as he piloted the ship, diving headfirst into the meteorite-strewn passage.

This time there were even more meteorites than the swarms he'd shuttled through before, and the neural link communicated the ship's sensations of being in the universe so perfectly that he didn't need to pay attention to the data, his body sensed the gravitational entanglement of each one and made subconscious judgments.

"Tang Bai , that bug race gave birth to nearly ten thousand juvenile body bug races, Xie Ruhang dragged down that giant bug race, the other small bug races were too numerous for us to stop all of them, at present there are roughly more than a hundred bug races approaching your position ......" Mo Zheng's anxious voice rang in his ears.

Tang Bai's ship only has four NPCs on board, and in order to increase its speed and arm the other four ships, the Explorer dismantles most of its energy cannons and other weaponry, so it won't be able to put up much of a fight if it encounters a swarm of bugs.

"Don't worry, I'm driving into the meteorite belt, those bugs won't be able to catch up." Tang Bai pulled the accelerator lever to the maximum, and his fingers flicked over the hundreds of buttons to create a shadow.

The Explorer raced through the danger-ridden meteor belt like a thrilling and exciting spaceship show.

The captain sits back and watches the star detectors for new energy stars.

Then he saw it.

At the end of the vast darkness, there is an azure blue star that emits a serene and mysterious shimmering light, but unfortunately vague reddish-brown spots block the star's beautiful light.

The old captain pressed the launch button of the Quantum Sphere, and four Quantum Spheres flew to the planet, spreading out in all directions of the planet, emitting thin and soft light, and weaving a dreamy nebula-like glow.

Countless data was displayed rapidly, the old captain and the other three NPCs looked at the constantly changing data without looking away, and in the moment when the data broke through the standard amount, their eyes lit up coincidentally, as if they were dusty jewels being wiped of the top layer of dust.

"That's the Energy Star!!!"

"We found it! We found it!!!"

"It's really there! We have energy! We can go home!"

Yuhui hugged Lu En and kept shouting with excitement, and the other two older NPCs also moistened their eyes.

While everyone was basking in the joy, Tang Bai suddenly said, "What's up ahead?"

As the ship approached, it only saw a group of juvenile body bugs gathered in front of that star, those were the eggs left by the giant bugs here in advance, the number was as high as a thousand, and in order to reach the energy star, it was necessary to break through the blockage of these bugs.

What to do?

The ship's only remaining energy resources are only enough for the energy cannons to fire only four or five times, and the defense system is not sure if it can support the ship through the hard ......

"Don't worry." Tang Bai's shoulder was suddenly tapped by the old captain, this old man said in a hard voice, "Lu En and I, they both know how to pilot a mech, so go ahead and let go of the charge, and leave the rest to us."

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War Department.

A group of uniformed generals sat solemnly in the conference room, staring mutely at the live feed on the light screen, and when the NPC named Kang Pengze offered to help Tang Bai clear the way, Mo Zhong would suddenly have his face tighten up, barely able to keep his composure.

Gu Mian, who was sitting next to General Mo Zhong, noticed his friend's disorientation, but he understood his concern at this time, as Mo Zhong's nephew and father were both in the game.

The nephew is Mo Zheng, and his father is Admiral Mo, one of the five Admirals of the Federation, or Elderly Kang, the npc's consciousness collector in the game.

The Federation's current level of technology is not yet able to achieve a high degree of anthropomorphization of NPCs, and has simply taken a tricky approach - the

Real people play npcs.

This play participation was initiated by Mo Lao, and the level of secrecy was so high that even Mo Zheng didn't know that one of the NPCs was his grandfather.

When the real person's consciousness is imported into the game, the memories are modified, and Admiral Mo in the game forgets his true identity, and he is ready to die even if he chooses to fight the Bugs head-on.

The live feeds of both battlegrounds were projected in the military headquarters conference room, and General Mo Zhong was staring intently at the perilous situation of the Discovery one moment, and looking with bloodshot eyes at the battlefield of the giant Bugs the next.

The Giant Bugs encased by the mechanical Teng Man kept struggling, and the mechanical Teng Man on the verge of its limit finally broke apart one by one, unable to cope with the burden.

Five minutes shy of twenty.

Mechanical Teng Man has gone as far as he can go.

Next it's his turn to buy Tang Bai one last moment.

Xie Ruhang piloted the mech and leapt forward, the brilliant sword light instantly splitting the giant insectoid's wings that had just broken free in half.

The enraged Bug swung out its sharp claws and struck Xie Ruhang's mech in the chest.

Xie Ruhang flew out like a kite with broken strings, his ribs instantly broke under the heavy blows, and blood mixed with broken pieces of internal organs was coughed out by Xie Ruhang.

The bug shook violently, trying to throw the mech on it out, Xie Ruhang half-kneeled on the bug shell, and with just one blow, the damage rate of the Tang Bai-modified mech instantly soared to 90%.

"Dropping--Free Battle Mode Switching Successful!"

The phoenix eyes flashed a hint of ruthlessness, some people would sit back and wait for death in the face of life and death, but some people would instead be inspired to have the craziest side of their heart.

The pink mecha suddenly leapt high into the air by stepping on the giant insectoid's carapace again, and the lightsaber held tightly in both hands once again coalesced into a powerful sword light!

A sword was swung out, the sword light turned into a sea of light raging in the sky, the small insect race that was swept into the air was instantly split in half, and the wings of the giant insect race that had just grown out broke once again!

On the other side, the light screen showed the Discovery barreling toward the insect horde, shielding screens scrapping one layer after another, and eventually the range of the shielding system was reduced to just the confines of the cockpit.

Lu En was the first to rush out, grabbing one of the bugs that had plopped down onto the hatch and kept nibbling on it, and hurling the bug towards the ones that were gradually flying towards him, smashing a gap in the ranks of the bugs!

The old captain brought out a huge shield and used it to block the weakest hatch, while the other two took care of the left and right sides of the shield, and Lu En took care of the rest outside the hatch.

In the fierce struggle, no bugs could last more than two moves against Lu En. Although these juvenile bugs were not strong themselves, Lu En's overwhelming strength still made people look at them.

A succession of insects like a monstrous river rolling, they are not individually strong, but the number is too much, even with the desperate blocking of NPCs, there are still leaky fish lying on the cab fast gnawing.

The four NPCs piloted the mechs and fought the bugs to the death, but there were so many of them that the cockpit was eventually chewed out with a hole for the bugs to pass through; the NPCs could fight to the death to stop the bugs from getting closer, but they couldn't stop the loss of oxygen in the cockpit.

While the four NPCs were wearing space combat mechs, Tang Bai inside the pilot wasn't wearing any protective clothing that could be adapted to space conditions.

He wore a driving helmet covered in neural links, and his straight frame was not tall and strong, but could even be described as thin.

Tang Bai's silhouette is particularly thin against the backdrop of a fragmented insect population behind him.

Bright red blood flowed out of the pilot's helmet and snaked down the snow-white neck, a sign that the human body's blood was boiling in the space environment.

No one could see Tang Bai's face, obscured by his driving helmet, but everyone could see those extremely "steady" hands, gripping the gearshift firmly and pulling it to the max with uncharacteristic calmness - the "steady" hands of a man who has never been in a car before, and who has never been in a car before.

The Explorer he was maneuvering was like a brilliant starlight, tearing through the darkness and rushing toward the azure star.

Everything was frozen in time, blood stained the console of the cab, the slender body collapsed on the platform, the giant insectoid that broke free from the mechanical Teng Man's restraints was fixed in the moment of opening its mouthparts.

"Ding - The Explorer has successfully arrived at the Energy Star! Game over!" The system beep sounded like heavenly music in the ears of countless people.

Before the generals present could react from the joyful atmosphere, they heard a chaotic ringing at General Mo Zhong's place, and the door to the conference room was slammed shut with a bang, as Major General Gu looked helplessly at his best friend's disrespectful back, and followed suit by getting up and walking out.

Outside the examination room filled with game pods at the Federal Military Academy was filled with parents, Mrs. Gu and Tang's mother stood together, Tang's mother's voice shook terribly, and with a thick sobbing tone, she said, "Sugar has lost a lot of blood in the game, will he be alright in reality?"

Tang's father put his arm around Tang's mother's shoulder and kept whispering to comfort his wife.

Mrs. Gu stood alone beside the loving couple, his eyes had a faint blue-black color underneath, his eyelids were red and swollen, and he looked very haggard.

When Rear Admiral Gu arrived outside the examination room, what he saw was his wife's exhausted appearance.

It was the first time he had seen his wife in such a bad state, and she was dressed in a messy way, actually not even buttoned up, with many folds on her clothes, very different from Mrs. Gu's usual dignified and neat dress.

Major General Gu couldn't help but frown, he originally thought that his wife would be different from all the other omega's, strong and independent, calm and collected in all matters, but he never thought he would see such a side of his wife.

Seeing Gu Mian's arrival, Li Songyun spoke in a hoarse voice, "You're here, I saw that Xiao Nan was not in good shape in the live broadcast, he was injured when he fought the Virus Juvenile ......"

The sound of game pods opening one after another resounded in the examination room, and the teachers of the military school were maintaining order, telling the parents outside the room who wanted to rush in to be at ease.

Major General Gu is clearly the type of parent who doesn't need a teacher to calm his emotions; he can even speak to his wife in a calm tone about something else: "Your buttons are wrong, the first one missed, and all the next ones are wrong."

Li Songyun's lips trembled as he looked incomprehensibly at his husband's calm demeanor, "Shouldn't you be the first to care about Xiao Nan's well-being right now?"

"As I've told you before, aside from being directly devoured by giant bugs, the initial thing we feared about dying in the game that would surely lead to brain death was solved by the people at the Research Institute."

"As long as you don't get engulfed by giant bugs in the game, there is theoretically little risk of instant brain death, and while other ways to die in the game have some probability of brain death, those probabilities don't go as high as 100 percent."

"The Dream's batch of students died in the ship's self-destruct mode, they were unable to disengage from the game due to the virus and suffered varying degrees of viral invasion of their nervous systems, one child was unfortunate enough to become a vegetable, thankfully the other four weren't in that bad of a state."

Major General Gu analyzed, "Xiao Nan didn't die in the game, even if the virus affected the game system, the biggest impact he would have would be to be weak for a period of time in reality, and since I already know that he will be safe, I naturally won't worry about the impossible."

"Xiao Nan will be fine, and even if he isn't, he fought until the last moment and died to protect everyone, we should be proud of him." Major General Gu concluded.

"...... You are so sensible it amazes me." Li Songyun said softly, those eyes looking at Gu Mian uncomfortably, as if accusing something.

The passageway into the examination room was opened, and Gu Mian did not communicate with his wife any more as he followed the crowd into the examination room.

Mo Zhong, who watched the entire fight between the brother and wife, will: "......"

Mo Zhong will look at Li Songyun, who is still standing silent, and can't help but speak out and advise, "Don't pay attention to what Lao Gu just said, he's just that kind of nature, in fact, he's also very worried about Xiao Nan, and he didn't feel relieved until the people from the research institute said that it's fine."

Li Songyun said nothing, he gently shook his head, and Mo Zhong will enter the examination room together.