Chapter 43

Ding dong! Player Cleaner invites you to join the team. Do you agree?

As cherry blossoms danced in the wind, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of promise written there.

While Cleaner tried to maintain the stability of his right mechanical arm, it still trembled a bit while running. Therefore, the female player was not tightly restrained. However, the female player did not look pained; instead, she stared blankly at the man in the cockpit.

Just as the female player was in a daze, the system's prompt sound brought her back to her senses. Seeing the team invitation in front of her, the female player hurriedly clicked "yes." However, due to the shaking of the mech while running, her finger accidentally clicked "no."

Ding dong! Player Youyou Jingran refuses your team invitation.

"Huh?" Cleaner was taken aback, his gaze passing through the cockpit's glass to look at Youyou Jingran on the right hand of the mech. At this moment, Youyou Jingran also looked anxiously at Cleaner. Seeing her anxious and somewhat at a loss, Cleaner seemed to understand something.

The reason Cleaner saved Youyou Jingran was not to play the hero. It was because the scene of the female player distracting the Worm King to allow her teammates to escape reminded Cleaner of something, which is why he saved her.

Ding dong! Player Cleaner invites you to join the team. Do you agree?

Swish! The Worm King attacked again. This time, Cleaner did not have a beautiful counterattack. He tilted his body, and the heavy mech rolled on the ground to dodge the Worm King's attack. Then, he awkwardly operated the mech to continue running, waiting for Taohuayan to pull the hate.

Ding dong! Player Youyou Jingran refuses the team invitation.

Because of the large movements of the mech, Youyou Jingran clicked the wrong button again. She looked bewildered, her eyes filled with anxiety and hope as she looked at Cleaner. She was really afraid that Cleaner would get angry and leave her behind.

After dodging the attack, Cleaner was taken aback again by the system's message. However, this time, Cleaner did not hesitate and continued to send team invitations. Clearly, Cleaner also knew that in such an unstable environment, it was normal for a girl to click the wrong button while swaying.

Ding dong! Player Cleaner invites you to join the team. Do you agree?

Ding dong! Player Youyou Jingran refuses the team invitation.

Ding dong! Player Cleaner invites you to join the team. Do you agree?

Ding dong! Player Youyou Jingran refuses the team invitation.

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Ding dong! Player Cleaner invites you to join the team. Do you agree?

Ding dong! Player Youyou Jingran accepts the team invitation.

Ding dong! Player Youyou Jingran is already your teammate and cannot be invited again.

When Cleaner was somewhat bewildered and subconsciously sent team invitations, the system finally delivered the sound he hoped to hear. So, after subconsciously sending another team invitation, Cleaner stopped his actions.

"Can you be any more clumsy?" Cleaner couldn't say how many times he had sent the team invitation, so as soon as Youyou Jingran joined the team, he shouted in the team chat. He had seen clumsy players before, but never one as clumsy as her, who could click the wrong button so many times for a team invitation.

Tears welled up in Youyou Jingran's eyes as she looked at Cleaner, her face full of委屈. But she bit her lip to stop the tears from falling.

"When the fat guy pulls the boss's hate, I'll take the opportunity to put you down. You go to the minefield and attack freely. There are plenty of mines from your dead teammates, so try to set up as many as possible."

Ignoring Youyou Jingran's委屈, with the Worm King constantly chasing them, and having to control the mechanical arm holding Youyou Jingran, Cleaner had no time to comfort her. Besides, Cleaner didn't seem to have the knack for it.

"One." After instructing Youyou Jingran, Cleaner no longer paid attention to her and began to count the damage from Taohuayan's soul arrows, calculating when Taohuayan would pull the Worm King's hate. During the escape, Cleaner had landed several attacks on the Worm King, so the fat guy needed a few soul arrows to pull the hate.

"Two. One more, get ready. I'll put you down and you go set up the minefield." Cleaner reminded Youyou Jingran again.

"Three. Stop, fat guy, don't attack, run!" Cleaner shouted in the team chat. Then, the mech's movements continued, and he put Youyou Jingran on the ground. Cleaner did not drive the mech to chase but jumped out of it.

"What are you standing there for? Go set up the minefield." Seeing Youyou Jingran standing there dumbly, Cleaner glared at her. Then, he quickly took energy stones from his backpack and placed them in the mech's energy slot, and from his mech space, he took out more energy to replenish the mech's consumption.

A typical combat mech's energy can last for 4 hours. However, if the battle is intense, it will accelerate the energy consumption. For example, the series of dangerous escape actions Cleaner made just now doubled the mech's energy consumption. So, to be safe, Cleaner took out the energy stones.

With a shout from Cleaner, Youyou Jingran's eyes welled up with tears as she watched Cleaner urgently replenish the mech's energy. She bit her lip to stop the tears from falling and walked to where her dead teammates had dropped mines.

"Fat guy, get ready to rest, watch the hate." After replenishing the mech's energy, Cleaner took out a sniper rifle and shouted to Taohuayan, who was leading the monster away. Then, gunshots rang out continuously.

The soul arrows of a mentalist deal significant damage to worms, so even with a sniper rifle, Cleaner had to fire five shots to pull the Worm King's hate from Taohuayan. Taohuayan, who had been running at full speed, panted and sat down on the ground.

"How much mental energy do you have left?" Cleaner asked in the team chat.

"Enough for three soul arrows." The large consumption of mental energy made Taohuayan's face look pale.

"Use it all. Watch the casting distance, I'll control the hate, and you use three soul arrows to pull it again. Then sit and rest to recover your mental energy, and I'll pull the boss." Cleaner had a natural sensitivity to combat. Although this kind of battle was different from real-life combat, he still grasped the key point of using hate to control the boss.

"Attack." Cleaner fired four shots in quick succession and shouted to Taohuayan. The damage from five shots was equivalent to one soul arrow from Taohuayan. So, after four shots, Taohuayan's soul arrow hit the Worm King, and the Worm King, which had been charging towards Cleaner, turned back towards Taohuayan.

When returning to the safe base, Cleaner had changed the magazine. Now, the sniper rifle's magazine capacity had increased from 10 to 30 rounds. Although the bullets in the sniper rifle were enough to support the next three soul arrows from Taohuayan to control the Worm King.

But at the moment the Worm King turned to attack Taohuayan, Cleaner's finger moved, and the magazine fell from the sniper rifle into his hand. He quickly reloaded the magazine and fired again.

Thus, the two of them alternated, and the Worm King moved back and forth between them. Taohuayan used up his three soul arrows and then sat on the ground, too exhausted to move a finger. Sweat poured down his face like rain.

"Tell me when your mental energy is half recovered." Cleaner shouted in the team chat.

Then, he faced the Worm King charging towards him and fired continuously. Each bullet followed the previous one, splattering blood on the Worm King's body. When the Worm King was ten meters away from Cleaner, he threw the sniper rifle to the ground and jumped into the parked mech.

"How's the minefield coming along?" Without the restriction of holding Youyou Jingran, Cleaner moved back a bit to avoid accidentally stepping on the dropped sniper rifle. He began to engage the Worm King in direct combat.

"Setting up." Youyou Jingran replied.

"Hurry up."

The Worm King's body was slippery, and each frontal attack was somewhat deflected by its oily skin. The small, sharp teeth in its mouth were very dangerous. Just now, Cleaner's movement was a bit slow, and he didn't completely dodge the Worm King's attack. The small teeth, like a comb, left neat scratches on the mech, almost penetrating the outer protective steel plate.

Ducking to avoid the Worm King's lunge, Cleaner punched the wound on its body caused by the sniper rifle. The Worm King's body convulsed in pain, and its head lifted, preparing for the next attack.

Jumping and sweeping with his leg, Cleaner quickly operated the mech, taking advantage of the moment when the Worm King's head was lifted. The mech's right mechanical leg swept across, hitting the Worm King's head. The force was so great that the Worm King's head involuntarily swung to the side.

Thud! The mech landed on the ground and ran towards the Worm King's head, which had swung to the side.

The Worm King's head, pulled back by its body, swung back. The running mech suddenly knelt on the ground, and due to the momentum, it slid forward on the grass, leaving two deep grooves in the ground.

Whoosh... The Worm King's head swept over the top of the mech. The wind whistled, and even Cleaner in the cockpit could feel it. At the moment the Worm King's head passed over the mech's top,

The mech, which had been sliding forward, punched the ground in front of it. The force stopped the mech's forward momentum and sent a shockwave through the mech. Cleaner's hands and feet moved quickly, and the kneeling mech used the shockwave to stand up.

As it stood up, Cleaner quickly moved the control sticks. The standing mech extended its arms and grabbed the Worm King's head, which had just swept over its top. The Worm King, which had instinctively pulled its head back, suddenly felt as if a large stone had been attached to its head, preventing it from moving.

This first-generation old-style mech, although stiff in movement, was made of sturdy materials, making it very heavy. A standard mech, excluding the driver's weight, weighed 5 tons. Otherwise, it wouldn't need to be recharged after just 4 hours of combat. The heavy body of the mech was one of the main factors contributing to the rapid consumption of energy.

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