Chapter 669: Oil Giant Strengthened Again, Alpha Particle Annihilation Wave Descends

"What is that?"

Yu Yuan watched the deep purple light shooting toward the sky, his eyes narrowing slightly.

His gaze fell upon the Oil Giant that had just been standing there.

The Oil Giant also happened to look down, launching an attack against the purple barrier before it.

Shockwaves from the impact continuously flared across the barrier.

Yet that purple barrier stood unmoved, clearly its defensive rating far exceeded the Oil Giant's attack power.

Ladiz's people launched attacks simultaneously, laser beams and artillery shells striking the giant, either deflecting off or stirring up ripples.

A moment later, those ripples were quickly smoothed over and restored.

But Yu Yuan's brow furrowed even deeper.

"The Oil Giant's strength is definitely not limited to this."

The Oil Giant's earlier glance toward the sky also told Yu Yuan that this creature was not acting purely on instinct.

It possessed a certain level of intelligence.

And also...

Yu Yuan's gaze drifted to a more distant location, the direction from which Ladiz's convoy and the Oil Giant had originally come.

A denser mass of black mist was rapidly drifting toward the Oil Giant.

As for the nature of that black mist, Yu Yuan still had no idea, but he was very certain that if the Oil Giant absorbed this additional black mist, its strength would rise yet again.

"This won't be easy to fight!"

Yu Yuan looked up at the sky once more, the purple beam already dissipated into the vast starry expanse.

But Yu Yuan had a feeling like a storm was brewing.

"Perhaps, it's time to make preparations ahead of schedule..."

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"Leader, something's wrong, another large mass of black mist is approaching our position."

The convoy commander's voice came through the internal communications channel.

On the screen before Ladiz, surveillance footage appeared.

A massive cloud of black mist was converging toward them from the direction they had come.

"Damn it, that accursed thing from the black soil, what the hell is this thing, it even provides reinforcements!!!"

Ladiz watched the black mist writhing continuously within the [Inert Storage Box].

Cursing under his breath.

At this stage of the game.

He fully understood now, what he had assumed was superconducting material was actually a massive headache.

This was no material at all, it was fundamentally a life form with a bizarre morphology.

Ladiz had never seen a life form like this before.

It could vaporize, liquefy, and solidify, casually switching between all three forms.

It could even alter its properties by transforming its form, while possessing a damn energy refraction effect and mental pollution effect.

If he had known earlier that such creatures existed in this world, he would never have provoked it, he would have fled far away long ago.

But now it was too late to say anything.

He watched the countdown steadily decreasing on the virtual light screen and let out a cold snort.

"Hmph, even if this damn thing is ridiculously overpowered, it's still only Silver-tier. The Alpha Particle Annihilation Wave is the most famous killing weapon of 'Mechanist Supremacy,' I refuse to believe it can't take this thing down."

As a Gold-tier faction for mechanic-type players, 'Mechanist Supremacy' was naturally the aspiration of all mechanic players.

Any player of Bronze Rank could submit an application to join 'Mechanist Supremacy.'

As long as they passed the assessment and verification, they could become an outer member of 'Mechanist Supremacy' and gain access to the 'Mechanist Forum.'

As the platform for managing members of 'Mechanist Supremacy,' the 'Mechanist Forum' possessed incredible functions by itself.

It allowed internal members of 'Mechanist Supremacy' to conduct internal trades and request special services.

A major reason Ladiz and Mossa had a good relationship was that they were both outer members of 'Mechanist Supremacy.'

That [Mechanical Protection Protocol] nine-sided die he used was a lifesaving measure he had exchanged from the 'Mechanist Forum' at the cost of massive resources.

Ladiz held fanatical faith and worship for 'Mechanist Supremacy.' He firmly believed that no matter what stood before him, it would be ground to dust under the power of machinery.

The drifting black mist quickly arrived behind the giant, like a river flowing into the sea, burrowing into its body.

ROAR—

The giant spread its arms wide and let out a screeching howl at the sky.

Although its physique hadn't changed at all, some changes were even more striking than physical transformations.

For instance:

BOOM—

The Oil Giant struck the purple barrier again.

The barrier that had remained utterly motionless before now began to tremble violently.

Ladiz's eyelids started twitching involuntarily.

But soon his attention caught another change.

A black, tumor-like growth had actually condensed on the Oil Giant's chest.

The black tumor pulsed faintly with each of the giant's attacks. If Ladiz hadn't been observing carefully the whole time, he might not have noticed it at all.

On the virtual light screen, the countdown had 30 seconds remaining.

Ladiz's eyes lit up.

"Attention everyone, all fire concentrate on that black tumor on the giant's chest. Laser tanks cease fire, enter 'overload' state in twenty seconds, wait for my command, target locked on that same black tumor."

As the orders were issued.

The attack frequency of the remaining combat vehicles within the barrier began to decrease.

But the aim points were all locked onto the position of the giant's chest.

BOOM BOOM BOOM—

As artillery fire continued to thunder.

The giant actually crossed its arms over its chest, ceasing its attacks on the barrier.

"Hahaha! I knew it."

A smile crept onto Ladiz's lips.

The final 30-second countdown on the virtual light screen was about to enter its last 10 seconds.

"10.....9..."

"Leader, the launch vehicle is deployed and ready to fire at any moment." Alpha's voice sounded.

"Good, I understand."

Yu Yuan watched the Oil Giant, now passively defending under the barrage of artillery fire in the distance.

His brow furrowed even deeper.

Something was wrong, very wrong.

The Oil Giant had clearly absorbed a large mass of black mist, its aura had become even more profound.

Yet now it was even more passive than before.

Just as he was thinking this, Yu Yuan sensed the sky suddenly brighten.

He immediately looked up, his eyes widening slightly.

"This..."

A blinding red light flew in from the depths of the starry sky.

In the blink of an eye, it had already arrived at the Green Forest World.

Ladiz watched the countdown on the virtual light screen about to hit zero.

An excited expression spread across his face.

"Feel the power of technology!"

Just as he believed the giant was about to be obliterated by the Alpha Particle Annihilation Wave.

His gaze inadvertently caught something on the screen, the corner of the giant's mouth in profile view curling upward slightly.

"Huh?"

Ladiz's heart rate suddenly accelerated. Before he could react.

The countdown on the virtual light screen had already reached zero.

A thick, dazzling red beam shot from the depths of the starry sky, illuminating the heavens.

Its target: the Oil Giant.

Ladiz's gaze, the soldiers' gazes, Yu Yuan's gaze, the Pioneering Group soldiers' gazes.

All eyes fixed on that red beam.

Some held hope, some relief, some curiosity, some scrutiny.

But all those gazes transformed into sheer horror the instant the Oil Giant suddenly lifted its head!