219: Chapter 219 A Leap Forward in Team Strength

A gust of night wind swept through.

The fifteen-meter-tall crimson mecha actually transformed into a sky full of crystalline, ice-blue powder.

"Holy crap..."

Tang Ran's mouth hung open as she froze in place.

She looked down at her fist wrapped in Blood Rage, then at the mecha where not even a scrap remained, her eyes twitching wildly.

"Is this freaking physical freezing? It even erased the atomic structure!"

An Nuonuo cupped her face with both hands, her small mouth forming an 'O' shape: "Third Sister... has she become an immortal?"

Lin Keke deactivated her Magical Girl Armor, walked over, and ground the ice powder on the ground with her foot, curling her lip in a complaint.

"I'm speechless. I thought I was pretty powerful, but it turns out Third Sister is the real boss."

Chen Du stepped forward over the frost-covered ground and reached out to pinch the girl's soft cheek.

"It seems that resurrection card made you stronger."

Xia Mo let him pinch her, her cold eyes curving into crescents.

"Mm, just enough to help you kill people."

"Stop dazing around! Work, work!"

Xia Lai's eyes glowed with golden light as she kicked open the door to the outpost's warehouse.

The faint blue light screen of the [dimensional toolbox] instantly expanded.

"My god! We're rich, we're rich!"

Inside, three tons of the highest-spec repair alloy were neatly stacked, along with dozens of energy modules.

Next to several petri dishes, a massive nutrient pool was connected.

Inside was nothing but life essence, totaling a full 3,000 units when converted.

At that moment.

The [sacrifice notebook] let out a frenzied howl.

【Slurp! Such a great supplement! Let me swallow it all! Jie jie jie, this great one is going to return to his peak!】

The monstrous mouth on the cover was drooling, its tongue frantically licking the pages.

"Shut up."

Chen Du gave a cold shout in his mind and unceremoniously had Xia Lai collect all 3,000 units of essence.

Back at Fortress No. 0819.

Chen Du piled the thirty-plus sets of captured Orc armor on the deck.

"Second Sister, I'm leaving this to you. Modify all of these into female versions that fit their body types."

"Sigh! Back to being busy again!" Xia Lai rolled up her sleeves, her mechanical right arm erupting with blinding welding sparks.

Four hours later.

Over thirty female crew members had all changed into brand-new silver-gray light exoskeletons.

The entire team's combat equipment had achieved a leap-forward upgrade!

Li Yaozhi stood at the bow, flipping a coin in her hand.

She wore a specially made tactical helmet, its surface shimmering with a strange dark purple luster.

Tang Ran tentatively threw a dagger toward her.

"Break!"

Li Yaozhi's red lips parted slightly.

The light on the helmet flashed, and the dagger actually turned direction eerily in mid-air.

It flew back to Tang Ran's feet, stabbing deep into the deck!

"I didn't expect that after your brainwaves were amplified, they would produce a telekinetic effect. That's incredible!" Tang Ran swallowed. "Who would dare hit you now?"

"It's not telekinesis; it can briefly reverse the trajectory of an attack within one second." Li Yaozhi pushed up her glasses and smiled charmingly.

Nearby, An Nuonuo was clumsily fiddling with the new gear on her right arm.

The original air compression bracer had been fitted with energy rings salvaged from the mecha.

"Nuonuo, try a shot." Chen Du leaned against the railing and lit a cigarette.

"Oh... okay!"

The loli took a deep breath, her naive aura vanishing completely.

"Wind Blade Mode, activate."

She gave a casual wave.

Ssh—!

A high-pressure wind blade, invisible to the naked eye, shot out.

An alloy steel plate a hundred meters away was silently sliced into two halves.

The cut was as smooth as a mirror.

"Oh my!"

An Nuonuo was startled herself and quickly pulled back her hand.

She blushed and muttered softly, "This way... in the future when we encounter monsters, I won't just have to be a mascot, right?"

The massive sense of contrast caused the women on the deck to burst into laughter.

Li Yaozhi, however, did not laugh.

A sense of impending crisis continued to linger.

She pulled a deck of Tarot cards from her pocket and performed a quick divination.

The card was flipped over.

On a blood-red background, a burning tower reaching the heavens was collapsing, and lightning split the sky.

"Reversed... The Tower."

Li Yaozhi looked up at Chen Du.

"Captain, a group of people has locked onto the coordinates of 0819!"

"They come with ill intent, and... the scale is very large!"

Chen Du exhaled a puff of blue smoke and stubbed the cigarette out on the railing.

His gaze was deep, without the slightest hint of panic.

"I guessed as much."

"Having their outpost uprooted, it's impossible for the Mechanical Divine Court to sit idly by."

"We'll meet them as they come. Everyone, get some rest."

Late at night.

The lights in the captain's cabin were dim.

Chen Du leaned back on the leather sofa.

The amount of information received today was immense; the rules of this continent were not much better than the Sea of Despair.

Click.

The cabin door was pushed open, followed by the sound of it being locked from the inside.

Xia Mo walked barefoot on the carpet, her steps light.

She had changed into a black silk nightgown.

The hem was very short, and her long, straight legs were dazzlingly white in the dim light.

The cold-eyed reaper who had just sliced a heavy mecha into pieces now had nothing but an unshakeable mist in her eyes.

She walked up to Chen Du without any hesitation.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and snuggled into the man's embrace.

The fragrance of a young girl instantly filled Chen Du's nostrils.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Chen Du held her slender waist, his voice somewhat husky.

"I can't sleep, I missed you."

Xia Mo buried her face in the crook of Chen Du's neck, her breathing a bit rapid.

On her cool skin, a faint blue glimmer was vaguely visible.

This light intertwined with the dark golden flames flickering in Chen Du's eyes.

It cast a unique, morbidly romantic glow over the captain's cabin in the apocalypse.

"This life of mine was snatched back by you."

Xia Mo looked up, her clear eyes staring intently into Chen Du's.

"I've experienced the coldness of death, so now... I want to feel your warmth even more."

"Chen Du, I want to..."

This almost morbid confession completely ignited the fire suppressed in the depths of Chen Du's heart.

"Okay."

Chen Du pinched her delicate chin and kissed her heavily.

Overbearing and impossible to refuse.

Xia Mo let out a soft whimper and responded passionately.

The half-meter-thick specialized armor completely cut off the cold wind and ghostly wails of the wasteland outside.

Before long.

On the luxurious large bed, there was only the temperature of lingering passion.

A few hours later.

A strange dark red morning light had just appeared on the horizon.

Chen Du was holding the sleeping Xia Mo when his brow suddenly furrowed.

Woo—!!!

The piercing sound of the combat alarm shattered the tranquility of Fortress No. 0819.

The red lights in the entire corridor began to flash.

"Captain!"

Xia Lai's voice came through the broadcast in the main control room.

"The radar is full of red dots! Five kilometers straight ahead... an army has appeared!"

Hearing this, Chen Du lunged out of bed and pulled on a black trench coat.

Xia Mo also opened her eyes, and the original mist in them instantly turned to frost.

"What's the situation?"

Chen Du pressed the communicator by the bed, his tone cold.

"A heavy-duty legion composed entirely of mechanical chimeras!"

Xia Lai stared at the monitoring screen, the sound of her swallowing transmitted throughout the ship via the microphone.

"The one leading them... is a monster floating in mid-air!"

Chen Du let out a cold laugh, the dark golden flames in his eyes erupting.

"Don't worry! Look at that, someone's come to deliver fuel again."