Chapter 70: Tanks
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After dealing with the self-detonating bug, the two continue to search for the bug.
They soon encounter a new species of bug, the marching ant, an ant-like Zerg with a round head and two large sickle-like jaws with a hard carapace.
Unlike Velocitors, these Black Giant Ants don't have the speed and agility of Velocitors, but the hardness of their carapaces allows them to deal much less damage when dealing with catapult attacks.
Although a sufficient amount of bullets can still kill it, Renault does not intend to waste bullets, but directly uses heavy artillery to blast this guy to pieces and chooses the right weapon to deal with the right target, which can make the result twice the result with half the effort, not only save ammunition, but also reduce the risk.
This didn't just kill the marching ant, and a big guy rushed out from their side.
Compared to the black giant ant, the insect in front of him was much bigger. It looked the size of a heavy truck, and its gray shell glowed with a metallic glow. The big insect rushed over in a daze, and everywhere it went, it heard the unbearable moaning of the jungle, and the big trees fell down one after another.
Seeing this big guy who suddenly appeared, Renault's face changed. Shouting "It's a tank bug, go!" ”
He turned and ran in the other direction.
"How can there be tank bugs, haven't you already avoided those guys?" Antonia chased after her and shouted, and then the tank bug chased after her. As the name suggests, it resembles a heavy tank rumbling over it. Antonia tried to shoot it a few times, but, as Renault had said, the effect on the tank bug was minimal. These insects are addicted to metallic minerals, and they can break down the metal they eat and coat it on their skin, forming a hard protective layer. Unless energy weapons are used, ordinary live-fire weapons are very unlikely to pose a threat. After seeing it, Antonia realized that Renault's previous decision was correct, so she asked urgently.
"Because they move!" Renault replied angrily: "But this guy is very slow, we just need to be quick to get rid of it." ”
"Why don't you try to kill it?"
"As I said, the cost is too high to be cost-effective."
"Maybe we can try something else." Antonia glanced back and said, "Is it so the inside?" ”
"I don't know, the book doesn't say it."
"Maybe we can try to make a hole in it and slam it at the wound."
Renault was stunned for a moment: "That requires a lot of precision." ”
"I'm coming!" Antonia replied, "Just study the tactics." ”
"Alright then, let's try. I'm in charge of opening the hole and getting its attention. Renault stopped, and he turned around and turned on his positive electron cannon at the chasing tank bugs.
The huge pillar of energy hit the side of the tank bug, and the yang electron cannon that had always performed extraordinarily finally lost its power when facing this tank bug, only to shoot a scorched black cloud on the tank bug's body, and lift some metal skin. Then Antonia's shaped cannon fired, but even with her accuracy, the cannon was still slightly off, not fully covering the wound, but there was still a slight overlap.
At the same time, the wounds of the two guns finally flowed obvious blood, accompanied by the angry roar of the tank bug.
It slammed headfirst into the two of them.
Antonia controlled the Scarlet Widow to fly up, and the two guns began to fire, but the wound muscles of the tank bug were still strong, and half of the bullets that Antonia fired were bounced out, and the damage caused by the failure to bounce out was also limited.
"No, it's very thick, and we'll have to make the wound bigger and deeper!" Antonia exclaimed.
"That's all there is to it." Looking at the tank bug rushing over, Renault sighed, and the energy sword in his hand had turned into a war spear, stabbing at the tank bug's wound.
At the same time, the huge body of the tank bug also crashed into it. It was as if Renault had been hit head-on by a train, and the tall mech slammed into the air, tumbling in the air and breaking several trees in succession.
Looking at the energy shield again, it was this impact that caused him to lose three percent of his energy.
Fortunately, the three openings of the war spear finally created an opportunity for Antonia, and the Scarlet Widow flew into the air and fired at the tank bugs. She didn't use the extremely energy-consuming marksmanship, but most of the bullets she fired were accurate into the tank bug's body.
The twenty-millimeter armor-piercing burst onto the body of the tank bug, causing the tank bug to howl wildly. However, it can't be air-to-air, and Antonia's air-to-earth is its nemesis.
Even so, Antonia shot for a while, emptying four magazines before the tank bug fell unwillingly.
Antonia then fell back to the ground, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "You're right, this guy is really hard to kill. But anyway, we won, didn't we? Two energy cannons, one energy shield consumption and some bullets for ten points, it's still quite cost-effective. ”
At this moment, Renault suddenly shouted: "Be careful! ”
Antonia was stunned, and saw that the tank worm that had fallen suddenly stood up again, rushed towards Antonia, and hit Antonia headfirst, and the two big jaws had clamped Antonia, and rushed forward frantically against her, knocking down one big tree after another.
"Antonia!" Renault screamed in a hurry.
Antonia raised her energy blade and slashed at the tank worm's jaw teeth, but the thing was too hard to slash at all in a hurry.
Seeing this situation, Renault knew that it was not good, and if it continued like this, Antonia would die. Suddenly, he saw a cliff in front of him, and Renault realized something, rushed over and fired several shots at the right side of the tank bug.
Although the tank bug was not afraid to attack, its instinct made it change direction and run to the left. The massive mech blocked its view, making it invisible to the fore.
Renault had rushed over and shouted while firing the cannon: "Fly! ”
Scarlet Widow's booster moves again.
At the same time, the tank worm had already rushed out of the cliff, and the sudden step in the air made the tank worm scream instinctively, and the jaw teeth were released, and Antonia had taken the opportunity to break away and fly into the air.
She hovered in mid-air when she saw the behemoth wail and fall down the cliff, eventually smashing into a pile of rocks.
This time it didn't get up again.
The Scarlet Widow flew back to the ground, and Antonia breathed a sigh of relief.
The thrill of that moment made Antonia feel a little afraid.
"Is it still a good deal?" Renault asked with a smile.
Antonia rolled her eyes.
It was the impact just now that caused Antonia to lose a full sixteen percent of her energy, not counting the shots that Renault fired later.
Compared to ten points, it can't be regarded as too much in terms of heart, but if you add the risk of life and death, it is difficult to say.
No one can guarantee that they will be so lucky next time.
So Antonia said, "Thank you." ”
"You're welcome, so we'll settle down."
"Hey, I saved you twice."
"That's right, but those two times were fights with people, and they would only eliminate me and not kill me, but this time was different." Renault smiled: "This is the real sense of life." ”
"Don't think I'll admit this." Antonia snorted disdainfully, but looked at Renault's eyes with a smile.
The two looked at each other and suddenly burst out laughing at the same time.
It's all in plain sight.
"Okay, so what's next?"
"Of course, we still have some time." Renault replied with a barrel.
"Hopefully I won't encounter another tank bug this time."
"No, I'm looking forward to it this time." Renault replied.
"What?" Antonia was stunned.
"If there were no final surprises, the tactics just now would still work, wouldn't they?"
Antonia thought for a moment and laughed, "This time I'll blast them until they explode and then stop." ”