Chapter 99: The Great War

In addition to the vines that bound his limbs, there was another vine that wrapped around Tang Bai's white ankles and climbed nimbly up his trousers without stopping for a moment.

Xie Ruhang: "!"

Xie Ruhang quickly unties the vine as if it were an accident, and the vine that has slipped out of his trouser leg rubs Tang Bai's ankle ingratiatingly, but Tang Bai doesn't buy it at all, and even wants to stomp it down with his foot.

No, no, no, the vine is innocent!

The mechanical vines were moving very efficiently just now, and it was clear from a glance what Xie Ruhang was thinking!

Little did I know that it was the bushy-eyed Xie Ruhang who brought down the mechanical vine!

Luckily, Xie Ruhang remembered to use the hood to cover up what was going on here, otherwise Tang Bai would have died of shame if this scene had been seen on the screen, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Put me down and get out of the mech too."

Xie Ruhang lowered his head sheepishly, his hands manipulating the mech, trembling slightly.

The pop-ups didn't know what was going on when they found out Tang Bai and Xie Ruhang had both switched off the live stream, they said it was understandable, they were in love and wanted to see what was coming next ......

"Explain." Tang Bai held up the mechanical vine that had turned into a miniature form and said fiercely to Xie Ruhang.

The mechanical vine is held aloft by Tang Bai, who is delighted to see the vines flinging themselves through the air in an ecstatic dance.

In a way the mechanical vine should indeed be happy, after all it has taken the blame for something it should not have taken at its age and now it can finally shake it off successfully.

In contrast, Xie Ruhang's face is extraordinarily solemn and sorrowful: "This matter is related to you, and I have to explain it from the beginning of my pursuit of you, it all started one day when I searched for the keyword, 'Tang Bai'." Xie Ruhang backhandedly shares the pot with Tang Bai in half.

Tang Bai: "?"

"I searched the net for a homage to you and me written by a friend."

Tang Bai: "?"

"The vine is just one element of that text ......"

Tang Bai: "???"

The door to a new world opens slowly in front of Tang Bai.

The world inside the door is paved with yellow tea.

*

"The ideal state of the vine plan is for Brother Xie to drive the vine mech to bind the bug and push that bug into the black hole near the energy star, but we don't have to force the bug to be bound into the black hole." Tang Bai looked at the mechanical vine in Xie Ruhang's arms as he said this.

If the vine is swallowed by the black hole along with the insects, the mechanical vine will be inactive at the end of the game.

"The game will be over as soon as a ship arrives on the Energy Star and we can send a total of four ships to assist Brother Xie in the war effort."

The reason for not being able to send more ships is that the mechanical vines are eating too much, and the total energy now can only feed a maximum of five ships, four to assist in combat and one to reach the energy star.

" Gu Tunan, Mo Zheng, Bai Li, you will be on those ships then."

Gu Tunan and the others have no objection as they look down at the detailed battle plan provided by the system.

Tang Bai looked to Xie Ruhang and the mechanical vines, "And Brother Xie what you and the vines are going to do is hold off the insects to buy time for the ship to reach the energy planet!"

"It only takes twenty minutes!"

Xie Ruhang nods gently to Tang Bai and the vines lying above him follow suit, waving their canes.

"Good, I know you're hungry." Tang Bai handed an energy crystal to the mechanical vine, "When we get out of the game, I'll take you to eat the ultimate energy crystal!"

The mechanical vines instantly weave the arms of a Hercules to show Tang Bai his trusty strength.

*

A vast sea of stars.

A huge insect with a bloated belly roams around the Energy Star, thousands of metres tall, its reddish-brown shell shining with a metallic sheen, its huge mouthparts densely packed with sharp claws each exceeding five metres, its scarlet compound eyes terrifyingly creepy, and once near its territory it is attacked indiscriminately by this insect.

The four ships converged, approaching warily towards the confines of the Bug's territory.

"This insectoid looks a lot fatter and feels like it's moving slower." Bai Li frowned.

"Energy cannon ready!" Xie Ruhang issued the order in a cold voice.

As the range dwindles, the four ships do not hesitate to activate their energy cannons!

The blinding ball of light shot out across the boundless sea of stars, followed by a terrifying wave of light that spread like a tsunami, crashing into the insect like a wave, tearing apart its bloated body in an instant -

The eggs poured out, half of the eggs were blown to a crisp, and the other half that survived immediately grew at a rapid rate the moment they broke!

They grow fast! Because they devour dead eggs for sustenance!

Xie Ruhang's expression was frozen, he dared not imagine the hellish pattern they would face if they delayed for a while longer and allowed this insectoid to actually breed these young ones.

The young insects bulged up like balloons and a spectacular wave of insects appeared before the stunned crowd, they were in their tens of thousands and covered the sky.

This time the new skills of the insects were beyond everyone's imagination. Faced with the huge sea of insects in front of them, even though the players selected to enter these four ships were the best of this year's cadets, a hint of despair was still born in their hearts.

Can they really hold back the sea of insects and buy valuable time for their teammates?

Xie Ruhang gazed calmly at the sea of insects covering the sky as he gave the order without hesitation, "Second batch of energy cannons, fire!"

A series of energy bombs flew out and thousands of insects were blown to pieces in a roaring energy explosion!

The splendid energy bomb killed the outermost newborn insects, which were so large that when the outer circle died, a steady stream of eggs hatched new ones, the unfortunate thing being that these newborn insects had no regenerative powers.

Nearly 10,000 hatchlings rushed to the forefront, with hard shells and sharp claws and teeth that resembled those of the virus hatchlings.

And the giant insects in their viral guise, flanked by the juvenile insects, seemingly slowly but swiftly shook their wings and flew in, revealing an endless sea of insects before the crowd!

An air of gravity pervaded everyone in unison, but no one offered to back down.

The four ships lined up, the first determinedly penetrating deep into the insect cordon, followed by the second, the third and the fourth, countless energy bombs were fired wildly, the approaching insect army was blown through several gaps, but more insects flew to fill the holes and attacked these four ships over and over again.

Twenty mechs emerged from the ship to fill the gap between the ship and the craft.

The four ships stood like a reef in the midst of the storm, trying to build a wall to shield their teammates from all damage as they headed at full speed towards the energy planet.

Tang Bai put on his pilot's helmet and pulled down the lever with all his concentration. When the ship piloted by Tang Bai appeared within the insects' domain, the giant insects that had been the anchor in the sea of insects suddenly trembled and their scarlet compound eyes stared deadly at the ship behind the defensive line.

Amidst the gasps of the crowd, the giant insectoid lurched towards the gap between the ship and the craft, thousands of juvenile insectoids hovering around it, the dense barrage all reducing in number in a flash as they were already deeply shocked by such an image.

As his grey-blue eyes stared in silence at the sea of insects before him, Gu Tunan's eyes flashed with determination.

If they really couldn't resist, then they would turn on the self-destruct mode of their ships. The self-destruct power of four ships might not kill the insect, but what they had to do was to stall for time, and any minute more would be a victory.

Amidst a sea of desperate insects, a pink mech is suddenly surrounded by countless turquoise vines, mechanical vines rooting into the metal, hardening the size of the mech to a thousand metres!

This is the limit of the vine mech's size, but in the endless sea of insects, this mech is like a sea of

A boat in the middle of the sea could be swallowed by the waves at any moment, not to mention the giant insects that can regenerate indefinitely coming at us!

Just as everyone was sweating for Xie Ruhang, the Vine Mech moved in.

The mechanical vines' powerful defences allow Xie Ruhang to withstand most attacks, and even if the outer vines are crippled, the mechanical vines recover quickly with a sufficient supply of energy.

The huge lightsaber swung at breakneck speed, and insect corpses littered the land wherever the sword light went!

Xie Ruhang, in the midst of the crowd's astonishment, has managed to kill his way out of the sea of insects.

Many people gazed in a trance at the unstoppable figure and suddenly had a feeling in their hearts that this figure would be among the future alpha's standing at the top of the Federation.

The lightsaber in Xie Ruhang's hand turned into a streak of shadow, killing dozens of insects in his path in an instant, and then he dashed towards the huge insects.

"Kill move, light!"

The energy that had been building up for so long came straight at it like a pillar of light across the sky and earth, spewing with precision into the insectoid's abdomen and through its body!

Cracks like spider webs spread across the insect's abdomen, peeling off its shell and creating a massive hole several dozen metres in size, and as the wound was about to recover at breakneck speed, the vine mech launched countless vines, rooting hard into the wound!

The mech's arms disintegrated into countless vines, which wrapped around the insect's wings and bound it tightly in a flash, and then the vine weave disintegrated into countless tough vines that tied the insect up.

[Vine Binding py!

[Ahhhhhhhh Xie Ruhang 牛逼！！！]

[This tying method is very careful, avoiding the parts that are most likely to be broken free!

Xie Ruhang sits in the cockpit, watching a series of data feeds on the display as the vine toughness flies down from 100%, 90%, 84%, 71% ......

He gazed silently at the heart-stopping number without the slightest hint of alarm, even if he was likely to be killed by the insects that broke free when the value dropped to zero.

Because he had an appointment with Tang Bai.

Twenty minutes.

So he will do whatever it takes to get those precious 20 minutes for Tang Bai and for everyone else.