Chapter 14: Severed Hands

In a harsh environment, everyone inevitably encounters crises.

Chen Fang was no exception, the remote destruction of the Eye of Sauron came at the cost of burning crystal oil in an explosive manner, a price that was now too much for him to bear.

The long-range mecha is usually integrated with the sniper battery, and the two share energy, the advantage is that there is no need to frequently replace ammunition, reduce the volume of the long-range weapon itself, and improve the lethality of the long-range weapon.

There is no flaw in this design itself, and the omission is that Chen Fang should not use the auxiliary attack method as the source of all lethality, which is bound to stretch the energy.

In addition, the combat time of the mecha is measured in hours, after the fish-man arrives at the hall star, the engine has never rested, not because he doesn't want to, but he can't, the engine is turned off, the reflector that loses energy can't do work, and the fish-man will appear naked in his original appearance, unless he is outrageously lucky and is regarded as the same kind by the Zerg, otherwise he will definitely die.

As a data engineer, Chen Fang foresaw the crisis in advance, gritted his teeth and bought three sections of crystal oil, which was all his purchasing power, resulting in him now only being able to use compressed biscuits to satisfy his hunger.

The fresh water he carried was also running out, and since he didn't know anything about compressed biscuits, he had to drink a lot of water every time he ate them.

From the very beginning, Chen Fang worked hard to find large targets, minimizing the number of shots, trying to make each shot worthwhile.

Even so, he still had to find a way out, and unless he could find a supply of energy, after seven days, he would have to abandon the fish-people and trek on foot, based on the premise that he didn't use the Eye of Sauron.

To do this, he gave up the merit points that were readily available on electronic focusing.

Suffering from illness and losing everything at the age of twenty, Chen Fang never dared to count on luck to fight for a powerful Zerg and then burst out a lot of good things, which can only happen in virtual games. Expecting the almighty NPC to fall from the sky is tantamount to dreaming, killing the Zerg will get nothing but corpses, and the moment the energy is exhausted, everything will be over.

Data engineers like to look at things rationally, peek into the world with numbers, and summarize the truth with probability, Chen Fang would rather rely on technology, bypass the temptation in front of him, and save precious energy to continue searching.

In the early days of the mercenaries' large-scale attacks, many people came with mechas, and before they could figure out the situation, they were overwhelmed by the crazy swarm and turned into piles of scrap metal. The energy of those mechs was barely consumed, and when you find their wreckage, you find energy.

Before the search, Chen Fang calculated the probability, due to the serious lack of data, it was impossible to be accurate, but the probability of finding the wreckage was at least more than ninety-five percent, if even this probability could not be turned into reality, it could only be said that others were declining, but after five days, this probability dropped to less than twenty percent with time and the loss of crystal oil, which made him very confused.

Chen Fang did not give up, nor did he have the right to give up, on Hall Star, giving up is tantamount to waiting for death.

Chen Fang had to travel under the stars, even if he wasn't in a hurry, the fish-man's engine was still burning, one night, enough for him to search the same range as during the day, or even more, most insects were active during the day, and at night, the insects' vision was greatly limited, but he could use the digital mode to be unrestricted.

On the display screen, the outline of a insect beast composed of numbers gradually became clear, and although Chen Fang was not ready to hunt, he still habitually switched to remote mode.

The electron focused on a majestic and strange creature, which was said to be strange because it was beautiful and somewhat insect-like.

This animal is somewhere between an insect and a beast, it has an insect-specific shell, the red color is particularly striking, on the other hand, it has characteristics that do not belong to insects, it has a very strong four-strip, which is comparable to a feline, the insect is light, the feline legs are suitable for running, it is not difficult to imagine, this monster runs amazingly.

This is a powerful creature, and only kings like to place their nests in high, conspicuous places, because they have few natural predators.

Careful Chen Fang also noticed that there was a pair of membranous wings hidden under its ribs, which was not a decoration, and this thing could still fly.

Unknown creature, the quest prompt has no information other than these four words. However, the system still gives a hint of hunting, since this is the first time that the mercenary has discovered the variety, name, and ability, are all unknown, and the bonus and merit value are to be determined.

The energy index was already oscillating at the bottom, maybe it wouldn't be enough to kill the giant beast, and even if it succeeded, the monster wouldn't be able to burst a jar of crystal oil, and Chen Fang hadn't gone crazy enough to die with an insect covered in question marks.

Just as Chen Fang was about to give up, a small flash changed his decision, the flash was a unique luster of metal, with the help of the powerful electronic focus of the Eye of Sauron, Chen Fang could clearly see that it was a mecha hand, and he couldn't see more due to the angle, perhaps, the mecha's body was buried under the dirt.

It is impossible for the mecha to rush into the wormhole for no reason, it must be dragged back to the nest by the Zerg after the disaster, Chen Fang raised a bold guess, these days of hard searching, never found the wreckage of the mecha, probably because he avoided the Zerg, most of the mecha were dragged to the nest by the Zerg, the sealed mecha in the eyes of the insects, presumably is a box of canned human flesh, when they can't be opened, the most likely way is to drag back to the nest, or the insects of Hall Star have a special preference for metal.

In any case, the fish-man's energy is about to run out, so instead of blindly looking around, it is better to cherish the opportunity in front of him and win once.

Chen Fang did not stand dozens of kilometers away to shoot as before, but quietly approached the Zerg's lair with the help of night. It wasn't until he could observe the target from a distance without the help of electronic focusing, that he stopped, and the unique ability of the fish-man was to mimic the surrounding environment as much as possible, rather than being invisible, and if he got closer, he could be exposed at any time.

In order to save energy, the range and power of the Eye of Sauron were adjusted to the lower limit, mixed to this part, even if it was a slight difference, Chen Fang needed to calculate carefully, not to mention that the difference was not small, and the surplus energy could make the Tianrun engine run for at least two hours.

Electronic focus, the delicate cross set on the monster's left eye, even if it may be the only chance, Chen Fang's aim did not hesitate for a moment, this is the minimum quality of a sniper. 、

Shoot.

There was no time to confirm the damage of the insect beast, Chen Fang hurriedly turned off the electronic focus, he knew that the extremely compressed Eye of Sauron could not bring fatal damage to the insect beast, and the insect beast would soon rely on its instinct to determine where the damage came from and pounce in his direction, which was exactly what he wanted, and the roar from the distance showed that he had hit, at least to achieve the expected effect.

Chen Fang made an arc and slowly touched the monster's lair, and a moment later, the angry insect beast swept past him at an extremely fast speed.

Chen Fang let out a long breath, hiding is not important for the time being, speed is everything at this time, the fishman ran towards the nest at full speed, the bump made him feel the pain he had not seen for a long time, at this moment, he couldn't take care of it much.

At the moment when he rushed up the mountain, a worm beast cub suddenly pounced, and the little thing found the running fish-man.

Caught off guard, Chen Fang was taken aback, and the pup's body was still covered with slimy liquid, indicating that it had only hatched from the egg shell not long ago, and the little thing had learned to attack and intimidate as soon as it was born.

Fortunately, it has only learned to attack, and has not yet learned to call for help, otherwise, it will be a matter of time for the insect beast to turn back.

Chen Fang pulled out a short gun and fired a round of rapid fire, quickly disarming the threat, and then found the hand.

That's just one hand! The surface was mottled but not like rust, and it was stuck diagonally in the dirt, as if it was about to lift something, and there was no other debris to be found around the lair.

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