Chapter 42: The Ghost Ship

Gunfire erupted in the cabin, and a line of King Lionheart's mechs and the Manta Ray squad engaged the crew of the Sunset. Relying on advanced mech equipment and two capable captains, the situation is overwhelmingly deflecting in the direction of the combined team.

In the command room of the underwater manta ray, the physician Emily receives a note from her teammates. "What's_this?" Emily asked.

"Gambling." Teammates whispered.

Emily looked down at the crumpled slip of paper in her hand, a vertical line dividing the paper into two sections, each with H and B as the area code, and below it were the names and amounts of the players who participated in the bet.

Emily immediately understood that everyone was secretly betting on who would kill the most people between Hong Yuesheng (H) and Brunhilde (B).

“Hey! Betting_at_the_moment, are_you_kidding_me? (Hey!) At this time, you are still gambling, you guys are too childish, right? )”

“Bet_or_not? Hand_over_to_the_next! (To play or not to play?) Don't play fast pass to the next one! )”

Emily looked at the note again, there were still more people betting on her boss Brunhilde to win, and she paused...... Then add your name in the H column.

“H13”; “B15。” The team members looked at different screens, privately communicating the number of kills of Hong Yuesheng and Brunhilde.

The red-haired Arya glanced at the console, and everyone immediately quieted down and concentrated on their work.

Arya turned back and continued to focus on the battlefield information.

“H17”; “B18……”

Suddenly, the surveillance screen on the Brünnhilde mech went pitch black.

"Lieutenant ?!!" The red-haired Arya suddenly became nervous.

"I'm_fine, the_monitor_blacked_out_just_now, but_should_be_ok. (I'm fine, the mecha monitor was damaged just now, it's fine.) Brünnhilde replied, and the red-haired Arya was relieved.

In the cabin, Brunhilde temporarily put aside the competition with Hong Yuesheng, quietly left the large army that was fighting fiercely, and hurried through the steel corridor. Her hand had just left the mech monitor and recorder switch, and the monitor itself was not damaged in any way, it had been voluntarily turned off.

"I'm on my way to the goal." Brunhilde said using a private communication, and then escaped into the darkness alone.

Hong Yuesheng slashed all the way, and finally approached the cabin at the bottom of the cabin, but suddenly heard a wail from his teammates in front of him.

He quickened his pace in the direction of the sound, and in the distance he saw a Lionheart mech collapsed in the hallway, its breastplate completely pierced, and smashed into the driver's heart, leaving a large blood hole.

"How is this possible?" To be able to deal with the Lionheart Mecha so neatly and neatly, even the Yaksha can't. He looked down to check the electrocardiogram data of his fallen teammates and understood that the man was no longer saved.

Walking further, it may be the reason for the storm blowing on the sea, the hull of the Sunset Goddess began to shake violently, the hatches on both sides of the corridor in front of Hong Yuesheng were half-covered and opened and closed with the shaking and creaking, and the cold wind poured into the hull along the upper deck, making a woman-like "woo woo" mournful sound, like a ghost shuttling between the corridors. A solemn atmosphere that had never been felt before filled the air, and Hong Yuesheng not only tightened her brows, but also tensed her nerves all over her body.

"Whoa."

When turning at the end of the corridor, he heard a strange sound when his feet fell, Hong Yuesheng looked down and found that the soles of his feet made of raised steel were dragging sticky crimson blood from the ground, and then looked ahead, it turned out to be a long river of blood, he hurriedly rounded the corner, and in front of him were two destroyed Lionheart mecha and several corpses of the crew of the Sunset Goddess, but obviously these Lionheart members did not die at the hands of ordinary crew members, because their bodies could be said to have been dismembered and scattered on the ground, One of the pilots, whose entire head had been ripped from the mech, fell to the ground on his back face to the sky, his eyes wide open in his shattered helmet, looking at him in horror and despair, blood pouring out of his mouth and nostrils pouring back into his face and eyes. Hong Yuesheng's monitor in front of him quickly searched for the identities of the two team members, and although he should not be biased, he still involuntarily secretly glad that it was not the green snake or the white tiger.

"What kind of power can completely destroy the mech!?"

"Woo-ah-ah-ah!!"

The scream of the green snake came from the cabin, and Hong Yuesheng hurriedly rushed into the room at full speed.

In the cabin, the green snake was lying on the ground, the cockpit had been half opened by the claws, and the person was covered in blood, trying to climb out of the mecha, but from the way he shouted, fortunately, the person's life was not in danger.

The white tiger stood in front of the green snake, with his back to Hong Yuesheng, and was opening his mecha arms to wrestle with the enemy's hands. The wide back of the mecha blocked Hong Yuesheng's view, but what was surprising was that judging from the posture of the white tiger, the opponent was only the height of a human, but the mecha's originally powerful arm joints had burst out of white steam due to overload.

"Two masters!" When the green snake saw Hong Yuesheng coming, he hurriedly called for help.

Almost at the same time, the opponent who was blocked actually relied on his own strength to push the white tiger's hands back, and the bearing of the mecha's arm finally couldn't withstand the huge force and completely collapsed. The white tiger screamed in pain, but fortunately, Hong Yuesheng rushed over in time to pull away the white tiger, so that he did not end up with both hands and broken arms.

"The second master, this guy is not human!" The saved white tiger panted.

Seeing the new mecha join the battlefield, the mysterious opponent jumps backwards and is agile, not at all like the strange character who was able to fight against the Lionheart mecha just now.

"You stand back." Hong Yuesheng opened his hand to block the front of the white tiger, and paid close attention to the opponent:

In terms of people, the opponent is considered to be very strong, and his body is no less strong than that of a white tiger, or even surpassing. Dressed in a black cloak, to Hong Yuesheng's surprise, his arms had torn his clothes and were exposed, incommensurate with the human body, the green tendons were exposed, and his hands had turned into sharp claws, as if they were no longer human arms. The cloak looked very similar to Liu Yuetai in the memory of the skinny monkey, and its face was also hidden in a huge hat that was attached to the cloak, flashing with an ice-blue ghostly light.

"Don't you ......," Hong Yuesheng said as she looked at her opponent.

Whether it was the operational headquarters in the devil ray or the governor's mansion, everyone stared at the blurred figure in front of them through the camera on Hong Yuesheng's mecha, waiting for Hong Yuesheng to reveal his true identity.

“…… Isn't it really human? ”

"......" Hearing Hong Yuesheng's conclusion, everyone was shocked by this immature conclusion, and the red-haired Arya helplessly raised her hand to cover her face.

"See you again, traitor." A low, hoarse voice came from under the black cloak, and the words spoken were incredible.

Hong Yuesheng stood there for a while: "Who are you?" ”

The mysterious man stopped answering, but his body swelled more and more, tearing through his close-fitting clothing and black cloak, and his arms, which were already as thick as ordinary Yakshas, became larger and stronger, and the lumpy muscles that spread all over his body became as hard as rocks; The back-articulation of his hind limbs made the sound of Caracalla's bones growing, his thick, long tail flicked back and forth, and his face finally revealed as his cloak broke, but it was no longer human, unrecognizable: the bones of his front face poked out slightly, his skin cracked into diamond-shaped pieces, his snow-white teeth in his mouth were exposed, and a pair of vengeful eyes shot out of ice-blue rage. In an instant, the tall figure had already enveloped Hong Yuesheng, and it was really like a standing giant bear, far exceeding the standard height of ordinary Yakshas, and standing upright was even taller than the Lionheart King Mecha! Frightened, the green snake that had just come out of the broken mecha crawled backwards on the ground, and even the crotch of his pants was wet.

There was a commotion in the manta ray command room.

"Yaksha?!"

"But I've never seen such a huge yaksha!"

"Hong Yuesheng! Be careful! Emily, the physician on the operating table, looked at the screen and covered her mouth in fright.

Compared to the manta ray's reaction, the Doge's Palace, although unexpected, was much calmer.

"Enhancement_Tank (Enhanced Tank)." Mr. Stephens whispered, and Governor William nodded. The other elderly officers were also whispering.

Victor looked at Rupert, the intelligence specialist.

Those_Yakshas_appeared_in_the_17th_November_riot_are_early_CBW (Chemical_and_Biological_Weapon) widely_using_during_Meya_war. (The Yaksha that appeared in the previous Allied Day riots were all general-purpose biological and chemical weapons in the early days of the Asian-American War.) Rupert is young, but the reasons for his profession are related to many aspects of information:

“At_the_final_stage_of_the_war,Yakshas_had_been_developed_based_on_functional_requirements. Following_the_universal_recognized_iron_triangle_system,Yaksha_was_divided_into_Tank,DPS(Damage_Per_Second)_and_Heals.Never_thought_Instaurator_would_have_such_good_ (However, in the later stages of the Asian-American War, Yaning's increasingly mature biochemical weapon "Yaksha" was cultivated in different directions according to different functions, and was divided into three major classes: Tank (tank), DPS (damage exporter) and HEALS (healing system) according to the generally accepted military iron triangle principle.) I didn't expect that the revival would still have this kind of high-end goods. )”

This_is_a_windfall (This was a bonus.) Victor whispered meaningfully.

“But,this_Tank_Yaksha_is_supposed_to_play_defenseprotection… (However, the tank-type yaksha was originally focused on defense and protection...... )”

Hong Yuesheng's mecha's melee dagger slashed at the Yaksha's body, and it was actually broken on the Yaksha's body, which was as hard as a rock!

“…… Tank_would_not_be_on_its_own_normally,but_take_action_with_others. It's_odd_that_it's_only_one_today (usually doesn't go on his own, but always with other types, it's a little strange that he's the only one today) ......"

The mysterious man roared and swung his heavy fist, judging from the fact that he was able to defeat the White Tiger before he was completely alienated, Hong knew that even if he manipulated the Lionheart Mecha, he should try to avoid a head-on confrontation. Before the heavy blow hit Hong Yuesheng, Hong had already activated the reverse thruster on his waist, and the entire mecha retreated at full speed, dodging the blow of the mysterious man.

Of course, his opponent will not give up, and he rushes up on his heels, and unlike the usual Yaksha who is used to walking on all fours, he seems to prefer to move forward on his feet, his heavy body slamming into the ground, and picking up his huge claws for another blow. Hong Yuesheng had retreated to the wall of the room at this time, and quickly lowered his head to dodge, the mysterious man's right fist directly smashed the bulkhead above his head, and at the same time his left uppercut had followed, Hong hurriedly crossed his hands in front of him, but he still couldn't resist the heavy blow and the impact of the whole person with the mecha was pushed to the wall, and even smashed the wall. Each blow of the mysterious man who followed was accompanied by the destruction of a part of the ship's hull, and for a moment the two men fought like a hull destroyer, almost tearing apart the bottom cabin.

Tank Girl and Bonnie have managed to take control of the Sunset Goddess's wheelhouse, at which point the alarm is furious due to severe damage under the hull.

"Report! The ship is about to sink! Bonnie reported.

The red-haired Arya was also surprised that the new Yaksha had done so much damage, and stared at the surveillance screen to give the order: "Be ready to evacuate at any time according to the situation of the ship!" The two of you are up there. What about Captain Brunhilde? ”

"I don't know, we didn't hear from her!"

"Lieutenant_Brunhild (Captain Brunhilde)?" The red-haired Arya called her boss but did not reply.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" The red-haired Arya turned her head to seek Nakaku's help, but found that Nakaku was nowhere to be seen.

"Captain!!" The members of the last Lionheart Squad and a few Devil Ray Squad girls rushed to the bottom of the cabin, but just as they reached the corridor, Hong Yuesheng's mecha just hit a hole in a wall, flew straight out, and fell heavily into the middle of the support team.

"It's so strong!" Hong Yuesheng was half-leaned on the ground, and a mouthful of blood spat out of her mouth.

"Bastard (Bastard) !!" As soon as the support team saw the figure in the smoke and dust at the end, they quickly raised their guns and shot, and the huge figure did not dodge, but just blocked the head with his arms, kicked the ground with his hind legs, and rushed towards everyone with all his strength, and the bullets were blocked by his thick shell, leaving only some bullet marks.

"Stand back! Dangerous! Before Hong Yuesheng finished speaking, several team members around him had been knocked away, and there was also a manta ray girl team member who was lifted up by a mysterious person with one hand in the air with his neck, the Exosuit of the manta ray was originally based on underwater tasks, and the armor was not thick, he grabbed it like this, and immediately fell deep into his throat, and then like a carbonated drink that suddenly opened after shaking it, the girl's head sprayed out directly from her body, hit the roof and bounced down, and fell into the hands of a team member, so scared that he screamed. And the blood exploded from the girl's body, turning into a rain of blood scattered everywhere.

"Don't lean in!" Hong Yuesheng stood up, snatched the dagger from the mecha of the Lionheart King team member next to him, and rushed forward again.

The mysterious man threw the headless girl in his hand as a weapon and threw it at him, but he didn't expect that this time Hong Yuesheng jumped up with the help of the back thruster, the height was not high or low, just over the corpse and not to hit the roof of the cabin, and the feet equipped with magnetic levitation devices were aimed at the mysterious man's face in the air and sprayed hot gas.

Even though his body is made of steel and iron, his eyes are still the weak point of Tank Yasha, and the scorching flames burn his eyes, causing him to cover his eyes**. Hong Yuesheng's tactics were successful, while the mysterious man lowered his head to cover his eyes, Hong thrust the dagger in his hand into the gap between the neck muscles of the mysterious man, and with a "poof", the dagger finally pierced the mysterious man's muscle armor, and scarlet blood sprayed Hong Yuesheng's face.

"Wow, yes, !!" The accidental stabbing caused the mysterious man to roar, but it was clear that Hong Yuesheng underestimated his endurance - when the dagger was only halfway through his neck, the mysterious man quickly put his hands together and grabbed Hong Yuesheng's mecha with both hands, and strangled the jet on Hong's back into scrap metal. When a string of red alarms fluttered red on the display screen in front of Hong Yuesheng, the mysterious man had already sunk his hands deep into the mecha, and lifted the Lionheart King Mecha, which weighed several blunts, horizontally upwards and held it high above his head.

"Hmph, yes, you really didn't disappoint me!"

The mysterious man still had the strength to laugh, he pushed his arms to both sides, the green tendons were more and more exposed, and he actually planned to tear the mecha in half! Hong Yuesheng's other partners wanted to rush up to help, but they were swept over by the mysterious man's big tail.

The Lionheart King's body was pulled so loudly that no matter how hard Hong Yuesheng moved the steering stick, it was useless, and it seemed that his life was hanging by a thread......

Hong Yuesheng found that the mysterious man did not give a fatal blow, and a smell of burnt meat rushed up from below.

The mysterious man was still holding Hong Yuesheng, but without any warning, there was a bloody hole in his chest, and the white smoke with a mushy smell poured out of it. The mystery man couldn't believe it for a moment, and the other surviving crew members also looked behind them, the one he had just shot was a black manta fish Exosuit, which itself was no different from other standard mechs, except that he was kneeling on one knee and holding a large-caliber rocket anti-tank rifle (Raketenpanzerbüchse, or RPzB) on his shoulder, just able to penetrate the tank-type Yaksha, relying on the high-speed armor-piercing bullets it fired.

"Whew!!!" The mysterious man roared loudly, his eyes could not be opened temporarily due to the burn, so he threw the high-held Hong Yuesheng out in the direction where the bullet came. Unexpectedly, Hong Yuesheng seized the opportunity of the mysterious man's claws to relax, and grabbed the dagger handle on the back of the mysterious man's neck with one hand, and the thrown body turned in an arc in the air to hook the mysterious man's body again, and the other hand tightly strangled his neck. The mysterious man finally sensed the panic, and slammed into the left and right walls with the statue of Hong Yuesheng on his back, while still rushing in the direction of the black Exosuit that he had just shot.

The black Exosuit did not dodge, unloaded the shoulder anti-tank rifle, reloaded, loaded, and lifted again, at this time the mysterious man carrying Hong Yuesheng on his back was already close in front of him.

"Bang!" Another shot, but in order to avoid hitting Hong Yuesheng in the scuffle, this shot only pierced the mysterious man's right shoulder, but did not stop his movement.

“BROTHER!” A familiar voice came from the newcomer's black exosuit.

"Big brother!" In fact, before Exosuit spoke, Hong Yuesheng felt Zhong Jiu, although this feeling was not as strong as Brunhilde's. And Hong Yuesheng is now able to distinguish the two according to their different feelings.

"Zhongjiu?!" The red-haired Arya in the command room didn't expect that Zhongjiu would leave the manta ray with an Exosuit just now, and take advantage of the chaos to land on the Sunset Goddess.

"Isn't he afraid of water? ......" Emily said in surprise.

As if telepathically sensing Zhong Jiu's intentions, Hong Yuesheng tightened the throat of the mysterious man with his left hand, and pulled down with his right hand on the handle of the dagger, when the mysterious man screamed and leaned back, Zhong Jiu grabbed an anti-tank grenade with his hand and inserted it into the wound pierced by the first shot with all his strength, and with the help of the two of them striking back and forth, the manipulator finally broke through the wound on the mysterious man's chest, completely probed into the mysterious man's body, and put the bomb into his body. Seeing that the goal was achieved, Hong Yuesheng pulled the mysterious man backwards with all his might, and the moment he landed, he kicked the mysterious man's back with both feet and pushed his head back, and the mysterious man was sprayed into the air behind him by the magnetic levitation air wave at the Lionheart's feet.

"Fire!" Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhongjiu shouted, and the surviving team members around him shot at the mysterious man who was kicked away at the same time, and after a rain of bullets, the mysterious man was able to stand up from the smoke, and when everyone was terrified, there was a muffled sound in his body, and then the mysterious man's chest burst out with red fire and circular swelling.

"Get down!!" As soon as the words fell, a huge tongue of fire erupted from the mysterious man's body, turning into an explosion in an instant.

The Sunset Goddess, which was already crumbling, undoubtedly gave her a fatal blow in this explosion. Located below sea level, a large hole was blown out of the bottom of the ship, and the sea water poured into it, leaving everyone who had just escaped the aftermath of the explosion without a chance to breathe.

Although Zhong Jiu plucked up the courage to come to the rescue of Hong Yuesheng just now, he was still frightened by the huge waves rushing over him, "Retreat!" Hong Yuesheng gave orders to the others on behalf of Zhong Jiu, and drove the mecha to rush over and pull Zhong Jiu up, and the two ran up to the deck with the survivors.

"Thank you for your help." Hong Yuesheng said as she ran, but her head did not look at Zhong Jiu, but kept looking ahead.

"Don't thank you, haven't you heard of it?" Although Zhongjiu was frightened by the waves chasing from behind, his face turned pale, but his mouth was still unforgiving.

"Cut!" Hong Yuesheng was not only angry but also funny while running.

When everyone finally rushed to the deck, the hull of the Sunset Goddess had tilted, nearly half of the hull had been submerged, and the huge cargo ship was like a floating leaf in the windy sea, and the waves splashed by the sea crashing against the hull fell like a torrential rain. Fortunately, the red-haired Arya also commanded the manta fish amphibious submarine to surface in time and approached the Sunset Goddess to respond, and the tank girl and others were trying their best to help the injured evacuate.

"What about Captain Brunhilde?" The red-haired Arya saw that Zhong Jiu and Hong Yuesheng, who were the last to run up, were no longer there, and immediately asked anxiously.

"Didn't she come back?" Zhong Jiu's heart sank when he heard it.

"We've been out of touch since twenty minutes ago."

After a long time, Brünnhilde looked back at the entrance of the cabin to the deck, the hatch swaying in the weeping wind, but there was no appearance of Brünnhilde coming up at all.

"I'm going to find her!" Hong Yuesheng's voice came from the two of them.

"But ......"

"This ship can't afford any more mechs, and we've got so many wounded. You go back to the manta fish first, and I'll bring her back. Hong Yuesheng manipulated a broken mecha, gave a thumbs up to Zhongjiu and the red-haired Aliya and made a "rest assured" gesture, and ran back to the cabin.

In the Doge's Palace, Governor William looked at the image, leaned forward and whispered:

"It is very unusual for a cargo ship to have a high-level Yaksha, and it is unlikely that Liu Yuetaigui will turn himself into a Yaksha as the leader of the Renaissance Society, and the tank Yaksha will not act alone. So, what is the real purpose of this ship? ”