Chapter 13: Heavy Metal VS Rock

In the vastness of space, near the edge of the solar system where our hero is located, a pair of mobile spacesuits are propelled forward by powerful jets.

They are the vanguard of the people's advance, the brave warriors who explore the uncharted depths and defeat the danger before it threatens them to move forward.

The construction of these two giant mechs is quite different. One of them was more shabby, small and old, and was converted from a mining suit. Its grey exterior bears many brawl marks, but despite its rudimentary appearance, it still moves forward bravely, piloted by a veteran mechanic.

The other is in stark contrast. The glittering metallic chrome, the larger frame, the high-tech structure was formed by the efforts of their scientists. The driver is a young expert in the Space Force, and he is a fresh face compared to the gray-haired veteran who drives another car. They may not be a good match, but their relationship is unbreakable.

HMS-112, please report in. It's over.

Roger, Red Base, here is HMS-112. Nothing strange has been found at the moment. It's over. ”

//Roger. Are there any signs of a destroyed reconnaissance group? It's over.

"Roger. No, there are no signs yet. It's over. ”

//Roger. Be careful, our sensors are still detecting gravity anomalies in the system. It's over.

The news was interrupted by the humming of static interference, and the old pilot sighed. He leaned into the microphone and broadcast his voice to another robot. "Dude, do you see anything?" Your eyes are sharper than mine. ”

"Fame is. Stay focused," the other person replied.

The veteran snorted and relaxed in his seat. It's an important task, but he doesn't think anyone can stay 100% focused all the time. Even if their tasks are the most important in the world.

Their homeland was destroyed in the war, and now only three huge colonial ships remain. And it is up to both of them to protect one of the three. Still, he needs to calm his partner down. Nervousness is their fatal wound.

"Hey, relax. There is not yet any energy signature of nuclear energy levels in this solar system. We'll be fine. ”

There was silence for a moment, then the communicator crackled again. “…… I'm just worried. The main boat was too close to us. It should stay further back. There's something wrong with this place. It's like itching. ”

The veteran mentally agreed, but calming his partner down was a priority, so he spoke in a relaxed tone. "Don't worry, they have sensors that can detect any possible enemy ship. Consider the probabilities. What is the probability of something in the middle of the solar system? Life is rare. ”

Suddenly, a screeching sound began to be emitted by a sensor, and a red light came on in the cockpit.

Sensor alarms. Rapidly approaching objects.

The veteran immediately kicked his leg on the pedals, activated the thrusters, pulled the lever back, rotated the spacesuit 90 degrees, and pushed it upwards — like an asteroid streaked underneath it.

"Kinetic bombardment! He shouted, pressing every button in the cockpit, because the people who designed the control scheme showed no mercy.

More and more asteroids are coming, and he sees his partner activating the [High-Tech Portable Laser Sword] on his spacesuit, slicing the meteorite into pieces, dancing in the middle of them in a rhythm of destruction.

The veteran's fingers finally regained consciousness, and he successfully entered the firing sequence. "Activate [100 homing photon missiles]!"

Streams of light began to diffuse from his photonic volt battery, aiming at the countless meteors around him. Then, things went wrong.

Gravity anomalies detected

When the missiles suddenly deviated from course and collided with each other, the veteran's eyes widened, almost as if they had suddenly fallen together into a deep pit.

"Hey—do you see this?" I'm not getting any energy signals! He shouted, turning the thrusters to 100% horsepower and preparing to escape the force field. "We needed a visual!"

"I have one," the other replied briefly, his voice filled with static. A marker appears on the veteran's HUD, just between the fuel level indicator and the idling click game that he has been placing on the edge of the screen.

"That's not an enemy ship—" said the veteran, his eyes wide. For he did not see an enemy ship, looming above their heads, ready for battle. No, what he saw was a ring. Three circles of rocks, all revolving around a central figure. "That's a rock."

It stood still, throwing stones at them, almost as if it were observing. Test.

"I'll take care of it!" The veteran said as he opened the hatch under the table, revealing more buttons, and began to press all the buttons in order. "Start [homing laser]!"

"I'll cover you," his partner replied calmly.

Reassured, the experienced pilot continued to press the button with his left hand while using his right hand to reach for the USB mouse under the chair and connect it to the main control panel. He tried three times to put the gun in, but once he succeeded, a scope appeared above his eye.

He moved the mouse carefully, his hands trembling with nervousness, and right-clicked on the location of the rock. The menu opens.

Locking on the laser? Y / N

His partner realized that simply slicing the meteor into smaller pieces wouldn't actually help, and stepped forward to protect him with [Indestructible Particle Shield].

The veteran's hand stopped shaking, and the presence of his partner reassured him, and he clicked the left mouse button.

Launch [Homing]

A beam of light shot forward from the core of his reactor, much slower than the speed of light, but still quite fast, and split into hundreds of beams, all of which began to bounce towards the central rock.

"I found it!"

The rock moves its ring to block the beam, but the beam hides behind it and hits its back. The veterans cheered.

"I made it!"

An anomalous target was detected in violation of the laws of thermodynamics.

The veteran's eyes widened as he tried to read the information that was too close to his face, and as he analyzed the meaning of the message, his eyes widened.

"What? How could it-"

He clicked on the small X in the upper left corner of the message with a USB mouse, made it disappear, and then looked at the scene. The stone is still there—absolutely intact. and mobile.

Target temperature rise of 150k

He cursed as he closed the new pop-up window. "It doesn't make any sense!" How does it do it? That's not the way it is!"

"It doesn't matter. Just need to be dealt with. "I'm going in." The young pilot replied.

The veteran pushes his thrusters even further, reaching 200% power utilization, and rushes to support his companions, who are rushing into battle. Because the rocks also began to rush towards them.

"Accelerate!" The veteran shouted, pushing the thruster to 300% power.

His companion swung up and down, then drew the second [Razer Sword] and reached the rock. "I found it!" The giant robot slashed down, red and blue sword light reflecting off its chrome surface, just about to hit the rock.

And then that stone... Turned.

Right around the mech, revealing a bunch of meteors behind it.

An anomalous target has been detected to be violating the laws of physics

The veteran watched in horror as two dragged stones caught his companion's mobility suit, breaking his left arm.

"Fatally wounded!"

"I've got you!" Activate it!"

"Roger!"

The veteran pushed the thruster to 500%, then took his hand off the console and clapped it twice.

"Activate motion control!"

//Synchronous......

He stood up from his chair with his arms crossed over his chest and looked at his companion's mech under the hatch, his suit reflecting his every move.

"It's time to let this stone know that Heavy Metal System No. 1 and No. 2 signs are not ordinary machines!"

His partner's mech also goes into gesture control mode, and the remnants of the destroyed arm are discarded, revealing a USB slot.

One of them matched the USB port that had just appeared on the veteran's old clothes.

Together, they shouted out the key words. "Activate [Combo Sequence]!"

The two mechs huddled together, one turned into the other's arms, and all the lights in the cockpit turned red.

Increase power availability to 1000%

//Synchronous. .

//Will...

A tear fell from the eyes of the old pilot. "Using the bond between us, we can't—"

"Brother! It doesn't let us do the deformation program!"

"Wait, World Health Assembly—"

clang

Collision activated!

[unnamed] to deal with 202 * 133653.3 / 4 = 6749492 dmg

New speed [unnamed]: 211.3 m/s

The stone passed through the two moving clothes at once, and it was not known why they were huddled together. They become easier targets because they have been in place for so long.

But when the rock looked at its search results, the mystery quickly disappeared from its mind.

Two large, worn metal shells, controlled by two small, fleshy things inside.

It's an interesting idea. Some of its stuff remained in the rock's mind, waiting to be parsed later. But then it moved on to bigger goals.

The rock used [Energy Conversion] and began to use its "qi" base to accelerate closer to the much larger piece of metal, which had already begun to reverse direction in the distance. They want to escape from the rocks!

Of course, our heroic hero did not allow such a thing to happen, he patiently followed them, gradually picking up speed.

And it's getting faster and faster.

And it's getting faster and faster.

And it's getting faster and faster.

It finally reached the huge colony ship, which was a whole bunch of pipes and wires, like a golfer on the green, and began to hit the ball in a row. If this picture is just right......

It (steering), then (steering), managed to find a perfect location.

There it can pass through the entire hull, along the axis of its length.

It accelerated, and with the full power of its qi, activated the [Diamond Skin], hitting the ship.

Collision activated!

Deals 9001 * 133653.3 / 4 = 30 075 334 dmg damage

New speed [unnamed]: 323.1 m/s

A collapsing metal shell remained on the rock's trajectory and exploded farther and farther away in a chain reaction until only debris remained floating in the open space. There's also the fleshy part inside, which controls the larger metal behemoth.

In this way, the war between the worlds ended, and as once predicted, people fought with laser sticks and stones. But rock always wins.

Stone, paper, laser. This is written in the rules.

However, seeing the results of its work, the rock was curious. Because it's new to most things, only a few are known. But the way a small thing can control a big thing......

It captivates the rocks. Because this system had prevented it from doing something before, it set the course of the rock much backwards.

It began to collect metal fragments, a new addition to its ever-growing meteor shower, when a notice finally appeared in front of it.

The Outsider Invasion has been cleared!

Congratulations!

Bonus Experience!

Level up!

20000 / 5000 xp

Discard overflow XP

You've reached level 11!

Statistics!

Weight (m): 133 653.3kg -> 1 069 226.4kg

Diameter (d): 4.61m -> 9.23m

HP: 89 -> 144

Grant new titles!

The defender of the galaxy

Receive information about layer threats and get extra experience points for protecting the world from threats!

Guardians of the Galaxy Alert!

Level 10 [Doomsday Meteor] will hit [Earth Planet] in 230 years!

Stop it for extra experience!

So, the stone finally knows the name of its home, but what is it? The rock is focused on its [Ki

of Sto

e], feeling a new presence being added to the map, much farther away than any other.

Much bigger than our rocks.

But the stone, it felt offended. Will other stones go home before it?

Unacceptable.

It begins to accelerate towards new signals.