Chapter 83: Kill

Chapter 83: Kill

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Chen Feng used his Combat Shield to block a laser from a Thermal Fusion Cannon for Ding Hu for the third time.

Three minutes had passed since the fight began.

Chen Feng’s Azure Dragon Armor was unscathed, while Ding Hu’s leg had been hit once by a Thermal Fusion Cannon.

Luckily, Ding Hu dodged quickly, only getting grazed. The thermal energy didn’t fully transfer, otherwise, Brother Hu would have lost that leg.

But Ding Hu’s mobility was still impaired, putting him in constant danger.

Seven old-model Individual Combat Armors had been destroyed, all by Chen Feng’s hand.

Of the nineteen Thermal Fusion Cannons originally spread throughout the stadium, only eleven remained. The other eight were also destroyed entirely by Chen Feng.

Chen Feng had done even more. He had rescued Ding Hu from danger several times. If not for his performance, Ding Hu would probably be dead by now.

Chen Feng leaped into the air once more. First, his right arm fired a bullet from his solid ammunition gun, hitting a cracked piece of armor on the joint of an old-model armored suit ahead.

The bullet pierced the armor, shattering internal cables inside. This caused the old-model armored suit’s right leg to wobble slightly due to insufficient power.

At the same time, particle streams shot from Chen Feng’s back, propelling him forward.

His Alloy Blade stabbed out, passing through the gap between the chest armor plates of the old-model armored suit, and plunged deep inside, ending the life of the pilot within.

Then, Chen Feng grabbed the Alloy Blade with one hand, swung around the old-model armored suit’s body in a circle, pushed off hard with his foot, and kicked to shatter the armor above its neck. The large metal head fell off, landing right beside Ding Hu, incidentally blocking a charged, simultaneous barrage from several Thermal Fusion Cannons aimed at him.

“It looks like I’ve become your burden. Wearing such advanced Individual Combat Armor, yet performing so poorly. I’ve disgraced the Instructor’s face and shamed the Azure Dragon Armor.”

Ding Hu said this to Chen Feng, who was standing back-to-back with him, while holding a shield with one hand.

As he spoke, he strained to raise the shield again, blocking a laser from a Thermal Fusion Cannon.

But unlike the agile, dodging Chen Feng, Ding Hu’s Alloy Shield had been used to block nearly ten attacks in a short time. It was now hot and glowing faintly red.

By now, the intense heat had already transferred through the shield’s handle, exceeding the Azure Dragon Armor’s heat insulation, reaching his hand. He was just gritting his teeth and enduring it.

Using a brief gap in the enemy’s concentrated fire, Chen Feng fired a shot backward, knocking down a large spotlight from the stadium stands. The falling spotlight smashed and destroyed one Thermal Fusion Cannon. He said, “Brother Hu, don’t say that. Our disadvantage now is simply because we didn’t bring the right weapons, our equipment is wrong.”

“That’s true. Damn it, if we had brought standard weapons, these bastards wouldn’t stand a chance against us. Forget it, what’s done is done. A soldier has no right to complain. Gunfire has already started at the Research Institute building. They’ve begun their assault. They have Individual Combat Armor, even if it’s old-model. But the Research Institute’s standard equipment forces won’t hold out for long. We need to hurry and join up with the Research Institute. Don’t just focus on protecting me. Go all out! I’ll be fine!”

“Alright! Then you need to be careful, Brother Hu! I’ll show them the terror of 20G!”

Chen Feng stopped protecting him. Ding Hu also risked everything, letting out a low shout and pouncing forward. He finally managed to land a slash on the central axis of the power system in the abdomen of an old-model armored suit, rendering the large Individual Combat Armor immobile.

Looking back, Ding Hu saw that Chen Feng had already destroyed four old-model Individual Combat Armors and three Thermal Fusion Cannons at an extremely fast speed.

As the number of enemies decreased and the attacks slowed, Ding Hu finally had a bit of energy to carefully study the skill Chen Feng displayed.

Completely different from Ding Hu’s method of brute-forcing the power axis, each of Chen Feng’s shots, each slash, even each shield strike following a block, hit the weak points of the old-model armors.

He always achieved the greatest results with minimal movement.

This precise, skillful technique was like a master butcher’s—incredible. It would require extremely deep familiarity with old-model armors to pull off.

Wait…

Old-model armor has been obsolete for nearly twenty years. How does this guy know it so well!

Ding Hu was so shocked he was momentarily distracted, almost getting hit by a sneak attack.

Chen Feng, who easily chopped off the arm of the last old-model armor trying to sneak-attack Ding Hu, shouted, “Brother Hu, what are you spacing out for!”

Only then did Ding Hu snap out of it. He quickly worked with Chen Feng, each taking one side, and destroyed the last two Thermal Fusion Cannons.

There was no time for more explanations. The two broke through the stadium gates one after the other and charged out.

Looking at Chen Feng’s back, Ding Hu sighed internally.

Earlier, the General said his combat talent was exceptionally rare. I didn’t believe it then.

Now, even if I don’t want to believe it, I have to.

“Chen Feng, just how terrifying is your observation skill? It’s only your first time encountering them, and you’ve completely figured out the weak points of the old-model armors! I’m impressed. I’m truly impressed this time!”

Hearing Brother Hu’s sincere praise in his ear, Chen Feng’s face flushed red.

You might not believe it if I told you.

I don’t have any sharp observational skills like you mentioned.

I simply… have piloted them long ago!

And, to memorize these weaknesses and flaws of the old-model armors, last time I was here, I got scolded by you for over a month!

“Chen Feng! What the heck are you doing! Don’t you know that the elbow joint location has reduced armor thickness to maintain flexibility! So when you slash, you must find a way to cover that weakness!”

“Damn it, Chen Feng, you must remember, there are two seams on the left and right sides of the chest armor! So, against frontal attacks, even if you sacrifice the arms of the armor, you must block it!”

…

Unlike these half-baked pilots from the Escape Faction, who only knew how to attack recklessly, the main focus of the regular army’s training when Chen Feng came last time was how to protect these weaknesses, how to leverage strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Last time he was here, Brother Hu, calling himself a top-tier Instructor, was an expert among experts in Chen Feng’s eyes, a towering figure. This time, because of the old-model armor, he’s become somewhat of a fanboy.

Life really does play tricks on people.

In just one and a half minutes, the two finally arrived at the street corner facing the main entrance of the Research Institute building. Seeing the scene before them, they both gasped.

Ding Hu: “This is… insane.”

Chen Feng nodded. “Yeah, they’ve gone all out.”

In the vast square outside the building, over a hundred old-model armored suits stood densely packed.

Nearly two hundred armored vehicles, displayed as red dots on the 3D map, were also present.

They had the building surrounded completely.

Outside the encirclement, several hundred people sat inside heavily guarded large-scale quad-terrain assault vehicles.

The Research Institute’s regular guard forces had already run out of ammunition. Even the defense cannons that had been poking out from the ground and building floors had just been completely destroyed.

Perhaps the Escape Faction was just wary of accidentally damaging the Yangtze 711 inside. Otherwise, if they launched a full assault, the Research Institute would have already fallen.

Chen Feng asked, puzzled, “How can there be so many obsolete old-model armors? Didn’t they recycle the metal?”

Ding Hu pointed to one of several middle-aged men in suits behind the top-floor glass curtain wall of a large quad-terrain assault vehicle. He said, “I recognize him. That person is an executive in the global resource recycling industry’s oligopoly. I guess he’s the one who secretly stockpiled these old-model armors. It’s a pity the entire Hulun city’s signals are being blocked. We can’t transmit this information out.”

“Brother Hu, that’s not important. What matters is, can we hold?”

Chen Feng gulped. The enemy’s numbers were overwhelmingly large. Given his usual nature, he instinctively wanted to slip away.

But Ding Hu had already charged out with force.

Brother Hu shouted through the comms, “We have to hold, even if we can’t! If we retreat just facing these internal weaklings, what will we use to face the enemies in space! Now, Chen Feng, you are the entire army’s focal point. Anyone else can retreat, but you cannot!”

Chen Feng: “Uh…”

“Their core leadership is all here. Once they completely breach the defenses, this group will definitely assemble and launch the Yangtze 711 from within the Research Institute to escape into space. The launch of such a large ship would severely damage the entire Hulun city. The expelled reverse-thrust thermal particle streams would kill at least one-third of Hulun city’s population!”

Chen Feng really had a headache. Ding Hu had backed him into a corner with just a few sentences, and there was no way out now.

Gritting his teeth, he charged out after Ding Hu, actually catching up and overtaking him.

Screw it. At worst, I won’t last until Doomsday this time and will go back early. It’s not real death, no big deal.

He heard Ding Hu’s shout in his ear again, “Don’t worry, I told you, I won’t let you die before me! Kill!”