Ling Cage: Enhanced Nanosteel Suit at the Start

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[Palm Cannon overloaded, system forced to cool down, estimated recovery time: 30 seconds!]

The cannon in Chen Yuan's palm emitted scorching white smoke.

The Bearer Beasts were extremely intelligent; the remaining five Bearer Beasts not only did not retreat, but were instead provoked to become ferocious.

Instead of attempting to lure them, they use their tails to mimic arms, plunging them into the ground to secure their bodies, while their pelvic cavity on their backs contracts violently at the same time.

"Puff puff puff!"

More offspring were launched like five biological mortars firing simultaneously, with over two hundred offspring being ejected into the sky at the same time, forming a crimson cloud of insects that blotted out the sun.

These beasts adjusted their direction in the air like a dense rain of stones, swooping down on Chen Yuan and the base entrance behind him from all directions and angles.

At the same time, countless streams of corrosive slime, like a green rain of death, covered the entire area.

"Holy crap, this is really comparable to the Rain of Pear Blossoms. Dragon Core, calculate the trajectory of the slime projectiles, and concentrate the shield to defend the entrance."

Chen Yuan roared, and at the same time, he suddenly raised his right hand.

"Loongson, use the high-temperature flamethrower to fire continuously at maximum range and temperature!"

"Instruction received."

"Puff puff……"

A white flame, more dazzling than the midday sun and reaching a temperature of 5000°C, burst forth from Chen Yuan's right hand. The flame, like a roaring lava dragon, instantly formed an absolute fire barrier several meters wide and several meters high in front of him.

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!"

The corrosive sludge, falling like a torrential rain of pear blossoms, crashed into the flame barrier, instantly evaporating and decomposing under the extreme heat, turning into wisps of foul-smelling blue smoke.

Chapter 23 This melon is guaranteed to be ripe

The swooping beasts, like moths drawn to a flame, plunged into the hellish fire and struggled violently.

"Crackling, crackling, sizzling!"

A series of chilling explosions and shrieks rang out. The beast's tough hide, capable of deflecting bullets, was useless against the 5000°C plasma flames. It quickly exploded in the flames, burned into charcoal, and finally turned to ashes.

The flame barrier acts like a forbidden zone, keeping most of the slime and offspring outside.

[Target cleared: 1 swarm of minions (approximately 60 minions), the corruption attack has been intercepted.]

[Flame Thruster Fuel/Energy Reserve: 45%! Continuous spraying will accelerate consumption!]

Loongson provides real-time alerts.

However, the number of offspring was simply too great.

Although the flame barrier blocked the attacks from the front and most of the top, dozens of minions still managed to break through the flame blockade from the flanks and angles with astonishing speed, swarming onto Chen Yuan's battle armor like maggots clinging to bones.

These small, slender creatures frantically clawed and scratched with their sharp, segmented limbs, trying to pierce the nano-alloy mechs. They opened their round mouthparts to search for any gap, spraying corrosive slime or carrying out terrifying "face-hugging" attacks.

[Warning: The battle suit is now attached to 12 offspring beasts.]

The nanotech mechs are suffering from continuous physical attacks and localized corrosive damage.

[A cub has been detected attempting to intrude into joint gaps and breathing ports. Threat level: Extremely high. Mr. Chen, please handle this as soon as possible.]

Chen Yuan felt intense impacts and tearing sensations coming from all parts of his battle suit. Some of the beasts even climbed onto his faceplate and corroded the goggles with their slime.

"Want to bite me? Then you can bite to your heart's content!"

A fierce glint flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes. He suddenly turned the flamethrower to its maximum power and sprayed incandescent flames at close range around his feet and body.

At the same time, his center of gravity lowered and his knees bent slightly.

[Activate the auger impact drill arm. Configuration: Dual arms. Rotation speed: 20000 rpm. Range: Full-body vibration cleanup.]

"Om!!"

A terrifying buzzing sound, so high it almost exceeded the limits of human hearing, suddenly erupted from Chen Yuan's arms.

His nanotech armor below the elbows instantly reassembled and transformed, his two arms simultaneously becoming giant spiral impact drills spinning at high speed, their tips chilling and covered with sharp threads. The speed was so fast that it even drew two visible white vacuum shock waves in the air.

"Die!"

Chen Yuan roared, his arms swinging like an out-of-control drilling platform, carrying destructive rotational force, violently striking to the sides and above his body, creating a high-speed spiral impact that shook and shattered the beasts on his body.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The attached beast was instantly devastated.

The high-speed rotating auger bit struck the beast directly, like a bone thrown into a shredder, instantly shredded into pools of foul-smelling flesh and blood by the violent rotational tearing force.

The beast, swept by the terrifying shockwave generated by the drill bit, had its tough outer skin and internal structure instantly shatter and disintegrate as if subjected to high-frequency hydraulic shock, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

[Attached beasts removed. Nano armor moderately damaged (multiple scratches, localized corrosion). Nano repair reserves activated. Estimated repair time: 15 seconds.]

Loongson quickly reported the extent of the damage to the battle suit.

The spiral drills on Chen Yuan's arms slowly stopped rotating, and the nanounits quickly reassembled back into the normal arm shape.

He had no time to catch his breath, because the remaining brethren, seeing that the naval tactics of their many offspring had failed, abandoned their ranged attacks, roared angrily, and then, with their four legs pushing off the ground, charged forward from different directions like five heavy tanks.

Its enormous size and the kinetic energy of its charge are enough to smash down a building.

"Close combat suits me perfectly."

A smile of excitement appeared on Chen Yuan's face. Instead of retreating, he advanced, and the flight thrusters under his feet instantly erupted, providing powerful lateral thrust, with the 700% nanopulse power amplification fully activated.

He moved at high speed, sidestepping the first Brute's head-on charge, and in the instant they passed each other, his right flamethrower was aimed at the relatively vulnerable joint of its abdomen at close range.

"boom!"

Incandescent flames were emitted at close range.

The 5000°C temperature instantly melted through the bone armor and internal muscle tissue. The beast let out a shrill howl, its charge came to an abrupt halt, and its massive body crashed to the side due to the melting of its joints, landing face-first in a disheveled position.

Without even looking, Chen Yuan slightly adjusted the direction of the flight thrusters beneath his feet and charged towards the second charging beast.

Just before the collision, Chen Yuan, the sixth brother, suddenly lunged forward and slid through the beast's body.

At the same time, he raised his left palm cannon (after cooling down) and aimed it at the unprotected abdominal cavity.

"Take this!"

"call out!"

"boom!"

A condensed energy beam pierced through at close range, and the violent energy exploded inside the Beast. The Beast burst open from the inside like an overinflated balloon, and even its spiritual energy core exploded.

"Do you want to dance too?"

The third bear-eating beast's giant claw slammed down with a foul gust of wind. Chen Yuan's right arm instantly transformed into a spiral impact drill once again, hurtling upwards with a terrifying rotation speed of 20000 revolutions and the full force of his body, his face full of ferocity.

"Clang, sizzle!"

The drill and the giant claw bone armor collided violently, sparks flying everywhere. The tough bone armor of the Beast was like hardwood encountering a chainsaw in front of the high-speed rotating nano-drill. After only a moment of stalemate, the drill violently tore through the bone armor and penetrated into its thick forelimb.

"Snap, splat!"

The sounds of bones shattering and muscles tearing rang out as the forelimbs of the Brute were forcibly severed, causing its massive body to lose its balance.

Chen Yuan seized the opportunity, stood up, and used the palm of his left hand to press against its mouth, which was open due to the intense pain.

boom!

A flash of blue light, and the back of his head exploded, destroying him along with the core of his spiritual energy particles.

The fourth and fifth baby-bearing beasts pounced simultaneously, one from the left and one from the right, coming with overwhelming force.

The flight thrusters beneath Chen Yuan's feet exploded to their limit, and he narrowly escaped the gap between the two giant beasts and soared into the sky.

In mid-air, he used both hands simultaneously, his left palm striking the back cavity of one of the Beastmen, while his right flamethrower sprayed at the face of another Beastmen at close range.

Explosions and flames erupted simultaneously. One of the Beastmen, roaring in despair, was reduced to burning remains. The other, still alive, was completely eliminated by Chen Yuan using his Five-Finger Armor-Piercing Bullet.

"This melon is guaranteed to be ripe..."

The last of the beasts, the first to be knocked down by the flames, struggled to get up. Chen Yuan descended from the sky, using his knees to absorb the impact energy and then slamming the beast's head against his head with the force of his fall.

"Boom..."

Click!

The massive impact seemed to shake the earth, and the skull of the Beast Bearer shattered instantly, like a watermelon struck by a heavy hammer.

With his palm cannon and flamethrower exhausted of energy and fuel, Chen Yuan took the hummingbird electromagnetic laser gun from his waist and successfully shattered the core of the last "father and son beast's" spirit seed.

Chapter 24 Iron Guard No. 1

"Finally, I can get a good night's sleep."

After the battle, the faint glow of nano-repair flowed quietly over the damaged parts of the battle suit.

Chen Yuan's chest rose and fell slightly as his goggles swept across the battlefield, and the cold notification sound of the Dragon Core rang out.

Threat Removal: 6 Negative Beasts, Estimated Beast Cluster (300).

[Survival Points Calculation: 6 Negative-Threat Cubs (High Threat) = 6000 points; 300 Cubs (Swarm Units) = 3000 points.]

[Current total survival points: 9000 + 2780 = 11780 points.]

[Self-description check, suit status: Core Energy: 38%, Nano Repair Reserve: 72% (repairing). Palm Cannon energy depleted, recharging. Flamethrower fuel/energy: 10%, please replenish fuel. Spiral Impact Drill structure normal. Bio-arm buffer layer slightly damaged, nano units repairing...]

"call…"

At the entrance to the Ark base, the camouflage layer was corroded and in a mess, but the physical structure was preserved at the last moment.

"Loongson, activate the base's external cleaning and disinfection system. Repair any damaged equipment in the base using points. Activate the highest protection level and purify the internal environment."

Chen Yuan said with a hint of weariness, "I... need to take a good shower and then get some sleep."

"Command received, base self-check in progress..."

Ten minutes later, the temperature-controlled bed was ready.

"The next upgrade to the battle suit requires 40,000 survival points, while upgrading the Ark Base requires 100,000 survival points. I should choose other items that can enhance my strength."

Chen Yuan stared at the familiar numbers on the system panel, and below them, the [Loongson 1 Nano Steel Suit (Basic Type)] worth 30,000 points. He pondered for a moment, "A 'second-in-command' who can fight autonomously, share the burden, and even carry out reconnaissance or decoy missions... is worth the price."

Chen Yuan always felt a sense of crisis. In the wasteland world, danger was everywhere. He was no longer satisfied with leveling up on his own; he wanted to rely on more efficient hunting methods.