Life Game In Other World
Chapter 443: Human Experimentation? (Big - for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 443: Chapter 443: Human Experimentation? (Big Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

——Two minutes earlier——

Five mechas followed He Ao and broke away from the crowd, encircling him.

Two Cerberus mechas flanked him front and back, while three Tiger III Mechs lined up to his left and right.

The five warriors were clearly a well-coordinated elite squad, sealing off all of He Ao’s escape routes.

Although the three Tiger III Mechs were weaker, their positioning was very precise, ensuring that if He Ao attacked any one of them, the other two C-level Cerberus mechas would pincer him.

Seeing that he was surrounded, He Ao didn’t dodge anymore and stood in place, asking in a deep voice, "Are you from the Research Institute?"

Rainwater slid down his cheek.

The young leader piloting the Cerberus mecha watched He Ao’s cheeks through the monitor. He maneuvered the control stick in his hands, as a surging brilliance gathered on the two giant cannons mounted on the shoulders of the Cerberus mecha.

These shoulder-mounted giant cannons were two medium-sized plasma cannons capable of inflicting severe damage on C-level targets.

The pouring rain fell on the muzzles, and the terrifying heat instantly evaporated it.

A faint mist enveloped the Cerberus mecha from all sides.

The young leader stared at the gradually blurring monitor and frowned.

He didn’t actually like the rain. In such torrential downpours, the performance of mechas would also be limited.

He switched the optical camera to a thermal imaging camera.

As the camera switched, the ’person’ who had been standing at the center of the encirclement vanished in an instant.

Disappeared?

A piercing alarm suddenly rang out.

In the center of the monitor, a human-shaped heat source was moving swiftly through the murky and chaotic curtain of rain, but the young leader didn’t feel that anything was amiss.

However, the piercing alarm reminded him of something, and he started firing at the human-shaped heat source with the mecha’s small anti-aircraft guns.

But it was already too late.

The sharp short sword pierced through the back cover of the cannon nozzle, which was spitting flames. Under the high temperature, He Ao’s body turned an unnatural red.

The heat rapidly eroded the cells of his skin, but he didn’t retreat. Instead, he pulled the short sword and made a fierce slash.

A huge slit was suddenly opened by him, and sparkling electric light flowed through the rain curtain.

The moment he opened the slit, He Ao didn’t hesitate and leaped straight down from the shoulder of the mecha, just as another Cerberus mecha came to support.

He Ao landed right on the bulky mecha’s waist-hip section, passing through the rain-like bullets of the anti-aircraft machine guns, landing at the joint between the mecha’s leg and its main body.

The sharp short sword penetrated the steel exterior of the joint. Accompanied by his running pull, the strong alloy shell was torn open into a long slit, and all the metal components obstructing his steps were split in two.

He Ao’s positioning was very cunning; the place he cut was precisely the key transmission components for the Cerberus mecha’s thigh movement.

With these components destroyed, this supporting Cerberus mecha’s entire body leaned to one side.

He Ao leaped off the mecha and instantly jumped into the rain curtain.

He landed on the muddy ground, rolled, and dove headfirst into the Merck family’s command center, which was encircled nearby.

The Cerberus, a representative work of lightweight mechas, was once a key reference for Vian’s development of the Adam I model, for which he purchased three Cerberus mechas and personally dismantled them into parts.

Then he discovered the fatal weakness of the Cerberus mecha.

To reduce weight, and also to save costs as much as possible.

The Yiwis Space System company insanely skimped on the two plasma main cannons of the Cerberus, with hardly any protective casing for the cannon bodies, thermal insulation materials, and virtually no protection for the control core inside the cannon body that controls the entire plasma cannon operation.

The plasma cannon is a high-end weapon that requires a massive amount of computing power support and precise adjustment.

This means that once any external force damages the stability of the gun barrel, or even the control core within the barrel, these two powerful plasma cannons are at risk of exploding.

The Cerberus Mecha itself is essentially a moving time bomb.

However, Vian discovered that the Yiwis Space System company had specifically developed a suite of software to regulate the use of plasma cannons.

Under normal usage, the likelihood of explosion is very small, and when the gun barrel is actually damaged, there would be no survivors to seek compensation from the Yiwis Space System company.

Therefore, the actual incidents involving the Cerberus reported in the media were few and far between, and even if there were any, the Yiwis Space System company was quick to suppress them.

Vian had done the math, and based on the volume of Cerberus Mechas shipped, the cost of ’crisis public relations’ due to design issues was far less than what the Yiwis Space System company ’saved’ on the Mechas.

That is to say, the Yiwis Space System company actually made a profit from this.

Vian had also published his research findings, but they were quickly suppressed.

Although the Nolanka Group was powerful, it still fell far short of the Federation’s leading arms dealer, so Vian could only advise the Nolanka Mercenary Corps not to use the Cerberus Mecha.

This research also helped He Ao, allowing him to eliminate the Mecha Squad at the fastest speed possible.

However, despite his confidence in quickly dealing with the Mecha Squad, he still needed to lead the squad away.

Doing so was first to guard against any backup plans Reid might have left behind, and second because the damage caused by the plasma cannons exploding would be substantial, and an explosion in a crowd would definitely cause chaos, giving Kaja the chance to escape amidst the confusion.

In almost the blink of an eye, He Ao had charged into the deepest part of this command center, but he did not head directly for the off-road vehicle; instead, he went straight towards an armored vehicle not too far from the off-road vehicle.

Under the view of Super Memory, He Ao could easily figure out all the visible and hidden sentries around him.

The off-road vehicle appeared to be heavily guarded, but in reality, it was more lax on the inside than the outside, clearly a ’bait’ intentionally left by Kaja.

Instead, the armored vehicle not far away was often protected by hidden sentries.

When He Ao reached the armored vehicle and casually pulled open the door, he just happened to see Kaja lying leisurely on the front seat, musing that ’everything was within his expectations’.

He Ao then deactivated Stealth and casually responded, "Really?"

The moment his words fell, a massive explosion sounded behind him.

Billowing flames instantly created a pervasive fog in the rain, and the intense heat wave carried droplets through the air, causing his hair to flutter.

The plasma cannon had exploded.

Following that were two consecutive loud bangs, as the explosions triggered the high-energy batteries of two Cerberus Mechas.

Kaja’s body tensed, and he turned around to look at He Ao, who had opened the vehicle door and was watching him.

The thick fog rolled in from behind, reaching behind this man.

Under the dark storm clouds, it was as if he had just emerged from the fog of the Abyss, bringing with him a sense of despair that was overwhelmingly oppressive.

"Who are you?"

It was only then that a young man beside Kaja realized the presence of He Ao. He raised his gun and aimed it at He Ao, squeezing the trigger.

The next second, a bright red flower blossomed on his chest, and the red, warm ’raindrops’ fell on the cheek of Kaja next to him.

He Ao pulled the short sword from the young man’s chest, allowing the bright red liquid to flow down the blade, and he calmly looked at Kaja, "Shall we talk?"

"There’s nothing to talk about."

Kaja glanced at the body on the ground, gestured with his hand for the rest of his armed tribesmen not to move, and looked at He Ao, "Don’t underestimate me."

With that, he leaped.

He burst through the vehicle’s rear door and rolled into the curtain of rain.

...

He Ao immediately took flight, chasing after him.

Kaja looked at He Ao through the curtain of rain before reaching into his bosom and grabbing something, then fiercely scattered it.

He Ao saw several emerald seeds fall to the ground.

These seeds sank into the mud beneath the surface, and under the watering of the rain, they instantly took root and sprouted, swiftly growing into several green vines.

These vines, oozing with sticky juice, intertwined and lunged at He Ao.

What is this?

The ability to manipulate plants?

He Ao swung his sword and cut through the attacking vines.

These vines were as thick as half a fist and were extremely tough, requiring some effort to cut through even with his Super Memory activated.

The severed vines writhed on the ground, seemingly attempting to take root again in the soil, but ultimately they failed and quickly withered away, turning into dry straws as yellow as if they were parched husks of rice.

As He Ao continued to slash through these vines, their roots also swiftly shriveled up.

By the time He Ao broke free from the encirclement of these vines, all of them had withered and died.

They had survived for only three to four seconds in total.

They appeared to be some kind of one-time-use object.

He Ao didn’t look back as he accelerated his chase toward Kaja in front.

Kaja, seeing He Ao drawing increasingly closer, showed a look of surprise on his face.

It seemed he had not expected He Ao to deal with those vines so quickly.

A sudden gust of fierce wind howled, blowing against He Ao’s cheeks, trying to hinder his steps.

The surrounding Merck family warriors finally reacted at this moment, lifting their guns to begin attacking He Ao.

Kaja no longer looked back, instead burying his head and continuing to sprint wildly.

His physical abilities were not strong, and from his capabilities, it was evident he wasn’t an adept combatant Transcendent.

He Ao watched his steps, realizing that he had been heading towards the forest all this time.

This ’command center’ itself was built next to a forest; beyond the armored vehicles surrounding it lay the forest itself.

He Ao activated Stealth, ’vanishing’ from everyone’s sight.

In reality, not much time had passed since Kaja started fleeing, just a few seconds. Kaja, when setting up this command center, thought this distance was short enough that he had plenty of time to enter the forest.

But at this moment, he felt that the distance was so long, as if it stretched through all the remaining years of his life.

Finally, he reached the edge of the forest, a look of wild joy crawling over his face.

This was his trump card, his reliance; he raised both hands, "Great ruler of the sky and nature, I invoke your..."

A pair of hands covered his mouth from behind, and a sharp sword point pierced through his chest from the front, carrying a trace of bright red blood that glowed with a pale light.

He Ao looked up at the forest in front of him.

The moment Kaja uttered those words, he felt a terrifying presence from deep within the forest looking their way, as if in that instant, he didn’t see a verdant forest but a crazily twisting gateway to hell.

This sense of oppression was slightly less than that of a Divine Being but stronger than any A-level he had met before.

Kaja struggled to speak but was smothered by He Ao’s firm hand. His life force was more robust than that of a typical C-level; he could still fight back even after a short sword had penetrated the energy convergence point.

As Kaja’s life ebbed away, the oppressive gaze from deep within the forest seemed to lose its target and slowly faded away.

It seemed that the other party was not actually deep in the forest but used the forest as a medium of mystical significance for the Advent.

This was probably why Kaja insisted on running to the forest.

This ritual must have some kind of limitations; otherwise, Kaja could have simply built the command center right in the forest.

’The Ruler of Skies and Nature’...

He had no idea what kind of being that was.

In the end, Kaja stopped struggling and was dragged out from the edge of the forest by He Ao.

The howling wind had stopped, and the torrential raindrops were slowly getting smaller.

Once their instigator was gone, the weather began to return to its natural course.

However, just a few steps after He Ao started walking, his body tensed, and he instantly jumped to the side, holding Kaja’s corpse.

The roaring wind brushed past his ear.

A heavy armored vehicle, weighing dozens of tons, flew past where he had just been standing and crashed into the deep forest, toppling a swath of trees.

He Ao turned his head back to look behind him.

A three-meter-tall, entirely red ’little giant’ clambered onto the armored vehicle closest to He Ao and casually seized a Merck family warrior who was driving it, tearing him to shreds.

The little giant’s body was covered with intense burn marks, and new flesh kept emerging, pushing off the charred skin.

Meanwhile, four two-meter-tall, completely red muscular men jumped out from behind the little giant and stood on the armored vehicle, watching He Ao intently.

Their eyes were blood-red, and they stared at He Ao like crazy beasts.

These people seemed to be in a state similar to D-level ’Thugs,’ but they appeared to have even less rationality than the Thugs, yet their combat abilities seemed to be much stronger.

The intense oppressiveness made even the current He Ao feel somewhat suffocated.

All five men bore scorched marks to a greater or lesser extent; the four shorter muscular men who appeared later seemed to be weaker, their charred skin was still present, and they seemed to have injured their limbs, moving with some difficulty.

It looked like they had just escaped from a major explosion.

He Ao watched these five people and tossed Kaja’s corpse to the side.

He sensed a familiar aura from these five, similar to that of the ’warrior’ Secret Medicine’s main ingredient, the Blood Spider, but it wasn’t just the Blood Spider; it seemed that the presence of other C-level exotic beasts of the same rank was mixed in with their aura.

These five men were likely the Mecha Squad that had just been piloting mechs to attack He Ao.

He Ao mobilized his Divine Sense to observe the five men.

Judging by their internal energy flow, each of the five could exhibit C-level strength.

This was probably not their own inherent ability; if they were originally C-level, there would have been no need to attack with mechs.

Besides, the energy intensity of these people was unstable, not as continuously enduring as a standard C-level, but their current energy intensity was already approaching that of a relatively strong C-level.

To forcefully elevate someone to C-level, this must be Reid’s contingency plan.

His current physical strength was only D-level, and even with Super Memory activated, his physical condition barely reached the standards of a relatively strong C-level.

There was a significant gap between him and his main world’s body and the previous ’warrior’ from the Copy World.

He Ao gripped the short sword in his hand tightly.

One against five.

Reid really went all out to kill him.

He Ao was reminded of the experiments at the Research Institute.

Or perhaps... this was just part of the ’human experiment’ of the substance that elevated one’s strength.

The little giant leaped up, his feet denting the thick steel plate of the armored vehicle, casting a gigantic shadow over He Ao’s figure.

He Ao activated Super Memory,