Invincible through Touching Corpses

Song Yao was already starting to regret his decision. They could have simply abandoned the mission. After being discovered, if they had just dropped the case and retreated, the enemy most likely wouldn’t have given chase.

But now, they were trapped in a pincer attack. Even if they wanted to retreat, it was too late. The enemy would surely capture them along with the precision instrument.

Song Yao wasn’t the only one panicking. Both Qin Wenbo and Fang Tianhe also had looks of alarm on their faces.

At a time like this, their thoughts almost instinctively turned to one person: Lin Xinghai.

Lin Xinghai’s expression was also grim. If the team was truly surrounded, there would be little hope of victory, even if he unleashed his full power.

After all, the enemy had far too many Mechas. Once they quickly dealt with his allies’ Mechas, they could easily overwhelm him with their numbers. That would be trouble.

What worried him more was the possibility that one of these enemies possessed a special Superpower that could restrict or slow his movement Speed. If that happened, he would be in grave danger.

So, without hesitating, Lin Xinghai made his decision.

"Break through with everything you’ve got! We have to punch through this blockade before their reinforcements arrive," Lin Xinghai said, his voice firm and resolute.

The enemy unit behind them was still three kilometers away. If they were fast enough, they could make it.

"Roger that!" everyone shouted in unison over the comms channel, pushing their abilities to the limit.

Everyone understood the gravity of the situation. If they failed to break through in time, this place would become their grave.

Under these circumstances, every single member fought with desperate abandon. They adopted do-or-die tactics, trading blow for blow—a slash for a gunshot—with every attack aimed straight for the cockpit.

Faced with such ferocious desperation, the Morgan Conglomerate’s forces found their momentum instantly crushed. They were already at a disadvantage thanks to Lin Xinghai, and now, the scales tipped even further against them.

Moreover, it wasn’t just the members of the Three Major Mercenary Corps who went all out; Lin Xinghai wasn’t holding back anymore either.

He had been wielding his weapon with two hands, but he switched to a one-handed grip. With his free hand, he took another Electromagnetic Railgun that Roger handed him.

Dual-wielding. It was a technique that was even possible inside a Mecha.

The most direct result of dual-wielding was that Lin Xinghai’s rate of fire instantly doubled.

At that moment, the Morgan Conglomerate’s front line became even more precarious.

However, the Morgan Conglomerate was no pushover. In response, they ordered their Armored Vehicles to the front. Simultaneously, two-meter-tall Mechanical Spiders swarmed out of the vehicles and launched a counterattack against the Mechas.

Generally speaking, Mechanical Spiders were no match for Mechas; a single one could be destroyed in just a few hits.

The problem was that the Mechanical Spiders weren’t their only opponents; they still had to contend with the Morgan Conglomerate’s Mechas.

If they focused their fire on the Mechanical Spiders, the enemy Mechas would surely seize the opportunity to attack them.

They could destroy a Mechanical Spider in a few hits, but in that same time, the Morgan Conglomerate’s Mechas could land a few hits on them.

If they made that trade, the advantage they had painstakingly built would vanish. Breaking through the blockade quickly would become even more impossible.

"Squads One, Two, and Three, use your Hand Cannons to intercept the Mechanical Spiders! Squads Eight and Nine in the rear, release the Bee Bombs! Let’s show these foreigners they’re not the only ones with good toys," Song Yao hastily commanded.

As both sides continued to play their trump cards, heavy-hitters like man-portable missiles were soon brought onto the field.

On a typical battlefield, man-portable missiles would be a decisive, game-ending weapon. The moment they appeared, it would become a fight to the death.

However, on a battlefield of this scale with over a thousand combatants, they weren’t as effective. With both sides caught in a hail of gunfire, the missiles were likely to be shot down and detonated mid-flight.

However, neither side had just one or two of these missiles. The Three Major Mercenary Corps had fifteen, and the Morgan Conglomerate had a comparable amount.

With so many missiles in the air, the damage was terrifying, even if only half of them made it through the barrage. In just over ten seconds, the Three Major Mercenary Corps had three Mechas completely destroyed and another five damaged to varying degrees.

The Morgan Conglomerate’s side fared even worse. A full five of their Mechas were scrapped, with as many as seven more taking damage.

The Three Major Mercenary Corps’ losses were only this low because Divine Sharpshooters like Lin Xinghai and Tang Zhuofei managed to shoot down the vast majority of the missiles at critical moments. Otherwise, their Mecha losses would have likely doubled.

No one had expected the battle to escalate to such an intense degree so quickly. But this was exactly what Lin Xinghai wanted.

’He was very clear about his role: a high-agility, high-attack assassin. The best time for him to engage was, of course, when the enemy was already "low on health."’

Lin Xinghai emptied the last few rounds from his Electromagnetic Railguns, tossed the weapons over to Roger and Ah Mu, then drew Mjolnir and charged forward.

’This wasn’t even the optimal time for him to charge in. He could have kept using the Electromagnetic Railguns to whittle down the enemy’s "health" a bit more.’

But time waits for no one. In the minute or so they had been fighting, the Morgan Conglomerate’s flanking force had already closed to within one kilometer. If they didn’t break through now, they might never get the chance.

...

Over on the Morgan Conglomerate’s side, Cobra watched the shifting battlefield with a cold expression.

Just as he had planned, after reporting the intel on the Three Major Mercenary Corps, he had returned to the vicinity of the Star Shield Shelter to rendezvous with this interception force.

Initially, he had been extremely cautious. After all, in his eyes, any force capable of killing a berserk Death Claw was not to be underestimated.

Therefore, he had hidden his true strength. Despite being a Blood Qi Realm expert, he told the team here that he was merely one of the Optimized.

When the battle began, he deliberately chose a relatively average opponent. That way, no matter what unexpected situations arose, he would have ample time to respond.

He was, however, taken aback by the terrifying Gun Technique Lin Xinghai unleashed. His pinpoint accuracy was simply inhuman.

Especially when Lin Xinghai went all out, dual-wielding his guns, he seemed to possess a commanding presence on the battlefield.

But despite all this, Cobra remained puzzled. The strength the Three Major Mercenary Corps had displayed so far shouldn’t have been enough to kill a berserk Death Claw without a single Mecha being destroyed.

Furthermore, based on the current flow of battle, his side’s Mechas could hold out for at least two more minutes. By then, their reinforcements would have arrived, and the Three Major Mercenary Corps would have no hope of turning the tables.

’Could my judgment have been wrong?’ Cobra wondered.

But at that very moment, his pupils constricted violently. A look of shock and terror, one he hadn’t felt in years, flooded his face.