"R! P! G!"
Phoenix Mountain shouted hoarsely, and a figure suddenly darted past him, throwing out a capsule dwelling that expanded and shielded everyone in front.
"Hide!"
Li Zheng yelled, pressing his hands against the capsule dwelling.
The next second, they were engulfed in endless electric light.
[Capsule dwelling damaged, please repair promptly.]
[Capsule dwelling damaged, please repair promptly.]
[Capsule dwelling damaged, please repair promptly.]
...
The system prompts continuously popped up, flooding the screen with more than a dozen alerts.
At this mont, Li Zheng felt his heart bleeding.
"We’ve explored the ruins so far without any gains, and instead have ended up owing so many materials. If the final rewards can’t make up for it, I swear I’ll never enter ruins again!"
The manganese steel needed to repair the capsule dwelling was used up during the battle with the Three-headed Ghost Lion, and now Li Zheng didn’t have the materials to repair the current damage. He could only wait to get materials later.
"Dada-dada-dada..."
With chattering teeth, Li Zheng let go of the capsule dwelling, finally stopping his involuntary shaking.
"Such... such a strong electric current!"
Li Zheng was filled with lingering fear. Fortunately, his bronze level physical attributes barely allowed him to withstand this intensity of electric current for a short ti.
If he were still at Black Iron level, even at Black Iron 5 level, it would have been a near-death situation.
Even so, Li Zheng felt that all his muscles were heating up.
To him, this feeling was even more dangerous.
Because the passive ability of Ice and Fire Attachnt was to be immune to cold and heat, resisting any temperature’s influence.
In theory, he shouldn’t feel the concept of "heat."
Yet the super-strong electric current made him feel "heat," indicating damage within his body fundantally.
"Everyone... da-da-da... alright?"
Still tingling from the electric shock, Li Zheng stuttered as he spoke.
Looking back, he saw the others lined up behind him in a straight line, just avoiding the plasma cannon attack.
Originally, while exterminating the chanical Sword Mantis, everyone had subconsciously gathered together, so they weren’t far from each other.
This allowed them to gather quickly.
When Phoenix Mountain noticed the anomaly of the chanical giant, Li Zheng, who was also partially focused in that direction, noticed sothing was wrong too.
His reaction speed was much faster than the others, instantly calculating that with the caliber of the twin cannons on the chanical giant’s shoulders, once they fired, the group wouldn’t be able to dodge in ti.
There was no choice but to go for broke, using the capsule dwelling as a shield, betting on this one ti!
Betting that the chanical technology in the ancient ruins probably wouldn’t use modern weapons.
As it turned out, Li Zheng was right again.
If the chanical giant’s attack had been two large-caliber cannons, firing tank-like or mortar-like shells, then using the capsule dwelling to block the attack would have been futile.
Because the impact of large-caliber artillery would be enough to push the capsule dwelling and crush all the creatures behind it into mush!
Li Zheng felt that this ti, Phoenix Mountain deserved much credit for his winning bet.
After all, that guy had the "lucky charm" attribute.
Being the teammate of a "lucky charm," absorbing a bit of fortune was only natural.
The price was just a bit steep; he didn’t know how much it would cost to gather materials to repair the capsule dwelling now.
"Whoa!"
"Whoa!"
"Whoa!!!!"
Phoenix Mountain, right behind Li Zheng, exclaid with a shocked expression, but due to his limited vocabulary, he could only repeat "whoa" to express his inner amazent.
"My bro, how did you think of using the capsule dwelling as a shield?" After exclaiming "whoa" three tis, Phoenix Mountain finally managed to speak a full sentence, "No! I an, how could you bear using the capsule dwelling as a shield?"
After the novice period ends, the capsule dwelling loses its invincibility feature and can be damaged by external forces.
Although before that, the capsule dwelling was "invincible," it could still be destroyed by the player’s own violence.
Phoenix Mountain knew this well, as he had spent quite a bit on repairs because of this.
The Matrix System terd this kind of destruction as [Unauthorized Modification].
"Probably got used to it."
Xiao Siyuan spoke from the back of the group: "Li Zheng is used to using the capsule dwelling to block attacks during battles. The last ti I encountered him, I saw it myself."
He only rembered Li Zheng’s capsule dwelling tipping over to the edge of the room, unaware that Li Zheng intended to get inside to dodge the attack, not to use it as a shield.
Unfortunately, before he could enter, the dwelling was flipped by the Infinite Transforr’s shot.
"..."
Li Zheng remained silent, neither admitting nor denying.
What could he say?
Correct Xiao Siyuan, telling him he misunderstood?
And reveal his own embarrassing history?
Would a normal person do that?
"Boy, you’re loaded!"
Yan Guang also complinted him: "I thought I was the only one in the Matrix with a huge consumption of daily materials. Didn’t expect you’re a consumables maniac too.
You’re crazy about repairing your dwelling, I’m crazy about consuming tons of materials for ammunition. We’re half alike in this sense."
Due to the impact of high-voltage electric current, Yan Guang’s short hair completely fluffed up, resembling the Golden-haired Lion King’s mane. After trying to smooth it down a couple of tis, she gave up.
"..."
Li Zheng continued to stay silent.
He really wanted to say this was only the second ti his capsule dwelling was damaged, the previous ti happened not long ago.
He’s not so so-called consumables maniac.
Even if he was, it would be for making Genetic Potions.
[Capsule dwelling damaged, please repair promptly.]
"..."
The system prompt made Li Zheng feel dejected.
This was the umpteenth ti such a prompt had popped up.
If this continued, by the ti the current ended, the materials needed for repairing the capsule dwelling would be sky-high!
He might even be able to build a new capsule dwelling.
Li Zheng silently looked up at the still ongoing electric current, praying for it to end soon.
He’d rather engage in close combat with the chanical giant than remain in the current situation.
Otherwise, after completing the entire ruins, the rewards wouldn’t even cover repairing his capsule dwelling, let alone worth anything to carry forward.
Where’s the reasoning in this?
Maybe his prayers worked; after about thirty seconds, the current began to weaken,
In no ti, the chanical giant ceased its electrical discharge.
"Boom!"
"Clang!"
A massive footstep sounded towards the exploration team.
"With an attack like this, the boss definitely can’t unleash another one shortly..."
Li Zheng didn’t rush to confront, quickly setting a strategy.
In summary, one goal — use all available ans to resolve the opponent during the chanical giant’s skill cooldown period.
He didn’t want to use the capsule dwelling to ward off another electric cannon; if forced again, he’d certainly die not from being crushed, but from heartache.
"In any case, go all out!"
Li Zheng specifically glanced at Zhan Zhouzhou aningfully.
From entering the ruins till now, this bald girl hadn’t revealed her genetic ability; her composure was truly remarkable.
"Bang!"
Retracting the capsule dwelling, Li Zheng vigorously waved his hand and shouted: "Charge together!"
"Let’s deal with that bastard!"
With his order, everyone employed their skills, launching an attack on the chanical giant.
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