DSAW Ch.374

Chapter 374 – 100%

 

Standing on the desolate land, Tu Ran controlled the mecha and slowly lifted a broadcaster. The player vibrated slightly, and a strange sound came out, transmitting toward the distance.

This was an alien beast lure sound invented by scientists from the Haenden Star System. It could attract alien beasts within a 100-kilometer radius to gather at the source of the sound.

As the sound looped for the third time, the ground trembled, and on the horizon, countless alien beasts charged toward Tu Ran.

Tu Ran calmly hung the broadcaster around the mecha’s neck, moved her hand joints to relieve the stiffness from not controlling a mecha for a while, and once she became accustomed to it again, she drew her light saber and held it in front of her, staring at the approaching tide of beasts.

The moment the herd charged from all directions, she swung the light blade in a horizontal arc, using it as a plane. [Space Cutting] rapidly spread, dividing the space into two parts. All the alien beasts within this height range died while running.

They didn’t even notice the attack until it was too late, their lower halves still rushing forward while their upper halves froze in place, falling to the ground a second later.

It was a one-sided slaughter.

They couldn’t even get close to Tu Ran.

Yet, Tu Ran was reaping the rewards.

[Mental Power +6666]
[Mental Power +888]
[Mental Power +1588]
…

A red light screen spread across Tu Ran’s head, layer upon layer, densely covering most of her vision.

After a while, as Tu Ran harvested wave after wave of alien beasts, the light screen seemed to realize that this method of notification was inadequate and automatically started summarizing.

Every time Tu Ran wiped out a group of alien beasts, the red light screen flashed three times.

[Mental Power +6666666]
[Mental Power Collection Progress: 36%]

The broadcaster’s sound continued to emanate, spreading across the surface of the entire planet with Tu Ran as its center.

After swiftly eliminating the alien beasts nearby, Tu Ran activated the mecha’s flight mode.

Flames erupted from the bottom of the mecha’s feet, and large wings unfolded on both sides, covering the sky. Inside the mecha’s cockpit, Tu Ran quickly adjusted various data and familiarized herself with the flight mode.

The flight mode was something Ye Hongci had suggested adding to the mecha after she left the Haenden Star System.

Considering her contribution to the Haenden Star System’s efforts to drive out the alien beasts, this mecha had been generously given to her, a foreigner from another world. It had been sealed in the mecha bay ever since.

Over the past few months, the Haenden Star System’s mecha engineers had continuously improved the mecha. They developed portable mecha capsules that allowed them to deploy the mecha anywhere, and also innovated the mecha’s power systems and combat capabilities.

Ye Hongci had not forgotten about the mecha she gave her and suggested that the engineers upgrade it as well.

The addition of the flight mode was one of those upgrades. However, since the mecha itself was a highly sensitive, combat-oriented light mech, the flight mode was only an auxiliary feature and not as complex as a dedicated flight mecha.

Tu Ran had never trained in flight mode, so she was now gradually experimenting and learning.

While airborne, the mecha would sometimes soar upward at incredible speed, and other times, it would fall due to weightlessness. Just as it was about to make contact with the ground, it smoothly arced upward and shot into the sky, spiraling five times before heading off into the distance.

In just a short time, Tu Ran had already become proficient in operating the most basic function of the flight mode—flying.

As for fighting in the air, she dared not think about it; she was still content to stay firmly grounded.

The battle moved a thousand kilometers away from here, and during the transfer, the sound of the broadcaster never stopped. A large number of alien beasts were gathered and chased after Tu Ran.

Through the mecha’s rearview window, Tu Ran saw dark masses of alien beasts both in the sky and on the ground, like the end of the world.

The numbers were almost sufficient.

Her fingers swiftly slid across the control screen, and the mecha gradually descended. The wings folded, and the thrust beneath her feet gradually disappeared, until she was standing on the gravel ground.

The moment she stopped, the beasts, which had been waiting eagerly for their prey, surged toward her like a tidal wave, surrounding Tu Ran tightly.

But before absolute power, the numerical advantage was negligible.

The group in the innermost part was the first to show unusual movement. It was as though an invisible steel wire was moving between them at a speed of 80,000 kilometers per second, cutting through bone and flesh like mud wherever it went.

The sound of bones being sliced echoed incessantly, and the stench of blood seeped through every crack in the mecha, filling the entire cabin and lingering around Tu Ran.

The alien beasts in the center of the encirclement died, but those on the outskirts did not notice. They kept charging forward, uncaring about the corpses of their kin lying on the ground, crushed into meat paste, only to be turned into more meat paste.

A mountain and sea of corpses, piled up from their bodies, stretched out before Tu Ran’s eyes. Blood and flesh paste continuously squeezed out from the gaps, filling the air with an unbearable stench.

Tu Ran retracted her light sword, activated the mecha’s internal air circulation system, and unfolded her wings, escaping the encirclement of the corpse mountain.

From space, only a few scattered alien beasts remained, which Tu Ran paid no mind to as she left the area and moved toward her next destination.

With a constant flow of mental power, Tu Ran didn’t feel tired. She kept switching locations, killing, moving, killing again…

She didn’t even know how much time had passed until no more groups of alien beasts were gathering on the planet. That was when she finally stopped.

Rubbing her somewhat sore eyes, she flew toward the location of the teleportation device.

At the teleportation device’s location, there were mecha maintenance personnel and a few soldiers stationed, sent by Ye Hongci to assist Tu Ran.

Seeing her return, they all stood up to greet her.

“You’re back so soon? Was the sound unable to attract the beasts?” one of them asked.

Tu Ran jumped out of the mecha and stored it in the mecha capsule. “I’ve almost finished killing. There are just some scattered alien beasts left; you can handle them.”

“?” The people opposite her widened their eyes.

A scientist in a work uniform pushed up his glasses. “Then you should go rest first.” He made way for the entrance to the teleportation device.

Tu Ran nodded, then paused halfway and asked, “How many days have passed?”

“A day and a half.”

Tu Ran: “…” No wonder they were so surprised. She was also surprised. Ye Hongci had told her some information about this planet when she was heading here.

This planet was a mid-level star.

The 4344 star she had gone to with Ye Hongci earlier was also a mid-level star.

How long had it taken to reclaim that star? About half a month.

And now, it only took… a day and a half.

Returning to the main star, Tu Ran handed the mecha capsule to the mecha researchers, washed up, rested for half a day, and set out again.

This time, it was a small planet.

Why not a large one?

Because the large stars had already been mostly cleaned up by the military in recent months.

Now, there were only a few mid-sized stars left, and more and more small stars remained.

With the mindset of going quickly and coming back quickly, Tu Ran left in the morning and returned by 11 p.m.

The mecha researcher who had stayed up late the night before to help her repair the mecha was preparing to enjoy a good night’s sleep, but he never expected Tu Ran to return so soon.

He was forced to get out of bed and handle the mecha’s damage for Tu Ran.

Due to the extremely high-intensity operation, every part of the mecha had varying degrees of wear. The mecha researcher could only pick the most important parts to repair.

In the past, such damage wouldn’t require him at all, but since he was the designer of this mecha, no one knew it better than him. That’s why General Ye personally requested him to be in charge of Tu Ran’s mecha repairs over the past few days, causing him to halt work on several mechas he was designing.

After six hours of sleep, Tu Ran departed again the next morning.

The destination was still a small planet, taking one day, returning at midnight.

After early mornings and late returns, Tu Ran visited five more small planets, and she finally returned with her goal accomplished.

[Mental Power Collection Progress: 100%]

 

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