Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Perhaps Bai E was just testing the precise defensive capabilities of the target, or maybe he was testing the strength of the weapon itself. Whatever he was doing, Bai E always had his reasons.

Fighting alongside Bai E, she knew she only needed to know one thing—follow the lead, fight, and win!

The sky was azure blue, and the mecha painted in shades of blue and white leaped across the reddish-brown earth.

The war saber cleaved through the air, its silver-gray blade like a throat-slitting razor, effortlessly breaching the beast's defenses.

The increase in attack speed led to an overall boost in agility. The low probability of armor penetration and detection occasionally had their moments of effectiveness, allowing Bai E to pinpoint the beast's most lethal points more accurately.

[Your skilful attack with the basic Titan-class armed mecha hits the target, "Expertise—Mechanical Rhythm" experience +1.]

[Trigger "Armor Penetration," ignoring defense! You deal 150 points of slashing damage to the target!]

[...experience +2.]

[Trigger "Detection," absolute damage! You deal 250 points of slashing damage to the target!]

...

"..."

"Much smoother than before... What happened?"

Any movement of the giant mecha was easily observable in detail, even by "outsider" officers unfamiliar with mecha operation, who could discern the difference in the once uncontrollable mecha from before and after.

After the first two strikes failed to make an impact, the mecha seemed to awaken in an instant, using the sharp war saber to lightly circle the slow-moving beast, marking its accomplishments with the blade in every spot the beast couldn't respond to or cover.

"It really might be possible…" Some officers were visibly exhilarated.

The frontline battlefield was intense—although understood, victory was difficult due to the disparity in troop strength.

The situation on the enemy's rear battlefield, where they fought alone, was surprisingly favorable.

"But it's about to go out of control…" The mecha commander frowned slightly, displeased with the mech pilot's reckless desire for glory.

In their hurry to quickly kill the opponent, they were overzealous.

...

"Tss~"

The reddish-brown earth was slick with slimy mucus, and the giant mecha, trying to dodge the beast's spray of acid, ducked low and seemed to lose its balance and fall.

The single leg trying to find its footing slid straight out, and the mecha had to use the arm on the same side for support.

During the hand-and-foot-sliding maneuver, the other arm held the war saber. Seizing the fleeting opportunity, the pilot raised the blade and plunged it down.

"Puchi!"

The war saber stabbed upward from below into the belly of the beast, and merely through the screens, the watching officers could almost feel the piercing pain of the blade drilling into bone.

[...experience +5.]

[Trigger "Detection," hit a vital part inside the body! You deal 500 points of slashing damage to the target!]

After stabbing into the beast, the slight resistance caused by the war saber slowed the mecha's sliding inertia just enough for the pilot inside to regain control of the mecha's center of gravity. Enjoy exclusive content from My Virtual Library Empire

"Puchi~"

The war saber is withdrawn, and the mecha retracts back from its prone position.

What appeared to be a loss of control was actually a well-planned risky move.

...

"Good!"

The supreme commander clenched his fists, his expression excited.

"But the bugs' reinforcements are almost here."

One couldn't limit their gaze to the protagonist of this battle alone. Those three crimson figures, moving slowly and from a distance, were rapidly approaching the core battlefield with their large strides.

The nearest was only a few steps away.

The capabilities of these completely new and unknown giant bugs remained a mystery.

Even if they were nowhere near the master, their size alone suggested they were not going to be easy adversaries to deal with.

...

"Captain! I'm here!"

Constantly monitoring the entire battle, Bai E of course did not overlook the pair of heavy hammers from the crimson behemoth attacking from behind.

However, before he could clash with them using his war saber, the voice of a team member came through his earpiece.

["Lucky Strike" energy charge +4.]

Li Wei William never respected this artificial human captain. For a feeble artificial human to luckily enter their Mech Armor Camp was already like an enormous stroke of fortune... oh right, they don't have ancestral graves, so they should be even more grateful and humble.

But unexpectedly, this artificial human stood out step by step during training, to the point where he became the captain among their official mech pilots!

Even if this captain was only temporary when the Mech Armor Camp didn't have a full lineup, that still meant he stood above all the natural-born mech pilots.

What use was it to spar with instructors in training? What use was it to be admired by the dignitaries of the Mechanical Court? When it came to the battlefield...

When it came to the battlefield... they were spirited and willing to take on the responsibility of a dire situation.

If the Mech Armor Camp's captain was so brave, how could the other mech pilots fall behind?

And how could they let their captain face the insectoid invasion alone!

"Kill!"

The mecha, its lower limbs crawling with small bugs, suddenly leapt into the air, intercepting a crimson beast that was about to raise its twin hammers.

The massive weight of the mecha crashed onto the beast, both tumbling away in a roll.

"Hiss~" The flamethrower spat out scorching flames, and the shoulder-mounted mini-missile launcher instantly fired a 4*5 missile matrix around the body, raising a cloud of fire.

The strength of the mecha lay precisely here; even when out of control, those weapon modules attached to the mecha could still show their fierce form.

Setting aside close-combat capabilities, as long as a mech pilot could grasp the basic operating skills of a mecha, whether a seasoned ace or a beginner, the role they could play on the battlefield was more or less the same. Such was the confidence that mechas brought to humanity.

"Captain, you deal with the target, leave these three to us!"

Another blue-white figure flashed past Bai E, taking the initiative to rush towards the direction of the other two crimson beasts that hadn't fully arrived yet.

["Lucky Strike" energy charge +4.]

"..."

The moment he took the initiative to charge, Bai E had already not pinned his hopes on these teammates.

But at this moment, even they had taken up the responsibilities they should. Naturally, Bai E couldn't let down the time they had fought for with their bodies.

"Buzz~"

The battle blade flicked lightly, the mecha's pair of faint blue crystalline diamond-shaped "eyes" focused intently on his only opponent.

Eyes with some analytical ability were a synthesis of various information collection capabilities; the beast's life signals had weakened to the extreme compared to the beginning, almost completely consistent with the information collected on his own panel.

[Life Value: 780/3000...]

Though the beast's life recovery ability, provided by those small bugs, was always replenishing its health, the slow rate couldn't keep up with the damage Bai E could inflict.

Besides having terrifying long-range bombardment abilities and resistance to external attacks, when faced up close by a Titan-class armed mecha of the same level, the beast's ability to resist was seriously limited.

Moreover, its extremely slow reaction time also meant it couldn't perfectly protect its weak points. When faced with an equally damaging and agile opponent of the same level, it was like a lamb to the slaughter.

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The last few hundred points of health, one last effort!

Having glanced at the panel for the last time, Bai E quickly outputted commands. After a brief passage through the electrical circuits, the mecha lifted the battle blade leisurely, the engine roaring...

"Swoosh!"

A twirling slash was followed by stuffing a Cluster Heat Bomb into the riddled body of the giant beast.

A beast with a titan template wouldn't easily perish until its limbs were massively destroyed. With only a sliver of health left, it struggled against the blade attack, refusing to fall—thus, the limitations of cold weapons were ended with a thermal weapon.

"Boom!"

The bomb detonated inside the body, even the outer skin bulging dramatically from the intense explosion, emitting a scorching red glow.

It's last unwilling drop of blood dried up at this moment, and the body of the beast slowly fell.

[You dealt 1 point of fatal damage to the target!]

[You have thoroughly killed the target, gaining 200 battle experience points.]

"Bang!"

The body of the beast completely collapsed behind the blue-white figure, standing tall with the blade.

["Lucky Strike" energy charge +50.]

Rose gently pushed the lever, the mecha turning its back.

The crimson beast, raising its chest claws high, bore down viciously towards the mecha lying on the ground, unable to escape...