Chapter 86: An Epic "Disassembly" Operation

"Damn it!"

The declaration of death transformed into dozens of scarlet beams tearing through the darkness, filling Lin Yuan's entire field of vision in an instant.

That was not artillery fire.

That was a surging tsunami of light, composed of pure destructive energy!

Lin Yuan's consciousness felt as if it had been pierced by searing needles, and every mental tentacle was screaming in agony.

"Spatial Warp!"

The instinct to survive overwhelmed all thought; he roared this last trump card from the depths of his heart with all his might.

This was the only way he could think of to survive this web of death.

However, on the system interface, that line of cold, emotionless gray text struck like an invisible heavy hammer, shattering all his hopes.

【Warning! The "Short-Range Spatial Warp" engine is cooling down! Remaining cooldown time: 23 hours and 47 minutes!】

It was over!

Lin Yuan's brain went blank with a buzz.

He had forgotten!

This damn life-saving skill had a twenty-four-hour cooldown penalty!

He had already used it just now while executing a mission on Earth!

The safety net was cooling down just when he needed it most.

"Damn it!"

After the extreme fear, a ruthlessness rooted in his bones surged up from the bottom of Lin Yuan's heart.

There was no retreat.

Then, he would not retreat!

He knew that now, he could only rely on himself.

Only on this super vehicle named "ghost", the most expensive in history!

Only on all the knowledge those old academicians had stuffed into his brain over the past three months until it was about to burst!

Only on the combat instincts he had honed from piles of scrap and from struggling on the edge of life and death time and time again!

"Kinetic Deflection Field, maximize power!"

"Adaptive Lattice Armor, switch mode—energy absorption!"

"Engine overload 120%! Inertialess maneuvering, activate!"

A series of commands, in an instant, were transformed by his will into absolute execution orders!

The black "ghost" seemed, at this moment, to be truly and completely synchronized with his soul!

That streamlined body, full of biological texture, performed a series of bizarre movements in the dense web of light that would make any physicist have a mental breakdown!

"Z"-shaped warp!

Right-angle translation!

Zero-second hover!

These god-tier movements, which only existed in theoretical models, were performed by Lin Yuan in one go, turning into a dance of death on the edge of a knife!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Dozens of scorching scarlet beams whistled past, almost grazing the black armor of the "ghost", and slammed into the inner wall of the giant cannon behind it!

The indestructible warship-grade alloy was silently vaporized under the bombardment of the beams, melting into bottomless, terrifying holes, with molten metal splashing everywhere.

Even so, the barrage was still too dense.

Three unavoidable lasers slammed into the invisible barrier of the "ghost"!

"Zzzzt—!"

In space, it was as if a transparent crystal wall had been struck by a heavy hammer!

That layer of invisible Kinetic Deflection Field rippled violently with visible waves of energy at the point of laser impact!

【Warning! Energy shield strength dropped to 85%!】

【Warning! Energy shield strength dropped to 73%!】

Inside the cockpit, the piercing alarm sounded faster and faster!

"Damn! This bastard's firepower is too fierce!"

Lin Yuan gritted his teeth, his entire focus locked tightly on the giant six-legged mechanical spider ahead.

He knew he couldn't keep taking hits passively.

No matter how strong the "ghost"'s shield was, it couldn't withstand this level of consumption.

Once the shield shattered, relying solely on the "Adaptive Lattice Armor" under such insane firepower coverage wouldn't last long!

He had to counterattack!

Find its weakness!

"ashilya! Give me its structural diagram! Weaknesses!!"

In the depths of his consciousness, Lin Yuan frantically called out to the "alien Wikipedia" in his brain.

The next second, a massive torrent of cold data regarding the general design philosophy of "Titan Heavy Industry" standard mechs, mixed with countless complex structural blueprints, instantly flooded his brain.

【Target: MK7 Battlefield Recovery Mech — "scavenger".】

【Design Philosophy: Achieve the most efficient battlefield recovery and threat elimination at the lowest cost.】

【Armor Analysis: Its exterior is standard "titan"-grade composite armor, with extremely strong frontal defense. However, there are structural defense weaknesses at its six-legged joint connections, the main abdominal heat vent, and the main processor unit on its back.】

【Weapon Analysis: The "Pulse Particle Cannon" it carries is a high-energy-consumption weapon. After each salvo, the core energy pipeline requires a 1.5-second forced recharge and cooling period.】

1.5 seconds!

This number, like a flash of lightning, instantly illuminated Lin Yuan's heart, which had been shrouded in the shadow of death!

This was it!

This was his only chance of survival!

His gaze, like the most precise scanner, locked tightly onto the "scavenger" ahead.

He saw that after the mechanical beast completed a storm-like salvo, the dozens of hideous cannon barrels on both sides of its body did indeed show an extremely brief period of dimming light.

Now!

"Go... get him!"

Lin Yuan roared!

The black "ghost", which had been maneuvering constantly, suddenly stopped all evasive actions, turned into a black arrow released from the string, and actively charged fiercely toward the giant mechanical spider!

His "nanocluster plasticity tool arm", at the moment of the charge, had already flowed and deformed, reassembling into a ten-meter-long plasma greatsword burning with searing white flames!

Swish!

The lightsaber, carrying a determined momentum to tear through everything, did not slash at the sturdy torso, but instead, at an incredibly tricky angle, fiercely hacked at the joint connection of the giant mechanical limb of the "scavenger" closest to him!

"Crack—!"

A tooth-aching sound of metal breaking exploded in the silent cannon barrel!

That mechanical limb, thicker than a heavy truck, snapped in response to the terrifying heat and cutting power of the plasma lightsaber!

A large amount of blue coolant mixed with bursting electric sparks gushed wildly from the huge break!

"Roar!"

In the cold program core of the "scavenger", it seemed that this sharp pain had also triggered a hint of anger.

Its single scarlet electronic eye flared with light, emitting a silent roar, yet one full of destructive will!

Its remaining five legs, as well as all the cannon barrels on its body, began to rotate crazily, wanting to grind this "little bug" that dared to provoke it into atoms!

"Want to hit me? Not that easy!"

Lin Yuan curled his lips into a cold sneer.

He had never thought about fighting this monster head-on.

Having succeeded in one strike, he immediately controlled the "ghost", performing an artistic, inertialess side-slide, with the body hugging the ground, using the surrounding twisted and broken metal debris as cover, and instantly disappeared from the "scavenger"'s locked field of vision.

Boom, boom, boom!

The "scavenger"'s furious artillery fire blasted a huge, molten crater where the "ghost" had just been.

However, it couldn't even touch a single piece of the "ghost"'s armor.

An exhilarating, epic "dismantling" operation had thus begun!

Lin Yuan had completely transformed into a top-tier, calmest surgeon.

He controlled the "ghost", pushing its unparalleled maneuverability and his precise judgment of the battlefield environment to the extreme.

Inside this narrow, complex, and perilous warship, he engaged in an exhilarating, deadly dance with the giant mechanical spider.

Every time, he precisely caught that 1.5-second firing window, dashing out like a ghost from an inconceivable angle.

Then, with the searing white plasma lightsaber in his hand, he slashed precisely, efficiently, and mercilessly at one of the opponent's joints or one of its heat vents.

Strike and retreat, never lingering.

"Crack!"

Another mechanical leg was severed at the root by him!

"Zzzzt!"

A main heat vent on the abdomen was brutally pierced by the lightsaber, and a large amount of white cooling gas gushed out with a sharp whistle!

The "scavenger"'s movements began to become slower and more clumsy.

Its scarlet electronic eye began to flicker uncontrollably, and the core processor seemed to have suffered a serious operational failure due to overheating.

It was like a giant bear that had been enraged but had its fangs and claws pulled out, able only to stand in place, impotently and crazily waving its mangled limbs, destroying everything around it into a mess.

And Lin Yuan, like a deadly "ghost" dancing around it, calmly and patiently, bit by bit, was... slicing it to pieces.

This entanglement lasted for a full ten minutes.

Ten minutes later.

【Warning! Energy shield strength dropped to 12%!】

【Warning! Body energy reserves dropped to 21%!】

A series of bright red alarms made Lin Yuan's highly tense heart sink.

Although he had always held the absolute initiative, the opponent's firepower was, after all, too fierce.

Just the aftermath of those explosions and the occasional grazing hits were enough to cause a huge consumption of the "ghost"'s energy.

If this dragged on any longer, even if he could grind this big guy to death, he himself would become an iron coffin with depleted energy.

He had to finish this quickly!

Lin Yuan's gaze fell once again on the 3D structural diagram provided by "ashilya".

He looked at the area highlighted in bright red, representing the "fatal weakness".

The main processor... located on the back of the "scavenger".