45: Destroyer Mech

"1," Jiang Xin ordered in a low voice in his heart, "Use the hero badge, promote: Conscript Chen Xiao (3), Military Dog Howling Heaven (4), Sniper Li Ang (8), Heavy Infantry Chen Hao (8) to hero units!"

The moment the order was given!

Hum—!

Four soft yet powerful beams of white light projected down from the ceiling of the command room without warning, precisely enveloping the three people and one dog that had been named!

Howling Heaven:

In the beam of light, the Military Dog Howling Heaven's body swelled rapidly as if being inflated!

Its bones emitted dense cracking sounds, and its muscle fibers expanded and strengthened visibly to the naked eye!

Its already robust figure grew rapidly, its height instantly breaking through 1.5 meters, its body length approaching 4 meters, and its weight soaring to an astonishing 400 kilograms!

The mane on its neck became thick and rigid like a lion's, moving without wind, exuding the majesty of the king of beasts!

The armor covering its entire body flowed and deformed in the light, ultimately turning into an integrated, nano-scale armor shimmering with a cold metallic luster, with joints that moved freely, doubling its defensive power.

Most heart-stopping were the pair of fangs in its mouth that had surged, resembling two curved daggers, shimmering with cold light, exuding a terrifying aura capable of tearing through steel!

Howling Heaven let out a low growl, the sound muffled like thunder, full of explosive power.

It also awakened a special acoustic Supernatural Ability, and its pure physical strength and speed were enough to crush ordinary first-tier strength-type Evolvers!

Chen Xiao:

In the beam of light enveloping Chen Xiao, the QBZ assault rifle in his hand underwent a strange transformation!

The gun body seemed to be forged and reshaped by invisible flames, its lines becoming sharper and smoother, and scarlet energy patterns vaguely appeared on the barrel, finally taking shape as a QBZ-Fire Dragon that exuded a scorching aura!

At the same time, an invisible wind vortex quietly formed around him.

A loud, high-pitched eagle cry seemed to come piercing through space!

A phantom of a wind-element golden eagle with a wingspan of over 4 meters, covered in cyan-gold feathers and eyes as sharp as lightning, condensed behind him and then became solid!

A look of pleasant surprise appeared on Chen Xiao's face; he felt an unbreakable soul link established with this magnificent golden eagle—this was his life-bound summoned beast!

As long as his spirit did not perish, the golden eagle would not die!

He could also sense the activity of the wind elements around him and could temporarily summon some small wind-element creatures to assist in battle.

His physical fitness also received a leap-forward enhancement, his muscles becoming tighter and his reactions more agile.

Li Ang:

In the beam of light, Li Ang's signature Barrett heavy Sniper rifle was also undergoing a metamorphosis!

The blue electric arcs wrapped around the gun body became thicker and more active, like tangible lightning snakes slithering about, the barrel lengthened, the overall styling became more ferocious, and it finally transformed into the "Barrett-Lightning Wings"!

A cold chill permeated from him as the center, and the moisture in the air instantly condensed into tiny ice crystals.

A hint of icy blue light flashed in Li Ang's eyes, and he extended his finger, his fingertip rapidly covered in a layer of crystalline frost.

His ability was clearly presented: he could perfectly attach the "freeze," "slow," and "brittle" characteristics of the ice element to the bullets fired or the melee weapons in his hands!

Targets hit by his ice bullets would not only suffer physical impact but would also be eroded by extreme cold, their bodies becoming stiff and sluggish, and their defensive power dropping significantly like glass frozen until brittle!

This was the perfect combination of armor-piercing and control!

Chen Hao:

Chen Hao's changes were the most astonishing!

The exoskeleton armor covering his body surface squirmed, proliferated, and deformed like a living creature!

Complex mechanical structures unfolded and reorganized like flowers, emitting a low metallic roar!

Finally, a nuclear-powered mecha nearly three meters tall, entirely gun-grey with lines full of power—the "destroyer"—completely enveloped him!

The joints of the mecha shimmered with deep blue energy light, and the exhaust ports on its back emitted a low hum.

The M249 light machine gun in his hand reorganized its structure in the light, the barrel thickened, the ammunition belt disappeared, turning into an internal magazine, and the muzzle exuded a destructive aura—M249-Metal Storm!

The rocket launcher on his shoulder also underwent a qualitative change, the muzzle retracted, and the internal structure became extremely precise—a man-portable micro-nuclear missile launcher, capable of firing a condensed micro-nuclear missile with an equivalent of 150 tons of TNT!

A laser sword shimmering with high-energy particle light popped out from the mecha's arm gauntlet.

More importantly, a sharp, peerless metal-element energy was surging within Chen Hao!

With a thought, the metal fist of the destroyer instantly covered itself with a layer of flowing liquid metallic luster, its hardness and sharpness skyrocketing!

He could also apply this Supernatural Ability to any part of the mecha, or even directly strengthen himself!

This was far more powerful than the official "steel skin Evolver" Supernatural Ability; he was a metal master of both offense and defense!

The light dissipated, and the four (dog) were brand new, with powerful auras permeating the command room.

Jiang Xin looked at his subordinates who had been reborn before his eyes, and the joy in his heart almost overflowed!

He couldn't help but share his newly acquired power: "Good! Excellent! The cutting-edge combat power of our Red Alert Legion has risen to another level! Including me, Zhang Long, Major Zhang Lei, and Li Wei, we already have eight Evolvers (including the Military Dog)! It is said that Hongdu Base only has about thirty-some Evolvers, and their top combat power is less than five!"

He paused, a glimmer of psychic power flashing in his eyes, and an invisible pressure spread out with him as the center: "Moreover, I am no longer the Commander who can only hide in the back. With this promotion, I have gained the psychic power Supernatural Ability, as well as my exclusive 'Kings Domain'!"

He briefly described the effects of the domain, and everyone, especially the newly promoted heroes, listened with eyes full of brilliance.

Jiang Xin did not hesitate and handed all the first-tier crystal cores on hand to Major Zhang Lei: "Brother Lei, these are all for you. Impact the second tier as soon as possible! I estimate that the energy of fifty crystal cores should be enough."

His gaze towards Major Zhang Lei was full of trust and expectation.

Major Zhang Lei's strength was the base's greatest trump card!

With the help of the research center, seventeen crystal cores could catalyze a second-tier Red Alert hero, but compared to a natural element controller like Major Zhang Lei, the potential gap was huge.

Major Zhang Lei didn't even need to deliberately practice summoning; he could perceive the origin of water and fire by instinct alone and could summon more than one powerful life-bound elemental summoned beast at any time!

Such terrifying talent was unheard of in the entire China!

Every promotion of his meant a strategic-level improvement for the base!

Major Zhang Lei solemnly took the crystal cores, felt the energy contained within, and the desire to become stronger ignited in his eyes: "Don't worry, Brother Jiang. Leave it to me!"

Looking at Major Zhang Lei, Jiang Xin had also had questions in his heart.

He had privately asked 1: "Why is Major Zhang Lei so powerful? His elemental control is simply unreasonable."

1's cold and profound electronic voice gave an explanation: "Commander, cosmic elemental affinity is the manifestation of the talent for a life form to resonate with the origin energy of the universe, unique like a fingerprint. The higher the affinity, the more types of elements one can control, and the greater the potential of the summoned beast's main body. Major Zhang Lei's affinity for water and fire elements has reached the dual-system peak, rare in this plane. Even in higher civilizations, individuals who can control two elements to such a pure level are rare. He is a natural Son of Elements."

After hearing this, Jiang Xin felt only relief.

He was glad that Major Zhang Lei was his brother, the sharpest spear and the most solid shield of the Red Alert Legion!