Chapter 997
Lightning Man: I feel like I'm going to die
"Damn electromagnetic shield!" Miyuki gritted her teeth and quickly changed magazines. "Range attacks can't penetrate it at all; I can only use close-range combat to hold it off!"
Upon hearing this, Cui Ming slung the giant rocket launcher over his shoulder and pulled two high-explosive grenades from his waist—these devices lacked complex electronic components and were immune to electromagnetic interference. He watched the brief moment Gabaruga turned, then darted out of the ruins like a cheetah, rapidly navigating the edge of the electromagnetic field. Gabaruga sensed the threat and abruptly curled into a ball, its body, protected by an electromagnetic barrier, hurtling towards Cui Ming like a rapidly spinning meteor hammer.
"Well done!" Cui Ming didn't retreat; instead, he charged towards the direction of the impact. Just as Gaibaluga was about to crash into him, he suddenly pushed off the ground and leaped up, placing his feet on Gaibaluga's carapace and using the momentum of the rotation to climb upwards—this was his "inhuman" fighting style; while others feared electromagnetic fields, he insisted on getting close to fight!
Gebaluga sensed someone on his back and violently twisted his body, trying to shake him off, unleashing wave after wave of electromagnetic pulses. Cui Ming clung tightly to the gaps in the shell, letting the current surge through his fingers and body, finally reaching the other man's head. He pulled the pin on the grenades, shoving two grenades into the gaps in Gebaluga's eye sockets, then flipped off, rolling to Saeko Busujima's side the moment he landed.
"Boom—!" Two loud explosions rang out almost simultaneously, blasting two black holes in Gebaluga's eye sockets, from which eerie blue blood mixed with electromagnetic sparks gushed out. It roared in agony, its electromagnetic field momentarily disrupted, and the organs in its abdomen flickered with unstable light.
"Now!" Miyuki seized the fleeting opportunity and pulled the trigger of her sniper rifle. This time, the armor-piercing round did not bounce off and accurately hit the organ in Gabaruga's abdomen. The eerie blue light dimmed instantly, and the dome-shaped electromagnetic field dissipated like shattered glass.
Hidden in a space observation ship in the asteroid belt, the green-skinned alien leader stared intently at the screen, his grip on the control panel clenched so tightly it cracked. "Damn it, you're telling me this is a human?!" He pointed at the image of Cui Ming charging towards Gebaluga, his voice trembling. "Gebaluga is notoriously difficult to deal with in space; countless civilizations' fleets have fallen victim to its electromagnetic fields, and now it's being suppressed by a human?!"
The adjutant beside him wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. The scene on the screen completely overturned his understanding. Cui Ming was holding a military dagger and frantically stabbing at the wound in Gaibalga's abdomen, while Saeko Busujima's katana was constantly slashing at the opponent's joints. Even when Gaibalga released a weak electromagnetic pulse again, the two only retreated briefly before launching another attack.
No, how did you do that?!
"Holy crap! Are you kidding me?!" another alien exclaimed in disbelief. "Is this really a person?! And he dares to punch Gaebaluga face-to-face? What is his body made of?!"
A deathly silence fell over the observation ship. All the aliens stared at the small yet powerful figure on the screen. In their minds, Gabaruga was a terrifying being capable of destroying a planet's defense system, yet now it was being driven back by an Earthling—this was no human; it was a monster more terrifying than any other!
On the battlefield, Cui Ming had no time to care about the aliens' shock. He watched as Gaibalga's movements grew increasingly sluggish, then unslung the giant rocket launcher from his back, this time aiming it at the wound in the enemy's abdomen: "Just lie down for good!"
The rocket roared out, hitting the wound precisely. The violent explosion sent Gaibaluga's body flying, crashing heavily onto the rubble. It twitched a few times, its abdominal organs completely losing their light, and then it remained still. Cui Ming, panting heavily, wiped the dust off his face and looked at the still-smoking Flying Swallow in the distance, unable to help but mutter, "This thing is troublesome, but it's nothing special."
These words were transmitted through the space observation ship's radio equipment, and the green-skinned leader almost ground his teeth to powder—that's all? That's Gabaruga! He now completely understood why all the forces that had provoked Cui Ming before had disappeared. Provoking such an "inhuman" guy was no different from suicide!
Cui Ming stared at the corpse of Gebaluga, his brow still furrowed—the monster's electromagnetic suppression earlier was too troublesome; who knew if it had regenerative abilities? He immediately pulled out his communicator: "Miri, Asuka, pilot the Balam to provide immediate support! Target: Gebaluga's corpse! Stomp it to pieces!" A crisp reply came from the communicator, and within three minutes, two silver Balam robots landed with a roar. Miri's machine was the first to raise its leg, its alloy foot slamming down with immense force onto Gebaluga's carapace. A piercing "crack" sound rang out—the carapace shattered instantly, blood splattering out. Asuka followed closely behind, her knee pressing against the monster's abdominal wound, her foot repeatedly crushing it, squeezing out dark brown internal organs mixed with broken shells, which spread out in a puddle on the ground.
The two robots worked in perfect coordination, sometimes stomping alternately, sometimes exerting force simultaneously. Their alloy feet crushed the monster's body, each strike causing the ground to tremble. The once enormous Gabaruga was gradually crushed into a blurry pulp under Balam's relentless attacks, even its carapace fragments were ground into powder.
Just then, the GUTS fighter jets arrived, and the team members were stunned when they saw this scene through the portholes—they had thought they were about to face a fierce battle, but all that remained were two robots "cleaning up the mess," and the monster hadn't even left a complete corpse. Megumi's hand, gripping the control stick, paused, and she murmured, "It's over? So fast?"
Cui Ming glanced up at the fighter jet and said calmly, "We must nip it in the bud, so it won't get up and cause trouble again." The sound of Balam's trampling still echoed in the ruins, carrying an undeniable determination.
Cui Ming raised his hand to wipe the dust off his face.
He pressed the call button on the communicator, his voice without the slightest hesitation: "Victory Team, don't just stand there! Use your strongest weapons to bombard them again, fry them into mincemeat, make sure not a single cell is left of this thing!"
Megumi Kijima, still reeling from the shock inside the fighter jet, snapped back to reality upon hearing this and immediately ordered: "Attention all! Flying Swallow No. 1 and No. 2, fire your beam cannons simultaneously! Target: Gaibaluga wreckage!"
Two blazing beams of light ripped through the sky, striking the carnage on the ground with pinpoint accuracy. Another explosion rang out, sending rubble and charred remains flying everywhere. The already indistinct wreckage was blasted into a deep crater, billowing black smoke. Daigo gripped the joystick, watching the target shrink on the screen, and couldn't help but gasp—this wasn't just "brutal," it was utterly crushing the threat into dust.
At this moment, Cui Ming said, "You are still too young. You don't know how terrifying the super regeneration ability of some monsters can be."
"Yes! Instructor!"
Daigo's main characteristic is that he is obedient.
Cui Ming stood before the ruins, only shifting his gaze after the beam cannon ceased. A cold, hard smile curved his lips: "That's more like it. It'll save it from getting up again and disgusting people someday." (End of Chapter)