Shadows of the Deep Space-Chapter 58 - Surprise Attack

58: Chapter 58: Surprise Attack

58 -58: Surprise Attack

“Brother, you’re pretty good at history, remembering such detailed content.”

Xiang Shu immediately praised Su Ming.

“Not bad.”

Su Ming responded indifferently.

However, as they were talking, a sudden red light lit up from within a dilapidated office building ahead.

Xiang Shu spotted the danger first and yelled,

“Something’s wrong, be careful!”

Unfortunately, it was too late.

In an instant, the crumbling building wall was shattered, and an eight-meter-tall Iron Knight covered in red armor rushed at them like a whirlwind.

Xiang Shu pulled the trigger, firing a grenade.

The Iron Knight agilely dodged the incoming grenade, which then exploded behind it.

At that moment, several fallen Iron Knights around them lit up their red electronic eyes without any warning and cold-started rapidly, charging at Su Ming and the others.

“Dodge!”

Su Ming warned Chen Tong, and the two hastily split up to dodge to the sides.

Crack!

The attacking Iron Knight swung its Mechanical Blade, violently chopping it into the ground and creating a startling gash. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

“Damn, take cover!”

Chen Yu and the others panicked and ran frantically.

After dodging, Su Ming immediately controlled the cumbersome Iron Head to turn around, raising the Blast Machine Gun and firing at the red Iron Knight.

Bang, bang~

The Iron Knight quickly dodged the barrage of bullets, and almost all of Su Ming’s shots missed, with only a few hitting but causing minimal damage.

Su Ming was momentarily speechless; both were First Generation Mechas, but the opponent’s agility was a level higher than Iron Head’s.

Meanwhile, curses from Shi Wu and others continuously came over the communication channel.

“How are these Iron Knights so fast and responsive?

Why do they feel stronger than ours if they’re all First Generation?”

“Qi Duo, stop complaining, one is heading your way,”

Xiang Shu warned Qi Duo.

Suddenly stiffening, Qi Duo looked up just in time to see an Iron Knight dodging gunfire and charging at him.

Before Qi Duo could react, the Iron Knight slashed at him.

Unable to dodge, Qi Duo panickedly pulled out his Heavy Metal Mechanical Blade to block!

Clang!

With sparks flying, Qi Duo successfully blocked the attack and staggered back a step.

Qi Duo, powering up his mecha to the max, deflected the opponent’s weapon and then exclaimed in surprise,

“It’s not as strong as Iron Head!”

He realized that Iron Head wasn’t completely useless; although cumbersome, it seemed to have better strength and defense than the opponent.

Su Ming’s eyes flickered upon hearing Qi Duo’s words.

Just then, the Iron Knight attacking him and Chen Tong charged at them again.

Chen Tong kept firing, but the Knight dodged swiftly.

Seeing that it was closing in on Su Ming, he immediately yelled,

“Su Ming, dodge quick!”

“Don’t mind me, keep shooting!”

Su Ming, fixing his gaze on the oncoming Iron Knight, suddenly pushed the control lever to the limit as soon as the distance between them reached a critical point, causing the Iron Head to burst forward with unleashed power.

Seeing Su Ming charge forward, the Iron Knight swung its Mechanical Blade directly at him.

But Su Ming sharply maneuvered the Iron Head Mecha to dodge, and the Mechanical Blade missed entirely.

Then, with a loud bang, the Iron Head violently collided with the Iron Knight, causing it to stagger back and finally fall to the ground.

At that moment, Su Ming raised his Blast Machine Gun and fired furiously at the fallen Iron Knight’s chest from close range.

Bang, bang~

Blast Bullets hit the Iron Knight, sending sparks flying!

When Su Ming emptied his magazine, a huge hole had been breached in the Iron Knight’s chest, effectively rendering it useless.

At that moment, both Su Ming and Chen Tong’s operation interfaces displayed a prompt:

“Defeated: First Generation Guardian Mecha·Iron Knight, score gained: 2 points.”

“Assisted in Defeat: First Generation Guardian Mecha·Iron Knight, score gained: 1 point.”

…

Su Ming looked at the refreshed scores and was somewhat speechless, just this many points for them.

It seemed nearly impossible to achieve a high score by just taking down enemies, one might just die instead.

But now was not the time to think about these, Su Ming turned his head to look at Xiang Shu and the others.

To his discovery, Xiang Shu and his team had withstood the sneak attack from the Iron Knights, continuously shooting at the fast-moving Iron Knights, keeping them from getting too close.

“Are the students of First Academy this strong?

Their shooting skills are so good?”

Chen Tong also felt a bit incredulous.

“They have better resources, probably often practice on real mechs.”

Su Ming calmly replied.

“I get it.”

Chen Tong replied with some frustration, despite his hard work.

But in the city exam, he felt somewhat inferior compared to others.

“No worries, train more, and you’ll catch up gradually.”

Su Ming noticed Chen Tong’s mood and comforted him.

At that moment, Zhou Li’s panicked voice came through the communication channel.

“Help, it’s charging over!”

Su Ming and his team were startled and immediately looked towards Zhou Li’s direction.

Zhou Li was firing non-stop at the high-speed moving Iron Knight, but her shooting was too poor, and the Iron Knight was using the terrain to dodge and get close, nearly reaching her.

“Don’t panic, girl, engage in melee, I’ll come to help after I deal with this one.”

Xiang Shu was also shocked and hurriedly shouted.

“I can’t do it!”

Zhou Li replied in panic.

But at that moment, Zhou Li’s gun ran out of ammunition, needing a magazine change.

In an instant, the Iron Knight seized the gap, rushed to Zhou Li’s side, and lifted its Mechanical Blade.

“Ah!”

Zhou Li controlled her mecha to turn around, instinctively using her firearm to block.

However, the Iron Knight’s blade directly cleaved Zhou Li’s firearm in two.

Then it lifted its mechanical left hand, the gun barrel embedded in its arm fiercely unleashing bullets.

Bang bang~

Zhou Li’s mecha was sprayed at close range, sending sparks flying!

“Ah, help!”

Zhou Li’s terrified screams continued to echo in the communication channel.

At this moment, Su Ming violently pushed the power control lever to the limit, the Iron Head’s power unit emitted a piercing roar, and the back jet opened.

The next second, Su Ming controlling the Iron Head, flew at ultra-low altitude towards the Iron Knight, swiftly exchanging his firearm for a Heavy Metal Mechanical Blade.

Just as Su Ming got close, the Iron Knight seemed to sense danger and turned abruptly to block.

But it was too late, Su Ming swung his Heavy Metal Mechanical Blade and directly stabbed it into its chest.

Crack!

The entire Iron Knight collapsed to the ground.

At that moment, Zhou Li’s Iron Head also staggered and fell, the armor on its chest severely damaged, revealing some sparking circuits.

But fortunately, the Iron Head was tough and hadn’t completely failed.

Seeing Zhou Li hadn’t died, Su Ming stopped worrying about her and turned to look at the surrounding battlefield.

He then realized that other Iron Knights were being taken down one after another.

But it was normal, their side had twelve mechas, and the enemy, at most, had seven; the reason they were so embarrassed was mainly due to the surprise attack.