Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 828 - 596 The God Descends to Earth!

The blue-and-white Mecha descended like a god, rampaging through the dense insect swarm and gradually penetrating deep into the sea of bugs.

Watching the earth-shaking commotion from afar, the observation team sent by Eternal Night City's lord was collectively rendered speechless, their faces frozen in awe like statues carved out of wood.

It wasn't until the blue-and-white Mecha delved into the depths of the swarm, a place they dared not pursue, that the team slowly regained their senses.

"Is he even human?"

"Unbelievable!"

"No wonder the city lord ordered us to monitor him. This level of combat power is completely on another level compared to normal humans!"

Watching the distant explosions recede with the Mecha's advance, one among them cautiously asked, "Should we follow him?"

One of the soldiers looked out toward the dark icy plains, where the faint sounds of segmented limbs stirring echoed ominously.

The man piloting the Mecha was undoubtedly eradicating all bugs encountered along the way, but the widely dispersed bugs meant many still lurked beyond the Mecha's reach.

These lower-tier bugs were insignificant to that man, but for any ordinary human soldier, even the weakest drones and worker bugs posed a horrifying threat.

Humankind had always been the disadvantaged side in the fight against the Bug Race.

Without the protection of steel fortresses and city walls, humans were no match for these perfect creatures.

Especially out here in the dark, desolate ice fields, how could their unmechanized team possibly traverse the swarm and keep up with that man's pace?

Yet not following him… What was the point of their surveillance mission?

The thought of the city lord's orders made them grit their teeth. One of them pointed toward a mountain coated in ice in the distance.

"Climbing that mountain might give us a better view."

Though scaling the mountain was arduous, it seemed far less reckless than charging through the swarm, and everyone agreed this suggestion was more feasible.

...

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The rhythmic explosions and monstrous roars formed the ice field's relentless symphony.

Gigantic beasts fell to the ground amid echoing cries, their long, drawn-out wails accompanied by tremors that made the climbing team's task even harder.

But alongside the difficulty came a growing sense of exhilaration.

As long as the chaos continued, it meant that man was still fighting.

As long as he held the line until the city's army could annihilate the mutated bugs infiltrating Eternal Night City, humanity's fight against the Bug Race might not be a lost cause.

'Hang in there!'

'You mustn't fall!'

'Just avoid the truly elite bugs—holding off the swarm's main force is enough!'

Upon learning that the insect hive had mobilized its entire swarm in an overwhelming offensive, despair had gripped the heart of every resident of Eternal Night City.

Now, with a sliver of hope emerging, the members of the observation team on the scene felt the weight of uncertainty more acutely than anyone else.

They feared seeing humanity's last glimmer of hope extinguished right before their eyes.

Yet at the same time, they clung desperately to that hope, for humanity's frontline against the Bug Race lay directly ahead.

As long as the battle noise persisted, Eternal Night City still had a chance to endure!

When the team finally struggled their way to the summit with the aid of support equipment, breathing in the thin air at the high altitude, they raised their binoculars to gaze into the distance. What they saw left their minds spinning, overwhelmed by disbelief.

Illuminated by the occasional flashes of explosive fire, the fallen silhouettes of massive beasts were plainly visible.

Cannon Bugs, Mantis Bugs… these types of regular Elite Insect Race creatures no longer counted for much in the Bug Race's later battlefields.

Even Thunder Beasts—once thought immobile and thus allowing humanity brief reprieve—lay collapsed, their mountain-like bodies unmistakable.

Sand Worms, unsuited to the frozen terrain and rarely seen near cities, were also lifeless, their bodies sprawled like segmented centipedes.

Here a pile, there another, their numbers uncountable.

Amid the sea of corpses, several enormous crimson forms—bugs that once plunged Eternal Night City into paralyzing fear and were deemed invincible—circled the solitary blue-and-white figure, trying to crush and destroy him.

By the flickering firelight, the observation team counted the adversaries surrounding him—

Three Swarm Guardians and… the Dominator.

The Dominator's terrifying Psychic Energy domain sent shivers down the spines of the distant observation team, yet the man in close proximity seemed unfazed. Piloting his Mecha, he maneuvered with an agility surpassing that of a human body.

As they continued to watch, the team found themselves frozen in the icy winds of Eternal Night, their frost-covered brows and lashes unable to extinguish the fiery determination in their hearts.

One team member rubbed his eyes, rubbed them again, and blinked incredulously at the battlefield image he had stared at for over a minute. "Am I hallucinating?"

His teammate muttered under his breath, "That's the Dominator, isn't it?"

"And there are three Guardians too."

During Eternal Night City's most confident offensive, they had relied on their prideful war fortresses to defend against beings like these, only to see the creatures use their dense bone armor to close the distance effortlessly, then tear apart the supposedly impregnable fortifications with their merciless crushing claws.

If these Swarm Guardians hadn't been limited by their role of guarding the hive, Eternal Night City doubted its sturdy walls could have held against such creatures.

Now, however, it was obvious that much of what they thought they knew about the Bug Race was wrong.

But it didn't matter because they seemed just as ignorant about humanity's own combat capacity.

Since when had anyone heard of a lone Mecha pilot rampaging through a bug army like this?

Now, they were witnessing it firsthand…

The thunderous clash of clawed blades against war daggers reverberated across the vast icy plains. The seemingly overwhelming advantage of the bugs surrounding the Mecha was being overturned, with the Mecha exploiting its agility to toy with them.

The heavy carapaces, impervious to countless missiles and artillery fire, fell apart under the twin blades of the Mecha as blood and flesh sprayed.

Even from a great distance, the observation team could clearly see the giant beasts being carved open by the Mecha's ferocious strikes.

In that moment, a singular thought echoed through the minds of every team member—

The sea of bugs was surrounding the Mecha, but the Mecha alone had them cornered!

"Hiss~"

Amid a drawn-out screeching roar, one of the towering ape-like Swarm Guardians crashed to the ground, sending tremors rippling across the land.