Chat Group: Starting by Body Swapping with Elysia? - Chapter 31
Chapter 31: Holy Shit, A Helicopter!
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Unfortunately, due to Elysia’s requirement that it not affect the aesthetics, the Fire Moth insignia was carved very discreetly, so Gray Serpent didn’t notice the markings.
After all, although the weapons in the hands of Elysia, Mei, and Kiana were far beyond ordinary standards in terms of technological content, they still couldn’t catch the eye of World Serpent, which had inherited the legacy of the Previous Era.
Laughable. I, the great Gray Serpent, what weapons haven’t I seen?
Just an electromagnetic hand cannon, a thermal blade, and a… bow.
Although he felt that the last configuration, as well as the color of the bow in Elysia’s hands, was a bit off-putting, Gray Serpent didn’t think their weapons were worth paying attention to.
Now if they were Divine Keys, that would be different!
“Don’t be so impatient. I’m not good at combat, I’m not your opponent.”
Gray Serpent chuckled, his hoarse voice carrying a hint of amusement.
With a clap, the ground suddenly sank down, and what rose up was a massive figure.
“I believe you’ll have a very pleasant time playing with it. I look forward to your performance.”
“Now, allow me to take my leave for the moment.”
Gray Serpent’s network wasn’t lacking in combat-specialized types, a few rare individuals could even match the strength of Schicksal’s S-rank Valkyries. But the Gray Serpent deployed in Nagazora City didn’t possess such high performance.
Made from special alloys, he was merely rather durable.
The baseball bat was fine, but the electromagnetic hand cannon and thermal blade could still cause him significant damage.
Of course, this wasn’t to say that Gray Serpent was afraid of death.
For mechanical life forms existing as part of the Gray Serpent network collective, the life and death of individual bodies wasn’t important to them.
It was simply that Cocolia wasn’t worth him doing that.
Moreover, in terms of combat, this big guy he brought was far more efficient than fighting personally—
An RPC series armed helicopter.
A war machine designed by Schicksal, its strength in certain aspects far exceeded Anti-Entropy’s general-purpose Titan mechs. With its design combining mobility and firepower, it was a true classic.
“A helicopter?!”
Kiana stared at the big guy in front of her, somewhat dumbfounded.
This was underground, how could their opponent be a helicopter?
“Be careful, this thing looks very troublesome to deal with.”
Elysia frowned, lowering the bow in her hands.
Although they were underground and couldn’t compare to the outside, the RPC helicopter’s combat space was quite limited.
But this experimental area in ME Corp’s underground factory was indeed quite large.
Enough for it to deploy for combat.
Very troublesome.
Unlike the Titan they had defeated earlier.
The RPC armed helicopter might not have the absolute defense of a Titan, but this thing’s firepower, just looking at the missile pods on both sides of the cabin was proof enough.
In fact, this heavy anti-Honkai armed helicopter specialized in carpet bombing and sweeping.
It aimed to bring devastating attacks to enemies.
In this underground test area with no cover, facing such a thing.
Quite troublesome!
“Careful, it’s about to fire!”
Seeing the missile pods gradually lighting up, Elysia quickly warned, “Dodge!”
In their frantic evasion, the RPC-6626’s missile bay rotated, and a stream of fire snakes grazed past them, creating small craters in the ground.
The floor of this test area was made of specially reinforced high-strength materials. If this kind of thing hit a person, cutting them in half would be child’s play.
During this time, they weren’t without attempts at counterattack.
It’s just that the effects were really mediocre.
Kiana’s hand cannon was simply too small. Hitting the equally sturdy external armor of the RPC armed helicopter… she really wanted to say: It’s too small, can’t you give me something more powerful?
Apart from a few small dents, it was useless.
And worse, she was almost out of bullets, the electromagnetic hand cannon’s ammunition was all specially made!
Elysia faced the same predicament.
Although she had used her powerful combat talent to destroy one of the RPC’s missile pods with a single arrow, she was also running low on arrows.
Originally, this electromagnetic bow was designed to be used with her own body.
Even without arrows, Elysia could use Honkai energy techniques to create crystal arrows from thin air.
But now… with only the bow and no body, Miss Elf had no reserves at home!
As for a certain cooking girl.
She didn’t have ammunition worries.
However, looking at the helicopter floating in the air, gripping her thermal blade while hiding, she only felt confused.
Even if I jump up, I can’t reach it!
“There’s no choice. At a time like this, I can only use that move!”
Somewhat troubled, Elysia sighed after dodging an electromagnetic missile.
My turn, calling for backup!
Ride-hailing for fighters, activate!
Elysia: “Help! There’s a helicopter bullying the elf! Attached screenshot.jpg (Miss Elf running around with her head covered)”
Jiang Qiao: “Holy shit, a helicopter!”
Seeing Elysia’s picture, Jiang Qiao, who was in the middle of briefing Fire Moth on the situation, couldn’t help but be startled.
Wait, you’re just fighting Cocolia, how did a helicopter even show up?
This thing should theoretically be something that would appear in a World Serpent dungeon, right?
In his prior expectations, Jiang Qiao thought the worst possibility would be that Cocolia, that mother fox, had brought the banana man along.
He had made appropriate preparations for that, but the appearance of a helicopter was completely unexpected.
Helicopters, the nightmare of early-game players.
Like a certain shameless elemental-immune saintess, they were considered one of the two major newbie killers in the game.
Jiang Qiao: “Can you hold on? I still have some procedures to handle here, might take some time.”
As he sent this message, Jiang Qiao glanced at Mobius sitting across the table with a very serious expression, feeling somewhat troubled.
Although it was indeed true that he had single-handedly taken down the Herrscher of the Void, he couldn’t report it so honestly.
If the Herrscher identity was exposed, it was true that with the power of the Herrscher of Origin, he would be in a completely dominant position and could flip the table at any time.
But if he really did that, Elysia’s future life would basically be half ruined.
As the saying goes: “Those who are not of our kind must have different hearts.”
This ancient saying, though originating from the Shenzhou region, was thoroughly implemented worldwide.
Even different human races could be divided, let alone Herrschers… you don’t need to say anything else, either lie on the operating table as a lab rat, or we’ll pay the price to kill you and put you on the operating table.
The Previous Era’s attitude toward Herrschers was exceptionally cruel. This kind of thing existed not just in the later accumulated period, but had such tendencies from the early stages.
Elysia was able to get along so well purely because her interpersonal relationships were incredibly overpowered. Even so, after being exposed, the carefully cultivated relationships collapsed by more than half.
To actually do something concrete, they’d have to wait until Mei joined the organization.
By then, if he could improve relationships with Fire Moth’s big three, and with Herrscher hatred not yet escalated to that extent, he could be more flexible in his actions.
Jiang Qiao sighed.
After all, he had to consider Elysia’s situation after potentially switching back. Otherwise, why would he need to waste time here?
The one sitting across from him, he could call her over for drinks, and she’d have to show a smile! Right, and wear a little dress too!
Lost in wild thoughts, Jiang Qiao waited for Elysia’s reply.
If there was danger on that side, then even if the aftermath here wasn’t properly handled, he’d have to bite the bullet and go help out. It would just become very troublesome afterward.
Performing a disappearing act in front of Mobius, who was currently interrogating him, tsk, the consequences.
While fantasizing, a new message popped up in the group chat—