Chapter 49: Ambush (3)

The second he looked at the toads, Jiang Jianming's whole body stood on end.

Reflexively, he pulled out the Venus Wing from his waist and raised the muzzle, but he resisted the urge to shoot on the spot.

The one just now had the launcher of the mecha interference wave hidden in its stomach, and it was the last one that landed when it escaped, obviously it was to lure Garcia to chop up...

Jiang Jianming sank his face, and thought to himself: Now these four, don't know what other ghost tricks are on them.

His shoulders sank, and Garcia's palm pulled him back: "Don't shoot, come behind me."

"Your Highness." Jiang Jianming turned his head.

The prince looked upwards and held his wrist as he passed him by.

The mountain wind blew, and a few pieces of fine snow fell from the branches and leaves.

The four alien creatures were still lying on the trunk, staring at the two people below, their bulging belly rising and falling slowly, and the forest was silent.

Eerie silence.

"There is a sound." Garcia squinted suddenly, "Mecha... Folding mecha, one."

Jiang Jianming held his breath.

Soon he heard it too, the mecha humming from far to near.

"Chat...!!"

The first sound was the flapping of wings.

Countless birds in the forest were startled and sang and flew!

A red mecha rose from between the mountains and forests, and the air flow swept the four directions, and the steel crushed countless branches and leaves.

The bright red wings spread out to the sides, casting huge shadows on the ground. On the fuselage is a totem that looks like flowing magma and a devil grinning.

"Yu Thief?" Jiang Jianming's pupils shrank, and he quickly looked at Garcia.

They recognize this mecha... No, it should be said that this mecha, no one does not recognize it.

Named after the god of fire and craftsmen in ancient mythology, it is the only existing S-class mecha of the Lava Bandit, "L-Hephaestus"!

Garcia raised his arm to block Jiang Jianming behind him, and the strong wind brought by the mecha blew the corners of their clothes.

In the blink of an eye, the crimson Hephaestus was already hovering above the forest.

The cockpit was open, and a fourteen-fifteen-year-old boy sat inside, his eyes condescending, his red hair dancing in the wind like flames.

The red-haired boy rested his forehead with one hand. The arrogant eyes were intertwined with innocence and cruelty, and he grinned:

"Well, we meet again, His Royal Highness Prince Garcia."

"..."

Jiang Jianming bit his back teeth lightly, and rubbed the cold gun handle with his thumb.

... Now he knows all too clearly that this must be a game set up from the very beginning. just didn't expect that the ene that appeared was actually a group of thieves who had not been completely killed by the empire for many years.

The famous "little devil" of the Lava Utopia Bandit—Children's Chief Chilong sat leisurely in the mecha, looking down at the two people on the surface.

His eyes turned and fell on Jiang Jianming, and he said with a smile: "And... Your Excellency. Beta Alien farewell, I miss it very much."

Jiang Jianming ignored it, his thoughts spinning rapidly: Where did this group of thieves get the technology enough to hack the imperial mecha?

Also, did this kid come alone?

But Garcia is here, even if he loses the mecha, one-on-one will not be taken advantage of. What can he do alone?

Chilong tilted his head and continued to tease Jiang Jianming: "However, your mecha doesn't seem to be very obedient today. Ha, ignore me, are you angry for this?"

Before he finished speaking, there was a strange wave in the air.

Chilong's laughing expression sank, and he slammed two fists into the void. The crystal bones pierced from his wrists were like two iron whips, shattering a row of sharp crystals that were pierced in an instant!

"Tsk, why does His Royal Highness do it as soon as they meet? It's less polite than me, a thief."

"As for the defeated generals," Garcia coldly put down his raised right hand, and the shattered real crystal disappeared, "I don't like nonsense very much."

"It's a pity." The Chilong in midair was not angry, but instead smiled grimly and clapped his palms, "Thanks for being considerate of you for traveling all the way here, I even prepared a gift for you."

Suddenly, the four eight-legged toads lying on the high tree trunks moved, they raised their heads at the same time, and they made a series of cuckoo squawks.

wrong. Jiang Jianming's back became cold, he raised his head suddenly, and his heart beat faster.

What's wrong, these alien creatures...

"!!"

They began to take a deep breath and straighten their stomachs, as if there was something sharp in their stomachs, and they swelled more and more.

Soon, the toad's belly swelled with blue veins, and there were overwhelmed bloodshots on the flesh, and then finally

Chi! Chi! !

There was a horrific tearing sound, and the belly of the alien creature was pierced by themselves, and thick blood splashed down from the tall wood.

At the same time, pieces of colorless crystals flashed, rolled out along with the sticky blood of the big beach, and crashed into the snow-covered withered grass.

The bulging stomachs of these alien creatures are actually full of high-level real crystal mines!

Suddenly, Garcia's eyes were cold. The crystal bone tore the mountain wind and stabbed towards the direction of the real crystal mine like lightning.

"Haha, it's too late, His Royal Highness."

Chilong laughed loudly, and a pair of ferocious crystal bones extended from the back of the boy, the color was as fiery red as his hair.

One step ahead of the prince, his crystal bone rolled up some kind of wonderful crystal particle fluctuations, shattering the real crystal ore between the blood and water!

"...!" Jiang Jianming's eyes trembled.

He subconsciously took a step back, the snow under his feet rattled.

True Crystal Mine...

It is the product of agglomeration of a large number of crystal particles.

And if the energy in the crystal ore is lured out by the crystal bones of the new human being, the consequences will be—

Immediately, the crystal particles turned into a storm soaring into the sky, and the whirlwind rolled up to the clouds!

The branches and leaves of the vegetation rustled, and the snow was blown off the cliff by the gust of wind. In front of the mountain forest, on the cliff, the concentration of crystal particles in this area rose wildly.

Garcia changed color, turned around and shouted: "Ginger!!"

...Jiang Jianming stood there, just three or four steps away from the prince, his eyes wide open.

However, in less than a second, there was no blood on his face, as if his vitality had been emptied by some terrifying giant claws.

He seemed to want to move, but the body only shook twice before losing its balance.

The residual crystal human fell silently to the ground like a withered leaf.

The world is dark.

...

The world is still dark.

In the old empire, that is, at the beginning of the establishment of the Holy Human Empire.

Crystalline stabilizers have not yet been developed.

At that time, whether it is a new crystal human or a residual crystal human, once the crystal particles in the body are out of control, it is a terminal illness. This symptom is called "crystal disorder".

Acute crystal disorder caused by sudden exposure to extremely high concentration of crystal particles will cause people to die on the spot; while chronic crystal disorder caused by staying in the environment of medium and low concentration of crystal particles for a long time will eat away people year after year. s life.

The patient either gradually collapsed and died, or survived until the chronic crystal disorder turned into an acute one day.

Today's new empire has developed medical care, and crystal particle tranquilizers have been developed to the second generation, which can ensure the safety of the people of the empire in most situations.

However, once the concentration of crystal particles exceeds the limit that the human body can bear, it exceeds the range that the tranquilizer can work...

"Crystal chaos" is still the breaking poison that is equated with death.

...

In the corner of Alpha Alien, on the cliff of the snow forest, the chaotic crystal particles collided everywhere, and the degree of ferocity was getting higher and higher!

"Ahahahaha..."

Chilong raised his head exaggeratedly and let out a frantic laugh. L-Hephaestus quickly lifted off, taking him away from the frenzied death of the crystal particles.

"How, how, so many real crystal mines is a big gift. I also help you open it myself, are you happy!?"

"Come on, come on, thank me quickly! Hey, why is no one talking, aren't you surprised? Ahahaha..."

it hurts.

Jiang Jianming's consciousness sank deep into chaos.

It's so hot... No, it's so cold... Whether it's hot or cold, my body can't tell.

It was as if every organ, every cell in the body was tearing, and they were tearing and sticking together, and then tearing apart again.

Blood, darkness, sanity disintegrating... mottled colors covered the walls, maggots nibble on carrion, flames scorch moth wings, and a group of crazy children tearing straws with laughter in the sunset.

Do not!

Jiang Jianming snapped the tip of his tongue, and he broke free from the illusion of semi-consciousness and insanity dripping with cold sweat!

The vision went from blurry to clear, the mountain wind blew all over, and the back soaked in cold sweat shivered.

In front of him is the snow-covered cliff, the broken mecha slashing the comet, and a scorch mark in the mountains and forests... These are the traces left by His Highness when he stopped the out-of-control mecha for him.

...That's right, Your Highness...

Jiang Jianming's perception has become extremely sluggish, and only then did he realize that he was being held in his arms.

Garcia knelt down and hugged him, hunched over. The crystal bone appeared on the prince's shoulder again, piercing deeply into the ground.

With the two at the center, the golden and red crystals stretched like lightning, and there were clusters of crystals on the rocks, on the snow, on the trunks and branches.

Jiang Jianming suddenly realized: Garcia is condensing the crystal particles that are too dense in the air into solid real crystals!

Rich and violent crystal particles filled this entire space. When the mecha failed, the tiny human seemed to be at the bottom of the deep sea. Even if they knew that they were about to die from suffocation, they had nowhere to hide.

But the prince tried to shake the huge sea with human power, breaking the heavy waves, and stubbornly wanted to give the disabled people in his arms a little life.

In the distance of the mountains, mechas took off, and the wings of the mechas were all painted with the logo of the Lava Bandit.

"Boss!" "Did you succeed!?"

The thieves gathered and surrounded the red Hephaestus in the center.

Someone saw the red gold crystal clusters crisscrossing the cliffs and the jungle, and shrank their necks in horror: "Hey, his grandma's is too scary..."

Chilong sat lazily in the driver's seat of Hephaestus, and smiled with drooping eyelids: "It's useless, that crippled human is no longer saved, suddenly exposed to such a dense environment of crystal particles, even if it hits Tranquilizers are also fatal."

"In less than a minute, the chaotic crystal particles in his body will stir his internal organs into a bloody mud."

Chilong raised his hair, held his face and laughed: "How pitiful, I think His Royal Highness seems to care about him?"

"Humph, people like Garcia probably haven't tasted the taste of failure and loss. Guess, can we see the tears of His Royal Highness today."

In front of the cliff, the real crystal keeps condensing, but it also keeps escaping, growing and dissipating in endless loops.

"temple……"

Jiang Jianming uttered hoarsely, and every word he uttered seemed to tear his internal organs all over again.

His eyes were black with bursts of pain... Pain pierced the nerves all over his body, and he could only rely on willpower to keep his mind awake and look at Garcia.

Just like just now, the finely broken red gold spar crawled all over the prince's cheeks again.

Garcia seemed to have entered some kind of abnormal state. Those eyes that were full of golden and red light were scattered, and he didn't even notice that the person in his arms opened his eyes.

Jiang Jianming, in addition to filling up all the pain in his senses, actually had a little extra energy to feel the emotion of panic and anger.

... What is this person doing, if he continues to consume so much, even he himself will be in danger of crystal chaos.

He raised his hand laboriously, his pale fingers tightening on the prince's arm.

"Your Highness... Your Majesty," Jiang Jianming raised his eyes with difficulty, gasped lightly, and tried his best to speak, "Your Highness... Wake up."

After a few seconds of delay, the golden red color in Garcia's eyes faded a little.

Jiang Jianming raised his wrist with difficulty, and touched Garcia with the white bracelet in the folded state of the snow dove.

"Leave...here, open Xuejiu."

Garcia shivered unnaturally, and there was a look of helplessness on his face.

"No." His voice was low and vacant, and he hugged Jiang Jianming tighter, "Don't talk."

Garcia lowered her eyes in panic, her cold and elegant voice trembled uncontrollably, and murmured in a low voice, "Don't be afraid... Hold on, the pain will soon be over."

"After the crystal particles solidify, I will take you away and hold on for a while."

"Soon, look at me."

...this is stubborn!

Jiang Jianming was so angry that his heart was terrified and his eyes darkened, and a force from some unknown source forcibly dispelled the feeling of weakness.

He gritted his teeth and pushed Garcia's arm away, and stood up and shouted: "Xuejiu only takes a second to unfold, I can hold it, and let's go!!"

Inside the cockpit of L-Hephaestus' mech.

"No crystal chaos?"

Chilong straightened his upper body without worry.

He murmured to himself: "How is it possible, according to the information, he is indeed a human with a residual crystal, unless..."

Couldn't speak a word.

The strong wind blows from below, and the S-Xuedo takes off into the sky!

Chilong's eyes were sharp, and he said: "Hey, there is a folding mecha!?"

Xuejiu's attack power is not strong, but now the person who controls the mecha is stronger than any mecha.

Garcia stepped on the outer edge of the cockpit, looking cold. He stably maintained a semi-suspended posture, a crystal bone extended backwards to fit on the control screen of the mecha, and a crystal bone protected the mecha.

S-Xueji galloped towards the snow-capped mountain on the other side of the cliff!

The mecha group of lava in midair was regarded as nothing by him, and the real crystals and crystal bones were bombarded indiscriminately.

"...Damn, this imperial monster!" Chilong scolded in a low voice, the mecha twirled in an arc in mid-air and withdrew back, "You guys back away from me, don't confront him head-on! !"

In the cockpit of the S-Xueguo, the intelligent brain Seth Henry manipulated the seat belt, which was automatically fastened to the body in the driver's seat.

Blood dripped from the corners of Jiang Jianming's lips, and he tilted his head, his eyes misty.

The mecha was taking off, and the snow forest gradually became smaller.

In the gradually darkened vision, Jiang Jianming struggled to see the "culprits" who brought the real crystal ore.

Open chest and belly, crazy blood loss. The four alien creatures quickly drained their lives. They didn't struggle or scream, and died happily.

Before they were completely dead, the mouths of the four toads curved upwards in unison—

Like a clown in a circus, that's a big, funny laugh.