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The voices of Kotaro and Araki stopped at some point, and the two exchanged a brief glance.
Suddenly, Araki fell down without warning, and Kotaro fired a shot behind him where he was standing. The bullets from the ZAT gun exploded, startling several seabirds roosting on the shore.
Out of stock?
No, I did hit something, but it was different from what I expected.
Araki got up from the ground and walked with Kotaro to the spot where the bullet had landed. There was a pool of sticky stuff there.
"What the hell is this?"
"I don't know, it seems to be a kind of insect."
Because the ZAT bullet was so powerful, it turned the thing into mud, making it impossible to distinguish its original appearance with the naked eye.
Neither Kotaro nor Araki could see it clearly, but someone else did.
Lingye clearly showed an expression of disgust on her face, and so did Nan Xizi.
Because she guessed that it might be a test from the Kingdom of Light to Taro, Ling also wanted to see what it was. Compared to the training she arranged for Taro, she couldn't help but want to learn from it.
But now she regrets it.
She felt that Ultra Father should not have such a bad taste, otherwise, in contrast, it would be too kind for her to use the three Ultra Warriors in the medal as sparring partners.
What neither Kotaro nor Araki could see clearly was that the enemy was actually a slug!
Ling also dislikes bugs, and among all the bugs, slugs are definitely at the top of the list when it comes to disgust. They are even more disgusting than spiders and centipedes.
It's sticky and greasy, and makes people feel physically uncomfortable at the sight of it.
If this was really arranged by Ultra Father, then Ling should really be cautious about the aesthetics of the Land of Light.
If the monsters in ancient Egypt were bugs, they should be golden scarabs or something like that. Ling Ye first thought of the Sphinx, but unfortunately she destroyed the real Sphinx last year. At worst, she could accept a mummy that could roll up yellow sand. But no matter what, the slug was too much!
"Sister Xizi, I want to go home."
Ling also said so, and Nan Xizi nodded in agreement.
Ling protested from the bottom of her heart at the thought of fighting the slugs and touching their slimy skin with her hands or feet.
As Gaia, she should treat all creatures on Earth equally. But if she really said that, Ling would firmly believe that she is a human being and has nothing to do with Gaia. She really can't show love to slugs.
If this monster was a test for her, she would definitely transform into the highest form as soon as she appeared, and use the highest quantum streamline to erase the other party from the quantum state and from the world. From the historical aperture, no matter in the past or in the future, she would eliminate the possibility of existence.
I will never touch the other person's body even a little bit with my hands.
Hate is hate.
But Kotaro has no right to choose.
After smashing a monster with his ZAT gun, he heard rustling sounds all around him. He and Araki were surrounded.
"Those are slugs?"
"That's disgusting! I've never seen a slug that big!"
The slugs that surrounded the campfire were as thick as an adult's arm, and some were as big as wild cats. It was difficult to see how many there were, and with the light from the campfire I could only see that they were everywhere.
Araki raised his individual cannon and fired at the area where the slugs were densely packed, causing juice to splash everywhere.
"Look, deputy captain, the liquid from these slugs is rotting even the stones!"
"What a terrible corrosiveness!"
If it gets on the human body, not even a bone residue will be left.
Araki fired two more shots, using up all the ammunition of the individual rocket launcher, and barely opened a path. He then threw down the cannon.
"Follow me quickly!"
"But deputy captain, that's the beach, there's no road!"
"Of course I know that."
Araki said as he retreated towards the beach, and Kotaro had no choice but to follow him.
"Have you forgotten what you said before? You said that because you were at sea, the demon Gillianma didn't come to find you for nearly a year. This statement is absolutely correct!"
"how?"
"Don't you understand yet? Didn't you kill slugs when you were a kid? Sprinkle salt on them and the slugs will turn into pus. What they fear most is salt, and what they fear most is this ocean!"
Araki was right. When the two arrived at the beach, the tide of the dark sea rolled towards their trouser legs, and those slugs were indeed far away, a hundred meters away, and no longer came near.
But the number was staggering. Under the bright red moonlight, one could see that they were almost everywhere in the mountains.
Araki wanted to call the ZAT team, but for some reason, the signal from the communicator could not connect to the headquarters.
Kotaro still holds the so-called "lucky stone" in his hand. If he were an ordinary, unarmed person, he would have been killed by these monsters long ago.
Kotaro was extremely glad that he did not really give this "amulet" to Saori. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain to Captain Hyakuno, nor to himself.
The wriggling slugs approached more than ten meters closer. The sea was indeed a deterrent to them, but it seemed not enough.
If he threw away the lucky stone, perhaps Gilliam would stop pestering them. But this idea was rejected by Kotaro before it was even formed.
The devil will become more powerful if he swallows the lucky stone, but this is just drinking poison to quench thirst.
"Deputy Captain, are you here in a patrol car?"
"Yes, the Rabbit Bear patrol car is not far away."
"Then I have an idea. I'll use the lucky stone to lead the monster away, and you go to the patrol car. The helmet's communicator can't contact the headquarters, but the Rabbit Bear patrol car's communicator is more powerful and is connected to the ZAT satellite, so it shouldn't fail."
They didn't have enough firepower and the ammunition they carried wouldn't last long.
But if the Tianjing comes, it won't need to bring much ammunition. Just sprinkle a few tons of industrial salt and all the slugs will be killed.
As the two were talking, they suddenly felt an earthquake.
The slugs changed, squirming and merging together. At first, they seemed to be merging into a swamp, but soon the swamp began to take shape and turned into a huge monster.
It was a monster that was sixty or seventy meters tall!
"So this is the real devil Gillianma!"
The ZAT gun that can crush slugs is useless against such a demon.
What's worse is that it is no longer afraid of the sea like the slug before it, and it continues to approach step by step.
Chapter 353: Shattering Fear
"Come and chase me, you big monster!" Kotaro shouted at the top of his voice, and then ran away.
"Hey, Kotaro..."
Watching Kotaro run away, Araki knew that he was holding the Lucky Stone and trying to lure the monster away.
As the vice-captain, he should have been responsible for such a dangerous matter, but he was too late to stop Kotaro.
That guy has been like this since the first day we met, always running in the front alone. For a soldier, this is a good quality, but it is also a headache.
Running along the dark sea, the sea under the moonlight is quiet and boundless, and the waves break the moonlight.
Kotaro didn't care about these things, he just kept running forward, turning back and firing a few shots from time to time.
The ZAT gun has two shooting modes. The live ammunition was used up just when he killed the slug, so he used the laser mode powered by the energy clip.
Although the energy clip's reserve is larger than that of live ammunition, it is not infinite.
As the shooting continued, the energy bullets in Kotaro's gun were running low.
The bullets exploded, but the monster was unaware.
Of course, humans cannot outrun monsters, and the huge seventy-meter-tall monster is getting closer and closer.
It's quite exciting. The monster wants to kill him to get the lucky stone, and he also wants to kill the monster. It depends on who is the real hunter.
The deputy captain has gone to call for support, but it's unknown when they will arrive.
Kotaro glanced at the badge on his arm, and it wasn't flashing.
When the badge flashes, he can transform into Taro. But sometimes, Kotaro feels that the cause and effect may not be so.
Does he transform into Taro after the badge flashes, or does the badge flash when he really has the idea of transforming into Taro?
It is hard to say which of these two things came first.
Just like now, the badge is not shining because he also feels that he has not reached the end of his rope and needs Taro to come out.
We can't go any further!
There is a port pier ahead, and it is dangerous if a monster approaches. And Kotaro also found what he was looking for.
a ship.
To be precise, it is a maritime patrol boat.
There was no one on board, but in order to be able to be deployed at any time in case of emergency, the keys of such ships are usually left on board.
Sure enough, Kotaro saw the key.
Just like police cars, they are both the easiest and the hardest to steal, because the keys are usually not removed from police cars. But if someone really opens it, it is conspicuous and has a location, so they can't get far.
Normally, no one would steal it. Of course, Kotaro didn't steal it, he was requisitioning it for emergency use!
The ZAT team in wartime has this right.
Kotaro jumped onto the boat.
Of course he knew how to sail, he had even learned how to sail a cruise ship. It was just a patrol boat, but his experience as a sailor over the past few years had enabled him to master many skills on the water.
The monster was already very close, and Kotaro could even smell the unique sour stench of the corrosive liquid.
The engine roared and the patrol boat headed towards the depths of the sea.
The monster stopped at the seaside.
After getting enough distance, Kotaro stopped the boat. He didn't want to escape, he wanted to destroy the monster.
He stood at the stern, one hand on his waist and the other pointing at the monster provocatively.
"Come down!"
Even though they were nearly two kilometers away, the huge monster still seemed to be right in front of them. Kotaro was not sure if the monster could hear him in the noisy sea breeze. He shouted again.
This time it must have heard it, because the monster really started to move, walking down the beach step by step and swimming towards the sea.