Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 565: Mechanical Monster

Lao Hei must have been swallowed by it just like this before, and now nobody knows whether he is alive or dead.

Ma Lu saw he was about to follow in her tracks, but at this critical juncture, the steel monster's body suddenly contracted.

The toilet lid that clung to his neck also loosened, and Ma Lu fell to the ground from mid-air. Utilizing the dim light of the glow stick, he saw a figure seemingly tugging at one of the monster's tentacles.

—It was Yan Wu!

Ma Lu had never found the hardware store owner as adorable as he did today.

By this time, Yan Wu was already in battle with the household appliance monster that had appeared out of nowhere.

Ma Lu watched for a while, but his expression soon turned grave again.

Because he noticed that Yan Wu didn't seem to gain much of an advantage in the fight. Despite his unbeatable physique, able to move on the Moon without any protective gear.

However, the surrounding low temperatures still somewhat affected him, significantly slowing down his movements compared to usual.

In contrast, the monster across from him, perhaps because it was mechanical, was less affected than Yan Wu, and it had 13 tentacles that could all initiate attacks.

The hardware store owner pushed back one of the tentacles, but soon, other tentacles came attacking. In addition to this, its six heads could also be used as weapons.

Yan Wu was pressed into retreat, and then was outright smacked away by its tentacles, crashing into a nearby mountain.

The hit was quite severe; Ma Lu even felt a vibration under his feet.

But it didn't take long for the hardware store owner, who had suffered heavy blows, to staggeringly get up from the ground—an endurance Ma Lu found eye-opening as he observed the battle.

It wasn't that he didn't want to fight side by side with the hardware store owner, but with his current skills, he couldn't get a finger in against such a high-level enemy.

However, after watching for a while, he realized that he couldn't just stand by anymore, as Yan Wu's situation didn't look optimistic.

Always at a disadvantage, Ma Lu didn't know how much longer he could hold on.

No, a way had to be found to kill that monster.

Making his decision, Ma Lu once again moved close to the rock wall.

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He planned to continue the previous plan, searching for the Pink Whale Ship and activating the weapon system on board, if the weapons hadn't been disassembled by those Dimensional Pirates.

This time, his luck finally returned somewhat; after walking less than thirty meters, his keychain responded.

The plastic seal at the end floated up, pointing in a certain direction.

Ma Lu quickened his pace, following its lead, and after seventy more steps, he finally saw a pink spaceship shaped like a killer whale on the edge of a stone platform.

But the first sight of it sent a chill through Ma Lu's heart.

On the belly of the spaceship, he saw a hole over 10 meters in diameter with the shape of butter bread.

The shape of the hole was too neat, exactly matching the shape of the Dimensional Pirates' ships; thus, Ma Lu recognized it at a glance.

Most likely, they had meticulously cut it out to transport valuable items from within the ship.

While Ma Lu was still sizing up the large hole, the seal keychain broke free from his hand and flew into the Pink Whale's jet hole.

But the next moment, nothing happened.

Ma Lu didn't see any hatch or something similar open, and the Pink Whale Ship showed no response.

It looked like the ship was indeed damaged.

It was the expected outcome, and Ma Lu wasn't disappointed. He moved once again.

He bent his legs slightly and sprang forcefully from the ground, leaping a good two meters high, and managed to grab onto the lower edge of the black hole.

Then, he crawled through the black hole into the ship, where many machines and equipment littered the cabin; it appeared that the black hole faced directly towards the ship's engine room.

However, at the very center of the place, there was nothing at all.

Ma Lu's uneasy feeling grew stronger, especially since he noticed cables and pipes scattered on the ground, all leading to the empty space in the middle.

Furthermore, there were numerous traces of combat inside the cabin, with many machines smashed to pieces.

Ma Lu searched around for a while, but ultimately he had to accept a harsh reality.

——That was, he simply couldn't recognize what those machines were used for, even when he translated the words on the machines through the Title System's translation function, it was all still Greek to him.

Let alone operate the ship's weapons system.

However, he didn't come out completely empty-handed; after making the rounds, he did obtain one crucial piece of information.

All the equipment in this room ultimately led to the empty space in the middle, so whatever had been there probably served a function similar to a car engine.

Without it, the car wouldn't start, and most of its functions couldn't be used.

In other words, Ma Lu's plan to use the ship's weapons system to deal with the monster outside had completely fallen through.

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On the other hand, Yan Wu was now truly enraged and his fists were raining down like drops, hammering onto the metallic creature.

Each punch was heavy and filled with anger, leaving one fist imprint after another on the monster's metallic shell.

However, even as Yan Wu bashed his opponent into deformation, the actual damage dealt was still very limited.

Yan Wu had even tried to tear off one of its tentacles, but the monster quickly picked it back up and reattached it.

Infinite repair?

The hardware store owner frowned, he had encountered eternally indestructible beings in his long life, but he did not sense a similar aura from this thing before him.

In fact, during the prolonged combat, he hadn't felt any intelligence from this monster, it seemed more like some sort of magical puppet.

Theoretically, such foes were to be completely dismantled into pieces, or wait until their energy was depleted, and they would no longer move.

The former, Yan Wu had tried and found to be basically unfeasible, and the latter didn't sound so simple.

Werewolves did indeed have formidable physiques, standing at the peak of carbon-based life with terrifying strength and astonishing physical stamina.

Yet Yan Wu was not a machine, and once the battle dragged on for a certain length, he would begin to feel fatigued.

Most critically, Lao Hei had been swallowed whole by that thing, and with each passing minute, her chances of survival decreased.

In addition, Ma Lu had disappeared somewhere.

Just as Yan Wu thought of Ma Lu, a strong light shot out from a distance and shone upon him.

The hardware store owner was caught off-guard, instantly plunged into a state of blindness.

The monster before him was also hit by the light, but since it was mechanical, its movements weren't much affected.

It grabbed the hardware store owner with two tentacles and fiercely swung him headfirst into the ground.

Yan Wu was wedged into a crevice between two rocks, just about to curse out Ma Lu for being such a lousy teammate.

But then he saw the eyes opening on the stone wall and paused in shock.

Indeed, as he had guessed, the light was not aimed at him, its real target was the mechanical monster, and the beam of light immediately followed wherever the creature moved.

Yan Wu had just been unfortunate enough to be caught in the crossfire the first time.

And on the stone wall, more and more Earth Rock People were attracted by the bright light, mistaking it for the arrival of day and opening their eyes.

Afterward, they detached from the rock walls where they dwelled, floating in mid-air, and moments later, they all converged towards the bright light.