Pain.

Rong Mi had never felt such intense pain before.

The unbearable pain tore at his spiritual realm as if it were going to tear his head in half.

His body also seemed to not belong to him; it was heavy and stiff, and he couldn't even move a finger.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Brother Rong Mi! I didn't know this was... This was the cocoon of the Ice Butterfly! It's a real Ice Butterfly... It's real..."really

"I have to go... I have to go... I can't die here too... You... You're already entangled, but I want to go up...!"

 

Sharp voices mixed with sobs continued to come from above, tearing Rong Mi's eardrums apart.

Along with the sharp screams came waves of downward pressure, as if someone was stepping on his shoulders again and again, pushing him to the bottom of the water, so that he could float to the surface.

 

Rong Mi couldn't understand what was happening momentarily.

He remembered that he should be in the intensive care unit of the medical ship.

Because the genetic disease worsened, the attending doctor had already declared his time of death. He remembered experiencing suffocation before death.

The instruments in the emergency room were all beeping in unison. He closed his eyes, ought to never open them again...

"Help! Help!...——" The other party shouted himself hoarse: "I'm here! —— Save me!

——"

The sharp and collapsed male voice came from above, continuously hitting Rong Mi's ears.

Rong Mi was pestered beyond endurance.

He really wanted to see who was making so much noise that he couldn't even die, and he genuinely wanted to open his mouth and curse.

 

This feeling was so intense that he finally struggled to open his eyes.

What greeted his eye was a brilliant shade of red.

With his vision restored, all five of his senses instantly opened up, and his sense of touch and smell became clear.

Rong Mi felt that he should be floating in some strange liquid. This liquid was extremely viscous, with a nauseating fishy sweetness, wrapping him tightly and making him unable to breathe.

One after another, energy threads like water plants growing from the bottom of the water wrapped around his limbs, making him unable to move.

At the same time, the sound in his ears became much clearer than a moment ago.

"Beep - Ice and Fire Competition Automatic Unmanned Rescue Mech No. 11 - Participant scan completed, there is an energy isolation substance under the person seeking help, deep scan failed. Requesting help to confirm whether there are other participants nearby..."

"No! Confirm! None!! This is the ice butterfly's cocoon trap! The adult ice butterfly is coming!! Go!————"

Rong Mi distinguished the sounds from the outside world.

The roar of the mech's engines grew stronger and then weaker, taking away the annoying shrill screams.

However, there was still one strong buzz after another that surrounded him.

It was the sound of the slowly flowing red liquid that was enveloping him. This sound was extremely special, like the buzzing of a butterfly's wing.

It was the sound of a special energy liquid.

Rong Mi realized that he was immersed in a stream of liquefied energy, and the slight vibration like a butterfly's wing was a special ripple emitted by the flow of energy, representing its properties.

And this kind of special ripple... Rong Mi had encountered it more than once before. This was a special energy wave generated by the ice butterfly Zerg.

Seven hundred years ago, the Ice Butterfly Zerg invaded the human star field, preying on

humans and occupying its resources.

Three hundred years ago, the Zerg raided the safe star field. The human star field was lost, and they were forced into an era of interstellar nomadism without a fixed place to live.

The Ice Butterfly tribe loves to hunt humans.

 

The energy liquid released by adult Ice Butterflies through their venom glands is highly corrosive and will melt and decompose if touched without any preparation.

There is only one reason why one, immersed in the Ice Butterfly tribe's energy liquid like himself, is still intact ......

It is the cocoon liquid of the Ice Butterfly tribe.

 

Instead of corrupting the prey, the cocoon fluid is used to “preserve” the prey, keeping them intact in the cocoon, fresh from the moment of death, until the young butterflies break out of the center of the cocoon and devour the prey.

The first "delicious meal" of the Ice Butterfly.

Rong Mi knew that he had to break free as soon as possible.

Although his hands and feet were bound by the thick and sticky energy flow and it was difficult to move, he could still use his mental power.

Although the pain in the mental realm was almost unbearable, the will to survive arose, and Rong Mi instinctively struggled violently, frantically mobilizing his mental power.

The deep purple energy front burst out, forming a cyclone that soared into the sky, pushing the surrounding energy flow outward vigorously-

Rong Mi was finally able to breathe, and he took a deep breath. "Wow!-How did he do it?!-"

"No. 373...Contestant Rong Mi! It's contestant Rong Mi!"

"He actually broke out of the ice butterfly cocoon with his own mental power! ! -Even though his teammates called for help! But Rong Mi did not choose to withdraw from the game! He was not eliminated by the trap of the ice butterfly cocoon! -His mental power suddenly increased! He showed a strength that was completely opposite to that of the previous day's game..." "

He actually pushed the cocoon liquid away directly!-"

The cold wind poured in from the outside of the cocoon, blurring Rong Mi's face. At the same time, there was a noise coming from the headset. It should be due to signal interference. Rong Mi couldn't hear what the other side was saying at all.

He dropped to the floor, breathing heavily, frowning, just finding it noisy.

"However... the patrolling ice butterflies are coming...! But our rescue team will be here soon!" "...——The patrolling ice butterflies are half a mile away, and they will be close in less than thirty seconds! I wonder how Rong Mi will deal with it!"

The voice in the headset was cut into a mess by the interference noise. Rong Mi was dizzy from the noise, so he simply fumbled to take off the headset, threw it on the ground, and composed himself.

...Where is this? This is obviously not the medical ship where he was before his "death". This is a planet.

 

Rong Mi looked around and found that his vision was extremely clear.

This is a clear and desolate planet covered with ice and snow. He saw the red ice butterfly cocoon liquid that was pushed away by his mental vortex and a large snowfield in the distance.

 

His vision has returned to its peak, even better, and he no longer sees everything blurry. The sounds in his ears are also extremely clear, unlike before he died, when he heard everything through a large area of water...

Having just experienced suffocation, he had little strength in his body, and the arms holding up his body were trembling. But despite this, Rong Mi could still feel that his body was In very good health.

His breathing was smooth and his heartbeat was strong. Unlike the way he had struggled to even lift his eyelids before the attending doctor declared his death.

Rong Mi did not need to confirm that this was not his own body that was dying from the genetic disease.

He was probably reborn.

Rong Mi took deep breaths, not knowing why he started breathing again in this strange place.

The interstellar nomadic era lasted for hundreds of years, and humans have never been a

able to find a suitable home.

Rong Mi has set foot on many planets, but this crystal-clear barren planet is clearly not a place he has been to.

Rong Mi doesn't know which part of the star field this is.

He also doesn't know what time it is, and why he... or the original owner of this body appeared here.

The severe pain in the spiritual domain also slowly weakened with his breathing, as if the sequelae of rebirth were fading.

Rong Mi began to be able to completely control this body, and the perception of the spiritual domain became more sensitive than when he just opened his eyes.

With the help of mental power, he heard more subtle sounds, the tiny crunch of snow foam rubbing against stones, and...a rapidly approaching sharp buzzing mixed in with the wind.

It was the sound of the butterfly zergs flapping their wings.

Yes, Rong Mi thought, this is the breeding cocoon of the ice butterflies.

The original body just fell into the cocoon liquid. The ice butterfly clan sensed the turbulence in the cocoon lair and came here to check the situation.

 

There are many types of Zerg, most of which live in the Zerg starfield far away from the human starfield. Most human beings have only a superficial understanding of them.

The Zerg that humans know best is the Ice Butterfly Zerg. No fight, no acquaintance.

 

Rong Mi knew that the Ice Butterfly flew very fast.

A distance of dozens of star ephemerides would take ten minutes for an ordinary standard mecha to fly, but for the Ice Butterfly, it only takes a few breaths.

Rong Mi tilted his body slightly.

His excellent hearing helped him determine the source of the sound and caught the subtle whistling sound of breaking through the air in the buzzing.

As a mecha master, Rong Mi had rich combat experience and did not need to think much.

He turned his body to the side.

"Puff!——"

The sharp icicle was piercing into the cocoon where Rong Mi had just been, splashing large snowflakes.

The attack did not stop there. The surrounding snow quickly froze with the icicle as the center.

This icicle and the frozen snow around it were not purely transparent.

In the dark blue ice color, a series of bright red thin lines intertwined and appeared, swimming like the tongue of a venomous snake, looking for victims.

The bright red color flashed in Rong Mi's peripheral vision, and he immediately knew what was going on.

The red line was the insect poison of the ice butterfly, which was spreading outward rapidly. The red color was relatively light, indicating that it was a low-level ice butterfly.

Rong Mi fell to the ground sideways and estimated the range of the insect poison. He rolled outward several times in succession and subconsciously reached out to touch his chest.

Of course, the mecha master's chest is hung with a space button.

Rong Mi's chest has always been hung with his own mecha space button, even in the critical care unit.

The moment he made the move, he realized that this was not his body, and his heart was startled.

Rong Mi: Don't flip over because there is no mecha!

When he thought so, his fingertips had already touched the cold metal shell. This body also has a mecha space button on its chest.

Rong Mi: Not bad! Since I have been lucky enough to be reborn, it certainly doesn't make sense to be immediately unlucky again.

 

Rong Mi's finger pressed the space button and it snapped.

"Turn on the mecha!——" The commentator outside the venue was shouting excitedly in a place where Rong Mi couldn't hear.

He looked at Rong Mi's tracking light screen, mobilized the atmosphere, and shouted loudly,

"Player Rong Mi turned on the mecha!——Entered the driving mode...!——Under the threat of the Ice Butterfly Zerg, Rong Mi decided to drive the mecha to fight!——" "

...I say, the traces of this script are too serious." The latest message was refreshed in the comment box below the live broadcast area, "Did Rong Mi invest money in the Ice and Fire Competition? That shouldn't be the case. Doesn't he have a lot of debts? Why is there a script assigned to him?" "

In his performance a few days ago, he only knew how to turn on the mecha space button. After entering the mecha, he didn't dare to take a step because he was afraid of falling. Why does he have to turn on the mecha to fight the Ice Butterfly this time? Although it is just a holographic interactive projection..."

"Hey!... I want to see what kind of embarrassment he can make!"