"You don't need to tell me, this survival competition show costs a lot of money."

A comment below was immediately refreshed, "This interactive holographic projection of the Ice Butterfly Zerg is the most realistic among the recent competition shows. This sudden attack made me a little scared. If I were a player, I would be scared to death!"

"I think so! The Ice and Fire Competition should have created this gimmick, without notifying the players in advance."

"Look at how Yu Tiantian and Rong Mi fell into the ice butterfly trap just now. Yu Tiantian struggled a lot, with that frightened expression...even the live broadcast camera was thrown away!"

"Rong Mi's camera is also red. I didn't even see clearly what happened just now!  It went down and came back up again."

"The setting of the Ice Butterfly Clan's cocoon lair is well done, but the script is really too fake. Let's not talk about mechas for now. Rong MI is a D-ranked healer, and his mental strength, as I recall, is less than C. The Ice Butterfly's cocoon liquid requires mental strength of at least A-ranked or higher to break it open!”

"I don't know why the program team wants Rong Mi, an entertainment group from Tiantian, to compete this year and also arranges such a killing script for Rong Mi... Is it to traffic to this black star?"

"I don't really care if it draws traffic or not. I look forward to seeing what happens next!"

The Ice and Fire Mecha Competition is held once a year and lasts for one week. It is a live competitive show focusing on mecha battles and wild star gathering and hunting.

In an era when various live shows are emerging one after another, their not-so-original competition has been broadcast for many years because the program strives for authenticity.

To achieve reality, the program team required all contestants to go to the real desert star to compete in mechas. There was no "script" that the audience suspected in this competition.

Because of the high lethality of mechas and the unpredictability of battles in the competition, the players signed a life-and-death waiver with the program team when participating in the competition. The competition has been going on for five years, and many contestants have been injured, but fortunately, no one has actually died on the show.

This year's mecha competition commentator has been moderating the competition for all five years, and he is extremely familiar with all the settings of the competition.

He stood on the host's stage, his tone and expression were relaxed and natural, but he was also a little embarrassed in his heart.

The commentator knows that the ice and fire competition has added ice butterfly projection special effects this year. But according to his previous understanding, the projection effect of the special effects... shouldn't be so real.

It's so real that it's almost exactly the same as the description he saw in the Zerg science class when he was a kid!

But they only use ordinary market products!

The human star field is centered on the capital star field and radiates outwards. It is divided into five major areas A - E in a ring shape, which is called the safe star field. On the outermost layer of the safe star field, there are war zones that each legion is responsible for, forming a powerful protective line to kill all ice butterflies that invade the human star field.

Ordinary residents outside the war zone have rarely seen real ice butterflies.

The modeling team of the holographic interactive projection manufacturer does not really pursue a one-to-one restoration of the ice butterfly's appearance and habits. Adding them to the mecha competition is just a gimmick.

The commentator looked at the impact of the Ice Butterfly on the field and felt that something was wrong, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"Brother Fen?"

He couldn't hold back, covering the microphone to avoid the camera, and asked in a low voice, “What's with this Ice Butterfly special effect? Did we temporarily change the equipment for the competition? Are there any new models?”

"Haven't heard anything." The live broadcast assistant Fender was also a little surprised, "I'll call the chief director and ask... I don't know whose bed the old guy is in, so he probably won't answer the call."

"Comment on your side first!" Fender said to the anchor while dialing the communication, “Don't screw up the match! Can we afford to pay for the breach of contract when the time comes?!”

"There's no way this is real ice butterflies, don't worry here." Seeing that the anchor still looked hesitant, he added impatiently, "This is the safe area! How could a large number of ice butterflies suddenly appear?"

Besides, before choosing this planet for the competition, the organizers had conducted a safety investigation. It must have been some kind of gold sponsor.

"...That's right." The commentator relaxed a little and looked at the field again.

In the live broadcast room, the comments section was filling up fast.

Some viewers didn't pay attention and howled mystifyingly:

"Ah ah ah! Look! Rong Mi's mecha really moved! - He stood firm! He didn't fall! Wow, that's really awesome. What a great step..."

Of course, Rong Mi wouldn't fall down while piloting the mecha.

Before the onset of his genetic disease, he was the ace mecha master of the "Goddess" main ship of humanity's first combined fleet.

He was also the chief "artificial therapist" on the main ship.

He has healed many people's mental realms, provided them with spiritual comfort, and killed many low-level and high-level ice butterflies. He is the human being with the highest accumulation of merit in the records of the "Goddess" main ship's computer system.

For Rong Mi, operating the mecha is as natural as using his own arms.

He sat in the driver's seat, moved skillfully, touched the mecha control panel with his right hand, and quickly pulled down the operating helmet with his left hand.

"Report - the driver's mental link is successful! -"

The electronic sound sounded, and the familiar sight of the mecha unfolded in front of him.

Rong Mi quickly opened the mecha performance panel and scanned the mecha data casually while searching for the Ice Butterfly Zerg in the wind and snow.

The original body carried a most basic standardized mech equipped for the tournament, a world away from the drive type of his original custom mech.

The speed and engine thrust are too mediocre, and the energy output and the defense value of the steel shield are inferior.

The mecha's weapon configuration is a laser knife and a particle gun. The latter is basically useless when fighting against the ice butterfly because it moves very fast and can break through the particle gun's defense line and get close in an instant.

Such as now.

In the wind and snow, a huge transparent shadow seemed to be pulled out of the void...

Ice-blue wings first separated from the wind and snow.

The long bright red threads converge from the wings to the middle, pulling out a bright red body with a metallic luster.

The bright red color was close to the mecha's field of vision. Rong Mi knew that if he was not sitting in the mecha but standing outside the mecha, he should be able to hear the rough sound of the mecha's steel shell and the ice butterfly's steel body rubbing against each other.

The body of the ice butterfly is as tall as the mecha.

The moment it appeared, its wings suddenly folded inward and shot toward the gray mecha driven by Rong Mi...

"What bad luck!" The commentator felt his scalp numb as he looked at this scene. He can't help but get absorbed in the moment., "The ice butterfly came too fast! Player Rong Mi didn't have time to dodge! The strength of the ice butterfly's wings can easily crush the mecha into a thin piece..."

"Even if it's a holographic projection, Rong Mi will be immediately ruled out after being attacked like this!"

However, in the ice field, the scene expected by the anchor did not appear.

A faint light lit up in the mecha's palm.

Rong Mi did not escape.

It's not that it's too late, it's that he didn’t want to.

There was absolutely no need for him to hide.

The short laser blade on the mecha's left hand has lit up.

The light is white, which means that the energy output level of this weapon is only the most basic C level.

Ordinary C-class laser knives can't break through the ice butterfly's steel shell, but Rong Mi knows their weaknesses.

Under the twelfth horizontal stripe on the abdomen, behind a piece of steel armor were hidden blade-like forelimbs that could tear open the armor's protection. But also because of the need to use the forelimbs, there is an extremely narrow gap between the twelfth and thirteenth horizontal stripes of the armor, exposing the unprotected soft flesh.

The moment the Ice Butterfly appeared, Rong Mi had quickly locked onto this target.

In less than a second of reaction time, the laser blade broke through the air and made a soft sound, inserted horizontally into the ice butterfly's body accurately.

The heavy gray mecha is as light as a flying bird.

Rong Mi held the laser knife with both hands, using the handle as the fulcrum, the thrusters under his feet lit up, he turned upwards and jumped up, avoiding the encirclement of the ice butterfly's wings, while using the thrusters in his hands again.

"puff!"

"Buzz!——"

With a howl, the ice butterfly was cut in half horizontally, and bright red blood sprayed out from the steel body, staining a large area of ​​snow-covered ground.

The gray mecha's toes stepped on top of Zerg's body, and he used the force to jump upward again. When he flipped forward and landed on the ground, there was not a single red stain on the gray mecha's body.

The frightened commentator who gasped: "..."

The audience in front of the screen who just subconsciously held their breath: "..."

Comment area of ​​the live broadcast: "No... wait... Rong Mi's actions are a bit... a bit cool... ah... so cool!! So handsome!!! Who is the action director?! I will shoot Mechas in the future. Please hire this action director for every movie!”

"Then what...I want to say...this is not a special effect. Even if there is an action guide, Rong Mi's mecha is driven by himself, right?! This is a bit amazing..."

"It's not like it's an impromptu on-the-spot reaction!  I can do it if I practice a few more times! But the last one is too flashy, ah..."

"What the-! Here comes the Ice Butterfly again! These movements are all connected! Rong Mi is not trying to act cool! He is hiding from the Ice Butterfly behind him!"

In the light screen, in the space where Rong Mi's mecha had just jumped up and quickly left, a bright red line stretched out of thin air.

The second ice butterfly moved so fast that to the human eye, it seemed as if it appeared out of thin air.

The second one, the third one, the fourth one...

"This patrol of Zergs is bigger than I expected!" The commentator said in surprise, "This patrol has... more than a dozen... Under the holographic interactive setting, this desolate star is obviously huge. A group of ice butterflies..."

Dozens of densely packed ice butterflies then appeared.

Rong Mi glanced around, his expression unchanged.

He had killed hundreds of such low-level ice butterflies when they surrounded them, let alone dozens.

Even if the performance of the mecha is holding him back several levels!

He took a look at the mecha's energy reserve value and simply threw the laser gun to reduce the load.

"Do you want to give up long-range shooting altogether...?" The commentator stared closely at Rong Mi's movements, "No...it's not just the laser gun! -"

There were a few crisp sounds as Rong Mi's mecha removed its wrists, ankles, shoulders, and arms... and even the protective panels in front of the cockpit and chest.

"...My...oh my god. Player Rong Mi is going to fight to the death!!"

"Everyone knows the attack power of the ice butterflies! If Rong Mi removes these protective plates, the mecha will be directly scrapped if it touches the zerg...! This is... this is really a very dangerous choice!"

Rong Mi didn't think he would be scrapped at all.

He just felt that the speed of this mecha was too slow, so he removed all the protective plates and reduced the weight to make up for it.

Anyway, he wouldn't let the Zerg touch his mecha... even for a moment.

The silver-gray mecha suddenly disappeared in the wind and snow. When it reappeared in front of the audience, the mecha had already passed the ice butterfly in front of Rong Mi and rushed towards the next one diagonally ahead.

It was like a delayed film and television scene. When his laser blade was aimed at the next ice butterfly, the upper and lower body he passed over suddenly separated, collapsed suddenly, and blood-spattered.

Narrator: "...so fast."

Comment area: "...so fast!"

"Is the live broadcast room stuck? No matter how I look at Rong Mi's movements, they are all incoherent... It's like watching a slideshow..."

"Upstairs, there is no lag in the live broadcast room. It's because Rong Mi is too fast, as fast as an ice butterfly...faster than an ice butterfly..."

"It's not just the role of the mecha's thrusters, it also has mental power assistance... Look at the mental power auxiliary propulsion indicator light on the mecha's legs, it's almost blinding..."

"There is also the laser blade that is enhanced with mental power, right?!"

The short, arm-long laser blade shone in the blizzard, and the changing arcs looked like continuous lightning.

The gray mecha stood in the wind and snow, not breaking out from the attack and encirclement of the ice butterflies, but a... massacre with ease.

It wasn't until the snow-white ground for miles around was soaked in the bright red of the ice butterfly's blood that the gray mecha turned over and landed cleanly, with a few thin snowflakes on its shoulders.

Rong Mi stood still and turned around to confirm that there was no more Ice Butterfly Zerg nearby. He held the laser blade upside down and looked at the blood-red center with the help of the mecha's vision.

It's where his cocoon was when he first woke up.

It was a shallow pit about an arm's length deep from the snow.

At the edge is a broken white cocoon shell. In addition to the protruding cocoon shell, there are more than ten red cocoons as tall as a person densely packed next to each other.

Different from the solitary white cocoon shell, the other cocoon chambers are all dark and light red, symbolizing that the ice butterfly larvae inside the cocoons have taken shape.

When these larvae grow up, they become killers who hunt humans. Rong Mi could not let them grow.

He looked around and saw only the broken limbs of large ice butterflies, but not the laser gun he had just removed.

Rong Mi: ...The gun was probably buried by the Zerg's corpses.

He was too lazy to dig through the corpses to find them.

So he stood there and reached out towards the place where the crimson cocoon pile was.

The gray mecha raised its arm, its thumb stood up, its index finger stretched out, its middle finger, ring finger, and little finger curled up, making a gesture of raising a hand and gun commonly used by children when playing.

He raised his wrist and fired.

With the powerful output of mental power, a line of mental energy indicator slots on the front and side of the mecha's chest, upwards connecting the shoulders, upper arms, forearms, and then the palms all lit up and gathered at his fingertips.

Bang.

With a soft sound breaking through the air, bullets powered by mental power flew out, slid through a ray of light in the air, and fell into the cocoon in front of them.

Like a spark falling into an oil field.

In the blizzard, a large area of ​​dazzling purple flames burned.