Then came the Demon Lizard's precise ultra-long-range strafing—the powerful impact of the machine cannon bullets was no less than that of a large-caliber sniper rifle. Even from several kilometers away, once it hit, it still possessed considerable force.
The hovercar swayed in the air, unable to organize an effective counterattack or containment, it could only spin around, spewing black smoke.
The armored vehicle on the ground, although it withstood the first wave of mini-missile attacks, only ran less than five hundred meters before its tires were shot out by machine gun fire from three enemy armored vehicles, causing it to overturn out of control.
The Demon Lizard turned its vehicle around, and the machine cannon instantly destroyed the armored car, while the Military Science agents hiding inside were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, easily obliterated.
Stout cursed under his breath, while the Military Science operative driving Mercer's vehicle floored the pedal of the bulletproof van, taking the opportunity to drive a distance away.
Bullets whizzed past, and from time to time the clanking sound of bullets hitting the bulletproof steel plates of the van could be heard.
This made Stout think for a moment, then suddenly he forcefully opened the rear compartment door and held a still-screaming Diana Kuno in front of him.
"No! Ahhh! Don't kill me!!" Diana's sharp cry, might really be heard even over a kilometer away.
The distant Demon Lizard driver, after seeing Diana's face through the auto-zoom camera, indeed chose to cease fire—other armored vehicles did the same and began to speed up, trying to close the distance.
At this moment, in the far-off sky, a red light suddenly burst forth, accompanied by a white plume of smoke.
Everyone couldn't help but glance over, only Mercer's face slightly changed.
[Mercer: Run!]
He didn't even bother to send a private message, instead, he sent it to the team voice chat.
When the red-glowing object entered the sky, making a downward turn, and flew toward the Demon Lizard, everyone realized what was happening.
It was Lucy and Qiwei from afar providing support, launching a mini-missile!
When the Demon Lizard's radar detected the approaching projectile, it immediately reopened its launch port and fired several mini-missiles for intercepting the aerial target.
At the same time, the Demon Lizard quickly turned its vehicle, locked onto the missile's launch position, opened the last launch port, and fired all remaining mini-missiles inside the vehicle.
In an instant, the sky was thick with white smoke like threads.
"Stinger missile? Where did you get a mini-tactical missile launcher?" Stout gasped, watching as the mini-missile launched by Lucy attempted to breach the mini-missile defenses at an extremely rapid speed.
Technically, the speed of a mini-missile exceeding Mach 1 is not very fast, but launched from such a close distance left little reaction time for the anti-aircraft equipment to lock on.
The Stinger missile pierced through the anti-aircraft missiles, falling straight beside the Demon Lizard, blasting the hovering infantry fighting vehicle to the ground.
However, before cheers could erupt, the Demon Lizard wobbled as it rose again.
Only this time, both hover engines seemed to have malfunctioned, unable to ascend back into the sky and could only maintain a low-altitude hover, moving forward at a much-reduced speed.
Mercer didn't respond to Stout's question but instead widened his eyes, watching as the missiles launched by the Demon Lizard flew through the air towards the location that should have been where Lucy and Qiwei were, several kilometers away.
To his relief, just seconds later, he received a message in his prosthetic eye.
[Lucy: We're fine, the car broke down.]
Mercer sighed in relief, finally noticing the cold sweat on his back.
He turned his head to urge the Military Science tech expert: "Hurry, we don't have time!"
The tech expert, also sweating profusely, had the tools on his multifunctional prosthetic hand spinning rapidly: "Fast enough! Ten seconds! Give me ten more seconds!"
Mercer, however, couldn't wait any longer and put on his helmet, connecting the data cable without hesitation.
Fortunately, he charged this exoskeleton suit yesterday.
The speed of the distant armored vehicles and Demon Lizard was much faster than Mercer's bulletproof van, especially on the treacherous terrain of this lawless plain.
Ten seconds would be enough for them to reach an optimal firing position.
Mercer could see a distant armored vehicle suddenly turning, heading towards the location of Lucy and Qiwei.
The enemy seemed to believe the battle was already won, splitting up their forces to confirm the status of the distant attackers.
[Mercer: Lucy, Qiwei! They're coming your way!]
[Qiwei: We see them, but we can't move.]
[Pira: I'm on it!]
The direction Mercer and the others were heading was the winding mountain road of Stone Ridge Mountain, and at this moment, Pira was at a small peak on Stone Ridge Mountain.
With a burst of electrical discharge.
Pira, holding the customized version of the 'Asura' sniper rifle seized from K by Tsunami Defense, fired a heavy sniper bullet.
The power of this bullet was no less than the machine cannon of the Demon Lizard.
The electromagnetic launch weapon had a range far exceeding kinetic energy weapons.
After the weapon's program chip automatically calculated the trajectory impact point, even someone like Pira, without professional training, as long as their hand didn't shake, wouldn't miss the target.
And Pira's engineer arms, while they might not have other skills, were top-notch in stability!
So, almost a second after the shot was fired, the window position of the distant armored vehicle turning towards Lucy was blasted open with a large hole.