MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter - Chapter 992

Chapter 992: Chapter 992: Countermeasures Chapter 992: Chapter 992: Countermeasures “What?” Ling Feng finally found an angle to challenge Li Yao and immediately spoke with disdain, “You must be joking. These dark creatures have better vision at night and become more ferocious. Only a madman would choose to fight monsters after dark. How did you even level up this high with such a lack of common sense? If you don’t know how to play or understand, then don’t spout nonsense, okay? You’ll get us all killed.”

“Then leave the team. If you leave, I won’t owe you anything,” Li Yao said, raising an eyebrow. “Keeping someone as stupid as me in the team must be bringing down the intelligence of someone as smart as you–how terrible for you.”

At first, Li Yao could understand Ling Feng’s jealousy, and later when Li Yao became the leader of the mission, he could overlook a few resentful remarks.

But now, with Ling Feng still picking fights, Li Yao, who wasn’t known for his patience, wasn’t about to indulge him. If he didn’t push back, others might think he was an easy target to bully.

“Damn it, I am trying to reason with you,” Ling Feng retorted.

“You’ve already called me stupid, and now you’re trying to reason with someone you think is stupid? That doesn’t seem very smart to me. There are two choices: either leave the team or shut your mouth. I don’t want to hear another word right now. I mean what I say, and if you say one more word, I’ll kick you out if you don’t leave,” Li Yao said, looking Ling Feng in the eye. “I mean what I say.”

Ling Feng was so angry he trembled all over. He initially wanted to leave the team in a huff, but then he thought of the mild-mannered Xia and the rich rewards of the mission. Quitting now would mean losing everything, so he swallowed the rest of his words.

He had kicked Li Yao out before and knew full well that Li Yao would not hesitate to do the same to him. He got back in the team only because Xia pleaded on his behalf, but there wouldn’t be a next time.

This time Xia was unwilling to plead for him anymore, and Bing Yu wouldn’t bother pleading at all, as she never liked him much to begin with.

“Go ahead and state your reasons. After all, we’re a team,” Xia said.

“I was going to anyway before being senselessly accused,” Li Yao continued, looking into the distance. “Do you think I don’t know that monsters grow more frenzied at night, that dark creatures see better after dark? But who among you truly understands this Dead Light Mother Tree?”

Everyone shook their heads, and Xia said, “We barely know anything; the first step of the mission is here, but it doesn’t require us to venture deep. At night, you can see all the gravestones and skeletons on the ground, indicating countless players have tried or just passed by and got killed. These creatures are too eerie, blending in with the trees like leaves–if it wasn’t for Bing Yu’s scouting, we wouldn’t have known about the countless decay crows up there. And who knows how many Fallen live in the heat? As for this strange tree, we really don’t know much.”

“You mentioned skeletons, and in fact, most of them were killed by the Dead Light Mother Tree when they were alive,” Li Yao explained.

“What, this tree is alive?” Xia looked at the huge tree dotted with pale green lights, filled with disbelief.

“To be precise, the tree is alive during the day,” Li Yao clarified. “Actually, the decay crows and the Fallen are only half as powerful during the day as they are at night; they depend on each other. By day, the Mother Tree protects the decay crows, and at night the decay crows protect the Mother Tree.”

“That’s really amazing,” the kitten continued to inquire. “But why do you think it’s a good idea to attack at night?”

“Because this type of Dead Light Mother Tree is very strong. See its thousands of branches? Loaded with corrosive toxins–not to mention how powerful they are, just their whipping motion is a problem. How do you expect to get past them? Get hit once, and your agility decreases. Charge and you’ll be paralyzed or wrapped up in countless tendrils. Besides, this creature is a level forty Racial Chief; we’d be killed instantly without even feeling the paralysis. And why is it called a Mother Tree, you ask? Because it can split into many temporary fighting units. Think about it; only at night, when it absorbs the power of the stars, do its leaves light up, reflecting the stars, but it also loses the ability to move.”

“Really?” Xia asked earnestly, “Are you sure about this information?”

“Can the records of ancient books in the Neutral Camp’s Sanctuary Library be wrong?” Li Yao said indifferently.

The others looked at each other. If what Li Yao said was true, then the daytime was definitely lethal, no question about it. Forget about dodging; once you’re under the tree, no matter how good your dodging is, you can’t avoid all the branches.

The attacks from a Racial Chief, even when spread out, would be more than enough to kill them, given their fragile professions.

No tank could hold the aggro of such creatures.

“Even so, the Corroded Crows at night wouldn’t be easy to get through either,” Xia murmured thoughtfully. “Hmm, the Corroded Crows are creatures of darkness. Their combat power is reduced during the day. You two know engineering. What would be the effect of Flash Bombs?”

“Smart. Flash Bombs might only blind others, but for them, it’s like a lethal grenade. A crow caught by the Flash would lose at least half its life,” Li Yao commended.

“Then shall we go back and gather materials and come again tomorrow night?” Kitten frowned. This would delay them another day, but there was no helping it. They were helpless against an aerial encirclement.

Li Yao waved his hand and said, “No need. I brought plenty of iron sheets. The only thing we’re short of is flash powder, but fortunately, this isn’t the Ice Rain Plains. The climate here is humid and hot. Haven’t you noticed the clusters of fireflies? You kill the fireflies and collect the flash powder. I’ll handle the crafting.”

With that, Li Yao chose a flat piece of ground and took out several copper tubes from the Mechanical Space. Everyone watched as Li Yao swiftly assembled them into a large frame, and then hung several lanterns on the frame.

The area beneath the frame was immediately lit up, and then Li Yao took out a simple engineering box and set up an impromptu engineering workbench.

The others stared in awe. Damn, all this was possible.

“Although your engineering is only intermediate-level, you can make Flash Bombs, right? If you can, you better get started. We need to work quickly,” Li Yao said to Bing Yu.

Bing Yu nodded, sat on the other side, and the two of them began to use Li Yao’s materials to make Flash Bombs.

“Don’t just stand there gawking. The materials I have will only last five minutes at most. Hurry up and collect the flash powder,” Li Yao urged when he saw them still standing around.

Realizing what they had to do, the others quickly divided into two teams and started hunting fireflies.

And so, they collected flash powder while Li Yao and Bing Yu crafted Flash Bombs, one after another.

Li Yao was extremely familiar with the process, a task so simple that he could do it with his eyes closed, so he started streaming live on Starfire Sub Guild’s channel.

Of course, this live stream was only for Starfire and the Starfire Sub Guild members. Starfire’s group was exploring a small underground relic, and the atmosphere was lively…