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Chapter 20 Tomorrow or an Accident: Which Will Come First?

"That's not how it works. In a Galaga RPG, the boss should emerge from the seabed, and we should test each other back and forth, and then, with the support of our teammates, defeat the boss and achieve our goal."

How come in real life, not only do bosses cleverly utilize the environment and burrow underground to survive, but they also specifically target me, the fragile damage dealer in the back!

Miao Meng floated on the sea, somewhat at a loss. If it weren't for the shield of his beloved pendant blocking that fierce eruption of lava, he probably would have been dead.

The preparations made against fire were not entirely useless, but fire-resistant potions were still not very effective against magma attacks. Although they provided immunity to the subsequent burning effect of the magma, the impact of the magma was still powerful.

In the blink of an eye, the aftershocks of the lava pierced through the staff's repulsive shield and took away a third of his health. It was terrifyingly powerful.

Miao Meng floated quietly with the waves of the ocean. His Dao heart had been somewhat shattered by the attack from the boss on the other side, and now he just wanted to play dead.

But when he heard the roar on the beach and that extremely familiar call, he forced himself to regain his fighting spirit, then used his senses to take a look at the situation on the battlefield.

Flame Spirit: Challenge Level 14. Currently suppressed by a large amount of seawater, its attributes are decreasing. The actual challenge level is 11, and it is slowly recovering.

Void Spirit: Challenge level 8, and it has a water element shield that can resist the burning aura effect of the fire spirit.

This Void Ghost possesses a peculiar ability to become invisible, or perhaps to quickly traverse other dimensions. It harassed the Flame Spirit back and forth, keeping it stuck in place.

Meanwhile, the other psionicists were not idle either. Those who knew magic cast spells, while those who didn't used magic drew water from nearby sources to suppress the target.

"They're still fighting, how can I give up? When did I become someone who hesitates and thinks too much?"

Seeing that not all of the psionicists looked human, Miao Meng abandoned the suppression of his ship girl form and transformed into an adorable young boy, using his ship equipment to launch a support mission.

Unfortunately, only half of the magic cannons mounted on the ship could deal ice-attribute attacks, while the other half were still mainly light and fire-attribute attacks. Therefore, Miao Meng was particularly restrained when shooting, afraid that he would fire all the attribute bullets too quickly.

"Whoosh~ Swish!"

Because of the darkness of night, even with the firelight illuminating the sky, it was still difficult to see the translucent blue crystals that had traveled across the ocean.

Although Yan Jing remained highly vigilant towards Miao Meng, she was also unable to dodge the silently flying ice crystals due to the entanglement of the people around her.

Of course, it wasn't that there was absolutely no dodging movement; it was just that the slight body deformation was ineffective, and the frozen crystals were detonated as soon as they approached the blast radius.

The sudden burst of cold air startled the psionicists on the beach, but seeing the damage to the Flame Spirit, they knew that the frozen crystal must be friendly support.

Then several more identical frozen crystals attacked, each one more powerful than the last, because the allied warriors, having received reinforcements, had retreated a considerable distance.

Miao Meng's wide-area perception never stopped probing this area. Only after those people retreated to a relatively safe distance did he truly unleash his firepower, firing several magic cannons.

The crystals released through the staff are slightly weaker, but they are still suitable for alerting others to take cover.

After all, the difference in power between the two is several times just in size, not to mention the 1:7 quantity difference is not small either. Multiplying the two together more than doubles the output efficiency.

Just as Miao Meng was severely injured by the opponent before, the Flame Spirit is now being countered and made even more weak.

The seven magic cannons did not fire all at once, but rather in twos and threes to form a unit. This was to target the amorphous elemental life form, Flame Spirit, and prevent it from escaping during the intervals between cannon fire.

After transforming into her ship girl form, Miao Meng held a revolver in her hand and simultaneously used telekinesis to control six revolvers in the air.

Because of his rather cute appearance, coupled with these guns, at first glance he looks quite like a character from Puella Magi Madoka Magica—Mami Tomoe.

However, due to the distance he flew and his own caution, he was quite far from the shore, and the people on the beach could not see Miao Meng, who was hidden by the layers of waves, for a while.

By this time, the remaining psionic students on the beach had already dispersed, leaving only Yan Jing at the edge of the beach, frozen in place by one freezing bomb after another.

Each freezing shell explodes into an ice flower more than 10 meters in size. These ice flowers, layer upon layer, are like an eternal iceberg that suppresses the Flame Spirit, leaving only a few wisps of life to kill it completely.

"Lord! Your servant awaits Your gaze in the position of the Firebird star, with Ktugia residing in its flames."

Using the flames it carried, the Flame Spirit melted a small area within the iceberg where it could move. Then, as if chanting or singing, it used the resonance of its body to utter a difficult incantation.

Miao Meng couldn't hear the opponent's counterattack because of the distance, but the psionicists on the beach could, so they immediately scattered and ran when they heard the incantation.

The half-human, half-fish psychic jumped directly into the ocean and rushed to Miao Meng's side at an extremely fast speed, loudly reminding him.

"Be careful! The essence of fire is calling upon the gaze of the evil god. Quickly close your eyes and abandon your senses, or the consequences will be unimaginable."

After giving his warning, the half-fish man plunged into the depths of the ocean. Although the boy on the board looked very different from Miao Meng, the flying pistol and staff were enough to prove his identity.

Even if it's not the person in question, there's a very high probability that it's a teammate they summoned for support. After all, no kind-hearted person would risk going crazy to help someone for no reason.

After hearing his teammate's reminder, Miao Meng also noticed the constantly twisting flames deep in the iceberg. After hesitating for only a second, he fired all the remaining bullets and then sank into the ocean.

While ship girls possess the passive ability to travel on the sea, this does not mean they cannot enter the sea. It simply means that the power of various weapons will be significantly weakened once they enter the sea.

His concern was what would happen if the enemy took the opportunity to recover after he stopped firing his artillery to suppress the enemy.

"Glug glug~ (Do you need to breathe underwater?) No?"

After seeing Miao Meng's figure sinking as well, the merman swam over and then used underwater communication magic to ask if he needed any help.

Only this half-fish man ran into the sea just now; the other psionicists didn't come, for fear of drowning in the ocean.

"No need, but thank you for your help earlier."

Miao Meng was referring to the half-fish man's immediate action of stopping Yan Jing after he was injured.

"Of course, let me reintroduce myself. My name is Yu Renjie, not the 'Yu' in 'foolish,' but the 'Yu' in 'two horizontal strokes and one vertical hook.' I am a senior investigator in the Special Operations Group of the Central China Regional Investigation Bureau Headquarters."

Thank you for your help. Without your freezing bomb, we would have had to pay a heavy price to suppress the Flame Spirit.

But now is not the time to talk about this. It should be about time. I'll peek out and take a look. Don't rush me.

After Yu Renjie finished speaking, he used his lower body, which had turned into a fish tail, to rush upwards more than 10 meters above the sea surface, glanced at the distant beach, and then fell back into the ocean.