It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future - Chapter 692

Chapter 692

Putting Ling Lan’s thoughts aside, all of them managed to arrive at their destination soon .

It was a huge lake . The surface of the lake was shimmering with light . There seemed to be no end to the lake with waters that were deep blue and clear . However, Ling Lan and her team members couldn’t be certain if there were creatures inside the lake . The steam over the lake and the heat emitted from the lake told them that the temperature of the water was high .

Xie Yi started taking a sample of the water and examining it without Ling Lan’s command . He told everyone what he found through the team channel .

“The temperature of the water is at 87 degrees celsius . Can fish survive at this temperature?” One of the mecha operators were stunned . Fish would be cooked at this temperature .

“You are a veteran . Have you forgotten lifeforms here might be different from what we know? I’m pretty sure the fish on this planet are not afraid of high heat,” Someone refuted .

“There is a fish like that in the Federation too . It’s known as Aomu Fish . It can live within 50 degrees celsius to 60 degrees celsius water . If the temperature of the water gets below 45 degrees celsius, it will die . ” Someone reminded everyone to not be restricted by their own ignorance .

“No one knows what is in the lake . Let’s be more careful . ” As the most experienced mecha operator, Yang Mingzhi felt obligated to remind everyone to be aware of their surroundings when he noticed that they were too focused on talking .

Everyone instantly focused their attention on the lake .

Ling Lan knew that these people still had problems fighting in a high pressured situation . They had relaxed for too long and lost their vigilance on the battlefield . This was not something that could be solved with training . Only real life-or-death situations would allow them to regain their vigilance .

“Regiment commander, why do I feel that the heat in the lake didn’t trigger the thermal signal?” Li Lanfeng looked at his optical supercomputer . He noticed that the thermal signal came from the lake but 87 degrees celsius was too low for the thermal detector to give such a signal .

Ling Lan stared at the surface of the lake for a few seconds . She said slowly, “Seems like we need to go into the lake . ” She had this query too . There might be something in the lake which caused it to have such a high temperature . She didn’t know if it was a natural resource vein in it .

However, entering the lake was a dangerous task . Entering the bottom of a lake or a river was usually the most dangerous place to explore . There was water resistance and the water would affect the mecha operator’s vision too . Most importantly, no one knew what was under the water .

Ling Lan pondered about it and chose Qi Long, Zhao Jun, Liu Furong, Gu Zhengyang to enter the lake with her .

Li Lanfeng wanted to say something but he stopped himself . He really wanted to go with Ling Lan but he knew that if anything happened there, with his stamina, he might drag the whole team down . He could not cause trouble for his rabbit .

Ling Lan asked Yang Mingzhi to be in charge of guarding the perimeter and asked Li Lanfeng and Han Jijyun to help him . She glanced at Ling Yu who was standing still like a piece of wood . After some thought, she said, “Ling Yu, you’ll go down with me too . ”

Since there is a bodyguard, she should use it .

“Yes, regiment commander!” Ling Yu received the order . Very soon, the six of them jumped into the lake .

The moment they entered the lake, the six of them changed their mecha setting to suit the underwater environment . Their mecha got used to the environment and slowly sunk . It took more than ten seconds for them to sink to the bottom of the lake . It was deeper than expected . There was no light at the bottom of the lake . However, the mechas had searchlights on them so they were able to see within 30 meters around them .

The six people cautiously explored the bottom of the lake . While they were sinking, they didn’t see a single fish at all . This caused them to doubt if there were any creatures in the lake .

“Be careful!” Qi Long felt his boss kicking him . Ling Yu, who was protecting Ling Lan, fired a beam shot at Qi Long’s direction . If his boss didn’t kick him, he would have been hit by the beam . Qi Long was furious . Was there something wrong with Ling Yu? Wasn’t he boss’s bodyguard?”

“Qi Long, inspect your mecha and see if there is a problem . ” Ling Lan’s cold voice rang inside Qi Long’s ears . Ling Yu still had his beam gun in his hand . However, it was not aimed at him . It was aimed at his side .

Qi Long got a shock . He knew that things were not what it seemed . He immediately inspected his mecha and noticed that there was a round-shaped burn mark on the mecha’s chest . He didn’t know when he got this scar . It looked like a burn mark was formed by electricity .

Qi Long replayed what happened . After slowing down the video feed ten times, he finally saw a silver whip-like tentacle appearing beside him suddenly and attacking him . If his boss didn’t kick him away, he might have been seriously hurt . At the same time, he also noticed that Ling Yu’s beam sliced the silver whip-like tentacle . That was why the tentacle retreated and stopped attacking him .

With Ling Yu standing by, Ling Lan bent down and picked up the tentacle that was sliced by Ling Yu . After it was sliced, half of it dropped onto the bottom of the lake .

The tentacle kept forming sparks in Ling Lan’s hand . Ling Lan was prepared for its attack so she protected her hand using the shield . After a few seconds, the sparks disappeared . The silver whip-like tentacle had used up all its energy and stopped moving . It started to turn dark silver .

“This tentacle has powerful electricity in it . Even if it leaves the main body, the electricity will not disappear immediately . Some of it still remained in it . ” Ling Lan explained what happened to the other five people . “Based on the way it attacked, it should be a creature with tentacles . ”

Everyone gasped when they heard that . The hardest type of creature to deal with under the water were creatures with tentacles . This creature even had electricity in it . They were not afraid but it still made their heads hurt .

Ling Lan signaled at Ling Yu to put down his gun . The creature that attacked them had moved away or was hiding . Ling Lan swallowed the questions she had and turned to face everyone . “Be careful . It is injured so it will definitely attack us again . ”

“Yes, regiment commander!” Everyone was on their guard . With such a scary opponent being near them, all of them moved with vigilance . They even activated their shields . At the bottom of the lake, each mecha was shining with light from their beam shield . Ling Lan knew this would make them easier targets but it was better than dying unknowingly in the tentacles of a tentacle monster .

“Regiment commander, we are unable to contact the people above . ” Liu Furong frowned as he told Ling Lan the bad news . Just now, Ling Lan ordered him to contact Yang Mingzhi to inform them about the situation under the water so that they could be on their guard .

“Seems like the water is able to interrupt signals,” Gu Zhengyang guessed .

“Maybe this is the ability of the tentacle creature,” Zhao Jun had another guess .

“No matter what, we are rich . ” Qi Long smiled brightly as he stared in front of him intently . All he could think of were credits . He didn’t look as though he just met a life-or-death situation . He was as lively as usual .

“I didn’t expect our luck to be so good . ” Their current situation was quite bad but everyone’s mindset was good . They started making the best out of the situation .

They knew that if they wanted to explore this lake, they needed to get rid of the tentacle creature first . They didn’t know how many creatures there were . Furthermore, if they killed all the tentacle creatures only to realize that this was just an ordinary lake with no ability to block signals, their efforts would be in vain .

Yet, everyone looked at the situation positively and accepted the challenge happily . Ling Yu nodded his head . He was satisfied with the performance of these team leaders .

At the side of the lake, the 20 people who stayed back split into two teams . One of the team rested while the other guarded the area . A portion of them guarded the lake while another portion guarded their surroundings .

The person in charge of the group that was guarding the lake was Li Lanfeng . Luo Lang and Xie Yi helped him . Li Lanfeng trusted Ling Lan and the others but he still couldn’t help feeling worried . He kept looking at the lake and hoped that his friends would return soon .

Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes . “Luo Lang, Xie Yi, look . Did you see something below the surface of the lake just now?” He saw a flash of silver just now . This caused him to be on his guard .

Luo Lang and Xie Yi immediately looked at the lake . But, they didn’t see anything .

“There seemed to be nothing,” Luo Lang said with uncertainty .

Xie Yi smiled . “You must have mistaken . How can there be any creatures in a lake with such a high temperature?” He moved his mecha after he finished speaking and looked in another direction .

Luo Lang seemed to agree with what he said . He turned his mecha around indifferently too and placed his focus on the other side .

Li Lanfeng muttered, “Maybe I’m wrong . ” He spun his mecha around too .

When the three of them turned around, six long tentacles shot out of the lake and slashed towards the six mechas that were near the lake . Three of the mecha belonged to Li Lanfeng, Xie Yi, and Luo Lang .

“Boom! Boom! Boom!” The moment the tentacles appeared, Li Lanfeng, Luo Lang, and Xie Yi shot their beam guns at the six tentacles as though they were prepared for its attack .

This creature which snuck up of them was caught off its guard . All the six tentacles got sliced off . The other three mechas at the side of the lake had received an order from their leader and quickly dodged .

After seeing the attacker, Yang Mingzhi, Han Jijyun, and Li Yingjie quickly came over too .

Two of the tentacles dropped on the yellowish-brown plants at the bank of the lake . They kept twisting as though they still had life in them . The plants that got in contact with the tentacles were burnt immediately . The electricity in the tentacles was strong .

The mecha operators who noticed this felt a chill down their spines . If these tentacles landed on their bodies, they might turn into ash instantly . There was no chance of survival . This was just a portion of the electricity left in a broken tentacle . If they were hit by the main body, their mechas might not be able to withstand the electricity too .

Yang Mingzhi and his group met up with Li Lanfeng’s group . They saw waves forming on the surface of the river . Suddenly, numerous tentacles shot out of the river and rushed towards the people at the bank . It must be furious that Li Lanfeng and his friends hurt it so it wanted to kill them .

“F**k, that is a tentacle creature . Everyone focus! Don’t get dragged into the water by it . ” Yang Mingzhi quickly reminded everyone . He immediately raised his beam gun and shot at the tentacles .

He was worried about the group that went down . He wondered if they were safe . This kind of creature was harder to deal with in the water .

After a round of shooting, they managed to destroy close to 200 tentacles . This only happened because none of them missed a shot . However, there were still 800 more tentacles rushing towards them .

“We have too little people . We can’t fight with it . ” Yang Mingzhi immediately gave an order . “Everyone, retreat till the tentacles can’t reach you . ”

Many mecha operators didn’t agree with this order, especially the people from Lingtian Battle Team . Under Ling Lan’s guidance, they didn’t like to retreat . However, they remembered what Ling Lan told them . The person-in-charge was Yang Mingzhi . Even if they wanted to continue fighting, they still had to listen to him . Hence, they retracted their weapons and started retreating .

In a battlefield, everyone must be able to obey commands immediately . If not, they might put everyone in danger . The members of Lingtian got brainwashed by Ling Lan successfully so they didn’t create trouble for Yang Mingzhi .

Although everyone moved quickly, the monster in the lake was much faster . Before the mecha operators could move to a safe distance, the tentacles had already reached them .