Whirr—

A massive shadow rapidly ascended underwater, creating a monstrous wave,

Parting the sea to the left and right, like Moses.

"ROAR!!"

The deep-sea behemoth known as Knifehead leaped out of the water, its strong, sturdy arms capable of easily crushing an ocean freighter, raising high,

To grab Crimson Typhoon from behind.

The Wei triplets, struggling with pain and mental sway, didn't have time to maximize their A.T. field before Knifehead seized their three arms.

Snap, crackle.

Under the immense force, Crimson Typhoon's A.T. field shattered directly, and the steel bones bent and broke, erupting in sparks of explosions.

Its three arms flailed in vain, ultimately unable to escape the fate of being snapped off and tossed into the sea.

[Warning: Severe damage to the Jaeger. Electrical system malfunction. Activating backup power.]

[Warning: Jaeger gravity balance system damaged. Imbalance detected.]

Having lost all its arms, Crimson Typhoon involuntarily toppled forward,

Large amounts of seawater mixed with the deep-sea monster's blood poured in from the severed shoulders,

Corroding the fragile electronic components.

Mechanical alarms blared in the cockpit. The Wei triplets, enduring the pain, used their last shred of rationality to press the eject button.

Bang!

A small hole caved in on Crimson Typhoon's chest armor. The shuttle-shaped cockpit carrying the Wei triplets ejected from the hole, skipped across the sea a dozen times, and drifted out of the battlefield with the current.

The main body of the Crimson Typhoon Jaeger, however, was completely torn apart under Knifehead's relentless punches.

Everything happened so quickly that the people in the command center didn't react for a moment as they watched the live footage on the screen.

The Mark-4 Jaeger Crimson Typhoon had guarded Hong Kong for years, independently killing seven deep-sea monsters, its record ranking among the best in the world.

In the PPDC's expectations, even if it faced a Category 4 Kaiju it hadn't seen before, while there might be some disadvantages, it shouldn't have been defeated and killed in just a few minutes.

"They've... evolved..."

Newton Geiszler, the Kaiju research biologist in the command center, muttered to himself, "First, the agile Otachi was used to simultaneously attract the attention of Crimson Typhoon and Cherno Alpha,

Then the power-type Knifehead launched a surprise attack, annihilating the relatively lightly armored Crimson Typhoon in one fell swoop."

"Not only that, but their A.T. fields have also improved."

Hermann Gottlieb, the physicist next to Newton, looked at the data on the screen and gasped. "The average A.T. field strength of all previous Category 4 Kaiju was 30 Hume units.

A few Kaiju could reach 40 Hume units.

But just now, when Knifehead destroyed Crimson Typhoon, the Hume index even soared to 58 points!

Almost double that of other Category 4 Kaiju!"

Silence reigned in the command center. Everyone stared at the big screen, at Knifehead casually tossing Crimson Typhoon's corpse into the sea.

"We're gonna die, we're gonna die, we're gonna die—"

In the Qubeley Jaeger's cockpit, Fuxiao gritted her teeth, her eyes bloodshot.

The beam saber hilt was firmly stuck by Otachi's suddenly enhanced A.T. field, unable to move.

Even if the Qubeley Jaeger increased the vector nozzle horsepower of the binder wings to the maximum, it could only make the Jaeger dash around in place like a giant moth, never escaping the range of Otachi's arms.

"ROAR—"

Otachi multi-tasked.

Its tail suddenly swung, the tail tip stabbing toward Cherno Alpha like a dart.

Just like Knifehead next to it, the A.T. field covering its body suddenly increased in strength, directly overpowering the Cherno Alpha Jaeger's A.T. field.

The tip of the tail was unstoppable, first tearing apart the golden shield, then piercing through the Jaeger armor, stabbing into the Jaeger's body.

Poof—

Otachi's tail spewed out a large amount of corrosive liquid.

Cherno Alpha, with its extremely thick outer armor, had no resistance to this kind of internal attack.

Thick smoke quickly billowed from its abdomen and waist.

The fists raised high, preparing to smash at Otachi, also lost power in an instant due to the corrosion of the nuclear reactor, and fell down, slamming into the sea.

Otachi, having suddenly launched an attack to destroy Cherno Alpha, didn't stop there. Its left forelimb slowly but surely lifted, and ruthlessly slapped toward the Qubeley Jaeger restrained by it.

Fuxiao only felt the sky suddenly darken. The giant monster's palm, larger than the entire Jaeger, radiated a golden glow and loomed over.

In that moment of crisis, Fuxiao's brain, enhanced by the Psycommu mental induction system, was unusually calm.

She directly released the Jaeger control stick, took out an antique parchment scroll from the void, and tore it apart with both hands.

Teleport, transfer.

At the last moment before Otachi's palm closed, the Qubeley Jaeger instantly disappeared from its original location,

Appearing above Cherno Alpha, a hundred meters away.

A perfect-grade consumable teleport scroll was used just like that.

Inside the cockpit, Fuxiao gasped for breath, her eyes red,

Both because she had wasted a precious life-saving item,

And because this kind of scroll that could teleport with the Jaeger placed a huge burden on the user.

"I'm so screwed..."

Fuxiao took a deep breath, stabilized her breathing, looked at the two deep-sea monsters below, the Crimson Typhoon that had been reduced to碎尸, and the Cherno Alpha, shrouded in smoke.

She immediately made a decision, directly controlling the Qubeley Jaeger to dive down, arriving at the chest area of ​​Cherno Alpha.

When she and Black Stallion had just teleported to Shatterdome, Fuxiao had collected information on these heavy Jaegers in the hangar.

As a Mark-1 heavy Jaeger, Cherno Alpha's chest armor was extremely thick. Even without the protection of an A.T. field, ordinary Kaiju would have to spend a lot of effort to penetrate it.

But this design also meant that the escape system had no space to maneuver.

The pilots could not eject the cockpit to escape like other Jaeger pilots.

"Go!"

With just one glance, Fuxiao judged that the Cherno Alpha Jaeger had completely lost its combat effectiveness.

She rushed forward, wielded her beam saber, and cleaved open the dissolving Jaeger shell that was constantly being corroded by venom. She dragged the pilots, the Kaidanovskys, out of the cockpit,

And led them away from this heavy Jaeger that was about to collapse.

Otachi noticed Fuxiao's actions, roared angrily, raised its tail, and sprayed a stream of venomous liquid toward the Qubeley Jaeger. However, it failed to hit the agile and swift moth that was constantly shifting and maneuvering.

"ROAR—"

Otachi stared at the Qubeley Jaeger that was flying further and further away, and shook its tail somewhat unwillingly. It lashed out, using its tail to smash Cherno Alpha, which was standing still with its upper body dissolved, into pieces.

It turned around with Knifehead, and together they looked toward the isolated Striker Eureka.

The battlefield instantly changed from 3 vs 2 to 1 vs 2.

The Hansens, father and son, piloting Striker Eureka, slowly stopped their footsteps, unsure whether to advance or retreat.

Fortunately, the Kaiju had already made the decision for them—

Knifehead slowly stepped forward, approaching Striker Eureka step by step.

Otachi submerged into the ocean, swimming toward Hong Kong.

————

In the command center, Li Ang, who was flipping through complex documents, looked up and frowned at the chaotic command center.

The sudden change in the battle situation, the sudden increase in the strength of the two Kaiju's A.T. fields, and the terrifying implications behind it,

Made the PPDC elite members in the command center a little panicked, frightened, and at a loss.

"Tsk."

Li Ang, who was annoyed by the interruption of his reading, clicked his tongue unhappily, and looked at Black Stallion next to him. "Little Ma, why don't you take a trip?"

"Ah? Me?"

Black Stallion's expression froze, and he immediately said with a wry smile, "Brother Li, aren't you misunderstanding my strength a little...

In the world view of this script world, only heavy Jaegers can deal with Category 4 Kaiju, and only A.T. fields can counter A.T. fields.

I'm just a support staff member. I'm afraid I can't beat that Otachi that's about to invade Hong Kong..."

"I'm also support staff."

Li Ang sighed. "You tell me, why does a support staff member like me have to do everything myself in every battle?

Damn it, how did the world become like this?

Forget it, I'll go myself."

He closed the documents in his hand, strode out of the command center, and amidst the complicated gazes of the PPDC members, left behind the words "Don't touch my documents," drew his Colt revolver, and pulled the trigger toward the distance.