Shadows of the Deep Space

In fact, to deal with these juvenile Parasites, Su Ming didn't even need to manipulate the Mecha to launch complex attacks; he simply had to lift a foot or use his hand to deal with them.

"Are you all okay?"

Su Ming awkwardly asked the terrified girls in front of him.

"We're fine, are you a senior?"

The girl with short hair, upon hearing Su Ming's voice, was dumbstruck and asked with some disbelief.

"Yes, you should run now,"

Su Ming advised them.

"But, but where do we run? There are Parasites of Chilami everywhere."

The short-haired girl asked anxiously.

Su Ming himself was at a loss when he heard this and then he asked,

"How many people are still here?"

"So many, the teachers and security staff who came to evacuate us were all bitten to death, now there's nowhere to hide, nor do we know where to go."

The short-haired girl quickly responded.

"Alright then, gather everyone here, and I'll figure out a way to escort you to safety,"

Su Ming told them.

"Okay, we'll go call everyone right now."

The group of five girls immediately dispersed to call others.

Su Ming then activated his wireless communication to call Mink and Chen Tong.

"Mink, Chen Tong, come to the front of the No. 17 girls' dormitory building right away with your Mechas to help, many people haven't been evacuated here."

"There are quite a few people here who haven't been evacuated either, wait a moment, we'll bring them over too."

Mink and Chen Tong immediately replied.

"Fine!"

Su Ming responded briefly, then turned off the communication.

It wasn't long before Mink and Chen Tong came over driving their Mechas, with a dozen or so students in tow.

"Su Ming, we're here, have you gathered the people... so many?"

Mink started to say, but as he saw more than a hundred surviving students gathered around Su Ming, he was utterly flustered.

Seeing so many people, Su Ming also felt a headache coming on and reluctantly said to Mink and the other,

"There's no way around it, first things first. It's not safe here, we need to escort them to a safe place, where do you think is the best place to take them?"

"With so many people, I think we can only take them to the sports field, after all, everyone is over there."

Mink hesitated to say, although Su Ming had already mentioned that the sports field might not be entirely safe before, the problem was that with so many people, they had no safer place to accommodate them.

"Fine then!"

Su Ming was out of options.

Thus, the three shouted to the gathered students,

"We will escort you to the sports field, everyone follow behind, and don't fall behind!"

"Okay."

The crowd replied, overjoyed, with Mecha training units escorting them, even if they encountered Parasites they should be fine.

After giving their instructions, Chen Tong and Mink maneuvered the Mechas to the sides of the crowd, forming a triangular formation to escort the students to the sports field.

Along the way, occasionally one or two Parasites in school uniforms would charge at them.

Su Ming, piloting the training Mecha, would slap them away with ease.

However, the students following behind the training Mecha, upon seeing the defeated Parasites, had very complex expressions. They knew these Parasites were until recently their classmates, and some were even good friends; the entire group became very silent and somber.

Time sipped away, and they passed through the central courtyard, making their way toward the sports field.

As the sports field drew closer, suddenly some parasitic rats burst out from the surrounding buildings, attacking the crowd!

"Damn, it's a swarm of rats!"

Chen Tong shouted in horror and anger.

"Stomp them, don't let the rats get through!"

Su Ming's nerves instantly tensed as he controlled his mech to meet the attack, lifting his foot and stomping down, squashing two rats immediately.

Immediately afterward, Su Ming bent the mech's waist and raised his hand to smack the rats on the ground, as though playing a game of Whack-A-Mole.

"Understood!"

Chen Tong and another person caught rats as though they were facing a formidable enemy.

Despite the parasitic rats having weaker combat abilities than humanoid Parasites, they proved to be the most troublesome due to their small size and speed, posing a significant challenge for the trio.

Su Ming held his breath, his concentration at its peak, continuously reaching out to smack the rats that charged at him.

Although Su Ming's actions looked comical, he clearly felt himself improving rapidly; indeed, real combat was the fastest way to grow.

Before long, the rats were almost all smacked to death, and Su Ming controlled the mech to lift its foot and flatten the last one that slipped through the net.

However, at that moment, the short-haired junior and others suddenly shouted at Su Ming in alarm,

"Be careful, senior!"

Before Su Ming could react, the mech suddenly jolted and staggered forward.

Su Ming was startled and turned his head to look.

He saw a Chilami Parasite, formed from the fusion of five mutilated humanoid bodies, its frame extending to four meters tall, veins bulging, skin highly hardened, and with two heads, had ambushed him.

Deep dents appeared even in the thick armor on the back of the entire mech.

Su Ming's brows furrowed slightly as he controlled the mech to punch at it.

The Parasite was sent flying by the blow, bouncing off the ground and then smashing down again, its body deformed.

But even so, it struggled to its feet, swaying.

Su Ming controlled the mech to walk over, punching it down again, then lifted his foot and stamped down directly.

Bang!

The Parasite was squashed flat on the ground by the mech's foot, its chest and abdomen flattened, but its limbs were still struggling, showing incredible tenacity.

Su Ming controlled the mech to lift its foot again and stomped down on its two heads, and with black brain-like substances splattering, it stopped moving completely.

"Are you all right?"

Mink asked Su Ming with concern.

"I'm fine, let's hurry and escort them to the sports field."

Su Ming, looking at the dead Parasite, felt increasingly uneasy and immediately looked around, only to find that the number of Chilami pouring into the gate was increasing, abnormally so.

This indicated that the situation outside the school was also dire, meaning they were likely in the midst of a severe disaster zone.

Of course, Su Ming didn't know that the situation in the Lower City District below their school was even worse. After all, they were situated in the Upper City District, which was a key protected area.

"Okay!"

Mink and Chen Tong responded with grave voices.

...

At that moment, the spacious sports field was crowded with students, each of them still shaken, many faces streaked with tears.

One after another, teachers, security guards, sentries, and a dozen training mechs encircled the students, forming a defensive barrier with their bodies.

Whenever a Parasite approached, they immediately attacked with flamethrowers and firearms, eliminating them on the spot.

However, just then, parasitic rats with mottled dark red eyes focused on the dense crowd in the sports field, appeared from all directions, their mouths agape, and extremely agitated.

Following that, the rats maniacally rushed towards the sports field.

"This is bad, rats!"

Teacher Chen Yi, piloting a training mech, was the first to spot the swarm of rats and roared in shock and anger.