Chapter 742: The Enraged Ice Ape, Four Silver-tier Mercenaries Deploy

Light travels fast, and lasers travel just as fast.

But that is only under normal conditions, or even the ideal values under a vacuum environment.

For laser weapons, the current environment was extremely unsuitable for their use.

The entire ice plain was shrouded in a blizzard, with snowflakes and ice crystals filling the air.

These snowflakes and ice crystals would cause extremely severe energy attenuation and power reduction effects on laser beams through absorption, scattering, and reflection.

At the same time, they also greatly weakened the laser's beam quality and focusing ability.

And these two factors were precisely the most important elements that allowed laser weapons to deal extremely high attack power.

Multiple scattering and refraction would cause the originally straight laser beam to become divergent and thick.

When snowflakes were struck by the laser, they absorbed energy and locally heated the air, thereby changing air density, directly causing the beam to distort, deviate, and defocus.

In other words, using laser weapons in this kind of blizzard was essentially ineffective, unable to deal any damage to the target.

The previous laser ray had been able to destroy the ice greataxe because the city defense barrier had blocked the blizzard outside, and the laser ray had essentially suffered no weakening or loss.

Now that the Ice Ape was shrouded in a thick blizzard, no matter how you looked at it, Wu Qiming should not have used laser weapons.

Seeing this scene, the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend, the creator of the blizzard, revealed a mocking expression at the corner of its mouth.

Even the Ice Ape's eyes once again showed a look of disdain.

These ice creatures understood the characteristics of ice and snow too well. The Ice Ape did not even have any thought of dodging, merely raising its ice axe and swinging it at a heavy combat vehicle that had been continuously harassing it.

But how could Wu Qiming not be clear about the blizzard's suppression of laser weapons?

There was not the slightest bit of tension on his face. Instead, he revealed an expression of absolute certainty.

Three crimson laser rays shot out from the generator's muzzle.

Yet there was none of the expected beam expansion, distortion, deviation, or defocusing.

The thick laser rays passed directly through the blizzard, striking the Ice Ape in a perfectly straight line.

"ROOOAR-"

The Ice Ape let out an agonized roar, but its reaction was also quite fast.

In the instant the laser came, it sensed something was wrong and hurriedly pulled back the ice axe it had swung out.

Although it had not blocked the first wave of the laser attack, and three charred black holes appeared on its body.

But the ice axe immediately returned to defense, blocking in front of it and directly reflecting the subsequent laser rays in other directions.

Several mercenaries who were too slow to dodge were struck by the laser rays and vaporized on the spot.

The Ice Ape also swiftly left its current position, escaping the laser lock-on.

In its gaze toward the moving city, where was there any trace of disdain? It was filled with fury.

Within that fury was also mixed a trace of imperceptible dread and wariness.

"Tsk... worthy of a rare species. That kind of reaction, and that weapon..."

A trace of disappointment flashed through Wu Qiming's eyes, but what was greater was delight and an increasingly intense greed.

"Fool. Did you really think this was an ordinary laser weapon?"

These three laser generators had cost him no small price to build.

How could they possibly malfunction just because of some weather?

Before the laser fired, powerful energy would first ionize the air, forming a high-temperature, low-density plasma channel.

Like a hollow "pipe," it pushed aside all the snowflakes, ice crystals, and any other substances that could affect the laser along its path.

The laser passing through this plasma channel would suffer no loss whatsoever.

This was Wu Qiming's confidence.

"Since you're already wounded, then obediently let yourself be captured by me!"

After the Ice Ape escaped the laser rays, it looked at the three charred black wounds on its body, and boundless rage surged from the depths of its heart.

Pain stimulated its brain, and its eyes gradually emanated a deep blue light.

One golden pattern after another emerged on its snow-white fur.

On the handle of the ice axe in its hand, gilded patterns likewise appeared one after another.

Sensing the aura from over there, the other six ice creatures all turned their gazes toward it.

"ROOOAR-"

The Ice Ape held the axe in its right hand, supported itself on the ground with its left, and pounced toward the Ice Wild Boar, leaping up and riding on its back.

Facing the direction of the moving city, it raised the ice axe high and let out a charging roar.

The next moment, the Ice Wild Boar's body actually swelled once again. After pawing the ground twice with its front hooves, it lowered its head and launched a wild boar charge.

The other five ice creatures likewise launched charges, all abandoning the wolf pack mercenaries that had been continuously harassing them.

They launched an attack toward the moving city.

The Ancient Ice Troll smashed its wolf-tooth club fiercely into the ground.

An ice ridge bulged upward and rapidly tunneled beneath the moving city.

Seeing all the ice behemoths launch their attack on the moving city, the smile on Wu Qiming's face froze.

But before he could react.

The city emitted a violent tremor.

"Crrreeaak-"

The ear-piercing screech of mechanical metal friction rang out.

(Warning! Warning! Intense energy fluctuations detected beneath the city. Please leave the current area immediately.)

A holographic image of the moving city appeared before Wu Qiming's eyes.

At the lower position of the moving city, several massive ice pillars had drilled out and launched attacks on the city's chassis.

That was where the transmission and suspension systems core was located. If these two systems were destroyed, the moving city would become a turtle that could not move.

Only able to passively wait for death.

"Damn it!"

Wu Qiming cursed.

But the notification of damaged transmission devices had already appeared before his eyes.

Fortunately, facing the enormous moving city, it was absolutely impossible for the ice pillars to lift it up.

After the energy was exhausted and the tremors ended, Wu Qiming's hands moved rapidly across the virtual light screen.

At the same time, he pressed a special communication channel.

"Hound, it's your turn to act. Kill these damned bastards for me." Wu Qiming said quickly, but soon added:

"That monkey I want alive!"

Soon, a sharp laugh came from the other side.

"Haha, the City Lord finally deigns to let us act. This time's bounty..."

"These damned bloodsuckers!" Wu Qiming cursed inwardly. This was exactly why he was unwilling to use them unless absolutely necessary.

"Same as always, 30%!"

"No, this time we want 40%. After all, these are seven Silver-tier creatures. Very dangerous." Hound's smug laugh came from the other side.

A cold glint flashed through Wu Qiming's eyes and vanished in an instant.

"Fine!"

As his voice fell, in the upper district of the moving city, four figures flew out from the barrier.

A hound, pitch-black as ink, with crimson eyes that revealed a cunning expression.

A naga with six arms and a serpentine body, waving weapons in its hands, filled with battle lust.

A crab combat vehicle with a mechanical metal texture. The instant it landed, the vehicle transformed, becoming a humanoid war machine.

Finally, an armored warrior clad in heavy armor, his entire body wrapped in thick silver-white armor, with only the position of his eyes glowing red.

A dense black energy emanated from his body.

They were precisely Qiming Mobile City's four Silver-tier combatants aside from Wu Qiming.

All of them were top-tier mercenaries who wandered across the major worlds, hired by Wu Qiming at a high price.

The armored warrior looked at the ice creatures charging toward him. The longsword in his hand turned blood-red as he severed one of the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend's spider legs that had stabbed toward him. After dodging the ice serpent's attack, he radiated fanatical fighting spirit.

"Are you all prepared to die!"