Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 649 - 647 Eyes
"It's really... irritating."
The Witch raised her hand to her forehead, her cold eyes fixed on the Sentor Tank behind them.
"Right now, it's still the racing segment. Drivers can't directly attack other vehicles; they can only use their own vehicle's parts to ram."
Sunset Gold Smelter shouted, "Our model is a basic one. It doesn't have any 'decorations' like fangs, saw teeth, blades, or spikes on the outside. So, it's hard to destroy an opponent by ramming without damaging our own vehicle. But when we get to the item segment, we can use machine gun turrets to attack..."
"If we don't have decorations," the Dusk Knight twisted the steering wheel and said coldly, "then we'll just have to take them from others."
The stadium's racetrack was at its last bend. Turning the corner would lead into the underground segment. Vehicles like Kratos from the first group had already disappeared underground, out of sight, with a stream of other vehicles closely following.
While all the combat vehicles were tightly hugging the track to speed through the bend, the Stryker Armored Vehicle drifted out towards the outer edge, its tires slipping as if in a failed drift. It struggled to turn inward, looking extremely laborious.
In the blink of an eye, six or seven combat vehicles whizzed past from the front, leaving Li Ang and the others behind. Just as Sunset Gold Smelter's eyes widened, about to voice a warning, the Dusk Knight floored the accelerator. He suddenly sped up, closely pursuing the Sentor Tank that had just tried to ram them.
The Sentor Tank, from "War Machine 2," was a light tank manufactured and deployed by the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) during the Pendulum Wars. Its overall construction was compact with a tall body, and its agile maneuverability enabled it to execute rapid turns and bursts of acceleration.
However, this agility came at the cost of a relatively lighter weight.
The main weight of the Sentor Tank was concentrated in its anti-aircraft main cannon, which could hold six high-explosive shells. This was fine during straight-line driving on flat ground, but during high-speed cornering... the weight would shift forward.
Now is the time!
The Dusk Knight floored the accelerator. The conical front armor plate of the Stryker Armored Vehicle relentlessly rammed the Sentor Tank's rear tires.
BANG!
The Sentor Tank's four tires were all off-road models with deep treads. Now, the tip of the Stryker Armored Vehicle's conical armor plate dug deeply into them, instantly causing them to skid and the tank to decelerate.
SCREECH—
The Sentor Tank slowed and slid to the right. However, the Dusk Knight behind them was not willing to let their opponent go. As they entered the tunnel, he adjusted the vehicle's nose, continuing to push the Sentor Tank and forcefully slamming it into the tunnel's right wall.
The circular tunnel was spacious and long. Blue light strips embedded in the ceiling and floor filled the air with a psychedelic atmosphere. Amidst the deep blue light, the two combat vehicles scraped along the stone walls as they advanced.
The Sentor Tank's left tires were now hanging in the air, while its right tires and Metal Armor were fiercely ground against the stone wall, erupting in a shower of Sparks.
Inside the Sentor Tank were four drivers. Two were the brothers Billy and Jimmy from the classic arcade game "Double Dragon." The other two were the Snow Brothers from "Snow Brothers," an arcade game developed by East Asia in 1990 and later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Billy and Jimmy were both tough-looking men in sleeveless jackets, one blue and one red. The Snow Brothers were literally snowmen with eyes and mouths, also distinguished by the blue and red hats they wore.
Besides all being brothers and sporting blue and red, they shared another commonality: they joined the race for the same reason—to rescue beautiful women snatched away by villains.
For this purpose, they could endure countless failures, frustrations, and even death.
(The plots of many arcade and FC-era games involved rescuing girlfriends, lovers, wives, sisters, and sisters-in-law, such as "Legend of Kage," "Ghosts 'n Goblins," "Final Fight," "Mitsume ga Tooru," and so on.)
"Damn it! We're the leaders of the FC Save Wife Mutual Aid Group! We bear the heavy responsibility of going to other games to rescue our members' wives and girlfriends from villains! How can we fall here?!"
Billy roared, desperately twisting the steering wheel to the left.
His brother Jimmy, lips pressed tight, climbed onto the Sentor Tank's roof. He gripped the handholds on the armor plate with both hands and kicked out against the rapidly receding wall.
BOOM!
With that kick, the Sentor Tank lurched to the left for a short distance, but the Stryker Armored Vehicle quickly used its weight advantage to press it against the wall again.
The two Snow Brothers inside the compartment exchanged a glance and simultaneously pressed their palms against the interior wall. They released their icy powers, forming a thick layer of ice on the Sentor Tank's right side.
This layer of ice greatly reduced the strain on the vehicle's armor. As the ice thickened, the Sentor Tank was gradually pushed away from the wall, regaining its balance.
Seeing the Sentor Tank about to slip away like a slippery loach, Sunset Gold Smelter grew anxious. He took off his left glove and covered the Dusk Knight's eyes with his hand.
[Skill Name: You Are My Eyes]
[Type: Spiritual Energy]
[Level: Excellent]
[Special Effect: Vision Sharing. Select an individual life form, touch their visual organs, and with their consent, share vision between both parties. The sharing effect ignores spatial distance.] 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
[Consumption: 100 Sanity Value]
[Cooldown Time: 10 minutes]
[Note: Only one vision-sharing target can exist at a time. The designated target can cancel the sharing effect at any time.]
[Note: Dear student, eye exercises have no effect on the navel. Please ensure your and your deskmate's clothes are properly adjusted.]
The Dusk Knight's eyelids twitched. Though his eyes were covered, he could clearly "see" the road ahead.
Not only that, but his vision was now filled with numerous translucent, dashed lines. These chaotic lines combined to vaguely outline a dynamic image.
"This is..."
"The world of mass and Energy."
Sunset Gold Smelter withdrew his hand and quickly said, "My other abilities allow me to see mass and Energy, and to predict an object's movement trajectory up to five seconds in advance. You can use these trajectories to avoid other vehicles or to ram them. However, the trajectory Prediction doesn't account for human intentions, so you can't trust it completely."
"Understood."
The Dusk Knight nodded. He turned the steering wheel, first making the vehicle swerve left. Then, after the Sentor Tank had moved forward a short distance, he wrenched the wheel right, ramming into it!
This time, with the help of the trajectory Prediction, the Stryker Armored Vehicle's impact successfully caused the already teetering Sentor Tank to completely lose its balance. The entire vehicle flipped onto its side and rolled several times along the road surface, sending countless metal fragments flying. It was clearly disabled. Its long, narrow cannon barrel, having struck the ground directly, had detached completely.
Opportunity!
Li Ang's eyes lit up. He vaulted out of the machine gunner's position, grabbed the handholds at the rear of their combat vehicle, and, with the agility of a monkey scooping for the moon, snatched the fallen cannon barrel.
