威瑪戰爭 151－劇烈疼痛
神罰的五分鐘前
雷公、閃電號令、冰雹在地穴中緩慢前行。
通訊頻道裡，卻是一片混亂。
摩西的聲音帶著濃重的酒氣與哽咽，在頻道裡炸開——
「你知道嗎！！我那麼愛她！！結果她就這樣……跟別的男人跑了耶！！」
萬斯的聲音飄忽不定，像是坐在酒吧裡，而不是戰場。
「……你太可憐了啦……真的……來，乾一杯……欸我們有酒嗎？」
賽門額頭青筋浮現。
「你們兩個到底在幹嘛？我們現在在敵區地穴裡。」
摩西完全無視。
「賽門你一定要聽我說……她那天還跟我說永遠欸……永遠欸！！」
賽門冷冷回應。
「我真的，不想聽你說。」
摩西語氣突然激動，甚至帶點哭腔與酒後的任性。
「我不管！！你今天一定要聽完！！」
此時——
賽門低頭看向顯示器。
他們腳下的地層掃描圖正在瘋狂閃爍。
一整群怪物，正從地底高速奔馳而過。
遠方傳來模糊卻密集的交火聲。
萬斯突然笑了出來，語氣醉得誇張。
「欸賽門……你聽這個故事……你不覺得很感人嗎？我快哭了欸……哈哈……」
賽門猛然抬頭，語氣低沉。
「閉嘴。安靜。」
——異常地，兩人真的安靜了。
只剩下遠方洞穴口——
怪物奔跑的震動聲，與機槍與電漿武器交織的爆裂聲。
三台機甲緩慢靠近洞口。
眼前——
沙漠軍團，正在被大量怪物圍剿。
冰雹剛要轉身撤退。
下一秒——
萬斯直接操作雷公，一躍而出。
他的聲音，從醉意中轉為瘋狂與解放。
「閃電全開——」
「神罰！！！！」
（回到現在）
雷公倒在地上，機體還冒著餘電。
漢克駕駛巨兵走近，雷砂與機兵在側防護。
賽門跳下機體。
摩西語氣慌亂又帶點酒醒前的失控。
「賽門你害死他了！你看他剛剛那樣，他一定是想不開了！！」
賽門直接打斷。
「閉嘴。」
漢克沉聲問。
「發生什麼事？」
賽門快速說明電磁菌林與剛才的狀況，同時打開雷公駕駛艙。
——瞬間。
萬斯猛地睜開眼，整個人抽搐般彈起。
「痛！！！！！！」
漢克一愣。
「這又怎麼回事？」
萬斯整個人蜷縮，語氣帶著崩潰。
「天啊……太痛了……全身……像被拆掉一樣……」
摩西幾乎要哭出來，但還是帶著酒後殘留的情緒。
「萬斯你沒事！！謝天謝地！！我就知道你不會丟下我！！」
傑克森皺眉。
「要不要先把這個醉鬼拖開？」
摩西瞬間炸開，語氣變得極端護短。
「你敢碰他試試看！！」
——閃電號令瞬間舉起雙管電光槍。
雷光刀全面充能，電流在刀刃上暴走。
麥克斯低聲提醒。
「傑克森……他現在很不正常，而且……很強。」
摩西語氣低沉而危險。
「誰敢動萬斯……我就跟他拼命。」
萬斯在地上抽氣。
「我剛剛……喔……天啊……我到底幹了什麼……」
賽門蹲下檢查後，終於理解。
「剛剛的神罰，把機體所有電力一次釋放。」
「連帶——把你體內的酒精代謝全部強制拉高。」
他看著萬斯。
「你現在是瞬間醒酒。」
「但副作用是——全身肌肉過度放電，導致劇烈痠痛。」
萬斯苦笑，帶著羞愧與清醒。
「……難怪我現在覺得自己像被雷打過一樣。」
漢克點頭。
「雷公還能動，但你短時間內無法駕駛。」
萬斯低聲。
「剛剛那樣……真的太丟臉了。」
賽門語氣難得放緩。
「你清醒就好。」
摩西立刻插話，還帶點嘴硬。
「我又沒醉。」
——萬斯與賽門同時給他一個白眼。
傑克森拍了拍碎石牆。
「現在重點是，把這堵牆打開，去支援前線。」
漢克點頭。
「對。」
麥克斯看向後方機體。
「六台機甲，效率會快很多。」
賽門冷冷補刀。
「算五台……更正，四台。」
摩西愣住。
「你少算誰啊……」
賽門直接指向他。
「你，負責顧萬斯。」
摩西立刻立正。
「遵命！！」
閃電號令甚至還敬了一個歪歪斜斜、帶點酒氣的軍禮。
--------------大王蜈蚣--------------
麥特死盯著前方翻騰的巨大身影，聲音壓低卻果斷。
「文森特——從左側斷層跳過去！」
電王引擎瞬間暴衝。
沒有任何猶豫——
整台機甲直接跨越崩塌的地層，重重落在蜈蚣頭側。
下一秒。
電流全面聚焦。
「現在！！」
狂暴電流如同雷擊般——
正面轟在大王蜈蚣的臉部感應區。
——怪物瞬間僵直。
整條巨大的身軀在原地抽動，像被強制切斷神經。
麥特吼出指令。
「山德！！」
——時機只有一瞬。
蜈蚣體內。
凡赫辛、山德、布萊克早已待命。
「開火！！」
三人同步啟動。
一道高能雷射，從怪物腹部內側強行貫穿——
外部——
帕克的瞄準器瞬間捕捉到那一點。
「我看到了！！弱點外露！！」
麥特毫不遲疑。
「寇克、帕克——集中攻擊同一點！！」
——兩發重火力同時轟出。
精準命中。
剛剛被內部雷射打穿的位置——
外殼開始龜裂。
就在這一瞬間。
「上！！」
火神與虎鯊同步衝鋒。
兩台近戰機甲貼身切入——
雙刀全開，瘋狂斬擊同一破口！
金屬與甲殼撕裂聲交錯。
裂縫——正在擴大。
再一下——
只差最後一下就能徹底剖開。
——就在這時。
大王蜈蚣的神經反應，強行恢復。
牠的身體猛然一震。
下一秒——
整條巨軀失控般瘋狂扭動。
地穴震動。
岩壁崩裂。
尾節橫掃。
「退開！！全部退開！！」
機甲群被迫拉開距離。
攻勢——被硬生生中斷。
麥特咬牙。
「該死……牠恢復太快了。」
通訊頻道中傳來山德的聲音，仍然穩定。
「不要停，我們已經找到突破點了。」
芬克斯沉聲補上。
「但這樣的輸出還不夠……將軍他們呢?」
短暫的沉默。
然後——
溫斯頓打破沉默「漢克將軍他們……」
——沒有繼續說下去。
只有遠方怪物的低吼聲，逐漸逼近。
Wima War 151 – Excruciating Pain
Five Minutes Before “Divine Judgment”
Thunder God, Lightning Command, and Hailstone advanced slowly through the underground cavern.
But inside the comms channel—
there was complete chaos.
Moses’ voice exploded through the radio, thick with alcohol and heartbreak.
“Do you know how much I loved her?!
And she just… ran off with another guy!!”
Vance’s voice drifted lazily, sounding more like he was sitting in a bar than inside a battlefield.
“…Man… that’s so tragic… seriously…
Here, let’s drink to that… wait, do we even have alcohol left?”
A vein bulged on Simon’s forehead.
“What the hell are you two doing?
We’re inside enemy territory.”
Moses ignored him completely.
“Simon, you HAVE to listen to me…
That day she told me ‘forever’… FOREVER!!”
Simon replied coldly.
“I really don’t want to hear this.”
Moses suddenly became emotional, his drunkenness turning childish and stubborn.
“I DON’T CARE!!
You’re listening to the whole story today!!”
Then—
Simon lowered his gaze toward the monitor.
The geological scan beneath them was flashing violently.
An entire swarm of monsters was racing underground beneath their feet.
In the distance—
came the muffled but relentless sounds of gunfire.
Vance suddenly laughed, completely drunk.
“Hey Simon… don’t you think this story is touching?
I’m about to cry… hahahaha…”
Simon abruptly looked up, voice low and sharp.
“Shut up. Quiet.”
—Strangely enough, both of them actually fell silent.
Only the distant cavern entrance remained—
The thunder of monsters charging forward.
The explosive clash of machine guns and plasma fire.
The three mechs slowly approached the opening.
Ahead of them—
The Desert Legion was being overwhelmed by hordes of monsters.
Hail had just begun to turn and retreat.
The next second—
Vance directly launched Thunder God forward in a massive leap.
His voice transformed—
from drunken haze into pure madness and liberation.
“Lightning output—FULL OPEN!!”
“DIVINE JUDGMENT!!!!”
Back to the Present
Thunder God lay collapsed on the ground, arcs of residual electricity still dancing across its armor.
Hank approached in Titan.
Thunder Sand and Desert Bastion secured the perimeter.
Simon jumped down from his cockpit.
Moses sounded panicked, half-sober and completely unstable.
“Simon, you got him killed!!
Did you SEE him just now?! He totally wanted to die!!”
Simon cut him off instantly.
“Shut up.”
Hank spoke calmly.
“What happened?”
Simon quickly explained the electromagnetic fungal forest and the situation moments earlier while opening Thunder God’s cockpit.
—Instantly.
Vance’s eyes snapped open.
His entire body convulsed violently as he jerked upright.
“PAIN!!!!!!!”
Hank blinked.
“What the hell now?”
Vance curled into himself, nearly breaking down.
“God… it hurts…
My whole body… feels like it’s being torn apart…”
Moses almost burst into tears, still emotionally drunk.
“Vance, you’re alive!! Thank God!!
I knew you wouldn’t leave me behind!!”
Jackson frowned.
“Should we drag this drunk idiot away first?”
Moses instantly exploded.
“TRY TOUCHING HIM!!”
—Lightning Command immediately raised its twin electro-guns.
The Thunder Blade fully charged.
Electric currents surged violently along the blade.
Max spoke quietly.
“Jackson… he’s seriously unstable right now…
And insanely strong.”
Moses’ voice turned dark and dangerous.
“Anyone touches Vance…
I’ll kill them.”
Vance gasped weakly on the ground.
“What the hell… did I even do just now…”
Simon crouched beside him, finally understanding.
“That Divine Judgment attack released every bit of the mech’s stored electricity at once.”
“And along with it—
it forcibly accelerated the alcohol metabolism inside your body.”
He looked directly at Vance.
“You sobered up instantly.”
“But the side effect is severe electrical overstimulation across your muscles.”
“That’s why you’re in extreme pain.”
Vance laughed bitterly, embarrassed and finally sober.
“…No wonder I feel like I got struck by lightning.”
Hank nodded.
“Thunder God can still move.
But you won’t be piloting anytime soon.”
Vance lowered his voice.
“…That was seriously humiliating.”
Simon’s tone softened for once.
“At least you’re conscious now.”
Moses immediately interrupted, still stubborn.
“I’m not drunk.”
—Vance and Simon gave him the exact same deadpan stare.
Jackson slapped the cracked stone wall nearby.
“Focus.
We need to break through this wall and reinforce the front line.”
Hank nodded.
“Right.”
Max looked toward the remaining mechs.
“Six mechs should make this much faster.”
Simon immediately corrected him coldly.
“Five.
Actually… four.”
Moses blinked.
“Who are you subtracting?”
Simon pointed directly at him.
“You.”
“Your job is to watch Vance.”
Moses instantly snapped into a crooked military salute.
“YES SIR!!”
Even Lightning Command gave a sloppy, alcohol-soaked salute along with him.
The King Centipede
Matt stared at the massive writhing creature ahead, his voice low but decisive.
“Vincent—jump across the left-side fault line!”
Electric King engines roared to maximum output.
Without hesitation—
The mech vaulted across the collapsed terrain and slammed heavily beside the centipede’s head.
The next second—
All electrical output focused forward.
“NOW!!”
Violent electricity erupted like a thunderstrike—
Directly blasting the King Centipede’s facial sensory organs.
—The monster instantly froze.
Its colossal body convulsed violently, as if its nervous system had been forcibly disconnected.
Matt roared:
“Sander!!”
—There was only a split second.
Inside the centipede’s body—
Van Helsing, Sander, and Black had already prepared.
“FIRE!!”
All three activated simultaneously.
A high-energy laser blasted outward from inside the monster’s abdomen—
Externally—
Parker’s targeting system instantly locked onto the opening.
“I see it!! The weak point is exposed!!”
Matt didn’t hesitate.
“Kirk! Parker! Focus fire on the same point!!”
—Two heavy bombardments fired simultaneously.
Direct hit.
The exact point pierced from inside—
The outer shell began to crack apart.
At that very instant—
“MOVE!!”
Vulcan and Tiger Shark charged together.
The two close-combat mechs rushed into melee range—
Dual blades unleashed in a frenzy against the same fracture point.
Metal and shell tore apart in violent shrieks.
The crack—
was widening.
One more strike—
Just one more and they could split it completely open.
—And then.
The King Centipede’s nervous system forcefully recovered.
Its entire body suddenly trembled.
The next second—
The gigantic creature began thrashing uncontrollably.
The cavern shook.
Rock walls shattered.
Its tail swept violently across the battlefield.
“FALL BACK!! EVERYONE FALL BACK!!”
The mech units were forced to retreat.
Their offensive—
was brutally interrupted.
Matt gritted his teeth.
“Damn it… it recovered too quickly.”
Sander’s voice came through the comms, calm as ever.
“Don’t stop.
We’ve already found the breakthrough point.”
Finks added heavily:
“But this level of firepower still isn’t enough…
Where are the General and the others?”
A brief silence followed.
Then—
Winston finally broke it.
“General Hank and the others…”
—But he never finished the sentence.
Only the distant growls of approaching monsters continued echoing through the cavern.
