Chapter 35: Rocket's Assault · The Art of Detonation
The frontal assault of the alliance and Gamora's fatal strike had ended in utter failure, plunging the heroes' morale to an absolute low. Despair hung like a tangible, leaden cloud over every heart. The air was thick with the smell of ozone, scorched metal, blood, and a deeper, suffocating sense of powerlessness.Amidst this near-shattering silence—"A buncha useless idiots! Get the hell outta my way!!"A shrill,暴躁 (bàozào - irritable) roar, accompanied by the insane revving of an engine, tore through the oppressive quiet!A heavily modified悬浮战车 (xuánfú zhànchē -悬浮战车), bristling with weapon mounts, shot out from behind a pile of broken walls like a rabid dog off its leash! In the driver's seat, a small, furry figure was gritting his teeth, gripping the steering wheel—Rocket Raccoon!"Groot! Hold on tight!!" Rocket yelled at the sapling nodding懵懂地 (měngdǒng de -懵懂地) in the passenger seat, stomping the accelerator (or energy throttle) to the floor!The战车 charged at Sun Wukong at a近乎自杀的速度 (jìnhū zìshā de sùdù -近乎自杀的速度)! All weapons on its roof—large-caliber railguns, plasma ray emitters, high-explosive missile pods, even a stolen Chitauri energy pulse cannon—swiveled, their barrels glowing with the dangerous light of overload, locking onto the target!"Eat this, Grandpa Rocket's full salvo, ya bastard!!!" Rocket screeched, slamming the master firing button!Instantly, countless beams of different colors and properties,实体炮弹 (shítǐ pàodàn -实体炮弹), and high-explosive missiles erupted like a volcano, spraying towards Sun Wukong at maximum rate of fire! Rocket didn't care about precision strikes; he wanted the most狂暴 (bàokuáng -狂暴),密集 (mìjí -密集),混乱 (hǔnluàn -混乱) saturation bombardment possible! To淹没一切 (yānmò yīqiè -淹没一切) with sheer火力密度 (huǒlì mìdù -火力密度)!This疯狂攻击 (fēngkuáng gōngjí -疯狂攻击) was devoid of任何章法 (rènhé zhāngfǎ -任何章法), yet brimming with Rocket's signature,不顾一切的破坏美学 (bùgù yīqiè de pòhuài měixué -不顾一切的破坏美学)!Simultaneously, Groot stood up, plunging his arms into the战车's deck. Countless坚韧的枝条 (jiānrèn de zhītiáo -坚韧的枝条) burst forth, transforming into dozens of massive wooden tentacles that whipped and缠绕 (chánrào -缠绕) towards Sun Wukong, attempting to干扰他的行动 (gānrǎo tā de xíngdòng -干扰他的行动) and create an opening for the火力覆盖 (huǒlì fùgài -火力覆盖)!"I am Groot! (Let's get him!)"This sudden,疯狂攻击 from the "small animals" stunned everyone.Sun Wukong was also taken aback by the spectacle. Watching the五花八门 (wǔhuābāmén -五花八门) torrent of ammunition and the whipping wooden tentacles coming at him, he couldn't help but laugh."Hey! What's this now? A little rat spirit? With a tree that hits people? Quite the variety show!"He still didn't dodge or evade, even finding it somewhat novel. He opened his mouth and blew, intending to scatter the attacks as before.The Samadhi True Wind blew out again. Most of the实体炮弹 and missiles were吹得东倒西歪 (chuī dé dōngdǎoxīwāi -吹得东倒西歪), exploding mid-air. Groot's wooden tentacles were吹得断裂纷飞 (chuī dé duànliè fēnfēi -吹得断裂纷飞).However, Rocket's all-out saturation fire was simply too密集! Moreover, it was混杂着 (hùnzá zhe -混杂着) numerous energy weapons and phase-distortion warheads, not all of which could be dispersed by wind! Quite a few plasma rays and pulse energies pierced through the wind pressure, striking Sun Wukong's body!BOOM BOOM BOOM! ZZZ ZZZ ZZZ!A series of explosions and energy flashes detonated on Sun Wukong's chest and face! While they still couldn't harm him in the slightest—it wasn't even a tickle—the explosive flashes and energy溅射 (jiànshè -溅射)确实成功遮蔽了他的视线一刹那 (quèshí chénggōng zhēbì le tā de shìxiàn yī chànà -确实成功遮蔽了他的视线一刹那)!"NOW! GROOT!!" Rocket screamed, yanking the steering wheel hard. The战车 executed an extremely dangerous drift, its side armor sliding open to reveal a bizarre-looking heavy graviton collapse cannon, brimming with Kree technology! This was his压箱底宝贝 (yāxiāngdǐ bǎobèi -压箱底宝贝) obtained from a black-market dealer—highly unstable, never before used in combat!The cannon's muzzle began gathering a心悸的幽蓝色光芒 (xīnjì de yōu lán sè guāngmáng -心悸的幽蓝色光芒). The air around it started to扭曲 (niǔqū -扭曲)!"Turn into rat shit, ya bastard!!" Rocket viciously pressed the firing button!A扭曲的 (niǔqū de -扭曲的), light-devouring幽蓝光束 (yōu lán guāngshù -幽蓝光束) shot out silently! This beam wasn't aimed at destruction, but at creating a temporary, highly unstable micro gravitational singularity, attempting to temporarily trap or even撕裂 (sīliè -撕裂) Sun Wukong!This was the closest attack to manipulating "laws" that Rocket could conceive!Facing this诡异一击 (yǐguǐ yījī -诡异一击), Sun Wukong finally showed a flicker of interest."Oh? This little gadget is somewhat interesting. It's even brushed against the edges of 'Containing a mustard seed within a mountain' and 'gravity manipulation'神通 (shéntōng -神通)?"He didn't take it head-on. Instead, he extended his golden-hooped staff and lightly tapped the center of the incoming幽蓝光束—The tip of the staff精准地命中 (jīngzhǔn de mìngzhòng -精准地命中) the beam's core, a巧劲 (qiǎojìn -巧劲) erupting!The凝聚的引力奇点能量 (níngjù de yǐnlì qídiǎn néngliàng -凝聚的引力奇点能量) was instantly detonated!A small-scale,极其诡异的空间坍塌 (jíqí yǐguǐ de kōngjiān tāntā -极其诡异的空间坍塌)爆发 (bàofā -爆发) in front of Sun Wukong! A brief black hole effect formed, sucking in all surrounding light and dust before rapidly sealing shut!The explosive shockwave sent Rocket's战车 flying backward, tumbling through the air a dozen times before crashing heavily to the ground, parts scattering everywhere!"WAAAHHHH!" Rocket and Groot were thrown from the vehicle, landing in a heap, thoroughly disoriented.Sun Wukong waved his staff, dispersing the residual effects of the miniature black hole. He looked at the smoking wreck of the战车 and the two dazed little creatures, shook his head, and chuckled in spite of himself."Bold, and quite inventive. Pity... the power's too weak, the methods too crude. Go back and practice a few more years, little rat."He didn't deliver a killing blow; instead, he found this pair of活宝 (huóbǎo -活宝) rather amusing.Rocket struggled to his feet, looking at his completely totaled beloved vehicle, then at the completely unharmed, even amused Sun Wukong. He beat his chest in frustration (literally). "D'ast! D'ast! D'ast! My ride! My cannon! Didn't even singe one of his hairs?! What kind of freakin' monster is this?!"Groot helped him up, saying呆呆地 (dāidāi de -呆呆地), "I am Groot... (He's so strong...)""Strong my furry ass!" Rocket cursed, but seeing the utterly insurmountable power gap, he最终悻悻地 (zuìzhōng xìngxìng de -最终悻悻地) dragged Groot away, limping quickly from the battlefield, muttering about "total loss" and "gotta build a bigger one next time."Rocket Raccoon's all-out,倾尽家底 (qīng jìn jiā dǐ -倾尽家底)疯狂一击 ended like a noisy firework display. Apart from briefly capturing Sun Wukong's attention and destroying his cherished战车, it changed nothing.