Time goes back half an hour ago -
The explosion of the weapons depot was no joke. After the first loud bang, the subsequent explosions never stopped. At this moment, the northern part of the outer city was red, illuminating half of the sky. Even the originally quiet inner city area began to become panic-stricken.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! The city defense forces should control the explosion and fire first! Establish an isolation zone!!!"
"Turn on the city's radar and locate that guy immediately!"
"The inner city passages are completely blocked, and a state of emergency martial law is declared!"
"Is the combat power analysis report out? Upload it to the central system immediately!"
"… "
The entire Ming City was thrown into chaos, and the level 3 security was raised to one level. All armed forces were dispatched to conduct a carpet search for the culprit.
However, after Huo Xianfeng blew up the armory, he disappeared from all the surveillance footage in Mingcheng, just like a ghost that suddenly disappeared into the darkness, and no one could find him.
This made all the departments responsible for the detection feel like they had seen a ghost.
"Who the hell is that guy?"
"Has the radar system been hacked? Why can't we find anyone?"
"We have just conducted a check and confirmed that all monitoring is operating normally."
“Damn it! Where’s that guy—?!!”
"… "
On the other side, Huo Xianfeng was wearing the guard's mechanical prosthesis and driving an air cavalry. He looked anxious on the surface, but in fact he was leisurely following the large army running around to hunt him down.
Wearable mechanical prosthesis is similar to an external metal skeleton that is about three times larger than the human body. It can enhance human strength, speed, jumping ability and defense, and is equipped with a simple radar system, scanning device and medical system.
Compared to giant mechas that are tens or hundreds of meters high, mechanical prostheses are very convenient and greatly increase the individual combat capabilities of soldiers. As for air cavalry, it is similar to a magnetic levitation air motorcycle, with a small body, fast speed, agility and flexibility, but slightly lower defense.
But in fact-
The factories in Mingcheng and Baigucheng are different. You can't just change your clothes and sneak in. Because each mechanical prosthesis is matched with the user's DNA, it can't be used by non-specific users, so no one thought that someone would sneak in in disguise.
Huo Xianfeng couldn't use it either, he just violently dismantled the mechanical prosthesis and carried it on his back, just like a decoration. But in such an extremely chaotic state, it was enough as a disguise.
After all, it was dark at night, everyone was fully armed, with very few recognizable faces exposed, and there were densely packed soldiers and mechanical guards everywhere, so no one had the time to carefully check the identity of each person.
Although the trick of disguising yourself and infiltrating the enemy camp is very old-fashioned, it is extremely useful.
However, there was nothing useful in the North Outer City. Huo Xianfeng drove his air cavalry around twice, taking advantage of the chaos to mislead the search direction and lead the large search force towards the inner city. At the same time, he also roughly understood the terrain.
While speeding, the boy glanced towards the south. Compared to the noise and chaos around him, and the continuous explosions, the southern outer city seemed quite peaceful.
If everything went according to plan, Jiang Ci should have arrived at the energy reactor in the south city to recharge Bai Ze. That's right, because the energy reactor was in the south city, he specifically chose to enter from the north.
This plan seems very risky, but Huo Xianfeng has enough confidence in Jiang Ci's strength. It is not difficult for that guy to sneak in and recharge. What's more, Nora is there too.
Even if something really happened, the mental network between the Zerg would allow Huo Xianfeng to rush over immediately.
So he had no worries at all.
Blowing up the weapons depot was only the smallest step in the plan. The purpose of charging Bai Ze was just to find a safer haven for the weak Jiang Ci.
Huo Xianfeng’s real purpose is in the inner city.
"No going forward!"
"No going forward!"
At this time, the guard troops responsible for the search had approached the edge where the inner and outer cities met. Dense blockade lines were set up, and countless huge and heavy metal defense walls rose from the ground.
At this time, a ban on travel had been issued in the inner city.
Huo Xianfeng deliberately slowed down and fell to the end of the team.
"Hey you-"
Someone seemed to suddenly notice the strangeness of Huo Xianfeng, but before he could finish a complete sentence, he saw the other party raise the gun with one hand and pull the trigger.
Click!
A small bullet hit me head on.
boom!
The bullet hit the air rider's energy tank.
The sounds of the gunshot and the bullet piercing the fuel tank were not loud; the loud sound was the explosion of the air cavalry that occurred the next second.
boom!!!
But this was not the end. Huo Xianfeng emptied his magazine in just ten seconds, and every beautiful bullet kissed a fuel tank. Most of the air cavalry in front had not stopped yet, and many were still moving at full speed.
The explosion did not affect the inertia of the air cavalry's rapid advance, but instead charged it with huge energy.
This scene is very spectacular—
Dozens of speeding airborne vehicles exploded. Those who reacted quickly jumped off and fled. At this time, even escape had become a luxury and there was no time to brake. As a result, all the airborne vehicles turned directly into burning fireballs and broke through the blockade of the inner city entrance.
Boom boom boom!!!
The explosions sounded again one after another, with very short intervals between them, like a string of firecrackers that popped after being lit.
This looks like a terrorist attack launched by extremists!!!
It is an unprecedented terrorist attack!!!
No one could have imagined that before the explosion in the weapons depot had subsided, another terrible attack occurred in the blockade area at the entrance to the inner city. For a moment, people were in a panic, and countless people could not understand the current situation. The inner city's defense officer immediately called to question the call, and the moment the call was connected, a series of insults were directly launched at the head -
"what happened?!"
"Is there shit in your search team's brain?!"
"They just blew up the blockade I just built!!!"
"… "
However, the guards in the outer city were also confused and could only bow and apologize, and immediately sent more people over.
"Damn it!!! Why are there explosions everywhere?! How many invaders are there?!"
"One... one. So far, only one has been found..."
"… "
The guard officer grabbed his military cap and smashed it to the ground. He was almost going crazy.
"There's only one goddamn god!!!"
On the other hand, Huo Xianfeng did not have any psychological burden at all. He just quickly removed the mechanical prosthesis on his body and took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the inner city.
The terrain inside the city was even more complicated than outside, just like a giant maze. Huo Xianfeng didn't have a map, and this time there was no convenient scanning function provided by Xiao X. But fortunately, because this entire city was a military factory, almost most of the buildings were built with metal.
So Huo Xianfeng closed his eyes, and based on the different energy reactions of metals, he was able to draw a rough outline of the map in his mind.
"who-?!!"
Huo Xianfeng opened his eyes and saw a group of people wearing church military uniforms.
The next moment, the boy turned left without hesitation.
This action was like pulling a trigger. In an instant, both sides, one chasing and the other fleeing, started running wildly!
Buzz buzz buzz!
That was the sound of a large number of drones.
"Intruder spotted! Intruder spotted at the north gate explosion entrance!!!"
"Stop! Someone! Someone! Request reinforcements to block the front!!!"
"… "
In the pitch-black night, Huo Xianfeng ran like a cheetah. Even though the people behind him were wearing acceleration prostheses, they could only watch the invader run farther and farther away. Even the drones could barely see a shadow.
-too fast!
This is too fast!!!
If Huo Xianfeng did not need to climb over walls and turn corners, and occasionally scale tall buildings, his speed would be comparable to that of an air vehicle traveling at full speed on straight flat ground.
The people chasing behind felt something was wrong more and more, and their expressions became gradually distorted and terrified.
Is this really the way a human being can run? ! !
At this moment, the boy suddenly realized something and caught a glimpse of a very secret fire compartment next to him. He picked up a few stones and continued running, knocking down all the surveillance cameras around him.
Soon, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps passing by the door.
"He was running this way just now, chase him!!!"
"How the hell can someone in the world run so fast?!"
"… "
Huo Xianfeng circled around several times, and after a few minutes, he returned here. He turned over and slipped into the small fire door next to him. He locked it from the inside. He knelt on one knee and touched the metal surface that looked old and rusty.
Click!
He stretched out his hand and pressed it down.
—It’s empty below.
After peeling off the metal skin, a slightly damp breeze blew in his face, and the air was surprisingly fresh. Huo Xianfeng smelled a familiar, special metallic scent.
To the Zerg, every metal tastes different.
Huo Xianfeng thought about it, pushed himself up with one hand, and jumped down. He went hundreds of meters underground and landed on top of an elevator shell.
—It seems that this is a secret safe emergency passage.
Huo Xianfeng squatted down, tore open the top with one hand, then jumped in and pried the door open with both hands.
Suddenly the eyes open up -
At the end of the quiet corridor is a dark gold arched metal door.
"Jin Jin..."
Huo Xianfeng walked forward, reached out, picked up a piece, and sniffed it.
A bit fragrant.
It's the smell of food.
It tastes a bit like loose chocolate.
At this moment, his left eye couldn't help but emit golden light, and his pupil elongated and became thinner.
There seemed to be a voice in my heart saying with disdain, it's just so-so.
Come in quickly!
Come in quickly!
The feast is inside!!!
"… "
Even though he knew that he was probably not human anymore, Huo Xianfeng still found it hard to accept that he would have to live a life of gnawing on metal. Ever since the last Zerg transformation on Tiandong Star, the human nutrient solution was probably just glucose diluted a hundred times for him, which was not enough to replenish his energy.
He over-consumed for the first time and fainted. When he woke up, he had eaten up all of Jiang Ci's food reserves.
Huo Xianfeng pried the door open with his bare hands and walked in amid the sharp and piercing alarm.
The walls and floor here were all white, and the space itself was so huge that you couldn't see the end at a glance. There were huge metal racks all around, with huge mechas of various shapes quietly lined up on them, most of them were humanoid, and a few were beast-shaped.
There were also many mechas that Huo Xianfeng had seen on Tiandong Star, which used Zerg corpses as metal exoskeletons. The red warning lights around shone on the lacquered leather, but they could not warm the killing machine at all, making it even colder.
And looking around, there are actually thousands of such mechas.
Two-thirds of them are S-class mechas.
Huo Xianfeng let out a soft "tsk". He still remembered that when he sneaked into the auction house on Tiandong Star, he wanted to steal an S-class mecha. In the end, he didn't steal the mecha, but picked up an omega.
Well, no matter what the result is, it at least shows that S-class mechas are a very, very rare military resource for the empire.
It is said that there is a huge gap in technological levels between the Imperial Church and the Church. The first time Huo Xianfeng truly understood this sentence was when the church opened the space shuttle channel.
The second time is right now.
However, Huo Xianfeng's purpose this time was not to steal the mecha, but to find something. This was related to whether the reinforcements he promised to Jiang Ci could arrive in time.
After all, how can you go back on your word when you promised to Omega
Huo Xianfeng passed through the densely packed giant mechas and quickly found what he wanted.
—Several black machines with strange shapes.
He opened the space button, put the things in, and took them away. But at this moment, the boy suddenly paused, as if he had noticed something, and turned back coldly.
Wow!
Wow!
It was the sound of a heavy axe being dragged across the metal ground, and it sounded so terrifying.
Amidst the flashing red warning lights, a giant mechanical warrior over two meters tall was walking towards him. Huo Xianfeng turned around, frowned slightly, and looked the other person up and down.
His specific height was estimated to be two meters five or six, with a black mask on his face similar to an alpha bite stopper, with no pupils, only whites of his eyes.
The man was huge and wore black mechanical armor, which looked a bit like medieval knight armor. Every muscle in his body was exaggeratedly bulging, and his fist was almost as big as a woman's head.
Looks like a monster.
"Intruder... Target confirmed..."
It was indeed a human voice, but the tone was reminiscent of AI.
"Remove the danger of..."
The next second, the black mechanical warrior rushed towards Huo Xianfeng. His huge body caused the ground to shake with every step he took, but his speed was not slow at all, it seemed as if he was approaching him in an instant.
The huge axe swung horizontally almost left a fan-shaped afterimage, and the terrifying airflow it stirred up made the surrounding metal frames tremble with a terrifying buzzing sound.
boom!
Huo Xianfeng raised his hand and blocked the axe blade, his black hair flying in the air.
Then, he frowned slightly, as if he had discovered something unexpected. He glanced sideways and saw some blood flowing out of his palm, staining the edge of the sword red.
Huh? It can actually be cut open
Huo Xianfeng raised his eyebrows slightly.
-interesting.
The next second, he suddenly pressed down with his backhand, and the giant axe slammed into the ground, creating a crack of nearly ten centimeters.
boom!
The nearly three-ton warrior was kicked in the chest and flew away, his back hitting the metal frame, rumbling and knocking down a group of people. Countless mechas collapsed and collided with each other, pressing the man down tightly, unable to move at all, and no longer able to breathe.
Huo Xianfeng casually wiped the blood from the palm of his hand. By the time the blood had dried, the cut on his palm had healed.
Tsk, I’m a little hungry.
He looked around, jumped onto the chest of an S-class mecha, dug out the core, controlled it to shrink to the size of a thumb, and then threw it into his mouth.
Chew it up like you would a chocolate ball.
"Ding! Level 1 alarm!"
The entire hall was instantly filled with a harsh electronic sound—
"A suspected loss of an SSS-level asset has been detected. Please immediately carry out the recovery mission!"
"A suspected loss of an SSS-level asset has been detected. Please immediately carry out the recovery mission!"
"A suspected loss of an SSS-level asset has been detected. Please immediately carry out the recovery mission!"
Suddenly, the ceiling cracked with numerous circular holes about one meter in diameter, and then countless balls of light poured out from them.
Dense red lines instantly gathered on Huo Xianfeng's body.
"…?"
The next second, countless electromagnetic rays swept over from the sky like a carpet—
Huo Xianfeng's eyes focused, and he disappeared from the spot the next second.
Lost SSS-level asset
Huo Dynasty
Or is it the king insect cub in the incubator
No, no, no, Huo Chao is dead, so it should be the latter.
boom!
Several S-class mechas suddenly stood up and deployed energy shields to resist the first wave of attacks. Countless electromagnetic rays suddenly attacked and hit the energy shields, exploding countless energy ripples that slid along the curved surface of the defense shield, directly melting the surrounding mechas into a charred iron block.
boom!
The mechas that deployed their energy shields suddenly froze and fell down. A strange energy wave seemed to appear in the air, and Huo Xianfeng's connection with the mechas was instantly cut off.
"Mecha obstruction detected, activate mental shielding device!"
"Mecha obstruction detected, activate mental shielding device!"
Huo Xianfeng's eyes suddenly darkened. This was not a good place to fight as the space was too narrow. So he turned around without hesitation and quickly rushed out along the elevator passage.
The densely packed balls of light behind him followed closely behind like a swarm of enraged bees.
The black mechanical warrior finally crawled out from the pile of mechas, and immediately followed, as if he had received some forced order.
"Recycling mission... Performing recycling mission..."
Huo Xianfeng needed to find an open area, preferably one with no obstructions from the sky. Finally, he found a training ground, which was as large, open, and concave as the ancient Roman Colosseum.
But... He looked up and saw that the entire sky was surrounded by dense balls of light. Not far ahead was the mechanical warrior chasing him.
"Suspected SSS found..."
-boom!!!
There was a huge explosion in the south city. At this critical moment, Huo Xianfeng did not forget to look back at the omega for a few seconds, and admired the heroic figure of Major General Jiang Ci in his heart. Then he turned back and continued -
"What did you say?"
However, Huo Xianfeng had no time to listen to what the other party said.
Because the dense red rays have gathered on him again. The next second -
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!!!
Several light balls gathered together to form a cylinder, and then fell down around Huo Xianfeng one after another, forming a strange formation.
—Complete lockdown.
Huo Xianfeng felt that he had never seen such a strange weapon before, but he also felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. However, he had no time to recall it now.
At the same time, Cecilia was standing on the rooftop of a high-rise building a hundred meters away, watching the scene quietly. She looked very embarrassed, half of her body was covered in blood, and her face was burned over a large area, but she was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
—But she herself doesn't care.
"It does look like Huo Chao."
She sighed with some regret.
"What a pity, he is not. Now it seems that he must be the SSS asset that the church lost."
In fact, Cecilia didn't know what the specific SSS-level assets were because she didn't have enough authority. She didn't care about it, but just felt it was a pity -
"I thought I would see Pei Changyun driving a mecha and attacking us alone again in my lifetime. I wonder if His Majesty the Emperor has made any progress in his mecha control skills over the years."
Behind him, a man in a bishop's white robe bowed his head in obsequiousness.
“Lady Cecilia, aren’t we going after Jiang Ci?”
The woman paused for a second, her tone cold,
"I won't chase you anymore."
"…?"
Ace showed a slightly surprised look, he had always thought that Cecilia wanted to capture Jiang Ci to avenge the saint's abandonment of her and her hatred for Jiang Jinsheng, but now it seems that is not the case.
He looked at the silver mecha in the distance and suddenly made a "tsk tsk" sound—
"An omega can still be so lively during her climax, it would be better to..."
Cecilia suddenly glanced over coldly.
Ace fell silent instantly, sweating profusely.
After a long while, the woman slowly spoke,
"Our first priority is to protect the Forbidden Abyss core. Second, it is to recover the two lost rare assets. As for Jiang Ci, leave him alone for now. The Security Department will catch him."
Cecilia turned around and looked at the tower in the center of Ming City that almost reached the clouds. She said in an ambiguous tone,
"The Forbidden Abyss core is being repaired on the top floor of the Central Temple. With that master here, it is almost done, and an invisible electromagnetic barrier has been opened around it. If anyone wants to break in, they can only sneak up from underground."
Ace was confused: "... Lady Cecilia?"
"Ah... nothing."
Having said that, Cecilia turned around as if nothing had happened and crushed the bug stuck to her sleeve in her hand.
Squeak—
"Hiss..."
Jiang Ci suddenly covered his ears, and the sharp pain took him a long time to recover.
"The Central Temple..."
"The top floor..."
(End of this chapter)