EBE Chapter 412 Found you
Chapter 412 Found you
Chapter 412 I've Found You
"boom!"
A beam of energy as thick as an arm pierced through the servant's body in an instant; the thick metal plate became as fragile as paper under the bombardment of such a high-energy weapon.
However, the moment the machine servant fell, more mechanical figures quickly filled the gap and continued to advance frantically towards Lin Xuan and the other two deep underground.
"Boom! Boom!"
The metal walls on both sides resounded with violent impacts, as if countless machine servants were surging in from all directions, far exceeding their expectations. The entire passage trembled violently under the impact of the machinery, as if it might collapse at any moment.
"Su Zilin, to the left!" Lin Xuan's voice drowned out all the surrounding noise.
But Su Zilin had just pulled the trigger, and the recoil of the energy weapon had not yet dissipated, so he didn't have time to turn around.
Right to her left, the metal wall shattered with a crash, and a machine servant equipped with sharp steel saws on its forelimbs suddenly rushed out, the saw teeth spinning at high speed, aiming straight for her neck.
"when!"
At the critical moment, a flash of silver light appeared.
A flying knife formed from nanobots hurtled through the air at an astonishing speed, piercing the servant's body precisely and pinning it to the wall.
The throwing knife immediately disintegrated, and the nanobots, like a swarm of hungry ants, rapidly devoured the metal remains of the servant, converting them into their own energy.
Lin Xuan watched as the mechanical servant was completely devoured, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, her expression regaining a touch of confidence.
“It seems these things aren’t immortal,” he said in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the pile of metal debris that had been devoured by the nanobots. “As long as their bodies are completely destroyed, they can’t reassemble.”
He suddenly flipped his wrist, and in an instant, several silver bullets appeared in his palm as if by magic. Lin Xuan then quickly handed them to Su Zilin, who was standing to the side.
"Use this to kill them."
Upon hearing this, Su Zilin quickly nodded, reached out and took the special ammunition handed to him by Lin Xuan, and switched the sniper rifle from energy firing mode to physical firing mode.
"Click——"
A crisp metallic clang rang out as she pulled back the bolt, and the bullet was steadily chambered.
"boom!"
Gunshots rang out, bullets whistling through the air, accurately piercing the core of several mechs. At such close range, the mechs' bodies exploded instantly, scattering metal debris everywhere.
The silver metal bullet exploded the moment it hit its target, attaching itself to the scattered metal debris and frantically devouring the remaining remains like locusts.
Subsequently, they used the same method and quickly cleared out all the machine servants in the entire passage.
Watching this scene from the monitoring room, Wei Ming's expression was as if she had seen a ghost.
"Is this even a human being?"
"They actually used nanobots to dismantle the servant's body, this is......"
She knew, of course, that nanobots could deal with these machine servants, but the reason why Mechanical Earth didn't use this method back then was simply because the computing power requirements were too high.
Even with the ultimate assistance of prosthetics, ordinary people can only control palm-sized nanobots to perform some simple tasks, and such operations are generally very taxing on a person's mental energy.
After all, each nanorobot is an independent unit, and the only way for humans to control it with their brains is to pre-implant the corresponding algorithm path.
Wei Ming didn't believe that anyone could predict what would happen and pre-set the corresponding operation path. If that were the case, then she would just have to accept her fate.
But if not, then this guy is far too terrifying.
To give an analogy, Lin Xuan's current actions are like running at a relatively stationary speed on top of a train that is falling off a cliff, and finally successfully getting ashore when the last carriage of the train has completely fallen to the bottom of the cliff.
This is simply superhuman!
"We can't stay here any longer; we need to find a way out first."
Just as Wei Ming was about to get up and leave, her communicator suddenly rang.
She looked down and saw it was a communication request from Grogg.
She frowned, pressed the answer button, and Glogert's projection immediately appeared in front of her, his serious expression making her feel somewhat uncomfortable.
"Wei Ming, did you instigate the robot rebellion on Planet Revelation III?" Glogert asked directly, his tone accusatory.
Upon hearing this, Wei Ming flew into a rage. She sneered and retorted, "Otherwise what, boss? Do you want me to just sit here and wait to die?"
Her voice was filled with suppressed anger.
The original plan was to send her here to "gain experience," but when she arrived, she found out that she was the one being "gained experience."
Anyone would be furious at the feeling of being used as cannon fodder.
Groggart clearly realized he was in the wrong and quickly tried to change the subject: "The reinforcement fleet will arrive in three days. Prepare to evacuate."
"Three days?" Wei Ming's voice suddenly rose, almost gritting his teeth as he repeated, "Are you kidding me, boss? They're less than a few hundred meters away from me right now!"
"And what did you promise me half a month ago? Didn't you say that a reinforcement fleet would arrive in two hours? Why haven't I seen anything?"
She glanced at the monitor screen; Lin Xuan and her group were closing in on her at an alarming speed. As a cyber hacker, her close-combat skills were practically nonexistent; once they found her hiding place, she wouldn't even have a chance to escape.
Glogert sighed, his tone tinged with helplessness: "As you know, network surveillance doesn't have the direct authority to mobilize fleets. The fleet we borrowed was intercepted by Lu Sheng en route. He ignored our objections and directly ordered that fleet to change course from the flank to the main battlefield. We really had no choice."
"After all, he is the commander-in-chief. Our attempt to privately deploy the fleet for a mission is a violation of regulations. Going through the normal procedures is definitely not an option, so now we can only negotiate with the three giant corporations. But their asking price... is simply too high. We are trying our best to lower the price, otherwise the department's budget will be exceeded this year."
Upon hearing this, Wei Ming burst into laughter in anger.
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Sure enough, on this mechanical Earth, everything is driven by self-interest. When the profit is no longer enough to motivate them to take risks, pawns are discarded without hesitation.
Glogert clearly noticed her change in mood and quickly reassured her, "Don't worry, Wei Ming. If the situation is really urgent, you can feign surrender first. The Starfire group will definitely be interested in the intelligence you have. As long as we stall until the fleet arrives, we can get you out."
Glogert was very confident in Wei Ming. He believed that once Wei Ming learned her identity, she would realize just how much of a treasure she had found.
Not only because she possesses a vast amount of intelligence about the Mechanical Earth, but also because her hacking skills are among the best on the entire Mechanical Earth.
“If Commander-in-Chief Lu doesn’t want to save you, then we don’t need to indulge him. You can reveal some of Lu Sheng’s secrets to Xinghuo. This way, you can not only save your life, but also deal a severe blow to Lu Sheng’s military and political faction. At that time, we may not even need to take action, and the other side will be eager to bring you back.”
The mechanical Earth's network surveillance and military fleet are two extremely unique organizations.
Since the Xinglan AI incident, the two sides have completely parted ways due to differences in their political stances.
This division is not merely formal, but permeates every detail—aside from a very few necessary tasks, the two sides have almost no interaction and often clash due to conflicting interests.
However, war cannot be separated from the military, and intelligence warfare cannot be separated from hackers.
Thus, with the support of the three giant corporations, the network surveillance team assembled its own fleet.
This fleet directly adopted the latest R&D equipment from the three major corporations, and its overall strength even surpassed that of the regular army.
At the same time, the military and political fleet also established its own cyber hacking unit, which was specifically responsible for the attack and defense of intelligence networks.
This division of labor has led to an extremely ironic situation: the strongest fleet on the mechanical Earth is in the hands of network surveillance, while the strongest intelligence system is in the hands of the military and political fleet.
What's even more ridiculous is that, in order to prevent the other side from directly using their weapon systems, both sides reverse-engineered the equipment of their respective units.
Those monitoring the network cannot use the intelligence codes of the military and political fleet, and those in the military and political fleet have no way to control the network-monitored fleet.
This system of checks and balances not only maintained a delicate equilibrium between the two sides, but also made the internal struggles of the entire mechanical Earth more complex.
"Don't worry, Wei Ming, this time we will absolutely guarantee that the fleet will arrive on time within three days. Please bear with us for the next few days."
After Glogert finished speaking, he hung up the call, leaving Wei Ming standing there dumbfounded.
"Damn it, I suddenly regret joining the Cataclysm."
But reality didn't give her time to think; the door was blown off with a loud bang.
Lin Xuan and the other two stood quietly outside the door.
"finally found you."