Data Heartbeat: Out-of-Control Code of the Cold-Blooded Heir

In "Skyreach City", a futuristic metropolis ruled by four major financial magnates, Lu Chenshen, a cold-blooded heir to one of the magnates, is implanted with the "Scarlet Code" by ...

Chapter 19: Wen Yuan's Echo

Wen Shifei was also briefly pulled back to reality from her immense grief by this sudden and violent attack. She abruptly wiped the tears from her face, her eyes instantly becoming as cold and sharp as ice! The Black Snake Gang! These chaebol lackeys! It wasn't enough that they had destroyed her brother, now they were going to kill him completely! A surge of hatred instantly overwhelmed her sorrow, transforming into the coldest murderous intent!

She grabbed the laser pistol that fell beside her, jumped up like a cheetah, rolled behind the wreckage of a overturned large instrument, and pointed the gun at the door that was about to collapse!

"Hold on! Don't let them in!" Ajie lifted Lu Chenshang and dragged him behind the operating table as a cover, while pulling out his service pistol.

Boom——Crack!!!

With one final, violent crash, the twisted metal door panel, along with half of the door frame, exploded inward as if struck by a cannonball! Countless sharp metal fragments and concrete chunks sprayed into the room like shotgun shells!

Amidst the smoke and dust, a group of figures like evil spirits from hell rushed in!

It was none other than the Black Snake Gang's thugs! They'd been overdosed on a cocktail of stimulants, their muscles bulging to the point of tearing their clothes. Their skin was a distorted crimson, and their veins bulged and squirmed like earthworms. Their eyes were bloodshot, flashing with a frenzied, animalistic light. Saliva mixed with blood foam flowed uncontrollably from the corners of their mouths, and they let out meaningless, destructive roars! They wielded crude yet powerful shotguns, machetes, and even steel pipes welded with sharp iron sheets. They swarmed in, instantly filling the space at the entrance!

"Find them! Tear them apart!" The leader, who was extremely burly and had a hideous scar on his face, howled like a beast and pointed the heavy shotgun in his hand into the room.

Bang bang bang! Da da da!

Without any nonsense, the battle instantly broke out to the most brutal and intense level!

Energy beams, metal projectiles, laser beams... all kinds of deadly lights intertwined wildly in the small room! They struck the walls and the wreckage of the equipment, exploding into countless fragments and sparks! The pungent smell of gunpowder instantly overwhelmed the stench of decay!

"Ugh!" The soldier guarding the door bore the brunt of the attack, struck in the chest by several shotgun shells at close range. His energy shield instantly overloaded and shattered! He screamed and flew backward, slamming into the wall. Blood spurted out, and it was clear he was dead!

"Ah Qiang!" Ah Jie's eyes were bloodshot as he roared, leaning forward from behind the operating table and firing a burst of energy from his pistol! His precise shots blew the heads off the two Black Snake thugs who were charging in the front! Red and white objects flew everywhere!

Wen Shifei also opened fire! Her eyes were as cold as a thousand years of ice, all her grief and anger transformed into a precise killing will! The laser pistol in her hand emitted a short and deadly hiss, each dark blue beam accurately piercing the thug's eyebrows or heart! Her figure moved swiftly among the overturned equipment and debris, like a ghost, dodging the rain of bullets. Every pause was accompanied by the fall of an enemy!

"She's over there! Kill her!" Scar leader discovered Wen Shifei's location and turned the shotgun around while roaring!

Boom! Boom!

The powerful shotgun blast sent sparks flying from the wreckage of the instrument where Wen Shifei was hiding. Fragments flew everywhere! Wen Shifei rolled awkwardly to avoid it, and a gash opened on his shoulder from the flying fragments, and blood oozed out.

"Sister Wen!" Upon seeing this, Ajie immediately rushed out from behind the operating table, regardless of his own safety, and shot wildly at the scar leader, trying to attract fire!

"Looking for death!" Scar leader grinned and turned the shotgun towards Ajie!

At this critical moment!

Buzz——!!!

Without warning, a deep, heart-pounding vibration echoed throughout the entire room—no, deep underground in the entire abandoned factory! It was like a giant beast that had been sleeping for billions of years, awakened by the blood and slaughter, and let out its first dissatisfied roar!

Then, in the corner of the room, a huge and rusty metal object that had long been ignored by everyone - it was the remains of a huge mechanical arm connected to thick hydraulic pipes and used to lift heavy equipment - at its joints, the long-solidified black asphalt-like lubricant suddenly began to emit tiny bubbles!

Then, in front of everyone's horrified gaze, the huge mechanical arm, which was as thick as a bucket and rusted beyond recognition, suddenly moved!

It wasn't shaken by the explosion, but... it was lifted up independently and powerfully as if it had life!

The friction between the rusty metals made a teeth-grinding sound of "Crunch--Clang!!!"

A huge shadow instantly enveloped the group of Black Snake Gang thugs who were huddled together and firing wildly at the door!

The next second, the huge mechanical arm like a battering ram, with a terrifying force that had been accumulated for who knows how many years and was enough to split mountains and rocks, tore through the air and smashed down towards the thugs crowded at the door with the force of a mountain!

“No——!!!” Scarface’s roar instantly turned into a desperate wail!

boom--!!!

Like a sledgehammer smashing a bunch of ripe tomatoes!

Blood and flesh flew everywhere! Bones burst!

The seven or eight Black Snake thugs huddled at the doorway didn't even have time to scream before this devastating blow instantly transformed them into a splattering mess of broken bones, organs, and metal fragments! Sticky blood and shattered tissue smeared the shattered doorframe, walls, and floor like ink! The overpowering, suffocating smell of blood instantly overwhelmed everything!

The whole room was silent for a moment.

Even those remaining thugs who had been injected with excessive doses of stimulants and had only destructive instincts left were completely shocked by this inhumanly horrifying scene. They stood there in shock, and for the first time, their eyes revealed the most primitive fear derived from biological instinct!

Wen Shifei and Ajie were also completely stunned, looking in disbelief at the hellish scene at the door and the huge mechanical arm that was slowly rising up, with sticky blood mud still dripping from the end!

What…what’s going on?!

At this moment, a voice so faint that it was almost ignored, yet strangely familiar, like the noise of a bad signal, sounded intermittently in Wen Shifei's mind:

[…Xiao…Fei…hurry…and go…]

[…They…are coming…more than just…Black Snake…]

[…I…don’t…have…much…time…]

[…Remember…Factory…Control Room…Core…Key…]

It was his brother's voice! It was the voice of Wen Yuan's remaining consciousness! It was filled with endless exhaustion and urgency!

This voice was like a cold spring, instantly waking Wen Shifei from her shock! She suddenly looked at Ajie and shouted, "Ajie! Take him! To the control room! Quick!"

Before he could finish his words, the huge mechanical arm that had just caused the bloody massacre seemed to have exhausted its last bit of strength. It let out a few harsh metallic groans, and wisps of green smoke emerged from its joints. It fell down with a loud bang, smashed to the ground, and became completely motionless.

Deep in the factory, and further away, more heavy footsteps and beast-like roars surged in like a tide, approaching from afar! New pursuers, a more powerful threat, had arrived!