The whole process took only a dozen seconds and was thrilling.

Lu Chensheng held his knees, panting heavily, his clothes soaked with sweat. He looked at the deformed iron pipe in his hands, then at the paralyzed robot, and an unfamiliar emotion, a mixture of fatigue, excitement, and a hint of fear, surged in his chest.

He did it.

For the first time, he used his own hands to fight and destroy.

This feeling is so real, so...exhilarating.

Wen Shifei walked out of the maintenance bay and stared at Lu Cheneng in disbelief.

She knew that Lu Chen had received top-level physical and combat training, but that was to maintain the perfect state of the "Optimizer" and to demonstrate his "power" in certain situations. She had never imagined that he could burst out with such primitive and wild fighting power.

At that moment just now, he didn't seem like a high-ranking heir, but more like a warrior struggling to survive in a desperate situation.

"You..." Wen Shifei wanted to say something, but found that his voice was a little hoarse.

Lu Chensheng raised his head and gave her an extremely brief but genuine smile. There was a hint of fatigue in that smile, but more of it was a sense of relief.

"It seems that this 'machine' of mine is not only capable of processing data."

At this moment, the sound of dense footsteps and calls from the communicator could be heard again from the far end of the tunnel. The Tianshu Consortium's security forces had apparently found another way into the subway system and were rapidly approaching.

"We have to go." Lu Cheneng threw away the iron pipe in his hand, his eyes sharp again. "They are numerous and powerful, and equipped with heavy weapons. We can't fight them head-on."

Wen Shifei nodded. She knew what Lu Cheneng said was true. Although she felt a little excited about the victory, a greater crisis was still to come.

"I know a place," Wen Shifei took a deep breath, "It was a secret transit station of the 'Scavengers' Alliance' in the former downtown area. It's very hidden and may give us a temporary respite. But..."

"But what?"

"But that place... may no longer be safe. Moreover, to get there, we have to go through the 'Quiet Zone'." Wen Shifei's expression became a little solemn. "That is one of the most dangerous areas in the downtown area. Even gangs are reluctant to set foot in it easily."

Lu Chenheng looked at her with a firm gaze: "The situation couldn't be worse than it is now. Lead the way."

Wen Shifei looked at him deeply, said no more, turned around and walked into the deeper darkness of the tunnel.

Lu Chen entropy followed closely behind.

The crimson tide has just begun to sweep over their fate. Ahead lies the unknown "Zone of Silence," and behind them lies a dragnet of pursuit. Their only recourse is each other, and the forbidden love that has unexpectedly awakened and begun to burn fiercely in the flood of data.

This escape has just begun.