"Not bad, your defense is quite good," 496 whispered, his tone undisguised with contempt. "But you're not fast enough."

Xiang Fan tried to calm himself down and controlled the mecha to counterattack with the psychic light cannon, but every attack was accurately avoided by the opponent, allowing 496's mecha to gradually approach.

"His reaction speed...is not even like that of a human." Xiang Fan was shocked. Seeing that he couldn't get rid of the other party, he could only desperately look for flaws.

At this moment, a red warning suddenly popped up on the mecha system: "Network intrusion detection! The mecha main system is under attack!"

Xiang Fan was stunned. He subconsciously clicked on the interface and saw that the invasion speed was ridiculously fast. Almost in the blink of an eye, the first layer of the firewall was breached.

"Network intrusion?" Xiang Fan's heart rang with alarm, and he quickly activated the mecha's emergency defense mode. He quickly adjusted the data permissions, trying to cut off the connection, but the intruder was as nimble as a snake, accurately bypassing his defense nodes every time.

"How could this guy be so familiar with my system?" Xiang Fan's heart beat faster and his mind was racing with countermeasures.

Elsewhere, 496's mech stood steady as a rock. His voice came through the communication channel, a confident and calm tone: "Good defense, but, to me, that's all."

A red alert screen flashed continuously on Zero's screen. Cold sweat broke out on Xiang Fan's forehead. He tried his best to block the intrusion path, but ultimately failed. The message on the screen completely chilled his heart: "Main system locked, psychic core out of control."

Zero's mech froze in the dust, like a trapped beast with its throat strangled. Xiang Fan stared at the red message on the screen, his fists clenched, his heart filled with frustration.

"It's over." 496's voice was filled with an indescribable majesty. His mech slowly approached Zero and gently tapped Zero's chest plate with his lightsaber. His movements were casual, yet he seemed to be judging from above.

Xiang Fan raised his head, suppressed his resentment, and asked, "Who are you?"

496 didn't answer directly, but said calmly, "Zero, I'm curious, where did you learn these operations?"