Chapter 156
The moment Su Jing's finger touched the safety button on the laser gun, three ruthless thugs stepped over the rubble of the ruined city and surrounded her—
The bearded man at the head of the group held a machete that gleamed in the 55°C heat, its blade still stained with dried blood. His gaze was fixed on the demon core collection box in Su Jing's hand.
His Adam's apple bobbed: "Hand over the box! That demon core can enhance your abilities. The three of us only want the demon core, we won't take anything else, and we'll spare your and this little furball's lives!"
"Su Jing, they're trying to steal your queen ant demon core! That bearded man smells of metal; he might be wearing armor!"
Xiao Jin huddled at Su Jing's feet, clutching the mini cloth bag containing the demon core tightly in its arms, its voice in its mind filled with vigilance.
The little paws clung to Su Jing's trouser leg. "That skinny guy on the left is trying to get behind me! He's watching me!"
Ignoring the bearded man's threat, Su Jing quickly gave the order into the communicator: "Number 1, move to the left side of the rubble pile, aim the laser gun at the skinny man's legs."
Number 2, guard the abandoned car on the right and prevent it from running deeper into the ruins;
The two of them formed a fan shape, leaving me facing them.
As soon as the words were spoken, Robot No. 1's robotic arm, carrying a laser gun, moved rapidly, and a pale red laser beam swept past the skinny man's feet.
A small black dot appeared from the burn, which startled the skinny man so much that he immediately stopped and retreated while cursing.
Seeing that intimidation was ineffective, the bearded man's eyes flashed with ruthlessness. He shouted to the other two, "Don't waste your breath on her! This woman's robot only has two broken guns. Let's all attack together, cut down the robot, and then steal the demon core!"
He lunged at Su Jing with a machete raised high, the blade whistling through the air, clearly intending to eliminate Su Jing, his pillar of support, first.
"You really think you can get away with anything just because you have a knife?"
Su Jing sneered, dodging the machete while simultaneously pulling the trigger of her laser gun—
The beam of light didn't hit the bearded man, but instead swept precisely towards the machete in his hand, with a "sizzle" sound.
The blade of the machete was instantly burned off, leaving only half of the handle still gripped in the bearded man's hand.
The bearded man paused for a moment, then pulled out a piece of iron armor from behind his waist and wrapped it around his arm: "I have armor! Your crappy gun can't penetrate it! I'm going to steal this demon core today!"
"Armor penetration? Try this."
Su Jing slung the laser gun behind her back and gripped the mining blade in her right hand—
A pale blue energy blade condensed on the surface of the blade.
She stared at the bearded man's iron armor and said, "Your iron armor can only protect against ordinary knives; it can't stop my mining blade."
At that moment, the skinny guy on the left suddenly circled behind robot number 2, brandishing a machete and trying to cut the robot's wiring: "Boss, I'll cut her robot!"
Robot No. 2 reacted extremely quickly; its robotic arm instantly turned, and the laser gun was aimed at the skinny man's forehead.
With a "sizzle," wisps of smoke rose from the skinny man's forehead, and his body fell straight to the ground, lifeless.
"Third brother, don't just stand there! Grab that little furball! It has a demon core in its arms!"
Seeing his comrade dead, the bearded man's eyes turned bloodshot, and he suddenly charged at Xiao Jin—
A corner of the mini cloth bag in Xiao Jin's arms peeked out, and the pale red demon core was faintly visible.
Xiao Jin immediately stepped back, a voice inside her urgently shouting, "Su Jing! He's coming at me!"
Su Jing rushed forward instantly, her mining blade, imbued with energy, slashing towards the bearded man in his iron armor—
With a sharp crack, the metal armor was cleaved open, and the energy blade, its momentum undiminished, slashed straight into the bearded man's neck.
Blood droplets spurted out and instantly solidified under the high temperature.
The bearded man's screams abruptly stopped as his body slammed heavily onto the rubble.
Seeing that things were going badly, the last remaining third brother got up and tried to run deeper into the ruined city, but Robot No. 2 immediately gave chase.
The laser gun was aimed at his back. With a "sizzle," the third brother's body shuddered violently, and he collapsed to the ground, motionless.
"Stealing demon cores to enhance superpowers? Don't you even know if you have the luck to do it?"
Su Jing sheathed her mining blade, wiped the blood off the edge with the corner of her clothes, and glanced at the three corpses.
He gave the order into the communicator: "Number 1, Number 2, clean up the scene to avoid attracting high-level monsters."
The robot immediately started the cleaning program, and the laser beam burned the bloodstains and corpse residue on the ground.
Xiao Jin ran to Su Jing's side and opened the mini cloth bag to check the demon core: "Thank goodness the demon core isn't lost! That skinny guy almost bumped into my bag just now!"
He suddenly wrinkled his nose, a voice in his mind filled with doubt, "Su Jing, the air smells hotter! Hotter than before! And... there seems to be a new monster smell in the mountains, not stone-patterned insects, but a slippery, cold smell!"
Su Jing immediately took out her communicator—a light red high-temperature warning popped up on the screen: [Current outdoor temperature 58℃, expected to continue rising within 12 hours. Please take precautions against heatstroke and avoid prolonged outdoor activities].
She touched the demon core collection box; it was already scorching hot from the sun, so she quickly placed it in the temperature-controlled area of her spatial dimension.
"The temperature is rising too fast. We need to hurry back to the villa. The new monster in the mountains... it might be a snake. We'll have to wait until we get back and are ready before we investigate."
Su Jing quickened her pace toward the villa. The 58°C heat rendered her cooling spray completely ineffective, and sweat dripped down her face, instantly evaporating on the ground.
As they reached the entrance to the ruined city, Xiao Jin suddenly turned back to look at the mountains to the north, a voice in his mind saying with certainty, "That slippery monster is in the mountains! It's afraid of the light and hides in the shade. It might come out when it gets cooler at night!"
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