"Tick-tock, tick-tock."
The machine's crisp sound indicates that the thermometer is about to reach its threshold.
Fan Zhi, still entangled with the stand-in, looked at the charred marks beginning to appear on the stand's surface and felt somewhat annoyed.
Give him a little more time, and he can burn the other person to ashes.
But he simply didn't have the time.
He could only remove the Sunfire. After the flames died down on the Stand, the Stand's head moved, and it tilted its head in a human-like manner, giving Fan Zhi a smile.
Unfortunately, the other person's face was charred black, and that smile was truly terrifying.
Fan Zhi, who could only rely on his instinctive physical reactions to dodge the Stand's attacks, caught a glimpse of Qin Tan still soaking in the liquid and dared not urge her.
Fortunately, the previous flames had still caused some damage to the Stand, making its movements much slower.
This gave Fan Zhi room to hide.
Qin Tan, who was below, also ended up in a dead end.
No one knew if there were any traps involved, and Qin Tan, who dared not break it open directly, began to rise after confirming that she could not find a way to open it below.
Putting ourselves in their shoes, if Tianchi wanted to enter, he would also have to face this hidden door, so the other party must have prepared a "key" for passage.
The key is either on Tianchi or on someone Tianchi absolutely trusts.
If it was the first guess, they were helpless.
But what if it's the second one?
Qin Tan had been listening to the commotion from above. This laboratory was too thorough in its planning, which was why Fan Zhi's Sunfire was suppressed.
However, this laboratory cannot weaken her abilities.
Qin Tan, who was breathing fresh air again, jumped up and saw Fan Zhidao escape from danger.
The knife in the double's hand, made of a special metal, was exceptionally sharp.
Even after being covered by the sun's heat, it only deformed slightly.
Are you alright?
Qin Tan helped Fan Zhi up and looked at the wound on his chest, asking him a question.
"good."
Fan Zhi covered his wound.
Although it was bleeding, its internal organs and bones were not damaged.
A sizzling sound followed, accompanied by the aroma of roasting meat, which eventually settled into the pungent smell of burning meat.
It was Fan Zhi who used the sun's heat to burn his wound and stop the bleeding.
Watch out behind you.
After doing all this, Fan Zhi reminded Qin Tan, and behind Qin Tan, the double approached, the knife aimed at Qin Tan's back.
"It's alright, you should rest first."
Qin Tan answered, gripping the Grim Reaper's Scythe in his backhand and sweeping it behind him.
The massive black scythe swept across everything, and after colliding with the small blade, the substitute's blade finally developed a nick after being attacked repeatedly.
Qin Tan turned around to face the other person.
She looked towards the other person's heart.
This stand-in and that so-called robot should be the same thing, only more intelligent.
Does this also mean that the opponent's vital point, like the robot's, is in the heart?
Thinking of this, Qin Tan suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Tianchi said that the robot's vital point is its head, so even if the robot's head is cut off, its core is still intact.
Isn't this also a perfect way to protect the "key"?
The key may be in the core of the Stand.
This thought made Qin Tan keep a close eye on the other party.
As the Grim Reaper's Scythe stirred up the wind, Qin Tan's attack moves were always clean and simple.
Black Scythe's size means it's difficult for it to execute any sophisticated moves, but its wide-ranging attacks, when combined with sufficient power, are not to be underestimated.
"Bang bang bang!"
Amidst the continuous crashing sounds, Qin Tan pressed closer and closer.
Even the substitute who could suppress Fan Zhi could only retreat in Qin Tan's hands.
This disparity ignited a burning desire in Fan Zhi's eyes.
After another impact, the knife in the stunt double's hand broke completely and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
"Warning, warning..."
"Unable to remove the intruder, unable to remove the intruder..."
After the knife was destroyed, the stand-in stood there, as if malfunctioning, and began repeating these words.
"It's trying to contact Tianchi, stop it!"
Fan Zhi realized what the stand-in was about to do and quickly called out.
"I know."
Qin Tan had the same idea. She leaped into the air, and the Grim Reaper's Scythe began to reap the harvest from high above.
The sharp blade swept towards the other person's neck.
Qin Tan forced the other side to stop reporting by engaging in combat.
This method is useful.
The program started halfway through when it entered another forced command. Faced with Qin Tan's deadly move, the stand-in raised his arm to block his neck.
The blade got stuck, but Qin Tan managed to sever the double's arm as a result.
After the two robotic arms landed, the complex wiring inside became visible.
The body was damaged, and the mutilated stand-in began to emit electric currents.
Qin Tan launched another attack.
She feinted, seemingly about to cut off the opponent's head, and as the opponent tried to block with the remaining part of his upper arm, she twisted her arm, causing the blade to spin downwards.
The curved blade pierced the other's heart.
The Grim Reaper's Scythe felt hard to the touch, and there was something inside.
With a gentle flick, Qin Tan easily pulled out the object from the opponent's chest cavity as the substitute was defending.
The removal of the heart is a fatal blow to a Stand.
The angels did not lie.
The substitute's program began to malfunction, and the statements were reversed.
"Alarm, alarm, intruder, alarm, cleanup... execution error, alarm..."
The mimicked spirit in the other person's eyes vanished completely, leaving only the coldness of a robot.
It looked at Qin Tan, stretched out its hand, as if asking Qin Tan for its heart.
After Qin Tan took a step back while holding the item, electricity surged across the surface of the substitute's body, and the entire body collapsed to the ground, motionless.
As the other party's electronic eye dims, the Stand's existence is thus eliminated from this world.
Qin Tan held the heart in her hand and cut it open.
Hidden within the biomimetic flesh and blood is a transparent card as thin as a cicada's wing.
"Is this the key?"
Fan Zhi walked over and asked.
"It seems we've got what we wanted. How's the situation on your end?"
Fan asked Xi Yang.
"It's alright, the captain and he seem to get along quite well."
Xi Yang's voice was tinged with murmurs.
"I'm running out of words, please hurry."
Xia Shuang's voice was not as calm as it appeared. Since she was not prepared to start a real cooperation with Tianchi, she naturally could not talk about anything deeper.
They've already done their best to stall for time by digressing and making excuses.
If this continues, it will be hard for Tianchi not to suspect something.
"We'll do it as soon as possible."
Qin Tan responded.
She stared at the card, her brow furrowed.
There were no slots for inserting cards under the pool, and the hidden door fit perfectly into the bottom of the pool, leaving no loopholes to exploit.
"Could it be that we've come to the wrong place?"
Fan Zhi asked Qin Tan, becoming increasingly agitated.
If that doesn't work, they'll have to evacuate.
"No."
Qin Tan recalled the places she had searched before, and scenes flashed through her mind. She had not overlooked any detail.
And so, at a certain moment, the image in my mind froze.
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