A tremendous sound of tearing metal echoed through the control room, like the wail of a dying beast. From the gaping hole in the forcibly torn alloy wall, smoke and dust swirled like a seething gray fog. Through the swirling dust, a massive, hideous mechanical figure, veined with dark purple energy, emerged like a demon from the depths of hell. It stepped into the heart of this nest of rusted steel and roaring energy!
Its silhouette resembled a distorted humanoid form, yet it was covered in thick biometal armor studded with spikes and cannon-barrels, resembling a living coffin. Thick hydraulic mechanisms at its joints emitted a dull hissing sound, and the biological tubes entwined within them moved a thick, dark purple energy fluid like peristaltic blood vessels. A single sensor, occupying most of its "face," shone a cold, merciless purple light across the control room, instantly locking onto Wen Shifei and the bird-carving knife in her hand. Beneath that purple light, the insect-like cutting mechanism opened and closed slightly, emitting a high-pitched sizzling sound, as if savoring the scent of its prey. One of its arms was a massive, rapidly spinning chainsword, its energy serrations whistling as it sliced through the air. The other held a charging heavy energy cannon, its muzzle radiating a destructive dark purple light that twisted and scorched the air.
The cold, unmoved electronic synthesized sound, like a declaration of judgment, forcibly penetrated everyone's mind through the loudspeaker amid the roaring "core" noise:
"Experimental material recovery protocol initiated. Target: Wen Yuan gene sequence carrier (Wen Shifei), highly compatible energy carrier (Lu Chenentang). Clear...obstacles."
"The chaebol's 'scavenger'!" Ajie exclaimed, his voice cracking. He instantly raised the energy rifle in his hand, but the muzzle trembled slightly under the overwhelming pressure! Anvil gasped, his grip on the heavy shotgun gripping tightly.
Lu Chen's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of needles! The Demon Blade, as if sensing the presence of its nemesis, erupted in a burst of purple lightning! The silver-blue light was completely suppressed, and the dazzling dark purple arcs of electricity entwined the blade like a dancing venomous snake, crackling and exploding! A cold, chaotic, and destructive will, like a flood, instantly broke through the mental dam he had just built! The pain in his left eye intensified, as if a red-hot steel needle was stirring inside, while deep in the pupil of his right eye, the dark purple hue burned like a flame doused in gasoline! His vision was instantly shrouded in a scarlet mist, and all that remained in his ears was the greedy hum of the Demon Blade and the echo of the cold synthesized voice - "Clear the obstacles!"
"Roar!" A low, inhuman roar erupted from Lu Chen's throat! His sanity crumbled under the onslaught of the violent energy and icy murderous intent! He took a sudden step forward, his demonic blade whistling with a sharp, space-shattering roar as he recklessly slashed at the massive mechanical creature that had just entered the control room! His target was directly aimed at the opponent's energy cannon arm that was charging! It was a fight of all lives!
"Lu Cheneng! Don't let it control you!" Wen Shifei screamed with a tearing mental force, trying to penetrate Lu Cheneng's polluted consciousness! But before she finished her words, the huge "Scavenger" mecha had already responded!
Buzz——!
The heavy energy cannon's charge was complete in an instant! The destructive dark purple light at the muzzle suddenly contracted, transforming into a bucket-thick beam of death. With the power to annihilate everything, it violently blasted towards Lu Chenen's charging figure! Wherever the beam passed, the air ionized, emitting a burning smell!
Too fast! Too close!
"Get out of the way!" Ajie's eyes were bloodshot and he suddenly lunged to the side!
The anvil also roared and rolled to avoid it!
Lu Chen's eyes were filled with only the destructive beam and the murderous intent boiling within him. The purple lightning on his demonic blade surged, and he was determined to confront him head-on! At this critical moment, a faint blue light flashed in Wen Shifei's eyes! She desperately pushed her mental power to the limit, no longer a distraction, but a substantial, invisible force that crashed into Lu Chen's side!
Bang!
Lu Chen's body was violently knocked away by this tremendous force, and he narrowly avoided the destructive beam that passed by him! The dark purple beam of light fiercely slammed into a huge abandoned server cabinet behind him!
Boom——!!!
A deafening explosion! The sturdy alloy cabinet melted through and vaporized like paper! The electronic components and storage media within, scorched by the intense heat, transformed into a whirlwind of molten metal and plasma fireballs! The shockwave, carrying deadly fragments and scorching air, swept through the control room like a sledgehammer!
"Ugh!" Although Ajie and Tiezhen dodged in advance, they were still violently blown away by the shockwave, slamming heavily into the wall covered with rusted pipes, spitting blood! Wen Shifei was also affected by the air wave, groaning and stumbling backwards. The severe pain from the excessive mental energy consumption made her vision black out!
The moment Lu Cheneng was knocked away, the Demon Blade instinctively backhanded a block. Purple lightning surged from the blade, forcibly splitting several flying, fiery fragments! The impact of the explosion caused him to tumble several times on the ground before barely coming to a stop, leaving several blackened burn marks on his body! But it was this excruciating pain and the brush with death, like a drenching head of ice water, that caused the chaotic purple flame burning in his right eye to suddenly freeze! A trace of his own fear and rage forcibly overwhelmed the Demon Blade's will!
“Bastards!” Lu Chen entropy growled, propping himself up. His left eye closed in pain, his right fixed on the massive mecha! The demonic blade still hummed, its purple lightning leaping, but it no longer attempted to completely control him.
The "Scavenger" mecha seemed dissatisfied with not having been able to kill him in one blow. Its single eye locked onto Lu Chenentang, who had just stood still, with a purple light. Its massive chainsaw sword, with a tearing scream, swept across his waist like a giant axe! At the same time, its shoulder armor plates popped open, revealing two rows of honeycomb-like micro-missile launch ports!
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