A decision in a thousandth of a second!
Zero's mechanical arm, which had been blocking the first scavenger, suddenly unleashed a terrifying force, slamming him, gun and all, into the incoming laser beam! Simultaneously, his entire body, completely abandoning defense, hurled itself backward like a cannonball! His target—Lu Qingyi, who was protected in the concave portion of the pipe behind him!
He would use his own body to withstand the deadly pulse beam and fight for Lu Qingyi's tiny chance of survival!
Puff! Boom!
The scavenger's body was instantly pierced by the laser beam shot from the side! At the same moment, Zero's back was completely exposed to the destructive pulse beam!
The deep red electronic compound eyes reflected the dazzling blue-white light of death that was coming towards him!
In this moment of one thousandth of a second!
Something strange happened suddenly!
Behind Zero, Lu Qingyi, who had been unconscious and curled up in the concave part of the pipe, suddenly trembled violently without any warning! Her tightly closed eyes suddenly opened!
But this time, the depths of her eyes were no longer filled with an empty purple light, nor were they filled with the chaos of pain. Instead, they were filled with a… heart-pounding, pure, icy silver-white light! It was the same fire that had burned in Lu Cheneng's eyes before! Only more restrained, more… inhuman!
At the chip interface on the back of the neck, the faint, almost extinguished dark purple light suddenly flashed like a last ray of light! Then, an extremely weak, yet strangely penetrating invisible wave, centered on Lu Qingyi, instantly spread out!
This wave wasn't an energy shock, but more like a... command! A mandatory... interference acting on the underlying mechanical logic!
Buzz!
The deadly pulse beam that was about to engulf Zero's back suddenly went out less than half a meter away from its target! It was as if an invisible hand had instantly cut off its energy source!
Not only this beam! The other two laser beams aimed at Zero's ribs and the back of his neck also experienced a tiny, yet fatal, deviation from their trajectory the moment they were fired! One beam grazed Zero's robotic arm, while the other shot into the darkness at the top of the pipe!
"Command...interference?!" Beneath the helmet of the Scavenger, wielding a pulse weapon, an incredible electronic cacophony erupted! His weapon system had unexpectedly crashed for a fraction of a second at a crucial moment!
These few tenths of a second are the difference between life and death for someone like Zero!
A fleeting, yet incredibly sharp, glint flashed across Zero's crimson electronic compound eyes! Without hesitation, he used the momentum of the collision to spin his body like a top! With a sharp, air-shattering whistle and all the force of his being, the black-armored mechanical leg, which had just withstood the laser's scorching heat, lashed out like a battle axe at the pulse gun scavenger, whose weapon had momentarily stalled due to malfunction.
Bang——Crack!!!
There was a teeth-grinding sound of metal breaking mixed with the muffled sound of bones breaking!
The scavenger's gun-wielding arm, along with half of his chest, was distorted and collapsed by this kick, which contained all of Zero's strength and anger! Like a puppet hit by a giant hammer, he screamed and flew backwards, slamming heavily into the pipe wall and sliding down. The light in his electronic eyes was instantly extinguished!
Zero's movements didn't pause! As he kicked the Pulse Gunner away, the honeycomb launcher on his wrist spewed out several high-speed fragmentation shells! His target—the other two Scavengers whose lasers had deflected and lost their optimal attack angles!
Puff puff puff!
The shrapnel exploded in the narrow pipe! Deadly metal fragments swept through like a storm! Although the two scavengers reacted quickly to avoid it, they were still hit by several fragments in non-lethal parts, and their movements were instantly slowed!
Zero was like a thorn in his flesh, closing in instantly! His arm blade flashed with the cold light of death, streaking across like black lightning!
Tsk! Tsk!
Two heads covered in black helmets shot up into the sky! Dark red bionic blood mixed with engine oil splattered onto the cold pipe wall!
The battle was over. As fast as lightning.
The only sounds in the pipe were Zero's heavy breathing, the dripping sound of bionic blood, and... Lu Qingyi's weak and rapid breathing after she fell into a coma again.
Zero slowly turned, its crimson electronic eyes fixed intently on Lu Qingyi, who huddled in the hollow of the pipe, unconscious once again. The fleeting icy silver light on her pale face had long since vanished, leaving only the fragility of unconsciousness. But Zero's core processor frantically replayed the fractions of a second of anomaly—the invisible wave of the forced interference pulse weapon... those cold, inhuman silver eyes...
This is definitely not the effect of "consciousness anchor"! It is certainly not the instruction of the chaebol chip!
"'Key'... unknown... variable..." The cold electronic sound carried an unprecedented solemnity and a hint of... inexplicable confusion.
Sudden!
Woo-woo-woo-woo!!!
The soul-shattering alarm no longer emanated from within the fortress, but rather from the very depths of the earth's crust! It pierced through layers of steel and rock, reverberating wildly within the abandoned pipes!
Right after!
Boom boom boom——!!!!!!
The sky is falling apart and the earth is cracking!!!
The entire pipe twisted, shook, and tore madly, as if grasped by an invisible giant hand! The hard alloy pipe wall groaned desperately, and was instantly covered with spider-web-like cracks! Huge concrete fragments rained down from overhead like a torrential rain! The ground undulated and cracked like waves! Scorching steam mixed with a dark purple, viscous liquid that emitted strong radiation and a foul odor, gushed out of the broken pipe like a high-pressure water gun!
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