Perhaps anger amplified their attack power, as the polluted toy on the other side was quite troublesome. The male owner's obese figure occupied a considerable space in the workshop, greatly hindering the movements of Xiao Jin and the other three.
Blade clashed with metal claws, sparks flying. The master laughed maniacally and swung his claws, but Xiao Jin dodged to the side, the longsword plunging into his shoulder in the process.
"Pfft!" Black blood gushed out.
Xiao Jin tried to pull out the Shattered Shadow, but the blade was firmly stuck by parts inside the male owner's body, preventing her from pulling the knife out even an inch.
"It's no use!" Seeing Xiao Jin struggling, the male owner sneered, "My body parts are all made of the best materials. You think you can shake me off? Dream on."
"Heh~ Is that so!" Xiao Jin sneered, and then his long sword shone with a dark blue light, and an explosive aura gradually formed around him.
"No, how could this be..." The male homeowner was stunned.
After realizing what had happened, he tried to extricate himself, but it was too late.
The power of lightning continuously washed over the male protagonist's body parts, causing his body to convulse. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Yuan and the other two launched their attacks.
'boom!'
The male homeowner was knocked away and crashed heavily into the wall.
As the smoke cleared, the man's distorted mask shattered into pieces. He groaned and raised his hand, pointing it towards Jian Yiqiu's location.
The other person's eyes widened, bloodshot: "I...I'm not going to lose..."
After saying this, the man suddenly pressed a button on his chest. Immediately afterward, the other person's body began to regenerate, and the wounds on his body disappeared rapidly.
Tong Xiaolu was startled: "What the hell? Why does it even have a restart option? That's cheating!"
Just then, Jian Yiqiu's voice suddenly came from behind.
He had somehow broken free of his chains, three silver runes held between his pale fingers. Although his face was still deathly pale, the light in his eyes had returned.
"There's actually another hidden room in this house," he said, panting. "The real 'humans' are all locked up there... They are the 'targets' the system wants you to protect."
Xiao Jin's pupils contracted: "Which ones are survivors?"
"That's right." Jian Yiqiu pressed the rune to the ground: "The entire world has basically been distorted, and all living humans have been turned into polluted toys."
However, I used the 'book' to save some of them, and I've been hiding them in the villa. That's why you received that mission.
The runes exploded with blinding white light, and the walls collapsed with a roar, revealing the hidden space inside.
Xiao Jin suddenly realized: "So this is the real main quest."
Chu Yuan stroked his chin: "The most dangerous place is the safest place, huh?"
Meanwhile, in the dark room, dozens of terrified humans were huddled in a corner, trembling with fear.
Xiao Jin took a look.
The dark room wasn't actually very large, because the humans inside had previously lived as toys. Now that they had returned to normal, they filled the entire dark room to the brim.
Xiao Jin even noticed that some of the children hiding in the crowd had purple faces, clearly indicating that they were all lacking oxygen.
"Protect them." Jian Yiqiu coughed up blood. "That's your... true mission."
The system notification sounded again:
Side quest updated: Destroy the machine (Completed)
Next step: Escort the survivors out of the villa. If all survivors die, the mission fails, and the player will be stripped of their player identity.
Xiao Jin and the others' faces immediately darkened.
That's a really harsh punishment.
Without even the identity of a player, one can only remain in this world full of 'toys' and will eventually be assimilated.
On the other side, the male homeowner recovered and let out a hysterical roar: "So this is where you were! I'll kill you all!"
"Stop it!"
Xiao Jin swept his longsword across, severing the head of a steel hound.
Chu Yuan's Rubik's Cube transformed into a giant shield blocking the stairwell, Song Chao's flame array encircled the entrance to the entire dark room, and Tong Xiaolu's chains sealed off all gaps like a spider web.
Xiao Jin rushed toward the male master, her blade pointing directly at the red light on his chest—where a beating mechanical heart was located.
"You think you can save them?" The male owner laughed maniacally as he approached. "Give up! The whole world belongs to toys, and you're no exception!"
Blades flashed and claws clashed, and Xiao Jin's right arm was slashed open with a deep wound that exposed the bone, but she didn't care. She retaliated with an even more ruthless arc of her longsword.
"clang!"
After several exchanges, all the other mutated toys in the house were killed, and Chu Yuan and his two companions quickly surrounded the male homeowner.
"Since I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time," Chu Yuan said coldly.
Finally, after an exchange, the metal heart in the male protagonist's chest was pierced by Xiao Jin's knife tip, causing a crack to appear.
The man staggered backward, the mechanical parts beginning to disintegrate: "You bastard."
"It's over. I don't want to hear your nonsense." With that, Xiao Jin gripped the knife with both hands and chopped down with all his might, completely shattering the mechanical heart.
"Click-clack~ Click-clack~"
With the sounds of malfunctioning parts, black smoke gradually billowed from the man's body. He collapsed to the ground, his eyes slowly losing focus...
"Finally dead." Tong Xiaolu frowned and kicked the male owner on the ground.
"I wonder how many henchmen this guy has. If the door hadn't been blocked, we might have been stuck here for ages!"
After speaking, Tong Xiaolu raised her head and finally focused her attention on Jian Yiqiu. Her eyes darted around, and she suddenly remembered the rumor she had heard from Cui Mingyang.
"These are players with special identities, and they really are... special!"
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