"Those seven high-ranking members of Congress."
Jack said slowly.
This time, Jack didn't play the riddle-solver.
Before Ye Li could ask what had happened, Jack continued, "Those seven congressmen were all turned into robots by Vic."
"Your partner is really capable!" Ye Li praised.
"And then what happened?" Ye Li continued to ask.
"Later, Vic raised the Steel Sun and published a speech on television about something like the rise of slaves, the ascension of flesh and blood, the evolution of steel, and the equality of all people, which caused panic throughout the world."
Jack couldn't help but sneer: "Back then, quite a few people actually regarded him as a true god, a forerunner, and riots broke out in many places."
"At the time, troops were dispatched to suppress the unrest in many places, but no one knew that what was truly deadly was the blazing steel sun in the sky."
Jack sighed and continued, "Seven days later, the noisy world suddenly became quiet, and all the humans exposed to the scorching sun of steel were turned into robots."
"I escaped a disaster because of this thing and then found this air-raid shelter and hid inside."
Jack touched the technology core on his head again. At this moment, the light on the core was getting dimmer and dimmer, as if it would go out at any moment.
"How long can this core of your technology last?" Ye Li asked.
“A day, half a day, or a few hours, who knows!” Jack said with a bitter smile. “This may be a punishment for me. If I had gone with Vic back then, perhaps I wouldn’t be in this situation today.”
"Everything is fate..."
Jack looked up at the dark cave ceiling, unsure if he could actually see anything.
The steel that had already corroded his eyes continued to slowly erode downwards.
In just a short while, Jack's nose also turned into a mechanical nose.
Ye Li stood to one side without saying a word.
At that moment, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded in the passageway.
"Click~"
"Click~"
"Click~"
The footsteps were crisp, sounding like machinery hitting stone slabs.
Ye Li immediately became alert, quietly moving a few steps deeper into the air-raid shelter while pointing the Barrett rifle at the passageway.
Through the scope, 11 red dots could be seen rapidly approaching the tunnel where he was.
"Hmph, it must be Vic sending robots to kill us again."
Jack chuckled dryly, as if he had already resigned himself to his fate.
However, Ye Li did not respond, focusing intently on aiming the Barrett at the corner of the passageway.
Although the passageway extends forward, there is still a subtle curve in the middle.
"Snap~"
"Snap~"
"..."
The footsteps grew closer, and soon a dark figure appeared in Ye Li's scope.
The dark figure was incredibly fast, almost moving in a chaotic, reckless manner.
It ran out from around the corner without slowing down at all, crashed into the stone wall of the passageway with a thud, and then scrambled to its feet.
Behind this robot were 10 other robots.
Their movements were exactly the same as the first robot. As if they had been injected with chicken blood, their eyes were red, they made chattering noises, and they waved their mechanical arms as they rushed towards Ye Li and Jack inside the air-raid shelter.
Ye Li remained calm, narrowed his eyes slightly, adjusted his energy output, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion rang out inside the air-raid shelter.
At the same time, a beam of energy that almost filled the entire tunnel shot out.
Wherever it goes, nothing can withstand its might.
In an instant, all the rushing robots were annihilated by this energy beam, turning into iron dust that scattered throughout the tunnel.
"What kind of weapon is that?"
Jack stared wide-eyed at the Barrett in Ye Li's hand, a look of shock appearing on his completely mechanized face.
Ye Li smiled slightly, raised the Barrett in his hand, and said, "Barrett energy cannon, very powerful!"
"It is indeed a good weapon."
Jack nodded, his gaze fixed on the Barrett in Ye Li's hand, his eyes, which had become somewhat cold, gleaming.
After a brief silence, Jack suddenly spoke up: "Would you be willing to help me stop Vic and destroy the Steel Sun?"
Jack's voice was full of hope; he seemed to have high expectations for Ye Li.
Upon hearing this, Ye Li frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then slowly said, "It's not about helping you, it's about helping myself."
He didn't want to become one of those cold robots, living like a puppet.
"good!"
Jack nodded, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes.
Then, he raised his hand and touched the core of technology on his forehead.
"Snap!"
With a crisp sound, Jack pried out the energy core that had been embedded in his forehead.
Under the light, Jack's body trembled uncontrollably.
The steel that had been slowly eroding his body seemed to suddenly lose its restraints and began to rapidly devour Jack's half of his human body.
His skin was gradually covered with metal, and his muscles and bones began to deform, becoming hard and cold.
"Here, I hope this will help you."
Jack struggled to raise his arm and handed the core technology to Ye Li.
"Give it to me, won't you be in trouble?"
Ye Li gripped the Barrett tightly in his hand, not immediately going over to catch the technology core.
Jack now gives him a very dangerous feeling.
“I can’t go on anymore. This should be given to someone who needs it more.”
Jack's body was still trembling, and his voice was trembling too.
You could tell he was trying very hard to control his urge to lash out.
"My...body has been completely corrupted by machinery, you must leave..."
Jack's mechanical face was contorted with rage, his voice grew weaker and weaker, and his eyes gradually lost their luster, as if the flame of his life was slowly dying out.
Finally, he used all his strength to throw the technology core in his hand.
The core technology flew in an arc through the air toward Ye Li.
At that moment, Jack lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud, like a piece of scrap metal.
The core technology flew less than a meter through the air before crashing to the ground and rolling to Ye Li's feet.
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