Chapter 357: Mechanical Squad (10,000-word explosion, 2-in-1, extra update!)

20:35, the 14th internal tide begins.

The deathly silent mountain city lay decaying quietly under a sunless darkness. Eerie rustling sounds drifted from the dark alleys, and the silhouettes of multi-legged creatures occasionally flashed through the shadows. In the underground morgue of the Baicheng Central Hospital, the United Train exploration team and several core members of the Silent City were discussing a plan with tense expressions.

Through the decryption of more and more information, the current situation was becoming increasingly clear and severe.

Lin Xian had guessed correctly; the memory banks obtained from the previous two transport ships were all cannon fodder—memory banks that had undergone key mission information erasure. Aside from being able to find some personality consciousness and memory knowledge, they were completely useless.

The missile that Lu Xingchen had retrieved in the nick of time was the true key.

Through ACS and Grace's analysis, and then processed by Mochizuki Shinji, a catastrophe catalyzed by the fanatical Advent Sect was coalescing within the sky storm of the No. 5 Star Abyss.

Combined with the information originally obtained by the Silent City, the Deep Red World was conducting cruel and bloody human experiments through mycelium media and had obtained a living tissue sample named "Umbra-cell" through the Mother Nest Research Institute in Baicheng.

Currently, they did not know the purpose of the Deep Red World conducting this kind of living tissue cultivation; they only knew that some experiment they were conducting seemed to have disturbed the Abyss Demon. If the 【Great Cleansing Device】 at the sewage treatment plant were activated, then there was no doubt that the entire Baicheng, including the Silent City, would be affected. If they were all marked with a Level 5 mark, Mochizuki Shinji's plan to use the sacrifice of a floating city to contain and evacuate would very likely fall through.

Therefore, how much key experimental information data had been obtained from the Deep Red World's memory banks, and the impact that the Umbra-cell might bring, were not things they needed to consider at the moment.

At this moment, there was only one thing left for them to consider: escape!

"So, you're saying we need to enter the sewage treatment plant within an hour after the tide ends at 21:05 to disable their so-called cleansing device, and then we still have to evacuate?"

Qian Dele disgustedly lifted a shroud off the morgue table, then leaned against the edge of the table and said in a skeptical tone,

"One hour to complete the transfer of the United Train and the Silent City—that's not very realistic, is it?"

"Impossible." Qian Suxun said directly: "Lin's meaning is to win us time for the next ebb by disabling that cleansing device. As long as we aren't marked with a high-level mark, there is still a chance for the transfer."

"What on earth did these guys do to actually trigger a Star Abyss behemoth?" Kiki said irritably: "Being trapped in the Star Abyss was already troublesome enough; these guys are truly detestable!"

Chen Sixuan's expression was relatively calm at this time: "But didn't you say before that there is that fish-tailed colossus above the sewage treatment plant? How do we solve this problem?"

"I remember you saying that one only gets hit if they observe it, so is it fine as long as we don't look at it?" Mo Nika also spoke up.

"Actually, we have only dealt with this thing once." Tianye Lan said with her arms crossed: "However, Shinji said that since they have a way to send living people in, it means there must definitely be a way."

"Living people... can this even be considered a living person?" Xiang Xiang Ningjing frowned as she looked at the clone in the rocket cryo-pod in front of her. Its brain was connected to a brain-computer interface and white mycelium, its limbs had been modified, and coupled with the high G-force tearing of the rocket just now, the whole person was almost flattened into a lump. Only the heart and brain were protected by some device, allowing it to maintain the most basic vitality. According to what Mochizuki Shinji said just now, this person had already been treated as a fresh-keeping bag for 【Living Express】. The most valuable things on it were that memory bank and the Umbra-cell sample in that petri dish.

Long Zhijie, Shizhi, Bai Xiaoqing, Bai Bai, and others all stood silently to the side without saying a word. Lu Xingchen, who had performed a great service just now, was sitting in Qian Suxun's heavy mech. Although his spirit was much better after being purified by Shizhi's ability, he had no strength to interject at this moment.

Qian Suxun's gaze glanced at Lin Xian, and he took a deep breath and said: "Lin, besides intercepting the cleansing command, another problem is that we don't know where that Abyss Demon is, or how much time is left before it arrives..."

Boom!!

A clap of thunder exploded, and everyone in the entire Baicheng, along with those in the underground morgue, felt the tremor from the air at this moment.

Qian Suxun looked up and continued: "Perhaps, it might even be above Baicheng."

Everyone's gaze turned to Lin Xian. He was silent for a moment and whispered to Grace.

"Grace, how much time is needed in total for the United Train to start, accelerate, and dock for landing?"

【According to the current preparation status of all vehicle fleets, there is still a need for a section of the train to drive out of the defensive line and perform an ascent. The orbital device needs to be corrected and calculated based on the starting landing point of the superconducting magnetic anchor array device launched by the Silent City. Therefore, the main time-consuming point of this plan lies in the startup phase. The estimated total time is about 21 minutes and 40 seconds. Excluding unfavorable factors, the premise of this result is that you personally perform the orbital construction. If not, then the total time may be extended by more than 30 minutes.】

20 minutes—this time was originally good news for Lin Xian; everyone could drive into the Baicheng orbit and escape in a short time. But at this moment, he felt this time was too long. He had to go back and personally pilot the Infinite. If he let other fleet members perform the orbital laying, not only would it consume a lot of time, but most importantly, as long as they were outside the defensive line range, it was possible to trigger a monster tide.

30 minutes—the casualty figures might be unimaginable, and perhaps the plan would be disrupted because of that big snake.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian was about to ask Mochizuki Shinji, but unexpectedly, before he could speak, Mochizuki Shinji's voice had already come through.

"Hmm, alright. The bunker can complete the evacuation within 40 minutes, and it takes 25 minutes to reach the Silent City. The startup time of the Silent City can be ignored because I can activate the Silent City's core engine in advance. But the problem is, once the Silent City is activated, it is very likely to attract the attention of the No. 01 creature even more than the Deep Red World's cleansing device. Lin, I know your thoughts; solving the cleansing device is necessary, but if we want to complete the transfer of everyone at the same time, there are too many influencing factors. This... is indeed a bit risky."

Lin Xian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Of course I know that, and I never thought about solving it all at once. But the problem is, let alone how to enter the sewage treatment plant, even if we get in, we don't know what the cleansing device is. Whether it can be disabled is the first question. Even if it is disabled, if that monster has already been disturbed, your hydrogen bomb bait plan must also be advanced. Moreover, since the Deep Red World outside wants to bury us in the Star Abyss, there's no guarantee they won't have other means. So we likely only have one chance, which is the current time difference. With your computing power, you must have also calculated that the further back we go, the fewer the opportunities, right?"

After Lin Xian finished speaking, the other few people from the Silent City fell into silence. Mochizuki Shinji, located in the bunker's main control room, also said nothing. He looked at Lin Xian, who was wearing power armor on the surveillance screen, his folded fingers tapping rhythmically on his arm. A few seconds later, he smiled slightly, sighed softly, and said,

"You're right. From the calculations, various unfavorable factors are converging. It's time to prepare for evacuation. Hmm, let me check the time: 20:40. The next ebb is at 21:05, so from now until the next high tide, there are 85 minutes. I will have all personnel in the bunker complete evacuation preparations within 40 minutes. Of course, that also includes that group of merchants."

Lin Xian also checked the time: "I will also immediately arrange for the United Train side to make preparations. After the tide ends, I will first go to the sewage treatment plant with Suxun and the others, and then rush back to the train line to wait for your superconducting magnetic anchor array device!"

"In that case, we have to evacuate during the next tide?" Tianye Lan's expression was surprised: "This..."

"There's no better way, Lan." Qian Suxun smiled helplessly: "Once the Silent City is activated, it will definitely disturb the S-level anomaly or that Star Abyss overlord. But if it's not activated, the United Train won't be able to get over. But that Abyss Demon is already approaching; waiting in place is meaningless. So compared to facing that Abyss Demon, the tidal storm is nothing."

Hearing this, Tianye Lan's gaze steadied, and she took a deep breath: "That's also true."

Lin Xian looked at Xiang Xiang Ningjing at this time. Their gazes met, and they nodded. Then, they notified the United Train line located in the dark forest of the subsequent action plan.

When Lin Xian's message arrived, Shi Diyuan and the others immediately understood the severity of the matter. Thus, the atmosphere in the originally quiet defensive line suddenly became tense. Each fleet captain reported level by level to their subordinates, and each post began to prepare according to the contingency plan previously formulated by Grace and Lin Xian.

On the Infinite, all roof weapon systems were lowered, and the interior of the vehicle was also tense. As the lead vehicle, the Infinite would be the first to rush into the suspension array. Luo Yang and Old Mo were leading a group of engineering teams to make final preparations.

"Okay, Team Leader Lin, we are preparing immediately!"

"There are no other abnormalities in the current position."

"The radar hasn't scanned that big snake either..."

"Understood!"

In the rear carriage, Shasha was operating a six-axis robotic arm to reinforce the Sally, while Li Yi and Sun Yuzhen and others were tightening all the supplies of the Infinite. Building Shu Qin and Liang Lei were arranging ammunition replenishment. In Carriage No. 3, Ding Junyi heard the news from Lin Xian and said immediately,

"I know. You have Grace synchronize some key information to me." Ding Junyi knew that Lin Xian had no time at all. Fortunately, Grace could handle many tasks simultaneously. Although there was a large delay in information transmission, she didn't mind under these circumstances. Being able to obtain more data might allow her to help as well.

Here at the Baicheng Hospital morgue, the evacuation plan was finalized, and both sides began to prepare for evacuation. Lin Xian began to discuss the issue of the sewage treatment plant; this was the most urgent crisis at present!

"15 minutes left."

Qian Suxun manipulated the ACS robot to step forward and projected a holographic three-dimensional image, which was a panoramic view of the sewage treatment plant. As soon as Lin Xian saw it, he knew they must have made many contingency plans and investigations before.

"According to our observations, anomalies rarely appear within a 500-meter radius of the sewage treatment plant. So we guess that the colossus was intentionally drawn to that position and has not moved for a long time. But this colossus has been floating and rotating for some reason, rotating once every 2-3 minutes or so."

"Hmm? Why does it sound like a searchlight they installed?" Kiki asked skeptically: "They use this thing to guard their research institute; their brains aren't quite normal."

"It's indeed not quite normal." Lin Xian looked at Qian Suxun and said: "How large is the observation range of the front of this colossus?"

Qian Suxun smiled upon hearing this and said helplessly: "You've got me there. Didn't I say before that the Deep Red World uses human lives to fill in characteristic data? We don't know much about this thing."

"And that place has significant firepower; it's very difficult to break through simply using drones and mechs." Tianye Lan twisted the mech components on her wrist and said sternly,

"We tried using drones to scout before, but they were all intercepted by the EMP defense system."

Lin Xian's expression tightened upon hearing this, and he understood why the Silent City, with such a powerful lineup, couldn't break through an unmanned clone research institute.

First, being inside the Star Abyss, crises lurk everywhere, with internal tidal cycles, plus a terrifying Fish-Lion Colossus; when Lin Xian glanced at it earlier, he and his Black Hawk battle armor both crashed and rebooted instantly, so presumably all other ability users were the same, making the difficulty simply akin to ascending to heaven.

"Hey, don't your ACS and heavy mechs both have microwave plasma shields? The EMP defense system should be ineffective, right?" At this time, Kiki asked Qian Suxun.

Qian Suxun nodded: "As for that, Shinji and I have discussed it. But the problem is that after the mech enters the EMP defense system, even if the mech is not affected, I cannot control it, and no information can be transmitted back. It's mainly because we know too little about the internal situation. And compared to breaking through the research institute, intercepting the transport ship has higher returns and lower risks. The other side also knows this, which is why they made a fuss on the transport ship this time."

Hearing Qian Suxun's words, Lin Xian knew that the Silent City was worried that their combat mechs would go and never return. Ordinary drones were one thing, but these few machines of Qian Suxun's were clearly big treasures with extremely strong combat power. Moreover, the core of this type of robot was Qian Suxun remotely controlling three heavy mechs through the ACS to fight; they themselves did not possess a very strong AI system.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian's heart stirred. He looked at Grace. At the same time, there was another robot of the same type as Grace that had been captured on the transport ship just now. After this robot used Grace's system for a quick overwrite, Lin Xian could immediately activate it.

"What about her?"

"Uh..." Qian Suxun frowned slightly: "Are you thinking of letting this AI of yours go in first to destroy the defense system?"

Lin Xian took a deep breath: "I don't think we ability users can withstand heavy weapons like electromagnetic cannons and high-speed cannons."

As Lin Xian, who had personally manufactured multiple 1130s and G3-electromagnetic railguns, he was very clear about the power of these guys. Even when facing a monster tide, the firepower of these heavy weapons was simply not enough.

In the Xilan Battle, hundreds of Great Wall-50 base railguns on the city wall couldn't stop it, but these weapons were facing an endless monster tide, which was why they seemed powerless. But if they turned their muzzles to face ability users like them, there was simply no way to fight. They had just bloodily slaughtered a group of sand bandits with considerable strength in Akse using heavy weapons. Which ability user could easily face a Gatling cannon?

Even if they were wearing power armor, it was impossible to go up and fight a hard battle head-on.

"This plan is feasible."

At this time, Mochizuki Shinji's voice came: "Given the intelligence level of this Deep Red No. 3, it can execute such a mission."

Lin Xian said directly: "Actually, you had already thought of it, and were just waiting for me to say it first, right?"

Mochizuki Shinji, standing in the main control room, crossed his arms and said noncommittally: "After all, it is your asset, and you perhaps still don't clearly understand how high the value of an 8192 quantum volume AI is. Just now, Julius saw this robot; the Deep Red World will definitely not give up on recovering this robot later."

"Then let them come and get it."

Lin Xian said indifferently and immediately looked at Grace: "Grace?"

Grace walked forward elegantly with her hands behind her back.

【Understood. You need me to go into the facility to destroy the EMP defense system and weapon system, and conduct internal reconnaissance. This mission is very challenging for me, but I can do it.】

【In addition,】 Grace looked at the robot curled up on the ground next to her that was similar to her, and said, 【I suggest activating this Deep Red Dancer series combat robot group to become my deployment unit to support my actions. This will help improve the mission success rate.】

"No problem."

Lin Xian raised his hand and grabbed, and the power module of the dancer robot was restored. Grace had already completed the system overwrite. As the system started, only a "woo~" sound of the internal power source working was heard. All the flipped joints of this robot began to return to their positions, and it stood up on the spot.

【Program started.】

This dancer robot walked to Grace's side and emitted a mechanical voice without any emotion.

【Protocol is in effect, importing controlled program.】

At this time, the two ballet dancer robots stood together, with different forms, revealing an artistic beauty of the combination of machinery and the human body.

【You can name it, or we can call it Dancer No. 1. Its base protocol is the same as mine.】 Grace said.

"Just call it that." Lin Xian had no time to care about this now.

"Lin."

*Ceng ceng. *

Just at this time, the few heavy mechs standing in the rear stepped forward. Qian Suxun reached out and pointed at the ACS robot and said sincerely: "Since that's the case, please also take my mechs along. Let the Deep Red AI temporarily take over the command authority. I think they should be able to come in handy."

Lin Xian looked at him and nodded unceremoniously: "Fine, let's do it."

With the assistance of Qian Suxun's mechs, the success rate would also be higher. Lin Xian certainly didn't like this important Deep Red AI being damaged, but there was no better way at present. He knew that Qian Suxun doing this now was also showing his sincerity in fighting side by side.

"Lin Xian, then after solving the defense system, what about that colossus?" Chen Sixuan spoke up at this time.

Kiki proposed an idea: "If we just don't observe it, can we drive a vehicle directly in?"

"The Deep Red World's aircraft are all fully sealed cabins; perhaps that's a factor." Xiang Xiang Ningjing also said.

Qian Suxun nodded: "We have monitored the takeoff of the Deep Red World's transport ships; they will take off on the side where the colossus is rotating away. We can take advantage of this opportunity, but we just need to calculate it precisely."

"That's what I thought too."

Lin Xian checked the time and said: "After the tide ends, Grace will lead the robot team to go through, and Kiki and I will get those two transport vehicles from the transport ship down. As long as the defense system is successfully destroyed, we will find an opportunity to drive in."

Since he didn't know the specific angle of observation, he could only choose the timing when the fish-lion colossus was rotating away to enter.

"Split the team?"

"The fewer people, the better." Lin Xian said directly: "That colossus has a very strong dark invasion power. Since it's unmanned inside, we don't need too many people to go in. Just Kiki, Fire Brother, and I will go in. Others will defend against anomalies on the periphery. We will definitely cause quite a stir when we break through the research institute."

Qian Suxun nodded: "In that case, Shizhi and I will also go with you. Lin, we can't let you take risks alone. Shizhi can assist in resisting the dark invasion power, and Shinji and I are the ones who know Baicheng and the Deep Red World the best. Besides, without the mechs, I can't help outside anyway." He said with a casual expression.

"Brother Lin, operating this mech in person is a bit inconvenient!"

At this time, Lu Xingchen, who was sitting in the mech, said urgently.

"Oh, right, almost forgot." Qian Suxun looked at the mech and then at Lin Xian.

Fire Brother had burned his power armor away just now and had temporarily sat in Qian Suxun's heavy mech. But this mech was going to enter the research institute for action in a while, so Fire Brother definitely couldn't continue sitting inside.

Who knew that at this time, Qian Dele walked up, directly opened his power armor, stretched, and said: "Let me give this set to you; I feel really stifled wearing it."

Qian Dele's words were half-modest and half-true. He indeed didn't like wearing heavy power armor, and furthermore, this power armor itself had no resistance to dark invasion.

"Many thanks, Brother Qian!"

Lu Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief at this time. He didn't want to stay in this heavy mech all the time. But the problem was that his clothes were burned very miserably, and it would really damage his image as the Fire God to come out outside. And with his personality, it was absolutely impossible for him to back down from such a critical mission, so he was in a bit of a dilemma. And this move by Qian Dele directly solved his problem.

Soon, the plan was finalized.

First, Grace would lead Dancer No. 1 and several heavy mechs to break into the sewage treatment plant research institute to be responsible for destroying the EMP and defense system. Then, Lin Xian, Kiki, Lu Xingchen, plus Qian Suxun and Shizhi from the Silent City, 5 people would find the right time to break through the colossus observation and enter the interior.

And outside, Xiang Xiang Ningjing, Bai Xiaoqing, Bai Bai, Qian Dele, Mo Nika, Long Zhijie, and Tianye Lan would be responsible for guarding and resisting the anomalies in the city, guarding the breakthrough point for evacuation.

The time reached 21:00. At this time, in the underground nuclear works of Xishan, Baicheng, the Silent City and the teams of Hu Lushou, Lu Zhao, and others all began to prepare for the evacuation work in full swing. A large number of drones were orderly lifting supplies and loading them onto the large base vehicles responsible for the evacuation of the Silent City. The drone swarms of each combat group were quietly charging, and the lights were flickering neatly. The entire bunker was filled with an atmosphere of a storm about to arrive.

But Mochizuki Shinji was standing quietly in the main control room. He could stand there without moving for a whole day. The powerful quantum core—Silent Heart No. 18—was performing calculations every moment. The vast majority of the computing power was not used for evacuation scheduling and bunker control, nor was it for communication with Lin Xian's team. These calculations were not even a drop in the bucket for him.

Maintaining such a massive calculation was almost entirely through all the data collected from the Star Abyss to calculate the formula for dark invasion. Every second, exponential assumptions, calculations, overturning, and restarting were being carried out. At the same time, in the several basic automated laboratories of the bunker, thousands of robots were repeatedly processing these formulas and experimental contents.

The entire bunker was like a huge automated AI experimental center, and that team of several hundred people from the Silent City and the teams of Hu Lushou and others were only a very small part of it.

This was also the real reason why Mochizuki Shinji had taken his core team to take root in the Star Abyss for two months. If it were just for running away, he would have let the 100,000 people of City No. 2 evacuate before the Silent City was drawn into the Star Abyss. Qian Suxun and other core members also knew clearly that Mochizuki Shinji was playing a game with the dark dimension and the Deep Red World!

At the Baicheng morgue, Lin Xian looked at the time; there were 5 minutes left until the tide ebbed. According to the speed of the rocket aircraft, those dozens of rockets loaded with clone cryo-pods were either destroyed or had already flown out of the Star Abyss, and the people of the Deep Red World were definitely carrying out recovery and confirmation work in the designated area.

Perhaps in just a few minutes, the command for the Great Cleansing would be transmitted to the Baicheng Research Institute through the secret signal hub. At that time, regardless of whether the cleansing command could completely disturb the Star Abyss overlord, at least the riot of anomalies in Baicheng was inevitable.

And for every cleansing plan, for the Deep Red World organization outside, it only took 12 hours, or one day.

But for Lin Xian and the people of the Silent City who were inside the Star Abyss, it was 6 days or 12 days, and even for the United Train located in the dark forest of the Bottomless Lake, the time would be even longer!

"Lin Xian."

In the Baicheng Hospital morgue, Chen Sixuan walked to Lin Xian's side and said: "Our train is so far away from here. If the Baicheng Star Abyss goes out of control, the magnetic levitation leap plan will take at least 20-30 minutes. Do you think there's enough time?"

Lin Xian looked at her and said: "Are you worried that we won't make it in time for Mochizuki Shinji's plan to use the floating city to bait the enemy?"

Chen Sixuan's expression sank, and she took a deep breath, expressing her worry: "I just feel that if we are targeted by that kind of monster, I'm afraid there won't be so many 'coincidences' and 'opportunities' left for us..."

"It doesn't matter." Lin Xian comforted her: "As long as the Silent City launches the superconducting magnetic anchor array device, our train can get out of trouble. At that time, how we run away will depend on ourselves; the Silent City can't help."

Chen Sixuan was stunned upon hearing this, and then she understood. Once the Silent City took off, how could it wait to travel with their train? It was just that according to the plan of Mochizuki Shinji and Lin Xian's cooperation, Mochizuki Shinji had to wait for the United Train to land in Baicheng before arranging the floating city hydrogen bomb bait plan. But the Silent City couldn't wait forever. If it was threatened by that Star Abyss overlord or some other S-level anomaly, Mochizuki Shinji couldn't sit still and wait for death. So whether they could seize this opportunity depended on Lin Xian and the others themselves.

"In addition, if it's a last resort, I have some other ways." Lin Xian saw that Chen Sixuan was a bit worried, so he said.

"What way?" Chen Sixuan was a bit surprised upon hearing this.

"I'll tell you when the time comes."

Lin Xian looked at the handheld electromagnetic cannon on his shoulder with his peripheral vision. This special weapon was named "Flash No. 1" by Mochizuki Shinji and was prepared specifically for the silver bullet. Lin Xian pondered in his heart that if time was urgent, he might be able to use this thing to quickly return to the train line and activate the Infinite.

"Lin." Qian Suxun called Lin Xian.

At 21:04, the team members in the morgue were all paying attention to the time. The Great Cleansing device that could erupt at any time was like a time bomb hanging over everyone's heads. The atmosphere became increasingly tense. Even Mo Nika, the calm Train Queen, had a tight expression. This powerlessness of not being able to grasp life and death in her own hands made her feel a bit suffocated.

21:04:59

Time stopped at 59 seconds again!

59

59

21:05! Tide ebb!

A burst of tinnitus like a vacuum unfolding echoed in everyone's ears. The hospital ruins and streets that were originally boiling suddenly quieted down.

At this moment, everyone's gaze focused on Lin Xian.

Lin Xian immediately took a step forward: "Grace, action!"

【Understood.】

*Ceng! *

The manufactured gate opened layer by layer. Grace, Dancer No. 1, plus an ACS robot and three heavy mechs rushed out with a roar. After only a few seconds, a burst of mechanical bombardment and fighting sounds came from outside, accompanied by the hissing of various anomalies.

"Cleanup complete, split up." Lin Xian turned to Xiang Xiang Ningjing and the others and said.

Thus, the team immediately split into two paths. Xiang Xiang Ningjing, Tianye Lan, and Long Zhijie's group went directly toward the several predetermined coordinate areas of the sewage treatment plant. They had to perform area cleanup in advance while hiding and guarding. Meanwhile, Lin Xian rushed to the transport ship they had controlled and took down two transport vehicles with Kiki.

This type of armored transport vehicle was not equipped with any weapon systems, but Lin Xian didn't count on relying on the vehicle's weapons for resistance; it was simply used to rush into the sewage treatment plant.

【Distance to target, 3 kilometers.】

Lin Xian and Qian Suxun's people sat in two transport vehicles respectively. At this time, Grace kept sending information.

*Weng*, at the same time, they also drove the transport vehicles and drove toward the sewage treatment plant.

Fire Brother sat in the back row, concentrating and holding his breath to adjust his state, looking like he was about to have a big fight. Kiki, on the other hand, was helping Lin Xian report information through the holographic system using the surveillance set up by the Silent City throughout the city.

"Lin Xian, go from here, turn left ahead. Long Zhijie and the others have cleaned up here; we can drive directly into that unfinished building and then wait for Grace's situation."

"Lin, let's not be too far apart. At this distance, Shizhi can support both vehicles." Qian Suxun's voice came.

"Good!" Lin Xian responded, and then drove into the darkness all the way.

"Lin Xian, a large anomaly was found in the old factory building southeast of the sewage plant. You detour from Heping Road." On a tall building somewhere, Chen Sixuan and Xiang Xiang Ningjing stood at the wind vent, watching a huge black figure hundreds of meters away, with its head lowered and back facing the street, standing in the corner of the building, motionless, which was very eerie.

"There are floating creatures above the office building square on Yulong Street, at least B-level, in clusters. Long Zhijie and I didn't act directly; the ones in other places have already been solved." At a street corner, Tianye Lan squatted on a high-voltage tower, with Long Zhijie flying behind her.

"The robot team is about to enter the field."

On a shopping mall building far from the main entrance of the sewage treatment plant, Mo Nika used the mech detection radar and her own ability to accurately observe Grace's forward movement. At this time, her gaze turned to the large sewage treatment plant. A black shadow silhouette of a floating eerie colossus appeared in the sky, slowly rotating. Mo Nika frowned, feeling a terrifying dark impact gradually sweeping over. She immediately crouched down and said: "Correct the angle, counterclockwise from the due south..."

Lin Xian was simultaneously paying attention to the teammates in several directions and the information sent back by Grace. They drove all the way into the dilapidated factory and stopped in the shadows under an unfinished building.

There was a low wall in front, which just blocked the view of the sewage treatment plant.

Of course, in such a dark environment, there was no such thing as a line of sight. But Lin Xian couldn't see, which didn't mean they wouldn't face the fish-lion colossus in the dark sky head-on.

【Distance to target 1000 meters, activate tactical action mode.】 At this time, Grace's voice sounded in Lin Xian's headset.

*Boom boom boom! *

Just as Lin Xian stopped the car here, a sharp alarm sounded in the distance. At the same time, artillery fire roared to the sky. Grace's invasion began!

The Baicheng sewage treatment plant under the night sky was as quiet as an abandoned steel tomb. The rusted pipes shone with a sickly dark red under the moonlight. *Dong dong dong*, at this time, several sounds of ground tremors broke the silence. In the thick fog of the dark night, three heavy mechs rushed out and ran rapidly toward the gate of the sewage treatment plant.

When the sentry system on the dilapidated factory building captured the approaching dangerous target, the entire factory area suddenly emitted a mechanical groan of awakening. The metal covers disguised as sludge drying beds were suddenly lifted, and twin electromagnetic pulse cannons rose like black bone claws reaching out from hell. The blue-white electric arcs jumping on the muzzles exploded into blinding pale white in the drone lens. At the gate and on the roof, countless hidden automatic cannons flipped out and opened fire violently in an instant!

*Du!!! *

Countless cannons fired wildly at the heavy mechs. Immediately, a large number of swarm drones flashing with red light poured out of the ventilation pipes and swarmed toward the invaders.

*Zi! *

An electromagnetic sound wave exploded, and the EMP defense system was activated. The communication signals between the surrounding streets, including the few teams of Lin Xian, were instantly interrupted, and even the electric motors of the cars stopped working. In front of the sewage treatment plant, the three heavy mechs all opened their microwave plasma shields, and at the same time, the front of the robotic arms deformed into a thick alloy shield. In an instant, countless metal storms exploded on the shields, and sparks flew everywhere.

Under the bombardment of the storm, the three heavy mechs only lasted for a few seconds before two of them were blown to pieces by the dense firepower and electromagnetic cannons. But this also gave this side a chance!

At this instant, Grace, Dancer No. 1, and that ACS immediately counterattacked the hidden defensive weapons. Various pulse lasers were fired, destroying one automatic cannon after another.

On the tall building in the distance, Chen Sixuan used long-range sniping to help the robot team clear those firepower points. Mo Nika, Bai Bai, and other long-range combat units also acted together.

Soon, a large number of cannons, drone swarms, and electromagnetic cannons were quickly removed. Even the alarm device was blown to pieces by Chen Sixuan in the darkness. The battle situation changed in an instant. Grace and Dancer No. 1 were as agile as ghosts in the dark night. Their metal skins seemed to be harder than the thick shields of Qian Suxun's heavy mechs, and they actually rushed into the factory area under a rain of bullets.

Under the night sky, Grace and Dancer No. 1 danced like two ballet dancers in the dark night in the violent metal storm.

When the tungsten steel shell of the first electromagnetic cannon tore through the air, her super-solid carbon condensed alloy toes had already left the ground. Her slender mechanical limbs stretched out, cutting into the gaps of the barrage like an unsheathed samurai sword. The tail flames of the swarm missiles illuminated the streamlined armored torsos of the two beautiful robots. Those black coatings were now glowing with a faint blue light, like phosphorus fire floating on the sea surface in the middle of the night.

"Ballistic prediction complete."

Grace's quantum processor calculated the trajectories of all incoming fire lines within 0.0003 seconds. Her right wrist popped out a high-frequency blade and slashed horizontally elegantly. The three approaching micro-missiles split into six petals silently, exploding into orange-red fireballs behind her.

Just like this, under the cover of firepower, the two twin ballet dancers quickly entered the interior of the factory.

And as the last heavy mech was smashed, the secret research institute that was originally roaring with firepower became quiet again. But the huge battle just now disturbed a large number of anomalies in the surrounding streets and began to riot. The huge biological entity that was standing in the shadows with its head lowered suddenly appeared under the building where Chen Sixuan, Xiang Xiang Ningjing, and the others were.

On Long Zhijie and Tianye Lan's side, countless eerily twisted floating creatures surrounded them above their heads. On Mo Nika's side, Qian Dele, who was leaning in the shadows, seemed to feel that some crawling creature was rapidly approaching them from the stairs of the mall...

Anomalies erupted, marks generated!

At 21:22, communication was not restored, but Lin Xian and the others hidden in the shadows had already felt large-scale battles occurring in several directions. Long Zhijie's inorganic drive ability had already roared and lifted half of the street's ground into the high sky, and Bai Bai's laser light illuminated the sky!

"They've started fighting."

"*Zi zi... *"

A green light film covered the two transport vehicles in the darkness, purifying a large amount of dark invasion power.

Lin Xian had just breathed a sigh of relief when he immediately felt a fear power like an abyss sweeping over.

The fish-lion colossus was rotating!

He suppressed the fluctuations in his heart at this moment, staring fixedly at the time and the response from Grace's side.

1 minute.

2 minutes.

3 minutes...

At 21:27, at this time, Grace's voice, including the signals of other teams, suddenly lit up at the same time.

【Base system overwrite successfully completed. All weapon systems have been controlled by me. Team Leader Lin, you can now choose the opportunity to enter the research institute.】

"Well done, Grace!" Lin Xian let out a long breath, immediately prepared to drive in with Qian Suxun by observing the angle of the fish-lion colossus.

【You're welcome.】

In the headset, Grace's voice remained calm.

【You can always trust Grace.】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 358 =====