Chapter 306

Zhang Cheng was suddenly dragged toward the center of the platform by an inexplicable force, as if grabbed by an invisible giant hand.

"Damn! What's going on?!" He shouted, his body flying over uncontrollably.

The surrounding scenery twisted and deformed, as if entering a kaleidoscope.

Others also exclaimed repeatedly, but were powerless to stop it.

After a dizzying spin, Zhang Cheng crashed heavily into the center of the platform, feeling as if his bones were about to fall apart.

"Ouch, damn, this landing method is too hardcore!" He complained, rubbing his butt.

Before he could recover, a dazzling energy barrier suddenly rose around the platform, trapping them inside.

This barrier radiated strange energy fluctuations, impacting everyone's brains, and waves of intense headaches struck, as if someone were hitting their skulls with small hammers.

"Damn, what ghost thing is this!" The Interstellar Knight groaned in pain, covering his head.

"This barrier... seems to be interfering with our brain waves!" The Nebula Sage endured the discomfort, trying hard to analyze the situation.

The Light Messenger hurriedly released healing energy, trying to alleviate everyone's pain, but the effect was minimal.

"It's no good, this energy is too strong, my healing ability is completely ineffective!" The Light Messenger said anxiously.

The Blue Star merchant's face turned pale, squatting on the ground holding his head, crying and shouting: "It's over, it's over, it's completely over! If I had known, I shouldn't have come to this ghost place! Let's hurry up and retreat, mining is more important!"

"Retreat? Is your brain short-circuited?!" The Interstellar Knight roared, "It's already at this point, and you're still thinking about mining? You money-grubber!"

"You're the money-grubber! If life is gone, what's the use of minerals!" The Blue Star merchant retorted unconvinced, "Keeping the green hills, not afraid of no firewood! Understand?!"

The two argued endlessly, and it looked like they were about to fight.

Zhang Cheng endured the headache and roared: "Shut up!" He pointed to the shining energy barrier and said in a low voice: "What's the use of arguing about this now? Thinking about how to get out is the real business!"

The Nebula Sage endured the headache, narrowed his eyes, and observed the energy barrier closely; suddenly, his gaze stopped at a certain position on the barrier.

"Wait..." he slowly reached out and pointed to that place, "There..."

The Nebula Sage pointed to a node flickering with a faint light on the barrier, saying weakly: "There... seems to be the node where energy converges, and also the weakest point of the entire barrier. If we can concentrate our power to attack that point..."

Before he could finish, the Interstellar Knight had already impatiently rubbed an energy ball.

"Got it! Watch me!" A dazzling blue energy ball whistled out, hitting that node precisely.

With a loud "boom," the energy barrier shook violently, then scattered like broken glass.

"Beautiful!" Zhang Cheng couldn't help but praise; this reckless guy was actually reliable at critical moments.

After the barrier disappeared, everyone finally managed to enter the mysterious building.

The interior of this building was empty and eerie, filled with metallic luster, with all kinds of strange pipes and lines crisscrossing, making people dizzy.

"Damn, this place looks like the inside of a giant mecha!" The Interstellar Knight exclaimed.

As soon as he finished speaking, a "click" sound rang out, the surrounding walls suddenly cracked, and countless mechanical guards poured out from them, flashing with cold metallic luster.

"Damn! Playing for real?!" The Interstellar Knight yelled, drawing his weapon and charging up.

"Come on, little babies, let Grandpa teach you how to behave!"

The energy sword in his hand swung with great force, hacking the approaching mechanical guards in half like cutting melons and vegetables.

However, there were simply too many of these mechanical guards, surging like a tide, and the Interstellar Knight gradually felt unable to keep up.

"Knight, hold on! Brothers, charge!" The starship captain gave an order, leading the warriors to join the battle.

They adopted tactical coordination, first concentrating firepower to attack a portion of the guards to make them lose mobility, then breaking them one by one.

This tactic was effective, but the number of mechanical guards was simply too large, and they gradually felt the strain.

Just then, the ground began to shake, and a giant shadow shrouded everyone...

"What the hell?!" The Blue Star merchant shouted in terror.

A giant mechanical guard, ten meters tall, its whole body flashing with cold metallic luster, looked just like a steel beast that had walked out of a sci-fi movie.

It swung its giant mechanical arm, and with one punch, it smashed a wall into a mess.

"Damn, did this thing grow up eating fertilizer?" The Interstellar Knight complained while dodging in a sorry state.

The attack power of this steel beast was no joke; one hit destroyed part of the building structure, and everyone hid everywhere, the scene chaotic for a time.

"Everyone be careful! Its attack range is very large!" The starship captain shouted, while directing the warriors to counterattack.

Laser beams, energy cannons, all kinds of weapons fired at full power, but hitting the giant mechanical guard only sparked some sparks and couldn't cause substantial damage at all.

"This skin is too thick! It's simply an iron turtle!" The Interstellar Knight couldn't help but complain.

Just when everyone was at a loss, the Star Spirit Scholar's eyes suddenly lit up.

"I know! These mechanical guards operate according to a certain program!" He shouted excitedly.

"If we can write an interference program, we can make them stop working!"

"Good idea!" The Nebula Sage immediately understood his meaning, and the two began to cooperate rapidly, their fingers dancing on the console, lines of code pouring down like a waterfall.

Time passed second by second, the giant mechanical guard's attacks grew more fierce, and the building structure was on the verge of collapse, as if it would collapse at any moment.

Finally, at the critical moment, the interference program was written.

"Upload!" The Nebula Sage gave an order, and the program was instantly uploaded to the control system.

The giant mechanical guard's movements began to slow down, and finally stopped working completely, standing in place like a statue.

"We did it!" Everyone cheered, but before they could be happy for too long, a painful groan broke the brief tranquility... "Ah..." The groan came from the Light Messenger.

A piece of flying debris cut her arm, and blood stained her white uniform.

"Damn! Light Messenger, are you okay!" The Interstellar Knight exclaimed.

Zhang Cheng rushed to her side in one step, his eyes full of concern, "How is it? Is the injury heavy?"

The Light Messenger's face was pale, but she forced a smile, "I'm fine, just a small injury, you hurry up and see... what is that?" Her slender fingers pointed to an area behind the mechanical guard, where, after the dust settled, a control console flashing with deep blue light was revealed.

"Damn, wouldn't it be the BOSS's lair?" The Interstellar Knight rubbed his hands, eager to try.

The console was covered with strange symbols, like some ancient writing, or like some complex circuit diagram.

The Nebula Sage and the Star Spirit Scholar were immediately attracted.

"This... could this be...?" The Star Spirit Scholar's voice trembled with excitement, "These symbols... I've seen similar records in ancient books! This... this might be the key to opening the core of the entire building!"

"Core? What treasures are inside?" The Interstellar Knight's eyes lit up, already starting to fantasize about the gold and silver treasures inside.

The Nebula Sage was more cautious, "Don't be happy too soon, who knows what's inside, what if it's some self-destruct program?"

Zhang Cheng looked at the Light Messenger, confirmed her injury was not serious, and then walked to the console.

"Be careful, I always feel this thing isn't that simple."

The Nebula Sage and the Star Spirit Scholar nodded, approaching the console cautiously.

The Star Spirit Scholar reached out, trying to touch those flickering symbols... "Wait!" Zhang Cheng suddenly felt a palpitation and shouted fiercely.

But it was too late... The fingers of the Nebula Sage and the Star Spirit Scholar had already touched the console...