Chapter 494: Human!?

Wu Xing had had enough of this world!

Although the "bafflement index" kept rising—from the moment he stepped into this world until now, it had already climbed by over one hundred thousand—this was naturally something to be happy about.

However...

However!

Any casual sentence he spoke, any ordinary action he took, or even his most mundane combat maneuvers would trigger a massive, overwhelming surge in the bafflement index.

To put it simply, everything he did was seen by the people of this world as baffling... or to put it even more simply, in their eyes, he was a lunatic!?

He wasn't happy about this at all!

At this moment, Wu Xing carefully recalled every word he had spoken and every action he had taken since arriving in this world and meeting its inhabitants... There was nothing wrong with them, right!?

Upon arriving at the camp, he said he was a traveler; what was wrong with that? Who the hell decreed that there couldn't be travelers in an apocalypse? Besides, that was clearly just a polite social nicety, right? How could he not be allowed to use some pleasantries to mask his true thoughts?

Then, the conversation with the bartender in the tavern—that was fine too. He just wanted to see some books or something to confirm the era, the situation, and the nature of the catastrophe of this world, yet it immediately triggered a surge in the bafflement index...

"I get it now!"

Wu Xing looked at the dozen or so people staring at him blankly and clapped his hands. "It's not me who has a problem; it's you all!"

"Huh?"

The dozen people looked at Wu Xing, completely baffled.

Wu Xing shook his head and said to the red-haired mature woman who was clearly the leader, "It's come to this, and you still don't intend to release A1? You've seen it yourselves—those elite troops who arrived are planning to kill you all along with her. Why are you still being so blindly loyal at a time like this?"

The red-haired woman’s expression flickered, but she finally sighed and ordered her subordinates, "Release A1. Tell everyone to prepare to evacuate; this place has been discovered by the mechanical lifeforms."

Several people immediately ran into the building. The red-haired woman looked at Wu Xing and hesitated for a long moment before asking, "What... did you just do?"

Wu Xing just smiled at her. He couldn't very well say he had used Conqueror's Haki, could he?

Just as A1 was being released, the ground across the entire camp began to tremble violently. The already ruined buildings began to collapse one after another. Sensing the fluctuations beneath the ground, Wu Xing turned to the red-haired woman and said, "Run! Something big is coming!"

The red-haired woman’s expression turned stern. Not daring to delay, she immediately began ordering everyone in the camp to gather and retreat outside. Meanwhile, A1 walked out of the prison with the people who had released her. The moment she emerged, she saw the six members of the elite unit lying not far away. Her pupils constricted, and she immediately ran toward them.

Wu Xing didn't stop her, just silently watching A1's actions. She didn't kill them outright; instead, she carefully picked up the six people and examined them closely. Finding they were still alive, she breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the six people she had gathered on the ground. "Can I take them with me?"

Wu Xing didn't answer, only asking, "They came here to kill you. Even so, you want to protect them?"

A1 wore a bitter expression and shook her head slightly. "They were deceived; they don't know the truth. My existence leads to the leaking of that truth, so I don't blame them..."

Wu Xing was silent for a few seconds, then waved his hand. "Go, go, go. Staying here is just an eyesore. Get the hell out of here!"

A1 looked grateful. She bowed deeply to Wu Xing in silence, then hoisted one person onto each shoulder, looking troubled as she looked at the remaining four on the ground.

It had to be said that the six men and women who had attacked were all handsome and beautiful, with features so striking they could have been celebrities. The three women, in particular, had incredible figures—long legs, fair skin, and each wore a miniskirt and stockings; just looking at them was a feast for the eyes.

Moreover, it wasn't just these six; the proportion of handsome men and beautiful women in the camp was also very high, including the red-haired mature woman.

At this moment, the red-haired woman also brought a few people forward. They silently picked up the remaining four, showing no resentment toward the six who had just carpet-bombed their camp and killed many of their own. They nodded to Wu Xing one after another and ran out of the camp following the red-haired woman.

Wu Xing remained where he was, watching A1 and the others run away, and shook his head slightly, exhaling a breath.

That’s right—his personality was one of repaying kindness with kindness and meeting grievances with justice. If someone showed him kindness, he would repay it tenfold; if someone attacked, harmed, or wronged him, well, he would have to kill them.

But since this was A1's choice, he wouldn't stop them again. They had chosen their own path, so they would have to walk it, even if they were crying or crawling. When those six woke up and started slaughtering them again, Wu Xing wouldn't intervene no matter what. Not only would he not intervene, but he would watch the entire process of them being slaughtered!

On the other side, the trembling of the earth grew more intense. Then, the center of the camp exploded, and a giant mechanical lifeform, like a snake or a dragon, surged up from the ground.

It was about thirty or forty meters in diameter and over a thousand meters long. Its body was covered in countless limbs, a mixture of flesh and machinery. The moment it rose from the ground, its ferocious monster head looked down, and a brilliant light flashed, instantly setting the entire camp ablaze with fierce fire.

At this time, the main force of the resistance had already escaped the camp, the fierce fire of the explosion behind them still leaving everyone looking horrified.

A1, carrying the two members of the elite unit, said calmly, "This is a special individual among the biological mechanical lifeforms. It possesses extremely high clearance in the mechanical network and is very powerful. It belongs to a multi-evolutionary individual. Run!"

At this moment, the red-haired woman ran to A1's side and whispered, "What exactly is the secret you know? Why do both the elite unit want to dispose of you and the mechanical lifeforms send such a leader-level existence to capture you?"

A1 shook her head with a bitter face. The red-haired woman couldn't press her further, so she could only lead the personnel to follow closely behind A1.

At this moment, the giant mechanical lifeform monster destroyed the entire camp with a single attack. Its massive body turned, and it immediately discovered A1 fleeing outside. It lunged directly toward A1's location with astonishing speed. A1 immediately dropped the two elite unit members on her shoulders and pressed her hand into the void, causing a high-tech longsword to appear in her hand.

But before she could attack or defend, the lunging giant mechanical monster suddenly stopped in its tracks. Its long, snake-like body tensed and straightened, but it couldn't move forward even an inch. Its head was less than a hundred meters away from A1.

"...Come back!"

With a roar, Wu Xing, who should have been buried in the explosion, was completely unharmed. He was pulling the rear of the giant mechanical monster—a dead-eyed little boy about 1.2 or 1.3 meters tall, actually pulling a mechanical giant over a thousand meters long, and the monster was being pulled so hard it couldn't move.

As Wu Xing exerted force, the giant mechanical lifeform was actually dragged backward. This scene stunned everyone, because no matter how much of a "new-model" or "next-generation" machine it was, the mass difference was clear. How could a 1.2-meter-tall child-type machine pull a thousand-meter-long, thirty-meter-thick mechanical lifeform?

But the fact was, Wu Xing had really done it, and he had actually dragged the giant mechanical lifeform back to the camp area.

"...What the hell are you!?"

A voice actually came from within the mechanical lifeform. At the same time, countless lasers shot out from its body. These lasers were as thin as hair and lost their power after ten meters, but within ten meters, their power was terrifying, easily piercing through steel and concrete.

Caught off guard, Wu Xing only had time to wrap his head in Haki. His body was pierced by countless laser threads, forcing him to use his negative soul-energy to heal his flesh. Even so, a large amount of flesh was torn away, and his internal organs were visible through the holes in his body.

"Fine, fine, fine." Wu Xing roared, exerting force in his hands to throw the mechanical lifeform into the air. At the same time, he slashed with his Spirit-Shattering Blade. Everything it touched—flesh and machinery alike—turned to ash.

But he didn't notice that when his body was pierced by the lasers and blood splattered everywhere, the mechanical lifeform stopped struggling.

On the other side, A1 and all the other resistance members stopped in their tracks, looking at Wu Xing with a fanaticism that was beyond imagination.

This included the six elite unit members who had already woken up but were pretending to be unconscious.

"...Hu... Human..."

"Human!?"