Chapter 1026: Artificial Deity

Research Institute No. 9!

This is one of the ten major research institutes that have been identified, and it is also considered the culprit behind the rampant biochemical beasts in the desert!

Rumor has it that a serious leakage accident occurred at the former Research Institute No. 9, where a large amount of chemical agents were sprayed into the sky, gradually polluting the entire world along with atmospheric circulation!

Under the influence of those unknown agents, animals across the world began to mutate, turning into all kinds of biochemical beasts!

Although those agents were ineffective against humans due to certain limitations in the biochemical weapons, the berserk biochemical beasts do not care about that!

It can be said that Research Institute No. 9 bears the primary responsibility for the heavy casualties suffered by humanity back then.

……

At this moment, he really wants to cry!

The old man mutters.

Near the sand dune, there is also a huge "sinkhole."

"Count, count!"

Click-clack!

The old man answers very seriously.

'Has the accident and misfortune actively bestowed by the Law of Accident become this strong?'

A mechanical police officer's eyes glow Scarlet, and screens of information pop up in its field of vision.

"No!"

"Judging by the positioning, this should be the place!"

"Wait, watch me!"

"Don't worry, I will avenge you!"

'One for analyzing data, one for luring the enemy deep, and one for the final strike?'

The old man takes the remote control and begins to operate it: "Restore... image..."

This is not a technological product, so these mechanical police officers cannot rely on higher permissions to lock the operating system or shoot it down.

Aaron solemnly takes out various ritual materials and begins to set up the ritual seriously.

"Damn it, I don't want accidents, start the self-check program immediately... I want them to be deployed again in an hour!"

The hovercar stops near a sand dune, and Chloe compares it with the electronic map she took, reaching a conclusion.

Roar!

"It's over!"

"There really is a research institute!"

Just as Jiawei finishes speaking, his chest is pierced by a laser from behind, melting a large hole.

The employee scratches his wig and is about to operate it when he suddenly hears a sound from outside: "The headquarters board of directors is here for an inspection, everyone come out to welcome them!"

Beep-beep!

The mechanical police officer watches this scene, a massive stream of data flashing through its artificial eye.

A shrill scream rises from the motorcade: "Enemy attack!"

"There is full-frequency interference coverage here... we can neither see the enemy nor call for help!"

The old man analyzes while gently shaking his head: "Fortunately, we didn't go down directly..."

On the other side, the attackers finally gradually reveal their forms.

Being able to accurately find key items among so many corpses and debris is not an ordinary ability.

"No... my micro-explorer, which cost half my fortune!"

"It's this guy!"

"Roar!"

Chloe wears a searchlight on her head, emitting a bright Light, and strokes the wall of a metal passage: "Under the Death Desert, there is actually a research institute ruin..."

And the mechanical police officers appearing in his line of sight number a full twelve!

"According to the previous Contract, deliver this message to the school..."

"The Gaia network distress signal is blocked, no, it popped up my access request!"

Jiawei looks up blankly, staring at his top thug with only two legs left hanging there, and the mechanical falcon in the sky also crashing down, an expression of disbelief on his face.

It is a biochemical beast that looks like both a plant and an animal, with limbs like a crawler, but its head is in the shape of a huge flower bud.

"Consume one point of Tower, three points of Darkness... Spell model—Darkness Curtain, activate!"

"The drone is just an old model, witness the power of the Cyber Group's latest micro-explorer!"

Finally, the last scene captured by the drone is projected.

Suddenly!

The expression on the supervisor's face immediately becomes uncertain.

Suolun covers his artificial eye: "They are preparing to go down into the pit... Last time, we weren't prepared before going into the pit, were attacked by mutated biochemical beasts first, lost most of our men, and then couldn't cope with the malice from the depths of the ruins..."

"At least... at least..."

Jiawei puts a bone whistle hanging around his neck into his mouth and blows it hard.

Sizzle!

Click-clack!

They are the high-tech crystallization of the Cyber Group, cold-blooded killing machines, and even have a certain resistance to the Mysterious.

"Well, if it weren't for your ability to treat curses, Doctor, I would have originally planned to give up on this mission."

The drone continues to descend, and the light from the monitoring screen constantly shines on the surroundings.

Chloe cannot help but look at their employer, Aaron.

The supervisor roared.

"Dangerous target detected!"

In the distance.

Jiawei repeated a sentence.

"Authorize elimination!"

Aaron only glanced at it before reaching a conclusion.

Fluorescent light flashed continuously in Jason's eyes; clearly, he had already begun to manipulate it with his own chip, and scene after scene was being transmitted.

"Understood!"

A black Shadow flashed, and the screen turned into a field of static.

"Electromagnetic cannon interception failed!"

Inside the sinkhole, the battle between countless floating spheres and mutated biochemical beasts continued.

"Ugh!"

Amidst the dark Night Curtain, a human figure suddenly rushed out—it was Jiawei!

He had no intention of fighting the mechanical police officers to the death; summoning the dark Night Curtain was merely to escape.

Jiawei sat on top of a camper, a relaxed smile on his face: "Keep monitoring... this ruin might be extraordinary... perhaps..."

He seemed to have thought of something, and his expression turned gloomy.

Chloe carried a huge, pitch-black Sniper Rifle on her right arm; the firearm seemed to have grown directly into her arm, and an aiming chip rested before Chloe's eyes.

The next moment, he suddenly realized in shock: "You aren't the law enforcement team of Nevernight City, but the security forces of Gaia Network Company? Damn it... no wonder I couldn't log into Gaia Network!"

"Regardless, kill it first."

Immediately, he came before a corpse and took a research notebook from the other's embrace.

A metal sphere suddenly split open, and a Scarlet laser was released from an opening.

Suddenly, black smoke began to rise from its right shoulder position, where a dagger was still embedded, bearing a certain Mysterious symbol.

It could be said that it is difficult for ordinary people in the secular world to even see a sprite, let alone catch one.

A terrifying sonic wave swept through, and a series of Electric sparks flashed across the surfaces of the metal spheres before they fell to the ground.

"Target death confirmed!"

Aaron looked at the hunter squad; they were indeed worthy of calling themselves ruin hunters, they truly had some skill.

"Analysis robot has received data... the gas sprayed by this mutated beast has hallucinogenic effects!"

Jason's voice continued to come through: "I only have three micro-drones left; this absolutely must count as a work-related injury!"

Chloe came over, her face full of surprise.

The old man also came over, but upon seeing the cover of the research notebook and the bright red 【Top Secret】 stamp on it, his expression changed wildly: "It's actually true... the real No. 4 Research Institute, our luck is just..."

"Watch me."

Bang!

Before the words had faded, a metal barrage swept past, causing his upper body to vanish instantly!

But the moment he saw them, the despair in the heart of the fat man Jiawei grew even heavier: "Mechanical police officers?"

A single mechanical police officer could slaughter a small or medium-sized sect!

It could be said that every mechanical police officer could be regarded as a Non-human Existence.

Around the sinkhole, Jason had already screamed and knelt down.

"Some died to biochemical beasts, some died to curses!"

The old man perfunctorily brushed it off: "Continue exploring..."

The mutated biochemical beast let out a howl, countless air sacs on its body opened, releasing a burst of pink mist.

"Database comparison... Crawler similarity 77.54%! Flowering Beast similarity 34.88%! Kulun Beast similarity 12.97%! Confirmed as a mutated type, there is a reward for uploading relevant data!"

"Hmm, let's get to work!"

A child walking on Comet Street with an artificial heart would only invite countless covetous eyes!

Just at this moment!

Jason shook his head: "There might be a strong magnetic field interference in the passage... my micro-drones can't get through!"

"How did you discover that?"

Jason retracted his own silver metal sphere and squatted down beside a corpse: "Judging from the degree of decay, this should be a member of the Five-Ring Tower's previous exploration team."

It was just missing a defender or a doctor; it seemed this should have been the role Wilson once played.

Then, he quickly aimed and fired!

Bang!

One of Jiawei's hands flew off, but a Weird smile appeared on his face.

"Ailisi knows, Ailisi will deliver the letter!"

The mutated biochemical beast wailed and collapsed suddenly.

"Unbelievable."

A layer of pitch-black Night Curtain emerged, shrouding the surroundings of the camp.

"Check it first..."

He dragged a box from the vehicle, and after opening it, silver metal spheres flew out one by one, falling into the sinkhole in succession.

"Damn it, what's going on?"

The old man had just said this when he saw that mutated biochemical beast pounce over; with a stretch of its sharp claws, a silver metal ball was pinned beneath its feet.

"We... are finished!"

"Damn it!"

"Then... let us begin. I will recite the honorific name of a certain existence later. You will feel some strangeness, but just ignore it..."

"There is something down there, and it is extremely aggressive!" Jason's forehead seeped with cold sweat: "If we had just gone down like that... the ones being attacked would have been us!"

The Gaia Network Security Department supervisor was roaring: "It was just a battle to clear out a pack of wild dogs, yet five units were directly destroyed and three malfunctioned? Could it be that the massive military budget allocated by the company every year has been embezzled? Or did Cyber Company give us defective products?"

After some probing, the biochemical beast, having realized its hallucinogenic gas had no effect on these metal balls, suddenly puffed up its abdomen like a giant round sphere, and then its head bloomed like a flower, splitting into five petals and opening violently.

And he 'saw' this bullet descend from the sky, as if it were justice from above, carving a huge hole in the back of the mutated biochemical beast, with a hideous and ugly heart inside more than half melted!

Critical hit!

"Over here!"

Aaron, however, paid no mind to the old man and flipped to the first page of the notebook:

【I am Xia Ya, a level-two researcher at the institute. Ever since I followed my mentor into this institute, my identity has become top secret, and I am even forbidden from contacting the outside world... I am preparing to write a diary to pass the time...】

Aaron feigned testing the sturdiness of these iron nails, then took a rope from the hovercar and firmly secured one end to these nails, while the other end was lowered into the sinkhole.

After a day and a night of pursuit, the old man, relying on his skilled driving techniques, finally shook off that group of crawlers.

A mechanical falcon soared in the sky, appearing as little more than a black dot, which an ordinary person would find hard to notice.

A small sprite with wings emerged from the void, curiously sizing him up.

The old man suggested cautiously.

The employees below were sweating profusely as they checked the malfunctions and operating systems: "It seems to be... some kind of accident... this Spirituality spell just happened to counter the vision of the mechanical police, and these people come from some Hidden Existence Cult, whose spirit-infused weapons just happened to be able to corrode the alloy armor of the mechanical police... This is just an accident!"

The old man beckoned for Aaron and the others to come over, and they saw iron pillars driven deep into the soil, with traces of human activity around them.

This is the power belonging to Spirituality!

A flash of excitement crossed Jason's eyes: "Activate attack mode!"

"It seems... this is the location where the Five-Ring Tower entered last time."

Suolun suddenly felt something was wrong: "Boss... run!"

Aaron pondered for a moment: "We are going down! However... before we go down, I will use a certain blessing Ritual to add a layer of buffs for us... Rest assured, we will not encounter a curse."

"Artificial god-making?!"

Beside the sinkhole.

At the bottom of the sinkhole, countless grains of sand converged to form a small pond, and beyond the pond was a metal passage with a rich, modern style.

Fluorescence constantly flickered in Chloe's eyes as she called out with a hint of excitement.

Within his eyes, a luster of Spirituality flickered.

Aaron 'remained oblivious' as he completed the Ritual and descended into the sinkhole with the old man and the others.

Just as the biochemical beast emitted a sonic attack, she pulled the trigger abruptly.

Bang!

A bullet with immense power sprayed out, and the terrifying recoil made Aaron feel as if a small earthquake had occurred.

The small sprite seemed frightened; seeing the mechanical police lock onto it, its figure vanished instantly!

As a race favored by a certain Hidden Existence, although the small sprite lacked combat power, it possessed an extremely powerful movement talent.

The next moment, screams rang out one after another from the convoy.

At the edges, quicksand continued to flow down, resembling a golden waterfall.

"We need a fixed point, and a long enough rope..."

Jason held a remote control and operated a drone, which flew down from the sinkhole: "Although this is an old-model rescue drone, it is equipped with light weapons and has a pulling force exceeding 500 pounds!"

Back then, a member of the Five-Ring Tower—Suolun—had led members to secure a rope here and descend into the sinkhole to explore, only to encounter the 'Mysterious', and even he himself had survived by luck while carrying a curse.

【February 5th, I do not know what the weather is like outside. The institute's project is quite magnificent, and I... I am very honored to be able to enter the institute! To contribute strength to this experiment that will shock humanity!】

【February 6th, I learned the projects of the top three sequence institutes: Institute No. 1 is researching 'Consciousness Network', Institute No. 2 is 'Infinite Energy', and Institute No. 3 is researching 'Human Body Digitization'... but none of them are as cool as Institute No. 4! Because what we are researching is... how to artificially create gods!】

"No, none of them are!"

Jason gritted his teeth: "Daring to destroy my beloved toy... mere biochemical beast, I will let you know how powerful I am!"

Jason observed for a moment and reached a conclusion.

If one really struck it lucky, it might not be a good thing after all.

The faces of the old man and Chloe turned deathly pale in an instant.

They could never have imagined that those humans before the Great Catastrophe would be so crazy as to come up with such an inconceivable plan!

(End of chapter)