Chapter 263: with translation of chapter title

"Hurry up, hurry up, as long as you get underground you can survive!"

Looking at the cave entrance not far away, the man whose face was burned by flames felt a glimmer of hope well up in his heart.

He was quite aware that his greatest reliance was the Supernatural First Rank and Supernatural Second Rank flamethrowers.

If the enemy cannot be killed even by flamethrowers, then I absolutely cannot be a match for them; all I can do is run away quickly.

Although he couldn't determine the Supernatural Grade of the pale skeleton warriors, from their powerful aura he knew they were definitely not Supernatural First Rank monsters, very likely Supernatural Second Rank monsters.

As for whether they might be Supernatural Third Rank, he didn't dare think about it.

After all, in his view, Supernatural Third Rank monsters are powerful bosses that occupy a stretch of land; how could anyone possibly have so many third-rank monsters? Even Su Hao being able to have so many suspected Supernatural Second Rank undead creatures made him feel extremely incredulous.

You must know that the anomalous descent has been only a little over a month; looking at all survivors worldwide, there are hardly any Supernatural Second Rank individuals.

But Su Hao could actually deploy so many of them, undead creatures whose supernatural grade is suspected to have reached second rank, which made him feel extremely incredulous.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he absolutely would not believe that what was before him was real.

Although he couldn't comprehend it, he could still tell from the pale skeleton warriors completely ignoring the flamethrower's flame spray that their defensive power was terrifyingly strong.

If I don't run away quickly, I'll be done for here today.

Fortunately, he acts cautiously; even with many first-rank flamethrowers and a second-rank flamethrower, he is not the slightest bit careless.

He deliberately set the trading spot near the cave entrance so that, in case he encountered an unbeatable enemy, he would have a retreat.

Apart from the Giant Stone Mountain Range's dense stone pillars, extreme barrenness, inability for grass to grow, and rich mineral resources, it also possesses an extremely complex underground space.

In various places of the Giant Stone Mountain Range, there are inconspicuous cave entrances; through them one can enter the complex underground space.

The underground space here is a super complex labyrinth; even after exploring it for over a month, he has only roughly figured out the labyrinth in this vicinity.

If it's an outsider's first entry, let alone looking for someone, it's uncertain whether they can even find the entrance again or leave the underground space.

This is the retreat he reserved for himself; as long as he can get into the cave, he can use the complex environment here to shake off strong enemies' pursuit.

Twenty meters, fifteen meters, ten meters…

Seeing the distance to the cave entrance getting closer and closer, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

I admit I was careless this time, underestimating you, Su Hao, but no matter how many Supernatural Second Rank monsters you have, as long as you let me go underground, you still can't do anything to me?

He secretly felt proud; as a first-rank Supernatural, escaping from so many suspected Supernatural Second Rank undead creatures is something worth bragging about for a lifetime.

Puff puff puff——! But just then, on the ground less than a meter in front of him, sharp and thick bone spikes suddenly sprouted.

If he took another step forward, his body would definitely be pierced by these bone spikes!

"No——!"

Although his body wasn't pierced by these bone spikes, they were numerous and over ten meters high, forming a white bone wall before him that completely separated his body from the cave entrance.

To enter the underground entrance, he must climb over this bone wall.

Normally, with his physique as a first-rank Supernatural, climbing a wall over ten meters high wouldn't be too difficult.

But now it's different; even just because the bone wall's appearance caused his steps to pause for a moment, the pale skeleton warriors behind him had already closed to within several meters, leaving no time for him to deal with the wall.

Moreover, at this moment he discovered an even more despairing fact.

Strictly speaking, this bone wall is not just appearing before him; with his position as the boundary, it forms a circle with a diameter of over a hundred meters, enclosing all of them inside.

Being able to summon such a massive bone wall in an instant is a strength he could never have imagined; the hope in his eyes gradually gave way to despair.

And when he turned around to prepare to beg for mercy, he saw a sight that made him even more desperate.

Undead creatures whose individual strength is suspected to be Supernatural Second Rank had already walked out of the mechanical transport ship in numbers over a hundred.

Moreover, there were dozens of skeleton monsters wielding staffs; this alone cut off their path to survival, and the bone wall surrounding them was the work of those mage skeletons.

"Ang!"

Just then, a dragon's roar suddenly came from inside the mechanical transport ship; a huge bone dragon wreathed in green flames flew out of the hatch and circled in the sky.

A terrifying pressure emanated from the bone dragon's body, making the scar-faced man and his group go weak in the knees and collapse to the ground.

Third Rank!

This is definitely a Supernatural Third Rank monster!

Good grief, Su Hao having so many second-rank skeleton monsters is bad enough, but how does he also have a Supernatural Third Rank bone dragon?!

Could this guy have been infected by an evil god? Otherwise, we're all humans—what accounts for such a huge power gap? Besides, although the ship isn't small, it couldn't possibly hold that many undead creatures, and the bone dragon's size looks about the same as the ship—what in the world is going on…

In a life-or-death moment, this thought merely flashed through his mind, and then he loudly begged for mercy.

"Su Hao big shot, it's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding—I mistook the person, thought it was some enemy coming to my door, that's why I acted rashly; I really didn't mean to be your enemy."

Seeing this, the rest of the people also knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Yes, yes, we mistook the person, really not intentional."

"If we had known it was you, Big Shot Su Hao, coming over, we would surely have treated you with great courtesy; we wouldn't dare to open fire and attack."

"Big Shot Su Hao, we really have information about the suturing aggregate monster; it's in the underground of the Giant Stone Mountain Range—follow us down and you'll know."

……

However, the intelligent bronze robot acted as if it hadn't heard, continuing to command the pale skeleton warriors to walk toward these people.

Like picking up chicks, it grabbed their heads and lifted them to the front of the mechanical transport ship.

After everyone had been lifted up, the intelligent bronze robot walked up to the Paris man and, using a mechanical synthesized voice, said: 'Open the communicator bracelet and send a video call to Ling Xue'er!'

The intelligent bronze robot possesses intelligence not inferior to that of an ordinary person, and with the radar, infrared, and thermal sensing detection systems they installed.

Before the ship even landed, he used these detection systems to discover the scar-faced man and others hiding in the rubble pile. The reason he initially brought out ten first-rank skeleton monsters was to show weakness to the enemy, wanting to see what purpose these people had in ambushing here.

Through the scar-faced man's subsequent attack behavior, the intelligent bronze robot concluded that these people knew the identities of his group, had deliberately ambushed here, and only launched their assault after confirming their strength.

Thus it is clear these people did not harbor sincere intentions for trade.

Furthermore, upon seeing the pale skeleton warriors emerge, they all headed toward those cave entrances.

Taking all these reasons into account, after analysis the intelligent bronze robot judged that the scar-faced man and his group had a 98.75% chance of being enemies.

In these caves, there is a 99.99% chance that there are arrangements enabling the scar-faced man and his group to escape.

The scar-faced man and his group had a 99.98% chance, yet they were unaware of any information about the stitching aggregation monster.

Although his speculation results were as high as over ninety percent, he did not have the authority to directly decide how to dispose of these people or whether to adopt those speculations; he needed to report this information to Ling Xue'er.

Moreover, he lacked any means of long-distance communication, so he could only have the scar-faced man contact Ling Xue'er via the communication bracelet and then relay this information upward.

Upon hearing the demand of the intelligent bronze robot, the scar-faced man first blinked slightly, then showed a hint of surprise.

Could this be a robot, rather than Su Hao wearing mechanical armor?

Could it be that he casually dispatched a squad of subordinates and they possess such combat power?

Thinking this, the scar-faced man's regret grew a bit more; if he had known beforehand that Su Hao casually sent out a few subordinates, they would have numerous Supernatural Second Rank skeleton monsters, plus a Supernatural Third Tier Bone Dragon.

With the ability to easily crush him, he absolutely dared not give Su Hao false information; that would be no different from courting death.

But soon, a glimmer of hope arose in his heart.

Since Su Hao didn't come in person, perhaps there was still room for redemption; if I could smooth things over, or perhaps trick this robot into an underground cavern, maybe I could save my life.

Thinking this, the scar-faced man hastily removed the communication bracelet and placed a video call to Ling Xue'er.

"Ling... ah!!"

But before he could say anything after Ling Xue'er answered, he felt a sudden sharp pain in his wrist, causing him to cry out involuntarily.

When he lowered his head to look down, he saw that his left wrist had been severed by a long blade, blood spurting out and staining the ground before him red.

That severed hand, along with the communication bracelet, was grasped in the hand of the intelligent bronze robot.

"My, my hand!!"

However, the intelligent bronze robot paid no heed to the scar-faced man's screams.

He sheathed the long blade at his waist, looked at Ling Xue'er through the communication bracelet, and recounted in detail everything that had happened after the airship landed, as well as his own speculations.

"An ambush..."

Ling Xue'er's expression instantly grew somewhat gloomy; although such an outcome, she had anticipated some of it from the very beginning.

After all, the three pieces of information are not far apart in distance, unless the species of the stitching aggregation monster is widely distributed.

That is, among these three pieces of information, one or two, or even all three, are false.

The purpose of these people providing this information was to set up an ambush, then kill them and engage in some murder and robbery.

But no one expected that the first squad, upon just arriving at the destination, would encounter this.

At the same time, this was the first time Ling Xue'er had encountered such a situation since she began managing Su Hao's trade goods.

If this matter is not handled well, similar incidents may occur more frequently in the future, creating many obstacles for trade.

Therefore, she must take this opportunity to let all survivors know that if they come to trade with sincerity, she will welcome them wholeheartedly.

But if they harbor ill intent, she will show no mercy! After a moment of silence, Ling Xue'er clenched her teeth and asked softly:

"Is the recording function fully activated?"

"After the hatch opened, my recording function has been fully activated; the opponent's actions and our counterattacks have all been recorded."

"Good, then continue to keep the recording function active, kill them all, leave none, and let everyone know what the consequence of opposing us is!"

Although the informants, like the scar-faced man and his group, are humans just as Ling Xue'er is, killing them all is indeed bloody, but in the apocalypse, mercy toward enemies is cruelty toward oneself.

Moreover, Ling Xue'er clearly understands that once human survivors adapt to the new world after the advent of the uncanny, humanity itself becomes a major source of danger.

In order to survive better, anyone might stab you in the back.

"Received!"

The intelligent bronze robot nodded slightly, then prepared to hang up the call.

But just then, a large hand speckled with blood reached out from beside him, attempting to snatch the communication bracelet.

"Wait, I..."

However, before the scar-faced man could plead for mercy, the pale skeleton warrior behind him extended a massive hand and pressed it against his head.

With the physique of a Third Rank Supernatural being, a mere light squeeze crushed the scar-faced man's head like a shattered watermelon, sending blood and brain matter flying everywhere.

A First Rank Supernatural being, before the pale skeleton warrior, possesses no resistance whatsoever; a casual strike from the warrior can take the opponent's life.

Even a First Rank Supernatural is like that, let alone ordinary people; in just a moment, the scar-faced man and his group had their heads crushed by the pale skeleton warrior.

Their corpses were then placed together by the pale skeleton warrior and piled into a heap.

Blood trickled like a thin stream, gathering among the bodies into pools of blood; even from a distance, the scent of blood assailed the nostrils.

After killing these people, the intelligent bronze robot removed the communication bracelet from the scar-faced man's severed hand.

After a brief study, he gained control of the communication bracelet, then found Ling Xue'er's name in the friend list and sent the recorded video to her.

(End of chapter)