Chapter: Chapter 389
“Two enemies have infiltrated underground, breaking through three floors in just a few minutes, and are now pushing through the fourth floor?” Bai Ling, who was sitting in the highest part of the building, was surprised to hear the news from the operation headquarters. “What do the enemies look like, and what are the casualties?”
“There are only two enemies, and they are very precise in their actions. The combat personnel we sent out were basically knocked unconscious, but the autonomous machines were not so lucky.” The voice of the one-eyed dragon, whom she hadn’t heard in a long time, came from the communicator. “Another group of enemies is advancing from the middle layer towards the top floor. This side is experiencing severe signal interference, so we have no way of knowing the specific situation.”
Two paths of enemies, one heading directly for the top floor, and the other taking the opposite route, as if intending to break through the underground levels… After thinking carefully, Bai Ling almost instantly came up with a guess.
The enemies on the underground level were lighter in their attacks, only two in number, and did not carry signal jamming devices. They could almost be confirmed as not being regular enemies. This wave of enemies was undoubtedly Leticia.
It’s just that how did Leticia know that the underground was the true passage to this place? Could it be the effect of some magical power again?
As for the enemies on the middle layer, they could also be confirmed as people from the Divine Seat. They were well-equipped and caught the heroes off guard. This path was the truly dangerous enemy.
“Focus your efforts on the enemies on the ground. Send autonomous machines to deal with the enemies underground,” Bai Ling made her judgment.
She knew that Leticia had the ability to specifically target humans. Sending ordinary people to deal with Leticia would be like throwing lives away. It would be better to let those robots who hadn’t experienced much actual combat hinder the Demon King.
At least the robots wouldn’t be hypnotized. Although they were no match for Leticia, they could stall for a little time.
As long as she could defeat all the people from the Divine Seat before Leticia reached the top floor, she believed Leticia would choose to back down and retreat. After all, as the weakest of the three factions, she could only resort to a surprise attack. Once one side gained an absolute advantage, the surprise attack would become infeasible.
“But the underground is the most critical place…”
“Destroy the elevators by physical means. If they can really find that place, they will have to climb here manually. Also, deploy some small machines into the elevator shaft. This should not be difficult for us.” Bai Ling showed no psychological burden in tricking Leticia.
“Ah Bai, I originally thought you were a pure and kind little white rabbit. I didn’t expect your heart to be so dark. Those intruders must be cursing you to death in their hearts when they encounter this situation.”
“Hurry up and do it. If it’s any later, it might be too late.” Bai Ling chuckled. She believed in Leticia’s combat power and also believed that her own little tricks couldn’t stop Leticia from reaching the top floor, but her goal was merely to delay time. “Reduce the use of lethal weapons as much as possible, and replace them all with restraining types. The strength of those two people is not simple, and purely lethal weapons will not be effective.”
“It sounds like you’re a bit familiar with them?” The one-eyed dragon heard the familiarity in Bai Ling’s tone and a hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes as she asked subconsciously.
“Not really, it’s just that they give me a sense of déjà vu… Trust my judgment. The key point this time is the enemies in the middle layer. As long as we can defeat them in a short period, victory will belong to us.”
“Okay, the deployment has been changed according to your instructions. Sigh, this terrible weather is also causing us a lot of trouble in our operations.”
Following the one-eyed dragon’s words, a thick bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, and the following deafening thunder seemed to make the entire building tremble slightly.
The weather is about to change…
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“Have you noticed that our enemies have changed?” Leticia grabbed a large, gleaming metal head, and flames ignited in her hand. In less than a breath, the metal head was melted into molten iron by her.
The enemy, having lost its head, did not immediately fall. It still wanted to swing its weapon to attack its enemy, but the next moment, a scorching beam of light pierced its chest, shattering the energy core hidden deep within its body.
The robot’s body trembled, and it fell heavily to the ground in an attacking posture.
On the other side, Yin merely waved her hand, and the robotic troops surrounding her were sliced in half by invisible blades. In a short time, the ground was covered with the wreckage of machines broken into two halves.
“There used to be more humans, and now it’s all robots. It seems that the human response is quite fast.” Yin rubbed her temples with a slight headache as she glanced at the scattered metal wreckage in the corridor behind her.
The combat power of these robotic troops was not strong. Under their and Leticia’s combined offensive, they could barely last a few minutes.
However, they were almost endless. After dealing with one wave, they would encounter another wave after a few steps. They couldn’t be ignored, and they completely blocked the passage to the underground.
“It’s troublesome, but it’s still a bit satisfying to hack them.” Leticia’s breathing was a little heavy. Even mowing the lawn put a burden on her body, let alone mowing for half an hour straight. Even an iron man would need to catch his breath.
Fortunately, they were nearing their destination.
“This staircase down leads to the lowest level, but our target is far away on the other side.” Leticia recalled the building’s blueprint and sadly realized that the underground structure of this building was simply a maze.
“Can’t we just go through the walls?” Your magic can also be used to break through walls, right?”
“It’s not that simple. The walls here are all mixed with metal that can resist high temperatures. If I want to break through a path like this, I’ll be drained dry before I can even break through!” Leticia rejected Yin’s suggestion. “Your spatial cutting can also be used to break walls, right?”
“It’s possible, but if we want to reach our destination directly this way, I’m afraid I won’t be of much use in the subsequent battles.” Yin stated that she was the same. It was indeed possible to forcefully open a shortcut, but the price would be to lose her combat effectiveness.
Thinking about it this way, it was better to just walk through the maze honestly. At least they had a map, so they wouldn’t take detours. They just needed to clear the robotic enemies on the path.
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Da da da da da… Bullets smashed a series of small holes in the wall. A giant robot placed in the center of the corridor unleashed terrifying firepower at the seemingly empty corridor in front of it.
No, the corridor wasn’t empty. Someone was hiding their figure with their special abilities!
“The defense force on this floor is completely incomparable to the previous floors!” Leticia, while holding up a shield, shouted to Yin beside her, listening to the incessant rain-like sound. “Think of something, my good sister!”
“Even if you say so, it’s difficult for me!” Yin poked her head out and glanced at the exceptionally sturdy machine. “That thing has a special spatial interference device. You saw the effect of my attack just now, right!”
Earlier, Yin had the idea that “a target that can’t even move is not something that can’t be killed easily.” She then threw out a spatial blade, and she almost flipped out. If Leticia hadn’t pulled her into the shield in time, this goddess lady would have been shot several times and incapacitated by now.
Oh, according to the strength of the body created by Leticia, she should still be able to recover, but it would be very painful, and her combat effectiveness would be affected.
Being dealt with like this by a small soldier blocking the way before even encountering the real boss was a bit embarrassing to talk about.
“I saw it. This thing should be the last enemy we have to deal with. The door behind it is the last door. After passing through that door, we will reach our destination!” Leticia stared at the huge machine and clenched her hand fiercely.
Ten golden and red magic circles appeared around her. After a short charge, ten scorching streams of light gushed out from the magic circles and rushed towards the giant machine.
Boom!
The streams of light merged in front of the machine, unleashing even more terrifying power. The machine also responded. Two silver metal plates on its back suddenly closed forward, forming a huge shield in front of it.
The thick beam of light shone on the shield. The shield almost turned scarlet in an instant. If it were controlled by a human, no one would be able to hold this shield by now.
But it was a machine holding it, one that wouldn’t be affected by such high temperatures. This degree of heat couldn’t damage its functions.
After a stalemate of more than ten seconds, Leticia stopped her magic with an annoyed expression. The opponent’s magic resistance was a bit too high. She could break through the opponent’s defense using this method, but the price would be the consumption of a large amount of magic power.
It wasn’t worth it, she decided.
“I suspect this is a secret weapon of humanity, being used on us like this. I don’t know if I should be happy that the other party values us so much.” Leticia withdrew her shield and dodged into a corner ahead with a roll, evading the machine’s line of fire.
Thanks to the construction crew here. Their meticulous attitude is very good. At least these walls can easily block the firing of large-caliber machine guns.
Leticia’s guess was not wrong. The giant machine they were facing was a fortress-type combat machine that humans were researching. Apart from its almost zero mobility, it had almost no shortcomings. Its defense and attack power were almost maxed out. Its purpose was to serve as a firepower anchor on the battlefield.
The fortress located here was only a prototype. It was equipped with only a high-frequency machine gun. The other weapons had not yet been mounted.
If Leticia and her companions encountered the fully equipped fortress, they would probably have been blown away and fleeing by now.
The existence of such large-scale war machines could not be handled by a single S-class. It would at least require an S-class team, or an expert of the Demon King’s Heavenly King level, to eliminate it from the battlefield.
And to destroy it by conventional means would require as much effort as destroying a real war fortress.
“Its attack methods are very monotonous. Does this guy have an inexhaustible supply of ammunition?” Listening to the sound of gunfire like a storm again, Leticia grumbled in her heart. She and Yin had been delayed here for more than ten minutes. If they didn’t solve this machine quickly, by the time they reached the top floor, the flowers would have withered.
‘Why don’t you use that?’
A voice suddenly sounded in Leticia’s mind.
Use what?
‘That.’
An idea popped into her head, and Leticia’s eyes lit up. With this method, it was indeed highly likely to defeat this robot.
Her personal magic reserves were limited, but the magic power she contained was not just her own.
The alchemy potions themselves contained magic power, but this magic power had been tamed and would not become active unless it encountered huge stimulation.
As a qualified alchemist, Leticia naturally had a way to make these potions active. The method was very simple: just operate the potions using various unauthorized methods.
The great pioneers used their lives to tell their successors that operating them this way would cause an explosion, and in the worst case, it would send people to the underworld.
Now, what Leticia needed was a brilliant explosion!
“The required concentration, this much should have a higher success rate. That machine might have corrosion resistance, so we can’t rely on the potion’s corrosiveness. It all depends on the explosive shock force.” Leticia took out a pile of test tubes filled with various colored potions from her divine artifact space and quickly calculated in her mind how many potions were needed to blow up that giant fortress robot in one go.
“What are you doing, planning to take drugs?” Yin finally found an opportunity and awkwardly scrambled to Leticia’s side. Seeing the pile of potions that Leticia had placed on the ground, she thought Leticia was planning to take drugs for a burst of power.
If you can’t beat them, take some medicine, maybe you can win.
“Ordinary potions have little effect on me. I’m going to give that big guy some medicine,” Leticia explained her idea while handling the potions she took out in an extremely rough manner.
After such rough handling, almost all the potions would become extremely unstable waste. Taking a sip would directly send someone to see the Grim Reaper, but what Leticia needed was instability.
The more unstable, the easier it would explode!
Leticia’s hands were steady, and her movements were fast. In less than five minutes, the potions she took out were condensed, becoming a strange potion emitting a terrifying demonic power fluctuation.
