Chapter: Chapter 392
When the god duo was held back by the creations of human technology, what were the beings on the divine seat doing?
The answer was obvious; they were still laboriously climbing the peak with their own two legs.
They dared not use the elevator, and all they could do was climb the stairs one floor at a time. An unfortunate coincidence was that the stair distribution in the government building was extremely counter-intuitive. The stairs on each floor only led to the floor above, and to reach the next floor, one had to go to the other side to climb the stairs.
This meant that for every floor the divine seat ascended, they had to break through all the defenses on that floor.
Although this was not difficult for them, considering the total number of floors in the government building, even though their starting point was the middle floors, there were still dozens of floors to the top.
If it were an ordinary person, just climbing the stairs would be enough to filter out ninety-nine percent of them. But the divine seat not only had to climb the stairs but also deal with the enemies stationed on each floor. The hardship involved was truly enough to make the listener grieve and the observer weep.
The higher they went, the more the people of the divine seat felt the strain. This was not only due to the consumption of physical strength but also because they were getting closer and closer to the top floor, and the item’s influence was growing stronger.
At this pace, even if they reached the top floor, they would probably not be able to deal with the strongest being in this world, who was waiting there in a state of readiness.
This was undoubtedly a mission with a nine-to-one chance of survival. Even if this elite squad could complete their mission, they would likely have no chance to withdraw from the central city after it was completed.
In a small town in the distant wilderness, the Bishop girl with dark circles under her eyes posed this question to her superior, “Is it really worth sacrificing an entire Shadow Squad for this matter?”
“If it were merely to sacrifice the Shadow Squad for this mission, then it would naturally not be worth it.” The white-haired woman, unusually, was not gazing at the vast, boundless starry sky. She was leaning askew on a wooden chair, her eyes squinted, enjoying the afternoon sun.
“Since it’s not worth it, then why…” Youyou didn’t understand. Although she felt like she had never been able to guess her superior’s thoughts.
“The main objective this time is actually to let some unruly tools play out their final role.” The white-haired woman picked up her cup of red tea, a mysterious smile on her face. “As for that item, it’s best if it can be destroyed. If it can’t, then it can’t.”
With humanity’s current capabilities, they couldn’t utilize such an item. Or rather, if they truly knew what they had created, they would never have been able to create it.
The white-haired woman was currently just cleaning up the mess for her overly eager compatriots.
“…So that’s how it is, I understand.” Youyou didn’t actually understand, but she knew that it was enough to say she understood at this moment. “I will go and prepare the propaganda measures.”
“There’s no rush for that. How are the progress of the previous autonomous machines?”
“After gaining real combat experience, the technology has developed rapidly, but the issue of raw materials has already appeared. We don’t have many controlled resource production areas, and the last major operation consumed a large amount of resources. Even with the spoils of war, we are still not breaking even.” Speaking of this, Youyou was no longer sleepy. She was skilled at this.
“Then let’s slow down for now. We just finished a major battle and need some time to rest.” The woman’s expression did not change further. “Let’s watch the show for a while. How much power can those tools that have developed ulterior motives display?”
She was looking forward to it.
Could that peerless sharp sword shatter that profound darkness?
“That girl has made a good friend. I don’t think there will be many problems.”
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“They’ve arrived after all?” The one-eyed man’s voice was abruptly covered by a rustling sound. Bai Ling, who had been keeping her eyes closed, slowly opened them.
Signal jamming had arrived, which meant the enemy was very close.
According to the intelligence from the one-eyed man before, the enemy’s signal jamming could affect a height of about five floors, meaning two floors above and two floors below. The fact that her communication was cut off at this moment meant that the enemy was almost at her feet.
Sporadic gunfire rang out briefly, then abruptly ended. Without a doubt, the enemy had won this brief encounter again.
A minute later, clearer gunshots and roars sounded again. This time, the resistance from heroes and the army lasted for about half a minute. After the sounds died down, Bai Ling sighed. In the end, it was still up to her to make a move.
The misty nebula began to spread centered on her. In just one breath, it already occupied the entire floor. This place had become her home ground.
About half a minute later, a window in front of Bai Ling suddenly shattered, and several shadows quickly rushed in from outside. They seemed to want to hide in the shadows of the room, but sword energy that appeared out of thin air directly blocked them.
This was Bai Ling’s domain, and she was also wearing the special glasses that Leticia had brought her. It would be strange if she couldn’t see through the enemies’ movements with them.
“Intruders, this is the end. Lay down your weapons and surrender now, and I might spare your lives.” Bai Ling looked coldly at the few enemies hidden in the darkness, a hint of undisguised surprise on her face.
This was not because she thought the enemies were strong, but because she didn’t expect her enemies to be so disheveled.
About ten enemies, almost every one of them injured, with the most serious one even having lost an arm. With such a state, they wanted to fight a star river sword saint in his prime? It was a joke.
“Do you think you can fight me in this state?” Bai Ling asked with a light laugh. The one-eyed man had told her a very strange piece of news before, which was that the heroes defeated by these enemies rarely died; they were mostly in a coma for unknown reasons.
Now that she thought about it, she could probably guess why not many heroes died, because these enemies simply couldn’t kill an entire mixed squad of heroes and soldiers in a short period.
“Whether we can or not, we have to try.” The leader in the shadows took out a black crystal ball from his robe and smashed it heavily onto the ground.
As he was taking out the crystal ball, Bai Ling subconsciously swung her sword energy to stop him, but her sword energy was affected by a mysterious force, causing it to deviate significantly from its target.
The crisp sound of fragmentation echoed in everyone’s ears. A dense black mist surged out of the crystal ball, and a terrifying pressure descended.
