Chapter 361: Fatal Weakness
Mercer!
Why is he here?
This was something Su Xia never expected.
According to earlier intelligence, a level 5 creature named "Todd" from the Mechanical Clan came to Seahorse City to investigate the masked monster.
And Mercer shouldn't have come here. He should have been in charge of the important experimental base in Coral City.
"Are you surprised, Masked Man?"
Mercer's voice came again, penetrating through layers of thick rain, sometimes far away, sometimes near, as if it was everywhere.
His arrival seemed to make the whole world even colder.
What surprised Su Xia even more was that he couldn't sense Mercer's presence!
Almost all mechanical creatures are made of special alloys and psychic fluids, even the Mechanical Overlord is no exception.
As long as there is metal and it is near Su Xia, Su Xia should be able to sense it.
"Are you looking for me?"
Moser smiled coldly, his voice seemed to come from the dark hell, cold and ruthless: "How is it, did you find it?"
Su Xia remained silent, so of course he didn't find it.
Now he can only continue to escape.
From the moment Mercer appeared, the matter was out of Su Xia's control.
There are also differences between level five creatures. Fan Lu is just an ordinary level five creature, while Moser belongs to the top category. Without talking about strength, just looking at experience, he is much richer than other level five creatures.
After all, Mercer was one of the first mechanical creatures to follow the Mechanical Overlord. He had experienced the most brutal racial war and grew up in blood and fire.
There are often rumors in the outside world that he may already be a sixth-level creature.
"Run, keep running, this world is your prison." Mercer's voice was still in his ears.
No matter which direction Su Xia ran, he could hear this sound.
Mercer seemed to be everywhere, like the god of death following closely behind him. On this cold, dark and rainy night, he followed Su Xia closely, waiting for an opportunity to launch a fatal blow on him.
Something is wrong...
Su Xia's expression suddenly became stern, realizing that there was something wrong with the direction of his escape.
This is a three-sided enclosure with one missing!
Such a simple tactic, but he actually fell for it!
The mechanical clan has formed a siege on this area, deliberately making the defense in a certain direction appear weaker, guiding Su Xia to run in that direction, because they know that Su Xia can vaguely sense the amount of metal in each direction.
During this process, no matter how Su Xia's small direction changes, his subconscious mind will bind him to this general direction.
It was because Moser had predicted or calculated Su Xia's escape route in advance that he was able to keep track of Su Xia's position.
"The tactics that the South Wind Organization has used are actually being used on me."
Not long ago, the Nanfeng organization attacked a mercenary town using the tactic of surrounding three sides and leaving one side.
Although this tactic is old, it is quite practical.
This tactic is more practical for psychic creatures with a certain predictive ability. The opponent can target his predictive ability in advance and lure him into a dilemma.
Thinking of this, Su Xia immediately changed direction.
“Boom—”
There was thunder in the sky and heavy rain was pouring down.
Hundreds of dazzling flares were still falling slowly, like bright lights, illuminating the entire earth on a rainy night.
It can be clearly seen that Su Xia's figure suddenly turned into a broken line on the ground and moved quickly in another general direction.
"Have you finally figured it out?"
Mercer's voice was still ringing in his ears, "You were 1.2 seconds earlier than I calculated. You are barely a qualified opponent."
Although Su Xia got Mercer's approval, she did not feel happy at all.
He still hadn't discovered the true location of Mercer , who had been hiding in the dark, posing a considerable threat to him.
A war is about to begin, and those in the dark have absolute initiative.
More than ten seconds later, Su Xia encountered the first group of mechanical ground forces . There were not many of them, only about thirty mechanical creatures.
These mechanical creatures look exactly the same, are products of an assembly line, and have average capabilities.
As soon as they saw Su Xia, blue light burst out in their eyes.
"Human creature, stop running away and submit to inspection!"
"Repeat, subject to inspection!"
But Su Xia ignored them and just waved his hand. The more than 30 mechanical creatures flew backwards and fell heavily into the rain.
By now, these ordinary mechanical people could no longer pose a threat to him.
At the same time, Su Xia also realized a small problem.
From just now until now, both the flying robots in the sky and the interception forces on the ground have called him a "human creature" instead of a "masked stranger."
This means that the other party has not yet confirmed whether he is the one.
But Mercer directly said to him the four words "Masked Stranger", and his words were very certain.
"Aren't Mercer and the Seahorse City Mechanic in the same command system?"
Su Xia realized: "He came here alone, and even the Mechanical Clan base didn't know he was here. Perhaps only a very few people knew about it, so even the Zero Point Tavern didn't get the news."
Mercer's style of doing things is very different from that of ordinary mechanical people.
He likes to calculate, and enjoys the feeling of crushing and toying with his enemies, but once his calculations go wrong, he will get angry, just like when his last expedition failed.
While thinking, Su Xia encountered the second group of ground enemies who came to intercept him.
"Human creature, warning again!"
There are more than sixty enemies in this batch, some of which have strange shapes. They are not assembly line products and are much stronger than ordinary mechanical creatures.
Their voices were mechanical and cold. After issuing a warning, they opened fire directly at Su Xia.
Su Xia is now moving at an extremely fast speed, and ordinary people can only see a shadow.
But the mechanical clan is different. They seem to have a built-in delay function, and can calculate and deduce Su Xia's next direction and trajectory.
Therefore, the terrifying firepower directly covered every area that Su Xia might pass through.
“Boom… Boom…”
There were continuous explosions, flames shot up into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and the earth was in a mess.
Su Xia remained calm, activated his psychic shield, dodged left and right, and at the same time controlled the direction of the shells. He eventually rushed out of the area covered by the artillery fire and only suffered minor impacts.
Afterwards, without dodging or evading, he used all his abilities and rushed directly into the group of mechanical creatures.
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
With a few crisp sounds, the first few mechanical creatures were deformed on the spot.
Their hard alloy shells actually broke and collapsed inward.
Not only the torso module, but even the mechanical modules of the limbs and head were dented, and the metal circuits inside were cracked and disintegrated, turning into a pile of scrap metal in an instant.
Dark blue psychic solution flowed out of their torn bodies and sank into the cold rain.
For this kind of mechanical creature, simply chopping off its head is of little use.
Their various program modules are independent yet interrelated, distributed throughout the body. They can perform tasks independently, as well as perform calculations, exchanges, and data processing tasks within an overall system. Each mechanical creature can be seen as a whole composed of countless small computers.
Therefore, some mechanical creatures can still be alive and well even if they only have half a head left.
If you want to destroy them, you have to destroy them as a whole.
But Su Xia doesn't have the leisure time for that now.
“Sizzle—”
He waved his hand, and more than a dozen mechanical creatures beside him instantly broke into several pieces.
Those mechanical creatures flew backwards, their broken bodies spilling psychic solution in the air, and countless tiny, broken metal parts also fell with it, it was an extremely tragic scene.
But even if they were broken into several pieces, they could still make a sound: "Stop running! Stop running!"
Su Xia ignored them and fought his way out of the group of mechanical creatures, with some blue psychic solution staining his body.
At this time, Mercer's ethereal voice sounded again: "4.6 seconds, to deal with a combined team, 0.7 seconds faster than I calculated. It seems that your strength is stronger than I expected..."
"There's a small human settlement ahead that you might want to avoid."
I have to say that Moser understood Su Xia's psychology very well.
Through previous incidents, he could deduce that Su Xia would not engage in combat with the enemy in crowded places to avoid causing innocent casualties.
Even in the incident in Yuling City, the battle scene seemed grand, and even dozens of planes in the museum were mobilized, but in the end few ordinary people were injured.
Su Xia was almost at the southern suburbs, and there was a large residential area and factory buildings ahead.
As Mercer said, he really wouldn't take the fight there.
In front of Su Xia, a map of the entire Seahorse City appeared. He kept changing directions, trying to avoid the human gathering place ahead.
"How disappointing, Masked Stranger, you don't have the heart of a strong man."
Mercer was like a ghost, following him closely: "Psychic creatures are already another race. Those ordinary people are not your kind. You still fail to realize this. You have too many weaknesses..."
Su Xia looked calm and still didn't reply.
Having lived in this world for such a long time, he knew long ago that the mechanical race's concept of racial identity was different from that of humans.
In the minds of the mechanical race, mechanical creatures with psychic powers are their own kind.
As for other mechanical creatures - they are just toys created by humans to please them, and are not worthy of being called fellow creatures by the mechanical race.
Whether it is ordinary mechanical creations such as mobile phones and computers, or special mechanical creations such as military mechanical dogs, drones, steel battleships, etc., as long as they do not have psychic powers, they are all regarded as aliens by the mechanical race.
"Too weak to become a truly strong person." Mercer's voice was vague and uncertain. "Do you know about the hybrid experiment? Only creatures with a strong will and a strong heart can withstand the test and become hybrid creatures with the advantages of multiple races..."
If time wasn't urgent, Su Xia really wanted to retort.
Whether it is Dr. Aigar's notes or Dad's experimental records, it can be seen that becoming a hybrid creature is largely accidental.
Until now, no one has figured out what factors are necessary for hybrid experiments to succeed.
"Your weakness is fatal."
Mercer's voice drifted over: "If I threaten you with the lives of your companions, will you surrender?"
Hearing this, Su Xia frowned.
In that situation, it is indeed difficult to make a decision.
But he knows what's important and what's not. If that situation really happens, he will try his best to protect himself and remain useful.
While he was thinking, the third batch of mechanical warriors who had been intercepting on the ground appeared in front of him. Their overall strength was stronger than the previous batch, and many of them even awakened their psychic talents.
They killed them one batch after another, and no one knew when the killing would end.
Moreover, Su Xia has not been able to get rid of the eyes in the sky. Those air superiority combat robots are also following him closely.
Now, more than half of the mechanical soldiers in the entire Seahorse City are rushing towards him, forming a terrifying net that is impossible to escape with him as the center.
Once this net is formed, Su Xia will have no chance at all.
“Bang!”
He stepped heavily into the rain puddle, splashing water everywhere, but without slowing down, he crashed directly into the third group of intercepting soldiers.
This time, it still didn't take much time for Su Xia to kill his way out.
There was more psychic solution on his body, mixed with the blood that had solidified before. Even a torrential rain could not wash it away, and some of it would always remain.
The dark blue and dark red melted into his clothes, like a painting of blood and killing.
There were flashes of lightning and roars in the sky , and the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping.
Su Xia took a few replenishing potions and continued to escape.
"Masked freak, what's your second talent?"
Mercer's voice sounded again: "Faced with this siege, when do you plan to enter the alien space?"
Entering a different space?
Su Xia had heard this statement at the Zero Point Tavern.
On the side of the mechanical race, the creatures that can escape into another space are called "space walkers" or "void walkers".
Now, Moser told Su Xia directly, as if he was not afraid at all that Su Xia would escape by this method.
What does he want?
Did he want to force out all of Su Xia's abilities in order to judge Su Xia's value?
What’s the point of judging the value?
For a moment, many thoughts flashed through Su Xia's mind.
Su Xia did not let him do as he wished, and continued to maintain the current speed, speeding through the suburban area.
As long as he could escape from the Seahorse City and enter the vast wilderness, like a dragon entering the sea, he would no longer be afraid of the pursuit and interception of the mechanical tribe.
"How pathetic, like a fish caught in a big net." Mercer's compassionate sigh suddenly sounded in Su Xia's ears, obviously describing Su Xia.
It seemed that no matter how Su Xia fled, it was all within Moser's calculations.
Lightning flashed in the sky.
A huge shadow was suddenly cast on the earth, like a giant beast, looking down on the world amid lightning and thunder.
It was a huge spherical mobile base. It seemed to have been in the depths of the dark thunderclouds, hanging high above the sky, accompanied by flashing lightning.
Only now did it descend in altitude and emerge from the terrifying clouds.
The surface of this spherical base is silver-gray with a strong metallic texture. It is extremely smooth and there are no visible gaps. It is hard to imagine how it was built. It is like a perfect creation of God.
Its huge body is extremely oppressive and is more than a hundred times larger than those flying combat robots.
“Buzz——”
Suddenly, cracks appeared at the bottom of the base, and the alloy shell shrank inward, revealing a circular entrance and exit.
Then, a dark grey figure leaped down and jumped directly from the base.
The figure was moving at an extremely fast speed, continuously falling in the storm, accompanied by lightning all over the sky, like a meteor in the dark night, heading straight towards Su Xia.
Mercer!
His true self is finally here!
A suffocating feeling of oppression descended from the sky, like a divine punishment.
Su Xia took a deep breath, his whole body tensed up, his expression had never been so solemn as it was now.
Because, until now, he still didn't sense any metal on Mercer.
