Chapter 365: Loopholes on Both Sides
The sound of wind, rain, thunder...
The sounds from the outside world faded away, as if they were isolated in a different space.
The rain on my skin no longer felt cold, and the pain from my wounds became numb, as if I had lost all feeling and turned into a walking corpse.
This is a rather frightening state.
All senses disappeared, and there was endless darkness and silence all around, just like the depths of the universe.
Su Xia had never experienced this feeling before, this kind of empty darkness, which she could not feel even if she closed her eyes in the silent and deserted night.
“Boom…Boom…”
The only thing Su Xia could still feel now was the rhythm of his own heart.
But he knew that there was still muddy soil under his feet, heavy rain and strong winds were still around him, and lightning , but he had been stripped of all his senses.
And his enemy, Mercer, might be sneering at him somewhere.
"Masked Stranger, how does it feel to be exiled?"
Suddenly, Mercer's voice floated in.
Apparently, he could control this state and only let Su Xia hear his voice.
He wanted to let Su Xia know that he was the master of this dark world and make Su Xia feel unparalleled frustration.
Su Xia remained silent and did not answer.
Logically speaking, he couldn't see anything now, only darkness in front of him. If he continued to run away, he might end up running around like a headless fly.
Therefore, defending yourself and staying put is your best option.
But what Mercer didn't know was...
Su Xia's real body really can't see anything, but he still has thousands of small nanorobots acting as eyes to observe everything around him.
【Enemy spotted】
[The enemy "Mercer" is fifteen meters ahead]
[Exploring the surroundings, searching for other enemies...]
【……】
Small nanorobots sent messages back to Su Xia, helping him to locate Moser's position.
We can see that Mercer is standing in the heavy rain, his body relaxed, his expression indifferent, without any sense of tension, as if he has everything under control.
In his opinion, as long as he wanted, he could defeat Su Xia with just one strike.
But he is not in a hurry.
It is more difficult to break a person's fighting spirit and destroy his beliefs than to kill him directly, but it is also more meaningful and challenging.
There were many resolute and determined members of the resistance who, after falling into Mercer's hands, had their wills destroyed, their beliefs shattered, and they became numb or weak. In the end, they even publicly exhorted the remaining resistance members to surrender on television.
Mercer has many tricks up his sleeve.
In fact, Fan Lu was almost beaten into autism.
After all, he was beaten by Mercer in public, which was equivalent to a public execution, and that feeling would make him angry.
If several subordinates had not stopped him, Fan Lu might have been even more embarrassed.
However, Su Xia is not like Fan Lu.
He summoned a large number of metal fragments and surrounded his body, seemingly preparing for defense, but in fact it was just to block Mercer's sight.
Then, he took out the [God-killing] gun.
It was this gun that helped him deal with Fan Lu, and today it was its turn to appear again.
[Activate environmental invisibility, covering the entire body of the gun]
Su Xia sent instructions to the nanorobots.
Those small robots immediately took action, like transparent running water, slowly covering the entire gun and making it slowly invisible in the rain.
Then, under Su Xia's instructions, the small robot slowly moved with the heavy gun and installed it about five meters to the left of Su Xia.
The deadly muzzle of the gun was pointed at Mercer in front.
[Current hit probability 79%, ready]
When the little robot gave the calculated probability, Su Xia touched his chin and was not very satisfied with the probability.
Obviously, as a mechanical creature, Mercer's reaction ability is much faster than that of humans.
Is it possible that he could have dodged it at the moment the gun was fired?
At such a close distance, especially in the case of a sneak attack, there are probably few people in this world who can avoid it, unless Mercer has some kind of passively triggered life-saving ability.
"Masked Stranger, is this the end of your plan?" Mercer's voice floated over, "How disappointing."
In the blink of an eye, thirty seconds were gone.
During these thirty seconds, Su Xia seemed to have done nothing but strengthened the metal defense around him.
"You have to know that the metal around you is just pieces of paper in my eyes. If I wanted to kill you, you would already be a corpse..."
Mercer continued, coldly attacking Su Xia's abilities.
To him, this didn't seem like a battle. He just came to appreciate how the beasts trapped in the cage and the fish in the net struggled to their death.
He smiled coldly: "Masked Stranger, do you want to continue to escape?"
He calculated the time, and as soon as he finished speaking, thirty seconds were over.
The world around Su Xia became real again, all her senses returned, and the sounds of wind, rain and other outside world gradually became clearer.
[Negative status has ended]
For him, the best option now seems to be to continue to escape and find a way to get rid of Mercer's threat.
However, the next moment, the strange and inexplicable cold wind blew in again.
"call……"
The bitingly cold wind, as if it came from the endless purgatory, once again blew away all of Su Xia's senses.
[You are in the negative state of "sensory detachment" again, the duration is 30 seconds]
He became blind and deaf again, even his most basic sense of touch completely failed, and all perceptions were blocked.
For most people, the feeling is one of despair.
This despair comes not only from the current weak and powerless state, but also from the strength of the opponent.
I finally managed to get through those thirty seconds, and just when I was planning to escape, I fell into this state again. It seemed like it would take endless time to get through the next thirty seconds, like I had become a lamb to be slaughtered, with no idea when the butcher's knife would chop me down.
Does anyone know if there is a limit to Mercer's ability?
Looking at his nonchalant appearance, it seems as if he can use this ability at any time to tease and toy with his opponents.
"Masked man, maybe you should try to keep running away." He smiled coldly, as if talking to an ant, "I'll give you time to escape."
However, in this situation where all senses are blocked, fleeing in panic will only deepen the inner anxiety and despair.
Su Xia knew very well what Mercer was planning.
Therefore, he cooperated and took a few steps back, seeming a little panicked.
"Oh, are you ready to escape?" Mercer's voice continued.
In this situation, he was in control of everything and had absolute initiative.
No matter which direction Su Xia ran, Moser could catch up with her at a leisurely pace, and at the same time say something to destroy Su Xia's confidence and further lead to Su Xia's inner despair.
Su Xia remained silent, her eyes gradually drooping.
He thought about it and sent instructions to the nanorobot next to him.
The time has come!
【Get started! 】
The nanorobots that received the command immediately took action.
In the next moment, a gunshot pierced through the darkness, like a bolt of lightning!
"Bang--!"
At this moment, it seemed as if even time had slowed down a bit. The deadly bullet spun out of the barrel with a scorching temperature, smashing the cold rain curtain and hitting Mercer directly in the midst of lightning and thunder!
With a loud bang, fragments flew everywhere, spiritual energy exploded, Moser's expression changed drastically, and he flew backwards.
"Masked Stranger!"
He shouted angrily, this shot was beyond his calculation and should not have existed!
Too fast!
There was a terrifying big hole on Mercer's hard chest.
Although it was not blown through, its internal structure was shattered into countless pieces, broken parts flew everywhere, and blood-like deep blue spiritual energy flowed everywhere.
The situation reversed in just a moment!
Su Xia's eyes were cold, and his speed increased dramatically. Instead of retreating, he advanced and approached Mo Se in an instant.
"Merser!"
He growled with murderous intent, completely different from the embarrassed look he had when he was fleeing before, like a mad wolf tearing apart a cage!
Seeing the terrifying murderous intent in Su Xia's eyes, Moser's heart was shocked. He instantly understood that everything before was just Su Xia showing weakness.
This dangerous enemy is looking for a fatal opportunity!
Now, he has found it!
“Chi——”
The sharp bones pierced through Mercer's chest from the front to the back. The sword tip was icy cold and spiritual energy flowed on the blade, bringing Su Xia's death greetings to Mercer.
Su Xia did not slow down, he flew into the air with fierce momentum and great force, and kicked the hilt of the sword fiercely.
With a snap, the entire hilt of the sword sank into Mercer's broken chest.
Su Xia used the force to fly backwards, retreating quickly, putting some distance between them. He put away the God-killing Spear and waved his hand.
"go!"
Two whole boxes of terrifying [Floating Light Bombs] flew out, each of which had been activated. They were mixed among countless steel fragments, trembling and emitting a summoning light that seemed to come from heaven.
The next moment, a terrifying explosion that shook the earth sounded!
Boom!
The earth trembles and everything is destroyed!
The entire darkness turned into day at this moment, everything was melting, the rain was boiling, the raging aura of terror destroyed everything, turning this area into a forbidden zone for life!
This was a destruction countless times more horrific than the previous missile bombings. Wherever the white light passed, death followed.
This is the real god of death!
"boom--!"
Even Su Xia himself was severely injured, with blood gushing from his mouth and nose, and severe pain all over his body, as if he was about to be torn into pieces, and he almost died in the impact of the explosion.
Even though he had retreated far enough, he was still hit terribly by the destructive white light.
The metal fragments flying around behind him all melted in the white light and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Bang!
The rain splashed and the dirt flew everywhere.
Su Xia fell heavily to the ground, not knowing how far he was thrown. He rolled countless times in the rain in a mess.
His back was completely charred, bloody and bloody, and one could even see the almost charred bones.
"hiss……"
Su Xia took a deep breath and got up from the ground with gritted teeth.
Severe pain burned his nerves. Even the slightest movement would make him sweat profusely. He didn't know how many bones in his body were broken. In addition, large areas of charred skin had become numb.
Compared to his shattered body, many of the bodies in the hospital morgue looked healthier.
But now is not the time to rest, we must take this opportunity to escape!
It was unknown whether Moser in the back was alive or dead, but he was probably dead. After all, he was at the center of the explosion, and even a body of steel could not withstand such horrific destructive force.
“Crack!”
Su Xia endured the severe pain, bit a healing potion into pieces, and swallowed it into her stomach.
With the help of the medicine, the wounds on his body began to heal quickly. He didn't ask for them to be completely healed, as long as he could move around.
He has not completely escaped the surveillance of the mechanical clan, and those robots are still in the sky!
When the robots see Mercer fail, they will definitely pass the news to Todd behind him.
Su Xia gritted his teeth, took out a portion of the treasured potion his father had left for him from the space, bit it into pieces with a few clicks, and swallowed it all into his stomach!
[You have taken the fifth-level potion "Timeless", which increases your speed by 31%-36% and lasts for 300s]
[You have taken the fifth-level potion "Undying Willpower", and the healing speed has been greatly improved]
[You took the fifth-level potion "Broken Bone Regeneration"...]
The next moment, his speed increased dramatically and he turned into a streak of light and disappeared at the end of the rainy night.
It’s very close to the edge of the city!
As long as you escape and enter the vast wilderness, the sea will be wide enough for fish to leap and the sky will be high enough for birds to fly!
The mechanical forces from a small city are simply not capable of hunting down Su Xia for a long time in such a vast wilderness, even if other cities around are added.
Su Xia had judged before that as long as he could stop Moser's attack, the road ahead would be unobstructed.
…
At this moment, far behind.
Todd stood expressionless, with his hands behind his back, on a dilapidated suburban building, looking into the darkness in the distance.
He already knew the news from the front.
He knew that this time Mercer was doomed.
The confidence and arrogance that Mercer had accumulated over the years, like his body, disappeared in the explosion, leaving only pieces of ashes that dissipated in the wind.
"In terms of real strength, the Masked Man is far from being a match for Mercer." Todd said coldly, "Mercer was careless and made a fatal mistake."
Yes, anyone can see that Moser's direct strength exceeds Su Xia by a large margin, and he even has many abilities that he has not yet used.
But the result of the battle has already come out.
In this chaotic era, process doesn't matter.
"Merser won't accept this, he will go crazy next." Todd said.
"My Lord, what should we do?"
The subordinate asked whether he wanted to cooperate with the subsequent actions.
Todd shook his head: "It doesn't matter, just watch him go crazy. So many people have died in this world, how many of them are willing to accept this?"
The subordinate asked again: "Sir, that masked man is about to run away."
"Well, go ask the people at Anluo Company how their preparations are going." Todd said calmly.
"Sir, didn't they say that the installation can only be completed at six in the morning?"
"Those stand devices are not complicated and will not take long to install. The trouble is testing them." Tao De said in a cold tone, "By the way, tell Ding Yixiu to execute those who leaked the information today."
"yes!"
The subordinate understood what he meant and immediately made arrangements.
For today's operation, not only Su Xia was not prepared, but the mechanical clan was also not prepared.
Both sides have loopholes, which have led to the current situation.
For the mechanical race, the biggest loophole is that the news of the city being closed at six in the morning was leaked.
Anluo Company does have to seal off the city, but Haima City is a large city with hundreds of thousands of people after all. It is conceivable how difficult it is to seal off the entire city. According to prior predictions, the final stand device test can only be completed around six in the morning today.
But the news was leaked in advance, causing chaos in the whole city in the early hours of the morning.
The earliest source of the news of the city closure was the city defense department of Haima City.
Those people have unreliable mouths.
"Sir, I checked and found that all the people in the city defense department are Ding Yixiu's confidants."
The subordinates discovered that the entire human city defense department was staffed by Ding Yixiu himself, including some of his childhood friends.
This way, he can ensure complete control over the department.
"Well, tell Ding Yixiu to kill all those people, otherwise he and his family will be the ones to die."
