Chapter 368 At All Costs
"Could it be true, as the rumors say, that the masked man is actually a level 5 creature?"
If not, it would be impossible to explain his incredible upgrade speed.
Ever since psychics appeared in this world, all kinds of geniuses have emerged one after another, but there has never been someone as perverted as the Masked Stranger.
Even the former ruler of the mechanical race seemed to be unable to upgrade faster than the masked man.
"Could it really be the boss of 'Iron Fist Golden Wolf'?" someone said subconsciously.
"But if it was him, where had he been all these years? Was he really captured by the Mechanical Tribe and drained of his spiritual energy?"
“…”
Everyone talked and communicated with each other, trying to distract themselves from the pain in this way.
After all, time always flies by when you're chatting.
Some people took out their mobile phones, and with trembling hands, they reluctantly opened a 5v5 multiplayer team battle game to distract themselves.
As we all know, time flies by quickly when we play games.
Only time in class and at work goes slowly.
In order not to drag down their teammates, the members in the tavern formed their own teams and entered the game in teams of five. Each of them was trembling and twitching, like a group of Parkinson's patients, leaning against the wall and playing the game with difficulty.
"Go to the warehouse. There are still a lot of tranquilizers and painkillers. Give them to those who can't bear it first." As the local store manager, Liu Yinjia is very clear about the situation of warehouse supplies.
He took a deep breath, endured the discomfort, and led a group of ordinary members to the warehouse to move supplies.
On weekdays, these ordinary members without psychic powers are mostly at the bottom of the tavern.
But now, they have become an important backbone force.
Without them, the psychic creatures who were in so much pain that they trembled when they walked would have been unable to move the things in the warehouse.
"Now, it depends on when the mechanical clan can kill the masked monster." Hu Hanhai sighed and looked at the watch on his wrist.
Once the stance device is activated, even the masked monster won't have much power to resist, right?
If there is another bombing, can he still survive?
In Kaiba City, many people are waiting for Su Xia's death.
Even level five creatures like Hu Hanhai and Liu Jinjia believed that Su Xia had no chance and being shot dead was only a matter of time.
However, it is too early to draw any conclusions...
…
At this moment, Su Xia was in an area close to the city border.
"call……"
He was breathing rapidly and running wildly on the muddy ground.
The night wind was howling, cold, like a knife cutting my body. The night was still cold, but the rain was a little lighter.
Su Xia felt something was wrong as early as when the blue light that penetrated the sky and the earth appeared in the city center.
The appearance of the stand device this time not only surprised those people, but also surprised him.
"No wonder the mission reminds you to pay attention to the position device."
Like many people, Su Xia felt that without the small metal sticks on the roof, the possibility of a stand being formed was unlikely.
But the reality is before us and we have to face it.
Fortunately, due to the long distance, the stand device in the city center did not have much impact on Su Xia.
He took advantage of the gap when the other position devices were opened and ran forward a long distance.
[Calculating based on current speed...]
[Calculation completed, only two minutes left to the city boundary]
[Please speed up...]
The small nanorobot took on all the calculation and reconnaissance work, and reported various data to Su Xia every meal.
Yes, there are only two minutes left.
But these two minutes were so long that it was unimaginable.
Nine beams of light shot straight into the sky, blocking the entire city.
No matter where you are in the city, you will be severely affected. Even if you escape from the city, you will be affected unless you escape far enough.
“Hoo…Hoo…”
Su Xia was breathing heavily, and he was also in great pain.
He had experienced this feeling once before.
Experiencing it again this time, those bad memories kept coming back to me.
Last time in Fish Scale City, if a large number of level 4 nanorobots had not been sacrificed, Su Xia might have really been killed.
This time, he couldn't use nanorobots to cause destruction.
"The distance is too far, and the nine devices are scattered throughout the city. It's too late. We have to find another way."
Su Xia frowned, the spiritual energy in his body seemed to be boiling, completely out of control and extremely chaotic.
Under the influence of the stance device, he no longer had enough energy to supply the Boots of Speed, and his speed slowed down.
And this slowness is fatal.
The mechanical clan's ground forces were right behind him and could arrive at any time.
The sky troops followed him closely, circling above his head like vultures waiting for their prey to die, and kept pestering him.
The only thing that made him feel at ease was that perhaps his strength was stronger than last time. After the upgrade, he was in a better situation than last time.
Su Xia thought about it and stopped supplying energy to the Boots of Speed.
"I can only try to escape the old way!"
These boots were a bottomless pit. In his normal state, he could barely satisfy them, but now they had become a burden.
Su Xia gathered his last bit of strength, forcibly suppressed the discomfort in his body, used his ability to control metal, allowed himself to float in the air, and began to fly close to the ground.
"brush--"
His body was like a faint light, moving quite fast in the dark night, sticking to the ground, and continuing to flee out of the city.
As long as we can escape and stay away from the nine devices!
However, the mechanical race did not seem to intend to give him this opportunity.
"Masked Stranger! Stop running away immediately!"
Thunder roared in the sky, and the sounds of the flying robots were mixed in, sounding emotionless.
The next moment, more than a dozen missiles whizzed in.
Su Xia became alert and threw a bunch of iron pieces at the missiles. He no longer had the strength to control them precisely.
“Boom…”
An explosion sounded behind him, debris flew, and a hot shock wave followed.
Su Xia was tense all over, and without looking back, he seized the opportunity to continue running away.
This is his last chance.
Those combat robots in the sky were clearly equipped with anti-position devices and were not affected at all at this time.
Their combat effectiveness is intact, and the threat to Su Xia is greatly enhanced.
"Masked Stranger, last warning!"
"Stop running away and surrender immediately, otherwise you will face the judgment of death!"
Under the cover of night, air superiority combat robots flew at high speeds, their voices mechanical and cold, like the god of death urging people to take their lives.
Suddenly, more than a dozen air superiority robots swooped down, turned on the afterburners, and their tail flames were brilliant, like hunting ospreys, their wings cutting through the endless darkness and roaring towards them.
They were extremely cold-blooded and powerful, and they launched a dive bombing on Su Xia!
Boom! Boom!
The sound of explosions was endless, and the ground was filled with the flames of artillery shells, like fleeting flowers.
The smoke of gunpowder was billowing, the smell was pungent, and the gray-white smoke once again covered the earth.
Immediately afterwards, these dozen or so combat robots returned to the sky, and another dozen or so combat robots swooped down, breaking through the darkness and heading straight from the sky to the earth!
In this world of precision-guided bombs, dive bombing has not been seen for a long time.
Apparently, these combat robots had used up their guided bombs in the previous bombing of Suxia, and now only had ordinary bombs left.
This shows that there is a problem with their structural design.
Such an excellent combat body is actually used to throw ordinary iron bombs.
Of course, the designers probably took into account that they have absolute air superiority over the Terrans on most battlefields, so they left space for ordinary bombs.
"call--"
In the sky, hundreds and thousands of ordinary bombs whizzed down, one after another. It seemed as if bombs were raining from the sky. It was quite spectacular!
They dived alternately, controlling the rhythm, swooping down in rounds, like pure machines without individual consciousness, trying to keep Su Xia within the range of the psychic device!
In the previous battlefields between the two races, they used this method time and time again to slaughter the human race's manpower and force it to collapse.
"You still dare to come?"
Su Xia's eyes turned cold. He was not someone who would just passively take a beating.
These arrogant robots regarded him as pure prey, believing that Su Xia had very little power left in his psychic field, and they dared to swoop down on him from the sky, actively closing the distance between the two sides.
This is courting death!
"call--"
Another team of combat robots swooped down, the roar of their engines shaking the earth.
They are powerful and ruthless, with great momentum, and are like invincible gods of war on the battlefield.
Even in the mechanical army, the Aerospace Force is an absolute high-level fighter, enjoying absolute preferential treatment. They are naturally excellent and arrogant!
"court death!"
Su Xia shouted coldly and jumped up, like a stream of light, striking the sky from the earth!
The distance between the two sides suddenly narrowed rapidly, as if they were running in two directions.
Those combat robots suddenly realized that something was wrong - Su Xia, who was blocked by the psychic field, could suddenly rise to hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, as if he was not affected at all!
Buzz!
Their fuselages shook and they immediately activated reverse afterburners!
We must create distance as soon as possible!
But Su Xia will not give them this opportunity.
He just waved his hand with a cold expression, and tore the enemy on high ground into pieces.
“Crack—”
The dozen or so combat robots twisted and deformed, their shells cracked, and their psychic fuel spilled. Their elegant streamlined metal bodies instantly turned into a pile of scrap metal!
In the blink of an eye, these dozen or so mechanical units were completely destroyed!
This was not the end. Su Xia spread out his five fingers and threw them towards the distant sky. More than a dozen pieces of scrap copper and iron rushed against the sky like cannonballs, whizzing towards the other combat robots in the sky.
"boom--!"
They exploded and split in mid-air, turning into balls of fire, like disintegrating meteors.
The combat robots in the sky were extremely fast and dodged immediately, so they were not greatly affected.
However, Su Xia's move was like a cold slap in the face, hitting them directly in the face with a crisp sound, telling them that even in their position, Su Xia was not someone they could afford to offend!
"Masked man, your actions are accelerating your death!"
"Give up your fearless resistance and struggle and surrender immediately!"
"This is the Third Aerial Brigade of the Mechanical Tribe Seahorse City. All your actions are under my surveillance. All your resistance is in vain..."
“…”
They started shouting again.
However, this time, they all moved higher and were quite far away from Su Xia.
Su Xia smiled calmly. This was the effect he wanted.
In fact, the outburst just now had used up most of the spiritual energy that was still available in his body, making his already tight situation even worse.
"We have to save some money."
It would be a lie to say that it wasn't uncomfortable being in this position.
Every time he used his spiritual energy, he would feel a painful convulsion, as if his spinal cord and bones were being forcibly pulled out of his body.
His current strength is less than one-fifth of what it was before.
Moreover, as time passed, the blue light shining from the nine energy beams became increasingly intense, enveloping the entire Seahorse City.
From a distance, the whole city seemed to have turned into an oval blue giant egg, with the light flickering.
[The influence of the stand device on you is gradually increasing, please leave quickly]
While moving, Su Xia received a prompt from the small nanorobot.
This fading feeling is pretty awful.
Fortunately, the border is just ahead.
The four outermost energy beams are just outside the border of Seahorse City, about one kilometer away from the border.
As long as you cross the border, cross this kilometer and continue running outward, the impact will gradually weaken until it disappears completely.
However, at this moment, the combat robots in the sky suddenly received Todd's message: "What's wrong with you? Why did you stop attacking?"
A combat robot explained: "Sir, we have run out of guided bombs, the supply troops have not returned yet, and the several battalions that went to replenish ammunition and energy have not returned yet."
"What do you mean? Without missiles, you can't fight?" Todd asked coldly.
"Sir, according to our design concept..."
"Shut up!"
Todd scolded, not allowing any doubt: "Where is your will to fight? Have you had such a good life these years that it's all gone? Or are you so used to looking down on ordinary creatures like humans that you don't dare to fight when you meet a high-level creature like the Masked Stranger?"
"Sir, that's not the case." The leader of this team of combat robots hurriedly explained.
"Really?" Todd demanded.
"Sir, please trust us!"
"How ridiculous! If all the mechanical warriors were like you, they would have surrendered to the human race earlier and given up the existing controlled areas!"
"My lord, please don't be angry."
“Go fight!”
Todd shouted coldly: "Use all your ammunition! When the missiles are used up, drop ordinary bombs. When the ordinary bombs are used up, use your body as the last bomb! If you can't do it, let me take over your control system!"
"yes!"
These air superiority robots did not dare to refute, they could feel Todd's anger.
Such anger is enough to burn them to ashes!
All the mechanical warriors in this battle have data backup. They can die gloriously in battle and then be resurrected with honor.
They didn't want to be regarded as cowardly deserters by Todd, as that would be more painful than dying directly.
In the mechanical race, a race that worships technological power and powerful strength , cowardly individuals will be laughed at by other creatures, excluded by their companions, and may even lose everything they have now - such as this combat body!
When the higher-ups think they are unworthy of this body, they will forcibly peel them off from it and throw them into the most useless bodies, making them do the lowest and most miserable jobs of the entire mechanical race.
By that time, they will have no chance of recovery.
The thought of such a dark and gloomy life is chilling.
“Keep fighting!”
They roared, the fuselage shook violently, and they no longer dared to hesitate.
This battle determines their honor, and they must not show any cowardice!
"Keep the masked man at all costs!"
