Chapter 185: Breaking Through Defenses, Upgrading

Chapter 185: Breaking Through Defenses, Upgrading

The alarm from Delims Base 3 couldn't be sent out, so after adjustments, they used an alternative channel to transmit the emergency message.

Upon receiving the alert, the upper echelons of the Descension Faction were furious and immediately dispatched armed forces to support Delims Base 3.

Meanwhile, Lu Heng arrived at the entrance to the first laboratory on the third underground level of Delims Base 3.

As this was the site of the Robodemon experiments, the partition system was extremely robust, and the only way in was through this main entrance.

Just as Lu Heng was about to take action, Xavier Matrix's voice came through the communicator.

"The Descension Faction has received the alert through the backup communication line. The first wave of reinforcements, mainly consisting of drones and mechanical guards, is expected to arrive within 10 minutes. The second wave, primarily consisting of mechanical warriors and psychics, will arrive in 30 minutes."

Lu Heng considered this and asked, "If I block the entrance now, will there be a way for everyone to evacuate later?"

"If you enter the sixth underground level, there's basically no stable evacuation method. It's up to you to decide," replied Xavier Matrix.

"Understood," Lu Heng said after thinking it over. "Help me intercept the reinforcements and try to stall until midnight."

"I'll do my best to intercept the reinforcements, but I can't guarantee stopping them all. If you can't evacuate, the mechanical units can be selectively abandoned," Xavier Matrix promised.

He already guessed what Lu Heng was thinking, so he proactively suggested abandoning the mechanical units.

The mechanical units participating in this operation were his pride and joy, but if they had to be abandoned, he could only choose to let go of the mechanical units.

...

After ending the call, Lu Heng gave the tactical order for the third level: "I'll slash open this door with my sword, and the Energy Shock Bomb will clear the way. Then, the mechanical units will suppress the enemy fire and advance forward. Once inside, eliminate all demons and machines within sight, leaving none alive."

Everyone gave him a thumbs-up to indicate they received the order.

Lu Heng then activated his Source Essence energy and unleashed a Rending Slash with his sword.

The blade of the rift slashed diagonally into the alloy gate, creating a loud 'bang' as it split open.

The moment the alloy gate collapsed, the mechanical guards inside immediately opened fire, unleashing a barrage of kinetic and energy weapons.

The bullets formed an iron curtain, pouring down like raindrops, but as they reached the gate, they were shredded into fragments by an invisible rift barrier.

This rift barrier was the mark of the rift left behind by the Rending Slash.

After obtaining the complete Archangel Lord job class, the Rending Slash gained the effect of leaving a rift mark where the blade passed, blocking and shredding any incoming projectiles.

Lin Zeyu immediately compressed Source Energy in his palm, creating an Energy Shock Bomb, and threw it into the laboratory.

Boom! A violent shockwave exploded inside.

The bullets and lasers fired from within momentarily stalled.

After the rift mark blocked the first wave of attacks, it slowly disappeared, and Su Muyu quickly activated the Prismatic Force Field to withstand the subsequent barrage and began suppressing the enemy fire.

The mechanical units in the team opened fire with a cacophony of gunfire and laser blasts, instantly destroying the first dozen mechanical guards.

Mechanical Tiger Anka led the charge, activating the Blazing Shield and initiating a City-Breaking Charge. Like a ferocious beast, it surged forward, taking the brunt of the barrage and ramming into any mechanical units and Robodemons in its path.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

One by one, the mechanical guards were knocked aside by the City-Breaking Charge, crashing into the walls and shattering into pieces.

The remaining mechanical units immediately followed, continuing to fire under the cover of Su Muyu's Prismatic Force Field to suppress the enemy's fire.

After the initial onslaught, Lu Heng's side gained the upper hand.

Three Archdemons from the laboratory then charged forward, leading a group of over a dozen demon subordinates.

Among them was a Demon Overlord with wings, clad in mechanical armor and wielding a mechanical spear. It flew towards Su Muyu, throwing a Lightning Spear.

At this moment, the duration of Su Muyu's Prismatic Force Field had ended.

She quickly unfolded her Sky Overlord Wings, forming a protective barrier in front of her.

Boom!

The Lightning Spear collided with the Sky Overlord Wings, creating a circle of raging lightning.

Su Muyu's wings shielded the mechanical units behind her from the Lightning Spear, and she flapped her energy wings to fly upwards while sending the Divine Feathered Eagle to stop the Demon Overlord from attacking again.

She raised Mia's Crossbow and fired Flame Arrows, attacking the Demon Overlord alongside the Divine Feathered Eagle.

With Lin Zeyu's sniping from the rear, they managed to bring down the Demon Overlord from the sky in less than three minutes.

On the other side, Lu Heng sprinted on the ground, drawing the Aurora Blade and unleashing his maximum speed. He soared through the demon horde, and wherever his blade passed, demons were sliced in two.

Among them was a giant worm overlord that had been modified with a tank-like armored vehicle, its body covered in thick armor, resembling a mountain of flesh.

Lu Heng swung his blade twice, carving two large gashes in the armor, but it was so thick that he failed to injure the worm overlord's flesh.

The giant worm overlord let out an angry screech, spewing out a large amount of highly toxic mucus that rained down like a shower.

Lu Heng's eyes narrowed, and he quickly shouted, "Find cover!"

"I'll handle it!" Yuan Yaoyao, in her Black Feather Spirit form, studied the electronic screen, and the lightbrain system calculated the optimal combat strategy.

As she fought, it was like playing a video game. She controlled the Black Feather Spirit to charge forward, activated the energy shield to block the toxic mucus, and then unleashed two mechanical lightsabers, emitting two ion sword beams.

The sword beams sliced through the outer armor of the giant worm overlord, carving two deep gashes into its back.

The ion sword beams scorched the wounds, and a burnt smell filled the air.

Seizing the opportunity, Lu Heng followed behind the Black Feather Spirit, dodging the toxic mucus, then leaped up and performed a hanging dragon slash, slicing the worm overlord's back in half.

At the same time, he took out a nitrogen ion bomb and threw it into the wound on its back.

The nitrogen ion bomb exploded with a 'Boom', shaking the giant worm overlord's body and blasting out all the mucus, flesh, and organs within.

[Gained insight in combat, Sword Skill Proficiency +1]



[Killed the Giant Abyssal Worm Overlord, Absorbed 1000 Demon Energy]



Adding to the dozen or so mechanized demons cleared earlier, the absorbed energy exceeded the level limit.

[Source Energy Level increased to 27, All Attributes +3, Agility Attribute +0.9]



After eliminating the giant worm overlord and the demon overlord, the defense of the three-layered laboratory quickly collapsed.

Under the suppressive fire of the mechanical units, demons were torn to pieces by the barrage, and mechanical guards were riddled with holes, their fragments scattered on the ground.

Within five minutes, the battle neared its end, and all hostile targets were cleared.

"30 seconds to clean up the battlefield," Lu Heng quickly organized the next steps. "Anka, use mini-missiles to collapse all the passages we came through. After 30 seconds, we'll proceed to the 4th layer."

All units sprang into action, starting to clear the battlefield.

Su Muyu controlled the Divine Feathered Eagle to circle the area, collecting all the Source Essence and crystal cores.

Lin Zeyu, on the other hand, searched through the ruins for usable mechanical modules.

However, the suppressive fire during the battle was intense, and most of the mechanical guards were badly damaged, making it difficult to find intact modules.

The passage to the fourth layer had already been sealed.

But this wasn't a problem.

The nanobot explosive drone located the weakest point of the fourth-layer passage and performed a pinpoint explosion.

Boom! A loud blast created a downward hole.

Lu Heng led the team down, reaching the underground passage of the fourth layer. Following the structure he had seen earlier, he broke through the mechanical guards' blockade and rushed to the door of the fourth-layer laboratory.

The fourth layer consisted of laboratories dedicated to mechanical demon research, different from the upper layer, which focused on demon body modifications.

This layer manufactured suitable mechanical modules to equip demons.

Relatively speaking, the fourth layer had more archdemons.

However, with the team's powerful suppressive fire, they quickly broke through and began clearing this layer of demons.

The mechanical units providing suppressive fire and Lin Zeyu were positioned at the rear.

During the suppressive fire, a shadow demon suddenly appeared behind them, extending its claws to stab at Lin Zeyu's back.

Lin Zeyu had placed [Stealth Eyes] along the way to monitor the situation behind him.

The moment the shadow demon appeared, he immediately performed a forward roll, dodging the attack and shouting, "There's an invisible one!"

As the shadow demon attacked, it triggered the [Dark Sorcery Confinement Trap], and over a dozen dark thorns grew from the ground and walls, entangling the shadow demon.

The shadow demon immediately transformed into a shadow and dove into the ground, escaping the trap's bindings and continuing its pursuit.

As it passed by a mechanical unit, it extended its claws from the ground, smashing a self-propelled laser ray vehicle into pieces.

Lin Zeyu turned his gun and fired two shots at the shadow demon, but the bullets hit the ground, creating two craters without causing any damage.

"This thing is like a shadow, impossible to hit!"

"Shadow Demons fear light. Use the Energy Shock Bomb and the Divine Feathered Eagle's skills," Lu Heng instructed from the front line, unable to retreat for the moment.

Lin Zeyu took the hint and shot an energy grappling hook towards the ceiling, lifting himself into the air. He then gathered his source energy and shouted, "Energy Shock Bomb, 3, 2, 1..."

As he counted down, the energy of the Energy Shock Bomb compressed, and he hurled it towards the Shadow Demon.

Boom! The bomb exploded with a deafening blast.

In that instant, Lin Zeyu turned around, closing his eyes and shielding them with the back of his hand.

The other mechanical units also activated their Energy Shock Bomb defense mode, enduring the impact of the Energy Shock Bomb.

The bomb detonated, releasing a powerful beam of light that instantly engulfed the Shadow Demon in a pitiful wail.

However, the Energy Shock Bomb didn't manage to kill the Shadow Demon outright.

The demon's body, now in tatters, slid along the wall, attempting to pursue Lin Zeyu.

Just then, Su Muyu's voice came through the communication channel, "Blazing Ray countdown, 3, 2, 1..."

The Divine Feathered Eagle rushed forward, unleashing all its energy and using its innate skill, Blazing Ray. It emitted a scorching beam of light like the sun, covering a 10-meter radius and causing 1200 degrees of heat damage at its center.

Under the intense heat, the Shadow Demon struggled and wailed, eventually being burned to ashes.

After dealing with the Shadow Demon, Lin Zeyu received a data prompt, absorbing 600 points of demon energy and leveling up to level 26.

Lu Heng, at the forefront, had just slashed down two Archdemons, and now he cleared the remaining low-level demons and mechanical guards with his firepower.

The battle was over in a total of 8 minutes.

"Clean up the battlefield, we're heading to the next level immediately. Anka, destroy the passage they used to enter," Lu Heng commanded, then issued an order for the Nanobomb Robot to search for a downward passage.

With the fourth level cleared, they moved on to the fifth.

During the reconnaissance, Lu Heng hadn't seen the interior of the fifth level because its defense level was too high. Continuous laser matrices covered the area, and anyone daring to approach would be reduced to ashes.

...

After clearing the battlefield and collecting all the source essence and crystal nuclei, the team arrived at the passage leading to the fifth level.

The Nanobomb Robot detonated in a targeted explosion, creating a small opening. However, there weren't enough nanobomb robots, and the walls of the fifth level were thicker than the previous ones, so only a fist-sized hole was blasted open.

Such a small opening was impassable for humans.

Moreover, the passage below was filled with laser matrices.

As soon as anyone peeked in, they would be met with hundreds of laser attacks.

Lu Heng picked up a metal shard and tossed it into the hole.

The metal shard fell into the passage but didn't even reach the ground before it was hit by hundreds of laser beams, melting into iron droplets in the blink of an eye.

Lin Zeyu used his Hidden Eye to glance inside and exclaimed, "That's too intense! It instantly melted into iron water. If it were a person, they'd be cooked in a millisecond!"

Before coming here, Lu Heng had discussed a plan with Xavier Matrix.

However, Xavier Matrix suggested that they needed to see the arrangement of the laser matrices to find a solution.

Lu Heng quickly asked, "Professor Xavier, have you found a breakthrough?"

A holographic display screen popped up above a mechanical unit, answering, "This is indeed the highest-level laser defense matrix of the Siks military. It's challenging to breach from the front.

"The solution I can offer is to cut off the energy supply, deplete the laser matrix's battery energy, and finally destroy the laser matrix.

"However, after cutting off the energy supply lines, the system will activate backup lines, which will take approximately 30 seconds.

"The laser matrix's battery energy can sustain attacks for about 20 seconds.

"In other words, you must deplete the laser matrix's energy within 30 seconds and then use the remaining 10 seconds to destroy it."

After hearing this, Lu Heng realized the difficulty of the task.

However, having come this far, they had no choice but to continue.

Lu Heng then asked about the situation outside.

Xavier Matrix replied, "The first wave of reinforcements arrived ten minutes ago and has been intercepted. Only a small number of drones have entered the base's interior, and they shouldn't pose a threat to you.

"However, my surveillance network has spotted the second wave of reinforcements, which will arrive in fifteen minutes. The team of human psychics will be the first to arrive.

"With the current firepower of the mechanical units, we can't stop this team of psychics."

(End of Chapter)

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