Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 784

escape.

You must escape from here and get the blueprint.
At this moment, this was the only thought clamoring wildly in Lina's mind.

She squeezed out her last bit of strength and rushed out of the passage, finally curling up in a dead corner with no surveillance.

Trembling, she pulled out a medical needle from her backpack, treated the wound briefly, and tried her best to recover.

The side effects of "lifting boundaries" have subsided. Although my body feels exhausted, it is still within the tolerable range.

The most difficult thing at the moment is not her physical condition, but her situation of being alone.

Separated from the team and without Joad, she had to make every decision on her own.

Logically speaking, she was just a freshman, isolated and trapped in the enemy camp, and the situation could not be worse.

From this perspective, Joad pinning his hopes on a freshman was almost tantamount to admitting failure, only slightly better than total annihilation.

Lina herself thought so too.

Perhaps from the very beginning, Qiao De did not expect them to complete the task, and only rescued his juniors out of a little dignity as a senior.

To be fair, she hadn't had the chance to tackle a high-difficulty dungeon like the "Battle Block," not to mention that the difficulty of this mission had been raised above the baseline.

If she follows the normal process, the probability of her successfully obtaining the blueprints is probably only in the single digits, or even lower.

The traditional way to pass the level is to collect intelligence, hide the whole process, and look for opportunities... No matter which one, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky for her.

Therefore, the conventional route must be abandoned.

Lina has a clear understanding of her own strength.

If you follow the steps, even if you can eventually achieve your goal, it will definitely take a long time.

She remembered that Ghost had warned them: the assembly line in the classified building was still continuously piecing together bionic combat robots, and their time was limited.

The source of this information is a mystery and the ghost's identity is difficult to determine, but they must prepare for the worst.

In fact, in Lina's heart, she thought that the ghost that first came into contact with them should be real and was indeed their teammate.

So he had no time to bide his time; every second that passed made the situation worse.

Therefore, without much hesitation, Lina chose a path - trusting her intuition.

She knew she had always been lucky. Although danger still lurked everywhere, it was much better than the suffocating, hopeless situation she had faced before.

She trusts her intuition and her luck.

After regaining some strength, Lina carefully moved forward in the direction guided by her intuition.

There was dead silence in the confidential building.

As Lina walked in it, she could only hear the sound of her own footsteps, which she tried hard to suppress.

This excessive silence actually made her feel uneasy - because she was moving up to higher floors.

Perhaps it was really luck that she saw several times when she arrived at an area and could only see the backs of the patrol robot team leaving.

The layout here does not seem to have undergone large-scale modifications, and the installation angles of the monitoring equipment in various places are exactly the same as the information Captain Jode had shared with them before.

Lina guessed that perhaps due to limited funds, the enemy only upgraded key areas and kept most places as they were.

Despite the trepidation along the way, Lina miraculously did not encounter any danger.

She arrived at the sixth floor trembling with fear and treading on thin ice.

As soon as she stepped into the sixth floor, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and she heard faint sounds of fighting. A strange feeling came to her heart - Kara was probably nearby!
She didn't know where this feeling came from, but she understood that once she had such a clear premonition, the result was often very close to the truth.

She approached cautiously, passing the corner of the corridor and noticing that there were no surveillance devices around. The further she walked, the clearer the sounds of fighting became.

She held her breath and crept silently.

Suddenly, she stopped, took a step back hesitantly, and then took another tentative step forward.

She found that just one step away, it was as if she had stepped into another world.

There is definitely something wrong with the layout of this room!

However, although her perception detected the abnormality, it did not bring any warning of danger. Instead, she felt a sense of... joy?

This means that moving forward is the right choice.

After a little hesitation, Lina decided to go deeper.

The door at the end of the corridor was ajar, with light shining through the gap. Accompanied by the sound of fierce fists and kicks, the battle inside was obviously in a white-hot stage.

Lina moved closer noiselessly and peeked inside through the crack in the door.

It's Carla and Cecily!
Captain Joad had introduced these two to her before the mission began.

Lina never expected that after searching for a long time, she would find it without any effort! She had tried every possible means to meet up with them, but fell into a trap. Now, thanks to her luck, she escaped and found them by accident.

At this moment, Kara and Cecily are working together to fight against a bionic robot.

The battle had obviously been going on for quite some time. Both men were breathing heavily, the bionic robot was covered with dents and fist marks, and the ground was a mess, which was enough to show how fierce the battle was.

Lina observed for a moment, trying to discern the bionic robot's fighting style.

Sure enough, it was exactly the same as the ones I had encountered before: good at anticipation and with a variety of styles. This unique robot, after just one encounter, was easily distinguishable from ordinary combat units or AI.

But Lina did not show up rashly.

Because the situation inside is... very good.

The bionic robots had already put them under tremendous pressure when they faced them before. Even when Jod and Avalon teamed up to fight one, they were easily dealt with by the other side.

But at this moment, the situation inside was that Kara and Cecily were chasing and fighting the bionic robot!

The robot is still fast and its predictions are still accurate, but it is difficult to take advantage of it.

Most of Kara's moves were swift and direct, forcing her to confront him head-on; Cecily was steady and cautious, never taking risks. Even if his actions were predicted, he always stayed in a safe position without leaving any flaws.

These two people are truly relying on their numerical advantage to gradually compress the decision-making space of the bionic robot.

Lina's eyes widened. She understood. This was the correct way to play!
For many situations, even if they are known in advance, there are very few available response strategies, and bionic robots can only choose relatively advantageous options from them.

However, this "relative advantage" cannot reverse the overall disadvantage; it will only lead the opponent to an irreversible slide into defeat. This is indeed an effective tactic against bionic robots, but it requires extremely high combat capabilities from the executor, who must possess absolute strength capable of overwhelming the opponent.

From this point of view, it also proves how powerful the combat capability of bionic robots is and how difficult it is to deal with them.

Kara and Cecily are both top-notch in strength, but even with their collaboration, they still haven't been able to defeat a bionic robot of the same level of strength.

Bionic robots "will not make mistakes and will never make wrong decisions", and this alone is enough to give people a headache.

Just as Lina was thinking, the situation on the battle suddenly changed!

Although the bionic robots tried their best to support, the damage accumulated along the way was too severe, and the nanorobots used for repairs had been exhausted.

The more injured they are, the more limited their resistance is; the more limited their resistance is, the more serious the injury is... Under this vicious cycle, the originally stalemate situation completely collapsed like an avalanche.

The bionic robot's arms were instantly shattered and taken apart!
This means it loses its main means of attack.

The moment they judged that the opponent had lost the ability to resist, Kara and Cecily did not hold back at all.

The body of the bionic robot was quickly disassembled and the dual cores inside were completely destroyed.

After confirming that the bionic robot had been dealt with, the two did not let down their guard.

Kara suddenly turned to the door and asked coldly, "Who's outside?"

Lina knew she had been discovered, so she pushed the door open and walked in.

"It's you?" Kara raised her eyebrows. "You're the new student Joad brought." She glanced behind Lina. "Did Joad get into trouble?"

Lina nodded heavily.

Kara and Cecily exchanged a look.

Kara said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Lina did not hide anything and told them everything they had experienced: how they were deceived by the disguised communication personnel and led into a trap, how Joad and Avalon faced the joint attack of two bionic robots, tried their best to delay, and finally found a chance to send her out, and were still buying time for her.

Kara treated her injuries with a medical kit and said, "Well, Cecily told me that the communicator was an AI in disguise."

"They collect a lot of information about us and their disguise is almost impenetrable, making them really hard to identify."

After she finished treating the wound, she looked at Lina and said, "I understand the situation. You can go now."

"Huh?" Lina was slightly taken aback. She hadn't expected the other party to go so far as to destroy the bridge after obtaining the intelligence. "Shouldn't you all be coming back with me now? There are four of us. As long as we take out those two bionic robots, we'll have enough time to get all the blueprints."

Kara glanced at Lina and explained:
"Jode and Avalon are most likely dead. I have reason to suspect that you are the bait they deliberately set up to lure us into their trap."

"Of course, you may not know this yourself, but no matter what, I will definitely not leave with you."

"So the best outcome is that you go your way and I go mine."

"I'm not Joad, and I have no interest in teamwork. Your strength is too weak. Not only can you not help, but you will become a burden and a flaw."

Cecily also added with a smile, but that smile seemed to have a deeper meaning: "Kara's words are a bit blunt, but they are the truth. You are a freshman, and it's great that you have achieved this."

After hearing Cecily's words, Lina felt a strong contradiction for no reason, pulling at herself in her mind.

There was a strong sense of crisis, yet it seemed as if hope depended on Cecily in front of him.

Her intuition was sometimes vague and contradictory.

Lina guessed that perhaps the way to survival did lie with Cecily, but the other party was unwilling to take her with him. If she continued to pester him, she might even be killed by him, so she felt a sense of crisis.

Cecily, dissatisfied with yourself?
Thinking of this, Lina understood that if she wanted to stay, she had to show her value to Kara.

She quickly said, "Senior Kara, keeping me here will help you! My intuition is very sharp."

Kara became interested after hearing this: "Oh? Tell me about it."

Lina explained eagerly, "I was able to escape the trap and find you all thanks to my intuition! The factory production line will be replenished with new bionic robots within an hour and a half, and then we'll be hard-pressed to cope. Time is running out, and when you need to make a judgment in the absence of information, my intuition may be able to help you make a critical decision and save precious time!"

"Interesting." Kara examined Lena in front of her.

The fact that she was able to find the location of the hidden drawings without any information or guidance despite closing her own ports does indeed prove some kind of ability.

Cecily was able to be found thanks to the guidance of the real "Old Black", but Lina was able to be found, probably just luck.

Under the current circumstances, it might not be a bad thing to let her follow.

"Alright, you've convinced me," Kara finally relented. "Then follow along. But let me make it clear in advance, I won't share the blueprints with you. At most, when you collect the blueprints and evacuate, I'll allow you to copy the contents. This will at least increase your mission score."

Lina was overjoyed when she heard this.

She had given up hope of finding the original blueprint, but she hadn't expected to find such a reward! Even if it was a replica, it was still a blueprint!
"Thank you very much!" she thanked him quickly.

Kara waved her hand. "Don't thank me so quickly. Tell me first, how do you think we should go now? What are your 'feelings'?"

Lina scratched her head and looked around.

Only then did she clearly feel that the "source" guiding her was right under her feet!
It feels like being in a dark ocean, with the only island and light being where you are at this moment.

To be more precise, the source of the light was Cecily beside her.

Lina pointed at Cecily, her tone uncertain. "I can sense that my 'luck' depends on him. But... I also sense a strong sense of crisis from him."

"Him?" Carla looked at Cecily suspiciously. Cecily also looked at Carla and shrugged innocently, indicating that he was confused.

"Are you sure?" Kara demanded.

"I'm sure." Lina nodded affirmatively.

Kara pondered, "Maybe it's 'Old Black'? Can Cecily find a way out? But what's the danger? It's impossible that 'Old Black' is also in disguise? Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to find us..." She shook her head, "There are too many possibilities."

at this time--

Lina's pupils suddenly contracted.

Without knowing when, Cecily had quietly moved close to Kara.

"Old Black is definitely not a pretender." Cecily's voice was so soft that it was chilling. "Is there a possibility that I am the pretender?"

Under Lina's horrified gaze, Cecily suddenly took action!
one strike!
Caught off guard, his arm pierced Kara's body like a sharp blade! A terrifying hole blew open in her side, and her heart, lungs... were completely shattered!

Lina's mind went blank and she was completely stunned.

What…what’s going on?!
(End of this chapter)