Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 23 Tragic
"So you spent a day in your master's laboratory?"

Halma restrained his previous recklessness and chose his words carefully, fearing that he might touch Yuanze's sensitive spots.

"Yes."

Halma could hear his regret, and from time to time he could hear him mumbling "It should have been earlier" and "Why didn't you find a master first".

"Let's continue to communicate using my family's special frequency band from now on. I promise that no one will eavesdrop."

Halma comes from a large overseas family and was sent to China to learn the advanced ideas of Yuanwu. Their family has a secret way of communication that can bypass wiretapping, and is one of the few people that Yuanze can contact with without worry.

"I just checked my clan's database. The old man in white robe is the one who proposed and built the Mechanical City. You must have offended someone you shouldn't have offended. But there's nothing you can do about it."

"I'm not in China right now, but I will definitely find a way to deal with He Can's problem."

"You must be careful and stay safe. You must not go out now. Something strange has happened in the S01 mechanical city. You must..."

The communication was suddenly interrupted and a busy tone echoed in the laboratory.

Yuanze fell into endless self-blame and loneliness, as if the whole world had abandoned him.

"Yuan Ze, have you forgotten what you said to your master?" A soft female voice suddenly echoed in the laboratory.

"Who?"

Yuanze turned around suddenly, but couldn't see anyone.

"I'm the AI ​​assistant that Dr. Li Haisheng is researching. I just finished the final debugging a few days ago. You can call me Astra."

"Astra, what are you going to tell me?"

Astra did not reply, but projected these words in front of Yuanze.

"Strategically despise the enemy, tactically take the enemy seriously, and never be without confidence!"

Yuanze remembered that these were the words he said when he was encouraging his master.

"understood."

"Your master is a very powerful Yuanwu warrior, you don't have to worry about him. He told me that your appearance changed him. Now you are everything to him. Your growth is more important than anything else." Astra's gentle voice gradually calmed the depressed Yuanze.

Yuanze nodded and seemed to calm down a little.

"Astra, what's the situation outside now?"

Astra projected the image, and Yuanze looked at the image on the projection with a look of astonishment.

At this moment, the heavy rain outside is evolving into a flood like the end of the world. This kind of epic disaster is not uncommon after the "catastrophe".

But what is terrifying is the unprecedented scale of this time, which has far exceeded what he remembered ten years ago.

What's even more terrifying is that the Source Beast Army will often not give up such an excellent opportunity to attack, especially during a flood, when many aquatic Source Beasts will serve as vanguards and infiltrate the Mechanical City, wreaking havoc and slaughtering people.

"The situation outside is very chaotic. An apprentice Yuanwu warrior like you is not even cannon fodder, so Master asked you not to go out." Astra counseled Yuanze.

Yuanze stood there in a daze, his eyes fixed on the image on the projection.

The battle was like a tragic picture, slowly unfolding before Yuanze's eyes.

In the projection, floods were raging and huge waves were surging.

The streets and buildings of the Mechanical City were washed away by the raging flood and were on the verge of collapse. The Source Beast Corps, under the cover of the flood, shuttled through the city like ghosts, roaring and attacking humans with their fangs and claws.

The ordinary people who gathered together to escape were unable to protect themselves. The low-level fish-shaped source beasts were like tigers and wolves among the crowd, taking whatever they wanted.

The messy limbs flying around stimulated Yuanze's eyes.

After the tragic wailing, only a blank space washed by the flood remained.

Also, Yuanze's blank brain...

Yuan Ze turned stiffly to another screen. In this screen, most people had never experienced such a large-scale attack by source beasts. Facing the dual threats of floods and monsters, fear spread rapidly among the crowd like a spreading plague.

On the streets and in the buildings, people were running in panic, trying to escape this inferno.

However, the flood destroyed the road and the source beast blocked the way again.

Only despair and struggle remain...

A new screen appeared next to it.

There were some source warriors in the crowd, and they were still resisting. They were either waving their weapons or firing in other directions with hot weapons, forcing the source beasts to retreat step by step.

Just when Yuanze thought he could finally take a breath.

An extremely huge eagle fell from the sky, and within a moment of encounter, almost all of these Source Warriors fell to the ground, losing their lives.

There was only one Source Warrior who was slightly stronger, still holding on. His clothes were stained with blood, but he did not retreat. He still roared and fired forward, defending the peace of the city with his life.

But it was no use. As he fell, the giant eagle began to peck at the ground...

The main force of this attack is the source beasts from the sky, most of which are integration-level and peak-level source beasts.

The heavy rain is still falling without stopping.

Fortunately, more and more extraordinary and peak-level source warriors joined the battlefield, and these high-level source warriors gradually reversed the one-sided situation.

They are powerful and can fight against multiple source beasts alone.

On the battlefield, these high-level source warriors all possess dazzling high-tech weapons, such as lightsabers, phase guns, force field shields...

Every attack can severely damage the source beast.

However, there were also powerful beings among the source beasts, and they started a fierce contest with these high-level source warriors. The two sides fought back and forth, and the fight was difficult to resolve. Every confrontation was accompanied by roars and sparks.

At the forefront of the battle, Li Haisheng and several other Source Warriors were suspended in the air with the help of anti-gravity devices, standing in front of the Source Beast Army like insurmountable mountains.

Their eyes were firm and cold, as if they could penetrate all obstacles.

Li Haisheng's body kept changing into various forms, and his scythe-like blow from the god of death harvested countless source beasts.

Some people waved their swords, which turned into physical sword energy and cut countless source beasts into pieces; some people pulled the triggers of their double guns, and every bullet shot out could penetrate a row of source beasts; some people used strange weapons to punch in the air, and a group of source beasts were shattered into pieces; some people turned into humanoid fighter planes, and with a roar, the entire group of source beasts was completely destroyed...

The intimidating aura emanating from these powerful human warriors, coupled with their powerful fighting abilities, made the surrounding source beasts dare not approach easily.

At this time, Nirvana-level or even stronger source beasts appeared, and the other minions also retreated.

They also exuded a powerful aura of oppression, a feeling that could penetrate the screen and make Yuanze feel his own weakness.

"Lord S01, how are you?" The red-eyed giant eagle in the lead actually spoke.

"You too." The man standing in the C position said coldly.

"I still remember the taste of your parents. Nirvana-level source warriors are so sweet. I'm sure you will be even more delicious, hehe." The red-eyed giant eagle made a disgusting sound.

But the city lord was not angered: "Sooner or later, I will make you pay for your blood debt with blood."

The giant eagle looked curiously at the gradually clearing sky, thinking: "Your human technology is really amazing. You can even change the weather. This will end much earlier than we perceive."

"Stop talking nonsense. Do you want to fight or not?" A sturdy man who was estimated to be two meters tall pointed the terrifying weapon that could turn groups of source beasts into powder at the giant eagle, looking extremely angry.

"Don't be like this. A hasty pursuit will not be good for us. We need to think long-term." The city lord glanced at the burly man and blocked his action with his hand.

"That sounds nice, but it's because the sky is our home ground and no one here can catch up with us." The giant eagle spread its wings, and its body became a perfect fluid shape, breaking through the air and escaping. The other source beasts also left one after another.

After the sonic boom, the giant eagle's words echoed in my ears:

“Know thy enemy and know thyself, and a hundred battles will be won without danger.”

If we have no power, who can we protect?
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(End of this chapter)