Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 230 229. Pull out the flag perfectly and watch the spectacle
The room that was previously solemn and deep, with a sense of technology and neatness, changed in an instant. A huge gap cracked open with a distorted sound, and all the lights became ineffective. Only various built-in lights could maintain the status quo.

In the chaos, Seifer was the first to rush to Feldrich's side. At the moment when she looked at half of the ceiling falling in despair, he picked her up and jumped onto the conference table.

The next second, the ceiling collapsed.

Amid the roaring smoke and dust, Sefer could only be thankful that this girl wasn't wearing that heavy protective suit, otherwise he would have to find a way to peel her out later.

"Don't move! I'll take you out!"

Amidst the chaos and loud noise, everyone in the room, living or dead, collapsed and shook like toys in a toy box. The scattered objects collided with each other, the soft ones were smashed, and the hard ones were bent...

Sefer didn't just want to save this one person. A light flashed in his eyes - the lighting program he had used before swept directly towards the silver bud that was being protected.

Neither of the two commissions can fail, otherwise the money will be gone!
Hanging Feldrich like a rag bag, Sefer took two steps at a time, sprinted and jumped, knocking away various metal debris, and grabbed Silver Bud's arm from the crowd.

"Come with me!"

In the constantly shaking room, Yin Ya did not hesitate and pointed to the door with his eyes closed. The guards there had already rushed in wearing various equipment to rescue people.

Leading the three people, Seifer walked steadily. Even though the things above his head kept collapsing, someone still managed to keep up with him and sprinted out of the room.

Although the outside isn't very good either, it's definitely better than this makeshift room, right?

Everyone thought so, and pretended not to notice that Seifer was able to carry three of them by himself and still walk briskly, and even kicked away the falling metal scraps.

After breaking out of the encirclement, the outside was also in chaos. Explosions could even be heard from many places, and all kinds of shouts and alarms rang in my ears. It was so stimulating that it felt like someone had lit a gas tank at the door just as I sat down.

"Leica, where is a safe place?"

"I'm still looking for... Red Crossbow Arrow. Go to the hall first! The only open area right now is the hall. Then head towards the most secure passageway and run out of the city!"

The situation was urgent, and Laika even forgot that Cypher still had another body in the node city... Of course, there was no point in considering this now, the focus was on the disaster.

Bring three people along?
Seifer's doubts were temporarily put aside when someone around him called on him to retreat along a certain route. He sprinted quickly, and to others he was like an unstoppable chariot. Every step he took could not be said to be running, but rather flying!

At least Feldrich made a very obvious, retching sound.

Leaving the meeting room, Seifer looked up and sprinted to the open area. As soon as he got there, he saw a car driving towards him, but there was no driver inside.

Yin Ya coughed and said, "This is my car. Let's go to a solid place first to prevent the city from collapsing."

He immediately stuffed him into the back seat of the car and picked up Feldrich.

...It went so smoothly just now. She is also a senior executive of the company. She should have her own way out. What should she do with this now that she has been taken advantage of?
Seeing him hesitant, Feldrich spoke first: "W-What are you hesitating about?"

"I'm wondering if rescuing you is the right thing to do..."

Although the surroundings were still in chaos, business still had to be done - if she was crushed to death because of the chaos, would the account be written off?
"Wait, you're not going to take this opportunity to kill me... I, I'm warning you, if this brilliant mind of mine disappears right now, this desert will fall into technological chaos!"

It sounded like something that would be beaten to pieces next. Cypher thought for a moment, "But I saved you." "True, but that's because... that... uh..."

Feldrich, who always has an excessive sense of self-awareness, hesitated for a long time and couldn't find a correct reason.

Why did this mercenary want to save me? Could it be...

Her chaotic thoughts froze in an instant, and she suddenly thought of what Sefer had done to her, and even had a slight feeling of 'showing goodwill' in it.

Could it be that this mercenary likes her?

"Because eighty thousand is a lot, I want both the immediate and long-term benefits." Seifer thought about it and explained, then he saw Feldrich, who had just escaped from danger, drooping the corners of his mouth, and his expression became even uglier than when they first met.

The situation was urgent, and Seifer didn't have time to care about her expression. He pushed her into the car, closed the door, and let Shengnai sit in the passenger seat.

After getting in the car, the engine, which had not been turned off, quickly started up. This car, which could drive to the door without anyone, ran wildly on the top level of the node city where things were constantly twisting and collapsing.

The people in the car had no time to chat, because when they looked out the window, the node city that had been running smoothly just now was now in ruins, and no one even knew what the culprit was!
Shengnai, clutching his seatbelt, warned amidst the occasional collisions and impacts of the car: "Over there, something's coming out from under the floor."

Everyone, including Sefer, looked over immediately.

As mentioned before, the scale of the huge hole dug underground by the transformation agency cannot be described in terms of "so many meters".

Now, the huge top floor and the area with various facilities, a huge metal base plate and keel were completely twisted and turned upside down.

From within, clouds of pitch-black smoke and incompletely burned flames burst forth, and then a... or rather, a long column with a clean, sharp cross-section suddenly emerged!

It has a long body, and its exact size cannot be confirmed from such a distance.

Imagine that there is a skyscraper's telescopic central axis in front of you, and that the axis is rotating at this moment. Look around and it seems like you are observing something - that's the feeling.

After it came out, it toured around for a while. The inside of its mouth was full of broken drill bits spinning at high speed, and you could even see the glowing, hot furnace entrance in the middle.

The moment it appeared, countless firearms and rockets hit it directly, and some fleeting particle weapons could be seen in the meantime.

However, these were useless. All the attacks were useless when they hit the heavy and thick armor. When they hit the "teeth" made of drills, they were completely blocked by a layer of glowing "membrane".

Seifer couldn't help but sigh, "Wow, these days you can even make tunnel boring machines so anthropomorphic?"

Anyone with eyes can tell, with this long thing and its entire front end covered in excavating shovels, it's a tunnel boring machine. Who's actually operating it?
They drilled directly through a node city and even caused extensive damage. What kind of mentality and purpose did these people have?

Sefer really wanted to hear the answer from the two people in the back row, but they were both silent and had no intention of speaking.

So for now... let's drive away from this troubled place and regroup first.

(End of this chapter)