Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 244 243. The weakness is right here, which means the creator doesn’t care at all (rd update)

The inside of this thing's 'box' is actually quite spacious. At least with a centaur like Sefer at a height of about ten meters, he can still maneuver around inside.

Even while destroying those firing points one after another, he could still observe those supporting structures with extraordinary hardness, but his conclusion was... he couldn't do it, because the weapons in his hands were specially designed for aircraft or transport vehicles.

This structure prevents anything from being damaged by bullets or bombs of insufficient power. After looking at it for a while, Seifer immediately jumped on it, and then jumped and dodged between various support pillars.

The internal defense firepower is sufficient!

The autonomous device didn't say much. It attacked silently, trying to exclude the abnormal intruder. If someone else came, they would probably be confused or even knocked over.

But unfortunately, what came here was a terrifying robot whose body was its own body and could be controlled at will, and even jumping and dodging did not require any extra brainpower!

After destroying the artillery batteries one after another, it took Seifer less than a minute to return to the platform. This time, he simply raised his hand and switched his spear to the "Long Spike" that was previously indestructible and had only been defeated once in the vision.

Charge up, then boom!
The sharp striking pile was pushed out with a bang, and anything that blocked it was immediately invaded and withdrawn until it was completely torn apart.

The autonomous system obviously didn't expect the bluff to fail, and it immediately planned to activate the backup plan. However, as soon as it opened the plan, a new dialog box appeared... or a program reaction appeared.

'Unfortunately, your important documents...'

Before it could greet the entire family of this program, the main energy supply, secondary energy supply, backup energy, and various messy contingency plans were all pierced by the long spikes in an instant, and it was completely out of control.

The moment this thing shut down, the group of people outside who were trying to block the [worm] but didn't dare get too close for fear of being swallowed were the first to notice the abnormality in its behavior.

At first, it was just not tracking so diligently, then it became not swallowing sand and soil so diligently, and then part of the shield machine structure malfunctioned, and even the light and dark speed of the furnace became unstable.

All signs indicate that the 'mercenary' who entered this thing's body must have done something, otherwise it would not have behaved so strangely.

They exchanged information quickly, trying to get in through the damaged fourth quarter when the Worm's advance slowed down and it was no longer rolling as madly as before.

Before that, they had to deal with the drones swarming overhead. After dealing with them, as well as the forty or so segments of the headless, frantically dancing worm-like creatures lying in the desert...

Try to enter.

So they had to act as a foil and eliminate external threats from outside, continuing to attract the hatred of the [Worm] outside, so as to prevent this thing from rushing to the vicinity of the node city and going crazy, and then going in to dig it up as if it were a mine.

When they saw those abandoned boxes, they really didn't want to face this kind of thing a second time - it was too torturous.

And there are several more of these creatures cruising in the desert!

Just thinking about it is enough to make one feel overwhelmed, so now all parties are urgently preparing contingency plans to develop weapons that can penetrate the defenses of this weird thing... Maybe we can find it by taking a look around.

The [worm] continued to advance frantically, and then it suddenly made a sharp sound that didn't sound like friction or collision, but more like something malfunctioning in its body. The entire advancing movement suddenly became slow.

Like braking, with a shrill noise and sliding on the sand, the entire front end pushed out a long, luminous scratch that could accommodate multiple machines, and finally piled up a small mountain of sand at the front before finally stopping. It... stopped?

The mercenaries around them slowly approached, and even the aerial unit overhead that had not yet returned was also evaluating. Just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the command unit in the communication link immediately told them not to get close.

The next second, a pile of molten rock suddenly erupted from the sand that had just piled up like a mountain. They rushed down one after another, like the last hot substance spit out by a dying creature.

Gao Shan observed the group for a moment. "That seems to be... the material in the furnace? Did this thing spew it all out?"

After waiting for a while, Gao Shan suddenly heard a rather noisy voice, vague and a little tired: "These are the mercenaries of the Red Crossbow... You... can come closer..."

Inside the [worm], a long spike shattered the control center and even knocked its brain out. The entire device immediately became uncontrollable and quickly entered a shutdown phase.

The heavy fusion reactor continuously emitted high-pitched or low roars, and the beautiful blue light that had been lingering on the surface and inside flickered unsteadily and finally dissipated quickly.

So the engine stalled first, and then it stalled. Before the stall, the first thing Seifer felt was that the entire framework of the [Worm] seemed to be collapsing.

A lot of metal fragments were scattered and shaking, and the whole thing was shaking and impacting violently, directly acting on the interior of the entire giant structure.

Seifer immediately found a way through the flying debris, then firmly attached himself to the thick wall panel near the third section of the box, watching everything rolling or flying wildly in the collapse.

It was not until the noise had all died down that he had time to look at what he had obtained after busily retrieving the 'long spike'.

Turning on the machine's lighting, in the pitch-black space filled with smoke and dust, Cypher saw a shattered hemispherical device. Only half of the system's main control algorithm chip remained...

It doesn’t matter where the chip went. What matters is that after Seifer threw it away, he saw a tiny bright spot in the pitch-black space.

In order to prevent himself from seeing things wrong, Sefer informed the people outside that they could come closer, as the furnace inside had been extinguished and there was definitely no danger, and then he went over to see what it was.

After seeing its true appearance, the only thought in his mind was 'that was a close call'.

Inside the broken control device, in a box where the pipelines for the main power supply were interwoven, there was an encapsulated high-energy crystal with brilliant light.

This thing is extremely valuable. If it is catalyzed by external forces and explodes, it will form a temporary anomaly... The transformation organization is wealthy and uses it as an independent energy supply device.

It was truly astonishing wisdom, so Sefer accepted it with a smile and stuffed it into the space inside the horse's belly to isolate it from external detection.

He then stood up and looked at the [Worm] that had made everyone anxious and even risking their lives, feeling quite emotional.

The technology of large companies is truly immeasurable. Even this super shield machine can be used as a combat weapon and even force business consortiums to jump up and down.

How great it would be if one day I could own this kind of asset.

(End of this chapter)