Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 430 429. How can we let those who want to burn the world succeed? (Part )
In fact, Seifer blamed the companies wrongly. First of all, they had been fooled by a long and extensive scam, and had to mobilize a large number of people to conduct exploration.

How to explain this scam - although the name "entertainment company" really sounds like it specializes in virtual industry and cultural industry, they also have some technologies discovered by themselves, right?
Take Avian for example. The first thing that comes to everyone's mind is that they are developing next-generation weapons, advanced machines or deeply customized mobile bases, but in fact their biotechnology is also very advanced.

Or perhaps the Phantom Mist Group, whose corporate philosophy, like their leader's, is "Small branches bear great fruit." Their weapons emphasize sheer force, but they possess cutting-edge technology in both synthetic and reconstructed food.

…Isn’t it normal for entertainment companies to engage in things other than entertainment?

And it seems like a long time has passed, but in fact it is because the speed in the vision is a little faster than that in the outside world for a period of time.

Starting from midnight, people outside who realized they had been cheated rushed back, but after sunrise they were pinned to the sand and could not go anywhere, and could only wait anxiously.

The other node cities were quite fast, including the entertainment company's branches, affiliated companies, and various experimental institutions...

Only a few small node cities are still under the control of the entertainment company. If nothing unexpected happens, they will soon suffer a devastating blow and either surrender or be directly crushed to death by the company that suddenly cooperates tacitly.

It's still an 'entertainment company' after all. They have technology, but it's not much, and it's definitely not comparable to companies connected to the military-industrial complex—even now, many people have simply resigned and left.

There are only a few people left in the leadership, and even the highest-ranking one is still inciting them to die. He can only leave behind a sentence "He who understands the times is a hero" and run away.

The surrounding chaos has no strong connection with the upcoming event of blowing the entire academy city into the lava lake. Currently, there are only so many resources at hand, so the outrageous thing of relying on a mercenary to guard the academy happened just like that.

Cypher didn't even have time to leave the machine, let alone let Miss Nana out - fortunately, she seemed to be adapting well and didn't protest at all.

I even asked curiously, if the city fell, would everyone die?

"I don't think someone as smart as you would ask such a question. After all, even if I were an exceptional independent mercenary, I'd be afraid of this."

Also at the south gate, Seifer, who was already preparing to break out, joked, "When I slowly enter the lava, I will definitely stretch my arms out, give a thumbs-up, and then slowly sink."

"I know this. It's a classic scene from 'Ex Machina', right?"

Cypher tried to raise an eyebrow, but failed. "What the hell is that?"

"It's a film and TV show my senior starred in. It's about a super robot that comes back from the future and wants to kill the man who will become the savior of the future, and then other robots want to protect him. My senior plays the female lead in the film, and it's very explicit!"

——Where did this company copy so many movies from?

Commanding the main gun behind him to be ready, Seifer's machine made a brief preparation next to the broken gate. The moment he confirmed that something was moving behind it, the main gun of the mobile base opened fire!
There was a loud bang, and Seifer could even see the debris blown away by the blast, which slammed into the passage behind the south gate. In the next moment, endless flames and metal jets of debris gushed out of the passage.

The ground in this area was shaking, and even some damaged buildings collapsed, making the ruins even more desolate.

The dense smoke and dust instantly obscured the visible field of vision. As Miss Nana exclaimed, "Wow, I can't see...", Cypher turned the tracks of the machine.

He rushed directly into the smoke and dust, without any worry about any ambushers hiding inside.

Because of that one shot just now, the enemy's reaction in the entire channel evaporated immediately, and there was even no possibility of an "ambush".

At the end of the blazing tunnel was a series of roads for communication. These roads were now riddled with craters or traces of bombing, looking quite desolate.

A few burning flames provided a little illumination, and Cypher quickly identified the road. He didn't go in the direction filled with gunfire, shouting, and even a large number of mixed broadcasts. He turned another way and contacted Feldrich in the process. He said, "I heard you lost control of the stabilizer?"

"...Stop talking nonsense, mercenary. Some guys have been lurking here for a long time. Even if we prepare external reinforcements, we can only hold out for now."

"You're the only free man now. The other mercenaries... we'll deal with them later. In fifteen minutes, those stubborn holdouts will send whatever they've concocted into the stabilizer."

"In twenty minutes, when they blow that thing up, the whole city will be buried with it—including me."

Feldrich said casually, "So you understand, mercenary. As much as I hate to admit it, you're the only one who can solve this problem quickly and efficiently. Don't let us down."

"how much is it?"

"...You're kidding me, aren't you, mercenary?"

Seifer just smiled and said, "The only burden is too heavy. I don't believe in the so-called only solution. You should have other contingency plans, right?"

Feldrich snorted. "Don't try to sound too clever, mercenary. That's right. If you can't resolve this problem, the propulsion system beneath this academy city will activate, leading directly to the surface through the long-dug underground."

"However, this only increases the evacuation time. It's already midday, approaching afternoon, on the ground. I can't say how long this city's dome can hold out."

So the entire city will still collapse, it's just a matter of time. And considering that after nightfall, each company will immediately start to rely on their own abilities... So Seifer's current efforts are...

"Is that a quarter of a heroic act?" He said as the machine continued to advance, quickly passing some defense lines and rushing into the area where the stabilizer was located.

That thing, deeply nailed into the rock, whose thickness, structural complexity and even strength far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people, was displayed before our eyes.

Feldrich simply replied that after this matter was accomplished, at least many of the "interfering" guys would give up attacking the independent mercenary.

This is probably what it feels like to become famous.

But so far, they are all empty promises.

No matter how good Feldrich's relationship is, the company is essentially a huge operating entity. If you don't help the company solve its problems, all the promises are just promises.

The machine slowly stopped, and a countdown appeared on the full-circle screen.

This multi-layered, gigantic creation made the machine itself seem small, and even made the people fighting below seem even smaller, appeared before his eyes.

It is hard to imagine how these companies excavated underground space and transported and fixed such complex things there.

This is probably what a man-made wonder is like—however, at this moment, someone is trying to destroy the key point of this wonder, causing the entire city to collapse due to a chain reaction and fall into the lava.

Anyone with a shred of conscience would choose to stop it and smash those bastards into hanging paintings.

(End of this chapter)