Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 92 91. Sometimes it is a joy to do something beyond common sense
As if it were a program self-checking, the moment the train stopped, the scanner immediately began to check from bottom to top.

Following behind, the light from Sefer's mobile base just began to rise from the bottom, and then the light immediately dissipated, as if it was judged as a foreign object.

But no enemies appeared, so Seifer calmly told the people in the car not to fire indiscriminately.

Of course, if a robotic arm or something else approaches the car at this time, he will definitely let everyone open fire without hesitation.

The scan of the vehicle ahead was quickly completed, but what followed was not repairs—robotic arms silently extended from under the floorboards everywhere.

They began to dismantle the car body efficiently and quietly, sending the panels to a distant place. Those who were sleeping in the internal structure were exposed to the air, waiting for the next step.

During the disassembly process, another group of robotic arms placed the people into transparent jars that were just the right size for a person and filled with some liquid substance.

——For some reason, the first thing that came to Cypher's mind was 'beehive'.

But unlike a beehive, these robotic arms put anyone they find into a jar, without distinguishing between categories, and just keep sending people to a space under the floor where no one can see them.

"...Leica, did you see that?"

"It's clearer... Red Crossbow, don't be angry. Everything in the vision has nothing to do with us. Only the output of the vision is valuable."

Emphasizing this point, Leica continued, "Compared to some of the more disgusting anomalies, mechanical harvesting is still acceptable... You can consider doing something. The most direct way is to blow up this entire factory."

"The more ambitious your actions, the higher the value of the vision you'll ultimately produce. Go for it... but make sure you stay alive before or after you complete them, otherwise the rewards will be poor."

After all, it's a 'situation that doesn't exist in reality'.

And to be honest, Cypher always felt that this scene didn't look like people were being used as fuel or something else.

If it is used as fuel, it is well protected. But if it is not used as research material, it is unreasonable to go to so much trouble to do so.

The train in front was dismantled to the end, leaving only the chassis on the track. After all the people were taken away, the chassis slowly moved forward.

Cypher's mobile base remained stationary, and finally triggered some action other than automation. Alarms sounded in the entire dome-wrapped world, and some windows and doors opened, allowing many black machines to rush out.

Unlike those guys outside who were rushing and chasing, the mechanical monsters here were more orderly. The moment they rushed over like a tide, Seifer understood.

"Full speed ahead! Run over that train!"

"Oh! Finally!"

Tien became even more excited. The mobile base roared, and the wide tracks moved forward, causing all the mechanical units that rushed over to follow.

The heavy car body rolled over the chassis of the Doomsday Train, with devastating results. The entire chassis could not bear the weight, and the road wheels continued to break and collapse...but the car body continued to move forward steadily.

The main gun followed his guidance and fired at the appropriate angle.

The moment a roar that could turn the entire field of vision into a fiery red sounded, the portals, windows, and even the black mechanical monsters that emerged from the attacked area were instantly reduced to slag.

This also caused the surrounding monster waves to continue to grow, and even this piece of machinery seemed to wake up suddenly, and the entire "building" began to move.

The ground beneath his feet began to sink, and in the dark corridor, various fire points began to fire at the vehicle body. Seifer hid behind the steel plate, and the "ding-dong" sound made him want to twitch his eyes.

The leather is scratched!

As the support points sink, more architectural details are exposed.

The building structure is neat, and there are various passages and robotic arm slides in places where there are no firing points. They retract the cans that were previously collected and filled with people into the walls and transport them to distant places. No one knows why.

This has little to do with Cipher and the car body. He now has to dodge various firepower and fight back against various enemies falling from the sky to prevent them from falling on the car body and causing damage.

All around my ears were the whistling of bullets, and even the sound of some light beams that could barely burn holes in the armor. The symphony of automatic firepower made this underground space extremely lively.

In the car, Lin Shenxue asked for a rest as she really couldn't move the shells anymore.

While the physically exhausted needed to rest, Tien, the pilot, appeared energetic, even finding time to manually operate the machine gun to increase the firepower. As for Cypher, he could always accurately destroy several, even dozens, of monsters that fell from the sky, and even destroy the troop base with a single blast of the main gun.

But this sinking road was bottomless, and even Sefer vaguely felt that if he really followed it down, who knows what unfortunate thing would be waiting for him at the bottom.

"Tien, get the car moving. Once we find any passage that allows us to enter, we'll just go in."

"Oh? Did you sense something was down there?"

Seifer quickly jumped into the lower level of the turret from the temporary passage of the main gun mount, and saw Lin Shenxue lying in the corner of the loading room, exhausted like a dead dog.

Beside her, Shengnai was squatting there for some reason, bringing her two bottles of drinks that probably didn't taste very good but could replenish her energy.

Seeing Sefer coming over, she smiled lightly and was about to say hello, but when she realized the current situation, she nodded slightly and continued to take care of Lin Shenxue.

Quickly passing through various cabins and corridors, Seifer ran to the hangar without stopping. After taking a look at the machine that was not yet usable, he grabbed the weapons sent by the I/O Group in the maintenance room and put them behind his waist.

Then take off the protective clothing.

Anyone in the current vehicle knows what they look like, and Laika's side seems to have limited first-person access... and Cypher doesn't intend to hide it.

She just never asked.

After a little preparation, Seifer opened the partition door leading to the outside world, and was greeted by whistling bullets that hit him with clanging sounds.

Slightly avoiding the issue, Sever said, "I'm going to go down first to scout the way for you. Keep in touch."

"Wait, Red Crossbow, how are you going to explore the way?"

"Of course...jump down, what else can I do?"

"The distance below is unknown, the depth is unknown, and whether there are enemies is unknown. At this time, rapid descent is no different from giving up one's life in vain."

Without hesitation, Seifer said, "It's okay. This is a vision, and I have a lot of life."

With a sudden leap forward, Cypher left the vehicle and, following gravity, 'fell' downwards faster than the vehicle on the platform.

The howling wind and the firepower that could not catch up with him roared around him. In front of Cypher, there was nothing but an endless metal tunnel...

"Drip drip drip drip—"

The piercing lockdown alarm.

Tien's voice was clear: "How dare you do that—but the moment you jumped out of the car, that feeling of being targeted disappeared."

"So, you're the only target in this strange fortress, right?"

Seifer adjusted his posture in mid-air to prevent himself from falling at a constant speed. "Not necessarily. Maybe if I donate, the car body will be next."

"Red Crossbow, stop chatting... I'm detecting energy gathering beneath you."

Otherwise, why would the threat scan alarm sound?

Cypher adjusted his posture, letting his body ride on the air, gliding as if on water, and stretched out his limbs at the moment when the warning reached its peak.

The wind resistance suddenly increased and the descent speed also stopped. At the moment when the body suddenly tilted sideways, a beam of blazing red light penetrated the straight passage from bottom to top.

The lingering heat in the air even distorted the image before my eyes. Was it really crazy to use lasers in the atmosphere?

Obviously, some things don’t think so, and may even be showing off because their energy efficiency is too high!
　Today is the fourth update, continuing 0/20...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)