Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 93 92. Anyone would think this is outrageous (th update)
The fall continues.

It lasted for quite a while, and even the communication with the vehicle above began to become intermittent - he was falling too fast and was already out of communication range.

It's so troublesome without a relay station.

But the communication with the outside world remained clear. During the connection, Laika would often lament the overly precise dodge.

Before he even hit the bottom, Seifer twisted his waist sharply and dodged a series of beam shots.

During the threat scan, four or five humanoid highlighted targets emerged from the nearby wall, each armed with extremely dangerous weapons.

Fortunately, the upper body was not stuffed into this place, otherwise Cypher would have to come out of the spare body mount now.

There were continuous laser blasts from below. Cypher stayed close to the wall, using the dangerous and hard edge as a force to dodge, and every shot was successful, even just barely missing.

At the same time, you have to dodge the attacks of various humanoid monsters falling down at the same time - fortunately, they are stupid.

If you sway a little, you'll be smashed to pieces by something on the wall or shot to pieces because you're too close to it.

At the same time, the dark and endless abyss below finally reached its end.

There is also a huge hollow layer below it. The entire underground seems to have been hollowed out by this giant building. Apart from the light used for lighting for some unknown reason, there are only silent machines.

At its very center, there was a creature that looked like a demonic steel flower, its petals opening to allow the cannon barrel at its center to accumulate energy... Yes, this thing was the one that attacked Cypher just now.

In the blink of an eye, Cypher adjusted his posture, with his legs pointing downwards, and aimed at the open space next to the steel flower like a parachuted soldier.

None of the beams fired from overhead hit him.

"Slow down! Red Crossbow, if you land at this speed, you'll be smashed into a pulp!"

"Don't worry... continue to help me guard and alert me if there is a high-energy reaction."

Amidst Leica's cries of disbelief, Cypher landed on his feet.

A loud bang and an impact force that most people could not bear were transmitted from his feet to his head. Seifer only felt that the scene in front of him was in chaos, like TV noise.

Then it quickly became clear, and the threat scan reminded him that there was some damage to the structures of his feet.

Apart from that, there was only a slight impact, and even the humanoid machines that were crashing down around were shattered into pieces, but Cypher was still functioning normally.

There is also an insurmountable gap between machines!
Not giving the thing any chance to fight back, Seifer took two steps at a time and waved his arms while Leica couldn't help but ask him how he could fall from a high altitude without getting hurt.

The sword made of particle beam pierced into the root of the thing fiercely, smashing all the pipes, structures, etc. inside it into pieces!
When the energy inside exploded, Seifer pulled back, but his eyes never left the moving machine.

Its interior continuously emitted the sound of energy gushing out and releasing pressure, and its external armor also became scorching hot, deforming and overflowing with a torrent of energy.

Finally, in the uncontrollable collapse, this flower of steel slowly withered.

All that remained was the red-hot, twisted metal, and the combustible material within it was still spewing heat.

The piercing noise below the base was intensifying, and all kinds of metal fragments and even thick armor plates were constantly falling from overhead... It seemed that he couldn't reach him, and Tien began to bombard the entire passage.

Relying on the fact that he would not die in the vision, he worked hard to die.

The steel flower withered. Cypher stood in front of the wreckage and scanned it for a long time, then turned and walked towards the only, equally absurdly wide passage.

And casually explained: "This is a long-standing technology, Leica."

"When veteran mercenaries are unable to use long-range weapons and are in extremely close quarters, they will resort to all their skills in close combat. During this period, their fighting skills will evolve into various branches."

"Each school has its own ideas on how to respond to enemy attacks. For example, what I'm using now is a technique that can eliminate the force exerted on me, which is referred to as 'force elimination'."

"This requires long-term practice and reflection, and a certain level of understanding is required to learn it."

Leica replied thoughtfully, "To think there were such techniques... Independent mercenaries really do have their own unique characteristics."

Haha, she believed it.

If Cypher hadn't been so smirking right now due to his change of heart, he would have burst out laughing. He felt that aside from his professional knowledge, this liaison officer was actually quite lacking in common sense.

Sprinting across the steel floor at a speed that was about the same as a car's running speed for humans, Cypher tried to contact the car, but could not receive any signal.

I don't want to be disconnected from my car body, but it will take a long time for the upper device to sink to the bottom.

Just ask Leica.

"Should I wait for them to come down together, or... explore on my own first?"

"If it's not too dangerous now, I suggest you wait until we reach the stronghold... With only one person inside the enemy like this, it's too risky."

If it is an organism, it can be tried, because in such a small space, the organism can greatly improve the mobility of independent mercenaries.

Cypher stayed put.

But something didn't want him to stay there - on the flat steel ground just now, the wreckage of the collapsed anti-aircraft gun slowly sank into the ground.

Amid the blast of rapid sirens, boxes of cubic devices rose again in that place, their front covers blown open by explosive bolts.

One after another, mechanical monsters about two meters high and equipped with light firepower slowly walked out, and all their targets were locked on Sefer.

"Red crossbow arrows, multiple targets! I suggest you avoid them temporarily. You can't... defeat them?"

As he spoke, Seifer advanced instead of retreating, firing bursts of shots with one hand using the high-powered mercenary gun he had been holding since waking up.

They sprinted forward, and each shot accurately hit the fast-moving mechanical monsters, making them stagger or even fall to the ground.

Its agile little body could find a narrow gap in the hail of bullets, and it could penetrate into the middle of the enemies the moment the magazine was empty.

The blade on his arm lit up, and then—a big spin!

The unimpeded flushing caused all the machines to stop working immediately, and then broke together. Various metals broke and fell to the ground one after another, making the scene look even more chaotic.

Only then did Cypher continue, "It's a bit exaggerated, but it's not unbeatable... What did you say?"

"...It's okay. Oh, right! Since those things were brought up, it means there are other prepared passages underground."

This maintenance route is more like an 'outside passage' than an open passage that is clearly intended for passing large equipment.

While replacing the magazine, Seifer quickly moved towards the passage where the machines were sent up, and before they were sent down, he jumped into a box.

As it sank, a scan line passed through it, but Cypher's composition was actually pure machinery - and he passed the inspection just like that!
The metal conveyor platform slowly sank, and before it sank into the track sequence, Seifer jumped out and quickly entered a deeper layer.

Then he hung on the ceiling and glanced down, only to find that the scene before him was extremely impactful.

"Laika, have you ever heard of bees?"

"Someone once brought out a similar specimen during a vision. It was a nesting insect."

In front of Seifer's eyes, the entire lower circular space was filled with horizontally arranged "glass capsules" on layers of pillars.

The lower part of these mostly empty capsule hives, filled with human glass capsules, are slowly entering the golden metal cylinders, as if being classified and organized.

The moment he arrived at the area, countless aircraft swarmed in with low roars and terrifying firepower.

"Leica, we're in trouble."

"I see, Red Bolt. Put that 'force-dissipating' trick you showed me earlier to use. How about jumping to the bottom floor?"

She learns pretty quickly.

　The celebratory 5th update is over, and then...

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