My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 176 Drone Swarm, Initiated!
Chu Zhu slowly opened his eyes, the blinding sunlight shining into his pupils. He frowned and scanned his surroundings. This was the entrance to the police station.

"Wait, is this the time for the reset? If I remember correctly..." Chu Zhu took out her phone and glanced at it; it was a little after eight o'clock.

His first instinct was to call Mrs. Snow, but he quickly dismissed that idea.

"According to Lu Jin, Madam Xue and Lu Muxue should already be in their sports car by now. They are on their way to the tea house in the third district! And the murderer is already lurking in the trunk of the sports car."

If she calls now and provokes the murderer... Chu Zhu will have no choice but to reset everything again.

"Then what should we do? Call Lu Jin... no, that's no different from calling Madam Xue."

What can Lu Jin do now? Aside from calling Madam Xue, he can probably only summon the police... well, or superhumans, without notifying Madam Xue, and then try his best to rescue the person without being discovered by the suspected superhuman murderer.

But the key question is... whether it's possible to accurately pinpoint a fast-moving sports car in the city within twenty minutes, which is a question worth considering.

Chu Zhu pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked at the patrol officer controlling the drone in the distance, his gaze sharpening. "Wait, if that's the case! It seems..."

With a change in expression, Chu Zhu made a decision and turned back into the police station.

"Nuwa No. 17, I now order you to immediately launch all surveillance drones in Zone 3 and proceed to the vicinity of Nanyang Bridge!"

Chu Zhu organized her thoughts: "Afterwards, have the only attack drone lie in wait in a relatively concealed area, ready to attack enemy targets."

"We have no choice but to try anything!" Chu Zhu sighed softly. "Let's see just how amazing the legacy left by my good brother really is."

As for what to do if you lose the bet and the other person is killed... reset it, what else can you do?
"Oh, by the way, let me ask you something else!" Chu Zhu suddenly remembered something and asked cautiously, "How good are your shooting skills? Can you accurately hit the assailant in a speeding sports car... without harming the ordinary citizen driving the car?"

Nuwa No. 17 began to think, and after three seconds: "With the number of drones controlled not exceeding one hundred, this machine can perform millimeter-level micro-management—within the range, the error in hitting the final target will not exceed 0.1 millimeters!"

"Hiss!" Chu Zhu gasped. Even the best sniper in the real world wouldn't dare say something like that, right? What does "within range" even mean...? Sure enough, when it comes to precision, humans can never compare to artificial intelligence!

"Then do it!"

Immediately, Nuwa No. 17 spoke again: "Permission check passed! Execution of instructions to begin."

this moment.

Inside the warehouse in the backyard of the police superintendent's office.

More than ten drones slowly took off, their robotic arms automatically extending and gently swishing across the warehouse door—

The warehouse door opened automatically, and the drone flew out silently.

At the very end of the line was an extremely large drone.

Its entire body was glowing with a shimmering light, the color even flickering and changing. In the very center of the machine was a gun barrel that could move freely.

"...My God!" Chu Zhu exclaimed in surprise.

At this moment, the silver wall automatically split into more than ten windows. All of these windows displayed scenes captured by drones—the final attack drone naturally appeared in these captured images.

At this moment, Chu Zhu's eyes were filled with shock and admiration for the beauty of machinery.

These drones are particularly special compared to the drones Chu Zhu was familiar with.

When the surveillance drone floats in mid-air, its body color changes automatically, just like a chameleon, blending in with its surroundings. Even if other drones are filming nearby, they can easily be overlooked.

Only attack drones, even with added camouflage, are relatively easy to spot.

"I was fooled by the drones operated by those patrol officers at the gate!" Chu Zhu clicked his tongue in amazement. The drones he saw at the gate looked similar to the popular Jiangnan drones in the real world.

However, these drones at this moment... give people a cold, mechanical sense of killing.

Yes, they are like natural-born killing machines!
"No, these are actually drones that have seen combat!" Chu Zhu finally realized that these were probably not drones withdrawn from the Black Continent battlefield.

No wonder, with a robotic arm and a small gun muzzle... Hmm? A small gun muzzle?!
"Nuwa No. 17," Chu Zhu said with a puzzled look, "I have a question. Besides attack drones, do other reconnaissance drones also have attack capabilities?"

The muzzle of the attack drone is very prominent, and it's huge! The barrel can even move freely for aiming... However, the reconnaissance drone seems to have a small opening in the same spot... What's that for? Surely it's not for charging, is it?!

"Reconnaissance drones don't have significant destructive capabilities... They have a self-destruct function and can fire bullets equivalent to those from a small-caliber pistol. The magazine capacity is only nine rounds! Their lethality is extremely weak! They are unlikely to cause fatal damage to other drones or mechanical dogs," Nuwa No. 17 said calmly.

"..." Okay, okay... So what you're implying is that you didn't actually say it can't cause fatal harm to humans?

Is this how you play it...?

"Let me ask again, can this attack drone really only fire forty-odd bullets?" Chu Zhu asked expressionlessly. He felt that he might have a slight misunderstanding about the war machine developed by Company C.

Given the terrifying size of this attack drone, it probably weighs over a hundred pounds. You're telling me that such a heavy drone can only fire forty-odd bullets? Are you kidding me?
He believed you when you said you could carry a heavy machine gun and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition!
"The C-18 attack drone! Its main role is bombing the battlefield! It can carry up to 300 kilograms of TNT! It also has a certain close-range firing capability. It can carry out self-destruct attacks! Without wireless charging support, it can fly autonomously for 200 kilometers!"

Chu Zhu: "Okay, okay, okay, okay!"

This attack drone, it turns out it's a bomber!
……

on the street.

Mrs. Xue stepped on the accelerator, and the beige convertible tram sped away like a yellow lightning bolt.

"Mom! Drive slower." Lu Muxue's face was pale. She actually disliked riding in Madam Xue's car because she didn't feel safe. Compared to the tram, she preferred the car that had been salvaged from ancient ruins.

Unfortunately, the car seems to require the combustion of a special liquid substance. And this substance... can only be found in ancient ruins!
Compared to electric trams that automatically recharge once parked in the city, the cost of maintaining a car is unimaginably high. Even families like theirs only own three cars in Jinghai City, and they hardly use them at all.

"Don't worry!" Madam Xue said confidently and casually, "I specifically asked the repair master of the Mo Sect. My sports car is a high-end brand sports car! Even after countless years, its brain still retains the wisdom that was preserved when it was forged by the ancient sages."

"If it's really about to hit someone, it will stop automatically! I've encountered this situation before."

Lu Muxue: "?"

Your words have only made her more worried! What do you mean by "having encountered this before"...?

then.

The phone rang suddenly.

Lu Muxue glanced at it curiously, her voice filled with surprise: "It's Chu Zhu! Wait, why is he calling all of a sudden? Has he already arrived?"

Lu Muxue's words were tinged with embarrassment. She had deliberately urged her mother to leave earlier, but they were still late. She immediately whispered, "We should have eaten our morning tea earlier..."

“Child, you’ll never snag a rich husband like this!” Madam Xue glanced at Lu Muxue, sighed, and shook her head. “Love is mutual! First, you need to get the other person to give to you, and then you give back. It’s a back-and-forth… You’re just wasting your time here, preparing a bunch of things to give, but then worrying the other person won’t accept them, so you just keep them to yourself. That’s useless… I remember…”

Madam Xue abruptly stopped speaking, cold sweat beading on her forehead.

A dagger was pressed against her neck at that moment, and a slightly hoarse voice rang out: "You woman over there, throw your phone where I can see it! If you dare answer the phone, I'll slash her face."

Lu Muxue was stunned, her mind went blank, and she didn't even realize what had happened for a moment.

Until she saw the dagger actually rise and slide towards Madam Xue's face... she was so frightened that she let go, and the phone crashed to the ground below.

Madam Xue's face was solemn. Even though she felt a stinging pain on her cheek and a little warm liquid sliding down, realizing that her face must have been cut not too deeply... she still acted as if nothing had happened! Her hands gripping the steering wheel didn't move an inch.

"Madam, drive the car towards the Fourth District! Then, head towards Tianjing. Don't speak! Don't make any other unnecessary movements... I know that your tram can only receive the favor of thunder in the city, but even outside the city, the accumulated power of thunder is enough to travel hundreds of kilometers." The cold voice pressed the dagger against Madam Xue's neck again.

“I understand!” Madam Xue’s voice remained completely calm. “What else do you need? Money? I don’t have any cash on me! Or perhaps some ancient artifacts… On the way to Tianjing, we happen to pass a Xue family warehouse, where there’s a batch of cell phones… I can get you an extra batch…”

"No, no, no, I don't need those!"

"..." Madam Xue's eyebrows twitched. To be honest, if the other party had been brazenly and demanded an exorbitant amount, she would have felt more at ease and asked for nothing... What did they want?
Is the group targeting her, or even her husband?
Realizing this, Madam Xue's mind raced.

She drove calmly, but the more she thought about it, the more tense and agitated she became. The wind whipped against her cheeks as she watched the bridge gradually approach in the distance, and an idea slowly formed in her mind…

"bump!"

A bullet grazed Madam Snow's cheek, and a few drops of foul-smelling blood splattered onto her white cloak.

Madam Xue: "???"

What happened?

(End of this chapter)