Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 372 The Demon's Labor
Just as Tony was stunned by the scene where chaos and order intersected.

The intensity of the fighting on the distant battlefield suddenly increased.

Immediately afterwards, several gaps appeared without warning on Hextech's thick battle line.

Countless hellish demons of various shapes and hideous appearances poured out of the gaps in these lines without any hindrance.

In the blink of an eye, they had already 'broken through' to the rear of the entire Hextech army formation.

Upon witnessing this scene, Tony was immediately shaken to his core.

'This is... a breakthrough?!'

However, just as Tony was filled with fear, Luca's calm, almost unsurprised voice suddenly came from beside him.

"Hey, stop looking around. Let me take you to the operations room to familiarize you with the place."

Hearing Lucan's nonchalant tone, Tony was shocked and confused. He quickly glanced back at him before looking back at the demons who had 'broken through' the lines.

However, after he calmed down and observed carefully, he realized...

These demons that 'broke through' the Hextech front were not only incredibly quiet and neatly arranged, but each demon was also carrying or carrying a large amount of heavy Hextech mech wreckage, or various strange things such as shell casings and corpses.

Watching these demons, who should belong to the chaotic faction, carrying various 'supplies' in an orderly manner like battlefield engineers, was quite a sight.

This scene made Tony feel inexplicably strange and horrified.

It was only at this point that he noticed.

Rather than saying these demons successfully 'broke through' the defensive lines, it would be more accurate to say that the Hextech warriors deliberately cleared several passages for them to pass through.

Not only did the mech units in the center of the battlefield completely ignore them and continue their attacks, but they also continued to advance.

Even those troops who had just emerged from the rear arsenal and were also marching in neat formation toward the battlefield chose to ignore the demons that brushed past them.

"This is."

Before Tony could ask any more questions, he quickly realized...

As these demons carrying various mech wrecks approached the base, they suddenly split into several neat rows and, without even blinking, walked into a massive building filled with countless gears that hummed and turned incessantly.

'Military recycling center!'

In that instant, a thought flashed through Tony's mind, and he immediately recalled the special building described in the information Luca had shown him earlier, which was specifically designed for resource recycling and decomposition.

That's right, just as Tony thought.

In fact, these demons, arranged in neat rows and marching in formation, were all unfortunate souls who had been directly controlled on the battlefield by Hextech's psychic units using their psychic abilities.

In the initial stages of the war, Hextech's use of mind control units such as Yuri clones and mind control vehicles was primarily for direct, large-scale manipulation, instigating internal strife within the enemy ranks.

However, the intensity of the battle gradually escalated.

From the initial intermittent fighting, it has evolved into this endless chaotic conflict.

Hextech's command system realized that it simply wouldn't have time to salvage its own wreckage and demon corpses during lulls in the fighting. To recycle and reuse supplies, it either had to use high-powered, energy-intensive weapons to temporarily clear the area, then quickly retrieve as much as possible.

Alternatively, they would have to commit even more troops and, with extremely low efficiency, forcefully recapture the enemy's forces bit by bit while enduring their attacks.

However, neither of these two methods is obviously cost-effective, which deviates from the original purpose of recycling materials and saving resources.

It wasn't until later that the command center discovered that as long as the demons controlled by mental abilities didn't attack their own people, they generally wouldn't provoke any fierce retaliation.

As long as the enemy's hellish demons do not attack the mind-controlled demons, our own mech forces will not attack these demons either.

These temporary 'neutral units' undoubtedly became the best 'recycling engineers' for Hextech.

Since then, Hextech's psychic units on the battlefield have all begun to select and control demons that are tough, resilient, and capable of withstanding heavy loads.

Among them is the multi-armed serpent demon, which possesses multiple arms and immense strength, capable of simultaneously lifting several large wrecks or other demon corpses.

Dagon, a toad-like demon with a huge mouth and a round belly, has a "built-in pocket" that allows him to swallow large amounts of small items such as scraps and bullet casings.

These two could even be considered 'outstanding employees' that all psychic abilities would pay close attention to.

Once these demons are under control, they won't be used to launch sneak attacks or turn against other demons.

Simply collect trash and corpses on the battlefield, and once you've accumulated a certain amount, take these resources directly to the 'Military Recycling Site'.

Yes, go in.
Since mind control itself doesn't consume much resources for most Hextech psychic units.

Therefore, these controlled 'demon engineers' are essentially disposable for Hextech.

Once they return with the recycled waste, they themselves will go directly into the recycling center and become part of the resources.

After these 'porters' voluntarily sacrifice themselves to complete the decomposition, the psychic will then select and control new demons to continue recycling the waste.

This cycle repeats itself repeatedly, and it has become a common sight on the battlefield today.

Of course, as the attacking side.

Although the main forces in the Hell Dimension are mostly low-level demons with little sense of reason, or even demons with some command ability, their chaotic nature can cause them to lose their ability to think under the influence of the endless killing atmosphere of the dimensional battlefield.

However, among these demons, there will always be lord-level beings with high intelligence who can maintain their rationality at all times.

They might not notice anything amiss after one or two instances of Hextech unilaterally exploiting Hellfire.

But after it happened many times, even if these demon lords couldn't fully understand the logic behind the Hextech Legion's actions, they would still try their best to stop it.

This is why the intensity of the conflict between the two sides suddenly escalates significantly in the period leading up to the start of the recovery operation.

Moreover, it wasn't just the battles at the lower levels that became more brutal.
"Roar----!!"

The deafening roar almost completely suppressed the shouts of battle throughout the entire battlefield.

A hellish dragon, more than ten times larger than those flying dragons, suddenly appeared, flapping its wings and roaring as it soared into the sky.

(End of this chapter)