Ling Cage: I come from Hisakawa

Chapter 248 The real goal

Didn't they say that most of the Devouring Beasts were wiped out? Where did all these Devouring Beasts come from?

Mark's expression turned serious as he listened to the sounds coming from the pipes.

He rushed to the nearest pipe, pulled out his gun, and fired without looking down.

Rat-a-tat-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat!
Chu Chu Chu!
The bullet left the barrel, leaving a trail of visible flame.

The pipes were illuminated, and the young beast bared its fangs, climbing upwards to face the bullets.

The bullet passed through the slimy outer shell of the beast and was deflected to other locations.

"Roar!"

Braving a hail of bullets, the little beast stubbornly climbed upwards.

A few seconds later, a bullet pierced its casing at just the right angle, and it fell with a scream, its voice filled with resentment.

Mark got up and rushed towards the other pipes.

Meanwhile, the robots are also blocking other pipes.

However, the number of Devouring Beasts far exceeded expectations, and some of their offspring broke through the blockade, bursting out of the pipes and climbing up the dome.

They are not content with releasing acid at the bottom of the dome.

"Shoot them down!" Mark roared.

He cannot fire the gun.

His marksmanship is far less accurate than the robot's.

Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Blue and white light shimmered in mid-air.

The robots' electromagnetic cannons were as precise as surgical procedures, causing all the Devouring Beasts that tried to climb to the top of the dome to fall downwards.

The sound of the dome being corroded could be heard from all directions.

The altimeter of the gravity body reacts, and the altitude reading decreases at a slow and steady pace.

The lighthouse has begun to fall.

The robots unknowingly dispersed to the edge of the dome, leaving only Mark in the center of the arena.

Mark looked around, feeling a sense of powerlessness.

He was the city lord, yet faced with this situation, he was powerless to do anything.

Suddenly, his body trembled.

"……%￥#@"

A deep murmur reached Mark's ear.

He bent over, clutched his head with both hands, and looked pained.

In an instant, many scenes he had never seen before flashed before his eyes: Bai Yuekui with a ferocious expression, researchers in white coats, and countless children who looked just like him but were stuffed in bags.
The overwhelming amount of information flooded Mark's brain, giving him a splitting headache.

Fuck!
What are these things?
At that moment, a beast burst out of the pipe beneath Mark's feet.

It pounced straight onto Mark's back.

The external shock cleared Mark's mind slightly, and he instinctively reached back to grab the beast behind him.

The cub nimbly dodged and ran to a safe area out of Mark's reach, then tensed all its legs, and the organs that stored acid began to writhe rapidly.
puff!
A mouthful of foul-smelling acid was sprayed onto Dawn.

Wisps of white smoke rose, and a pungent odor filled the air.

Whoosh!
At the critical moment, an electromagnetic cannon shot drifted in from the side.

The beast was knocked away.

The acid traced an arc in the air before landing on the dome, etching a thin line.

The baby beast fell to the ground, belly up, its six limbs curled inwards, motionless and lifeless.

"Lord Mark!" A nearby robot sped over.

They laid Mark flat, then opened Mark's gravity body and pulled him out of it.

Mark's back was corroded by the acid, almost exposing his spine.

Fortunately, his spine wasn't eroded through. The robot took out a nano-spray and pressed it onto Mark's wound.

A silvery-white spray covered Mark's menacing back.

A layer of black ash fell off Mark's back, and then silvery-white nano-metals wriggled and intertwined together, forming a smooth back that fit perfectly with Mark's body.

“Lord Mark, you are also a target of the Devouring Beasts. I must take you away from here,” the robot said in a deep voice.

It picked up Mark, its slender body contrasting sharply with the bulky Dawn.

Mark was somewhat out of his mind.

"Mom, get away from me! Don't touch me! You all don't understand anything!"

He muttered to himself, his eyes vacant.

The robot carried him up and flew into the corridor leading to the outside world. After passing through two airtight doors, they left the dome.

Many iron chains hung down from mid-air.

These chains come from the airships of Hisakawa Defense, with one end connected to the vehicle body and the other end connected to a temporary fixed structure welded onto the dome.

All the chains were taut, vying with the earth for the lighthouse.

More hovercars flew in from afar, joining the tug-of-war against gravity.

Many workers, suspended by safety ropes at the bottom of the dome, quickly repaired the cracks in the dome, using pliers in one hand and a welding machine in the other, without even wearing masks.

Sizzle sizzle—

The sounds of welding were everywhere, interspersed with the creaking of chains straining under their weight.

The robot carried Mark to Bai Yuekui and the others' car.

"Captain Mark, what happened to his back?" Erica was shocked when she saw Mark's terrible condition.

The robot replied, "Unfortunately, Lord Mark was the target of the enemy's attack. The enemy used unknown means to interfere with Lord Mark's mind and attacked him while he was unconscious."

“His back is almost completely damaged, with his spine exposed. I used nano-spray to temporarily stop the injury from worsening. Now we need to get him to the hospital as soon as possible for further treatment.”

Nanobots will replace Mark's original flesh and blood tissue, temporarily serving as Mark's back.

But this is unsustainable.

"I understand." Bai Yuetian nodded. "You should rejoin the team. You must protect the lighthouse. Only one-fifth of the people on the lighthouse have been evacuated."

There are also medics among the robots.

In addition to repairing robots, they are also responsible for treating injured humans.

The robot hospital is located in Dragon Bone Village. Mark can be saved as long as he doesn't die on the spot.

"We will do our best to complete the mission!" the robot solemnly promised, then turned and left.

Erica looked at Mark with concern: "Captain Mark seems to be talking in his sleep."

Mark's lips kept moving, uttering some indistinct syllables.

Bai Yuekui pulled out a miniature monitor, the curves on the screen fluctuating wildly.

She frowned slightly.

But soon, her brows relaxed.

“Don’t worry.” Bai Yuekui paused for a moment. “Mark’s injury looks serious, but it’s not fatal. He knows I didn’t bring anything with me.”

Bai Yuetian was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened: "Could it be that Mark is His real target?"

When Bai Yuekui returned to the village last time, he told Bai Yuetian everything about Mark without hiding anything from her. This allowed Bai Yuetian to fully understand Mark's connection with craniogenes, ecology, and the initial body of Mana.

Bai Yuekui nodded slightly: "He can't wait; this is an invitation to me."

"So He deliberately beat Mark half to death to give you a reason to replace Mark's spine." Bai Yuetian rested his chin on his hand, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Once Mark becomes an ecological chimera"

"The duel has begun," Bai Yuekui added the rest of the sentence.

(End of this chapter)