Life Dungeon Game

In the dark and cramped alley, He Ao opened his eyes, and a sharp pain immediately shot through his chest. He looked down and saw his clothes stained bright red with blood, and a huge wound that stretched from his chest to his abdomen.

thump -- thump -- thump --

Dull footsteps came from not far behind.

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Chapter 62 Old man, prepare to die! (Happy New Year/Request)

"Old man, stop hiding, I've found you."

The mechanical humanoid in the darkness twitched its nose; its olfactory sensors told it that there was the smell of blood.

Unfortunately, his auxiliary computing chip was not advanced enough to deduce the old man's movement trajectory based on the existing traces.

However, he can make up for this deficiency by relying on his rich experience and keen sense of smell.

He followed the trail of blood step by step toward the alley around the corner.

thump -- thump -- thump --

The mechanical legs made a dull thud as they stepped on the ground.

Finally, he reached the corner, but he didn't rush out directly.

He slowly raised his right hand, where a huge chainsaw was installed where his hand should have been, and connected to the chainsaw was a mechanized arm.

woo-

That's the piercing scream of a chainsaw spinning.

"I found you!"

He suddenly rushed out, and the wildly spinning chainsaw slashed down vertically, striking the blood-stained concrete ground.

Broken cement chunks flew out in all directions, hitting the wall with loud bangs.

He stood frozen in place, staring blankly at the blood-covered ground before him. The old man he had imagined, severely injured, was not there.

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He Ao squatted on the billboard on the second floor, looking down at the cyborgs who were constantly searching.

This was the first time He Ao had ever seen such a 'non-human' person. His legs were made entirely of metal, with a thin steel plate covering the outermost layer. Some of the steel plates were broken, revealing the dense circuitry and alloy skeleton inside that sparkled with electricity.

Like his legs, his body and arms were also made entirely of metal. His right arm was fitted with a long chainsaw, and his left arm had been completely severed at the shoulder, exposing a dense network of sparking wires.

Even his head was made entirely of a solid silver alloy, shaped like a human skull, but without any skin or hair. Two huge eye sockets housed a pair of bright red cameras, making him look terrifying and grotesque.

The memories from Rigit in He's mind told him that these people were called 'machine apprentices'. They had abandoned all flesh and blood except for their brains, and no longer accepted the aesthetics of flesh and blood. They completely encased themselves in a machine that could be modified at will.

Reggie despised people who abandoned the physical bodies that humans were born with, so when the machine thief robbed him, he had a minor conflict with the machine thief.

Ultimately, this minor conflict escalated into a bloody battle.

Rigit escaped with serious injuries, while the mech pilot had his outer protective armor damaged and lost an arm.

This is what happened before Heo arrived.

Now, the machine apprentice has caught up and is trying to kill the 'old guy' who hurt him.

He Ao's injuries are very serious. He not only has a wound that spans almost half of his body, but also many wounds on his hands and feet. Fortunately, none of these wounds have damaged his aorta, so he does not have to face death immediately.

However, these wounds are causing continuous blood loss, and if not treated promptly...

Healing or stopping the wound might mean he's already dead by the time the instance even begins.

He Ao's gaze was fixed on the 'mechanical apprentice' below, who was groping around in confusion. He looked around as he slowly walked into the depths of the alley.

Crimson blood pooled on the billboard at He Ao's feet, then dripped down its edge.

Tick-tick-tick-

boom--

A drop of blood fell to the ground, making a crisp sound, and burst into a bright red flower.

The 'machine apprentice' who was about to step into the shadows suddenly stopped, then turned around, his bright red eyes flashing.

He covered the still dripping blood on the billboard.

The mechanic stared at the dark alley for several seconds until there were no more unusual sounds. Then he turned around and slowly walked into the shadows.

He Ao watched his figure disappear and leaned back against the wall.

The billboard he's sitting on is a vertical lightbox-style billboard, about 60 or 70 centimeters thick, fixed to the wall, with some smaller lightboxes above and below for decoration. As long as he hunches over and sits on the large lightbox, people below generally won't notice him.

He didn't know the strength of the machine apprentice below, but judging from Rigitt's memories, it should be between F and E level.

If his true form were here, he could unleash his super memory to kill this machine apprentice. But now he is in Reggie's body, a body that is severely injured, with the wounds just beginning to bleed.

He Ao estimated that this body could only sustain one intense movement. Beyond that limit, the wound would immediately burst open, and his game would be over.

After a brief moment of thought, he moved his hand toward one end of the billboard.

boom--

The sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

Then came the sound of hurried footsteps, the whistling of a chainsaw spinning, and a distorted howl emanating from a cheap stereo: "Old man, die!!!"

Snapped--

The delicate lightbox was cleaved in two by the howling chainsaw.

The machine operator stared blankly at the small lightbox he had cut in front of him, then looked up at the huge advertising lightbox.

Soon, he noticed the bloodstains on the lightbox.

The alloy-made head slowly cracked open, revealing a ferocious smile.

He slammed the chainsaw into the wall and, using both feet, quickly climbed up the wall.

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He Ao withdrew his gaze.

The opponent's right arm and right leg movements were slightly delayed, which should be due to a problem with the bionic neural network, a sequela of the injury caused by the previous Regite.

He continued to move his body to the left.

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The mechanic climbed up the wall and looked up at the lightbox. What he saw was a patch of bright red blood moving along the lightbox.

The advertising lightbox went around a corner and covered both sides of the wall, and at this moment the bloodstains had passed the corner of the lightbox and reached the other side of the wall.

The thug grinned maliciously and followed the direction of the bloodstains along the lightbox.

When he caught up with them, he found that the bloodstains extended all the way to the steel bars nailed to the wall.

These steel bars are nailed horizontally into the wall and arranged vertically to form a ladder shape, which is a passage for the lightbox management personnel to carry out maintenance.

"Old man, the faster you hide, the more excited I get."

The mechanic quickly climbed down the ladder, and when he reached the last few steps, he jumped down and landed on the street with a loud thud.

It was already late at night, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

The machine gunner turned his gaze into the depths of the night, where an old man covered in blood and with a full head of silver hair was calmly watching him.

"You want to kill me?"

He Ao gripped the steel bar in his hand, his voice weak but calm.

"Old man, prepare to die!"

The chainsaw roared again, and the machine gunner grinned as it charged toward the old man.

The enormous chainsaw was bathed in the magnificent moonlight.

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He gripped the steel bar in his hand; it was the loose part he had pried off the steel staircase.

His gaze was fixed on the massive mechanical humanoid rushing towards him, and he took a slight breath.

Hyper memory, activate!

In an instant, a surge of energy rushed into his body, and his previously weakened heart began to beat strongly again.

The powerful blood pressure pump affected the blood vessels throughout the body, causing the wounds that had begun to heal to gush blood again.

He Ao leaped out, tearing open the wounds that had been somewhat healed once again.

It hurts a little, but it's bearable.

Muscles bulged like dragons on his arms as he swiftly moved from the left to meet the machine operator's chainsaw coming down from his right arm.

Then, just as he was about to get close, his body shifted sharply to the right.

The machine's right arm tried to keep up with his pace, but there was a brief delay.

In that brief delay, his chest was exposed to He'ao without any defense.

The hard steel bar pierced through the steel shell as easily as piercing tofu, then passed through the gaps between the alloy skeletons, pierced into the machine's flashing high-energy compressed battery, and then emerged from the steel shell on its back.

Everything was accomplished in a fleeting instant.

He Ao left the steel bar inside the machine operator's body, then leaped forward for dozens of meters before slowly coming to a stop.

BOOM——

A deafening explosion rang out in the silent street.

Surging flames, shattered mechanical limbs, and violent sounds rang out behind Heo.

That was a violent explosion after the high-energy battery was punctured.