The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

As Old Cole spoke, his thumb still pressed against the safety pin of the Glory grenade, he explained, "Skynet is capable of all sorts of tricks; it might just be a trap to lure us out."

Don't get too excited yet!

The others gripped their guns and nodded.

Hunter, however, managed to get up and followed them out.

But Old Cole grabbed him and said, "Leave them all here. We can't have any more deaths."

You still need to protect the chip. Even if something happens to me, a disabled person, I won't be a burden to you.

"But……"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

After saying that, Old Cole pressed himself against the broken wall of the fortification, clutching the only grenade, and slowly moved out step by step, holding his breath. His eyes were fixed on every shadow on the open ground, and even his heartbeat was slowed down.

As he moved out of the gap in the fortifications and stood on the flat ground of the valley covered with metal fragments, the smoke from the gunpowder was just blown away by the wind. The moment he looked up, he froze on the spot.

Through the gaps in the lead-gray haze, a yellow-white spaceship, tens of meters long, hovered steadily above the valley.

The hatch was wide open, and it descended vertically.

At the hatch, a black-haired young man in clean casual clothes stood by the door, smiling and waving at him: "Hi, do you need any help?"

"Who...are you?" Old Cole didn't show any excitement; he knew perfectly well that robots could impersonate each other.

It wasn't until Lu Qianwei demonstrated the human flesh and blood through his injuries that Cole had no choice but to believe that Lu Qianwei was a fellow countryman on the same side.

Chapter 226 The Fourth Calamity VS The Mechanical Torrent

In a world of multiple universes, the technology and resources of the Earth's surface and interstellar space are no longer the measure of the value of a spacetime portal being permanently open.

Therefore, when the parallel universe theory appeared in the Terminator universe, this place was permanently anchored.

Not to mention how intensely the scholars of the multi-faceted alliance discussed the issue of parallel universes.

On the 10th, in the world of Ready Player One, Oasis players received an announcement regarding the [Mechanical Catastrophe] event.

Once the announcement was released, it was immediately pushed to the top of the entire server by the GM.

Well, many players have played the Terminator game in the movie version.

This is naturally not very innovative in terms of the diverse gameplay available in Oasis.

But when the mechanism and rewards are linked to money... it instantly ignites the entire scene!

This event is a cross-time rescue plan!

"..."

Pilipa briefly explained the world background and parallel settings of Terminator.

Then, inform them that the invaded timeline will not be affected by spacetime correction.

Finally, the complex tasks of rescuing hostages, destroying machinery, sabotaging the machinery factory, and eliminating Skynet were further subdivided.

The players checked the notes and confirmed that, apart from interstellar weapons such as starships not being allowed, there were no entry requirements, no level restrictions, and no guild binding requirements.

Players can use their personal mechs, individual firearms, modified vehicles, superpower modules, melee weapons, and virtual talent abilities.

Extremely lenient entry rules, coupled with top-tier rewards that far surpass those of regular events...

Guilds were intrigued, and countless individual players naturally clicked to sign up.

The casual player "Big Hammer Loves Iron" waited in the game for nearly three days.

The game terminal finally displayed a light blue system notification:

The 17th recruitment batch is full. Players of 'Big Hammer Loves Iron', please go to the Origin Star West Wilderness Teleport Base No. 17 to wait.

The Terminator world portal will open in five hours...

"Damn it, it's finally my turn!"

Without much thought, [Big Hammer Loves Blacksmithing] immediately took the nearest airship to West Wilderness District 17.

As he stood firmly on the dry, sandy ground of Origin Star, a group of players of all kinds arrived and began scrambling to find teams to team up with.

[Big Hammer Loves Blacksmithing] Looking at the huge metal platform in the distance with the logo "For Cross-Time and Space Activities Only" engraved on it...

It doesn't seem like anything special.

"Big Hammer Bro! Over here!" Not far away, a Predator [Black Gun Akai] waved and shouted.

Big Hammer looked up and saw it was Black Gunner Akai, whom he had previously teamed up with to run the Jurassic random dungeon.

Standing next to him was his old teammate [Milk Candy Isn't Sweet], who played a support role. They were all familiar faces from casual games they had played together before.

"Haha, what a coincidence that you're in this batch too!"

Big Hammer strode away, carrying the handle of the hammer he usually used to craft equipment.

[Black Gun Akai] planted the anti-materiel sniper rifle at his feet, his eyes widened, and he whistled loudly: "Damn! Big Hammer, you're something else!"

They actually bought a 'Mountain Crusher' and modified it into a power armor without saying a word!

Angela, dressed as "Candy Isn't Sweet," approached and circled the half-open silver-gray armor, tapping the layered reactive armor shell on her chest with her fingertips.

"Goodness, you even specially modified it!"

She turned on the eye detector, and the basic data immediately appeared.

"It's an external armor layer that leaked from the starship's armor; this one alone must be worth 500,000 gold coins, right?!"

"Big Hammer, are you going all in?"

Big Hammer wedged the hammer handle into the interface of the mecha arm, scratched the back of his head and grinned sheepishly.

"Aren't the event rewards right there?"

How will you know it won't work if you don't take a big gamble?

It can be said that he almost emptied his savings to make a huge gamble for this event, which involved real money.

"Don't talk about me, I don't believe you two haven't gotten a new one?"

"Hehe!" [Black Gun Akai] patted his sniper rifle, which was taller than a person, and turned the barrel to show off the shiny silver bullet.

"How could it fall?"

Look at this tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile; I got it from an interstellar mining site through a friend.

It is three times harder than ordinary armor-piercing projectiles. Not to mention the titanium alloy frame of the T-800, I could blow up the core of the T-1000 from five kilometers away.

"Damn, I even sold the rare Fire Dragon mount I farmed before just for this box of ammo! I really went all out!"

Milk Candy rolled her eyes, took off a necklace that shimmered with warm gold light from her neck, and dangled it.

"Look at you two showing off like this, do you think I didn't put in any effort?"

I sold my purple healing module, which I'd been using for a year, and bought this golden 'Group Amplification Module'. I'll go in and give you guys attack buffs, shields, and damage reduction. As long as we don't run into a top-tier boss like Tencent, the three of us can roam freely without any problems.

I've got my eye on this too. This event has no entry requirements, so if you're a solo player and you form a small group, you can earn just as much money as a large guild.

The question is whether the government, which is supposed to be paying out of pocket, can afford it.

"Ha, how much did Oasis eat up from us? How could we possibly not be able to pay?!"

"Yes, that's an absolute joke!"

"The Oasis officials are very shrewd. They're afraid we'll wipe them out in one fell swoop, so they send out gifts in increments of a thousand each time..."

The three of them chatted back and forth, constantly complaining about the official Oasis account, while secretly regretting that they had come on a whim.

Attention all personnel in Batch 17, the teleportation portal is about to open!

The broadcast above the base blared, its standard electronic tone instantly drowning out the noise in the space.

**Important Note (Repeated):** The target Terminator world will disable the Oasis System space functionality.

Upon arrival, you will be unable to access any items from the system space. All players are requested to stand in the teleportation area and retrieve all necessary equipment and supplies...

This announcement was largely based on information from the previous batches of unfortunate players who were sent away, died, were sent back, or went bankrupt.

The repeated broadcast had just stopped when the entire platform was already bustling with activity.

Hammer quickly took out all the spare ammunition and repair gel he had hidden in his space and stuffed them into the mech's storage compartment.

Ah Kai also hung the spare ammunition belt on the modified off-road vehicle.

Naitang went even further, installing two robots as mobile suitcases filled with various first-aid and explosives.

After waiting for about half an hour, the thousand players had basically retrieved all the items they needed, almost filling the entire space.

As an incredibly thick crimson beam of light shot into the sky, the square, which housed thousands of people, was instantly emptied.

Big Hammer and Milk Candy packed their gear, got into Kai's off-road vehicle, and followed the crowd through a gate.

The outside world is completely vast and boundless, although it's not exactly sparsely populated.

Big Hammer turned his head to look behind him and found that it was an incredibly huge metal portal.

"Let's go to the oasis town below to find out what's going on."

Thanks to the players' initial unbridled behavior and the heavy losses they suffered from the Iron Man's overwhelming force, subsequent players almost all stayed in the safe zone and personally built Oasis Town to provide shelter for the original inhabitants after their rescue.

Since boarding Lu Qianwei's spaceship last month and arriving in that relatively peaceful parallel world.

Cole and his three companions received excellent medical care, and even their old injuries were healed.

Just thinking about the support they mentioned...

Old Cole's mouth twitched incessantly as he looked at the group of 'aliens'.

He felt that since the Skynet issue wasn't resolved, Earth would soon be overrun by aliens.

Although they kept telling me they were playing the game with the mindset of doing quests, that doesn't mean they didn't have other intentions.

If they weren't actually sacrificing themselves in the fight against the robots with their own flesh and blood, he sometimes really wanted to just leave.

Saying they're saving people and bringing humans here to live sounds more like domestication than protection!

Damn it, they haven't taken care of them since that fellow countryman healed them.

Facing so many aliens every day, he's genuinely getting a bit tired.