The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

As long as there are a sufficient number of robots, it is impossible for sentient aliens to coalesce into one group.

But this scattered situation immediately made them feel worried.

Were they going to the oasis town to seek cooperation?

Or should we make a deal with one of their factions?

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If we're going to search, we should ideally find aliens with the same appearance.

Otherwise, how would anyone know what kind of food they were eating?!

Chapter 228 Twists and Turns

When the battle of ten thousand men raged in Blackrock Valley, the sky darkened and chaos reigned.

Big Hammer and his two companions, along with Lynn and his nominal bodyguard Dick, had bypassed the main battlefield and followed a nameless mountain path that Dick had indicated.

After wandering around for more than six hours, as the sun began to set, they were less than ten kilometers away from their coordinates. They decided to rest and have a meal at an abandoned logging camp ahead before continuing their journey.

The modified off-road vehicle had just come to a stop, and everyone had only rested for less than ten minutes.

[Black Gun Akai], who was crouching on the roof of the car keeping watch, suddenly lowered his body and shouted: "Something's up!"

Five T-800s are coming from the side slope; they look like they're heading for us!

Milk Candy excitedly activated the detector, a faint light flashing at her fingertips, and incidentally cast an amplification shield on the group.

"Hehe, there's also a hidden liquid metal reaction!"

Haha, I knew something was bound to happen during this mission!

"Tsk, you're such a jinx."

With a 'clang,' Big Hammer fastened the power armor visor, slammed the gravity hammer into the mech's interface, and charged over the rotten wood to the back of the lumberyard fence: "Akai, you attack the core, I'll hold the front!"

While the group was making arrangements, the robot on the other side had already locked onto them and opened fire.

Bullets sent logs flying everywhere, and hundreds of heavy, oil-depleted bullets struck the modified armor of the starship as it charged forward with the sledgehammer, leaving only a string of sparks and not even a deep dent.

Akai steadied his aim atop the water tower, and with a gunshot, a tungsten-core armor-piercing round flew out, the first shot blowing off the head of the leading T-800, its core instantly shattering into dust.

In less than a minute, four of the five T-800s fell down, and the remaining one, missing half a leg, was smashed into scrap metal by the sledgehammer.

But as soon as the battle ended, Lynn clutched the blueprints, his face pale: "No, Skynet couldn't have sent only this many people to capture me!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Naitang's detector started beeping incessantly, and a silver light shot out from the dried-up ditch, instantly condensing into a spear that pierced towards Naitang—Skynet clearly knew about the preemptive strike.

Big Hammer stepped forward and blocked the way, his spear slamming into the reactive armor of the chest armor, only going in half an inch before stopping.

He gripped the spear handle with his other hand and forcefully pulled out the clump of liquid metal: "Akai!"

Akai had already aimed his gun and fired a shot into the core of the T-1000. The specially designed high-temperature explosive warhead exploded on the spot, baking half of the liquid metal into a hard lump. The remaining half was smashed into the mud by a sledgehammer before it could be completely immobilized.

Just after dealing with the enemy, the roar of helicopters and the vibrations of tracks rolling over came from afar.

The robots' network is shared, so this alien-human combination that suddenly appeared on the narrow path was quite conspicuous.

If you don't understand the purpose, just arrest them all and extract their memories; it's simple and brutal.

Therefore, a nearby mechanized unit supporting the battlefield suddenly turned around and caught up with this sneaky force.

Knowing the Skynet capture method all too well, Dick immediately patted the hood and shouted, "Let's go!"

Don't fight them head-on; the longer you drag it out, the more they'll come later!

As he spoke, he pointed in a direction and said, "Go down that sidewalk over there!"

"After crossing two mountains, we can circle around to the rendezvous point!"

If they were late, they would only get surrounded and eliminated. The players were still relatively clear-headed, after all, equipment and real money were linked.

They're not stupid enough to fight to the death with a constant stream of robots.

After just one glance, everyone jumped into the car and sped up the mountain.

In order to capture them alive, the helicopter that had been chasing them first followed closely behind, using only heavy machine guns to straf them.

Unfortunately, the modified off-road vehicle has a certain bias in performance. After the vehicle is accelerated to fourth gear with nitrous oxide, bullets can only follow behind the vehicle and make a clanging sound.

"Thank goodness I even added puncture-resistant armor to the tires, hahaha!"

Akai laughed triumphantly, unaware of how terrifying his tough image was in the eyes of Lynn and Dick!

If it weren't for the need to safely deliver the chip to the commander, they really wouldn't want to ride in the same vehicle as this alien.

"We can't let this continue. We have to blow that thing in the sky up!" Milk Candy said, taking a special missile out of the truck full of weapons.

"let me!"

Big Hammer understood and extended half of his mech body. As the helicopter chased into the bend in the valley, he aimed and fired in one smooth motion!

The missile, which had a built-in deflection effect, instantly turned the helicopter into a fireball!

The remaining aircraft didn't dare to get too close, thinking it would follow from a distance to guide the subsequent troops.

As it turned out, there was a hidden cave at a bend in the mountain in the valley. Once the player's off-road vehicle drove in, the pursuing troops were completely outmaneuvered.

After a bumpy and winding journey, the off-road vehicle finally stopped in a dense pine forest as the sun dipped below the mountain peaks.

Dick opened the car door, pointed to the dark cave entrance half-hidden in the bushes ahead and laughed: "We're here. This is an abandoned mining tunnel from years ago, leading directly to the rendezvous point behind the factory. Skynet can't detect us here."

Hammer lifted his mask, wiped his sweat, and turned to grin at Kai and Candy: "Hehe, we can finally make contact with the Resistance from the Terminator universe."

I wonder if, if we demonstrate our immense power, we might receive a mission to travel through time and rescue a savior?

"Huh? If you were to deal with the Terminator, how would the Savior's mother have a child with that person from the future?" Milk Candy's angle was tricky.

Then, with a grin, he added, "I feel like the savior of that world was already killed by you the moment you teleported there."

Hahaha, what kind of savior would that be!

Big Hammer scratched his head. "It's just a game, right? It shouldn't be that realistic."

"Besides, whether there are other timelines or not is another matter entirely."

"Didn't you read the game event introduction?"

This game is entirely based on the Terminator universe, so parallel universes definitely exist!

"Moreover, every time the Terminator world travels to another timeline, that world will be generated and become a new timeline!"

There's no such thing as changing the future; this is just another path taken out of desperation by humanity in the future.

As Naitang continued to veer towards the parallel theory, Akai, looking exasperated, called a halt to their argument.

"Let's not talk about anything else for now. Once we've safely sent them out and got the 3,000 points and the A-level skill, then we'll talk about everything else!"

The group, armed and on guard, followed Dick inside.

The mine tunnel made two turns deep inside.

Both paths are actually traps. Only by turning right, stopping in the middle area, and pressing the hidden compartment will a proper passage suddenly open up.

This long-abandoned tunnel was transformed into one of the secret relay safe houses by engineers in the resistance long ago.

After winding through several turns, a small room came into view.

Dick opened the door. In the corner, there was a lot of sealed compressed rations and spare ammunition. There was also a camouflaged hidden compartment at the base of the wall, which was specifically reserved for temporary rendezvous.

Dick carefully checked the markings and the seals on the doorway to confirm that the Skynet robots had not tampered with them.

Then he turned to the sledgehammer and said, "Three brave warriors."

Next, I need to send an internal security signal for communication. There are some things I can't let you know.

Please retreat to the vicinity and maintain order for a while. We will call you in once we have confirmed the location of the support team.

The three men with the big hammer exchanged glances, but didn't take it seriously. Players were only focused on the quest rewards anyway, and they had no interest in getting involved in this kind of internal communication between NPCs.

Big Hammer hoisted his warhammer and walked toward the cave entrance, grinning as he said, "It's alright, it's a military secret, we understand!"

"Let's go outside for some fresh air now; the mosquitoes in the net won't be able to get in."

The three of them squatted down in a corner, took out their energy bars, and chatted while munching on them.

Dick glanced at it, then closed the partition door of the safe house behind him. He pulled out a low-power encrypted radio from the deepest part of the hidden compartment, unpacked it, tuned it to a silent frequency known only to members of the resistance, and sent it out using the pre-arranged code.

Meanwhile, in the underground command center of the Hong'an missile base.

Hargrove was rubbing his throbbing temples as he listened to the officers below arguing heatedly, their faces red and necks bulging.

A group of people were still arguing about how to approach the aliens in the oasis town, and no one could convince anyone else.

Just as the two arguing loudest below were about to put on a full-blown fight, the communication light in the outer duty room suddenly turned on, and the soldier on duty rushed in without even knocking, clutching a record sheet.

His voice trembled slightly: "Commander! We've received an encrypted signal from Safe House 013!"

It's...it's Lynn's team from Cole's side, who had been out of contact for a month!

They're still alive!

Upon hearing this, the noise in the room instantly stopped.

Hargrove stood up abruptly, took the record sheet, glanced at it, and checked the last digit of the code. His hand trembled slightly.

This team infiltrated the heart of the Skynet factory to provide backup. After being out of contact for so long, everyone thought they had long since perished under the guns of the T-800s. Unexpectedly, they actually managed to bring out the intelligence.

As for whether it was a trap, he hardly considered that possibility.

Only Cole knew about this safe house, and the grenades he carried were specially made to ensure that they would blow him to smithereens before the enemy could catch him.

After reading the message further, everyone's eyes lit up.

The information has already explained part of the reason why they have lived to this day and only now have they made contact.

"I never imagined they were saved by aliens from the Oasis town."

"Is this believable? Could they have betrayed us?"

"Could this be a trap set by aliens to capture us humans?"

Many people looked at each other in bewilderment upon hearing this, as they had spent so many years trying to circumvent Skynet.

If it were aliens infiltrating and brainwashing them, it would be difficult for them to determine whether they were right or wrong in a short time.