On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

It's all because of her

It was her naiveté, her foolishness, her inability to resist temptation—it was she who ruined everyone. It was she, it was she, it was her.

thump.

Ah Xue knelt helplessly on the ground, tears of guilt already soaking her eyes, dripping onto the ground.

Upon seeing Ah Xue's sinful appearance, Leng She smiled, finally feeling a sense of satisfaction.

Did Ah Xue leak the information?

of course not.

A little thought reveals that even if Ah Xue wanted to leak secrets, she wouldn't be qualified. She herself didn't know the specific details of the operation and a series of policies, let alone leak them.

The real leaker was, of course, him.

Leng She didn't tell the Revolutionary Army about her private plan with the Jackal Demi-human Loba. This was Loba's request, since they needed to be used as bait to lure Feng Ji, the two Relic Envoys, and the elite Lungmen Army in the Sealed City out.

As for the current play, it was something Leng She added on a whim.

That's all.

He just doesn't like Ah Xue.

Then let's use a little trick to throw this dirty water right onto Ah Xue.

After all, he was simply unhappy with those demi-humans who were close to humans. Why? Humans were their mortal enemies, the tyrants who enslaved them, and all humans deserved to die! Demi-humans who dared to get close to humans deserved to die even more! They should be like this cat-human, bearing the infamy and being torn to pieces!

Yes.

May he be torn to pieces!

"Kill her! Kill this traitor!"

Cold Serpent was about to strike Ah Xue with his knife in broad daylight. The cold glint of the blade reached Ah Xue's neck. He wanted to make this catgirl remember, and to let the other revolutionaries know, that this was the price to pay for daring to coexist with humans!

Feng Ji, who was upstairs, was even happier.

He wanted more of these internal power struggles, and many more...

Bang!

An unexpected gunshot brought the drama, which was just reaching its climax, to an abrupt halt.

The bullet struck Leng She's blade precisely, deflecting his blade aimed at A Xue.

what! ?

Leng She immediately looked upstairs, assuming it was Feng Ji's Dragon Gate Army who did it. But soon, when he saw Feng Ji also pause, his expression filled with the same confusion as his, Leng She's heart skipped a beat.

Then, the person who had previously possessed the "compass" was the first to show shock, as he was the first among everyone to react.

"How could this be! The barrier is actually there! This is impossible! How could this happen!"

Yes.

The panicked words from the relic envoy made Feng Ji and the revolutionaries below realize that the sniper shot had actually come from outside!

No wonder the current relic collectors are in such a panic.

He had used the "relic" for so many years, and the barrier had been forcibly broken through many times, but like today, it was as if he had suddenly lost control of the "relic," just like a door that was originally locked was easily opened by an outsider with a key. How could this not shock him?

No no no

After this stranger opened the door, he even changed the lock! Making his original key completely useless!

etc.

He had completely lost control of the relic compass in his hand. Although the relic was still functioning and enveloping the entire mansion, the problem was...

He's out of control!

The relic envoy next to Feng Ji was immediately covered in sweat, but no matter how anxiously he operated, the relic no longer responded to him.

What, what on earth is going on?!

The answer was quickly revealed.

The answer was a burst of laughter that echoed freely in the ears of everyone in the mansion, whether it was Leng She, the Revolutionary Army members who were in dire straits, or Feng Ji and the Lungmen Army who were confident of victory.

That's a

It's eerie and terrifying; just hearing it sends chills down your spine, like the evil laughter of the mastermind behind everything.

"Jie Jie"

"Jie Jie Jie!"

Accompanying the laughter was a figure who walked in as if taking a stroll, emerging from the main gate of the mansion, which was sealed by the "relics."

A certain young nobleman.

And following behind the young man, one on the left and one on the right.

A girl with a crooked mouth and an arrogant gait, yet exuding a strong aura of turbidity.

And another maid, expressionless, who had tucked the still-smoking sniper rifle under her skirt?

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He...he's not that one!?

Leng She recognized him, as did Feng Ji, who had investigated Liao Ji. Xi Yun, Hu Jiu, and other elite members of the revolutionary army also recognized the noble youth's identity.

Perhaps the only one who hasn't recognized the young man yet is Ah Xue, who is still lost in thought, with a blank stare, kneeling on the ground with her head down, unable to forgive herself for hurting everyone.

Cold Serpent reacted the fastest to this.

Although he didn't understand, and had absolutely no idea how this noble youth could be here, a chilling premonition arose in his heart: could it be that the story he had made up to frame Ah Xue had come true?

Could it be that this young nobleman has really been using Ah Xue all along, plotting something behind the scenes?

But none of this prevented Leng She from being the first to react with a show of bravado masking inner weakness.

"As expected! I knew it was you! You deceived Xue, got our information from her, and then immediately told the Lungmen Army, didn't you! You, how could you betray Xue's trust in you!"

puff.

Seeing that Leng She had panicked to the point of talking nonsense, Liao Ji couldn't help but laugh again.

He did not deny it as Cold Serpent had assumed.

Instead, they readily admitted it.

"Alright, since you put it that way, then it's true that I had ulterior motives when I bought Ah Xue. I did intend to use Ah Xue to accomplish my plan, so what?"

"you!"

Leng She was speechless for a moment. Liao Ji's intrusion completely disrupted his planned script and made the situation chaotic.

But it's okay.

It will be clear again soon.

Because there's a group of people who can no longer calmly watch the show as they were before.

Feng Ji upstairs also frowned upon seeing Liao Ji's appearance, especially since the other party had crossed the "relic" restriction, and the mystery surrounding him made him very uneasy.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, he issued the simplest of orders.

"Fire!"

Upon receiving the order, the Longmen Army, positioned upstairs with a strategic advantage, immediately pointed their dark gun barrels at the revolutionary army, including Liao Ji, ready to unleash a barrage of fire on everyone below, indiscriminately turning them into sieves and bringing the night's operation to a close.

A dense array of red aiming dots had already appeared on everyone's bodies, but before the Lungmen Army could actually pull the trigger, a series of "click-click-click" mechanical sounds rang out first.

The voice came from the young man's maid.

Because of Ayumi's intelligence, the Revolutionary Army's high command knew that this maid was an android from the Machine Alliance.

It did raise some concerns at first, but later, after Cold Serpent explained it to them, they learned that not all androids are capable of fighting. The one next to the young man was clearly a domestic worker and posed no threat whatsoever.

But right now.

"Warning! Warning! Hostile activity detected. Immediately activate fully automated, three-dimensional defense mode!"

With a piercing clicking sound, the maid raised her arms, and the bionic skin modules were temporarily deactivated, replaced by metallic cannon barrels. 86's arms extended, and the body rotated under chip control. In the blink of an eye, the two prosthetic arms transformed into heavy cannons as thick as buckets and over a meter long.

The cannon barrel on the arm is only a small part; the real highlight is on the maid's back. This is no longer a prosthetic ability, but a combination of the mutated and technology. One after another, azure blue dots of light emerge from the surrounding air, swarming to 86's back like fireflies. This is a fictional ability from "Zero".

In the blink of an eye, an eight-winged structure made entirely of "guns and cannons" appeared behind the maid in a terrifying manner.

By the time the Lungmen soldiers above came to their senses, they were dumbfounded. They looked at the guns in their hands, then at the maid's two heavy artillery arms, and even at the "feather" on the mechanical wing, which were several times better than their guns in terms of both appearance and caliber. For a moment, they even forgot to fire.

That's the charm of the Mechanical Alliance. Compared to them, in terms of technological sophistication, their broken little guns are like those of country bumpkins who have just entered the city.

This isn't the scariest part.

What was even more terrifying was that, within their field of vision, these high-end firearms on the maid, which they couldn't understand at all, began to gleam from their muzzles.

The next second

Da da da da!

Da da da da!

Boom boom—

Bang! ! !

Bullets and artillery fire rained down on Feng Ji's position above, centered on number 86. For ten seconds, everyone's ears and vision were almost completely obscured, as all that remained were the red flashes of explosions, the thick smoke, the torrential rain of gunfire, and the screams mixed in with the chaos.

Once everything finally calmed down, the revolutionaries below, who could barely open their eyes, instinctively looked up, trying to see in the direction of Feng Ji and the Longmen Army.

Not only did they not see each other, but the most exaggerated thing was that...

What about the house?

Such a big house!

Looking around in confusion, there was no second or third floor left. Their surroundings had been reduced to ruins. The concrete mansion could not withstand such artillery fire. Not to mention Feng Ji's troops, the entire mansion they were in had been riddled with holes, with collapsed beams and shattered brick walls everywhere.

On the contrary, the members of the Revolutionary Army, because they were at the bottom and were near 86, were spared from disaster. Even if the rocks and debris from the collapsed buildings were to fall on their side, they were all blasted to smithereens by 86's artillery fire.