Poverty makes me capable of anything.

The advanced intelligent mechanical lifeforms, whose concealment mode had been activated, were enveloped in dazzling light as they simultaneously embarked on their journey to the database.

At the same time, the players who were scavenging everywhere also stopped.

An unknown event is unfolding somewhere in this city.

This made the players' expressions even more serious.

After the initial fervor, they also began to exercise caution.

After all, the City of Enlightenment is built at the entrance to Hell.

This mechanical world, under Zero's control, is as terrifying as an enlarged version of a haunted house—

There were flashing lights, shifting roads, and ordinary intelligent machine life forms that suddenly appeared, like zombies.

It's a complete mechanical crisis.

If players encounter those level 120 or 130 intelligent mechanical beings, they can only flee for their lives as if they had encountered a tyrant.

However, if you're lucky, you can pick up anything you see, just like you're scavenging for trash.

The garbage collector is capable of anything.

almost.

The transparent glass box flew up as if lifted by an invisible force.

Shuangye's eyes widened.

With her eyesight, she could easily see the annihilation particles in the middle of the glass box.

A vortex was generated around the silvery-white crystal.

Countless silver threads intertwined, suddenly creating a scene resembling interwoven snowflakes.

The glass box opened automatically, and Anran tossed in a piece of metal the size of a fingernail.

Z8023 superalloy.

This is the metal most widely used in the main structure of the City of Enlightenment, including the World Tracker, which An Ran fears most. The World Tracker just destroyed more than twenty transdimensional escort ships with a single shot, causing An Ran considerable distress.

What is this?

Shuangye hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question.

"The finger that overturns the dominoes."

An Ran flicked her right hand lightly.

The annihilation particles, now analyzed, flew out of the glass box.

A hole with a radius of more than two meters was instantly smashed into the transparent wall of the spaceship blocking their way.

The papers on the table were about to fly into deep space when An Ran's right hand caught them just in time. As if time had reversed, the wall that had been smashed to powder returned to its original state.

"A structural diagram of the City of Enlightenment?"

An Ran glanced at it briefly and tossed the paper to Shuang Ye.

Shuangye held the paper in both hands, but her attention was already drawn to the extending silver line.

what is that?

It was a silver light bullet aimed at the enemy's heart.

We are about to destroy the monster that devours the "blood" of omnic life!

It's too late when zero catches the exception.

The Night Owl's spaceship was trapped near the City of Enlightenment, only a few hundred kilometers away.

And the City of Enlightenment is so large.

At a speed of 20 kilometers per second, the annihilation particles crashed into the huge gap that had been safely opened almost instantly.

[Huh, is that a shooting star?]

[What a load of nonsense! How could there possibly be a shooting star in a place like this?]

The silver thread was embedded in a thick wall.

Just as a few players came out of the passage and were about to go up to take a look, the anomaly occurred.

The wall, several meters thick, was crumpled into a tangled mess, just like a piece of paper.

Accompanied by crackling sounds, the floor and ceiling collapsed. However, before the huge piece of metal could fall, the high-temperature energy released by the collapsing Z8023 superalloy instantly melted the players.

They became the first victims.

What's going on? Shouldn't the map entrance be the safest place?

Rumble rumble rumble—

Once the process of annihilation begins, it can never be reversed.

At first, Shuangye saw a bright orange-red light bursting from the entrance of the City of Enlightenment.

This process lasted less than a second before her attention was drawn elsewhere.

Several orange-red lines appeared on the "umbrella".

It was as if a giant was wielding an orange-red paintbrush, freely sketching on the "umbrella" of the City of Enlightenment. With each stroke, a huge crack would appear on the "umbrella" of the City of Enlightenment.

When the number of cracks became as dense as a spider web, a shockwave powerful enough to kill an ordinary master erupted from within the City of Enlightenment.

The next moment, a huge orange-red halo suddenly spread out from the City of Enlightenment.

Shuangye couldn't help but raise her head.

The halo was only 120 kilometers away from her.

Yes, she could only use the word "merely" to describe this seemingly long distance.

Even from this distance, her soul felt a tremor, as if she would be assimilated by the aura and turned into dust if she were to be touched by even a little bit.

wow-

An invisible explosion resounded in her mind.

Countless pieces of metal shattered from the City of Enlightenment detached from the main body of the city. Without the pull of gravity, they scattered in all directions, and under the scorching heat, they became like giant fireballs, eventually becoming drifting objects in the universe.

In the blink of an eye, the City of Enlightenment seemed to have been sliced ​​off, with the diameter of its largest part now only about 700 kilometers.

The collapse continued, with debris constantly falling from the ravaged city, turning into cosmic junk.

If the City of Enlightenment was like an umbrella not long ago, it is now as repulsive as plastic waste scorched by a fire.

Those tiny, silvery-white particles, the size of salt grains, plunged the City of Enlightenment into apocalypse the moment they were thrown out.

At this moment, Frosty Night was as stiff as a soulless sculpture.

It has a beautiful exterior, but it can't arouse any interest in people.

Her brain went blank.

An Ran is actually this strong?

The shockwave swept far away, affecting dozens of spaceships that had rushed over from a distance.

The swaying ship and the soaring energy levels of the detectors are the best evidence.

"The City of Enlightenment, it is the City of Enlightenment!"

"How could it have turned out like this?"

The spaceship that arrived was sent by Night Owl.

Because many players had traveled here in spaceships, they rushed over as soon as they realized something was wrong.

Fortunately, they arrived relatively late and did not run into the time-space fleet that was going back to pick up the second batch of players; otherwise, it would have been a bloody massacre.

The people on the Night Owl spaceship swallowed hard.

No external enemies were seen.

"Could it be that internal strife has broken out?"

Someone inadvertently revealed a guess that was almost the truth.

"No, no way, how could these uniformly managed robots possibly have internal strife?"

"Look over there!"

Just as everyone was speculating, someone discovered the spaceship that Frost Night had been on.

"Hurry up and get the young lady and the others out first."

"Change course!"

"Yes!"

The emotionally charged Night Owl soldiers were unaware that a great demon was quietly waiting for them to arrive.

"How could this be?"

A pale blue light began to appear on the surface of the City of Enlightenment, indicating that Zero had activated the City of Enlightenment's healing function.

Even so, it is impossible to restore it to its original state.

Zero, stagnant and speechless.

Having lurked for so long, it knew very well that the self-purification system couldn't possibly have such power.

After that attack, very few of the invading aliens remained, and even two advanced AI lifeforms fell, but what good was it?

The City of Enlightenment's greatest asset, the World Tracker, has become a "Level Two Disabled Person" and is beyond saving in the short term.

Just a minute ago, it sent a district-wide broadcast to all living things in the City of Enlightenment—

"Enjoy the baking of hellish lava!"

Then the area surrounding the City of Enlightenment exploded.

Everything is proceeding according to plan zero, except for the different outcome.

Gan.

Zero wants that result.