Poverty makes me capable of anything.

"We'll do our best, and save as many people as we can," Wayne said.

"receive."

Wayne sighed inwardly.

He wanted to rescue them himself, but he also had his own mission to complete.

"No matter what you are, I'll make you pay the price!"

Wayne drifted through the narrow corridor like a gust of wind.

At the next intersection, he parted ways with the magician.

The closer Wayne got to his destination, the more determined his eyes became.

His body was already brimming with rage, and upon seeing the monster clinging to the glass cylinder, Wayne unleashed all his furious punches without hesitation.

"Die!"

wow——

Golden light filled the entire room.

Wayne was like a war god bathed in golden light.

The monster's main body was indeed tough, but after being broken into countless pieces, its attributes were completely inadequate compared to Wayne's.

With just one strike, the thick "rope" burst into flames.

"A bedbug that only knows how to hide!"

Wayne put the pieces of meat from the glass container into the subspace and left the room with a gloomy expression.

There's nothing left to see.

This clone of the monster is doomed.

A moment later, Wayne heard a soft "poof" sound.

That was the sound of an explosion.

"The next destination is 120 kilometers away."

Wayne glanced at the map and continued on his way.

Just half a minute after he left, intense gunfire and explosions suddenly rang out outside the corridor.

Smoke and dust billowed.

Around the corner, several slender "ropes" moved swiftly, leaving the dust and smoke far behind.

But no matter how fast they run, they can't outrun the speed of light.

Whoosh whoosh—

The dense beams of particles relentlessly pursued them, and after struggling for nearly a minute, the "ropes" were finally shattered into pieces and fell to the ground in defeat.

Clang!

Heavy footsteps sounded, and then a group of mechanical puppets rushed out of the smoke, raising their right arms without saying a word.

Blue light gathered in his palm, and after a brief moment of charging, intense heat erupted, burning the broken ropes to ashes.

"That's amazing."

Behind them, the defense team members who rushed over couldn't help but swallow hard.

Whether it was speed, firepower, or anything else, the mechanical puppet army of the Cult of Machines completely overwhelmed them.

The monsters that had just utterly defeated them were no different from chicks in front of the mechanical puppet army.

However, they were not ashamed of this; instead, a burning light rose in their eyes.

This is the work of that prophet.

They are renowned rulers of the star field; what do they have to be jealous of or ashamed of? All they feel is gratitude and admiration.

If it weren't for the intervention of the prophet of the Cult of Machines, they would have been corpses long ago.

"Alright, you guys should hurry up and meet up with the others now."

A mechanical puppet interrupted the reverie of the defense team members.

"Thank you."

After thanking them, the people left.

They did not insist on going with these mechanical puppets.

With their abilities, they can't even be considered accessories.

Because they simply couldn't keep up with the pace of these mechanical puppets.

After everyone disappeared into the corridor, the mechanical puppet army continued its advance.

But one rather clumsy-looking "mechanical puppet" remained.

[No abnormalities confirmed]

After receiving the message from the scattered detectors, Anran, disguised as a mechanical puppet, slipped into the room where Wayne had just fought.

Everywhere you look, there is only ashes.

The walls were also covered with fine cracks.

However, none of them were structural damages.

An Ran stepped forward; her target was the data terminal at the very back.

But Anran stopped when her feet lightly touched the ashes.

What's in the ashes?

The game even marked that thing with a yellow question mark.

An Ran didn't rush to pick it up, but instead summoned another mechanical puppet.

"Go and retrieve it."

What was presented to An Ran was a gray square.

She cast a scout spell over there.

Name: [Dynex's Embers]

Recovery: [1.2%]

To An Ran's surprise, this thing was not a prop, but a living "NPC", only it was currently in a dormant state.

An Ran understood immediately.

The monster's name was Dynex.

After being "killed", it will condense into a gray cube like this.

If this block is not destroyed, the monster will revive again after a while.

Their survival skills are truly amazing.

It's just a pity that it encountered Anran today.

Even if this thing was released by the Chain of Judgment, An Ran has no intention of letting it go.

Standing in the empty corridor, An Ran took out an annihilation particle.

Destroying the body and covering up the evidence—nothing is more effective than this.

Resolve.

Then release the annihilation particles.

In an instant, the gray cube seemed to have been swallowed whole by something unseen, and vanished completely.

At the same time, An Ran also received a game notification.

"You have gained 36 billion points of Freedom Experience."

"You have triggered the hidden quest [The Tomb of Dynex]. Do you wish to accept it?"

Of course, we'd choose to accept it.

Anyway, there's no penalty for not completing the task.

The mission requirement was "simple": to destroy all the embers of life left behind by Dynex.

The task is currently 2.8% complete.

The mission reward is 1000 billion free experience points and the item [Heart of Dynex].

The Heart of Dynex is an extremely rare resurrection item in the game.

The owner is bound to the Heart of Dynex, and can be resurrected even if they die in battle.

Of course, the level after resurrection is definitely not as high as the original. Dynex is just a monster with extremely strong vitality, not a god who can control life and death.

This item isn't very useful for players, but it's a different story for An Ran; it's like giving her an extra life.

"I suppose this item wasn't originally intended for players, but rather for their pets or NPCs with whom they have a good relationship," An Ran guessed.

After finishing all that, Anran returned to her room.

The laboratory has strong external defenses and a high level of security for its internal systems.

But these things are no match for An Ran, who is the [Psychic Overlord].

Especially considering that the people in the defense department weren't very professional, An Ran easily broke through the terminal's encryption system in just one minute, leaving no trace.

Terminal 7

[Experimental Data]

An Ran simply skipped over those data.

She wasn't interested in it.

Speaking of which, her own race, the Void Fanatics, are high-dimensional beings, and pandas are even more so high-dimensional beings from the Void Dimension.

Instead of looking at this data, she might as well study her own body or a panda's body.