Only I can make them stronger

"Let's wait and see what happens. If we can avoid taking action..." Xia Ye frowned. He was also thinking about this problem.

As they were discussing in a low voice, a metallic voice without any emotion suddenly rang out from the canned chest of the visitor:

"Non-native invasion detected, executing first-level removal measures."

"Non-native invasion detected, executing first-level removal measures."

"Non-native invasion detected, executing first-level removal measures."

At the same time, the color of its eyeballs changed from green to red, and various yellow numbers suddenly flashed in the transparent crystal ball in its hand. Finally, the number stopped at "1".

"Now it sounds like we're going to take action! Go! Fiti, protect Jinelle!"

Xia Ye called out, and Karen was the first to rush out.

For some reason she hated the robot the first time she saw it and couldn't wait to chop it into a pile of scrap metal.

But the robot's reaction and speed were equally swift. Its lower limbs spun rapidly on a single wheel, and in the blink of an eye it was carried backwards, leaving Karen's fierce slash in vain.

Just as Karen was about to give chase, the doors of many buildings suddenly opened horizontally like elevator doors, and machines with obviously different functions from the cans just now quietly slid out of the dark room.

These mechanical lower limbs have two legs like humans, but the soles of their feet also have a row of roller skates; the lines of the body are extremely smooth, and the end of the strong arms that extend out have a long blade embedded in the forearm; the close-fitting metal armor just covers the chest and neck, and there is also something like a combat helmet on the head.

Overall, these guys' combat effectiveness is obviously much stronger.

"Order executed!"

Following the order from the canned machine, these combat machines rushed towards the crowd from the door.

"Karen! Come back!" Xia Ye shouted hurriedly.

"Roger that!"

Karen saw that the situation was not good and quickly turned around and sprinted back, but the nearest combat machine attacks were already coming at him.

61. Incomplete Information

"Lord Cavendish, Tom has been found!"

"It's just... not quite complete..."

……

Cavendish stood beside the body of Captain Tom, staring silently at the two men with their heads separated on the ground.

After one night, almost nothing was gained.

Many people had seen the group of one man and four women, but no one had seen the crowbar, and no one knew the direction they went when they left the city.

After all, if Xia Ye and his friends want to travel, they usually sit in an off-road vehicle.

The fact that Tom and another young stranger were killed in the street suggests that they must have talked about the same topic.

Cavendish was a little annoyed that the only clue was cut off.

What made him even more annoyed was that he didn't expect that the man actually had a backup plan left in the Watch City.

Tom is at the beginner level of the fourth level. To chop off his head so cleanly and neatly, even by sneak attack, one must be at least at the middle level of the fourth level, and may even have reached the fifth level.

And this threatening existence may be lurking in the Clock City, secretly observing us.

There are roads on all sides of Clock City, and Katari is to the west, so this possibility is not very likely.

As for the ash mining area in the north, the several roads leading to the central area in the south, and the large uninhabited area in the east, it is hard to say where the man and his gang were going.

If you want to track down the relevant whereabouts, it is inevitable to divide the troops.

But with the enemy lurking around, dividing the troops would mean his men would be in danger...

Alice's simple behavior brought great difficulties to Cavendish.

"Should we send cannon fodder to attract firepower? Or should we ensure that each team has the ability to protect itself from the fifth-level mutants?"

"The other party's attack was clean and efficient. There is little point in sending out cannon fodder, and it may even waste time searching for their whereabouts..."

With his brain working rapidly, Cavendish made a decision and quickly divided the dozen or so men around him from level three to level five into three teams.

"Pickup truck, go north and search the main canyon road leading to the Ash Mine area and its surroundings."

"A Fei, go south, be careful, check every road carefully."

"The rest of you follow me to the east."

"If you don't find any suspicious traces, come back to Clock City. The deadline is before 3pm today."

"The team that didn't come back means they found the relevant whereabouts. The other two teams will also meet in that direction after they meet up."

"Got it!" the men said in unison.

After the arrangements were made, the group split into three waves and left in different directions.

Lying on the roof in the distance, Qilisi stared at Cavendish's team silently, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

Because of the terrifying strength of the other leader, she didn't dare to get too close, so she didn't hear clearly what they were saying.

But judging from the actions, the decision should have been made to send out teams to conduct a large-scale search.

This is also what Qilisi wants to see.

She had no way to deal with the leader, but she could still help Xia Ye weaken the overall strength of the entire team...

…………

"Get out of my way!" Karen shouted, and the giant sword collided with the sharp blade on the attacker's arm, sparks flying from the collision of metal and iron.

The enemy's strength was quite great, but it was still within her range of resistance, roughly equivalent to the mid-level fourth-order fighting domain level.

However, apart from the faintly visible protective layer of physical energy on their surface, these machines do not seem to use physical energy, so at least there is no need to worry about being seriously damaged before their own physical energy is exhausted.

We must act quickly and decisively, without delay.

With this thought in mind, Karen directly activated his first-level ability [Ultimate Counterattack], swung his sword horizontally to switch from offense to defense, and at the same time, golden rational light began to surge from his body.

This ability allows her to build up strength by defending against enemy attacks to launch a more powerful counterattack.

More and more sharp blades were chopping on her giant sword, until it reached the critical point that Karen could bear. Golden light burst out from her body, and the huge rational element repelled the surrounding combat machines. The giant sword slashed out a golden crescent, cutting all the machines in half.

"Huh... quite easy?" Karen thought as he continued to rush back towards the main force.

Everyone also felt that the battle seemed much simpler than they had imagined. These machines only had strength and speed, and were not very threatening under the defense of the rational element.

Encore's chainsaw roared, Xia Ye swung his crowbar, and Fitty's fists and palms flew, and in no time they dispersed the more than ten combat machines that surrounded them.

"Gone?" An Ke swung the chainsaw without even breathing, and looked at the motionless metal wreckage around him in surprise.

Compared with the huge momentum last night, this was just a small fight.

The strength of this group of combat machines is not even as good as that of the Type 4 Devilbeasts, which at least can use physical elements to attack.

"The canned robot just now said that this is the first level of cleanup measures. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be other levels, and the intensity should increase step by step..."

However, Xia Ye did not take it lightly, but continued to carefully observe the can robot that had already kept a considerable distance from everyone.

The other party didn't seem to be in a hurry to kill them. His two eyes had returned to green lights and he stood there quietly as if the computer had crashed.

"Should we chase it and kill it? It feels like the commander-in-chief."

Karen returned to the group, eager to fight.

"Since you said you were the commander-in-chief, how could it be so easy to kill? That thing is very fast and has a high detection sensitivity. I guess it won't be easy to kill."

Jinelle rolled her eyes at the muscular idiot and then looked around.

"Do you want to look in the houses that are open?"

Xia Ye noticed her gaze and asked.

"Well... no matter if these buildings are the living places of the original inhabitants of the site or the storage points of those combat equipment, it is necessary to explore them."

"Let's go, take a look, and act together." Xia Ye nodded.

He was also curious about the rooms where he couldn't see what was inside.

So the group entered a nearby house.

As if sensing someone entering, the originally dark room suddenly lit up after Karen, who was the first to step in, and the situation inside the room was fully displayed to everyone.

There were no beds, tables, chairs or other daily necessities, nor were there any devices for storing machinery. There was only a large brass box that looked like a safe and had a unique sense of technology.

The bottom of the box is connected to the ground, so it should be impossible to pick it up.

"This is?"

Karen stepped forward suspiciously and knocked on it with the hilt of his sword.

From the sound, I could tell that the box was very heavy and I couldn't tell whether there was anything inside.

"Why didn't Canaanzi mention any of these things? Including the attack we just suffered."

At this time, Xia Ye suddenly frowned and asked.

"She said that the entire ruins woke up when they came into contact with the deepest cluster of mutant energy."

"But she didn't say that she would be driven away by force when she first arrived, right?"

"And these seeds. As a member of the research team, I don't believe she hasn't studied these things."

"unless……"

"Unless they have never encountered these things and have never entered the interior of the room."

Jinniel continued Xia Ye's words and looked at the box in front of her with a frown.

62. Loot after the dungeon level

"Just open it and you'll know. This thing doesn't look difficult to open..."

"Wait! Be careful!"

Karen was still as reckless as ever. Despite Ginelle's warning, she was quick to pull the door of the trunk.

It didn't open, it didn't move at all.

"Huh?" Karen asked in confusion.

"You idiot! What if there is a trap in there!" Jinelle quickly pulled Karen aside.

"This box...can't be opened..." Karen muttered without paying attention to her words.

"Nonsense, I can see it can't be opened." Jinniel rolled her eyes at her.

"No... I mean, there's absolutely no feedback. It's like I pulled a wall. It doesn't feel like a door at all."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to the box again.

"Actually, I don't think we need to worry too much. This thing is most likely not a trap."

At this time Xia Ye suddenly said:

"Putting it in an empty room like this doesn't have to be a trap. It should really just be storing something."

In fact, there is one more thing Xia Ye didn't say -

The process they went through after entering the Gear City gave him a strong sense of déjà vu of playing a game, completing a dungeon and getting loot.

These boxes are the loot.

But how to open it?

"How about I just saw it in half and try?" An Ke came over, squatted down and looked at it carefully.

"There are no obvious joints or hinges. The door of the box seems to have been inserted into the box out of thin air and sucked in."

"It would be bad if something important inside got damaged." Xia Ye shook his head.

His determination to capture players came back.

He didn't believe that there was no way to open this thing.

Since it is not a physical box lock, according to the situation in Hill Continent, it is most likely related to physical elements.

What kind of rational element?

"How about using [True Insight] to see?"