I, the undead, save the world with the dolls

"It's yours. You made the trip down for us, so it's only reasonable to get some compensation." The supervisor was very generous. It was just a dexterous robot, there was no need to make such a fuss.

The doctor who had gone to perform the tests returned with a nervous expression. He presented the supervisor with a report. The teeth contained countless pathogens, both known and unknown to him. These pathogens were enough to kill a person dozens of times over.

Now the supervisor who was originally skeptical was no longer confused. She could only beg Brother 16 to bring a sufficiently reliable team to solve this fatal problem.

"I'll do my best, Madam Supervisor. Please make sure to seal it well." Brother 16 gave his final instructions, then said goodbye to this place, walked out of the shelter with the Curie robot, and headed towards the vast wasteland.

"Wow~ A new world~" Curie, who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb, flew over the wasteland. "What a dazzling sun~ What a dry air~"

"You'll get used to it gradually, Ju Li." Brother 16 contacted the helicopter pilot, and she wanted to transfer these important goods.

273 Mechanical Master (Part )

While the AR team diligently explored the ruins in the Boston city, investigating the available technology and the local sphere of influence, the Disobedient team finally tracked down a rather special signal community.

There were many chaotic signal sources in the Boston area, and it took them some time to distinguish between these radio stations and signals. But they finally located the signal that might be from the mechanical patrol.

In a wilderness north of Boston, the Rebellious Squad is scouting a team of armed machines with powerful firepower.

The opposing team is composed of eyeball robots, handy robots, raiders, and iron guard robots. There are detailed records of these robots rebelling against the team.

The Eyebots and the Artificial Robots' armed forces were insignificant. Their armor, mobility, and firepower were ridiculously weak against the Rebellious Squad, and even with their bare hands, they could easily dismantle fifty robots by themselves.

But the latter two, the Raiders and Iron Guard robots are somewhat tricky.

These raiders have a humanoid body structure and are a type of combat machine widely deployed by the US military before the war. They were produced by Robco - of course, the company's founder, Robert House, had been killed by Sun Yang himself.

They are equipped with a powerful laser launcher on their heads, and the lasers they shoot out can severely damage the enemy in a short period of time. Such firepower is like facing a heavy laser launcher. Even if they are disobedient, they are unwilling to take the laser.

Fortunately, this type of machine needs some time to charge before attacking, and the humanoids can shoot its head in half a second, leaving them no time to charge.

In addition, the arms of these raiders are driven by hydraulics and chains. In close combat, the rotating hydraulic clamps on their arms will try to tear the target apart. The legs are also driven by high-strength hydraulics and springs, giving them strong movement speed and flexibility.

Some models are even equipped with a stealth module that can activate optical stealth for a certain period of time, making it impossible for the enemy to hit this fast-running and invisible machine.

These features combined make the Raider machine a very reliable combat weapon.

However, Ni Ni's assessment of these things was: they were fine for hitting humans, but not so good for hitting humanoids. Their defense was weak, and their firepower had a delay. As for the so-called hydraulic pliers, they weren't as strong as Griffin's humanoids, and their output wasn't strong enough. The humanoids had gone through several iterations, significantly improving their output and mobility, surpassing the Raiders by more than half.

After all, the Griffin's humanoid skeleton has been completely replaced with Saturn alloy. In a real close combat, the Raider would be torn apart by hand. Compared to these, its laser is quite impressive.

The Iron Guard robots were old friends. The Rebellious Squad had synchronized combat data from the East Coast, giving them a more intuitive assessment of the robots' combat capabilities.

In short, they were heavy mobile firepower platforms. However, upon observation, the Rebellious Squad discovered that the Iron Guard robots on the east coast appeared to be improved models. Their armor thickness and firepower had been increased. They were equipped with machine guns and rocket launchers on their sides, and cluster grenade launchers on their backs.

[Not bad. We can fight.] AK15 said briefly after reviewing the analyzed intelligence.

Should we lure them to a raider or gunner base? Do we need to test their firepower? The commander's mission mentions this.

AN94 flipped through the densely packed combat objectives provided by Sun Yang. If it were a human, they would definitely curse, but for the rebellious team, the tasks on it were reasonable and not too outrageous.

"No need. RO635 and M4SOP2 have already provided this information. The Gunners and Rust Gang's Marauders are capable of capturing these machines, changing their IFF codes, and modifying them. Our mission is to find the factory where the Master Mechanic is located and mark all the still functioning factories here," said AK12.

[So, do we fight or not?] AK15 asked.

[Go ahead. Pilot, we need fire support. Coordinates transmitted.] The AK12 passed the coordinates to the stealth helicopter hovering nearby.

Before the machines could find the rebellious team within their search range, AK12 ordered the helicopters hovering nearby to provide fire support.

Several kilometers away, the pilots locked onto the patrolling machines. The helicopters' cannons roared, spewing flames and showering the distance with bullets.

In a short period of time, nearly a hundred rounds of ammunition were unleashed near these machines, sending up clouds of smoke and dust. The unfortunate Eyebots and Handybots were instantly shredded, while nearly half of the Raiders had their limbs severed. Only the Iron Guard robots, with their strongest armor, withstood the machine gun fire and retained their combat effectiveness.

The helicopter's machine gun stopped firing, and the 3D printer was reproducing new machine gun shells. It would take some time to refill the ammunition bay.

[Shoot.] The moment the helicopter's cannon stopped, AK12 used the power armor's howitzer and cannon to launch a more precise fire attack on the group of machines below.

Behind their power armor, holographic emitters lit up with a discreet blue light. Three holographic spheres appeared, suspended in the air. The humanoids didn't care what shape the objects appeared in, as long as they could provide firepower, so they simply made them as small as possible.

These spheres provided additional firepower, high-energy lasers, autocannons, and grenades quickly destroying the remaining Iron Guard and Raider machines. Under such heavy attack, nothing could survive.

[The signal disappears.] AK15 drives the power armor to move to the area that has been bombarded by heavy firepower.

These pitiful machines didn't even have the ability to see the enemy, let alone launch a counterattack. In this wasteland where combat distances were still tens or even a few meters, firepower coverage launched from several kilometers away was relatively rare.

Although the indirect-fire artillery retained by the Volunteer Army in a few areas can provide fire support for several kilometers, it still requires specialized observers and professional artillery training to operate effectively, otherwise this type of artillery will usually hit its own people.

As for other factions, they rarely have the ability to attack at long range. Fat Man nukes are not very common, and their success is not ideal. Often, Fat Man nukes are used as a superior alternative to rockets or grenades.

[Thanks for your support, pilot. The battle is over.] The AK12 transmitted the order to the distant stealth helicopter.

[Roger that. Patrol mode.] the pilot responded.

"I feel like I can't go back to the days without heavy firepower," AN94 sighed from his power armor. "Whenever I encounter a dangerous situation, I can just go in with my power armor. It seems like all the missions I've been on with the Security Bureau don't have any superior firepower."

"Because when they can take advantage of their firepower, the humans don't need us; they can get the job done on their own. We're only called in for difficult tasks. Commander Sun Yang just treats us like ordinary infantry. He's the type who really hates special rescue." AK12 complained a lot.

There will always be times when you can't bring heavy firepower with you. When that happens, all you can rely on is your own body and a small, powerful weapon. AK12, what did you find? AK15 asked AK12, who was searching the wreckage of the machine.

"I read the address of General Atomics. The command signals for these robots are coming from that factory. However, judging by the signal signatures of these machines... there are many similar teams around Boston. These signals are probably relay stations, performing signal diversion." AK12 said after reading the information.

[I also read some interesting information: these machines contain orders to restore order in the Federation, and mention "Mechanical Masters" who are here to protect the Federation.] AK12 pulled out the data cable and shared the information.

"But these battle records aren't like that." AN94 said after taking a quick look.

"In combat logs, these machines clearly attacked everything: ghouls, raiders, super mutants, synths... and even ordinary humans with little resistance. These machines themselves lacked reliable and sophisticated friend-or-foe identification capabilities; all combat orders came directly from the upper-level robots," AK12 added.

"Like the Iron Blood? These are autonomous puppet humanoids that receive signals, and the commanding elite Iron Bloods completely control their actions?" AN94 asked.

[This metaphor...is quite apt, isn't it? I've located the signal. Let's go over there and take a look.] AK12 spent a few seconds compiling the battle report and handed it to M4.

"The factory can't get any fire support from helicopters. And the machine issuing the instructions needs to remain intact. The parts are likely quite large, and if they shatter, our clues might be lost." AN94 hypothesized.

[That means prohibiting heavy firepower.] AK15 goes straight to the heart of the matter.

"You're right, you female gorilla!" AK12 sighed. "I've warned you that these raiders will overload their cores and self-destruct when they're unsure of the situation. We need to kill them quickly and don't let them overload successfully. Even we wouldn't be able to withstand such an explosion. The people here before the war also put in a lot of effort to prevent their technology from being recycled."

[Looks like things are back to normal.] After completing the scan, AN94 called for a nearby helicopter to land. They boarded a stealth helicopter and headed towards the factory.

814 The Thirty-year-old Kirin

The General Atomics factory is built on the coast east of Boston. Looking down from the sky, you can see the drainage pipes built by the factory along the seashore. Perhaps in the past two hundred years, the untreated industrial wastewater was directly dumped into the ocean.

Southeast of the factory, the rebellious team could see a large, seemingly abandoned fortress. The fortress had been attacked by something massive, and several of its thick stone walls had collapsed. Inside, one could see some of the armor and armor left behind by the volunteers, which were unmovable and worthless.

After all, after a few decades, scavengers would surely risk their lives to break into the fortress and take away all the supplies that could be sold for money or to sustain survival, leaving behind only completely useless things.

After determining its location, the helicopter began searching for a suitable landing spot. This took a while to find an unoccupied spot. During this time, AK12 chatted with his teammates.

[I heard the commander wants to support the Volunteer Army?] AK12 asked the two teammates beside him.

"I think it's very likely. Didn't he do this on the West Coast? He beat everyone he disliked to death, and when he was satisfied, he pulled in a seemingly promising faction and had them send people to take over. I think the Volunteers and the Brotherhood of Steel will be the ones to take over this time." AN94 bluntly criticized Sun Yang.

[…Why are you so keen on gossiping about the Commander?] AK15 couldn't help but ask.

The Commander doesn't mind a few small talks, anyway. I even think he might be quite proud of hearing us discuss this. "Hmph~ Whatever, go ahead and discuss~" he might say. AK12 danced with joy.

[Don't let M4 hear this. I think she cares about this.] AN94 also had a relatively indifferent attitude, but she was still somewhat concerned about M4's attitude.

"There's something off about her mind cloud. What's important is the commander's opinion, not hers," AK15 said matter-of-factly. "But M4 hasn't refused to fight for personal reasons yet."

You can rest assured, she won't refuse any orders from her commander. I know two words that perfectly describe her: first, yandere, and second, loyal dog. AK12's crazy review of the M4.

[The second one doesn't need to be explained, loyalty is the foundation.] AK15 has been revised.

"You're still as humorless as ever. I'm more worried she might do something like kidnap the commander... That's something she absolutely shouldn't do..." AK12 muttered to himself.

"I think that's unlikely, since the Commander recently used a strange trinket to create several meters of lightning, which shattered a pure metal moving statue." AN94 relayed the information he had heard to his group.

[I remember that the Commander hasn't brought any humanoids in the Dark Souls world recently? How did you know?] AK12 felt that this rumor was completely unreasonable.

"The source... The Commander told a few familiar T-dolls about this during their break. They told others, and the story spread. I think for the Commander, this is something he doesn't need to hide." AN94 quickly located the source.

"Forget it, let's not dwell on these things anymore. Let's focus on the upcoming battle. We're getting off the plane." AK12 emerged from the power armor, fully equipped with light weapons.

274 Mechanical Master (Part )

Three humanoids activated their invisibility and leaped from the suspended helicopter onto the roof of a building near the General Atomics plant. They quickly descended to the lower floor, opened the side door of the plant, and rushed inside.

While investigating the shattered robots, AK12 had already read the characteristics of a special command signal. She located the source of the signal and headed deeper into the factory.

"Unauthorized target detected, activating..." "Bang, bang, bang!"

Through the shattered windows of the reception room and the factory's observation window, several well-aimed bullets shattered an eyeball robot. AK12's eyes turned crimson, and her personality system temporarily suspended, devoting all computing power to the Snow Wolf Eye.

The factory was abuzz with activity, and a large number of cobbled-together machines rushed towards the door. But within a second of entering the factory, the Snow Wolf Eye became a signal marker for all nearby non-friendly units.

The humanoids' high-speed bullets pierced through the complex and damaged corridors and struck a machine more than ten meters away, smashing it and its sensors into a pile of junk parts.

AK15's Snow Wolf Eye pierced through the not-too-thick walls, and through them, she could see the eyeball robots and hand robots scurrying towards her from behind. These machines were almost all built from various pieces of still-functioning metal junk. Although their appearance made it doubtful whether they could function properly, at least they could still fly, shoot deadly lasers, or swing circular saws.

AK15 looked at the map and saw a Raider robot leaning against the door on the other side of the wall, ready to ambush someone. Other robots were fine, but this Raider robot had to be taken seriously.

So AK15 swung his fist directly and punched into the metal wall next to it. These metal walls could not be made of pure metal structure, which would be too heavy and waste too much metal production capacity.

These metal walls are made of two metal plates less than one centimeter thick stacked together, with steel supports sandwiched in between to maintain strength, reduce costs and earthquake resistance.

AK15's fist punched through two layers of not-so-thin metal plates, passed through the bracket between the two metal plates, and grabbed the metal head of the raider leaning against the wall on the opposite side of the wall.

The Raider tried to flip back the laser, but her machine's power was far inferior to AK15's. Her head was firmly grasped, staring straight ahead. The rotating pincers only scratched AK15's arm, creating a few sparks.

The Raider sounded a series of alarms, attempting to call for help. But AK15 then swung out his other hand, punching through the wall and the Raider's back armor, shattering her power pack. The Raider shut down and was scrapped.

AK15 threw the pile of garbage on the ground. She tore open the iron sheets that separated the partitions, broke the metal brackets, and tore open a passage for herself to pass through.

Even though the Raider didn't self-destruct when it was destroyed, the AK-15 detected a significant amount of radiation contamination. It seemed that these fusion cores, due to aging, had begun to release large amounts of radioactive radiation after being destroyed.

AN94 and AK12 immediately came in from behind to assist, shooting down the missing machines that ran out from nearby. One of them judged the situation was not right and tried to detonate the nuclear fusion core, but the AK12 also destroyed the signal transmission part.

"Breaking through here is the shortest route, but it's inefficient to tear down these iron plates and metal racks layer by layer. What do you think, AK15?" AK12 corrected a new route to his teammates.

AK15 pulled the attacker's head off the ground and connected it to her power supply. She activated the attacker's head laser emitter and at the same time used her own plasma weapon to pull the trigger at the wall in front of her.

The scorching red lasers and plasma jets blasted the wall together. These metal plates had not been designed to withstand the attacks of high-energy lasers and plasma jets. In just a few seconds, the metal plates became scorching hot and lost their toughness due to the lasers and plasma jets.

After all, plasma weapons are equipment used to penetrate armor. If they can penetrate armor, they can also penetrate walls made of metal plates.

When the metal plate was almost melted, AK15 picked up a metal table from the side and smashed it against the burnt wall. The table was instantly deformed by the impact, but it also successfully knocked a large hole in the metal wall with the edge still half melted.

The table was thrown into the corridor opposite by AK15. She crawled to the other side and killed all the machines rushing towards her.

With this simple and straightforward method, AK15 used the deformed metal table to knock down the wall until it reached the room with the transmission signal.

The machines arranged around the factory were frantically rushing back to defend this side, but their speed was much slower than the speed at which the humanoids were tearing down the wall.

In the center of the house stood a machine that resembled a human brain. This machine looked like it had been heavily modified and had many useless devices installed.

The machine brain that sent the signal immediately shot a laser at the AK15, but as a machine that distributes commands, it did not have enough power to drive a high-power laser weapon.

The weak red laser blasted at the AK15 for a short while before it went silent, its transmitter quickly becoming overheated. However, the surface of the AK15's protective suit, which had been hit, barely heated up.

The machine with the brain tried to open a nearby metal security door to leave, but AK15 crawled in and kicked the tracks and walking structure with its feet, leaving it unable to move.

"Leave this to me." AK12 quickly scanned the signal source in front of him. "Sure enough, the human brain is the only thing capable of maintaining such a large-scale interactive network. Without a high-performance processor, you're targeting the human brain? It's the same whether you're on the East Coast or the West Coast."

15 and I guarded the entrance. AN94 opened the security door and continued firing, shutting down the incoming machines. AK15 drew his assault rifle and joined the fray.

[Thank you.] AK12 forced its way into the machine, reading and integrating a vast amount of intelligence. After about ten seconds, she pulled the thread back and pulled a bizarre device from the machine. She then shot the machine's head, which was encased in culture medium, into pieces.

Brain matter, soaked for at least two centuries, was scattered all over the floor. AK12 pulled a wire from his arm and quickly connected it to the device.

[Ah~ I see~ A specially designed radar beacon.] AK12 made a delighted sound.

"Can it be used universally?" AN94 asked. As the machine was shattered and its device removed, the machines that had rushed over froze in their tracks. After all, these machines lacked any autonomous consciousness. Without receiving new instructions, they wouldn't move at all.

Before leaving, the people from the Oasis and Great Mountains prepared local universal conversion software and simulation hardware for me. Most of the machines here are very underpowered, so creating one should be more than enough. Okay, new hardware detected, software upgrade... Analyzing... The AK12 decrypted the information on the device at a speed far beyond this world's capabilities.

[Received encrypted communication, strong signal. Prohibited from locating the source? Wait... cracked. I've located it.] Relying on vastly superior computing power, the AK12 brute-force cracked the signal. It took her less than half a minute to remove the encrypted signal and locate its actual origin.

"Hmph, these are just leftovers. This crude encryption is only good enough to fool the locals," AK12 posted a large amount of information on the squad's map. "I've detected all the robot groups and sub-signal sources operating using the same signal in the Boston area. If you need to retrieve them later, just follow this information."

[Some signals are coming from the Rust Demon Gang. Shouldn't we just ignore them?] AN94 asked.

"No, I've uploaded the information. If there are orders, I'm following them. If not, I'll focus on the task at hand. Rather than discussing this, let's go straight to the source of the signal. I've learned a new trick that might put my electronic warfare skills to good use."

AK12 was holding the terminal. As soon as she finished speaking, the nearby machines gathered together in an orderly manner, holding hands and rolling into a huge storage box.