16: Chapter 16 Death Charge! The Geng Metal Blade Bone is Born!

Lu Beichen retracted his right hand with a natural motion.

A trace of magnetic fluctuation, thinner than a strand of hair and lighter than a breath.

After seeping into the gap in the robot shoulder armor, it spread silently.

Lu Beichen turned around, his face still wearing that gentle smile.

"It is a bit stuffy here, I will go up to get some air. Please tell Uncle for me in a while."

Shen Qingci did not even look at him, crossing her arms, her gaze fixed on the robot.

"Mm."

Lu Beichen bowed slightly and turned to leave.

His footsteps were neither hurried nor slow, and his breathing was as steady as usual.

The moment he stepped out of the alloy door, the corners of his mouth curled up.

Three to five minutes.

The more sophisticated the military AI brain, the more fragile its underlying logic chain.

He needed a high vantage point with a clear view.

The second-floor outer corridor would do nicely.

Lu Beichen walked up the corridor with a calm pace.

For things like playing the hero to save the beauty, timing is more important than strength.

...

Third underground floor.

In the empty training room, only Shen Qingci and the quietly standing robot remained.

She took out the exclusive remote control from her spatial bracelet, aimed it at the robot, and prepared to put it into sleep mode.

The moment her thumb pressed down.

"Hum."

The robot's smooth sensor panel suddenly jumped.

The originally steady deep blue light strip flashed twice without warning.

Then it was replaced by a blinding crimson.

"Warning! Warning! Core program logic disorder! Unknown command conflict triggered!"

The synthesized mechanical voice was sharp and piercing, echoing back and forth in the enclosed training room.

"What is going on?!" Shen Qingci's expression changed.

She pressed the emergency stop button repeatedly.

There was no response.

The robot's crimson electronic eye stared fixedly ahead, and the harsh sound of grinding gears emanated from within.

Suddenly, its head snapped around, and the crimson beam scanned Shen Qingci from head to toe.

Shen Qingci tensed her body, silver light flickering between her finger bones, Geng Metal Blade Bone ready to strike.

"Identity recognized... Authorization confirmed: Highest Owner."

"Logic conflict: Attacking the owner is prohibited."

"Backup protocol initiated... Eliminate potential threats around the owner."

The robot's electronic eye stopped on her for less than a second before suddenly turning toward the thick alloy door.

It completely ignored her.

"Roar!"

A low mechanical roar erupted, causing the walls of the training room to vibrate.

The robot swung its right arm violently!

With a dead weight of two and a half tons, combined with full-power hydraulic output, it punched the special alloy door.

"Bang!!"

The entire door bulged outward, the rivets on the door frame flew off, embedding themselves into the opposite wall.

It bent its legs slightly, its heavy hydraulic feet shattering the floor tiles.

It charged at full speed toward the sloping corridor leading to the surface.

The floor cracked into spiderweb patterns beneath its feet, and the entire corridor trembled.

"There are people upstairs!" Shen Qingci's expression changed drastically, and she immediately chased after it.

...

Surface, west side of the Sorting Area.

In Su Ming's "exclusive VIP box," the atmosphere was incredibly peaceful.

His left hand pressed against a piece of twisted high-manganese steel track wreckage, and a familiar heat flowed from his palm into his whole body, feeling so comfortable he almost groaned.

[Ding! Devoured high-manganese steel track component. mass points + 6.7.]

Su Ming exhaled with satisfaction and summoned the panel to take a look.

[True Mass: 296.3 kg (+)]

[mass points: 548.15]

Still more than a hundred short.

At this afternoon's speed, I will definitely be able to collect enough before finishing work.

Then— Boom!!!

A heaven-shaking loud noise came from the direction of the main building.

Su Ming's hand shook.

He raised his head and saw a large hole blown into the outer wall of the main building.

Brick and stone fragments mixed with twisted steel bars exploded in all directions, and dust rose into the sky.

A massive, dark silver figure shot out from the dust.

"Thud!!"

That thing slammed heavily onto the open ground of the Sorting Area, the ground shook violently, and the pile of scrap under Su Ming's feet slid down a few pieces with a clatter.

Everyone in the area was stunned.

The Short-haired Lady stared blankly, stretching her neck to look over there: "What's the situation? Is this a fire drill?"

The Bald Man also stopped his work, peeking around.

The panshi robot's pair of crimson electronic eyes flashed wildly, its hydraulic legs kicked the ground, and its massive body sprang up.

Its right arm swept horizontally!

A sorting workbench nearby, welded from heavy steel plates and weighing hundreds of pounds, was like paper in front of it, slapped flying directly.

The Bald Man and a few other workers closest to it were knocked to the ground by the airwave from the tumbling steel table, rolling far away.

"Run! Run quickly!"

"A monster! It's killing people!"

The Sorting Area was in chaos.

The Short-haired Lady fell into the scrap metal pile, lost one of her shoes, and crawled out using her hands and feet.

Scarface Li's face lost all color, and he roared at the top of his lungs: "Scatter! Everyone get the hell out of the way!!"

The sound of crying and the clashing of metal mixed together.

On the second-floor outer corridor, Lu Beichen stood by the railing.

He looked down at the workers fleeing in all directions, calculating the time.

Wait a little longer.

Let the feeling of despair ferment a little longer.

His gaze swept over those fleeing figures screaming for their lives, the corners of his mouth curling slightly.

Just ants.

A few deaths don't matter.

...

Inside the Sorting Area.

The robot's crimson electronic eyes scanned frantically, quickly locking onto the area where thermal energy and life signs were most concentrated.

The corner where Scarface Li and the Short-haired Lady were retreating.

"Warning! Multiple hostile targets detected! Elimination sequence initiated!"

The engine let out a thunderous roar.

The two-and-a-half-ton steel body shifted its center of gravity forward, and its legs propelled it.

It launched a death charge toward the group of workers huddled together.

Scarface Li pushed the Short-haired Lady behind him and blocked in front.

His legs were shaking, but he did not retreat a single step.

The crimson electronic eyes were already closing in, the two-and-a-half-ton steel body stirred up a violent wind, and the shadow of death loomed overhead.

However. Just at this critical moment.

A slender figure seemed to tear through space.

Appearing suddenly in a flash of lightning, standing firmly in front of them.

Shen Qingci!

She did not look back, her legs slightly bent, her center of gravity lowered.

Those long arms wrapped in a black nano-combat suit shook violently.

Silver light surged between her knuckles.

A long blade with a matte silver-gray body was forged from her palm bones.

The blade's lines were straight and elegant, without any superfluous decorations.

Yet the edge was as thin as a cicada's wing, reflecting a line of cold light.

Tang Hengdao · cold edge!

The moment the blade appeared, the air seemed to be shaved away by a layer.

Shen Qingci held the blade with both hands, the tip pointing toward the charging steel beast.

The violent wind made her long hair dance wildly, but her figure was nailed to the spot like a rock, motionless.

The next second would be a world-shattering collision!