185: When machinery meets myth

"Screech—"

Another spray of corrosive liquid splattered on the chest plate, and the protective coating immediately emitted a pungent white smoke.

Zhao Wuji gritted his teeth and swung his chainsaw sword, slicing the attacking Demonic Beast offspring in half at the waist.

Foul-smelling internal organs splattered on his faceplate, temporarily obscuring his vision.

"Old Zhao! Three o'clock!" Grandmaster Ling Yue, a female Great Grandmaster, roared through the communicator.

Zhao Wuji sharply turned his body, and a rhino-sized rhino Demonic Beast brushed past his back.

Before he could catch his breath, he suddenly felt his left leg sink.

Three ape-like Demonic Beasts were hanging onto his mechanical leg, tearing at it frantically.

"Get lost!" He furiously shook his left leg, only to hear a crisp "crack."

A warning immediately popped up on his display screen: [Left leg joint broken, mobility decreased by 60%]

Despair surged like a tide.

Beside the transport plane, Grandmaster Ling Yue's situation was equally dire.

Only two of her proud floating cannon arrays were still operational, and black smoke billowed from the ion thrusters on her back.

Most critically, she found that there were very few armor-piercing rounds left in the ammunition depot.

"Old Zhou! How much longer can you hold on?" She called out through the internal channel.

No response.

Turning her head, she saw the battle armor of the third Great Grandmaster, Zhou Pojun, kneeling on one knee.

His chest plate was completely torn open, exposed cables sparked, and his right arm was unnaturally twisted.

Five Demonic Beasts were gnawing frantically at him, the sound of tearing metal grating on the teeth.

Everything before him made Zhao Wuji clench his fists tightly.

The radar showed a new wave of thousands of Demonic Beasts surging from a distance.

Those distorted figures in the moonlight were like a nightmare; their sheer number was enough to engulf the entire valley.

He knew very well that the three of them probably wouldn't survive the night.

But... why did they come to the East?

The original plan was clearly to wait for the President to complete his mechanical modifications, then assemble all the Federation's forces to solve the problem in the North.

Yet, Su Lei, due to some personal grievances, had arbitrarily come to the East... and in rescuing him, had needlessly sacrificed three of the Federation's few top combatants!

"Prepare to activate the self-destruct sequence..."

Grandmaster Ling Yue's calm voice came through the squad communication channel.

"We absolutely cannot leave the battle armor technology to these beasts, to the Three Great Families."

Zhao Wuji took a deep breath, a strong sense of unwillingness flashing in his eyes.

The three looked at each other in silence, their fingers moving towards the red button on their chests.

Just then—

All the attacking Demonic Beasts suddenly froze in place.

The monsters tearing at Zhou Pojun also stopped their movements simultaneously, pricking up their ears as if listening to something.

Then, under the incredulous gaze of the three, the tide of beasts actually began to retreat!

They turned around and disappeared into the depths of the forest even faster than they had arrived, leaving only a mess on the ground.

"This..." Zhou Pojun struggled to get up from the ground, half of his bloodied face exposed behind his twisted faceplate.

"What happened?"

Grandmaster Ling Yue was the first to react.

She quickly pulled up the radar scan and looked excitedly at the other two.

"The beast tide within a thousand miles has all retreated!"

"Their direction of movement... is the East Sea, the position held by Su Lei's squad!"

"We need to go support them immediately! The transport plane can still..."

"Su Lei?!"

Zhao Wuji suddenly interrupted her furiously, his mechanical fist smashing heavily on the ground beside him, blasting a large hole.

"Just to save him and his ignorant subordinates, we almost got wiped out!"

"Now you still want to..."

His words suddenly trailed off.

In the distant sky, a dazzling white light erupted at some unknown point, illuminating the entire night sky as if it were day.

The three were stunned.

Even a thousand miles away, they could feel that terrifying pressure.

That was... a power they couldn't comprehend!

Grandmaster Ling Yue's mechanical fingers gently rested on Zhao Wuji's trembling shoulder.

"Do you understand now why the higher-ups wanted to protect him at all costs?"

Zhao Wuji stared blankly into the distance, the white light that pierced the heavens and earth reflected on his mechanical faceplate.

The values on his display screen flickered wildly, eventually all turning into a blinding red warning—[Beyond Calculation Range]

His pupils contracted violently, his Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty, but he couldn't make a sound.

The power contained in that light had completely exceeded the comprehension of the mechanical battle armor—

It wasn't technology, it wasn't an energy weapon, but something more ancient, more Origin.

"This... what exactly is this?"

Zhou Pojun murmured softly, his eyes filled with shock.

Grandmaster Ling Yue didn't answer, turning and striding towards the transport plane.

"Don't just stand there."

"All the Demonic Beasts in the entire East are heading in their direction."

"Every second we delay, they face more danger."

This time, Zhao Wuji didn't object.

He silently followed, his mechanical joints creaking under the strain.

As his finger touched the transport plane's hatch, a faint tremor ran through the metal surface.

It wasn't the engine's vibration, but the uncontrollable trembling of his arm... When the transport plane landed at the coordinates, the morning light had already pierced through the clouds.

Zhao Wuji was the first to jump out of the cabin, and the sight before him made his breathing stop—

Su Lei stood quietly above the factory, a faint white light still lingering around him.

Below, Li Xue凝 and the others, though covered in wounds, had eyes filled with fearless Battle Intent.

What shocked Zhao Wuji the most was the dense carpet of Demonic Beast corpses stretching as far as the eye could see.

At least tens of thousands!

"You've arrived." Su Lei turned to the three and nodded calmly.

Grandmaster Ling Yue instinctively stood at attention and saluted, not even realizing how respectful her gesture was.

Zhou Pojun, dragging his damaged battle armor, took a step forward, his lips trembling as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he only bowed deeply.

Zhao Wuji stood rooted to the spot, his mechanical fingers unconsciously opening and closing.

He remembered his previous anger and doubts, his myriad dissatisfactions with this operation.

Now, all those emotions had turned into a hard lump in his throat, making it ache.

Su Lei's gaze swept past the three and towards the transport plane.

"Let's go, there's still a lot to do."

...The transport plane slowly ascended.

Inside the cabin, everyone remained silent, tending to their injuries.

Zhao Wuji sat in the corner, quietly checking the damage to his battle armor.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Li Xue凝 bandaging Su Lei's wound.

He wanted to go over and speak, but didn't know how to start a conversation.

A message from Grandmaster Ling Yue suddenly popped up in his vision: "Did you see those corpses?"

Zhao Wuji paused, then replied: "According to the scan results, they were instantly vaporized by some extreme high temperature."

A moment later, Grandmaster Ling Yue sent another message: "The energy released in that instant was close to the electricity consumed by a city in a year."

"Is this even human? It's simply unimaginable..."

Zhou Pojun secretly glanced at Su Lei and also sent a message in the three-person squad channel.

"Could it be that the end of ancient Dao is to become a legendary god?"

Grandmaster Ling Yue: "A very bold guess, but not impossible."

"The gods, immortals, demons, angels in those myths..."

"Perhaps they are beings so powerful that they are as incomprehensible as he is."

Zhao Wuji didn't answer.

He closed the squad communication channel and silently looked out the porthole.

The morning sun was rising from between the sea of clouds.

At this moment, he suddenly understood the decision of the Federation's high command.

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