526: Chapter 526 Sand Man

Soon, the flying robot arrived in the Aksu region.

"Wait, is this the Peacock River?" Oriental Chen asked, pointing at the screen.

"Yes, Commander," Xiao Lin replied.

The epicenter was located in the central area of Aksu, 10 kilometers south of the Peacock River, and only 10 kilometers from the Taklamakan Desert to the south.

This was the only way to cross Xinjiang westward into Mordo.

"The epicenter is here?" Oriental Chen asked.

"Yes, Commander."

"Zoom in!"

"Understood."

Oriental Chen had a faint feeling that something was about to happen here.

"Dai Zheng, come and see, is this where we rescued Old Qin more than ten years ago?" Oriental Chen called Dai Zheng over.

"Let me see." Dai Zheng immediately walked over.

"Roughly. It should be further north, closer to Lop Nur," Dai Zheng replied after looking at the map for a long time.

"Good! Xiao Lin, send more drones to monitor this area closely. Report immediately if any abnormalities are found," Oriental Chen ordered.

"Understood, Commander."

An endless stream of drones flew towards the Aksu region.

...

"Holy One, look, there are drones in the sky!" a follower shouted.

"Everyone hide, don't move!" Jingqi ordered.

"Holy One, these drones aren't coming for us, are they?" the follower asked.

"They should be attracted by the vibrations," Jingqi thought for a moment and analyzed.

"That's good!" The follower breathed a sigh of relief.

"What the hell is this! We're already Tier 2 Mutants, yet we're being forced to hide from a bunch of ants. This is truly humiliating!" the injured follower complained.

"Stop spouting nonsense. If you want to die, get lost and don't drag us down," another follower retorted.

"Everyone shut up!" Jingqi was getting annoyed to death.

He had been tracking the source of the sound, and now he had a bad feeling. He felt that these sounds were coming directly for them.

...

"Commander, an abnormal situation has occurred." Not long after, Xiao Lin reminded him.

"What is it?" Oriental Chen asked.

"Unidentified objects have appeared on the ground," Xiao Lin reported.

"Zoom in!" Oriental Chen stared intently at the screen.

"Zoom in again!"

At this point, faint black dots could vaguely be seen moving.

"Continue to zoom in!"

Now, the small black dots were clearer.

"What are these things?" Oriental Chen felt a chill down his spine.

These things looked like both flowing sand and tiny walking figures.

The reason they appeared black from a distance was that only their shadows were visible.

"Preliminary judgment: sand," Xiao Lin replied.

"..." Oriental Chen was speechless.

Xiao Lin always said some inexplicable nonsense at certain times.

He could see that too.

But the question was, why would this sand take on the shape of a person and be able to walk on the Gobi Desert?

"Scan them and see why they can move?" Oriental Chen ordered.

"Understood, Commander," Xiao Lin replied.

"Warning! A large number of nanobots have been destroyed!"

"Warning! A large number of nanobots have been destroyed!"

"What's going on?" Oriental Chen asked.

"Commander, the nanobots cannot approach those Sand People. If the distance is less than 10 centimeters, they will be directly destroyed," Xiao Lin replied.

"Commander, the reconnaissance mission failed," Xiao Lin added.

"Figure out the reason why the nanobots were destroyed?" Oriental Chen ordered.

"Understood, Commander, currently detecting."

"Commander, there is an extremely dense electromagnetic field on the outer layer of the Sand People. Nanobots will immediately fail upon approaching it," Xiao Lin quickly reported the result.

This was already the second thing that countered nanobots.

Previously, the Okshung Empire's mechs were found to have a nanocoating on their surface, which had a strong adsorption effect on nanobots.

But that was at least just the surface.

Integrating nanobots into the warhead of armor-piercing shells could effectively solve that problem.

But now, the electromagnetic field on the Sand People's bodies might completely disable nanobots.

"Dai Zheng, send a mech over and try firing a few armor-piercing shells," Oriental Chen ordered.

"Yes!" Dai Zheng acknowledged the order and left.

Half an hour later, the mech arrived above Aksu.

For safety, the mech remained in flight, not daring to land.

"Commander, the mech is in position," Dai Zheng walked back and reported.

"Fire," Oriental Chen ordered.

"Yes!"

"Fire!" Dai Zheng shouted.

"Bang bang bang bang ~"

A burst of bullets was fired towards one of the Sand People.

"Rustle rustle rustle rustle ~"

The bullets directly passed through the Sand People after hitting them.

The Sand People were completely unaffected.

"Alright, tell him to come back!" Oriental Chen understood now.

The armor-piercing shells were completely ineffective.