226: Chapter 226 Happy Robot?

"This girl... looks like she's arranged this kind of thing quite often." Mu Cheng wasn't surprised and nodded as he spoke.

"Mhm, it's an inside-outside job. Let's head to the designated location. The route is still quite far."

"Alright then! Let's set off." As soon as Gu Na finished speaking, she suddenly added,

"By the way, Brother Cheng, which direction should we head?"

That question genuinely stumped Mu Cheng. While he knew the general direction, the dense network of passages before them...

made it truly difficult to find the correct path.

"Hmm, let me ask for instructions first!" Mu Cheng also looked quite awkward.

"What instructions? Even if you ask, it'll probably waste a lot of time to find the route. Why not just be direct and brute-force it?"

Tao Shuishui stepped forward and threw a punch straight ahead, instantly smashing a large crater in front of them.

"You know, Shuishui, I suddenly realize you've gotten a lot smarter than before." Mu Cheng was a bit shocked.

Tao Shuishui: "Pfft~ That makes it sound like I was very stupid. Don't forget I'm a student of Ningcheng University."

"Smarter, yes, but you still didn't consider everything." After Gu Na's casual remark,

she continued: "Mumu, I'll leave it to you."

"No problem, but this will consume a lot of energy." Tao Mumu instantly understood the meaning.

Mu Cheng stepped forward at this point. "Leave it to me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he directly activated a Talisman Array. In no time at all, a mech was created at visible speed.

It wasn't a combat-type mech, but a tunneling-type...

Just its massive drill head was roughly four meters tall.

"Wow! Is this the Power of Creation?" Tao Shuishui was clearly amazed.

Tao Mumu didn't hesitate either, immediately tossing out a large handful of star-glow crystals for the mech to absorb.

"Ahem~ I say, Shuishui, could we focus on the main task first?" Mu Cheng had just finished speaking.

Tao Shuishui was already on the mech. "I'll pilot it!"

"Shuishui... are you sure you can handle this? Somehow, you don't seem very reliable?" Even Gu Na wasn't too confident.

But right after she said that, Tao Shuishui was already piloting the mech, heading towards the destination.

"That intense? When did she learn how to do that?" Mu Cheng couldn't believe it.

It was Tao Shuishui, this carefree person, piloting the mech so skillfully.

"Although my sister's combat strength isn't great, her practical skills are surprisingly strong." Tao Mumu had to admit.

While Tao Shuishui's fighting prowess was indeed lacking, she was proficient with machinery and picked things up at a glance.

Gu Na: "There's a saying that's true: 'When God closes a door, he opens a window.'"

Obviously, she also knew Tao Shuishui had this talent.

"Enough chatter, hurry up and follow!" Mu Cheng followed while simultaneously sending a message to Tao Shuishui.

"Shuishui, going down another ten or twenty meters is fine too. Otherwise, making too much commotion isn't good."

"Received." Tao Shuishui instantly replied.

A moment later.

Gu Na: "Why is it going down now? Right... too much commotion indeed wouldn't be good."

"Seems Brother Cheng thought it through carefully." Tao Mumu instantly guessed it must have been Mu Cheng's idea.

With the mech clearing the path ahead, they arrived at the designated location in less than thirty minutes.

"Brother Cheng, the marked spot is right above us." Tao Shuishui stored the mech and said.

Mu Cheng: "Let's wait a bit first. Sister Ah Hong probably hasn't started her move yet."

"Hey now! So Brother Cheng is that familiar with her, even calling her 'sister'." Tao Shuishui teased.

But after a serious thought, she added: "Well, it makes sense. Helping train our little sister... you'd naturally be quite familiar."

"Uh... now's not the time for that. Let's focus on the main task first." Mu Cheng had just finished speaking.

When Ah Hong sent a message. "You can move now! Remember, the main task is to destroy the test tubes."

"Message received. Our responsibility is to destroy the test tubes." After Mu Cheng made simple arrangements,

they directly broke into the laboratory from underground. This lab was huge... easily over a hundred times larger than the previous one.

"This... isn't it a bit too big?" Gu Na looked at the scene before her, somewhat unsure how to proceed.

Tao Mumu was also a bit stunned. "Brother Cheng, with just the four of us... I'm afraid destroying everything would take over three hours!"

"My dear sister, have you forgotten?" Tao Shuishui didn't hesitate at all and directly released the mech.

Tao Mumu: "How could I forget this guy? Give it a few tens of millions of star-glow crystals!"

After saying that, she operated her high-tech bracelet and transferred them over...

"Brother Cheng, looks like we're not needed here." Gu Na watched, already feeling unmotivated to move.

Mu Cheng thought for a moment and sent a message to Ah Hong. "What's the situation outside? Need help?"

"Of course I need it. This guy is a bit tricky." Ah Hong replied instantly.

"Alright then! You two stay here. I'll go up and lend a hand." Mu Cheng still couldn't rest easy.

Anyway, even if Gu Na and Tao Mumu went out together, they wouldn't be much help. Staying here, they could at least watch each other's backs.

"Mhm, Brother Cheng, don't worry! Leave this to us." Gu Na instantly understood and said.

Tao Mumu also saw it. "Mhm, Brother Cheng, you go out and help that sister!"

"Alright then, but be careful. Here are a million Talisman Arrays of various types." Mu Cheng still wasn't at ease.

He transferred a portion of his Talisman Arrays over, only then feeling reassured enough to leave.

"Seems like I'm running a bit low on Talisman Arrays. Guess I should contact Sister Ninger after this mission ends." Within a few minutes, Mu Cheng had already reached the surface.

"Sister Ah Hong, is this guy a robot?" Mu Cheng asked, somewhat shocked.

Tangled up with Ah Hong was a little boy, expressionless yet laughing quite happily.

He looked quite like a robot.

"You're finally here. This guy is the Happy Robot, one of Dr. Octopus's five fierce generals." Ah Hong quickly moved to Mu Cheng's side.

Happy Robot?

Hearing this, Mu Cheng became interested and asked, "Sister Ah Hong... don't tell me there are also Careful, Careless, Playful, and Sweetheart Robots."

"How did you know? Those are exactly the five fierce generals." Ah Hong was instantly greatly surprised.

This was information she had just learned and hadn't been made public at all.

"I just guessed randomly." Mu Cheng gave an awkward smile.

He thought to himself: It seems this Dr. Octopus is also from the Blue-White Star, and probably a fat otaku, the anime-loving type.

"Is this the helper you called?" The Happy Robot also descended from mid-air.

Ah Hong: "No, no, no. He's not a helper; he's here to defeat you."

"By the way... are you planning for me to fight alone?" Mu Cheng caught the implication and asked.

"Mhm, our Qingqiu Kingdom must preserve our trump cards. We can't let this guy test them out." Ah Hong replied very quietly.

Happy Robot: "If you want to fight, then come. Let me see... what kind of monster you really are."

"This robot doesn't seem simple." Mu Cheng was a bit shocked.

But he also became very serious, instantly releasing his battle aura.

The black hole heavy sword appeared in his right hand. "Come on! Let me see what you're really made of, robot."

"Be careful. This guy's strength is on par with mine." Ah Hong, standing to the side, reminded him.

"Alright! I'll be careful." Mu Cheng also expressed helplessness.

But careful? If he's on par with you, isn't that just setting me up to be sold out?

However, at this point, he had no choice but to brace himself and fight.

"Hmm? The black hole heavy sword. So you're the possessor of the human race's Devouring Bloodline." The Happy Robot recognized it at a glance.

But this only made him laugh even more happily. "Come, come, let me see how far you've grown."

"This guy isn't simple." Mu Cheng had to be cautious and careful.

Nevertheless, he made a probing move, swinging the black hole heavy sword at the robot...

"Comparing physical strength? Fine, I'll play with you properly today." The Happy Robot caught it bare-handed.

"As expected, not simple." Mu Cheng had long known this would be a tough fight.

Realizing the situation was unfavorable, he immediately created distance...

Happy Robot: "Is that all you've got? It seems the possessor of the Devouring Bloodline is nothing special."

"Is that so? Then let's continue." Mu Cheng swung the black hole heavy sword again.

But the result was the same each time—blocked again and again...

In reality, he was holding back his strength, simply to buy time for Tao Shuishui.

"This guy is clearly stalling for time, but he's not using his brain... robots are much smarter than humans." Ah Hong was practically speechless.

Sure enough, as she said, the next moment, the Happy Robot immediately reacted.

"So there are three more insects. Then let's finish this quickly!" The Happy Robot initiated the attack.

"Damn it, discovered so fast." Mu Cheng was also very helpless... but now he had no choice but to go all out.

The battle aura he erupted with became extremely concentrated. This sword strike was nothing but pure speed.

"Now this is fun! Come, come! Let's have a good fight." The Happy Robot laughed even more happily.

His speed was not inferior to Mu Cheng's at all. Soon, the ground... was covered in deep craters.

In truth, he was very clear. With Ah Hong present now, taking the things from the lab was already impossible.

So from start to finish, he hadn't really taken it to heart.

Suddenly creating distance, he threatened Mu Cheng.

"Kid, you'd better get serious, or those three insects will meet a very 'happy' end."

"Hmm? It seems this guy isn't planning to take the things from the lab." Ah Hong also couldn't quite figure it out.

"You know what? I hate threats the most, especially from arrogant pricks like you."

Mu Cheng was thoroughly enraged, going all out... attacking again and again.

"So happy, haven't been this happy in a long time." The Happy Robot grew more and more excited.

"You like being happy? Then I'll beat you to scrap." Mu Cheng increased his speed once more.

Instantly, only afterimages of the two remained...

But Mu Cheng was still slightly superior. Seizing an opportunity, he unleashed a combo, suppressing the Happy Robot completely.

"Another one of those moves. Seems he's getting more and more proficient." Ah Hong could tell at a glance that Mu Cheng had grown much stronger.

Unfortunately, what she never expected was that the Happy Robot would be so decisive, letting Mu Cheng cut off his right arm.

"Interesting, this is getting more and more fun." The Happy Robot laughed like a complete madman.

At the same time, his right arm regrew in no time.

"Come, come, let's continue the fun."

"It seems using just physical strength won't be enough to deal with him."

Mu Cheng decisively retracted the black hole heavy sword and began channeling the Power of Creation.

Immediately after, countless ice spikes surrounded the Happy Robot.

"The Power of Creation... It's been so, so long since I've had this much fun. Play with me!"

The Happy Robot didn't choose any defense. Instead, he directly charged at the ice spikes with his body.

"Infinite regeneration? Then let me see how long you can keep regenerating." Mu Cheng continued creating ice spikes.

Ah Hong, watching from the side, took it all in. "This guy is becoming more and more unfathomable. But it seems... there's really no need to worry."

"Come on, keep going. I want to see how long you can last." In truth, Mu Cheng was already confident of victory.

The reason was very simple: the hidden hint hadn't appeared. That was enough to prove the Happy Robot couldn't stir up any real trouble.

"Happy! So happy! Really, really happy!"

The Happy Robot was now laughing so hard that even Dr. Octopus would probably have a hard time holding back.

"Madman, an absolute madman. But you're at the end of your rope. What can you possibly do to me now?" Mu Cheng didn't stop.

Anyway, he could create as many as he wanted, and there was no energy consumption at all... so he wouldn't give the Happy Robot any opportunity.

"Wait, something's off. This guy's aura is gradually weakening." Mu Cheng quickly noticed something was wrong but didn't stop.

"Something's wrong... it's strange. The Happy Robot is weakening." Ah Hong also noticed.

She urgently shouted, "Kid, finish this quickly!"

"Dragging this out really has no benefits." The moment Mu Cheng retracted the Power of Creation, he immediately unleashed the Black Vine.

In an instant, the Happy Robot was completely surrounded by the Black Vine.

"Very well. You just wait! I, the Happy Robot, will definitely be back."

As the Happy Robot remained standing, he was soon completely devoured by Mu Cheng.

"Sister Ah Hong, what's going on? Could this be just a clone of the Happy Robot?" Mu Cheng asked.

Ah Hong: "Maybe. It's hard to say. But no matter who it is,"

"those who dare offend our Qingqiu Kingdom will surely not return alive!"

"Well said, very well said!" Mu Cheng played along enthusiastically, his inner drama king surfacing.

Ah Hong was utterly speechless: "Alright, alright. They might still need some time down below. Sure you don't want to go help?"

"Not needed. Just destroying things? Simple." Mu Cheng answered decisively.

Seeing she couldn't persuade him, Ah Hong said, "Forget I said anything then."

"The mission is basically complete, right? Then I'll leave the little sisters in your care." Mu Cheng, of course, wasn't stupid.

He brought it up first to avoid Ah Hong assigning another task later.

"Um... I have another task here. Would you like to continue?" Ah Hong said in a very small voice.

Now that she had lost the initiative, Mu Cheng naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip.

"No problem. Give me some blank Talisman Array scrolls."

"Fine. Name your number." Ah Hong was clearly pretending not to be angry.

But helplessly... at this moment, Ah Lan, Ah Bai, and Ah Zi were all out on missions. With no one else available, she had to endure it.

Mu Cheng: "How about a billion? I don't mind having more."

"Alright then. Take this punch!" Ah Hong finally couldn't hold back anymore.

She threw a punch at Mu Cheng, making him question his life choices.