315: Chapter 315 A self-fulfilling prophecy! A complete disaster!

The metal soles of his boots stepped on the oil-stained iron mesh floor, making a dull thudding sound.

Buck walked ahead, keeping his body close to the wall and his footsteps light.

At the end of the passage was a heavy alloy door.

"My Lord, we've arrived." Buck stopped and pointed at the door.

"The Power Room is inside. The source of pollution is entrenched on the Central Reactor. It has absorbed the backup energy of the entire mining area, and its outer shell is extremely hard."

Buck lowered his voice and added, "The most terrifying thing about it is that full-screen mental pollution."

"Once the red indicator light on its chest lights up, it releases an omnidirectional sonic shock. Our previous guard team was driven collectively insane by that one move."

Chen You nodded to show he heard.

He stepped forward, raised his right leg, and kicked the alloy door.

BOOM!

The alloy door, weighing several tons, dented inward with a piercing screech of twisting metal before crashing down onto the Power Room floor, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Buck shrunk his neck in fear.

This Lord's style of doing things was far too violent.

Chen You stepped into the Power Room.

The space here was even larger than the Sorting Plaza outside.

The dome was extremely high, with crisscrossing metal pipes dripping unknown liquids.

A massive mechanical reactor stood in the center.

Perched atop the reactor was a mechanical monster over ten meters in size.

It had no fixed form, pieced together from countless scrapped mine carts, mechanical arms, treads, and massive speaker equipment.

Embedded at the core of the monster was a crystal emitting a faint blue glow.

Hearing the commotion of the door collapsing, the mechanical monster turned its head.

It was a head composed of three giant horns.

"Wrrr——"

A piercing electrical hum echoed through the Power Room.

The metal components on the monster's body began to rub violently, sending sparks flying everywhere.

Buck hid outside the door, poking half his head out: "My Lord! It's starting up! Interrupt it quickly or find cover!"

Chen You stood his ground without moving.

He watched as the armor layers on the monster's chest cracked open, revealing a large generator emitting a red light inside.

The red light grew brighter, and a piercing frequency began to vibrate in the air.

Fine cracks appeared on the surface of the surrounding metal pipes—this was the prelude to the full-screen sonic shock.

Chen You casually pointed a finger, and an aura of extreme sharpness filled the entire Power Room.

Heaven-Breaking Sword Technique Fourth Form: Closing Moon.

Chen You did not swing any substantial sword energy.

He simply locked his own sword intent onto the glowing red generator at the mechanical monster's core that was about to erupt.

Aura Lockdown.

The violent energy fluctuations in the Power Room instantly froze.

The red light on the mechanical monster's chest flickered sharply once before dimming completely.

Its head, composed of three horns, made a 'clack-clack' jamming sound as the full-screen sonic wave about to gush out was forcibly suppressed back into its belly by an invisible force.

The monster's massive body froze in place.

The energy backlash caused the gears and pipelines inside it to burst one after another, spewing out large clouds of black smoke.

Meridian Stagnation triggered, entering a state of absolute silence and paralysis.

"That's it?" Chen You curled his lip.

Exerting force through his feet, his figure instantly vanished from the spot.

When he reappeared, he had already leapt into mid-air, level with the mechanical monster's core crystal.

The yuhuang sword slashed down from above, carving out a brilliant golden arc of light.

The blade sliced through the monster's hard outer shell without meeting any resistance.

The golden arc of light pierced through the mechanical monster's body, splitting it in two.

What seemed like a simple, unadorned strike actually dealt multiple instances of damage in an instant.

"BOOM!"

The massive mechanical wreckage crashed to the floor, parts scattering everywhere.

The monster's health bar instantly emptied.

An instant kill.

Buck, hiding outside the door, opened his mouth wide, even forgetting to breathe.

He knew this Lord was strong, but he didn't expect him to be strong to this extent.

The ultimate tumor that the mining area guard team couldn't solve even after losing hundreds of lives had turned into a pile of scrap metal before it could even release a single move.

Chen You landed, performed a sword flourish, and returned the yuhuang sword to its scabbard.

The battle ended so quickly he didn't even feel like he'd warmed up.

Just as Chen You was about to step forward to check the dropped items, an anomaly suddenly occurred in the mechanical wreckage on the ground.

The core crystal that had been split in two did not go dark; instead, it erupted with a blinding crimson light.

The energy inside the crystal began to compress and expand at an incredibly frantic speed.

A piercing alarm suddenly rang out within the Power Room.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

The frequency grew faster and faster, and the red light illuminated the entire space blood-red.

Buck's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he screamed at the top of his lungs: "My Lord! It's the core self-destruct sequence! Run!"

Chen You's expression changed.

He had completely failed to anticipate this mechanic.

The red light had already completely enveloped Chen You, and the energy expansion had reached its critical point.

Chen You subconsciously shielded his front with his hands.

Given this BOSS's strength, even if it self-destructed, he should be able to tank it, right?

"BOOM——!!!"

A deafening explosion tore through the Power Room's dome.

A violent energy shockwave, mixed with molten metal fragments, spread frantically in all directions.

The entire Cangxing Mine vibrated violently.

At the outer entrance.

The players who were waiting anxiously felt the violent tremors beneath their feet, and their expressions changed one after another.

"What's going on? An earthquake?"

"What happened inside? This commotion is way too big!"

Bloody Battle is a Bit Sweet gripped his greatsword and stared intently at the portal: "This is definitely the sound of ultimate moves clashing. God You must be in a white-hot battle with the final BOSS!"

Everyone nodded, tragic images of God You fighting a bloody battle surfacing in their minds.

Inside the Power Room.

The dust from the explosion gradually cleared.

The originally flat metal floor had been blasted into a giant crater several meters deep.

The surrounding walls had all melted and collapsed.

In the center of the ruins, Chen You lay at the bottom of the charred pit.

The light on his fashion item, the moyuan star river robe, was dim; his face was covered in soot, and his hair was a mess.

Chen You opened his eyes, gasping for breath.

His heart pounded incessantly, and his back was completely soaked with cold sweat.

[Health Points: 1/11386]

Chen You stared at that "1," feeling as though his breathing was about to stop.

The damage from the explosion just now had completely exceeded his maximum health!

It was [Destiny Godstone · Undying Body] that had taken effect.

Chen You swallowed hard, his hands and feet cold.

Just a little bit.

Just that little bit more.

"This broken game is seriously sick!" Chen You cursed through gritted teeth.

The difference in this self-destruct value was way too large!

He climbed up from the bottom of the pit, patting the scorched earth off his body.

He decided that in the future, no matter what monster he fought, as soon as the health bar emptied, he had to retreat thirty meters and observe for five minutes first.

Who knew when these numerical designers would leave a trap!

Being steady was the only truth to staying alive.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

A series of violent coughs came from the ruins not far away.

A twisted metal plate was pushed aside, and Buck crawled out, looking disheveled.

Seeing things were going south earlier, he had directly crawled into an abandoned ventilation pipe, which allowed him to escape the disaster.

Buck scrambled over to Chen You, looking him up and down with eyes full of awe.

"My Lord! You... you actually survived the core self-destruction! You are simply a god descended to earth!"

Chen You gave him a sour look.

"Is this how you treat a Special Commissioner?"

Buck was so scared he knelt directly on the ground, waving his hands frantically: "Please understand, My Lord! I swear, I really didn't know it would self-destruct!"

"The previous guard team couldn't even break its shell; no one had ever seen what it looked like with an empty health bar!"

Chen You couldn't be bothered with him.

He walked to the position of the reactor where the mechanical monster had been perched.

It had already been blasted into a massive deep pit.

Chen You looked down, his gaze narrowing.

The power of the explosion had not only destroyed the reactor but also blasted through the metal foundation at the bottom of the Power Room.

Beneath the foundation, a deep, dark passage was actually revealed.

The edges of the passage entrance were extremely irregular, having been completely torn open by brute force.

There were no lights inside, only a dark, profound aura slowly flowing.

Chen You turned to look at Buck, pointing at that pitch-black passage: "What is this again?"

Buck followed Chen You's finger and was stunned.

He climbed up from the ground, walked to the edge of the pit, and poked his head down to look.

After looking for a long while, Buck rubbed his eyes, his face full of bewilderment.

"My Lord... this... this is impossible."