98: Chapter 98 Natasha's Submission

Without hesitation, she released her grip on the multi-barreled Gatling machine gun, letting the heavy weapon that had accompanied her through countless life-and-death struggles fall carelessly by her feet.

Then, she set off with her long, sturdy, fair legs, stepping over metal fragments and engine oil as she strode resolutely toward Su Chen.

"Commander! Have you lost your mind? That Huaxian is an extremely dangerous god of slaughter right now!"

An adjutant of the Winter Legion turned pale at the sight and hurriedly lowered his voice, trying to pull Natasha back.

"Shut up and step back!"

Natasha glanced back coldly at the adjutant, her eyes filled with unquestionable authority.

"In the presence of a true king, any flinching or evasion is the mark of a coward, and the Winter Legion has no need for cowards!"

After barking at her subordinate to retreat, Natasha continued forward, stopping only when she was less than three meters away from Su Chen.

She tilted her head up slightly, looking at the slender figure who had just leaped lightly from the head of the Mechanical Sphinx and was now casually resting a massive heavy hammer on his shoulder.

In the next second, under the incredulous gazes of everyone present.

This proud female T-Rex, who usually only respected strength, actually abandoned her wild and uninhibited posture.

With extreme solemnity, she clenched her right hand into a fist and struck it hard against her impressively full left breast, producing a dull thud.

Then, she deeply bowed her head of brilliant, noble blonde hair toward Su Chen, performing the highest military salute of submission in the Winter Legion!

"Supreme Sovereign of Huaxia, Su Chen."

Though Natasha's voice still carried the roughness of a Russian trill, it now held an unprecedented level of piety and absolute awe.

"The power you just displayed has completely conquered me and every Siberian warrior behind me."

"You are not only an outstanding pilot, but an invincible God of War who leaves one without even the thought of resistance!"

Su Chen narrowed his deep eyes slightly, looking with interest at the foreign beauty who had suddenly paid him such great respect.

"Oh? The dignified Commander of the Winter Legion, a regional hegemon ranked second globally, is actually offering such a grand salute to a nobody like me?"

Su Chen's tone carried a hint of nonchalant teasing.

"If I recall correctly, ten minutes ago, you were challenging my people to arm-wrestling just to test my depth."

Hearing Su Chen's teasing, a blush of shame couldn't help but rise on Natasha's fair cheeks.

However, she did not show any awkwardness; instead, she lifted her head quite candidly and looked Su Chen straight in the eye.

"That was because I was foolishly blinded by vanity and failed to see the true face of a deity."

"On our Siberian ice fields, there is an old proverb: when encountering an insurmountable blizzard, the smartest thing to do is not to fight it, but to find a way to merge with it!"

At this point, Natasha's gaze became incredibly determined, as if she had made a momentous decision.

Her left hand suddenly grasped at the air, and along with a surge of freezing white frost that appeared out of nowhere,

A diamond-shaped mechanical core, glowing with an eerie blue light and seemingly containing an entire miniature glacial storm, appeared in her palm.

As soon as this core appeared, the air temperature within a dozen meters plummeted by dozens of degrees, and a thick layer of ice crystals even formed on the ground!

"What is this thing?"

Su Chen's gaze was instantly drawn to the core radiating terrifying energy fluctuations. He could clearly feel that the energy contained within was absolutely no less than that of a small tactical nuclear bomb!

"This is the top-secret trump card our Winter Legion obtained from an old military base in the deepest part of the Extreme Cold Region, at the cost of the lives of a thousand elite soldiers."

Natasha held the diamond-shaped core in both hands and introduced it with a grave tone.

"Its name is the [Extreme Cold Nuclear Fusion Core]."

"It contains a vast, almost infinite amount of stable ice-attribute nuclear energy. As long as it's connected to the power system of any vehicle, it can instantly provide a terrifying energy output hundreds of years ahead of this era."

At this point, Natasha took a deep breath and, without hesitation, held this priceless, peerless treasure directly out to Su Chen.

"I know that a great being like you has no need for any burdensome allies."

"So, I am willing to hand over the most precious trump card in my possession."

"I do not dare to hope to stand on equal footing with your train no. 0099."

"I only ask that you accept this meager token of respect and allow my Winter Legion to follow in your footsteps as an auxiliary train, witnessing your supreme glory as you conquer this wasteland!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd erupted in an uproar.

The distant Western Train Masters all thought Natasha must be insane, giving away her region's only trump card for free as a gesture of allegiance, even willing to become someone else's subordinate!

But Su Chen knew very well that this woman's intuition and vision were sharp to a terrifying degree.

In the cruel apocalyptic world of the wasteland, when a person's strength has reached a level of overwhelming dimensional suppression,

So-called 'equal footing' is nothing more than a fig leaf used by the weak to hide their incompetence.

Only by tightly clutching the thickest leg and being willing to serve as the most loyal vanguard is the only way to survive and go further.

Su Chen did not put on any airs or offer any polite refusals.

He reached out his long, powerful hand and took the [Extreme Cold Nuclear Fusion Core] directly from Natasha's hands, which was radiating a bone-chilling cold.

"Cold to the touch, and the internal energy matrix is very stable. It is indeed a rare and good item."

Su Chen casually tossed the core, which was enough to trigger a global regional war, in his hand, a satisfied glint flashing in his deep eyes.

He happened to be worrying that the abyss roarer's current primary steam boiler, combined with the ancient anti-gravity core, though capable of flight, still lacked sufficient energy reserves when in overclocked mode.

Now, with this Extreme Cold Nuclear Fusion Core, once Ye Qingyu used Mechanical Resonance to fuse it into the train's engine room,

His invincible battleship would truly possess a divine-level power source that was continuous and inexhaustible!

"Your vision is quite good, at least much better than that idiot Major over there who can't even stand straight."

Su Chen stored the extreme cold core into his void space and glanced indifferently at the distant William, his tone carrying a sense of high-and-mighty bestowal.

"Since you are so sincere, I am not an unreasonable tyrant."

"Forget about an equal alliance; those words don't exist in Su Chen's dictionary."

"But if you are willing to lower your noble head and follow in my shadow as an auxiliary train to pick up scraps, I will allow it."

Hearing Su Chen finally relent and agree, a beautiful smile of relief—and even ecstasy—instantly bloomed on Natasha's refined yet wild face.

"I will follow in your footsteps until death, my King!" Natasha excitedly performed another military salute.

Su Chen waved his hand dismissively, turned around, shouldered the massive God-Slaying Heavy Hammer, and walked with a lazy, composed stride toward the dark-gold train hovering in mid-air nearby.

"The wind is strong out here. Standing in these ruins to talk is not the hospitality of my train no. 0099."

Su Chen didn't even look back, simply saying in that magnetic, low voice,

"If you have the courage, come up for a cup of hot tea."

"And while you're at it, I'll show you what the true ceiling of this wasteland world looks like."

Hearing Su Chen's invitation, Natasha's heart skipped a beat.

Being able to board this mysterious hovering train, which represented the highest military power on the globe, was an honor countless people wouldn't even dare to dream of!

"It is my honor!"

Natasha didn't hesitate for a moment. She didn't even care about her own rugged ice-blue armored train anymore, directly setting off with her long legs to follow closely behind Su Chen.

As the two approached,

The [abyss roarer] hovering in mid-air seemed to sense its master's return, emitting a low and majestic mechanical rumble.

"Click—Hiss—!"

Accompanied by the sound of high-pressure gas being released, the heavy dark-gold main armor door on the side of the train slowly slid open to both sides.

A wide, folding welcome staircase made entirely of high-strength transparent alloy silently extended from the edge of the door, landing steadily on the ground of the White Jade Square.

Su Chen stepped onto the stairs and walked into the carriage as if strolling through a garden.

With a nervous heart akin to a pilgrimage, Natasha carefully stepped onto the transparent alloy staircase.

The moment one of her feet crossed into the spacious and bright interior of the abyss roarer's main carriage,

Her entire being was instantly struck as if by an invisible bolt of lightning, and she stood frozen in place.

"Welcome back, my supreme master."

A perfect female synthesized electronic voice, filled with intelligence, warmth, and absolute rationality, quietly echoed through the carriage's 360-degree surround sound system.

Then, before Natasha's incredulous eyes,

The beautiful figure of a mature woman, formed by a pure high-dimensional holographic projection beam, appeared out of thin air in the central aisle of the carriage.

She was wearing a form-fitting, high-tech black uniform and was gracefully bowing to Su Chen.

"This... this is an advanced AI housekeeper with complete autonomous consciousness?!"

Natasha sucked in a breath of cold air, her ice-blue eyes filled with ultimate shock.

In the Winter Legion, even the top-tier tactical command computers were nothing more than cold machines that only executed rigid code.

Yet the holographic AI before her actually possessed human-like emotional simulation and autonomous logical thinking capabilities!