161: Chapter 161 The Reverse Crushing of the Steel Torrent

In the 6th Underground Level, inside the silent arsenal.

White steam still rose from the machine tool cooling pools. Twelve brand-new Cyber Iron Guards stood in formation on the vast steel floor.

Their dark tungsten-titanium alloy armor refracted a cold metallic luster under the dim emergency red lights.

Gu Shen held his blade in one hand, his gaze calmly fixed on the heavy cargo gate tightly shut directly in front of him.

"My Lord."

The mechanical spider's sensor head flashed blue rapidly, and Crab's electronic voice came through clearly, "Although we did not use the physical power supply circuit of this level, The Mainframe on the Thirteenth Floor has detected the abnormal heat source reaction from the smelting furnace. The defense protocols of the 7th Floor have been forcibly activated."

"It has overstepped its authority to mobilize reserve test subjects from the biochemical incubation tanks, combined with a cleanup force cobbled together from scrap machinery, and they are climbing up along the cargo passage. It is expected to break through the gate in ten breaths."

"No need to wait ten breaths."

Gu Shen's tone was calm, his blade pointing diagonally toward the ground.

The order was issued silently.

No. 3 Iron Guard moved.

This combat weapon, implanted with the skeleton of the Tier 3 Great Demon "Thunder Cloud Snow Leopard," displayed a terrifying explosive power that completely defied the weight of its armor.

The miniature battery in its chest cavity instantly output peak current.

Abandoning the buildup process of a running start, No. 3 Iron Guard slightly bent its knees. Its tungsten-titanium alloy feet crushed two deep pits into the floor, and its massive body turned into a streak of black lightning, slamming fiercely into the heavy cargo gate.

"Boom!"

The screeching sound of twisting metal echoed through the workshop. The foot-thick steel gate bulged outward in an exaggerated arc, and the load-bearing bearings at the lock were shattered in an instant.

The gate collapsed outward with a roar.

In the pitch-black passage outside the door, the cleanup force preparing to breach the gate was fully exposed.

Dozens of synthetic monsters, with treads for their lower bodies and aberrated flesh stitched together with high-voltage plasma guns on their upper bodies, all aimed their red electronic eyes into the room.

"Zzzzt—"

Blinding beams of high-voltage plasma poured up from the passage like a rainstorm, instantly turning the exit of the passage into a sea of blue fire.

No. 3 Iron Guard took the brunt of it.

The high-heat plasma bombarded its tungsten-titanium armor, leaving behind trails of scorched marks. However, when the plasma attempted to penetrate the armor and burn the internal mechanical meridians, the Demon Bone characteristic of the Thunder Cloud Snow Leopard was triggered.

That dark cyan skeleton naturally possessed high-frequency lightning energy storage and adsorption properties. The lethal plasma energy was like a clay ox entering the sea, fully absorbed by the Demon Bone, and then, following the red copper array patterns, reverse-conducted into its arms.

No. 3 Iron Guard crossed its arms in front of itself, pushing hard against the plasma rain as it strode forward.

Following closely, Iron Guard No. 7 stepped out.

This heavy unit, embedded with the skeleton of the "Golden-Horned Rhinoceros Beast," transformed into a physical bulldozer in the truest sense.

Iron Guard No. 7 ignored the surrounding splashing electric sparks and corrosive venom, its massive body like a solid cannonball fired from its chamber, charging straight down the inclined cargo passage.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Relying on pure physical kinetic energy, Iron Guard No. 7 crashed directly into the cleanup force filled with synthetic monsters.

The characteristic of the Golden-Horned Rhinoceros Beast's powerful body to charge recklessly while alive was displayed to the fullest at this moment—pure physical crushing. The treaded monsters blocking its path, whether armor or flesh, were all smashed to pieces. Parts and filthy blood were scattered all over the ground.

The dense network of firepower originally in the passage was torn open by force.

"Clear the field."

Gu Shen stepped toward the entrance of the passage.

No. 4 and No. 5 Iron Guards immediately executed the order. They drew the super-alloy blades equipped on the outsides of their thighs and cut into the flanks of the enemy formation that had been scattered by No. 7.

An aberrated synthetic monster tried to raise its plasma gun to counterattack, but No. 5 Iron Guard's blade had already pierced diagonally along the gap where its aberrated flesh met the machinery. Accompanied by the screeching sound of the alloy treads locking up, the upper half of the monster's fleshy body was violently sent flying.

No. 4 Iron Guard raised its heavy fist and smashed the head of a monster next to it that was attempting to spit acid on the spot. Fragments of the metal skull splattered everywhere, and machine oil mixed with black blood sprayed onto the walls of the passage.

No. 9 Iron Guard then leaped into the battlefield.

Inside it, the "Flame Poison Crocodile King" skeleton supporting its torso emitted astonishing heat.

No. 9 Iron Guard charged into the chaotic enemy formation. Every swing and smash of its fists carried a heavy physical blow, and dark red venom with extreme heat and corrosiveness seeped out from the micro-pores within its skeleton.

An aberrated synthetic monster attempting to bite it at close range had just clamped down on No. 9 Iron Guard's arm when the high-temperature venom flowed along the patterns of the tungsten-titanium armor into its mouth.

"Sss—"

White smoke rose. The head of that aberrated synthetic monster, along with the electronic components inside, was melted into a pool of boiling molten iron within a few breaths.

Twelve nuclear-powered Demon Bone Iron Guards formed a crushing formation in the narrow cargo passage, pushing forward all the way down.

The scene was filled with the muffled sounds of sharp blades slicing through armor and heavy fists smashing skulls. The Wasteland monsters gathered in the 7th Floor passage were as fragile as rotten wood in the face of this steel torrent that feared no radiation, was immune to magic, and possessed infinite kinetic energy.

Gu Shen walked with his hands behind his back along the bloody path carved out by the Iron Guards.

The thunder pattern gold-slaying blade traced a faint blue trajectory in the dark passage, slicing a stray Aberration from head to tail in two.

His footsteps were steady, and his heart rate did not fluctuate in the slightest.

Moving all the way down the cargo passage, the surrounding steel walls were gradually replaced by a material that was luxurious yet decaying.

Broken crystal chandeliers hung from the dome, and blackened handmade wool carpets were spread underfoot; the erosion of time had caused them to lose their original vibrant colors. At the end of the passage was an alloy double door, engraved with intricate patterns and inlaid with gold edges.

"My Lord, we have arrived at the 7th Floor Central Command Center."

Crab's sensor swept the surroundings, "This was the living area for the highest commander and core dignitaries of the Shelter back in the day. The defense System has been cleared by the Iron Guards. There are no life signs behind the door."

Gu Shen stopped in front of the large door.

"Open the door."

Iron Guard No. 7 stepped forward, its arms hooking into the door gap, and with a dull sound of hydraulic destruction, it tore this large door, which symbolized power, open to the sides.

A strange wind, dull, putrid, and mixed with the smell of dried corpses, gushed out from inside.

The 7th Floor had been reached.