"Area A has suffered heavy losses, the enemy has metal manipulation, requesting fire support!"
"Area B is under sudden attack, the enemy has spiritual shock and physical activation abilities, requesting heavy weaponry for concentrated bombardment!"
"There are reconnaissance units in the air, where are the drone swarms?!"
"The fire control system has been hacked! Automatic defense equipment is down!"
A flood of alarm messages scrolled across the command center screens. A young man, with a cigarette in his mouth and his feet up on the command desk, paid no attention to the pleas for support and rescue coming from his subordinates on the screens.
"They're really out of luck having you, Zhuge Yao, as their commander," Xie Yongye remarked indifferently from the side.
"Those brainwashed by Lord Jun Gong(Duke of the County) are treated as expendables," Zhuge Yao responded nonchalantly. "As long as they're used to their fullest, who cares about luck?"
"Forget it, let's not talk about this," Xie Yongye said, waving his sleeve in displeasure. "Pay attention to a few individuals on the other side and avoid harming them."
"Who?"
"Wang Wanrou, Lord Jun Gong's niece. If she gets hurt, you'll have to answer to Lord Jun Gong yourself."
"The same Wang Wanrou who 'dared not claim the top spot'?" Zhuge Yao had heard the stories about the Hundred Flowers Spectrum of the noble families back then.
"Yes," Xie Yongye replied. "Lord Jun Gong once praised her as 'gentle on the outside, brilliant inside.' Although you're to avoid hurting her, the other side won't hold back, so be careful not to get overwhelmed."
"This little sister Wang Wanrou is only at the ninth grade, right?" Zhuge Yao mused. "Tsk, I should wear earplugs to avoid getting charmed into giving anything away."
"There are three more," Xie Yongye continued. "Cui Jinqi from the Qinghe Cui family, Li Qingwan from the Longxi Li family, and Zheng Qiupei from the Xingyang Zheng family. They're all from the Five Great Families. If they get trapped here, it might cause trouble for Lord Jun Gong's future plans..."
"Wow, out of the eight people on the other side, half are from the Five Great Families. How am I supposed to fight this?" Zhuge Yao rolled his eyes. "Might as well surrender."
"Surrender after the scalpel plan is completed," Xie Yongye ignored his sarcasm. "By the way, there's one more thing."
"What is it?"
"The one flying in the sky appears to be Xie Guyan's son," Xie Yongye said. "Shen Shiju took a secret look and said there's nothing unusual about him. But Lord Jun Gong's orders are to kill him if encountered, just in case."
"Flying targets are hard to hit," Zhuge Yao said. "Unless we set a trap to lure him down."
"Then let's encircle them to capture the reinforcement?" Xie Yongye suggested.
The two turned their attention back to the screen. Displayed on it was the massive spinning blade of Miss Qingqing.
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"Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm~"
Chu Qingqing hummed a tune as she maneuvered the spinning saw blade forward.
The factory's indoor environment was cramped, and as the saw blade, over twenty meters in diameter, began to rotate, the surrounding gunmen had no place to hide. They were instantly cut in half along with the walls.
Then, she extended her finger like a gun barrel, aimed forward, and said:
"Biu!"
The metal saw blade suddenly transformed into a rapidly extending spear, piercing through two gunmen who were trying to escape.
Seeing the metal slowly envelop the gunmen, Xing Yuanzhi couldn't help but frown and said, "Give them a quick death. There's no need to be so cruel."
"If we fell into their hands, they would be a thousand times more cruel," Miss Qingqing replied. She clenched her fist, and the liquid metal contracted inward like an iron maiden. Flesh and blood sprayed out under the pressure.
"It's so messy," Xing Yuanzhi said with distaste.
"It didn't get on you," Chu Qingqing replied impatiently.
As soon as she finished speaking, they heard a clattering sound ahead.
"What's that?" Xing Yuanzhi suddenly asked.
Around the corner came a mechanical quadruped that resembled a husky. However, there was a strange device mounted on its metal back, resembling some sort of focusing lens, surrounded by numerous wires and tubes.
In an instant, both girls' hairs stood on end.
"Watch out!"
A thin red beam shot out from the device on the mechanical dog's back and swept to the right. The liquid metal wave surrounding Miss Qingqing was instantly sliced in two, the cut edges glowing with heat.
Sensing the danger, Chu Qingqing had already pushed Xing Yuanzhi to the ground, the cutting laser passing just above them. Lying on her back, she pointed forward again, sending a metal spear flying low to the ground.
The mechanical dog nimbly jumped back, dodging the spear. It then seemed to defy gravity, standing on the wall, before leaping onto the ceiling, its feet firmly adhering to the concrete. The lens device on its back started to hum again.
"Run!"
In the blink of an eye, Chu Qingqing had molded the metal into a giant fist and smashed it into the right wall, using the recoil to launch herself and Xing Yuanzhi to the left.
The two girls hugged each other as they rolled upon landing. The metal fist left behind was inevitably sliced by the laser, followed by the clattering sound of the mechanical dog running on the ground.
It was like the hurried footsteps of death.
The light body technique was quickly applied, and Chu Qingqing swiftly carried Xing Yuanzhi away from the scene, extending the metal behind them with all her might while propelling themselves forward.
Two people encased in metal crashed through a window, spinning rapidly in the air. A laser shot out from the broken window, swiftly slicing the metal sphere in half.
However, at the moment they were ejected, Miss Qingqing had already taken Xing Yuanzhi out of the metal ball and deliberately left it in the air as bait, tricking the mechanical dog into wasting an attack.
The two fell to the ground in a hurry, and the light body technique reduced the fall damage. Just as the mechanical dog was about to leap out of the gap to pursue, it suddenly became sluggish.
"Overload threshold exceeded?" Behind the screen in the command room, Zhuge Yao glanced at the alert on the command window and smiled. "Ah, it's the quicksand field of the Hejian Xing family."
He casually typed a command: Power Overload.
As a result, the mechanical dog's rear leg drive suddenly exerted force, leaping out of the quicksand field's range despite the high gravity, continuing to chase the two fleeing girls below.
In the air, Cheng Jinyang, who was maintaining flight, immediately noticed the commotion below.
The mechanical dog's cutting laser had a long range, forcing the two to constantly change direction and use the complex terrain to evade its attacks.
This made it difficult for Cheng Jinyang to provide fire support from high altitude. Large-scale bombardments could easily harm the escaping girls, while precise strikes from such a distance were hard to hit a rapidly maneuvering target.
In other words, he had to lower his altitude.
"Don't go." Miss Wang's voice suddenly came through the communicator. "It's a trap for you."
"Then what should I do?" Cheng Jinyang asked quickly, his eyes locked on the scene below.
"Maintain your altitude, don't worry about it," Wang Wanrou replied. "According to my calculations, they have a high probability of surviving until my reinforcement arrives."
Cheng Jinyang fell silent for a moment.
"Sorry," he said suddenly, diving down. "I can't accept the small chance of an accident."
Quickly descending to a height of 50 meters, Cheng Jinyang fired several grenades.
The grenades precisely hit the mechanical dog's front and rear paths, blowing its body into the air.
The next second, he found himself surrounded by drones.
As if they had been waiting for him to descend, a large number of drones shot out from the open skylights of nearby buildings, instantly blocking all his escape routes.
Somehow... I feel like this might work!