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Chapter 853 - 513 Awakening (10,000-Word Mega - )_3

Chapter 853: Chapter 513 Awakening (10,000-Word Mega Chapter)_3

Jiang Wei, although lacking any strategic thinking, knew that it was safer to stay within the Safe Zone.

"Last night’s attack alone resulted in the death of at least thirty thousand people within the disaster fog. As the robot factories evolve, we will become increasingly passive," Old Zhang said. "Our only hope is to take them down while we still have some resistance. What we must fight for is that glimmer of survival!"

Jiang Wei fell silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "A fight with our backs to the river, huh."

"That’s right, if our plan fails, or if we fail to eliminate enough Sky Curtain entities, it’s going to be difficult for the humans within the disaster fog to survive the coming times," Old Zhang added solemnly.

If the plan fails, a large number of players on the human side will be lost, coupled with diminished defenses in the Safe Zone. This would probably accelerate extinction... but to sit and wait for death would lead to the same outcome.

The officials are thus bent on seizing this one chance for victory.

Jiang Wei sighed, "Even if we succeed, you might not survive."

"That’s true, but if we succeed, what does my death matter?" Old Zhang laughed.

Jiang Wei asked in a low voice, "The officials’ plan, some players probably won’t participate, right? For them, defending so many people is difficult, but self-preservation is possible."

In this half month, Jiang Wei had come to understand the players somewhat. Not all players were protecting humanity. They had many other choices.

"That’s true, if I wanted to survive in the disaster fog, I could just take some food, find a place to hide out. I wouldn’t be in any danger before all the major Safe Zones are eliminated. Even now, if I took you and your students out of the Safe Zone, I could ensure you would survive for a long time. Until the end, perhaps our colleagues outside have already broken through the Sky Curtain," Old Zhang spoke, his smile gradually fading as his expression turned serious, "But I won’t do that. The moment I put on this Great Wall Windbreaker, I was prepared."

"Even in death, I will become a brick in the wall! Along with my comrades, we will become the Black Great Wall that protects our compatriots!"

"As long as the Great Wall stands, Hua Country endures!"

"And I, am a member of the Great Wall!"

"You won’t have any regrets?" Jiang Wei asked quietly.

At that moment, the distant alarm sounded once more. The Terror Devils had gathered for another attack.

Old Zhang’s hands shimmered with spatial fluctuations, with a single-handed sword appearing in his right hand and a large-caliber revolver in his left. He strode towards the exit, heading to meet the Terror Devils.

At the same time, he answered flatly, "No regrets!"

.....

On the day after the Sky Curtain was opened, the Terror Devils launched another attack on all Safe Zones. With the experience from the previous time, the warriors used incendiary grenades to deal with the Terror Devils. Players with fire abilities set the creatures ablaze en masse, further preventing the appearance of vines.

But within the ranks of the Terror Devils, battle-ready bioroid fighters had begun to emerge.

They could quickly analyze the battlefield situation, identify the weaknesses in the defenses of the Safe Zones, and thereby command the ranks of the Terror Devils to attack these vulnerabilities.

The players decisively initiated assassination attacks, only to find to their horror that once they got close to them, an eerie sound wave would emanate, causing even their skills to falter.

In order to ensure a successful kill, players who had burrowed into the ranks of the Terror Devils had to engage in close combat.

They discovered the bioroids were formidable. Skilled in various martial arts, swordplay, and even gunfighting techniques.

Killing them took considerable effort from the players.

After four hours of continuous fighting, the Terror Devils began to retreat. Instead of an assault, this looked more like a probe or... an experiment?

"Damn it, I’d rather slam my head into a concrete wall than be dragged down by a bioroid!" one player exclaimed, his left arm dislocated as he snapped it back in place, continuing to curse, "Seriously though, these bioroids are tough! That sword technique looked so familiar, and now that I think about it, it’s clearly my Qiankun Saber!"

"It’s forcing you to engage in close combat so that it can copy the new moves from your counterattack. Next time, it’ll probably use your own technique against you," another player responded. "I just noticed it using the Trigram Palm just like mine. It must have copied my palm technique."

"So in the end, won’t it master a multitude of skills?" the first player said. "We still have to fight it with our skills. But when I got close, I heard some kind of noise that disrupted my skills."

"That sound wave is actually some kind of disruption ability," a player replied, materializing a crystal guitar with a flash of spatial energy, "This is my Epic Level equipment. It has an effect called ’Disturbance Sound’ that can disrupt the enemy’s skill release. Its sound wave has a similar effect. Of course, if you have long-range attack abilities, you could kite it from afar. Otherwise, you’ll be forced into close combat."

"No, you’re all just seeing the surface."

"Surface?"

An official player responded, "It... is stronger than last night."

"How so?" a player asked, frowning.

"Last night, it had to exert full effort to resist external decryption, but today it can spare effort to control bioroids to fight us," the official player said in a deep voice. "Its computing power is increasing. And it’ll only get stronger. Undoubtedly, in the next battle, we’ll face even more bioroids."

Upon hearing this, the players fell silent. Then one of them spoke up, "Count me in for tomorrow night’s operation."

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