Chapter 539 Meet Again (1/2)

GOR Chapter 539 Meet Again

Cough! Cough! Cough!

Chen Xiaolian struggled to get up from the pilot’s seat. His head was spinning. It was the type of spinning one would experience after suffering from shockwaves.

As for his coughing actions, that was not because the explosion had managed to make it into the interior of the mech. Rather, the intense shockwaves from the explosion earlier threw Chen Xiaolian out from the pilot’s seat. Thankfully, he had managed to fasten the belts around him and his body had not been thrown off the seat. Even so, the snapping action affected his neck and chest, forcing him to cough out. At the same time, he could feel the sensations of pain palpitating from his chest.

Chen Xiaolian did not hesitate to pull out a healing substance and shove it into his mouth – he had no desire to survive the explosion only to die from internal injuries.

He scrambled to stand up before the operations panel and looked at the monitor screen…

A thin layer of golden coloured energy shield enveloped the body of the mech.

The energy shield was extremely thin. It was likely that the explosion earlier had spent it. Chen Xiaolian was able to observe from the operations panel that the bar for the mech’s energy reserve had dwindled down to its lowest. It was now red in colour.

Through the monitor screen, he could see that the entirety of the equipment room had fallen into ruins.

That was no ordinary explosion earlier. Those were energy-tier shockwaves. Thus, unlike the aftermath usually seen in normal explosions, there were not much flames around. However, large cracks and deformations had appeared throughout the underground structures.

At the same time, the energy-tier shockwaves had also inflicted a destructive toll on…

There on the ground were the densely packed Electronic Guardians. There was no way to count how many of those destroyed mechanical octopuses there were. All of them were broken into pieces, fragments of varying sizes, their body and tentacles torn and littered across the ground. With a glance, Chen Xiaolian could see over hundreds and thousands of them there.

Clearly, the Energyquake Bomb explosion had instantaneously destroyed all the Electronic Guardians that had charged into this underground factory. At the same time though, the explosion had also blasted much of the machinery within the underground factory and they exploded. Now the fires from their components flickered sporadically within the room.

A large portion of the ceiling had collapsed. Even those forming the protective barrier were falling down. Thankfully, the damage was only partial and the underground space did not collapse upon itself.

Chen Xiaolian observed the surroundings while remaining inside the mech. A few seconds later, he released a sigh of relief.

As for the passageway at the end of this underground factory, it had utterly collapsed in the explosion earlier. As expected, the violent quakes had brought the passageway down, utterly blocking access to it.

In Chen Xiaolian’s opinion, after losing the support of the Electronic Guardians, the Players outside would not have such an easy time getting past the 500-metre protective barrier.

Not to mention, there were also misalignments and faults resulting from the explosion earlier.

“Zero City,” said Chen Xiaolian with a sigh. “Are you still there? What should I do now?”

Chen Xiaolian’s question garnered a response from Zero City.

“Your life signs are mostly normal. In other words, you have temporarily made it out of this calamity.” Zero City’s reply was still laced with that dry tone. “Now, you should step out from the mech. According to my calculations, we are still in an urgent situation.”

“Eh?”

“The explosion cleaned up the Electronic Guardians within this area. Therefore, for the time being, it is safe. However, the destructive energies released by the explosion had seriously damaged the structural integrity of this underground factory. My calculations show that this underground space will utterly collapse in 10 minutes time.”

Chen Xiaolian was shocked. Without showing any hesitation, he opened up the cockpit hatch and climbed out from it.

Naturally, the post-explosion air outside was not comfortable to breathe in. In fact, it was somewhat suffocating.

“Only 10 minutes? Then, what should I do? Since you came up with this plan, surely you have a way for me to get out of here, right?”

Chen Xiaolian was not feeling too worried.

“Yes.” As expected, Zero City did not let Chen Xiaolian down. It replied, “According to my calculations, a temporary teleportation portal will be appearing here, 15 metres above you. I have already marked the coordinate on your personal radar. This teleportation portal will appear for a total of three seconds. However, that will be enough to send you to the outside world.

“As for the locking that the system is performing on you, I will be able to stop it in five minutes time.”

“ … a portal 15 metres above me. In other words, the crisis is averted?” Chen Xiaolian released a long sigh of relief.

“According my calculations, that would appear to be the case. You now have eight minutes of free time. According to my observations, some of the Players coming after you are presently only 480 metres above your position. However, as a result of the explosion, they will not be able to reach you any time soon. As for the Electronic Guardians, those that entered Zero City have all been cleaned up. Even if the system sends in more Electronic Guardians, it will take time – in other words, you are safe now.”

Chen Xiaolian nodded his head. Then, he abruptly asked, “So… … what about Bluesea and the evacuation plan?”

“As you have lured over a great deal of the invading forces, Bluesea’s evacuation plan is not disrupted or broken. The earlier explosion may have caused some shockwaves, but everything appears to be progressing smoothly. Still, there is no way to calculate what the final result would be. According to my calculations, the rate at which they are evacuating is behind that of their schedule. Thus, it is possible that some of them would be unable to leave after the teleportation portal closes up.”

Chen Xiaolian fell silent. Next, he sighed and said, “There is nothing else we can do… … we have done our best. Being able to evacuate most of the people is perhaps the best possible result we could achieve.”

Chen Xiaolian jumped off the mech and landed on the ground.

“Eight more minutes…”

He checked his surroundings and first determined the location where the temporary teleportation portal will be appearing. There tens of metres above him was a slanting ceiling, a result of the explosion earlier. Thankfully, the structure was still holding and it did not collapse – otherwise, should the teleportation portal end up buried within the collapsed debris, he would be in serious trouble.

Chen Xiaolian then looked at the mech beside him. A thought abruptly struck him.

This is some good shit!

Eight times the cost of making Angel Wu’s mech! This mech is top of the line!

Although it was incomplete, it was as Zero City had said, its defensive shield was simply extraordinary. Not to mention, the explosion earlier had verified that fact – naturally, Chen Xiaolian would not let go of such an item.

“Can I keep it?”

“You are presently the highest authority in Zero City. Naturally, you have the authority to any and all items within Zero City.” Zero City’s answer greatly satisfied Chen Xiaolian.

Without showing any hesitation, he kept the mech into his Storage Watch.

“Although it possesses the energy shield, the earlier explosion did inflict harm upon some parts of the mech. Additionally, there are still many parts that remain incomplete. Even if you take it with you, with the standard of technology of the outside world, the possibility of you repairing it to the state it was in before the explosion is zero. As for completing the mech, that is simply out of the question.”

“I will just keep it as a souvenir, can’t I?” Chen Xiaolian gave a harrumph.

He stepped forward and suddenly felt his feet slipping on something. Lowering his gaze, he saw one of his feet stepping on the remains of one of the mechanical octopuses.

Its body had broken into three parts and its tentacles were scattered all over.

Chen Xiaolian crouched down and extended his hand toward it. Touching it, his hand felt cold. Who knew what type of material was used to create these things.

He then thought of something.

Although these things had been destroyed… that did not mean they were utterly useless.

These are Electronic Guardians!

Rare items!