Chapter 809 - A Huge Undertaking (2/2)

“If we didn’t have Tang Xiu with us, could you easily destroy the robots in the outermost passage? Could you have smoothly passed through the maze formation in the statuary hall and opened its gate without him? Could you make sure we didn’t need to fight with other countries’ ability users without him? Or make sure all of us survive if we had to fight them?” questioned Aquababe.

Getting barraged with the sharp questions that Aquababe shot at him left Firedevil rendered speechless. His face turned a bit ugly as he flung his face to the side and no longer spoke.

Zhu Long raised his brows. He did feel a bit dissatisfied due to Tang Xiu’s departure from the team even though his impression towards him had changed a lot. Yet, the arguments from Aquababe were undoubtedly true and he couldn’t refute them. He then spoke his mind, “Pipe down, you two! Tang Xiu is still our Chinese national comrade. No matter the benefits he obtains here, they will still be handed over to the country. At the very least, he would never let those foreigners obtain them cheaply. As long as we are still in this vestige, we are comrades-in-arms and will never become enemies!”

“Hey, nobody said that he’s an enemy!” Firedevil retorted without holding back.

Right as Firedevil’s voice fading away, however, a laser pulse instantly beamed forward from the secluded corner of the hall and unexpectedly shot through Firedevil’s arm.

“What the heck is happening?”

The complexions of Zhu Long and the rest significantly changed as they threw their military bags to the side. They even quickly put down all the heavy weapons they carried on the alert.

Firedevils’ arm was shot through but the shot didn’t hurt his bones, though the bad wound was still severe. As he unleashed his Fire attribute ability, he quickly used the fire to burn the wound as scabs began to grow at a slow rate which stopped the bleeding.

Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!

Four laser beams were shot from the four corners of the hall and were aimed at the cautious team of four. The target of the laser beam, however, wasn’t on their vital points.

“AVOID IT FAST!”

Zhu Long’s countenance changed as he instantly pushed Firedevil while he took a dash to the side himself. With their fast speed, they were able to avoid the danger posed by the laser beams.

“Zhu Long Capt. We passed this place previously but no laser attack targeted us! What’s going on here?” shouted Electrolady with disbelief pervading her eyes.

“I don’t know, but if my guess is correct, we should’ve triggered some mechanisms here by accident,” cautiously said Zhu Long with eyes sweeping to the four corners of the hall. “Be careful, everyone. Carry these high-tech weapons and leave this place immediately if the laser beams start shooting out again.”

Pew! Pew! Pew!

Laser beams were shot from various locations in a gap of just a few seconds. This time, there were eight laser beams and despite the four people’s strength, they were nearly hit by the laser beams.

“Fuck. Dash out quickly!”

Zhu Long was keenly aware that the number of laser beams was doubling and they may not be able to leave this place alive if they were to stay here too long. The wind blew as he flashed to reach out and grab two military bags on the floor, then he dashed out towards the end of the hall lightning fast.

The three others also picked up the military bags and heavy weapons that they previously put down and then rushed toward the front. Unfortunately, their calculation was shattered by the next wave of laser attacks as 16 laser beams formed crisscrossing lines that came head-on in front of them.

“DISCARD THE HEAVY WEAPONS!”

Zhu Long roared, but when he had yet to avoid the 16 interlaced lasers, he looked back and found the laser grid quickly following their movements. His sharp eyes instantly judged the gap between the laser grid which could only be passed through by one person. He angrily threw the two military bags he carried full of vexed unwillingness.

Behind him, Firedevil, Electrolady, and Aquababe likewise found the situation in front and similarly discarded their military bags and heavy weapons like Zhu Long, following suit to sprint forward quickly.

Zzzt! Zzzt! Zzzz!

In ten seconds, all four people passed through the hall but the weapons in the four military bags they brought from the arsenal were all discarded. The cutting lasers in the hall even ruined those weapons. The most heart-wrenching thing was that some of the small weapons they carried along were also badly damaged by the lasers they passed by.

The four people stood side by side outside the hall at the entrance. Seeing that there were no longer lasers shooting everywhere, Firedevil furiously cursed, “This is FUCKING HELL!”

Aquababe looked at Zhu Long and asked, “What do we do next? Go back to the arsenal and get some weapons, or just leave like this?”

Zhu Long was silent for a moment before shaking his head. “No. We didn’t encounter danger in this place when we went in, but it appeared when we came out. This means that we were lucky when we went in, and our luck went down the drain the moment we came out. We still got some weapons, so that’s it! Let’s just look elsewhere, I think.”

“What if there’s also danger lurking elsewhere?” asked Aquababe again.

“We’ll evacuate at once if we encounter them,” replied Zhu Long in a deep voice.