Chapter 846 - Time to Attack (1/2)
Both events occurred simultaneously; the attack of the Androids as well as Shenlong. It was why Desir had difficulty calling in for help. So far, the Mutants could still fight the Androids but the number of casualties was still rising. If the martial artists joined the fight, things might turn up a notch.
The battle between the Androids and the Mutants were coming to a climax. Roughly 300 Androids were destroyed or disabled and over 1,500 Mutants were killed or severely maimed.
While the Mutants had more casualties, they had only lost Level 2 weakly Mutants and very few Level 3 Mutants. Hence, even though they had lost many fighters, they had barely shed any amount of combat prowess. Not only did they remain strong, but their attacks also became more coordinated and focused while the Androids were not doing so good themselves.
Beep… Beep… Beep…
Many of the Android soldiers were emitting beeping sound from their arms. A stream red light streaked across their arms, indicating lower power mode. It was inevitable as the Androids were running on a limited power source. Even though they were fitted with the latest nuclear-powered battery pack, it was not inexhaustible. It was not strange since they were firing powerful rounds that were on par with a Level 4 Metahuman.
When more and more Androids showed signs of low power, they had to start tuning down their power output. Instead of firing the particle beam cannons in automatic mode, the Androids had switched to semi-automatic with lower repeating frequency.
”Z104 requesting additional power supply,” reported an Android that had completely run out of power to fire any more rounds.
”Request received. Standby for battery power replacement. Z105, 106, and 107 is to provide cover fire,” ordered the leading Android.
Out of a sudden, a small yet fast fireball blitz through the sky and destroyed Z104.
”Report, Z104 has been disabled.”
Battery replacement is much like replacing a battery for an electronic appliance. The machine had to power down to do so. Staying in one position, unmoving was akin to giving the enemy a clear shot of attack. Hence, before the battery could even be removed, the Android was decimated.
”Z7 Team leader to Command Center, We are under attack. Request for additional reinforcement,” the leader of the Android army reported back to Qin Tian.
”Sh*t!”
Qin Tian was not pleased with the request for reinforcement. He knew that they were under attack but he had never expected the Androids to be overwhelmed by the Mutants. They had lost more than half of the army.
”Z7 Team leader to Command Center, We are under attack---”
The message was repeated but before it could finish its sentence, the communication was cut off.
”I've got an idea!” Qin Tian gasped and rushed to turn on the communicator that was given to Han Tianyu by Jiang Fei. Right then, he had no time to bring Han Tianyu out. The situation called for immediate action!
”What's up, bro?” Jiang Fei answered the call, not knowing that it was Qin Tian.
”Mr. Jiang Fei. I need your help. Please be on the battlefield right now!” Qin Tian pleaded.
Thankfully, even though more than half of all the Androids that were sent into Japan were destroyed, their core function chips were not. Once they were retrieved, all they needed to do was to insert the core chip into a new body to function again. They had the means to produce many more bodies but not their core chips. Hence, as long as they could retrieve the chips of the fallen Androids, they might be able to reduce the number of casualties. However, it would all be lost if all of the Android soldiers were destroyed, leaving their technologies taken by the Mutants and Americans.
”Mhm. I understand. We will do our best,” said Jiang Fei, snickering away.
”I need your assurance! You need to be there right now!” cried Qin Tian, not convinced by Jiang Fei's words.