Chapter 904 - Prelude (2/2)

”It's now or never!” Jiang Fei whispered to Z8-001.

”Affirmative. All hands, attack!” said Z8-001 via wireless command. All the Androids were in position and they lifted their weapons in hand. A faint electronic whirl could be heard as the weapons started to charge up.

”Ambush! Get down!” Desir roared as he immediately noticed the sudden movement and the weapons charging sound. Even so, they were already too late. They were all bottlenecked in the middle of a ravine, in a straight line. It was impossible for them to escape in time.

BSHHH!

All the weapons were fired, blasting powerful energy beam that piece through the ravine and even a mountain wall that was nearby. More than hundreds of Mutants that were in the path of the beam were vaporized instantly.

That attack was equivalent to a Level 4 Advanced stage full-powered attack. The Androids were not able to perform as strong as they should, not because their attacks were weak but the Mutants' reaction was too quick. Even though they were shooting near lightspeed projectiles at them, the Mutants could dodge before the shot was fired. Right now, the enemies were all lined up neatly in a straight line. The thick forest masked the entire canyon, tricking the Mutants to think that the route was just getting smaller. When all their targets were grouped together, so conveniently, the Android had only needed to pull the trigger.

The attack was on point as many were hit. Level 3 Mutants could not even see it coming while Level 4 Beginning stage could only see but do nothing about the attacks.

It did not stop with just one blast. The Androids were basically emptying their weapon's clip.

”Ambush! Enemy ambush!” it was already too late when Lincoln roared out. Even so, many of those that were still alive fanned out to decrease their hitbox. However, due to the structure of the terrain, the Mutants were limited to where they can run. Alas, the Androids had only needed to shift their aim either a little to the right or left to hit them.

”Rush to them! Force them to a melee fight!” Desir took over the command. That was not the first time they were attacked by Androids and he knew exactly how to defeat them. They might have powerful ranged attacks but their movements were only as good as regular humans. If they were forced to melee, their energy attacks would be rendered useless which allowed the Mutants to confront them easier.

”Protect the Androids!” Jiang Fei cried as he jumped to his feet.

”All men! It is time for bloodshed!” cried Zhu Tianfei, running first into the enemies. Everyone else, buffed by the man's warcry, followed in with vigor.

The martial artists were tasked to stop the Mutants from coming up the mountain. They had to keep them down to let the Androids have enough range to attack.

”What?! Why are they here?!” Lincoln gasped.

When they were attacked by energy beams, Lincoln was taken aback, only slightly. He understood that the Androids might be left behind to help the martial artists to escape. He could destroy these Androids first and collect their remains to be reverse-engineered back in America. At least they could get something back in return. However, when Jiang Fei leaped out, followed by several more martial artists, he was thrown. According to information from the group up front, they were supposed to be running away. How was it that they could be in two places at the same time? Could they have shadow clone techniques or even teleportation ability?

Lincoln was fine with the Androids since he knew how to defeat them and could even collect their remains as a reward. However, the bane of Mutants, the martial artists were there to fight them! The Androids might be trashed if the Mutants were able to get close enough but the Mutants would be trashed if the martial artists get close enough!