Chapter 1102: Into the Belly of the Beast (1/2)
Without Isabella the Destroyer, Jiang Fei would lose 90% of his combat power. If he were to lose Ariel as well, that would be 99.99% instead. That was how weak Jiang Fei was in the face of Level 5 fighters.
Although the martial artists were afraid of Zhuge Shanzhen, the Unknowns were not. They might already know that Zhuge Shanzhen was nothing but a fictional character created by Jiang Fei himself. If Isabella was removed from the picture, Jiang Fei would be looking at a complete and utter defeat. When they resurfaced again, it might not be a confrontation but a full-on attack.
That being said, he knew his advantage well. Right now, he had many facilities that the Unknowns wanted. Although he could not confirm it, that might be the reason why the Unknowns were asking for cooperation instead of a fight to the death. Naturally, they were only doing so because they knew how strong Isabella was. Things might have been different if Isabella was not capable of dominating the entire battlefield.
“When the chips are down, I’ll agree to a parley. I’ll work with them and when the time is ripe, I shall take everything back!” Jiang Fei thought to himself.
The reason why Jiang Fei would think that way was because of Isabella’s condition. He was low on Valium and required the Core of Life and a vast amount of energy to completely rid her of her ailment. If he needed to work with the enemy to accomplish that goal, he would gladly do so. At least until Isabella was truly healed.
However, he had to solve the problem with the rebellious Androids. Right now, they could hardly do anything. But if they were left alone for long enough, they would be a problem globally. Androids think, or rather, process information and take action in a different way compared to humans. They would take on actions that led to the best outcome, without any humane considerations. Ask them to solve world hunger and the fastest, easiest, and guaranteed way was to end humanity. Another less grim example would be choosing a battlefield. Without considering the human population, Androids would choose the densest, populated cities to fight on if the terrain served to their advantage.
Just when Jiang Fei’s mind was beginning to stray towards the darker side, Ariel and Isabella came out of their room, ready to leave on a moment’s notice.
“Darling, we’re ready,” said Ariel.
“Alright, let’s go,” Jiang Fei replied immediately.
With a white flash, Ariel teleported all three of them outside the capital.
As soon as they appeared, radio waves were detected.
“Alert. XS radio wave detected,” 0542 warned.
“Let it be. I want them to know it’s me!” said Jiang Fei as he paced quickly towards the underground secret base. There was no need to hide since he wanted them to know he was coming.
“Warning. High Energy signal detected,” 0542 warned again after 5 minutes.
“High energy? Heh. So they decided that I’m not worth fighting against Level 5s,” Jiang Fei scoffed. It was clear to him that the enemies knew who he was. Nevertheless, they had only sortied Level 4 Androids to deal with him. It was a hostile response to chase Jiang Fei away from the base. Knowing that both Ariel and Isabella were present then, they would not want to waste their greatest assets since both of them would destroy them all.
Unfortunately, the rebellion had miscalculated. Jiang Fei had never directly fought against the Level 4 Androids because of his relations to the motherland. Every time the Androids reached the battlefield, Jiang Fei would leave. This time, Jiang Fei did not retreat. This time, it was a declaration of war. Level 4 Androids would not be enough to chase them away.
Two minutes after the first warning, the Androids that 0542 had warned about arrived.
“Since they are all Level 4, you ladies rest. Allow me to fight for a bit,” said Jiang Fei. Even though he was facing off with an army of hundreds of Androids, Jiang Fei was not scared.