327: Chapter 107: Chance Encounter 327: Chapter 107: Chance Encounter Liu Ri sprinted across the ground.
He could feel the energy surging within him, converging in his legs through circuits.
He had evaded the descending space-based kinetic weapons from above.
But his condition was very bad…
These legs, once belonging to a Hero, were now nearing their limit.
Coolant…
His coolant was just too poor, unable to keep up with the efficiency of these legs.
His aunt, when she road the Jianghu, might have been able to choose better coolants, but the Burrow Dragons, with bodies akin to industrial prostheses, needed “good quality and cheap” coolants.
Per unit volu, the heat absorption performance didn’t necessarily need to be good, but it had to be easily produced—they could prevail through sheer numbers.
Such coolant in a Martial Artist Prosthesis seeking extre performance was out of place.
Liu Ri had no thermistor to simulate the sensation of temperature.
For Liu Ri, who had lost most of his flesh long ago, the “sense of touch” was also strange.
However, the built-in alarm system was already sounding.
[Warning][Warning][Warning]…
He tried not to pay attention to the pop-up at the edge of his vision.
——Just hold on a little longer…
just a little longer…
He absolutely could not stop now…
This thought flashed through Liu Ri’s mind.
Although he couldn’t see it now, he was certain that at least two enemies were pursuing him.
These guys were closing the distance.
Once they were within “one hundred ters,” the “most advantageous distance for a Gunner,” he would surely die.
——Absolutely cannot…
With a “boom,” a ball of fla suddenly burst from his thigh.
“Sothing” had pierced through his thigh.
In that instant, Liu Ri’s balance was destroyed.
He couldn’t control his own body, tumbling sideways to the ground, rebounding violently.
Liu Ri flailed, trying to regain his posture mid-air.
Then, another bullet shaved off his left hand’s palm.
Liu Ri crashed into the ground hard and bounced up again.
By the second ti Liu Ri hit the ground, he was left with only one hand.
He rolled on the ground, leaving a deep trail.
Afterward, the tall silhouettes of two figures appeared in Liu Ri’s vision.
Shadows obscured their faces, which Liu Ri couldn’t make out clearly.
His prosthetic eye also seed to have developed cracks.
Liu Ri wasn’t particularly afraid of dying.
He only looked at his recently destroyed legs with a look of regret.
——What a pity for these legs…
“Log the ti, mission complete…” one of the rangers said, “Successful capture.
We are taking the prisoner back.
Prepare the interrogation equipnt.”
Liu Ri gritted his teeth.
It was too careless of him not to have a thod of suicide that he could operate with one hand prepared.
What followed…
A siren sounded in the distance.
The two rangers turned their gaze.
Liu Ri stared at them, not looking back, but he could roughly make out the sound.
A few hundred ters away, a vehicle was rapidly approaching.
One of the rangers paused to think, then cocked his head and signaled the other, “This direction, there’s a suspicion of backup Burrow Dragons.
Go check it out and deal with that vehicle.”
King Aqini had already greeted the local Protectors and issued so command.
The local Protectors, after witnessing the space-based kinetic weapon, had also not deployed.
And now, appearing at this ti, it might either be a scavenger taking a desperate gamble or a Hero coming to the rescue.
Of course, both rangers thought there was a greater likelihood of a scavenger.
They had swept through Delacruz City several tis these past days, and any ordinary heroes would have been captured by them long ago; it wouldn’t have been left until now.
Accompanied by a series of intense sonic booms, the ranger’s figure suddenly vanished from the spot.
Only then did the Life-Chasing Cavalry approach Liu Ri.
He was cautious.
As he knew, so Heroes would strap bombs to their bodies and make purely chanical triggers, which usually served as reactive armor, but could be detonated with one hand if necessary, causing secondary damage to the enemy.
He certainly didn’t want to capsize here.
The Life-Chasing Cavalry said, “Thanks to the benevolence of the Kings, you have one last chance, anti-human.
Are you willing to abandon the dark and contribute your mory…”
“Pah…” Liu Ri said this.
“Then that’s that.” The ranger nodded, drew closer to Liu Ri.
A high-frequency blade popped out of his elbow, pressing against Liu Ri’s neck armor.
He wanted to cut off the entire head.
But then, a malicious wind struck.
The mobile cavalry grabbed Liu Ri and retreated backward while making a gesture with both hands, intending to sever Liu Ri’s head.
However, the response of their assailant was even quicker.
A dark figure darted forward, appearing at the edge of his peripheral vision, seized his arm, and with a slight tremor, broke his stance.
The mobile cavalry was suddenly attacked, but remained eerily calm.
Although he didn’t know where this assassin had co from, he trusted his comrades would co to his aid and resolve the situation.
He attacked the enemy with hands and feet, but the enemy rely supported his shoulder and, with several releases of energy, neutralized most of his movents.
Incredibly, the assailant used clever force to immobilize the mobile cavalry for a few seconds.
In that instant, gunfire sounded.
The mobile cavalry’s arm, along with the Liu Ri in his hand, was blown away.
“Well done,” Xiang Shan even took the trouble to free one hand and gave a thumbs-up gesture behind him.
Although emojis would also work, hand gestures were more earnest.
They had been en route to the area where the space-based kinetic weapon had landed.
Along the way, Yuan Wenren observed soone shooting from afar and detoured to investigate.
Xiang Shan’s right foot kicked viciously at the joint of the mobile cavalry’s crotch area, the internal force seeping in.
The mobile cavalry felt the chanical structure of his legs loosen slightly and nearly knelt down.
Only then did he notice what was sticking to the waist of his assailant.
It was another head, twisted off at the neck.
This was the head of the mobile cavalryman who had just departed.
— When had this…
Ah!
Almost simultaneously with the ergence of terror, the mobile cavalry felt excruciating pain.
His own head was twisted off.
Then, the hero faced him eye to eye.
In that mont, due to the severe pain, Xiang Shan’s inner strength surged directly into the network of the mobile cavalry, temporarily sealing his networking capabilities.
He was temporarily unable to upload information or remotely control his prosthetic body to retrieve his own head.
Xiang Shan shouted to the vehicle, “Don’t forget about that prosthetic body over there.
This is one of King Aqini’s own mobile cavalryn, at the very least equipped with an isotopic battery; don’t waste it, save everything for .”
Then, he squatted down in front of this young hero, “Young hero, you’re from the place where the space-based weapons landed, aren’t you?”
At this mont, Liu Ri was still in a dumbfounded state.
He had never imagined that the two mobile cavalryn, who seed almost unbeatable in his eyes, would have their heads plucked off in the blink of an eye.
It all seed so surreal, causing his brain to freeze montarily.
But soon, he nodded, “I am a Burrow Dragon…
we call ourselves the ‘Black Valley Lineage’ Burrow Dragons.
That place is my ho.
They dropped the space-based kinetic weapon to induce seismic waves for detailed underground mapping.”
Xiang Shan nodded, “So there actually is a place for Burrow Dragons over there…”
Borshu had been upfront with him about his approach to finding the Eighth Martial God’s legacy.
If the Eighth Martial God’s legacy still existed, it was likely not on the surface but rather underground or within the mountain—these areas still had strong electromagnetic shielding.
And the territory of the Burrow Dragons matched this description.
Xiang Shan sighed internally.
He wasn’t very keen on searching for these so-called “legacies of the Martial Gods.” At least to the persona of “Xiang Shan,” these failed imitators wouldn’t leave behind anything to please him.
However, King Aqini’s arrival forced him to change his mind.
At the very least, he had to snatch away anything that King Aqini wanted.
Hence, Xiang Shan asked, “You’re from Delacruz City, right?
So you’re on good terms with the Eighth Martial God?”
Liu Ri hesitantly nodded, “Sort of.
Elders of my family said that the Eighth Martial God once ordered a small fission reactor from us.
I even admired the leftover materials as a child…”
Xiang Shan touched his forehead.
Really, treating any old household garbage as a relic was quite embarrassing to him.
Liu Ri suddenly ca to his senses and exclaid, “Senior!
You mustn’t go!
The Eighth Martial God’s treasure is just a legend, and it most certainly is not in our place!
I have no idea about such a thing!
And now, that place has been taken over by a group of Houndhawks!
Houndhawks!
They are formidable!
Those two just now were nothing but fodder…
they’ve…
it’s all over there!”
Xiang Shan pointed to the still-twisting head at his waist, “Do these two seem like re fodder to you in my presence?”
Liu Ri was at a loss for words.
However, he quickly said, “One can hardly fend off many with only two fists, elder!”
In truth, he did hope that this hero would go and save his family, but Liu Ri was well aware that he should not do so.
His Great Grandfather had sent him instead of that Southern Heaven Single Blade to deliver the news precisely because these great heroes were a much sharper resistance force.
If he pleaded with this great hero for help, he would be dishonoring his Great Grandfather.
Xiang Shan patted his shoulder, “Good kid.
But don’t worry, I am very strong.
I have a fair estimate of my own abilities.
Just give a map of your tunnels.”
“No…
I can’t…”
Xiang Shan sighed, “Kid, I’m not only doing this to save your family.
The people slaughtering your kin now hold a deep grudge against .
I have to go.
Besides, I’m also very interested in the Eighth Martial God’s legacy.
With these two reasons combined, I must proceed—whether or not your family is underground.
So, I hope you can cooperate a little.
At the least, I don’t really want to take the information directly from your mory with my inner strength.”
But in the urgency of the mont, he had no better option.
Liu Ri then ceased his opposition.
After pondering for a while, he said, “aningful information is all in the biological brain, you can’t steal it, elder…
Please take along.
It’s a few minutes’ journey from here to there, I can put together sothing for you.”
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