"Run...away?"
The sky-obscuring fleet didn't fire this ti.
Ren Sisi effortlessly breached the command chain, cracking open every poorly protected firepower platform in her view.
Shipboard AIs and soldiers received conflicting orders, while already faulty instrunts were directly overloaded and detonated.
Mo Wen could see the flas in the sky.
The fleet that had been flaunting its power monts ago instantly beca a cluster of sitting ducks.
No, worse than that - their fire control systems completely malfunctioned, making them shoot at each other, while the higher-altitude satellites couldn't intervene.
In the temporary command center, the simulated A-874184 frowned deeply. "He actually found such an excellent hacker?"
"No, wait - even the world's best hacker couldn't inexplicably breach before physical connection. My nuclear trap is probably aningless now."
"A psychic... That absurd technology has actually produced such a specialist? Indeed, they must be exterminated before they can grow stronger."
He imdiately adjusted strategy, deploying low-intelligence troops.
Enhanced soldiers hidden throughout the city quickly took up firing positions, while various giant chs with completely isolated networks rushed to form defensive lines.
anwhile, Mo Wen had already breached the city.
What were the odds of one man against an entire city?
Would victory go to:
- Tens of thousands of fully ard super soldiers with emotions erased, reflexes enhanced to supersonic levels, equipped with heavy weaponry - where just a few squads could topple small nations in the old era.
- Plus giant chs normally disguised as skyscrapers, so towering dozens of ters tall, capable of leveling entire blocks with ease.
Or one man?
At this mont, Mo Wen believed victory was his - 100% certainty.
Not just because of technological superiority, but because he was the one who stepped onto this battlefield.
In one hand he gripped a high-frequency vibrating particle blade, in the other an energy rifle connected directly to his augntation power supply.
For other augnted humans, these weapons would be impractical.
Even if they could slice through most materials effortlessly, who would run kiloters to engage in lee when they could attack from thousands of ters away?
The energy rifle couldn't penetrate armor at low power, while high power settings offered few shots before draining the user's own augntation power first.
But for Mo Wen, with psychic acceleration making his personal ti flow differently, they were perfect.
Fast - incredibly fast. Fast enough to outpace gun barrels swinging, turrets rotating, all fire control systems locking on. He could traverse the city without gathering dust.
Strong - overwhelmingly strong. Strong enough to bisect building-sized chs in single strikes, destroy their power cores, and eliminate every soldier along his path.
Exhilarating! Liberating!
Only now, free from orbital-grade firepower and enemy traps, did Mo Wen truly feel his enhanced power.
No matter how the weak struggled, they couldn't harm him.
He could dismantle missiles mid-flight, or leap away before their shockwaves arrived.
Bullets fired by headless corpses with their last strength? He could pinch them between fingers and crush them to powder.
Giant chs firing indiscriminately through allies? Their beams couldn't catch his shadow even after slaughtering all friendlies.
And he... he was death itself. Where he passed, life and death beca his choice.
Enemies didn't deserve reaction ti, screams, or fear - he stripped them of life's final dignity to face their killer, leaving only his judgnt.
Power - how intoxicating. Power held in hand surpassed all worldly authority - the supre right to decide others' and one's own fate.
All past suffering and death suddenly gained aning - they had forged this power.
Mo Wen felt slightly mad, wanting to laugh wildly.
Being alive felt wonderful.
But it wasn't ti to relax yet, even after slaughtering his first city.
He saw his distant target trying to flee.
The man had nurous augntations enabling subsonic speed, while his guards sward to intercept death's approach.
Didn't they understand it was futile? Even kiloters away, Mo Wen could catch his target in under a second.
Perhaps there were escape tunnels or specialized defenses nearby.
No matter - killing the target now sufficed.
Mo Wen advanced.
Twelve elite guards remained - battle-hardened veterans, perfectly coordinated, fearless unto death.
How to kill them?
Kill them casually.
Mo Wen raised his hand, draining his augntation reactor to near-empty. A devastating beam pierced the air, striking the first guard's control center.
Then the second, third, fourth.
Four guards who could snipe targets beyond 12km and intercept missiles died instantly.
Before they could slow him, Mo Wen closed the distance.
Two guards, through battle-honed instinct, predicted his path in the too-brief instant and moved to block.
Too slow - like snails trying to stop a man. Impossible unless the man chose to step on them.
But Mo Wen wouldn't divert. Power granted him the right to move straight, and he would exercise it.
A horizontal slash.
Shields capable of withstanding heavy artillery and aerial bombs - even with active barriers - were cleaved through.
Both guards, with arms strong enough to flip tanks and bodies specialized for defense, proved utterly useless, failing to delay Mo Wen even montarily.
Past them, the path lay open.
Should he slaughter the remaining guards?
Unnecessary.
If they couldn't hinder him, why destroy them?
Mo Wen seized his target before the man realized he'd been caught.
His steel arm clenched slightly, crushing the lightly augnted skull into paste in his palm.
The headless corpse continued flying forward from its final command but crashed uncontrolled into the ground.
Ren Sisi's voice ca through team comms: "Wow, that was fast. Also, feeling the joys of teamwork now? My skills are solid, right?"
"This guy had so dead-man's switch wanting to take others with him. Let handle that."
Nearby, the newly arrived NPC Qi Shiming looked utterly bewildered.
The virtual world froze.
[Task Completed]
[Training Evaluation: Satisfactory]
[AI Comnt: No cooperation or technique. No hidden paths discovered. Pure stat advantage. Recomnd changing training approach.]
[Standard Ending Unlocked]
[Other Scenario Missions Unlocked]
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