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"That's good, keep it up."

As Shiluva was watching Kong and Heita's silent "flirtation" with increasing subtlety, Kong just turned around to take out solid fuel to heat up a can of food for the underground fire, when Hana Rin on the roof suddenly spoke up:

"Teacher, there is a group of...fist-shaped robots approaching the trading point."

"Jeppad's autonomous robot? It's finally here. Everything is going according to plan."

Upon hearing this, Kong put away the dagger he had just taken out.

But after he looked up at the system map, the finger that closed the magnetic buckle... quietly rested on the trigger of the rifle on the table:

"Hana Rin... are you sure it's a robot? But I see a large red dot popping up in the southwest block on the map..."

Kong's sudden alertness startled Eula, who was most familiar with him. She immediately grasped the hilt of her sword and looked out the window, but the snow and fog obscured most of the street view, and the elemental vision was all white. She didn't know how Hua Lin could distinguish the outline of the robot in such low visibility.

"Confirmed, they are robots. Their positions partially overlap with those red dots..."

Hua Lin has great trust in her scope.

"Is the robot being driven away by the Rift Creatures or the hostile Iron Guards?"

"No, I only saw a lot of fist-shaped robots and two 'Bear-type'--"

"Those large machines that look like fat men... Asuna, can you see the target over there?"

"I also see some outlines of self-regulating machines here, teacher!"

"...but why are there only red dots? Get ready for battle first - I'll send a message to Jeppard."

"No need, Captain Lei. I'm already confirming the robot's location... The technical officer said it's still about six kilometers away, so we were delayed on the way."

After being lurking in the public channel for a long time, Jeppard, who didn't know whether to call him "Kong" or "Lei" because of the complicated interpersonal relationships, philosophical discussions, and various inconsistencies in the train crew's names, immediately said, "If you can see each other directly in the city, I'm afraid you are not from our group."

He had been unable to find a suitable starting point for discussion, and when he finally had an opportunity involving his work, he immediately got involved, trying to prove that he was not an "eavesdropper."

I think Bronya is in a similar situation - they haven't adapted to this overly transparent chat environment yet and have been trying to restrain their emotions.

"...Six more kilometers? No, Hua Lin, those robots were not sent by our people to collect the goods!"

Sora immediately picked up his rifle and put his helmet on, startling the Dihuo members who were enjoying their meal.

"Enemy situation! Guys from Dihuo, it looks like some dirty creatures want to intercept our cargo!"

195. The debut of Black and White!

"Boy, how do you know someone wants to intercept the goods?"

"My informants on the periphery discovered that a group of automated robots are rushing here! They may have been discovered by other cops who are tracking us!"

"Damn it... Anyone who dares to stop me from eating meat, no matter if he is an Iron Guardian or a Great Guardian, I will definitely stuff his head into his PY!"

Perhaps it was because of Kong's shouting that was full of confusion that aroused their emotions, but the old man in the lead and the helpers picked up the weapons at hand - nothing more than some shovels, sticks and other objects that looked powerless, and followed Kong to the window, looking menacingly at the approaching shadow in the fog.

Are the troops loyal to Cocolia so short of manpower that they have no choice but to send out autonomous machines? Or do they think that robots are enough to take them down?

"——By the way, guys, I don't know how to address you yet."

Kong had his back pressed against the wall, close to the window, ready to shoot from behind at any time.

"Just call me old Sergei, kid. I'm old enough to be your grandfather. This is Artyom, and he's Cohen... Wow, your equipment looks pretty good - how many people are there outside to help keep an eye on it?"

"There's a sniper on the rooftop, a commando, and these people inside. We are all equipped with long-range firepower... Sambo - where are you going? Don't you want to fight alongside us?"

"Ah, Boss, I am a weak man after all... I can't handle this kind of emergency..."

Sangbo, who had just sneaked up to the pipe and was about to escape, was called by Kong Youyou. He turned around in surprise, and was so embarrassed that sparks were almost coming out of his hands.

"...You stay here. I know you have a backup plan. If we get trapped, you just need to bring these people back intact—"

Kong said viciously, "Even Paimon didn't flee from the battlefield. Are you even worse than Paimon?"

"Hey!! What do you mean you can't even compare to me?"

"Kid, don't look down on Dihuo. We are moral people! No one will leave today. I will ensure that your batch of goods is delivered safely!" Ignoring Paimeng's jumping up and down, Old Xie, who was really emotional, knocked on the wall hard, as if to prove his determination, and also made the young men stop their hesitant actions.

Black Tower, who had just complained about Kong, saw that these people were not just keeping up appearances with words and did not abandon them and run back to the underground. He immediately began to recall the various ways Kong responded to the offense and found that his silky little combo of getting close to each other actually worked.

Not only did he successfully gain the basic trust of this group of people with just a few energy bars, Kong also successfully mobilized their sense of responsibility and a bit of rebellious psychology - so this is what Dr. Kong said, give others respect?

Thinking of this, she also took out the huge hammer with a diamond-shaped hammer head out of thin air and held it in front of the door. She felt that she couldn't really let these "rabble" go up to fill the line - Dr. Kong just wanted to create an opportunity to fight side by side with the Dihuo organization to facilitate subsequent in-depth cooperation. It would be bad if people died.

Unconsciously, Heita has already understood the way of thinking of "putting herself in other people's shoes". Even though this kind of "consideration for others" is still strongly related to her own interests, it is at least an improvement.

"But boy, Sambo is not a good fighter. That guy is unreliable. The most we can count on is him to keep an eye on the goods... By the way, why don't you two girls step aside first? It might be a bit bloody next."

"I also have combat experience."

After realizing that Sergei did not intend to use her as a combatant, Shiluva opened the guitar case behind her and carried a metal guitar that was glowing with electric light on her shoulder like a battle axe.

As if she was hurt by old Sergei's still scrutinizing eyes, she threw the guitar away suddenly, and the air in front of her was twisted by the plucking of the strings, giving off a burning smell.

"Destiny Walker..." Although he was not particularly knowledgeable, old Sergei still recognized the power surging in Shiluva and immediately shut up.

"--If the first group of attackers are robots, I have a way to short-circuit them!"

"Okay, Shiluva, you will be responsible for disabling the machines that get too close, but don't force it. There are too many of us this time, and there are no anchor points nearby. If the front line collapses, I won't be able to take everyone away. If the situation is not right, you must hide underground with Sergei immediately."

Sora flipped the safety pin. "Of course, that's the worst-case scenario... Asuna Karin, no need for warning shots, the map is full of hostile units, we can start!"

After shouting, he smashed a piece of window glass that was still hanging precariously in front of him with the butt of his rifle, and pointed the muzzle of his gun out of the window and began to suppress fire at the outline of the fog - but before his vermilion beam flew into the metal tide, a line of gunfire pierced through the snow fog and fell into the mighty metal cluster. The spiral flight trajectory caused the fog to spread out in a spiral shape, blowing away a corner of the enemy's formation.

[Now playing "Breaking the Winter"! ]

As the battle music sounded, a flash of light with fragments burst out from the head of the huge shadow. The terrifying power of the "Eagle Eye" modified from the Boyce anti-tank gun of Hua Lin was so powerful that it knocked the fat body of the bear robot staggering.

The location of the monitor was pierced, but the opponent did not lose his observation ability. After adjusting his tilted body, he returned to the queue again and continued to approach Kong's hiding place.

"Teacher, the first shot hit - the opponent's aura protection is very strong. I saw it deflected some of the bullet's impact and only injured its eye."

"That's a shield, not an aura. Be careful, other robots have similar protections!"

Sora's particle beam sank into the fog. The fog was blown away briefly, and soon, like a healed wound, visibility became poor again. However, the frequent flashes of golden hexagons made Sora certain that the attacks from the particle weapon were almost all absorbed by the shield.

A group of tricky guys, much tougher than the afterimages of the Iron Guards in the previous Rift.

"Bang!!" Although there were very few targets on the battlefield of Kivotos that could still be alive and kicking after being hit by Hua Lin, she quickly adjusted her mentality, held her breath and steadied her shoulder pads, and shot the same part of the body that Kuma Shiki had just been hit with another shot.

This time, the attack once again penetrated the shield with difficulty, knocking out all the components inside, causing ice chips to fly everywhere.

Wait... ice chips? Why are there ice chips in the robot's head?

"...Teacher...the large robot head instrument has crystal fillings, which does not look like normal electronic components--"

"Hmm? Crystals?"

Kong suddenly thought of many plausible things, but before he could make further judgment, a vibrant voice came from the building at the corner of the street, followed by a figure holding a FAMAS.

"Asuna, it's time to go!"

As expected, she gave up the cover and chose the style of play that would get her adrenaline pumping.

Before he could even sigh, Sora saw his student flash past the corner of the street as if he had used Flying Thunder God, leaving behind bullet shells flying in the air. People with poor dynamic vision might even mistake it for the bullet shells trying to chase Asuna's shadow.

After a series of muzzle flashes, she turned over and jumped onto the rooftop of the second floor on the other side. The shield that had been strafed by air fire for a long time but had not been broken through, under the influence of "mystery", turned into golden debris that scattered all over the ground. Many of the robots in the front row were emitting flames and fell near the drainage ditch, twitching continuously with the unique stiffness of machines.

Carrying the bodies of "their own people", the army finally broke out of the snow and fog, allowing everyone to see their complete bodies.

At least fifty fist-shaped and traffic-light-shaped autonomous robots surged out from the depths of the street. Their arthropod-like mechanical feet slid alternately, bringing with them a kind of fear that was engraved deep in human genes.

The scarlet mechanical eyes of the mecha soldier with a signal light on his head kept scanning every corner of the street, trying to find the sniper who had just fired the bear-style black gun, and also trying to locate the ghostly Asuna.

What greeted them was another round of top-down shooting by Asuna.

The girl spun in mid-air and jumped from the second-floor terrace to the third floor of the opposite house. She emptied the magazine of the FAMAS in her hand and suppressed the crawling strange machine downstairs.

“Here it is!”

It was not a provocation. She kept reminding the robots as if she really hoped that her opponents could keep up with her speed and agility.

But the other side didn't understand Asuna's words at all, or they ignored all kinds of behaviors that were irrelevant to the battle. After roughly determining Asuna's direction of action and maneuvering mode, these strange mechanical arthropods with cold air all over their bodies swung one after another, and actually climbed up the stairs vertically along the wall without any slope!

The strange way it moved was so creepy that it gave Eula goosebumps on her back.

"What on earth are they?"

"They look a bit like spider- and beetle-type automatons. I didn't expect that after all these years, they are still in use on the ground after some repairs. I've never seen a model that can climb walls. Is it an improved model?"

Old Sergei was shocked by the overwhelming number:

"Too many mechas are in such close proximity that it's dangerous! Boys, you have guns, first find the Iron Guard technicians and intelligence officers who are controlling them and kill them!"

"Understood, Asuna! Get out of that building quickly and raid the back of their formation to find the operator hiding at the end!"

The moment Kong gave the order, he put the gun behind his back and picked up the axe - his aura suddenly changed.

Fighting these things is different from dealing with "Eternal Winter Scourge". "Conventional ranged weapons" are not very effective, so you still have to fight in close combat.

Damn it, I've been thinking about how to increase the combat distance and move lightly all day, but when Befadan Heng takes a break, I encounter a big scene like this where I have to fight with all my strength -

Kong suddenly felt a little regretful for letting them take a rest... Now the densely packed mechas all over the streets seemed to be able to be cleared only by single-molecule weapons, or by using large-caliber heavy weapons.

Everything went wrong, and the operation of infiltrating and handing over the goods went wrong, but it was not caused by their own mistakes, more like some kind of coincidence. It is foreseeable that no matter whether they arranged this group of mechas for this battle or had to make a tactical shift, they would attract the nearby Iron Guards, and this passage would be useless for a period of time.

"Protect the ore. I don't think it's a matter of us being followed. The other party is coming here following the 'smell' of the earth's marrow! Sylva! Just occupy the commanding heights. Eula and I will try our best to ensure that this house is not taken down. - Hana Rin, move, lead the bears away and see if they will be fooled -"

"is teacher."

The sound of light jumping came from the roof next door. Hua Lin's body leaped into the other side of the snow fog, carrying a heavy anti-tank rifle and quickly leaping over the eaves and balconies. Although he did not use the thrust of the backpack as Kong did, he soon pulled a distance of two to three hundred meters from the transaction site.

The group of mechas did not pay attention to Hua Lin who exposed her position. They poured in relentlessly, trying to surround all the corridors around the residential area.

"Hey, they're not chasing anymore? There's no target worth noting at the end of the team, teacher. Only those two fat robots are special. The others look like trash!"

As Asuna's report came back, Kong determined that the other party was heading for the earth's marrow. These things radiated heat from the inside out, and the total amount of energy was not small, so there was still a certain probability of being discovered.

But if there is no commander or deployment personnel on site...how can they ensure the combat effectiveness of the automatic robots?

This question was answered when the mechas rushed into the defense line within 200 meters for the first time.

Sora saw that the joints of their mechanical articulated feet were filled with ice crystals that looked like the Shadow of Eternal Winter. That was the symbol of the rift. What Hua Lin had observed before was the fillings that distinguished the creatures from normal machines...

Damn? The Rift not only gave birth to aliens but also robots? ? Is this reasonable?

But when I think of some of the machines that are affected by Honkai energy, my desire to complain about them is inevitably reduced.

Asuna, who reappeared in everyone's sight from a distance, had taken off her Pilot helmet. She preferred the passion of breathing in the battlefield air and letting the blood flow quickly throughout her body.