dark moon

Chapter 411 Metal Humanoid
"Boom, boom, boom." The sound of heavy footsteps echoed in the abandoned city, and eight huge metal feet stepped on the ground, causing the hard ground to groan unbearably.

Four humanoid puppets, each about three meters long. Although they have complete limbs, every part of the body has sharp edges and corners. It is obvious that they are mechanical humanoids rather than real human bodies, but their movements are flexible enough. Well, relatively They are flexible enough for their body shape. They can move their hands and feet just like ordinary people. The flexion and extension joints are even more flexible than the real human body. Judging from the fact that they can withstand such a heavy metal body, their strength is also quite terrifying. Shadow Chasers They even believed that their leg strength was far greater than their own, and their upper body might be a little worse, but not too much. If they fought head-on, their chances of winning might not be great.

What's more, they won't compete head-on with the enemy. Each of these humanoid puppets has an extended gun barrel at its wrist. The diameter of the barrel is enough to accommodate two index fingers inserted side by side. A weapon of this caliber may not even hit the outer wall of the building. It can be easily penetrated, let alone the body of Ququ. Even if the Shadow Chasers have energy protection, well, they may be able to fight head-on for a while, but if it takes a long time, they will definitely suffer heavy damage.

In addition to the weapons on their wrists, they also held guns longer than humans in their hands. They formed a loose formation two in front and two behind, walking slowly along the street. Their vigilance left no doubt. Once an abnormal situation is discovered, an attack will be launched immediately.

However, these are not enough to attract the attention of the shadow chasers. What really makes the shadow chasers vigilant is that the behavior of these four humanoid puppets is much more humane than other puppets, especially their movements and highly alert attitude when searching for enemies. , which is impossible for ordinary mechanical puppets to have.

"Makajaren." The shadow chasers have subconsciously lurked behind a bush. Even with the blessing of the ability to blend in, the shadow chasers do not dare to take it lightly. When in danger, they must remain vigilant at all times and must not go too far. Believe in the effect of the sacred power, otherwise once the sacred power loses its effect, it will induce a fatal crisis.Therefore, it is better to be cautious in everything.

"Understood, boss." The halfling shook his finger, took off his hat and bowed, and disappeared into the shadow of the bushes, completely losing his trace. Delia stared blankly at the halfling who suddenly disappeared, and In the past few days with the Shadow Chasers, she had seen so many incredible things, but this was the first time she had seen a living person suddenly turn into a flat state and blend into the shadows.

"Boom." The footsteps continued, and the patrolling humanoid puppets were still moving forward. Other types of mechanical puppets often passed by on the roads of the abandoned city. Sometimes those puppets would also block the way of the four metal humanoids. However, these humanoid puppets Their actions were unexpected. Instead of waiting for other puppets to pass before continuing their actions, they directly raised their legs and kicked away the similar ones blocking the way. Moreover, it was not an unconscious collision, it was obviously kicked away intentionally.

The innocent puppet that was kicked away maintained the performance of an ordinary machine. After rolling on the ground to stabilize its body, it returned to the previous path as if nothing had happened. It did not perform any fighting behavior because of the attack. The humanoid puppet had no consciousness of the perpetrator at all, and continued to move forward as if nothing had happened, as if it was just a stone blocking the road that it kicked away.

"Ha." Suddenly someone yelled by the side of the road. The halfling showed his figure on the side of the road and waved to the metal puppets, as if acquaintances on the road were greeting each other. The seemingly random behavior made everyone's heart tremble. They all hung up, waiting for the metal puppet to respond.

There was indeed a reaction. The four metal puppets turned their heads towards Macajron, and the mechanical vision processor locked on the halfling at the same time.However, after just a few casual glances, the puppets turned their heads back and continued their previous patrol.

"Safe." Macajron gave the shadow chasers a thumbs up from a distance, but after saying this, the halflings escaped into the shadows again. After all, they are shady thieves, and the shadows can give them a sufficient sense of security. , even if safety is assured, he is not willing to be exposed outside for too long.

"I want to... try to attack them." Shuer was not yet completely relieved. He stared at the backs of the four metal puppets and pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Moria, get to work, be careful not to use too much intensity. .”

"Hey, a tree won't attack, I will only drop fruits." As he said that, the deer shook his hair, and several acorns shot out from the hair and hit the humanoid puppet.

Different from the previous test of throwing acorns, the acorns ejected very quickly this time and had a certain lethality. If the opponent was a flesh and blood body, they might not be able to withstand the impact of the acorns. "Bang." The acorn hit the body of the metal humanoid. The acorn, which was not reinforced with energy, exploded and shattered under the impact. The huge force was transmitted to their humanoid body. Unexpectedly, the humanoid puppet shook for a while. He quickly stabilized his body again, without adding any more signs of damage to the buildings in the abandoned city.

Being attacked suddenly, the metal humanoid was obviously startled. The four puppets quickly gathered together. First, they looked around vigilantly, back to back. Of course, nothing was found. However, they did not continue patrolling immediately. Instead, they looked like human beings. Likewise, four metal heads came together, as if silently discussing something.After discussing for a while, they resumed their original patrol route and slowly disappeared deep into the ruined city.

As early as when the metal humanoid was looking around, Macajron had been exposed again. The metal humanoid's sight swept over him several times, but it always turned a blind eye to him, as if he didn't exist at all.

"They are by no means ordinary puppets." Shuuer whispered until the human figures disappeared from sight, "I suspect that they already have intelligence that is no less than that of normal humans."

"Agree." Mia said with a straight face, "The way they just acted was too human."

"Wei, search for it." Xiuer pondered for a moment and then ordered, "See if there is any record of this in the city network information."

"No, Your Excellency Commander." It didn't even take ten seconds for Wei to give the answer, "Humans on the floating city know very little about puppets. Except for those types that have participated in mechanical invasions, there are almost no puppets." Known.”

"Okay, as expected." Shuer sighed and said with a gloomy face, "I suspect that the human side made a serious mistake. The mechanical camp did not devour everyone's thoughts into one, but merged some of them. It remains in a separate form.”

"Those humanoid puppets are containers that carry independent thoughts. Maybe... they are another form of human beings."

　A very unfortunate news. Yesterday I twisted my wrist while I was working out. I felt fine in the afternoon, but it became a little swollen in the evening. The movement of my fingers was also affected. I felt a dull pain when I was typing, which greatly affected my speed.

　　Let me wait for two days. I won’t interrupt the update, but the word count will be unstable. When I feel that I can’t hold it, I will reduce the update word count as appropriate. I’m sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)