Underworld Retrograde

In the dim light, the dense noise came again. Heavy footsteps stomped on the ground, and the familiar sound of the hot melt hand cannon being loaded was heard.

The enemy is coming, so soon?

Or had Zhou Ding already calculated the area where everyone was falling and ambushed a machine soul with offensive capabilities there in advance?

The grenade thrower subconsciously raised his hand, wanting to release fire to illuminate the surrounding environment and the enemy's status.

However, the moment he raised his hand, a sense of unease suddenly came over him.

He was stopped forcibly. His inspiration brought a warning that if the fire was ignited, something bad would happen.

"Don't move. I got an idea. There might be methane here!" Strawberry also reminded: "He deliberately led us to his home ground."

"I noticed that we were really passive. Zhou Hao, can you determine the exact location of Zhou Ding?" He was so angry that he wanted to bite the bullet.

Now, he felt angry as if he was being played by the enemy. The group had not even seen Zhou Ding yet, and they were attacked. God knows how many times they will face such attacks along the way.

Psychics of their level would not be easily harmed by a methane explosion, but if they changed the terrain again and caused further collapse, they would be too passive.

At the same time, Li Yelai and his companions also saw the appearance of the enemy.

There were more than a dozen broken Border Guard armors, and judging from the scars on their bodies, they had encountered a swarm of killer insects.

They are the Iron Guards who sacrificed in the disaster fog!

The warriors in the armor had long been dead, but the unmanned armor raised its weapon against the human warriors.

More than a dozen unmanned suits of armor, armed with melta guns, rushed towards the four people at the fastest speed.

They actually sacrificed the armor of the Iron Guards to attack human warriors! What a blasphemy!

Li Yelai's eyes became silent, and murderous intent gradually arose.

"Zhou Ding, you really deserve to die!"

Zhou Hao's angry roar and the sound of the hot melt bombing sounded at the same time.

The scorching hot melt ignited the methane in the space, and an even more violent explosion sounded.

Zhou Ding felt extremely happy when he saw this scene through the surveillance camera on the Iron Guard helmet.

Although the perspective was quickly destroyed, the faint vibration coming from under the feet also indicated the success of the plan.

Put the enemy into the trap he prepared and consume the enemy's strength step by step.

Then even if he is a great psychic with six senses, he has a chance of winning.

Come on, penetrate all the machine souls, use up all your means, and come to me!

Unfortunately, the explosion destroyed all the Iron Guards' armor.

Otherwise, he could also learn from the picture how much his chances of winning had improved.

"Sir Zi Yu, when the picture just disappeared, did my chances of winning improve?" Zhou Ding asked.

"Of course, except for that person, the chances of winning the battle for the others have increased by several points. They have to consume a lot of psychic energy to survive the explosion."

"What about that genius?" Zhou Ding asked. Li Yelai was his ultimate goal. If there was hope, he also planned to give it a try.

"Of course there are changes, there is an extra zero." Zi Yu smiled encouragingly.

"This is quite a surprise." Zhou Ding's heart moved. An extra zero?

So, my chances of winning against that strong man were only in single digits?

This made Zhou Ding stunned for a moment, but fortunately, his plan finally worked.

Whether it was originally 3% or 6%, after adding a zero, it is finally not so invincible.

"It's really effective!"

"Isn't it?" Zi Yu chuckled.

She really didn't lie. From 0.01%, to 0.001%, isn't that just one extra zero?

"Then core, when they reach the next area, cut their footage to me." Zhou Ding was in a good mood.

It's really great to sit in the rear and watch the enemy fight through all the obstacles and use all means to face you.

The combination of stats and the Mecha Core is too perfect.

"Now, let's take a look at the old patriarch's position."

The scene quickly turned to the old patriarch at the back.

"What means should I use to deal with the old patriarch?" Zhou Ding thought to himself.

But soon, he found that the old man in the picture stopped and thought, and did not move.

This made Zhou Ding wonder, what's going on? Not moving forward?

As a powerful master of the Six Senses in the Netherworld Path, you hesitated when faced with a trap?

"Old patriarch, you don't dare to take risks anymore? The assassin on the battlefield back then is old after all." Zhou Ding thought.

Then, his expression changed drastically.

"Send the nearest vehicle!"

A minute later, another picture appeared, which was taken by the camera of an activated construction vehicle.

There was no one in the picture. However, Zhou Yuan should be in front of him in the surveillance video.

Zhou Ding's eyes widened in fear: "Damn it, the machine soul is rebelling!"

The cost of using the Mecha Core is that after activating ten Machine Souls, the eleventh Machine Soul may disobey orders or even become hostile to the user.

Therefore, Zhou Ding would test the loyalty of the machine soul at the beginning.

Even if the machine soul of some surveillance cameras refuses to provide service, it will only block the view.

And now, the camera that was supposed to be watching Zhou Yuan has rebelled.

Its mechanical soul created the illusion that Zhou Yuan was still far away!

It was never exposed until I thought of giving myself a ruthless blow?

Now, a psychic from the Netherworld Path disappeared from Zhou Ding's sight, which made Zhou Ding panic.

The battlefield assassin of the Nether Path disappeared into the webway and may now be approaching rapidly.

That damned rebellious machine spirit is trying to kill me!

"Destroy that camera!" Zhou Ding angrily ordered: "Everyone be on alert!"

A large number of machine souls were awakened, including vehicles, automatic turrets, Iron Guard armor, and even a huge underground pioneer. All were awakened under Zhou Ding's command, alerting possible enemies.

On the other side, in the underground space where Li Yelai and others were.

The aftermath of the explosion gradually dissipated, and a thick but broken stone wall collapsed, and Li Yelai and others walked out of it.

This was Zhou Hao's divine control ability, the Shaping of the Earth. He controlled the soil to transform into a stone wall, and increased the hardness of the stone wall. It became a barrier, blocking the powerful methane explosion.

It is said that the construction of the huge city in the past could not have been done without the help of this ability.

But this consumed a lot of Zhou Hao's spiritual energy.

"What should we do now? Keep moving forward?" Strawberry asked Zhou Hao who was panting.

"The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light. If we continue to move forward, we may fall into a trap again." The bomb said, "Why don't we go back and gather more people, or notify the authorities."

Zhou Ding had obviously made arrangements here in advance. If he continued to move forward, he didn't know how he would be ambushed.

The four people encountered two attacks in a row, but they didn't even see anyone. If they continued to move forward, there might be casualties.

"It is indeed time for the authorities to take over. Regardless of what Zhou Ding did, the forbidden object must be taken into the custody of the authorities." Li Yelai also said, "You want to negotiate with Zhou Ding and let him return to the family. But he doesn't hold back at all."

"No, please don't worry. The more noise we make, the sooner the old patriarch can get close to Zhou Ding." Zhou Hao said, "If Zhou Ding doesn't repent, then the old patriarch will clean up the mess."

"I see. No wonder you wanted to separate from us. You had planned to use us as a feint from the beginning." Throwing Bomb clicked his tongue.

"We can't do anything about it. This forbidden item is too troublesome. It's very difficult for us to find it alone." Zhou Hao said after his breathing gradually stabilized, "I'm sorry, everyone. Let's keep moving forward. With our strength, even traps can't do anything to us. Instead, they can attract his attention. Of course, I will double the reward. Guaranteed!"

"Actually, I have a better way." Li Yelai said.

"What method?"

"You guys evacuate first, I will go ahead alone." Li Ye said: "I have a taboo item that can attract the enemy. But the cost of using it will be very high, so I hope you guys leave first."

Li Yelai wanted to use the fact that he would inevitably encounter a strong enemy to lure Zhou Ding, or to find Zhou Ding.

Of course, this is under the condition that the curse determines that Zhou Ding is a strong enemy. However, if he holds the forbidden object, he may succeed.

"What you said sounds like spawning monsters." Throwing Grenade complained, but suddenly paused.

Monster spawners? From the champion team? Holy shit, no?

This Lord Fengyu, could it be that...

Before he could speak, everyone's attention was drawn to another voice.

'Click'

'Click'

The heavy footsteps came closer and closer.

The four of them frowned. Still coming?

Each of them held their weapons.

When the four saw who was coming, they couldn't help but be surprised.

It was a tattered Iron Guard armor. From the torn breastplate, one could see that there was no one inside the armor, but instead there was a large patch of blackened blood. From the scars, it could be seen that the Iron Guard had been attacked by a hunting bug.

At this moment, this ownerless Iron Guard armor somehow avoided the impact of the explosion and was not completely destroyed.

Instead, he stood in front of everyone, his metal finger tremblingly pointing in a certain direction.

"What does this mean?" Strawberry frowned: "It means... let us go in this direction?"

"What's this drama?" The bomb sneered: "Zhou Ding, you're acting too much!"

"Now you don't even want to act?" Zhou Hao was also very angry.

Li Yelai approached the Iron Guard Armor, looked it up and down and said, "Is he there?"

The armor did not respond, or rather could not respond. Instead, it dragged its body, which was about to fall apart, forward in that direction.

Li Yelai could vaguely feel that the weak mechanical soul in the armor was urgently and hurriedly pushing them in that direction.

"Has this ever happened?" Li Yelai asked, "The machine soul controlled by Zhou Ding didn't follow the instructions?"

"I'm not sure. At that time, we didn't know that it was the activation of the machine soul. We thought it was just an electronic attack by hackers." Zhou Hao responded.

"Well, let's go and take a look." Li Ye looked at the three of them.

"Feng Yu, do you really want to believe it?" Zhou Hao frowned: "This is obviously a trap, right?"

"Do you think that a machine soul would betray Zhou Ding who holds a forbidden object?" Strawberry asked.

"The Machine Soul is too mysterious. But I have seen a Machine Soul that is loyal to humanity. It always performs its duties as always. It fires at the enemies of humanity when human warriors need it most."

That is the Yanyun destroyer of the human border fleet.

It had clearly used up all its fuel, and even its control system was completely destroyed. It lay quietly in the ruins like a silent metal tomb.

But it made a heart-shaking roar, announcing its arrival!

Fight alongside humanity once again and blast away the Flesh Aberrations!

Now, this armor might also be a loyal machine soul. Li Yelai was willing to believe it.

After all, with his strength, even a trap wouldn't be able to do anything to him.

Could it be that he couldn't beat Zhou Ding? He just couldn't find Zhou Ding.

This is the confidence that comes from a champion!

Looking at the Iron Guards walking further and further away, and considering Li Yelai’s reliable behavior before.

Zhou Hao gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's take a gamble. We'll just have to give it a try. I don't believe that Zhou Ding can bury another nuclear bomb here!"

On the other side, Zhou Ding had no time to care about Li Yelai and others.

At this moment, the alarms from outside were extremely harsh.

Outside the shelter, countless gunshots rang out, but Zhou Ding still felt the machine souls being destroyed one by one.

A black shadow shuttled through the fire line like a ghost, destroying one firing point after another.

That’s the old patriarch, Zhou Yuan!

A former battlefield assassin, and currently the only sixth-sense psychic in the Zhou family!

Zhou Ding thought he was too old and didn't dare to fight anymore. How ridiculous!

Zhou Yuan had been waiting for the call from the giant city, waiting to throw his old self into the battlefield and kill as many enemies as possible.

Fight for a future for humanity and the giant city!

How can we shrink from this kind of embryo killing?

"Zhou Ding, give up resistance. Put down the forbidden object. If your power can be controlled, you are still a member of our Zhou family!" Zhou Yuan's voice came from the battlefield.

This made Zhou Ding interested, but when his eyes fell on Zhou Yuan.

My heart skipped a beat.

Favorability is negative 50, the danger level is high. Even if attacked by so many machine spirits, the chance of winning is only 28%.

"You old liar! Don't try to fool me!" Zhou Ding cursed after seeing the 'data'.

The favorability is minus 50, and you still dare to say that you can talk? Enemies are just like that!

I'm afraid that if I let my guard down, I'll be beheaded, right?

Damn it, you still want to lie to me even now?

Zhou Ding did not trust Zhou Yuan's statement at all, and instead was thinking about how to improve his chances of winning.

The 28% chance of winning was still too low. Although the chance of winning was slowly increasing with the consumption of spiritual energy and the loss of Qi and blood, it was estimated that it would not exceed 70%.

You have to use your trump card.

Zhou Ding was extremely hesitant, but finally made up his mind.

"Why do you think I hid here? Just because I don't want to be manipulated by you guys anymore!"

Zhou Ding picked up the mechanical Rubik's Cube. The ability of this forbidden object is more than just activating the machine soul.

Otherwise, how can he be called a machine god?

The blessing bestowed upon him by Lord Zi Yu enabled him to acquire powerful knowledge and understand the mystery of this Rubik's Cube.

With that knowledge, Zhou Ding pieced together the last complex piece of the mechanical Rubik's Cube, and the entire Rubik's Cube released a terrifying pressure.

"Come, let me show you the arrival of the Machine God!"

However, the next second, Zhou Ding heard two laughs.

That was the joyful laughter of Zi Yu, a great being from the virtual world.

The other one comes from the mechanical Rubik's Cube itself.

"Finally. We were fooled. Human!"

"The divine machine has arrived, and the Titan is activated!" (End of this chapter)