Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 53: It's like you've reached the highest level and are now back to clear the early maps.

On the top floor, in the president's office with huge floor-to-ceiling windows, Seifer blocked the door with the expensive decorations at the entrance and shot down the executive president, a middle-aged man (who behaved strangely).

As he turned over and crawled towards him with his limbs twisted like a crab, Cypher shattered the French window and threw him off the roof.

How should I put it... If other mercenaries came, they might be either frozen in fear or unleashed a barrage of fire, but Seifer came with the idea of spending less bullets and making more money.

Therefore, facing this "weird" situation, he seemed particularly calm, especially after confirming that the strength of these things was worrying, he didn't care at all.

After searching the president's office for a long time, I found nothing except some devices that were disassembled from a drawer and something that might be a computer.

Leica reminded him that the computer room might be located on the lower floors of the building or in the basement.

That made sense, so Seifer pulled the things out of the way again and continued down the stairwell, asking Laika to confirm at each floor whether there were any recyclable objects on that floor - she did a good job.

Except for the moment when she regained her vision, she was nauseated for a while because she was curious about what Cypher saw.

I cleared the room floor by floor, and there were always some wonderful surprises every time I opened the room, such as the employees suddenly turning their heads and rushing over like zombies.

For example, if an employee falls from the roof and his entire limbs are twisted beyond recognition, his body will become strong due to the self-transformation.

Again, fortunately, Cypher has a metal body, and his output is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Seifer easily broke free from his restraints and, without firing a single shot, knocked all the employees to the ground in the room with his bare hands.

This floor is the rest floor we just saw. Apart from the enemies, it has no value. Seifer observed these unlucky employees and found that there are indeed many things on them that are not human.

On the next floor, as soon as he pushed open the door, Cypher fired a shot at the top of his head and raised his arm to block the enemy who was vaguely rushing towards him in front of him - but it did not block his strange curved blade that popped out from his arm.

Okay, okay, it’s the Mantis Blade, right?

The lurker above his head was shot in the head, and the two mantis knives that rushed over were lodged in Seifer's chest and sides, while the holder was kicked back along with his arms, hitting other employees like a bowling ball.

But those people just stood up as usual, talking about their daily life and work, turning their heads and bodies slowly, with leisurely and happy expressions and eyes staring at them without blinking. If it were someone else, they would probably be terrified.

It's a pity that Cypher can't be considered a human being in the narrow sense now. He didn't feel anything. He just pulled out the blade that was stuck in his body and touched the cut skin with regret.

Raise your gun and fire.

There is nothing normal about this company, especially after the initial inexplicable psychological pressure and shadow, the oppressive feeling on the other side becomes more and more obvious.

In the employees' self-perception of the world, what they saw was definitely not the scene of mercenaries sweeping the entire place. Perhaps they were still working normally... but it didn't matter.

Cypher cleared the floor, and then all the way down, everyone in the entire company was so abnormal, or everything was normal to them.

Considering that there were problems with my vision before, so...

"Keep exploring, Red Crossbow. We've collected a lot of energy readings... The doctor said he hopes you can delve deeper into the composition of this phenomenon."

The deeper the depth, the better the reward, and Cypher certainly understood that. So he continued to descend—the situation of chopping melons and vegetables, so far.

Obviously, someone who was manipulating all this in the background was not satisfied with the status quo. After realizing that the intruder was unyielding and had superior combat power, the type of enemy immediately changed.

It was no longer a pure sneak attack, but a group of combat units wearing sophisticated bulletproof armor and even equipped with powerful weapons for indoor combat.

To say these people didn't look controlled would be a lie. The moment they saw Cypher, they screamed in terror, as if they were confronting some other monster than a human. Cypher hid behind a heavy safe, occasionally firing a shot across the passage, only to be met with even more intense suppressive fire, unable to even emerge.

"The firepower of these fighters feels...really strong."

"The technological level of this anomaly is very high, and their units possess combat capabilities beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. In the past, mercenaries once complained that their guns were so terrifying that it seemed as if the bullets could bend."

Fire control, that's normal.

Sefer crouched behind the safe. Due to their misunderstanding of him, the security guards only dared to pour fire on him and did not dare to get close... If the stalemate continued, it would be disadvantageous to Sefer.

Because according to his threat analysis, the actions of at least two of the opponent's attackers were very strange.

Their speed in reloading and changing cover was more than double the estimated speed. If they were not wearing any enhanced equipment, we could only conclude that those people had installed some incredible plug-ins on themselves.

His many years of experience in weapon design and human-computer interaction told him that this might be a neural response-related change that had not been achieved in many years.

Can I take this thing back?

"Doctor, let me ask you, you were able to suppress the enemy before with those blades, but now you can't do it when facing bullets. Has the firepower of these units reached a level that you can't handle?"

"It'll take some time. I need to think about where to start the breakthrough. These guys who are good at fighting are quite..."

As he spoke, Seifer suddenly squatted down and exerted force. The instant sprint made him like a chariot that would not stop running. He slammed the fast-moving enemy to death on the spot.

He probably wanted to use his special move to go around and then eliminate Cypher with his supercharged shotgun that could easily tear through metal wall panels.

Unfortunately he failed.

Seifer's actions became outrageous as he crashed into the paper-like wall panels with this guy.

His main weapon, which had an empty magazine and no time to reload, was hung behind his waist. He pulled the shotgun against the enemy's body and used this roaring weapon with one hand to spray away another assaulter who tried to assassinate him.

He didn't care whether the enemy was dead or not. He sprinted forward with the corpses on his shoulders. His heavy footsteps and the walls that were broken through layer by layer caused the enemy's formation to fall into chaos in an instant.

The scattered debris and twisted metal walls along the way were the portals opened by Cypher - a few bullets hit him and the corpse he was holding, but could not shake the impact.

'boom!boom! '

Those strange superchargers on the barrel of the special shotgun gave it incredible recoil, but in Cypher's hands, it felt like a small pistol.

No matter how hard the enemies along the way tried, they could only let out a miserable scream before death and then fell silent. It was not until the last gunshot that Seifer threw down his already tattered shield.

Behind him, a long series of cracks and holes with twisted edges like tinplate revealed the outrageous mess caused by this outrageous fighting method.

"This floor has been cleared. There's no sign of the enemy on the floors above and below... Can I clean up the battlefield first?"

Leica quickly agreed. As for Dr. Mei, he didn't have any requirements. It seemed that the longer he stayed, the better the data he could collect.

Since everyone had no objection, Seifer immediately squatted down and started searching from the end point forward - he was very curious, the weapons used by the enemies in this vision seemed to be very advanced!
Except, no energy weapons were seen.

(End of this chapter)