The Final Odyssey, the fantastical journey of a cat boy

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"Don't fire at it? Why?" Shana asked, somewhat surprised. Having grown up in a reserve that opposed the misuse of technology and the trampling of science, she naturally believed that things like this should be smashed as quickly as possible; every second it remained was a severe provocation to her.

"It's very simple, for two reasons," Huang Yan explained. "First, we need to investigate the origins and usage records of this device. Based on my deduction, it is closely related to those strange companions of the Fayun people, as well as the bizarre murders and disappearances that keep happening in Oasis Harbor."

"And the second one?" Fish asked.

"Secondly, if this equipment is hit, we could face enormous danger—why don't you want to guess where the electricity for these appliances comes from?"

"Uh... well..."

"It's very simple, it comes from the 5C-type rapid cloning workshop itself," Huang Yan answered the question himself, "It comes with its own small nuclear battery for power."

"what?"

"These fission batteries made from radioactive heavy elements are simple and easy to use, making them the preferred choice for powering equipment for extended periods. The only problem is that if they are damaged, the resulting secondary problems can be quite serious... Anyway, you should understand why you should avoid damaging them."

"I understand. This isn't difficult at all." Although the difficulty of the operation had increased significantly, Ange didn't show any sign of discouragement. "Miss Xiaoxing, you go first. We'll launch a surprise attack using the B-type assault formation we rehearsed before, and try to eliminate the enemy using C2 tactics."

"What is C2?" Felipe asked.

"Of course it's this," Ange said, quickly transforming the "Golden Soup" arm armor into a long, slender sword. "Close combat. That's all."

"How fortunate I am." Shuangye gripped the military knife at her waist. However, just as she was about to turn on the power button on the knife, Ange patted her on the shoulder.

"If possible, please minimize casualties during the operation," Ange added. "We need to capture as many alive as possible. After all, the dead can't talk."

"That's not a problem, I'll be careful." Before Shuangye even finished speaking, she had already rushed out. The two gang members closest to her (both burly men) didn't even notice anything amiss before they each received a blow to the shoulder and neck, and then everything went black as they collapsed limply to the ground.

Then, with a mere touch of her toes to the ground, Frostleaf leaped with astonishing force towards the third enemy. The man, dragging a large bundle of spare electrical wires, was completely unaware of the approaching danger. The blow that landed on him not only knocked him unconscious but also sent him flying backward, knocking over a fourth person.

Only then did the other members of the "Short Skirt Pirate Gang," who were busy at work, belatedly realize that something seemed a little off. And just then, Frostleaf activated the "Moon Shadow" that Ange had given her earlier.

A stream of high-energy particles, confined by a strong magnetic field, rapidly formed in front of the sword hilt, creating a narrow, high-temperature zone of nearly 5,000 degrees Celsius within a hundredth of a second. Then, without even looking, Frostleaf casually swung her sword behind her.

At least ten 9mm caliber bullets were directly vaporized into metallic vapor.

"Huh?! Who is this guy?"

"She's a armored warrior! Look at her outfit!"

"Damn it, how come there are armored warriors down here? Are they hired by the city-state's security forces?!"

"Enough talk, let's take her down first!"

As they unleashed a barrage of bullets from automatic pistols and submachine guns, the pirate gang members yelled and screamed. But they almost immediately realized that their attack was pointless—while hundreds of 9mm bullets raining down on them would be deadly to an unprotected person, that was only true if they were "unprotected." For Frostleaf, all she needed to do was use the light of "Moon Shadow" to protect the most dangerous areas, such as the eye openings of her armor and her respirator; the rest could be ignored.

Although more than a dozen bullets failed to vaporize and struck Frostleaf's body, they quickly fell to the ground harmlessly, making a clattering sound. One bullet was even caught in mid-air by Frostleaf's hand, which she then easily flicked back.

"Gah!" A pirate gang member who was loading a 15-round magazine into his automatic pistol was struck in the shoulder by a bullet still warm from the propellant, screaming as he dropped his weapon—of course, if Frostleaf wanted, she could have easily replaced the spot where he was shot with his forehead. However, due to Ange's instructions, she did not do so.

"It's no use! We can't handle this guy!" Seeing that their attacks were completely ineffective, more than half of the pirate gang members immediately resorted to their last resort—running away. They successfully executed the core essence of the Thirty-Six Stratagems. The remaining members were also at a loss and in complete chaos.

"Damn armored warriors! In that case, let those 'girls' come on!" shouted a guy who seemed to be the leader.

"Really? In a place like this?!"

"Yes, tell them to go into 'serious mode'!" the leader shouted. "This is an emergency; you understand the principle of acting expediently in times of crisis?!"

"Okay, okay!" The person who had just raised a different opinion quickly pulled down a rope hanging from the wall. Immediately afterward, a piercing bell rang throughout the ancient underground parking lot. At the same time, in the vision of Frostleaf and all the armored warriors on Fish's side, flashing red warning signs and a series of flickering lights appeared.

This is not unfamiliar to armored warriors—the armor will issue an alarm when it detects energy reactions from other intelligent combat armors that have been activated, but cannot get a response through the friend-or-foe identification system.

"Holy crap, this number..." Fish gasped: in his field of vision, there were more than 30 hostile energy reactions identified as intelligent combat armor!

Admittedly, as a relatively common and abundant piece of equipment from the old civilization era, intelligent combat armor may exist in the thousands worldwide, with some larger duchies possessing hundreds of armored warriors. However, the problem is that Oasis Harbor is merely a city-state with a population of less than 300,000, and the total number of registered armored warriors in the entire city-state barely exceeds the number on two hands. No matter how powerful this so-called pirate gang is, producing over 30 armored warriors at once is simply too frightening.

Even more critically, judging from the reaction readings, these guys weren't even the most numerous but also the weakest "Jade" level. Most of them were "Agate" level, which was slightly stronger than "Jade," and there were even two or three that had reached the "Crystal" level, which was on par with guys like Moon Butterfly.

"This... could it be that the equipment is broken?" Xiaoxing asked in the communication channel while she was invisible.

"I suspect it's some kind of interference," Ange said. "Some facilities from older civilizations are equipped with these kinds of false signal generation devices. After all, from a common-sense perspective, it's simply impossible for so many powerful enemies to appear in a place like this..."

"No, it's not interference!" Shuangye said. "My 'Mind's Eye' has detected something amiss—everyone, please fight with all your might! Complacency means certain death!"

"Huh?!" Fish muttered, and a figure leaped to his side with lightning speed—a girl wearing a skull mask, brown stockings, and a light green dress with a hem only a hand's length long. In one hand she held an automatic pistol, and upon meeting his gaze, she generously "offered" all fifteen bullets.

Of course, such low-powered bullets posed no real threat to Fish, who was equipped with Phoenix Flame. Even so, he instinctively raised one hand, transforming his arm armor into a small rectangular shield to defend himself.

Then, as the bullet ricocheted, Fish suddenly sensed a sharp object thrusting towards him—clearly, this was the attacker's true intention. Startled, he instinctively tried to block the thrust with the shield formed from his arm armor, but it was too late. Then, he felt a slight pain in his side.

Something briefly pierced Huang Yan's defenses and injured him.

In his panic, Fish wasn't completely at a loss. He quickly took a step back and then kicked out at her. The girl in the short skirt took the kick squarely and flew backward... then did a backflip and regained her footing amidst a sharp laugh.

"The opponent is quite strong, and that was a single-molecule carbon fiber blade," Huang Yan said. "Even I couldn't completely defend against it."

"I understand." Fish took a step back, feeling the pain coming from the last rib—it was just a shallow wound, and it was already covered by the inner surface of the Phoenix Flame and was healing rapidly, but its existence was terrifying enough.

After all, this is the Phoenix Flame, capable of withstanding depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds from a .50 caliber heavy machine gun at near-zero distance and preventing injury to the wearer. In this era, the only things capable of destroying it, besides heavy firepower such as warship main guns, medium- or larger caliber field guns, or anti-ship torpedoes, are relics from various old civilizations.

"Giggle giggle giggle hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee—"

The girl in the miniskirt, laughing maniacally, leaped into the air with a speed almost on par with Frostleaf, slamming her heel into Fish—who was wearing nearly transparent crystal high heels with heels exceeding an absurd fifteen centimeters. Perfect for a Cinderella-like figure riding in a pumpkin carriage to woo a prince, but in battle, that's pure nonsense…

...No, wait, this guy's high heels don't seem so ridiculous after all. At least, that's what Fish thought when the heel suddenly extended into a sharp dagger.

"Watch out, those high heels are also part of the intelligent combat armor!"

"Eek!" At the last second, Fish hastily transformed his gauntlets into a longsword, deflecting the attack. The girl in the miniskirt performed a beautiful backflip in mid-air, successfully landing several meters away.

"The peak energy burst from that guy just now reached over 3000 units," Huang Yan warned. "In your classification standards, this has already broken through the mid-level 'Crystal' grade and reached the fourth-tier 'Lapis Lazuli' level—in other words, it surpasses the level of over 90% of the currently usable intelligent combat armor in the world."

"Damn it, is this guy the strongest among them?" Fish asked cautiously as he confronted the other party.

"I don't think so," Frostleaf said in a deep voice, holding the beam saber "Moonshadow" beside her. Although in terms of pure armored warrior ability, she was probably in the weakest tier, only at the "Jade" level. However, her swordsmanship and extremely deep combat experience made up for this problem. She had even killed the first girl in the short skirt and was confronting the other two. "Although these guys' fighting skills are very crude, lacking in beauty and tactical thinking, there is no doubt that their strength is quite astonishing."

"Especially the burst damage," Ange said, as she unleashed a barrage of attacks on her opponents with the "Golden Soup" shoulder cannon and miniature loitering munitions. As usual, she maximized the turret's capabilities from the start, suppressing her opponents with overwhelming firepower. Meanwhile, the loyal Mint, holding two wrist blades, stood protectively beside Shana and Alicia, who lacked intelligent combat armor, to prevent them from ambushing the weaker targets. "Please be careful, my lord, these guys are acting strangely."

"Angie is right. Their performance is not normal. In short, the energy output of ordinary intelligent combat armor is usually stable, but these guys are not. Their energy output has extremely obvious peaks," Huang Yan added. "In the battle just now, their energy output exploded to 3000 units, which is enough to pose a threat to me. But normally, they only have 200 units."

"Sounds like those guys from Dragon Ball who can unleash their power," Shana muttered from the corner... Of course, apart from Huang Yan, no one here understood what she was saying. "Isn't that going to be really troublesome?"

"Not necessarily," Huang Yan said as Fish was forced to defend himself when the girl in the miniskirt in front of him swung her sword at him. "I roughly know what these guys are using now. It's just that even I didn't expect that such terrible equipment would still be around today."

"Well, I don't care what they're using," said Ange, who had just finished a barrage of fire and had to temporarily cease fire to allow her plasma shoulder cannons to cool down. Although her firepower suppression was quite terrifying, only one of the girls in miniskirts who were targeted had died. The others either relied on their exceptional mobility to dodge the attacks or simply took the hits with their miniskirts, which had an effect similar to intelligent combat armor. "What I'm concerned about is how to deal with these guys. If this continues, we'll be at a significant disadvantage."

"Simple," Huang Yan said. "I've already arranged for Xiao Xing to handle this."