Samsara Space: They're all begging me to heal them one more time.

This strike would instantly decapitate not only a fragile support staff member, but even a mech.

however……

Just as the blade tip was only three centimeters from Li Mo's skin, and the ninja captain could already mentally rehearse the image of blood gushing out—

clang!!!

A crisp, metallic clang suddenly rang out in the world of "time stop".

The ninja captain's pupils contracted sharply.

One hand.

A hand covered in silver metal with flowing golden runes appeared out of thin air and firmly grasped the heat knife radiating thousands of degrees of heat.

"What...?!"

Sianwistan's effect was forcibly broken, and the flow of time returned to normal.

In the air, where there was nothing before, a figure wearing an old leather jacket and holding half an energy bar in his mouth slowly appeared.

V！

Hey, buddy.

V chewed on an energy bar, his prosthetic left eye flashing with golden data (a buff granted by Zhang Yuan), a mocking smile playing on his lips.

"The boss said rats will come to steal oil tonight, so he asked me to work the night shift."

"I didn't even have a proper late-night snack for this little bit of overtime pay. Your performance was so quiet!"

V's palm suddenly exerted force.

That was the top-of-the-line military prosthetic body he had just received from the Heavenly Kingdom Armed Forces—the [Gorilla Arm].

These arms already possessed terrifying grip strength of several tons, not to mention that before starting work tonight, Zhang Yuan had already given them a max-level [Weapon Blessing] and [Holy Light Protection] double buff.

Click!

To the horrified gaze of the ninja captain, the high-tech heat sword that was said to be able to cut through anything was actually crushed into pieces by V's bare hands!

"Enemy attack! Trap! Scatter!"

The ninja captain reacted extremely quickly, retreating rapidly while simultaneously scattering a large number of miniature tracking bombs in all directions.

But it was too late.

"This road is blocked."

A tall, slender figure emerged from the factory's shadow.

Lin Qingyue gripped the demon sword, her icy eyes gleaming like those of a predatory beast in the darkness.

She didn't use her ultimate move; she simply made a basic sword-drawing stance.

【Secret Sword - Instant Slash】.

Swish-!

A red blade flashed, drawing a perfect, deadly arc in the dimly lit workshop.

The four cyber ninjas who were trying to spread out to install the explosive devices had their heads neatly slid off while their bodies were still in mid-air.

The knife was so fast that the cut was as smooth as a mirror. Before the blood could even spurt out, the corpse thudded against the assembly line.

"How could that be... it wasn't in the intelligence..."

The ninja captain stared in horror at the two obstacles blocking his way. Shouldn't the main force of the Red Team be tied down in the Badlands by the main army?!

"intelligence?"

Li Mo, who had been facing away from them, finally turned around. He adjusted his thick-rimmed glasses, and instead of holding any test tubes, he held a radar displaying magical fluctuations.

"Your hacking signal was filtered out a minute before you entered the room."

"Your thermo-optical camouflage is indeed very effective at concealing yourself against modern technology. But within this meticulously crafted 'life detection barrier'..."

Li Mo pointed to the faintly glowing magic circle at his feet, "You few living people are as conspicuous as lice on a bald head."

"V, Qingyue, spare someone. The chairman said he needs a messenger to deliver a message to the Blue Team."

"learn."

V twisted his neck, spat out the energy bar wrapper, and charged forward.

The ninja captain, now unarmed, attempted to fight back and reactivated Sinwistan in a desperate attempt to escape.

But under V's violent offensive, enhanced by both the Relic Gluttony chip and the Divine Prosthetics, his speed advantage vanished.

boom!

V landed a golden uppercut on his chest, shattering his stealth generator and power core.

"Go back and tell your master."

V stomped on the chest of the ninja captain, who was slumped on the ground like a dead dog, bent down, ripped the tactical recorder off his helmet, and pointed the camera at himself:

"Boss Zhang said he has a 'special diagnostic report' that he wants to personally deliver to you."

……

Meanwhile, at the Blue Team's secret base.

The colonel stared intently at the holographic communication screen, his fists clenched so tightly that he seemed oblivious to the fact that his nails dug deep into his flesh.

"Huff... huff..."

The colonel was breathing heavily, and he instinctively reached for the sedative at the waist of his power armor.

But this time, his hand froze in mid-air.

Because a voice exploded in his mind.

It was a voice clearer and more ferocious than ever before, as if a million ants were gnawing at his sanity:

"They're laughing at you!"

"Look at you, hiding like a turtle, being completely fooled by a few charlatans!"

"You're a coward! You have the strongest firepower, yet you're playing these childish games!"

"Destroy them! Blow everything up! Only fire can wash away this shame!"

In the scene, V's mocking face was suddenly replaced by a burst of electronic static.

Immediately afterwards, the countermeasure protocol jointly developed by top hackers from Arasaka directly hacked into the mainframe of the Blue Team's command center through the communication link of the tactical recorder!

On the main screen, Zhang Yuan's iconic pure gold fox mask appeared prominently.

"Good evening, Colonel."

Zhang Yuan's voice, processed to have a touch of elegant mechanical quality, echoed throughout the Blue Team's base:

"I heard you wanted to smash my money-printing machine? Too bad, the rat you sent couldn't even get over the threshold."

"You charlatan...you're asking for it!!" the colonel roared through the screen, his power armor creaking as he breathed heavily.

"Don't get agitated. As a part-time 'psychologist,' I'm just here for a follow-up appointment."

On the screen, Zhang Yuan gently swirled a glass of red wine, his tone filled with condescending pity and utter sarcasm:

"The once-proud regular army was utterly crushed by a group of vagrants, and their desperate, high-tech assassination attempt was easily crushed like a joke..."

Zhang Yuan leaned forward slightly, his mask almost touching the camera lens:

"Admit it, Colonel. Your once-proud technology and tactics have completely failed. Aren't you feeling utterly helpless right now?"

Snapped.

Zhang Yuan snapped his fingers.

The next second, the HUD interface on the colonel's tactical helmet, as well as all the holographic screens in the entire command center, were instantly and forcibly altered to a glaring scarlet red.

A huge, flashing, bold warning pop-up, accompanied by a pale white image of a distorted, elongated alien making bizarre gestures, dominated the entire field of vision with its unclosable, top-priority access:

[Systemic Psychiatric Diagnosis: You've cried!]

"A free medical report, you're welcome." Zhang Yuan chuckled and cut off the communication.

"boom!!!"

The colonel slammed his fist on the control panel, smashing the holographic projector that displayed "You're in tears" along with the alloy tabletop into a shower of sparking fragments and scrap metal.

"Aaaaaaah!!!"

The colonel let out a beast-like roar.

His eyes were bloodshot, and the capillaries at the corners of his eyes ruptured, leaving two horrifying streaks of blood. He looked as if he were shedding blood and tears!

At that moment, the string that had been taut in the colonel's mind for three days snapped.