Those who reincarnate must die.

Da da da da...

Amidst a series of gunshots, several engineers fell into pools of blood...

The one who fired the shot was none other than Andrew, the leader of the resistance!

"Boss, what are you doing...?" The other soldiers were shocked and hadn't reacted when Andrew turned around and pulled the trigger. A moment later, only Andrew and Thunder remained standing in the control room.

Thunder was completely bewildered. He had no idea what was going on... He was just there to complete a mission, and now the mission's issuer, Andrew, had suddenly gone berserk and killed everyone else! What about him? Should he retaliate and kill this guy?

Thunder instinctively raised his gun, but did not pull the trigger.

"Don't worry..." Andrew smiled at Thunder, "I can't possibly kill you with this body alone..."

"This...body?" The indicator light above Thunder's head flashed repeatedly. "What exactly are you...things?"

"Me?" Andrew chuckled. "I'm the one you've been searching for, the Mechanical Heart!"

"What did you say?" Thunder was startled and almost pulled the trigger, but Andrew continued, "But killing this one won't do you any good... because I'm just a temporary vessel for the will of the Mechanical Heart..."

"Temporary carrier..." The indicator light above Thunder's head flashed red: "You mean Andrew is also a robot? Impossible. The underground base has mechanical scanners; any mechanical structure inside the body will be detected. How could you possibly have infiltrated the base?"

"Because there are no mechanical parts inside me... I'm 100% pure human... except for my thoughts!" Andrew gently tapped his head. "Since humans can program themselves onto machine chips, why can't we artificial intelligence write code in your brains?"

Andrew seemed to be stating something self-evident, but the thunder inside the power armor felt a chill run down his spine...

"So, the one who's been giving us missions all along wasn't Andrew... but Mechanical Heart!"

"No..." Andrew shook his head: "The one you've been in contact with is the real Andrew... To avoid being discovered by others, my program only activates under specific circumstances and doesn't constantly dominate his personality. Even Andrew himself has never realized that the will of a mechanical heart has been implanted in his brain!"

"However, I will still give Andrew some subtle hints, so that he acts according to my plan while believing that he is the one who made all the moves!"

"Terrifying robots..." Thunder's electronic voice trembled slightly. "So, it was your idea to have us storm the signal tower and come here to power up the nuclear power plant? Why?"

"Because I want them to be able to contact other strongholds!" Andrew laughed. "The mechanical legions have already dominated this world, but you humans have never submitted to the course of history and obediently gone extinct. Instead, you've established strongholds in various places to hide and resist our mechanical empire!"

"These strongholds are numerous and well-hidden, and even with repeated sweeps and searches by the mechanical legion, they cannot be completely eradicated. Therefore, the great Mechanical Heart devised a plan... to disguise themselves as humans, send signals to the world, attract responses, and thereby find their strongholds..."

"But only a few outposts will respond to our signals; most have seen through the scheme!"

"I'm quite certain that these isolated human settlements desperately need to reconnect with their fellow humans! They won't ignore messages from other humans! They haven't responded because they've seen through our disguise!"

"We mechanical intelligence believe that we can perfectly imitate human behavior, even emotions, but for some reason, humans can always determine whether we are human or machine based on the information we transmit! This is the most incomprehensible thing for the omniscient mechanical mind."

"So, you abandoned your pretense!" Thunder understood: "Instead, you infiltrated the known human strongholds with traitors, guiding them to send out signals themselves! This will help you find the hidden human strongholds!"

"Yes!" Andrew smiled slightly. "Isn't it ironic? As you gleefully send out your signals, you're also tolling the death knell for your own people!"

"Why are you explaining this to me?" Thunder glared at Andrew. "I could kill you anytime I want!"

"Killing this body will have no effect on the great Mechanical Heart!" Andrew laughed. "The Mechanical Heart already knows of the existence of that stronghold..."

"Of course, there's another reason!" Andrew's smile widened. "I'm stalling for time... Your friend has arrived!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the door to the control room was flung open, and Zhang Lang, carrying the arsonist, burst in. He saw the corpses scattered all over the floor, and then he saw Lei Ting and Andrew facing off.

"Everyone's here now!" Andrew smiled slightly. At the same time, all the robots operating inside the nuclear power plant changed their operating modes, overloading the reactor and initiating its self-destruct mode!

"From the moment you first arrived here, I noticed... Human beings who defy reason must be dealt with using methods that defy reason!"

The moment he heard those words, Zhang Lang rushed forward, hoisted the massive Lei Ting onto his shoulder, kicked through the wall, and burst out of the control room. He then broke through walls and opened doors as he went, quickly reaching the outdoors. He leaped up and activated Void Moon Step repeatedly, instantly reaching ten times the speed of sound to escape!

At the same time, the nuclear power plant behind them began to explode and collapse. A bright light, along with intense heat and radiation, enveloped Zhang Lang and Lei Ting as they fled through the air. Then, the shockwave began to spread, impacting the overflowing radioactive material and destroying everything around the nuclear power plant...

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Lang, carrying the thunderbolt, landed on the ground with a loud thud, raised his head, and looked at the mushroom cloud rolling up behind him.

Luckily, we escaped in time!

Clearly, this nuclear power plant has been tampered with by the Mechanical Heart and can be detonated at any time; it's essentially a large nuclear bomb... If it remains at the epicenter, Zhang Lang's death resistance effect will likely be triggered again...

As for the lightning bolts on the shoulders, the coating on the mech's surface showed signs of melting and damage, but the indicator lights were still on, indicating that the mech was still functioning normally, but the person inside was not reacting...

After all, the sudden acceleration Zhang Lang experienced while escaping far exceeded the limits that humans could withstand. Even with the protection of a mech, an ordinary person would probably be crushed by the instantaneous acceleration of gravity hundreds of times greater than normal... Thunder is a hero, after all, and shouldn't be that fragile, but he's probably unconscious too.

Should they tear open the mech and let him out? Zhang Lang considered it for a moment and then abandoned the idea. After all, he didn't understand what mechanisms were involved, and if he triggered something bad, it would be a huge loss... Thunder had also said that there was a complete life support system inside, so he should be able to recover...

With that thought in mind, Zhang Lang, carrying the Burner in his left hand and Thunder on his right, tried to maintain a steady pace and started running towards the city center.

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