Those who reincarnate must die.

Hundreds of nuclear warheads crashed into the laboratory, the immense energy of which leveled the entire mountain, caused the earthquake to tremble, and created a mushroom cloud that blotted out the sun. The shockwave swept across the nearest city, triggering the defense mechanism and causing the transparent energy shield to shimmer with a pale blue light.

As for Zhang Lang, the target, he had already left the laboratory a split second before the explosion, breaking through the protective shield and entering the mechanical city at a speed that even the electronic systems couldn't react to.

Regarding the unusual reaction of the Mechanical Empire, Zhang Lang had a guess.

He charged into the heart of the mechanical city, released Xiao Mo, and connected it to the mechanical empire's system.

As an unprecedented and unparalleled mechanical killer, Xiao Mo's processor was exceptionally powerful, and it quickly infiltrated the system, beginning to steal data from it.

But not long after, Xiao Mo, who was connected to the system, suddenly convulsed and showed an expression that looked like he was in pain!

"What happened?" Zhang Lang frowned, immediately destroyed the control panel, and cut off Xiao Mo's connection to the network.

Xiao Mo seemed to have experienced a system crash; after being disconnected, she fell straight to the ground, her eyes flashing with a large amount of garbled code.

Zhang Lang crouched down to check on Xiao Mo's condition, but suddenly, Xiao Mo's eyes lit up with an unusual light, and she raised her hands, spewing out sharp blades that stabbed towards Zhang Lang's eyes!

Clang!

Zhang Lang didn't even blink. The two knife tips accurately hit his pupils, but were blocked by the outermost layer of the cornea.

"You're not Xiao Mo!" Zhang Lang snapped two wrist blades in half with a wave of his hand, his eyes fixed on the mechanical girl in front of him. At this moment, Xiao Mo had a strange expression on her face, her eyes wide open, her nose wrinkled, her ears twitching, and she even shook her head as if she was a little uncomfortable.

That wasn't the expression Xiao Mo usually makes, or even the expression a normal human being would make.

It looks more like... a cow?

"Nice to meet you, hunter of the Shen clan. My name is Yun Geng, from the fifth altar of the Chou clan." Xiao Mo opened his mouth wide in a strange way and made a deep male voice.

"You really did hack into the Mechanical Empire's network." Zhang Lang narrowed his eyes. "How did you do it?"

"Now that we know how powerful you are, we should make some preparations in advance." Yun Geng chuckled coldly. "From the beginning, those flesh and blood bodies you killed were just substitutes to contain our souls. Our physical bodies were left at the altar, and we came here as souls to invade the Mechanical Empire's network."

"We now control over 30% of the Mechanical Empire. In just a few hours, we will be able to completely replace the original artificial intelligence and become the rulers of this world!"

"We are everywhere in this world, and we are invincible!"

"Hunter, no matter how powerful you are, you can't fight the entire world all by yourself!"

Seeing the twisted expression on Xiao Mo's beautiful face, Zhang Lang sneered, "Thank you for the information."

After saying that, he inserted the Divine Weapon Hand into Xiao Mo's forehead, destroying its processor and memory, and naturally eliminating the Yun Geng code that had invaded it.

As for the damaged Xiao Mo, it's covered by the altar's warranty, and it will be perfectly restored when you return.

So that's how it is. Those guys' physical bodies never actually entered; their souls entered the vast network. In a world dominated by artificial intelligence networks, they can constantly back themselves up, making them virtually omnipresent. Even if the mission fails, they are extremely difficult to kill.

To achieve this, even if it involves exploiting loopholes in the altar, it would definitely require a significant amount of top-tier enhancements. They've gone to great lengths, all just to restrict me? I'm truly flattered.

"Unfortunately, they are extremely difficult to kill, but ultimately not impossible!"

As he spoke, Zhang Lang once again unleashed his explosive power, covering the entire world, and then frowned.

He immediately contacted Yue Xinyi via the badge: "How are you guys doing? Have you arrived at the underground city yet?"

"We've made contact with the survivors," Yue Xinyi replied. "They're very friendly towards organic life and readily accepted us. However, we didn't see the Eighth Altar here."

"They're still trapped..." Zhang Lang's expression grew even more tense. "I was just about to say that. Have Lei Ting take the teleportation staff and wait for me on the ground. I'll be right there."

After saying that, Zhang Lang took to the air and accelerated all the way, soon arriving at the location of the underground city.

As soon as Lei Ting arrived on the ground, he saw Zhang Lang flying over. Before he could even speak, he was grabbed and carried northward.

"Hey, feed me... what's going on?"

The electronic voice also conveyed a sense of panic.

"Xiao Mo is in trouble. I need you to help me save the Eighth Altar."

"They can't get themselves out of there?"

"There's no time to wait," Zhang Lang explained as he leaped across the sky. "The Ugly Clan is infiltrating the network and could take control of the Eighth Altar's laboratory at any moment. Then they'll be in danger."

"Hacked into the network?" Thunder exclaimed in surprise. "How did you do that?"

"That's a long story," Zhang Lang said, frowning. "In short, we have to race against the Ugly Clan and get the Eighth Altar out of its predicament as soon as possible!"

"Regarding this..." Thunder pondered, "Wouldn't it be better if we remained inactive? There are thousands of laboratories around the world, and the altar must have arranged identities for the reincarnators who enter. Just looking at the online information, it's difficult to tell which laboratory's test subjects are our Shen clan's reincarnators."

"What if the Ugly Clan has already taken control of the laboratory where the Eighth Altar is located? They didn't notice anything amiss initially, but because of our intrusion, they realize something is wrong and kill the people at the Eighth Altar using methods like injecting poison. Wouldn't we have backfired?"

"They don't need to distinguish at all." Under Zhang Lang's intense perception, experimental subjects in one laboratory after another were dying in large numbers.

"Once they control the laboratory, they will indiscriminately slaughter people..." Zhang Lang gritted his teeth and said, "They are alien races, and they have no mercy for humans, regardless of whether the other party is a reincarnator or not."

Thunder remained silent for a long time before finally uttering, "Is this the cruelty of the dimensional battlefield...?"

"Whatever," Zhang Lang scoffed. "We're both ruthless!"

As he spoke, he accelerated again and finally spotted a laboratory in the distance in the wilderness.

"That's it!"

The moment the two crashed into the laboratory, Zhang Lang killed all the guards. Then Lei Ting arrived at the central area and saw more than twenty test tubes in the room.

The people at the Eighth Altar were unaware of the Ugly Clan's intrusion into the network. They were leisurely waiting for the laboratory to arrange the experiments so they could find an opportunity to escape. Suddenly, an explosion and tremor were heard outside, and then a blue robot rushed in and began connecting to the system and operating it.

"What's going on?"

Just as everyone was wondering what was going on, another man rushed in from outside.

Shen Liangyue, who was immersed in the test tube, stared wide-eyed. If her mouth hadn't been sealed by the life support equipment, she would have almost blurted out Zhang Lang's name.