Gaining a tiny bit of weight every day, my weight is a billion tons.

Lu Beichen retracted his right hand very naturally.

A slight fluctuation of the primordial magnetic field, finer than a hair and lighter than a breath.

It seeped into the gaps in the armor of the rock shoulder armor and spread silently.

Lu Beichen turned around, his face still bearing that gentle smile.

"It's a bit stuffy in here, I'm going upstairs for some fresh air. Please tell my uncle for me later."

Shen Qingci didn't even look at him, her arms crossed, her gaze fixed on Pan Shi.

"Um."

Lu Beichen bowed slightly, then turned and left.

His steps were neither hurried nor slow, and his breathing was steady and normal.

The moment he stepped out of the alloy door, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Three to five minutes.

The more sophisticated the military's AI brain, the more fragile its underlying logic chain.

He needs a high place with a wide view.

The second-floor exterior corridor is quite nice.

Lu Beichen walked up the passageway with a leisurely pace.

When it comes to a hero rescuing a damsel in distress, timing is more important than ability.

……

Three underground floors.

Only Shen Qingci and the quietly standing rock remained in the empty cultivation room.

She took out her personal remote control from her spatial bracelet, aimed it at the rock, and prepared to put it into hibernation.

The instant the thumb is pressed down.

"Buzz."

The smooth, rock-solid sensor panel suddenly jerked.

The originally calm, deep blue light band flickered twice without warning.

Then it was replaced by a glaring scarlet.

"Warning! Warning! Core program logic malfunction! Unknown instruction conflict triggered!"

The synthesized mechanical sound was sharp and piercing, bouncing back and forth in the closed training room.

"What's going on?!" Shen Qingci's expression changed.

She pressed the emergency stop button repeatedly.

Nothing happens.

The crimson electronic eyes of the rock stared intently ahead, the ear-piercing sound of gears grinding emanating from within.

Suddenly, its head snapped around, and a crimson beam swept from the top of Shen Qingci's head to the bottom of his feet.

Shen Qingci tensed up, silver light flashing between his finger bones, his Gengjin Blade Bone poised to strike.

"Identity verification...Permission confirmation: Top owner."

"Logical conflict: Attacking the owner is prohibited."

"Backup protocol activated... Eliminate potential threats around the owner."

The electronic eye on the rock lingered on her for less than a second before abruptly turning towards the heavy alloy door.

It completely ignored her.

"Roar!"

A deep, mechanical roar erupted, causing the walls of the training room to vibrate.

Rock swung his right arm out suddenly!

With its own weight of two and a half tons and full-power hydraulic output, it slammed into the special alloy door.

"Bang!!"

The entire door bulged outwards, and the rivets on the door frame flew off and embedded themselves in the opposite wall.

Its legs were slightly bent, and its heavy hydraulic feet crushed the floor tiles.

They sped off into the sloping tunnel leading to the ground.

The floor cracked with spiderweb-like patterns beneath its feet, and the entire passageway trembled.

"There are people above us!" Shen Qingci's expression changed drastically, and she immediately gave chase.

……

Ground, west side of the sorting area.

The atmosphere in Su Ming's "private VIP room" was extremely peaceful.

His left hand was pressed against a twisted piece of high-manganese steel track wreckage, and the familiar warmth flowed from his palm into his whole body, making him feel so comfortable that he almost groaned.

[Ding! Consumed high-manganese steel track component. Mass points +6.7.]

Su Ming let out a satisfied sigh and glanced at the panel.

[Actual weight: 296.3kg (+)]

[Quality Point: 548.15]

It's still a little over a hundred short.

At this rate this afternoon, we should be able to gather everything before we finish.

Then--

Boom!!!

A deafening roar came from the direction of the main building.

Su Ming's hand trembled.

He looked up and saw a large hole blown into the exterior wall of the main building.

Brick fragments mixed with twisted steel bars exploded in all directions, sending plumes of smoke and dust billowing into the sky.

A massive, dark silver figure shot out from the smoke and dust.

"Thump!!"

The object slammed heavily onto the open ground of the sorting area, causing the ground to shake violently and several pieces of the waste pile beneath Su Ming's feet to slide away.

Everyone in the room was stunned.

The short-haired woman craned her neck to look in that direction, bewildered: "What's going on? Is this a fire drill?"

The bald, burly man also stopped what he was doing and started peering around.

The Rock Robot's crimson electronic eyes flashed wildly, its hydraulic legs slammed into the ground, and its massive body sprang up.

A sweeping right arm!

A sorting worktable, made of thick steel plates and weighing hundreds of kilograms, was blown away like paper in front of it.

The bald, burly man and several other workers who were closest to the rolling steel platform were thrown to the ground by the shockwave and rolled a long way.

Run! Run fast!

"Monster! Murder!"

The sorting area was in chaos.

The short-haired woman fell into a pile of scrap metal, lost one of her shoes, and scrambled out on all fours.

Scarface Lee's face drained of color, and he roared at the top of his lungs, "Scatter! All of you, scatter for me!!"

The cries and the clanging of metal blended together.

On the second-floor outer corridor, Lu Beichen stood leaning against the railing.

He looked down at the workers scattering and fleeing below, calculating the time.

hold on.

Let the feeling of despair ferment a little longer.

His gaze swept over the screaming, fleeing figures, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

They're nothing but ants.

A few deaths won't matter.

……

Within the sorting area.

The rock's crimson electronic eyes scanned frantically, quickly locking onto the area where heat energy and vital signs were most concentrated.

The corner where Scarface Lee and the short-haired older sister retreated.

"Warning! Multiple hostile targets detected! Cleanup sequence initiated!"

The engine roared deafeningly.

The two-and-a-half-ton steel body shifted forward, its legs launching it forward.

They launched a deadly charge towards the group of workers huddled together.

Scarface Li pushed the short-haired woman behind him and stood in front of her.

His legs were shaking, but he didn't back down an inch.

The crimson electronic eye was already close, the two-and-a-half-ton steel body stirred up a gale, and the shadow of death loomed overhead.

however.

At this critical moment.

A slender figure seemed to tear through space.

It appeared suddenly in the blink of an eye, firmly blocking their path.

Shen Qingci!

She didn't turn around, her legs slightly bent, her center of gravity lowered.

The pair of long, slender arms, encased in a black nanotech combat suit, suddenly jolted.

The silvery light between the joints surged.

A long, matte silver-gray blade was forged from between the metacarpal bones.

The blade has straight and elegant lines, without any superfluous decorations.

The blade, however, was as thin as a cicada's wing, reflecting a sliver of cold light.

Tang Hengdao - Cold Edge!

The moment the blade was drawn, it was as if a layer of air was shaved off.

Shen Qingci gripped the sword with both hands, the tips pointing at the rapidly approaching steel behemoth.

The wind whipped her long hair wildly, but she remained rooted to the spot like a rock, completely still.

The next second will be a devastating collision!

……