'Ugh♂ ah♂~'
'Crush it for me!'
'Ha! I'll blast you!'
'Honestly, for a planet, a barrel this long is really just a syringe.'
'Got serious, then scrapped!'
...
With Sloane's fall, the viewers in the major livestreams were thoroughly satisfied.
However, the players did not relax for a moment, because an even more urgent situation had arisen!
After finishing her "whip-lashing" of Sloane, Zhou Jie immediately rushed to the location of the syringe containing the Folded Temporal Weapon.
During the battle, the facility broadcast had been issuing emergency warnings, but she had been too focused on revenge to pay attention.
"Cooper! Take the Ark with you before activation! Quickly!"
Commander Sarah's urgent voice came through the radio. Preparations for the Ark launcher were complete.
The current situation had reached its most critical point, and the facility broadcast had even given up trying to issue warnings.
"Are they planning to use the Ark as a cannonball and launch it towards Harmony Planet with this launcher?"
Seeing the syringe-like device that resembled a star-killing cannon, Zhou Jie was stunned. This thing was too massive.
She remembered that just a small overflow of energy had caused temporal anomalies and even time to freeze. If an entire Ark were to explode, wouldn't Harmony Planet be instantly erased from this universe?
[Objective: Detach the Ark from the injection system (1 meter)]
Having scanned the Ark's location, Zhou Jie manipulated BT, placing its hands on the facility for loading the star-killing cannon ammunition.
"BT, put your back into it!!"
*Clang—!!*
Zhou Jie used all her strength, combining it with the powerful kinetic energy of BT's mechanical arms, and forcefully ripped off the ammunition loading device.
*Rumble!!!*
A deafening roar assaulted her ears, and Zhou Jie's vision was momentarily blinded by the intense light emanating from the Ark.
"Cooper..."
"Cooper! BT! Do you copy!?"
Commander Sarah's anxious voice echoed in her ears, and Zhou Jie's heart grew restless.
A moment later, her vision returned, but it was blurry, with sparks occasionally flashing.
She found that she couldn't move. More precisely, BT couldn't move.
*Sizzle sizzle—!!*
"Cooper... the jet fuel attack overloaded my... main internal systems."
BT's voice system seemed to be severely affected. Not only was there a crackling static sound in its voice, but it also sounded like it was short-circuiting.
Zhou Jie's heart sank, she thought, "This is bad. BT isn't faking this time. Could it be...?"
Even the most optimistic viewers knew that BT was in trouble again.
'Speak of the devil!'
'BT isn't faking this time!'
'Here it comes, here it comes!!'
'Designer, I implore you to be kind.'
'It hasn't been long, and it's already broken again? (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)'
'Wuwuwu ahhh ahhh ahhh I just got here.'
...
"Cooper! BT! Do you copy?! Please respond!"
Zhou Jie dared not speak anymore. Only Sarah's urgent calls remained in the game.
"We've attacked the Folded Temporal Weapon with full force, but the target is completely unaffected!"
Sarah's communication sent a shiver down Zhou Jie's spine. This thing was incredibly tough, impervious to Titan weapons outside.
So... the only ones who could save everything were her and BT!
"Attempting to restore visual system."
As for BT, having been in close proximity to the Ark and damaged by the jet fuel impact to its visual and vocal systems, it was clearly powerless against this behemoth.
What to do?
Everyone watching this felt a big question mark arise in their minds.
*Beep boop boop~~~*
With the activation of an electronic matrix, Zhou Jie's vision gradually recovered.
Countless compressed code files were rapidly scrolling on her left and right.
Although the monitor had some patchy cracks, it was enough to see the scene before her.
*Zzzzzzzzz—!!*
"Visual system has has has... has been restored."
BT's vocal system showed no improvement. The synthesized voice continued to analyze, "My analysis indicates throwing throwing throwing throwing~~~ throwing is the only way."
"Warning, detecting ene---enemy Titan."
It's over.
Zhou Jie despaired in her heart. Who else could it be at this moment but Blisk?
How could she fight the full-powered Blisk in her current state?
As expected, Blisk, piloting the Legion, arrived before BT. He nimbly dismounted his Titan and slowly walked towards Zhou Jie.
"You're lucky today, [Great Hero]. I won't kill you today: I don't do free work. But don't think you can kill me either..."
Blisk, standing tall, placed one hand on his hip and looked down at Zhou Jie, smiling faintly. "I won't kill you."
As a model worker, Blisk reiterated, "I don't do free work."
"But...."
Blisk slowly crouched down and sneered, "Don't think you can kill me either...."
He took out a square card from his chest and tossed it onto Zhou Jie's display monitor, patting the screen twice.
The card looked like a banner, with a logo in the center resembling the skull of a Nubian goat. At the very top, four letters were crookedly printed—
a-p-e-x!
Savvy viewers immediately became restless, flooding the chat with their speculations.
'This this this... is this an easter egg? Or a preview of the next game?'
'Easter egg photo op, Apex!'
'I think it's more like a crossover game preview. Blisk and Jack Cooper might even participate. I just don't know if there will be mechs. Hope BT is there too, hehe~~ my BT~~~ hehe~~~ *slurp*!!'
'Pay attention, they're promoting their own game.'
'Caught you, smuggling in personal stuff, aren't you?'
...
"It's not appropriate to promote a game at a time like this, is it?"
Zhou Jie was astonished. "Designer, you bloody stab me and then bring in a hype crew to buffer? Should I thank you?"
Awkward!
Zhou Jie felt that her emotions had just been drawn into a somber atmosphere, and then a clown suddenly appeared, making the situation awkward. Her emotions were stuck, neither here nor there. This was completely ridiculous!
"Blisk!"
General Mad's voice was filled with rage. "That Vanguard-class Titan is still there!"
"That's not my problem, Mad."
Blisk replied nonchalantly, "It's not my fault you didn't include that in the contract."
"I have other rich people to see."
Saying that, Blisk was picked up by the Legion Titan behind him and placed into the cockpit.
"What are you doing?"
General Mad was dumbfounded. "What are you doing?"
*Stomp stomp stomp stomp!!*
His only response was the sound of Blisk's receding footsteps. He's really leaving?
Zhou Jie was also baffled. Blisk is a man of principle.
He does what he's paid for, and everything depends on the contract. He's a model worker, embodying the spirit of contract to the fullest.
"My analysis indicates indicates indicates~~~ throwing is~~~ the only way~~~~ throwing~~~ throwing is the only way!~~~ the only way."
BT's vocal system was severely damaged, and it struggled to even say a complete sentence now.
[Initiating Emergency Restart]
[Transferring Usage Energy]
[Auxiliary Power Online]
Accompanied by a mournful BGM, the story seemed to be unfolding in an undesirable direction...
.........