Chapter 1 The Prison Break

Endless Deep Space Prison, Seventh Level, West Side Corridor.

A V-generation pure mechanical combat mech, a Tusha, charged ahead, wielding its light blade to sweep away the puppet mechs blocking its path.

*Ka!*

One puppet mech after another was sliced open, exposing their internal circuits, sparking and sputtering as they collapsed onto the ground, mouths still emitting repetitive mechanical sounds.

"Traitor, kill..."

Behind the Tusha, squads of Night Watch mechs desperately protected Warden Fezak and the others.

Along the corridor, the bodies of sacrificed prison guards were scattered everywhere.

The ground was stained scarlet with blood.

Many prison guards, when they died, had their eyes wide open, expressions of disbelief frozen on their faces.

Fezak stared at the corpses, a raging fire burning in his heart.

They had only taken a few steps forward when suddenly—

*Rumble~*

A dull sound echoed.

Immediately afterward, one after another IV-generation Iron Guardian, a hundred meters tall and covered in heavy Locke alloy armor, with six jet-black gun barrels extending from their bodies, burst out from the corner behind them. All their cannons were aimed at Warden Fezak and his party, and they opened fire!

A barrage of high-yield explosive rounds poured out.

"Warden Fezak, sir!"

In an instant, the Night Watch deployed their energy shields, directly blocking the onslaught.

*Rumble~*

Explosions rippled outwards.

At that moment, the Tusha suddenly turned around, disappearing from its original location in a flash of light speed.

The next second, it reappeared beside the Iron Guardians, wielding its dual light blades to cleanly and efficiently slice through the hulking machines.

An Jie, extremely anxious, addressed Warden Fezak.

"Warden, what do we do now? The mechanical guards are surrounding us in ever-increasing numbers!"

"What else can we do? We have to break into the mech hangar and get a mech to take down that artificial moron!"

Fezak's face was unusually grim.

"Is there no other way to stop it?"

"Yes, there is. We could activate the Heros device inside the artificial intelligence, Prisoner, to completely suppress it. But the problem is, I don't have the authority. Only City Lord Icaroya has that authority."

Fezak's eyes darted back and forth.

...

Seventh Level, Cell Block Area.

Su Mo followed Di Luo and the others as they ran deeper inside.

The entire cell block area was empty, with no mechanical guards in sight, so they proceeded extremely smoothly.

But thinking about it, that was normal. There were almost no prisoners left in the cells.

The artificial intelligence, Prisoner, wouldn't be stupid enough to arrange mechanical guards here. Most of the mechanical guards were stationed on the passages leading to the exit.

Also, due to the large number of power lines being cut off, many of the fixed weapons in the cell block hadn't been deployed.

Otherwise, even without the mechanical guards, these fixed weapons alone would be enough to take their lives.

Before long, Su Mo and the others arrived at the deepest part of the cell block.

They saw Mondos quietly sitting on the ground, his expression exceptionally calm, without any fluctuations, as if all the commotion outside had nothing to do with him.

It was also the first time Su Mo had seen him from so close.

He instinctively felt that this seemingly calm guy was exceptionally dangerous, like a sleeping beast.

"Long Ke, open the cell."

Di Luo said to Long Ke in a cold voice.

"No problem."

Long Ke immediately stepped forward and fiddled with the sealed electronic lock.

Before Su Mo could see clearly—

*Ka!*

The electronic lock was opened.

"Not bad, you opened it."

Su Mo couldn't help but look Long Ke up and down a few times. This guy wasn't good at other things, but he was really first-rate when it came to petty theft.

This electronic lock wasn't some inferior product.

"This is nothing, the hardest thing to dismantle is the magnetic ring bomb."

Long Ke explained.

Hearing what Long Ke said, Su Mo immediately turned his head to look at Di Luo. He didn't know when, but the magnetic ring bombs on Di Luo and the others had all been removed. He was even more surprised.

Di Luo took the lead and walked into the cell, coming to Mondos.

Mondos never looked up, never giving Di Luo and the others a direct look.

At this time, Di Luo said in a deep voice, "Mondos, you lead us to the ruins to find a way out and a ship. We'll take you with us!"

Unfortunately, Di Luo's words received no response. Mondos acted as if he hadn't heard her.

"Our boss is talking to you!"

Ken Di raised the beam gun in his hand and pointed it at Mondos' head.

Unfortunately, it was still useless.

Mondos treated everyone as air. His eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, without a trace of fluctuation.

"Everyone, let's talk nicely. Lord Mondos, don't be angry! Now is a rare opportunity to escape. If you miss this village, you won't have this opportunity again."

Long Ke squatted down, not knowing where he got a very thin iron wire from. He fiddled with the magnetic ring bomb binding Mondos' neck, while trying to persuade him.

Su Mo stood by, shaking his head.

He could tell at a glance that this Mondos had no intention of escaping at all and would definitely not cooperate.

But that was fine too, it would cut off these people's thoughts.

"I don't see any point in talking nonsense with him. Boss, should we just forget it and go ourselves?"

Ken Di said, annoyed.

"No, without him, none of us can leave."

Di Luo replied very rationally.

"Big brother, I'm begging you, now is not the time to squat. You'll definitely die if you stay here. That artificial moron has gone crazy and wants to slaughter us all. Are you willing to wait here for death?"

Long Ke couldn't help but plead.

At this time, Su Mo also noticed that when Long Ke said that the artificial moron had gone crazy, the other party finally reacted.

At this moment, the expressionless Mondos slowly raised his head and replied in a hoarse voice.

"I'll go with you."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this.

Long Ke even said excitedly, "Big brother, you finally figured it out. You're really my ancestor."

"Let's go!"

Di Luo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, the link she was most afraid of going wrong was Mondos, after all, this guy was difficult to persuade.

Mondos stood up, his whole aura changed drastically, and a very strong sense of oppression emanated from the inside out.

Long Ke and the others subconsciously took a step back. At this moment, they even had the illusion that the person standing in front of them was not a wanted criminal but Warden Fezak.

The only ones exempt were Su Mo and Di Luo.

But even so, Su Mo was secretly surprised.

Di Luo waved her hand, leading everyone to leave here in a hurry. After all, the situation was critical, and the longer they delayed, the greater the variables.

They ran all the way towards the ruins.

A moment later, they left the cell block area and arrived at the corridor leading to the ruins.

Everywhere were the fallen bodies of prison guards.

Moreover, most of them were bombarded to death by heavy firepower, each one disfigured beyond recognition, and the individual armor on their bodies was deformed beyond recognition. It was as miserable as it could be.

Di Luo raised her right hand, making a tactical alert gesture.

Ken Di and Long Ke raised the beam guns in their hands, vigilantly watching their surroundings.