Chapter 1430: Chapter 1428: Complete Erosion
As they advanced toward the falling Makoms City.
Thanks to the idle chatter of Green and Han Dong, as well as some remarks by the robot Little Yellow, everyone had come to know that it was through Han Dong’s contributions and plans made during his time outside the city that they managed to bring down the enemy’s main city.
Such achievements could even be compared with killing a King Level.
At first, Black Goat Sally thought it must be some secret technique of a King Level.
However, when she learned that it was a plan personally devised and implemented by Han Dong, the silent Black Forest in her heart began growing wildly, and the way she looked at Han Dong had totally changed.
She had thought Han Dong’s performance in the previous London Game was already outstanding.
Who would have thought that his performance in between the games had completely surpassed the previous one… Such contributions in war, even with all her trump cards and methods, Sally could not achieve.
Thinking of this, Sally slowly moved closer to Han Dong and asked softly:
“Nicholas, did you consider this from the very beginning? I remember you were adamant about investigating outside the city and seemed to have set some very important plan.”
“No, how could I have thought of so much from the start… The ‘Packaging’ and ‘Migration’ of Makoms City were completely outside the plan.
The reason I insisted on leaving the city was to obtain important information about this planet from Little Yellow, as well as about the first company that once ruled the current world.
Since this lead was accidentally opened, I wanted to see if I could turn the local resources into our own, to the greatest extent possible and recover our geographic disadvantage.
Who would have known, I accidentally discovered ‘Anti-king Weapons’ in the remains of this abandoned company.
In a series of coincidences, the enemy’s main city was brought down.”
Han Dong said this quite casually.
Only Green and Miss Helen, who acted alongside him, knew how difficult this process had been; one mistake and everyone would have perished outside the city.
As everyone approached the crash site of Makoms City, their expressions all changed.
It wasn’t because enemy forces had emerged.
It was because severe space rifts had appeared here, with even very small areas showing ‘rule breakdown,’ which also indicated that the collapse of the world would not be too far off.
“When London was pulled in.
The world’s projected collapse time was ‘exactly one month,’ and it has already been eighteen days… The near-earth Orbital Gun will inevitably damage the World Origin, and the collapse time has been shortened.
It’s estimated that in less than a week, this place will completely collapse.
It all depends on Pope now…”
Everyone carefully crossed the areas with rule breakdown and stepped through the completely split metal walls into the interior of Makoms City.
The energy and electrical systems were completely paralyzed, but such a dark environment was rather suitable for Han Dong and the others.
After a brief observation, they roughly estimated that the damage to the metal city exceeded 80%.
It was already quite astonishing… According to Hyperion Corporation’s documents, Handsome Jack once directly shattered a celestial satellite with the Orbital Gun.
The fact that Makoms City wasn’t reduced to rubble attests to its formidable strength.
Walking through the corridors soaked with machine oil and severely deformed by compression.
Everyone was attracted by a rather strange phenomenon. Makoms City was not simply brought down; it was also experiencing a ‘bizarre erosion.’
Huge chunks of walls were stained purple,
Clusters of crystals grew thickly in every corner, even replacing the original metal structures,
This was the subsequent impact of the Erbium Ore Weapon.
At this moment, Captain Alex’s voice suddenly came through:
“I have locked onto the core position of [Maternal Body], capturing it with the Death marker,
Her main body was also severely damaged in the bombardment, now is the perfect opportunity to kill her.
Proceed according to plan.
You just take care of eliminating the remaining machinery programs, and cause as much damage to the main city as possible… King Level combat is not something you can intervene in, do not approach the innermost areas.”
Having said that, Captain Alex turned into a shadow and disappeared into the corridors.
The next second, Green leaned in, elbowing Han Dong’s body, and proposed an intriguing idea:
“Hey… Nicholas, you should be able to track the scent of this human captain, or lock onto the location of that thing they call the [Maternal Body], right?
How about we sneak over covertly, and strike from the shadows?
Maybe the opposing King left something up his sleeve, using residual energy to take control of the captain. It would be troublesome if nobody finishes him off.
Just the two of us can go, or we can call up Helen as well.
The others continue with the original plan to hunt down the survivors here. What do you think?”
Han Dong scratched his head and responded with slight discomfort:
“Well… I’m not exactly on familiar terms with Captain Alex, and blindly following him into battle might piss him off.
However.
If our goal is to investigate and destroy this metal city, accidentally reaching the core area would seem justified.”
Speaking of which.
Han Dong and Green both revealed a quirky smile.
After all, Han Dong risked coming to Makoms City to steal technology.
The real core technology would undoubtedly be hidden in the core area; mere external searches would be meaningless.
Therefore, under Han Dong’s plan and with Green’s unwavering support, they formed two-man teams to thoroughly search the rubble of Makoms City, eliminate all enemy forces, and destroy any operational devices.
Green’s absolute support meant none of the other Elements dared to object.
The teams were divided as follows:
[Mad Demon-Green and Han Dong]
[Ice Flame-Aslan and King Star-Weed]
[Black Goat-Sally and Fiend-Kite]
[Miss Helen and Protoss-Hop]
Sally had initially wanted to accompany Han Dong, but as soon as she stepped forward, Green glared fiercely at her, so she reluctantly went back to take care of a lifeless-looking Kite.
Ah~
…
Green put his arm around Han Dong’s shoulder, the relaxed expression on his face as if the war had already ended.
Additionally, the robot Little Yellow followed by their side.
To decode this mechanical city, they needed to rely on Little Yellow’s advanced technology and mechanical skills.
Due to the uniqueness of its upgrade process, Han Dong has never been clear about what level Little Yellow could be considered equivalent to… but he knew that Little Yellow was exceptionally adept at ‘construction’, ‘mechanical manipulation’, and ‘program intrusion’.
In every relatively intact area they passed, Little Yellow would produce a plug similar to an earphone jack, inserting it into the control mainframe of the current area.
“Wow! It’s truly unbelievable!
The true key to this city does not lie in its external machinery but in the programs that flow through its interior like a living organism.
I’ve never seen programs with such self-awareness and total independence… After all, robots like me need chips for support, just like the human brain.
However, no matter how independent these programs are, most have been obliterated by the Orbital Gun using yttrium gold as its energy source, with the remaining individuals corroded and thrown into complete disarray.
Even if we didn’t come here, in no more than two days, this place would be entirely eroded, and all programs would perish… Erbium Ore Weapons are indeed terrifying.
The effect of yttrium gold is like a virus, continuously eroding inward; we better hurry~
Otherwise, once the core program is corrupted, even if I manage to copy it out, it might be difficult to restore… After all, it is Handsome Jack’s most prized technological achievement.
Back in the day, with this Orbital Gun in place, no extraterrestrial forces dared to infringe on Hyperion Corporation’s absolute sovereignty.”
“Hmm.”