Chapter 79

"Xiao Ming stood at the classroom door, took a deep breath, and firmly gripped the secret letter his mother had given him."

"Then leave."

Zheng Chen stood up and said directly. The flying stone had already been confirmed to have a deep connection with this place, and perhaps even a deeper relationship, so Zheng Chen did not intend to stay here any longer.

"Eh? How do we leave?" Chen Kai was taken aback. They didn't even have a glider; they couldn't just jump down and swim, could they? And that was assuming they didn't die from the fall.

"Jump down." Zheng Chen said calmly.

Lei hesitated for a moment, then stood up. "Should we wake Xi Ya?"

Zheng Chen stared at the still sleeping Xi Ya for a while. "Let her sleep."

Just as Zheng Chen was about to carry her away, the ground shook violently. His eyes twitched slightly as he looked around. Some of the robot soldiers hidden in the greenhouse garden had also been teleported out, and they all showed hostility towards him and the others!

He quickly surveyed the robots around him. Only three were approaching, so he decided to strike first. As the robots locked onto them, he quickly rushed towards one of them, climbed onto its back, and pressed his hand against its body.

The pattern quickly spread to his palm. In the next moment, as the robot's hand reached back to grab him, Zheng Chen immediately detached from the robot's body, and the pattern on his hand retreated.

The robot's outer shell was not made of metal but of some other material, which the pattern was not interested in... The robot, its attack thwarted, turned its head, and a laser shot out from the attack port on its head.

The laser hit the ground, immediately leaving a noticeable melted mark. The red, scorching mark quickly dried out the nearby grass.

"Oh no!" Chen Kai shouted as the two robot soldiers turned their attention to him. Zheng Chen had pinned down one robot, but the remaining two targeted them and pulled out their sidearms without hesitation. Chen Kai looked at the robot that was hit by the bullets but remained undamaged, feeling frustrated. How the hell do we fight this!?

With a flick of his wrist, two throwing knives appeared in Zheng Chen's hands and were hurled out!

The lasers from the robots' heads collided with the knives lodged in the ports. The intense heat caused the knives to melt and deform, but the lasers were blocked, along with their intense heat.

In the next moment, two more knives struck the same spot, the melted knives almost sticking to the robot's head, and the laser emission paused.

By this time, Zheng Chen had approached another robot. He struck the melted knives on the robot's head with a metal block, and the softened metal was forced into the laser port.

The robots' combat AI was not weak. Knowing that continued attacks would cause the internal temperature to rise and potentially explode their heads, they switched to close combat!

In terms of strength and defense, the robots could overpower Zheng Chen, but in terms of speed, he was not at a disadvantage. After neutralizing the powerful attack of one robot, he moved to the next and sealed its laser port in the same way.

After doing this, the first robot turned around, and Zheng Chen rushed back to it. He shaped a metal rod with the pattern and thrust it into the robot's laser port. The rod, three meters long, used a significant amount of metal stored in the pattern.

The solid, special metal rod was extremely hard. Using the length of the rod to his advantage, Zheng Chen pushed it to one side with all his strength. The robot's neck emitted sparks as it exceeded its limit and fell to the ground, losing its ability to move.

The fluid and efficient process left Chen Kai speechless. Damn, this is how it's done! No wonder many tech experts said that in this game world, firearms would be largely phased out in the mid to late stages!

Cold weapons lost their luster to firearms because firearms could unleash great power in the hands of ordinary people, while the effectiveness of cold weapons depended on the user's own abilities.

The stronger the user, the more powerful the cold weapon. The power of firearms was generally constant, unless they were special types.

For example, now, the robots that firearms couldn't easily take down were defeated by Zheng Chen using a metal rod he had somehow produced.

After dealing with this robot, Zheng Chen didn't stop. He shaped a large hammerhead on the end of the metal rod and swung the three-meter-long metal hammer with all his might. The head was a weak point in the robot's defenses.

The head of another robot was struck directly, and its hard shell deformed and cracked, leaking electricity and losing its combat ability. After dealing with the second robot, Zheng Chen let go of the heavy metal hammer and stepped back to avoid the attack of the last robot.

The robot's indicator light on its head flashed rapidly, and it picked up the metal hammer Zheng Chen had dropped.

"..."

As mass-produced combat robots, their combat AI was only excellent!

Stepping back, he avoided the metal hammer that was about to hit him, then stepped forward, landing on the deep pit the hammer had created in the ground. He pressed his hand on the hammer's handle where the robot was holding it.

The pattern quickly retracted the entire metal hammer.

The robot looked at its now empty hand in confusion. Seizing this opportunity, Zheng Chen flipped onto its shoulder, frowned slightly, and then jumped off, moving to Xi Ya's side and picking her up. He shouted, "Let's go!!"

Chen Kai, who was admiring Zheng Chen's skills, and Baru and Hida, who were captivated by the fight, were taken aback. Why did they suddenly want to leave when the fight was going well?

But seeing Zheng Chen carrying Xi Ya and pulling Lei away, they didn't dare to stay. Although the remaining robots couldn't fire lasers, their combat ability was still formidable, and defeating them would be easy.

They soon understood why Zheng Chen had left so decisively...

Three robots were already difficult to handle, so what would happen if there were ten more?

How many of these things were there in this place, and why did they suddenly attack them? They hadn't done anything to provoke them!

"Hmm~ It's so noisy." Xi Ya rubbed her eyes and looked around groggily. "Kis, where are we..."

"I'm not Kis!" Zheng Chen interrupted her sharply, emphasizing his words. Even if her memory was confused, he didn't want to be mistaken for someone else, especially someone he didn't like.

"..." Xi Ya's drowsiness quickly cleared at Zheng Chen's stern tone. "Sorry."

After running out of the greenhouse garden, the scene outside left Baru and the others stunned. There were a large number of robots rampaging outside. The surviving players had no thoughts of competing for this place; they were just trying to survive the relentless attacks of the robots!

What was even more shocking was...

A massive explosion rose from the distant sea, making Chen Kai's heart race. Could Wang Xiaohu and the others have been caught in the crossfire?

Fortunately, he soon received a private message.

"Damn! President! This Sky City is freaking awesome!"

Chen Kai then received several more private messages, all describing the attack. The attack was launched from the bottom of the Sky City, and its power was incredible. Conquering the world might be impossible, but conquering a continent with relatively weak military power was entirely feasible!

After reading these messages, Chen Kai's lips twitched involuntarily. He felt a mix of regret and relief. He hadn't obtained the Sky City, and neither had the other players.

A mindset of "if I can't have it, neither can anyone else"...

However, the current situation looked like they really had to jump into the sea! If they didn't, they would surely be wiped out by the endless stream of robots. There were so many robots that even if Zheng Chen had a contract, he might not be able to protect them.

"Who is controlling this place?" Hida looked at the rampaging robots and said in a pained voice. The peaceful atmosphere here had been completely destroyed, and the small animals that had lived here carefree were now trembling in their nests.

At the initial landing site, they could see a large warship in the middle of the Sky City being attacked by a large number of robots. The lasers from the robots easily sliced through the warship like tofu, cutting it into pieces.

Soldiers from the warship kept falling into the sea, though it was hard to survive even that way, it was better than being turned into charcoal by the lasers.

Two birds circled low in the sky, their mournful cries echoing. On the ground were two shattered bird eggs, and the nest had been knocked away, leaving only one egg intact.

"What happened here?" Xi Ya, rubbing her eyes and getting off Zheng Chen's back, couldn't help but ask. "Those two birds' children... children?"

Her eyes lost focus as she reached for her abdomen, as if she had seen something terrifying. She took a few small steps back, bumping into Zheng Chen. "Right! I have children too, where are my children!?"