SFS Chapter 1441 This is it
Chapter 1441 This is it
As the seawater was drained and the inner gate opened, a wave of dry air mixed with the smells of ozone, engine oil, and metal coolant rushed out.
Before me was a brightly lit metal tunnel filled with various thick energy pipes and heat dissipation grids.
This is already inside the creation base!
"Objective: The forward control room. Eliminate all resistance and seize control!"
Xiao Ce gave concise and clear commands.
Without a word, the twenty elite soldiers immediately split into two teams, like a black tide, and silently surged along both sides of the passageway toward the heavy alloy gate at the corner ahead.
A short while later, the door to the control room opened.
At the entrance, four android guards dressed in silver-gray base guard uniforms and holding standard energy rifles stood vigilantly.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
Four extremely faint sounds, like bubbles bursting.
Four bodyguards simultaneously raised their railguns, equipped with high-efficiency silencers, from the shadows around the corner.
The specially designed armor-piercing warhead, accelerated by electromagnetic force, instantly traversed a short distance and precisely penetrated the vulnerable core processor within the skulls of the four androids guarding the center of the skull.
The light in the android's eyes went out instantly, and its body stiffened and collapsed like a powerless doll, without even having time to sound an alarm.
"Break the door!"
Xiao Ce's "Sharp Edge" mech strode forward, its right arm extending a high-frequency particle cutting blade that pierced the control panel of the gate without hesitation.
Sparks flew as the internal wiring of the panel was violently damaged.
Meanwhile, a secret agent skilled in electronic warfare will hack the terminal and connect it to a backup interface.
Under the double attack, the supposedly indestructible alloy door emitted a piercing metallic twisting sound and crashed inward!
Inside the control room, the view suddenly opened up.
This is a huge hemispherical space. The dome is a panoramic energy screen with a complex data flow, displaying the energy distribution of the entire Creation Wall, the battlefield situation, and the dense defensive nodes around the base.
Below was a circular control console, where a dozen human operators in technical uniforms and several androids who were clearly senior supervisors were turning around in horror.
"Enemy attack...!" A simulated human operator let out a piercing scream.
"Eliminate the invaders!"
The leader of the android supervisors had a flash of red light in his eyes, and his arm instantly deformed, revealing the port of an energy weapon.
However, Xiao Ce and his secret guards were even faster!
The "Sharp Edge" mech charged forward like a ghost, its high-frequency particle blades drawing a deadly arc, instantly slicing the android supervisor who was holding a gun in two along with its outstretched weapon arm!
Electric sparks and coolant sprayed wildly...
“Swish, swish, swish…!”
Dense energy blasts and precise energy beams were unleashed from the hands of the guards.
Base personnel who attempted to resist or activate the alarm at the control panel fell like harvested wheat.
The guards moved swiftly and decisively, like the most sophisticated killing machines, ensuring that not a single alarm could escape the room.
The battle ended in less than ten seconds.
The control room was filled with the strong smell of blood and ozone, and a mess on the floor.
The surviving operators huddled in a corner of the control panel, trembling with fear and too afraid to move.
"Lock control over the 'Primordial Guardian' core! Immediately close the Wall of Creation!"
Xiao Ce's voice echoed in the control room, leaving no room for doubt.
He walked to the main control panel, and the "Sharp Edge" mech's fingers quickly swiped across the complex control interface!
Without wasting words, Xiao Ce directly utilized the energy of the Star Network Hub to invade the system's backend and forcibly take over the highest privileges.
Xiao Ce quickly operated the system: "Connecting to core protocol... verifying overlay... inputting command to force shutdown energy circuit... confirm execution!"
Buzz...!
A deep, loud hum of energy decay echoed throughout the main control room and even deep within the base.
On the holographic screen in the dome, the "Wall of Creation," which covers the entire base and flows with aurora-like, dazzling yet deadly energy, began to flicker violently and erratically, its blue-white light representing the intensity of the energy like a giant beast being choked!
Rumble...!
The battlefield surrounding the creation base!
The colossal blue-white curtain that stretched across the heavens and earth, inflicting heavy losses on the Federation forces, emitted a chilling, deathly tremor...
Like a giant soap bubble that has been popped, it collapsed and dissipated instantly!
The blinding blue-white light faded rapidly, revealing the massive, cold main structure of the creation base behind it, filled with various weapon platforms and defensive fortifications!
It was laid bare before the Union Army's vengeful cannons!
On the battlefield, the devastating energy backlash aura vanished!
All the Federation soldiers were stunned, and then, an unbelievable ecstasy and soaring killing intent erupted like a volcano!
"Shield!! The shield is gone!!!"
A soldier, his face covered in gunpowder and his helmet shattered, pointed ahead and roared at the top of his lungs, his voice distorted with excitement.
"Your Highness has succeeded! Your Highness has broken their shell!"
Frank's voice boomed across the public channel, filled with ecstatic jubilation and violence: "All units! Target the Creation Base! Full firepower! Crush them! Avenge our fallen brothers!"
"kill!!!"
The earth-shattering roar instantly drowned out all other sounds on the battlefield!
Without the protection of the Wall of Creation, the outer defenses of the Creation Base instantly transformed from a formidable fortress into lambs to the slaughter!
The commanders of the Frost Giant mechs roared in their most frenzied fury: "Energy cannons! Saturation coverage! Bomb those turrets flat! Infantry! Charge! Charge!"
"For the Federation! For the Prince! Kill all these bastards!"
The exoskeleton infantrymen were like beasts broken free of their chains. Under the cover of mech firepower, they unleashed unprecedented speed, launching a desperate charge towards the exposed ice firing points and fortifications!
With the threat of shield energy backlash gone, the advantages of the Federation's equipment were brought into full play!
The energy cannon's destructive beams no longer futilely struck the barriers, but instead slammed into the ice ridge fortresses and gun emplacements, exploding into towering flames and shattered alloy!
The sturdy fortifications collapsed like sandcastles under saturation attacks!
The android defenders put up a fierce resistance, but without the advantage of terrain and the absolute defense of their shields, their firing positions were quickly located and destroyed.
Federation infantrymen unleashed a hail of bullets with their energy rifles, their exoskeletons granting them incredible mobility, allowing them to maneuver nimbly through the wreckage and eliminate every stubborn enemy with melee weapons or close-quarters combat.
The flames of revenge burn fiercely across the icy plains, unstoppable!
Inside the core command center of the creation base, Xiao Dingshan, who had just been wearing a cold smile as if he were in complete control of the situation, was still there!
At that moment, the expression on his face froze completely, then turned into disbelief, horror, and rage!
"Impossible! How could the Primordial Guardian fail?! The energy node has been compromised?! Which node?! Investigate immediately!!"
Caesar's electronic voice shrieked and distorted due to the violent fluctuations in the data stream.
"Control room! The A7 control room has lost contact! The signal has been physically cut off! There's an intruder! It's Xiao Ce! It must be him!"
Raymond stared at the surveillance area that had turned red and lost signal, and cried out in disbelief.
Just then, a cold and mocking voice suddenly cut in and covered up the base's public communication channels, battlefield broadcast channels, and even the holographic screens inside their command room:
“Xiao Dingshan, Caesar, Raymond... and that Ms. Evelyn who just ‘resurrected’.”
Xiao Ce's voice came clearly, each word like a steel needle tempered with ice, piercing the eardrums of every core member of the Creation Council.
In the background, the faint, low hum of the equipment in the main control room could be heard.
"Did you like the 'surprise' I gave you? How does your prized tortoise shell taste?"
"You hide deep within the ice, manipulating lifelike puppets, regarding humans as ants, and attempting to dominate the fate of the planet? How laughable!"
"Listen, you old fools! Your end is nigh. Wash your necks and get ready, I'm coming... to personally send you to hell!"
The moment the words left his mouth, the communication was abruptly cut off.
But that declaration, filled with murderous intent and absolute control, was like a cold curse, instantly spreading throughout the entire creation base's command level and all combat units that could receive the public channel!
Panic began to spread like a plague.
"Asshole!!"
Xiao Dingshan slammed his fist on the control panel in a fit of rage, and the hard alloy surface dented instantly!
"Find him! Activate internal defense protocols! All 'Titan' Guards, assemble in Sector A7! Kill without mercy! Absolutely do not allow him to approach the core area!"
The piercing alarms blared throughout the base!
The blood-red light, representing the highest invasion threat, flashed wildly!
Meanwhile, in the main control room of Sector A7, where the killing and seizure had just been completed!
As Xiao Ce looked at the base's outer defenses on the screen, which collapsed instantly due to the loss of its shields, and the base's situation map, which had fallen into internal chaos and panic because of his announcement, a cold and ruthless smile appeared on his lips.
"Clean up the traces, set up a temporary firewall, and block the access to this control room."
He gave orders to his bodyguards!
“Let’s go. The real ‘heart-pulling’ operation is only just beginning. Xiao Dingshan… I’ve reserved your head.”
Twenty dark figures once again merged into the dark passage leading from the main control room to the deeper parts of the base, like the most deadly virus, silently stabbing at the heart of the creation base, which was panicked by exposure.
The intricate steel jungle inside the base became their best hunting ground.
At this moment, Xiao Ce had already used the energy of the Star Network Hub deep within his consciousness to thoroughly understand the situation of this creation base...
You wouldn't know until you scanned it, and what you found was truly astonishing...
Their creation base also contains a huge amount of energy, which should be a self-destruct device.
However, Xiao Ce had already figured out where the device was...
They are known as the Heart of the Ruins...
Xiao Ce transmitted this message to the ears of the nineteen elite guards behind him via encrypted bone conduction!
"The rat hole has been dug deep enough. Target: 'The Heart of Return to the Ruins'."
"Their self-destruct core has been synchronized to all 'Shadow' systems."
On the tactical screen built into the "Shadow" submersible mech, a path flashing with golden-red light instantly illuminated, winding its way through the complex 3D structure, avoiding known heavily fortified areas!
The target was the area deepest within the base, marked crimson and radiating terrifying energy fluctuations! The Heart of the Ruins.
"Action. Remain silent, and do not use firearms unless absolutely necessary. They want to play a cat-and-mouse game, right? Let's play this cat-and-mouse game to our hearts' content."
Xiao Ce's lips curled into a cold smile, and the golden-red energy patterns on the joints of the Sharp Edge Mech flashed slightly before merging into the shadows of the passage!
Like twenty silent ghosts, guided by the Star Network Hub, they began their deadly journey through the steel intestines of the Creation Base.
Every turn, every choice of elevator, was precisely executed to avoid the line of sight of patrol teams and fixed checkpoints.
The powerful computing capabilities of the Star Network Hub not only provide maps, but also calculate the patrol routes and blind spots of each guard in real time, and even predict their next move.
Xiao Ce, on the other hand, simultaneously shared all of these messages with them...
"At the crossroads ahead, turn left and walk 15 meters. A patrol of three simulated humanoids will pass by in 30 seconds. Take cover where you are."
Twenty mechs instantly pressed against the cold metal wall, their optical camouflage fully activated, blending seamlessly into the shadows.
Footsteps approached from afar. Three somewhat stiff android guards, armed with energy rifles, walked past them unnoticed. Scanning beams swept across their location, leaving only emptiness.
"Keep moving forward. Ahead is a ventilation duct with the entrance at the top. This will allow us to bypass the heavily guarded energy relay station below."
The Sharp Edge mech's arm popped out an adsorption device, and like a gecko, it silently climbed to the top of the pipe, using a high-frequency particle blade to cut open an entrance that the mech could only pass through.
The team filed in, crawling quickly through the narrow, dusty, and pipe-filled ventilation ducts.
Below, through the gaps in the grille, one can see a room filled with huge energy conduits and roaring machines, where dozens of android technicians and several heavy guard mechs are busy at work.
They never dreamed that a deadly hunter was silently swooping down from overhead.
Occasionally, when encountering unavoidable scattered guards or small automatic sentries, Xiao Ce and his bodyguards would burst forth like the most seasoned assassins.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
Two barely audible soft sounds.
Almost simultaneously, sparks of electricity erupted from the necks of the two android guards who had just turned the corner. Their heads were pierced through the core by specially designed superconducting magnetic rail nails, and their bodies went limp.
The bodyguard's figure flashed out like a ghost, gently catching the corpse before it fell to the ground and dragging it into the shadows. The whole process was so fast that even the alarm was not triggered.
At the end of the passage, an inconspicuous maintenance access gate appeared on the StarNet map, marked "Leading to the Deep Energy Zone! Approaching the Heart of the Ruins."
"This is it... Hmph..."