Cataclysm King

Chapter 324: The pinnacle product of Talun’s mechanical technology (please vote for me)

 “Damn it, what the **** is this?”

 “Be careful, there is another one who can become invisible!”

“Don’t come into direct contact with that magic lightsaber. There is a high-level magic-breaking sharp spell on the blade, and even a dark gold shield cannot block it.”

 “Cover His Highness the Prince, go to the maze first!”

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 A dramatic scene is unfolding.

The group of people from the Southern Continent who had been fighting with the one-armed mummy just now were fleeing in panic.

Even the seventh-level card master can't hide the panic on his face at this moment.

While he was covering Prince Salo's escape, he was trying to find a way to block the mechanical armors behind him.

  But the effect is minimal.

Those card masters who run slowly can be killed almost every time.

The seventh-level [Brass Corpse Dragon] summoned behind him at this moment is the strongest defensive undead spirit that he has spent many years refining with various precious materials.

 The last picture shared by Shadow is a ghost assassin with five mechanical eyes on his head, who kills Shadow with one knife.

Moreover, he has nurtured several high-level undead spirits for most of his life, and their combat power is no less than that of his own high-level undead.

 “Keng!”

 It can lock shadows, and of course it can also lock people.

 “Can you sense energy fluctuations?”

 Seeing this made Lao Fu feel distressed and frightened.

 “Keng!”

These undead souls are all old Fu’s heirlooms, and his heart bleeds when he sees them.

 He once used this brass dragon to successfully escape from the mouth of an eighth-level monster.

Looking carefully, the bone dragon's dark gold skeleton, which can withstand eight-level physical attacks head-on, can cut off a dragon bone with one slash at this moment, and can cut off a dragon bone with three to five knives.

 Normally, the number of enemies means nothing to him.

The iron bones of a mantra are indestructible, and a breath of strong acid dragon breath can easily melt gold fossils.

 In the blink of an eye, half of the nearly 100 people in the Southern Continent were lost.

It held a huge dark red lightsaber and slashed at the brass corpse dragon, causing sparks to fly.

 Charging through can only stop the mechanical titan from swinging his sword for a second.

Not only is the defense unable to take advantage, but the dragonborn undead's strength advantage is not taken advantage of at all.

 Because, these mechanical monsters are not only strong, but also fast.

 “Keng!”

 It can even be said that he can deal with most threats below level eight.

Chasing behind him is a tall mechanical Titan.

This is the Brass Dragon with the strongest defense. If replaced by other fifth-level and sixth-level undead summons, it would basically be a sword without a sound.

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But even so, he had to keep summoning the undead to stop him.

 Lao Fu’s profession is the Necromancer, and what he is best at is controlling the undead to fight.

 This is also the most important reason why he became the companion of Prince Salo.

Even if a mouthful of acid dragon breath is sprayed, the magic energy coating on the machine will only dim slightly, and it will be restored to its original state in the blink of an eye.

As he was running, the scene in Ji Xun's eyes suddenly stopped.

Even the effects of various quicksand, mire, and vine spells are very unsatisfactory.

Not only are they extremely powerful individually, they also work very well together, killing people like chopping melons and vegetables.

 Shadow is an elemental body and can be accurately detected, which means that the mechanical assassin's perception can lock on energy fluctuations.

He was beaten to the point of retreat.

However, facing this mechanical monster that he had never seen before, the confidence in Lao Fu's heart was shattered.

Even if he encounters several people of the same level, he is still confident to deal with them calmly.

 Shadow was killed, Ji Xun murmured in his heart.

His mechanical skills are not bad, and he also sees some clues.

Everyone knows that they can only rely on the complicated maze to see if they can survive.

Then it turned into two corpses with smooth cuts, and they were stretched out on the spot.

However, the undead dragon that Lao Fu relied on most seemed so pale and helpless when facing the mechanical monster that was more than ten meters high behind him.

There are not only this kind of mechanical warriors who are more than ten meters tall and holding magic swords, but also warlock-type machines that use magic cannons to attack from a distance. Even more troublesome are the assassin-type machines that can be invisible in the void like ghosts.

These three mechanical armors look like a tactical team.

 It’s very troublesome

Ji Xun's expression instantly became solemn when he saw the three mechanical armors.

Machines are "taboo" in the Southern Continent, so those who escaped only knew that the three machines were powerful, but they couldn't understand why they were so ridiculously powerful.

However, Ji Xun didn’t just know.

  He also knew that this was the final product of the Taron royal family's top-secret "Titan Project".

Ji Xun and Dong Qi originally experienced an extradimensional space called "1981 Titan Mechanical Research Institute".

That space is the ancient research institute that produces the core of mechanical energy.

 There are some drawings of mecha designs in it.

So Ji Xun just saw that the appearance of the three mechanical armors was very familiar, and he immediately guessed the relationship between the two.

Thinking of this, he was filled with emotion: "Not only did the Talon Dynasty have a brilliant civilization, but its mechanical technology has also reached this level. How could such a powerful empire collapse?"

 The first time he saw the appearance of this Titan machine, he also saw the word "no solution".

 The meaning of machinery lies in “reproducibility”.

 Once the design drawings are mature and there are enough materials, assembly line manufacturing can theoretically be achieved.

 One may not be a big problem for the card master.

What about a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand?

Now three Titan machines have driven the group of people from the southern continent to flee in a hurry. If there are really a few more, the eighth-level strong men will have to avoid their sharp edges.

If it were a reorganized legion, no one could resist the power that Ji Xun currently recognized.

 “Oh, it’s the wrong time.”

Ji Xun thought about it and guessed why.

Calculating the time, the time when Titan Research Institute developed the finished mechanical core in 1981 was the end of Talon.

 Perhaps the dynasty collapsed before it could be mass-produced.

 Then you hired someone to guard the tomb?

It wasn’t until much later that Ji Xun realized that the more important reason was that the machine was designed in Talun’s last year. The empire was already in turmoil, and "Mad King" Alduin was afraid that such a power would overthrow his rule, so he blocked these top technologies.

 Alduin is suspicious by nature, and he cannot trust anyone except a few people around him.

This tomb is related to the plan of his resurrection.

 No tomb keeper is as reliable as a machine.

To be sure, he asked the few finished Titan mechanical warriors to guard the imperial mausoleum, waiting for him to regain power after his resurrection.

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Ji Xun and the others had already fled into the maze.

They didn’t dare to stop and ran all the way.

Having seen the terrifying combat power of the three Titan machines, Ji Xun didn't think he could withstand three swords.

There are still those guys from the Southern Continent behind us, but it looks like they won't be able to stop him for long.

 The complex maze gives people a slight sense of security.

  But it is not enough.

Ji Xun asked anxiously as he ran, "Senior, what should we do now?"

Old man Xu beside him yelled: "What else can we do? Run!"

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Ji Xun’s right eyelid twitched.

 I thought the old man could come up with something good.

  But it seems that there is not.

 Their only hope of survival now is to escape through the secret passage before being caught up.

However, as he ran, Ji Xun's premonition became increasingly bad.

He always felt that since the designer of the mausoleum had three mechanical armors to guard the tomb, he would never allow people to escape so easily.

 Countless experiences have proven that Ji Xun’s guesses about bad outcomes have always come true.

 Bad news comes one after another.

Although the maze is large, it didn't take much time to run back according to the route in memory. The three of them ran at full speed.

 But just after running through a few passages, Ji Xun's expression suddenly changed: "No! The rules of the underground palace's operation have changed!"

 He remembered the layout of every corridor in his mind.

 So as soon as he came here, he found that the corridor he came from before was suddenly wrong.

The corner that was originally facing east now faces west.

This kind of underground palace moves like a Rubik's Cube, but if it is changed a little, the path will be completely different.

 If you want to find that "secret passage" again, you will need a lot of time to try and make mistakes and discover new rules.

 But what they lack most now is time!

Even more, Ji Xun suspected that the current movement pattern of the maze was "disordered".

The purpose is to completely seal off those who break into the tomb.

 “This is bad.”

At the moment of death, Ji Xun's mind was racing, trying to find a glimmer of hope to break the situation.

 But no matter how you think about it, it is a dead end.

I ran a few more corridors, but they were all different from those in my memory.

 The map in Ji Xun's mind was completely confused.

At this moment, an idea flashed in his mind, and he decisively put Old Man Xu down and let him run ahead.

Since scientific memory doesn’t work, we can only rely on metaphysics.

 In the team of three, there is also an "anchor".

Old man Xu himself didn’t realize that he was regarded as a “humanoid navigator” by Ji Xun.

Regardless of the passage, the old man immersed himself in it.

 Under normal circumstances, running around in the maze is very dangerous.

　　Not to mention encountering immortal monsters like the [Keeper of Secrets], whenever you encounter a dead end, it will be a dead end for the Mechanical Titan to catch up.

However, Old Man Xu has his own "risk-avoiding physique", which allowed the three of them to miraculously avoid all the monsters without encountering any dead ends.

Ji Xun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

However, with this kind of running around, he no longer knew where they were.

Escape from the underground palace completely turned into a gamble on luck.

 And that sense of death crisis has always lingered in my mind.

Ji Xun was running and deducing rapidly in his mind.

Their threats are not only the monsters and mechas in the maze, but also the people in the southern continent.

 Ji Xun and the others were not the only ones to discover that the way the maze operated had changed.

 Prince Salo and his party ran into the maze and immediately discovered this problem.

 The three mechas were chasing after them, and dozens of people had died.

Even if they ran separately, the effect would not be ideal.

 The three mechas seem to have a means of locking intruders.

 No matter where they hide, they will be accurately located and discovered.

 Then chase after a group of slashers, and then chase the other team

This kind of death pressure in the maze battle royale makes even the strongest veteran in the team break into a cold sweat.

Originally, by taking advantage of the familiar corridor, not only could I escape, but at least I wouldn't hit a dead end.

 But now that the passage has changed, life and death depend entirely on luck.

 Without a familiar road, it is easy to hit a dead end.

 This is not the case.

There were several groups of guards used as bait to lure away the three mechanical Titans, but not long after, the sound of metal friction was heard running behind them again.

 And they had hit a dead end.

Prince Salo had never faced such a desperate situation before and could not hide his anxiety: "Damn it, what should I do now?" Old Fu knew what he was thinking and stopped him: "Your Highness, in this situation, no matter who you call, it will be useless. Even if we summon those people from the palace, the problem will not be solved."

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Salo's face darkened when he heard this, and he remained silent without speaking.

He dared to break into Augustus's imperial mausoleum before because his mother gave him some special permissions, giving him the ability to summon the palace to worship.

 Thinking that no matter what kind of troublesome monsters you encounter, you have a way to protect yourself.

 But the current situation is, let alone recruiting people, can we solve the three mechanical monsters?

Even if it is solved, we still can’t get out of this mausoleum.

If it were because he allowed the palace enshrinement to be ruined here, his mother's lineage would also lose everything.

Salo didn’t want to do this and didn’t dare.

 But if they don’t do something like this, they will die sooner or later.

Just as he was thinking about it, Princess Betty beside her thought of something and shouted hurriedly: "Those three guys were able to come in before, maybe they know the exit of this maze!"

Upon hearing this, Salo's eyes flashed gloomily: "Yes! Chase those three guys!"

Ji Xun and the other three ran wildly, their shadows watching from the extreme position behind them.

 The worst happened.

 While running, Shadow was killed again.

Ji Xun explained the current situation clearly as fast as he could: "Senior, the mechanical titan is coming! It's the assassin. He still has ten breaths at most, so he will definitely catch up!"

When Old Man Xu heard this, he was startled, "Huh? Are you catching up?"

　　It was okay if I didn’t say it, but when I mentioned it, the old man became even more panicked: “It’s over, it’s over, what should I do now?”

  .“

Ji Xun didn’t want to hear this. He wanted to know if there was any solution.

 But apparently, no.

Perhaps at the most critical moment, Mr. Xu’s “big account online” will solve the problem.

 But Ji Xun felt that he shouldn't put all his hopes on him.

 Old man Xu will indeed not die.

 But you can do it yourself.

At the moment of speaking, the sound of "puff" and "puff" of the magic boiler charging rapidly could be heard in the corridor.

 “Locked!”

Ji Xun’s eyes flashed.

 He decisively gave up Old Man Xu's guaranteed plan, and analyzed it quickly in his mind.

 His most powerful tools are the angel's head and wings.

 But he was not sure whether the angel's attack would have an effect on the machine after it was released.

Furthermore, Ji Xun always had a feeling that the Weeping Angel was Tarun’s guardian angel and might not necessarily help him, an outsider, resist the tombkeepers.

 If you want to survive, you have to find another way.

 There is no way to escape.

Ji Xun recalled some of the previous plans in his mind.

Ji Xun didn't do anything when they escaped before. Instead, he arranged some misleading baits such as clothing, blood, and food. Shadow was killed twice, and he also gathered some key information.

 There is absolutely no chance of winning in a head-on collision.

 The only hope is to escape.

I don’t know whether the machine is controlled by the undead or whether it is a complete machine.

  But both have a shortcoming.

 That is perception.

 The perceptions of the undead and the machine are preset conditioned reflexes, rather than judgments made by real wisdom.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun's thoughts quickly deduced: "Although machines are powerful, they are not without shortcomings. Their perception system is artificially set, and it is nothing more than 'auditory perception', 'olfactory perception', 'thermal energy perception' and 'dynamic target perception'" ''Biometric Sensing''.

“I tried using flesh and blood bait before, but the mechanical assassin was not fooled. It’s not just the energy, blood and smell alone. It should be a composite perception ability.”

 Thinking of this, six breaths have passed.

Ji Xun made a decisive decision.

He quickly said to the two old men beside him: "Senior, you can't run away! You can only pretend to be dead and avoid it. You try to suppress all vital signs as much as possible!"

Ji Xun has seen Old Man Xu's crash-killing skills before, and they are only better than his own.

 Che Er got the old man's true biography, which is not bad at all.

 Che Er had deep trust in Ji Xun and responded without hesitation: "Okay!"

 Old man Xu didn't hesitate and immediately lay on the ground, lifeless.

Ji Xun saw that Old Man Xu followed the instructions and felt that the success rate of his plan was three points higher.

But without thinking too much, he stopped immediately, put the coffin down, and used his fists to break the bandages on it.

If there is an accident, you can only bet on angels to help.

 At the same time, he also lay on the ground and threw out a [Ice Card].

This is an ordinary second-level spell card with average attack effects.

 But it has a function of cooling down a large area.

Ji Xun was not sure how the mechanical armor found the target, so he could only try his best to do everything he could think of.

Ji Xun and the others just lay on the ground. After the cards shattered, a layer of frost condensed on the ground within a hundred meters radius.

 The cold air also instantly suppressed the body temperature of the three people to a level that was almost exactly the same as that of the environment.

 Almost the next second after finishing all this.

At the corner of the corridor, a translucent shadow in the air rushed over in a flash.

This is the Titan mechanical assassin who can become optically invisible.

At this moment, it is like a hound chasing prey, and a sense of death oppression that is more oppressive than the cold air is slowly approaching.

 There was a "click" and "click" sound on the ice.

 It’s also thanks to Ji Xun that the three of them have good psychological quality and fake death skills.

 Otherwise, just by hearing that sound, any abnormality in the heartbeat may be revealed.

  Ji Xun blocked out all nervous emotions.

 He thinks this is good news.

 The fact that he was not discovered immediately shows that these methods have really confused the Titan assassin.

This tense confrontation only lasted for a second, and suddenly the sound of mechanical friction broke out.

 A gust of strong wind blew by, and Ji Xun watched as the vision shared by the shadow turned dark again.

 Shadow was killed again.

 But its effect as a bait has been achieved.

 Since he was not discovered at such a close distance just now, it will be even harder to find him now that he is far away.

It seems that I have been deceived.

 But because the shadow was only killed two corridors away, he was not sure whether the mechanical assassin had gone far.

Ji Xun and the other two people just lay there, still not daring to move.

A few minutes later.

Ji Xun and the other three were still lying on the same spot.

 They didn’t know how long they would have to lie down.

 But there is currently no better solution than lying down and pretending to be dead.

 The most ideal situation is that the three Titan machines kill all the people in the southern continent and then return to the palace to continue guarding.

 Only Ji Xun and the three of them have a chance to find their way out of the maze again.

 However, it backfired.

Ji Xun and the other three were able to escape, but the group from the Southern Continent could not.

That group of people didn't think of Ji Xun's method of feigning death.

 But their situation is the same as that of Governor Cao in "The Great Cemetery Labyrinth". There are too many people and they become a burden.

 As long as someone cannot absolutely fake death, they will attract targets.

Ji Xun knew that if those guys couldn't escape, they would definitely try to find them.

Ji Xun was not lucky that the other party didn't come to him.

We can only pray that they will be killed by the Mechanical Titan before the other party comes to find them.

 Unfortunately, no.

 There was a dead silence in the corridor.

 But at this moment, rapid footsteps suddenly sounded.

Ji Xun heard the very close footsteps and immediately knew something was wrong. He stood up decisively and said, "Senior, hurry up!"

Hearing this, Old Man Xu and Che Er beside him also immediately got up from under the ice and complained at the same time: "Damn it, why did those guys come up here!"

 But the enemy came faster than expected.

 They didn’t come here running away.

 But come through the wall.

A space crack suddenly appeared on the corridor, and several embarrassed guys jumped out.

Ji Xun took a look and saw that if they weren’t Prince Salo, who were they?

 There were nearly a hundred people before.

There are only five people now.

 Prince Salo and others have been chased so hard that they can't choose their way.

They didn't have the "humanoid navigator" like Old Man Xu, nor did they have Ji Xun's familiarity with the maze. They ran around in a panic, but they still couldn't escape the pursuit of the mechanical titan.

　　I was stuck in a dead end several times.

 Fortunately, I have a few life-saving [Space Shuttle Cards] in my hand.

 This is what allowed them to survive until now.

As soon as they emerged from the space crack, Prince Salo and others were overjoyed.

 But then everyone’s brows furrowed.

They thought the Ji Xun and the three people in front of them had a secret way to leave the underground palace, but looking at the ice on the ground, they understood everything instantly.

Did these three guys use suspended animation to hide those mechanical monsters?

The five people in Salo had different expressions, and their minds became more active.

Ji Xun never thought that the two sides would meet in this way.

 Both sides stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

 No one dared to take action.

There are probably only eight of them alive in the entire underground palace now. Taking action here will inevitably trigger the locking of the three nearby mechanical titans.

And you can already hear the sound of metal friction from the warrior mechanical Titan chasing after him.

 The atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense.

Saluo's five people were already frightened, and they didn't dare to move.

Ji Xun saw that the other party had no intention of taking action, and it was too late to change places. He sneered and simply lay down on the ground.

 Old man Xu and Che Er on the side looked at it and followed suit.

Saluo and the other five people looked at each other, and all of them had stiff expressions.

 But when they heard the sound of machinery getting closer and closer, they did not dare to hesitate anymore and lay down together.

I didn't dare to try this method easily. Now the three guys in front of them are obviously tried, and the five people think of them.

 This is also the only hope for survival at the moment.

 In the corridor of the huge underground palace, there was a cold air and an eerie silence.

In this way, the eight people in Ji Xun pretended to be dead in an awkward and tacit understanding.

 While they were pretending to be dead, on the other side, in the palace where the "Mad King" Alduin was buried.

A young man wearing a crown slowly climbed up the steps and sneered: "You are coveting my ancestral mausoleum of Augustus, and it depends on whether you have the life to get out alive."

This man is none other than King Arthur of Oran.

 (End of this chapter)