Start with a Mechanical Hunter

  Chapter 5 Deadly Running (Part 2)

  From the perspective of the drone, under the sky, the wreckage of the building with dozens of floors is covered with snake-like yellow creepers, and the giant tree canopy of the same height is spread out in all directions.

   The dense metal leaves are like a circle of solar panels; the air smells of burning electrical appliances, which is the mechanical biochemical beast secreting artificial proteins.

The camera is rotating, and the drone's field of view is constantly enlarged. In the gaps in the forest, it can be clearly seen that the roots of the trees are digging into the concrete floor of the old city, crushing various metal scraps like a large mixer, and then using the newly grown metal Pipeline absorption.

  Metal, cement, and plant rhizomes are wonderfully and eerily integrated.

  When the drone flew over a communication tower, the lightning rod at the top of the tower suddenly turned in a circle and slowly opened. It was a sword-leaf-shaped metal flower engraved with 'Iron Tower Co., Ltd.'.

  ‘abnormal signal access’

  ‘abnormal signal access’

  ‘Signal Interrupt’

  ‘Signal Interrupt’

   Two of the propeller nozzles of a drone suddenly lost control, causing its flight trajectory to be erratic and eventually plunge into the forest.

   The next moment, the predators moved in groups, and the iron-clad mice that climbed out of the sewers were as fast as lightning, and the metal pulleys that replaced the legs seemed to be self-driving pulley shoes of a high-tech brand.

The turbo spider followed closely, as a medium-sized colony life, it was three meters long and two meters high, with three pairs of mechanical claws, tentacles like steel knives, and the radioactive spider eyes on its head were like large searchlights, emitting The strong light kept turning, forcing back the peers who were rushing to eat.

  The sharp whistle sounded, and the front of the car rammed along the expressway, pushing the car wreckage on the expressway from time to time.

  But the predators on the tree took the lead, and a dozen bird-shaped cyborgs rushed up. The beaks like electric drills skillfully drilled open the casing of the drone, bit off the wires on the engine, and the drone completely went on strike.

   Next is a gluttonous feast. The metal shell is like a snack, the circuit is exciting and smooth, the chip is nutritious, the battery is the most popular, and the motor is hard to chew but chewy.

  The camera was finally grabbed by the bionic gecko and inserted into the neck. The electronic patterns on the bionic skin lighted up, as if a special pairing was in progress.

   Seeing this, the other two drones immediately climbed upwards. However, when a drone behind them bypassed a twin building, the 'creeper' on the surface of the building suddenly opened up like snake scales and undulated regularly.

  'Creeper' transfers biological signals into a building consisting of optical fibers, databases and input devices.

  ‘Electronic pairing’

  ‘Signal conversion in progress’

  ‘Virtual Invasion’

The predecessor of the Twin Towers should have been a TV station with a total of 23 floors. With the connection of the Creeper, the dusty backup motor suddenly started running, and the sound in the machine room was loud; Turn it on, and it is not an advertisement, but a picture of a drone flying.

In the    TV station, there seem to be countless transparent staff debugging equipment, confirming programs, and editing videos.

  In the end, in front of a corpse that committed suicide, the screen suddenly lit up.

   "...Sky enforcers carried out rectification, issued regulations to strengthen the safety management of 'low, slow and small' aircraft such as civilian drones, and established eight categories of control areas including municipalities. Except for special approval, it is prohibited..."

  As the video played, the drone body behind it trembled violently, suddenly turned its direction, and slowly landed on the upper floor of the Twin Towers.

   Then, the picture on the screen seemed to press the reverse button. Starting from the Twin Towers, the 'drone' flew out from the top of the building and went straight to an underground fortification somewhere.

   An underground control center in a dugout somewhere

   A staff member's complexion changed, and ten fingers were suddenly split into structures similar to spider claws. The fingertips tapped the keyboard at a speed that was unseen by the naked eye.

   And the big screen in front of him instantly turned red.

  ‘Data abnormality, data abnormality—’

  ‘The flight signal was captured, the virus was invading, and the first layer of defense was destroyed—’

   "What's going on? How come there was a virus invasion, and our actions were discovered by the mechanical mastermind?" The middle-aged man who looked like a supervisor changed his face and said in surprise.

   "No, the monitoring station in the city has not found any signs of the mechanical corps being dispatched."

   "This type of virus is also not a common corporate virus."

   Another employee also explained that he had a device similar to a headphone hanging on his head. The 'headphone' was inserted into the ear hole, and a small circle of wires inserted into the ear hole could be vaguely seen.

In the city that never sleeps, this kind of device is called a 'network access warehouse'. The Knights lack the technical accumulation in this area. The military technology of the old era can only enter the World Wide Web and cannot connect to the cyber network; what they use now are refurbished from black market acquisitions. machine.

   This refurbished machine is powerless against corporate viruses controlled by advanced AI.

   "It appears to be a wild electronic virus transformed by some kind of biological signal."

   The supervisor was relieved immediately, after all, wild viruses are still within the scope of their treatment.

   More importantly, the 'Hydra' plan has not been discovered and is still going smoothly.

   "Find out the source, and find out why the drone appeared in that place." The supervisor said with some anger.

   "Orientation confirmation, 213.313.511, Jiangbei City in the pre-civilization era; the mission level 'Knight' level is a wanted mission temporarily issued by high-level officials."

   A staff member paused and said with some awe: "It's the Iron Knight - the flag!"

  The last drone is still faithfully completing its mission. Unfortunately, in this concrete jungle, there are too many of its nemesis.

   Soon, a black shadow shot out from the forest with extremely fast speed, as if tearing the air. After the sonic boom, there was another explosion, the flames scattered, and the drone fragments fell from the sky.

In a block with countless 'red lanterns' scattered, the blood blanket on the ground slowly swam, climbing up tall buildings, surging up the elevated, sweeping the creatures that invaded the block, and finally converging in the center, covered with swimming blood. On the surface of the blood carpet, it seemed like a lady's skirt.

  The 'Lady' in the center of the blanket is a monster nearly three meters tall. It is composed of white bones and flesh and blood. Countless nerve bundles make up her hair, and at the end of the hair, hang the heads of mechanical hunters.

   If you turn on the radiation detector, you can observe that in this block, the amount of radiation is terrifying, and it is infinitely close to the center of the nuclear explosion.

   "Even dare to break into the realm of the A-rank Scarlet Queen, really take off your pants and fart, courting death!"

  [Complete the mission, reward 1500 experience points]

Just as the iron sand desert is not a real desert, and the oasis is not green, it is more like a small town with complete facilities. The residents here are complex, there are fugitives from the mechanical city, mercenaries from factories, natives from the iron sand desert, and man-made people who are forbidden to transform. Synth, a metal missionary who believes in Turingism.

   There are no good people here, and it can even be said that there are no 'people'. All the residents have implants visible to the naked eye, their weapons are organized, their organs are mechanized, and everyone looks extremely difficult to mess with.

   The one who can open a store here safely is definitely a ruthless character at the sub-level of the town.

The owner of the Rose Gasoline Bar is a woman, and a very beautiful woman, her fiery red hair is like a burning flame, her emerald eyes are accustomed to looking at people through the wavy head, and her hot upper body is undisguisedly wrapped in a high elastic tight fitting. In the vest, a large smear of whiteness was exposed on the chest, and a coquettish black rose bloomed on the waist of the vest line.

  Rose Gasoline Bar, offering all kinds of drinks, android prostitutes, virtual experience machines, psychotropic drugs, small body repairs, escrow and killer services.

   At this moment, Black Rose is standing behind the bar, casually mixing a glass of margarita, listening to the bragging, showing off, and occasionally greedy glances from various guests.

Every year, many people come here to pan for gold, many of them are powerful prosthetics transformers, but there are fewer and fewer familiar faces. Among them, 99% stay in this radiation zone forever, and only a few. The lucky ones will earn enough mechanical coins in exchange for an admission ticket to the city that never sleeps, and enjoy the life of a superior man.

  Most of the time, Black Rose watched from the sidelines, watching these idiots jump from the radiation zone into a more dangerous urban hell.

  The monsters in the city eat people but don't spit out bones!

   However, some idiots are quite cute, and it's a pity to die.

   "Have you heard? The factory's goods were intercepted in the Great Rift Valley."

   Among the messy messages, one message caught her attention.

   "Whoever dares to cut off the factory's goods is courting death!"

   "I don't know, maybe some stowaways took the risk."

   "Don't implicate us when these people are courting death."

   A strong man with metal arms laughed:

   "It's not all bad, the factory is so rich, it might be able to earn a big bounty!"

   "That's right, my exoskeleton should have been replaced a long time ago. The sales of goods in the city have increased tenfold. Those **** corporate vampires!"

  Black Rose raised her slender and long brows upward, drank Margaret, her eyes signaled to the bartender not far away to replace her, and she strode to the back door.

  In addition to providing alcohol service, petrol bars can also cover nights. After all, some activities are more suitable for night time; Black Rose generally lives in the basement of the bar, where there is enough alcohol.

   But few people know that Black Rose has another stronghold, which was formerly an abandoned factory, and now it has been transformed into a garage, which houses various types of motorcycles she has collected.

  Wine and reloading motorcycles are two of this woman's favorite things.

   As soon as the door was opened, a strong **** aura rushed toward his face, and Black Rose's expression did not change at all, and the switch was directly turned on.

   The next moment, under the dazzling searchlight, there was an unfamiliar and tattered off-road vehicle, with four tires blown out, and countless scratches and bullet marks on it.

   A wild man was lying on the car. The man was blind in one eye, had a broken hand, and was smoking half a cigarette.

   "Come on."

  Black Rose glanced around and said calmly, "Who allowed you to drive this kind of garbage into my garage."

   The senior engineer gave a wry smile, "Sister Rose, can you stop talking about the car and save people first."

   "If I die, won't you have one less car?"

As soon as   's voice fell, the senior worker crooked his neck and passed out completely.

  [Complete the mission, reward 1500 experience points]

   (end of this chapter)