novelraw Chapter 442: The Mechanical Tribe’s Pursuit! Stay Alive
Chapter 442: The Mechanical Tribe’s Pursuit! Stay Alive
And once they catch up to you, once they attach themselves to you, the only thing waiting for you is death.
Sometimes, you won't even know how you died.
Because if even a single nanounit invades your body, it can instantly decompose your flesh and blood, rapidly manufacturing tens of thousands of nanounits, devouring you until not even bones remain.
They also deeply understood the terror of this attack mode, because even within their own Flesh and Blood Cult, there existed a branch of the Zerg race that used this exact same horrifying invasion method.
But the Mechanical Nano-Storm was even more terrifying than a Zerg swarm!
Because they annihilated you from a more microscopic level, on a scale you couldn't even see, obliterating you completely!
"No! We absolutely cannot just sit here and wait for death!"
"Immediately broadcast the news of the Nano-Storm invasion! Use Cursed Arts impacts to deal with those nano clusters!"
The Commander roared, and the deputy officers around him immediately began adjusting the Aberration Fortress's deployment.
Because he was afraid.He feared those nano clusters had already invaded their Aberration Fortress, and they simply lacked the means to detect them, unable to issue a proper warning.
Because when they encountered that [Aberrant Whale], they had already been stationary there for a full two minutes.
"I hope it's not as I imagine."
Frightened, he quickly used his authority, his hands trembling as he activated monitoring for the entire Aberration Fortress.
He knew there was no way to directly detect the nano-mechanical clusters.
So he could only infer whether the Aberration Fortress had been invaded by observing the damage to the fortress itself.
The monitoring proceeded rapidly.
"Flesh main body section normal."
"Rest area normal."
"Flesh core area normal."
"Warning, abnormal wear detected on the fortress outer wall flank!"
"Warning! Abnormal wear detected in the passage connecting the rest area to the core link chamber."
*Bzzz—*
In that instant, his mind went completely blank.
He immediately realized that the thing he feared most had probably already happened.
Parts of the nano-mechanical clusters had likely already spread into the interior of their Aberration Fortress. They had already begun large-scale manufacturing by decomposing the flesh organism of the Aberration Fortress.
And if that was the case, then what was their target?!
Frantically, he mapped all the areas showing wear and minor damage into a visual representation, spreading it out in his consciousness, and finally saw the trajectory of their advance.
They were sweeping in from five directions!
Strangely, however, only one direction's nano cluster was heading towards their central chamber, while the positions indicated by the clusters from the other four directions were actually...
His gaze suddenly fell on the rapidly moving light point on the planar map.
That was...
"The Doctor!"
...
At the same time.
Inside a corridor within the Aberration Fortress, Lynn, pressing down his top hat, was swiftly running towards the core area's link chamber.
His expression was serious, his gaze vigilant.
An instinctive sense of unease echoed in his heart.
And just moments ago, he had also heard the alarm sounding within the Aberration Fortress.
Furthermore, based on the earlier loud noise and inertia, he immediately realized the Aberration Fortress was moving back in the direction they came from. This clearly indicated some kind of situation had arisen.
Could it be that even within this Root Network, it wasn't safe?!
No good!
The top priority now was to immediately rendezvous with the Commander here and get an understanding of the current situation.
Lynn took large strides, his feet pounding heavily on the corridor floor as he raced swiftly towards the chamber.
*Thump—*
The corridor was eerily silent.
So silent he could only hear the heavy sound of his own footsteps.
But logically, it shouldn't be like this. This Aberration Fortress housed at least seven or eight hundred Desire Sect creatures, and with the alarm sounding, he should have been able to see people.
Lynn's heart grew increasingly wary.
He twitched his little finger, confirming Miss Puppet was by his side.
"Miss Puppet, have you sensed anything strange?"
The unfluctuating female voice immediately sounded in his ear.
"There is danger."
She paused briefly.
"But I haven't pinpointed where the danger is."
Hearing this, Lynn's heart tightened.
Even Miss Puppet hadn't detected it?
His expression turned grave.
Because he had this feeling too.
His intuition and body were constantly sending him signals of tension, yet he couldn't perceive the specific source.
It even gave him a feeling reminiscent of when he first fell into the Dark World, as if invisible evil spirits and ghosts were everywhere. You could clearly feel the chilling cold, but didn't know where it came from.
*Thump—*
He swiftly passed a corner.
And it was at this moment that he suddenly stopped.
Because he abruptly saw that a door on the left side of the corridor ahead was half-open at that very moment. A tentacle was dangling there, as if rotten, feebly writhing.
*Bzzz—*
Lynn's hair stood on end. An intense sense of crisis suddenly swept over him.
It made him instinctively take a step back.
And in this eerie silence, he saw a tentacle extend from that half-open door, then heard the sound of violent panting and painful coughing coming from within.
"Doctor... I think I'm sick... I don't know... I'm rotting... I... save me..."
Under Lynn's gaze.
A Flesh and Blood Humanoid covered in tentacles struggled to prop itself up against the door and move out. One hand clutched its chest, its face full of pain and a weakened expression.
Horrifyingly, its entire body was covered with patches of pitted depressions, like little puddles formed after rain washes over muddy ground.
Lynn could vaguely see that the flesh and blood within those little "puddles" seemed to be decomposing and vanishing bit by bit.
"Doctor... save me... I was fine just a moment ago... I clearly..."
The Flesh and Blood Humanoid painfully collapsed to the ground, like burning embers, feebly stretching a hand towards Lynn.
"I clearly..."
And in that instant, as if something had been activated, the "little puddles" on its body rapidly expanded. Like a spark landing on cotton batting, its body decomposed, revealing the white bones within.
Accompanied by a wretched, agonized scream.
In a flash, it seemed a faint breeze blew from its body, sweeping directly towards Lynn.
And almost simultaneously, a system prompt sounded in Lynn's ear.
[Warning! Warning! Current crisis level at 100%!]
[Ding! You have triggered an emergency mission: Mechanical Nano-Storm! Mission Objective: Survive! Mission Reward: Base EXP 6000, Black Skull Coins x6, Special Item x1]