novelraw Chapter 471: Is This the Final Death Struggle?
Chapter 471: Is This the Final Death Struggle?
The situation was changing in the blink of an eye.
Curse upload countdown: 5 minutes, 21 seconds.
Within the soil layers surrounding that Root Network, the silver-haired Mechanical Girl was leaping swiftly, as if the thick surrounding earth could not affect her mobility in the slightest.
In her eyes, the figure of Lynn scanned by the Intelligence Core was also rapidly moving along the Root Network.
She had already understood the Plague Doctor's method of cursing.
It was his right eye!
As long as she was gazed upon by his right eye, that guy would afflict her with various troublesome curses.
Therefore, under these circumstances, she had to avoid being directly stared at by that guy's gaze, otherwise, she would immediately fall into a passive position.
Her plan was also very simple.
That was to block all Root Networks leading deeper underground, confining them within this fixed area.And once the curse upload was complete, she would immediately launch multiple nuclear strikes against the entire area, thus completely annihilating him without any direct contact with the target.
Her gaze grew increasingly icy.
Because she could actually tell at a glance that, whether in speed or strength, that guy was far inferior to other flesh-and-blood beings. However, his continuous, bizarre abilities and curses made him more troublesome than any enemy she had ever encountered.
"Miss Intelligence Machine—the first [Nuclear Fission Warhead] has completed assembly—the activation device has been activated for you—"
Along with the Intelligence Core's prompt.
Her arm transformed with a *click-clack*, and a small barrel emitting a blue halo appeared on her wrist. A pitch-black warhead slowly extended from the barrel.
"Reminding you again—the miniature nuclear fission warhead 2.1 possesses lethality across an extremely wide range—please stay far away from the blast zone when using it—"
"I know."
Her eyes were icy. Her body, like a silver ghost, appeared on the path Lynn and the others were inevitably taking.
*Buzz—*
A dense array of hexagonal energy shields was instantly deployed by her. The entire front section of the tunnel was restricted and sealed off by her. Immediately after, she once again plunged into the soil layer. With Lynn and the others, who were moving rapidly, as the center, she constructed a spherical shield space at an unimaginable speed.
And after locking down Lynn's fold-jump ability.
They had almost no way to escape this area before she completed the construction.
And once the construction was complete and the curse upload ended, what awaited them would be a sustained nuclear strike.
With Silver Fantasy refusing to engage them directly, this was almost a certain death scenario.
The next moment.
Lynn, riding Little Treasure, suddenly came to a stop within the tunnel. His gaze fell upon the blocked force field shield ahead, and a confident, triumphant smile appeared on his face.
"It seems she is indeed acting as I predicted. Good, Miss Puppet, it's time for you to make your appearance. I look forward to the baptism of a massive Energy Explosion."
"Moreover, we are now located deeper underground. Cutting off the Intelligence Core's surveillance on us should be easier than it was up above."
"Action now, Miss Puppet!"
In an instant.
Hei Xianyue, who had long been prepared, suddenly opened her icy eyes. Purple, flickering curse patterns spread out from her pupils with a rustling sound.
She slowly levitated, her lips silently reciting incantations. Surging purple Cursed Arts energy gathered around her body.
And it was in the very next moment.
*Boom—*
A massive energy shockwave instantly spread out in all directions, with her as the epicenter.
...
"Warning! Large-scale information disruption detected again—target positioning is experiencing massive interference—positioning signal expected to fail in 3 seconds—"
Almost the moment the Energy Explosion took effect, Silver Fantasy's ears received the Intelligence Core's urgent prompt.
In her eyes, the light point representing Lynn also flickered violently amidst waves of static. A circle marked as information interference rapidly enveloped the surrounding kilometer area.
"Positioning failed—positioning failed—unable to obtain target's precise coordinates—"
In an instant.
The information surveillance on Lynn fell into a state of information silence.
However, Silver Fantasy didn't feel any surprise, because he had used similar interference methods before when fighting against the nano-clusters.
But in her view, this was nothing more than that guy's final death throes.
He was very confident.
But utterly useless.
Because the time until the curse upload completed was only three minutes.
Once those three minutes were up, everything within dozens of kilometers would be reduced to nothingness in nuclear fission!
Her fingers quickly tapped the device by her ear as she spoke coldly, "Locate the boundary of the target's information interference. Calculate all paths leading to the core area. Increase monitoring intensity at the boundary region—"
"Order issued for you—Miss Intelligence Machine—"
Without any hesitation, she raised her head and swiftly began her operation to seal off the target further along the boundary of the information interference.
Although she had now lost Lynn's precise coordinates.
As long as he appeared at the boundary of the information interference, the Intelligence Core would immediately re-establish surveillance on him.
Coupled with the fact that spatial fluctuations within the entire area had already been locked down by her, he could no longer perform teleportation via spatial fold-jumps. No matter how one thought about it, under these circumstances, he was in a situation of certain death.
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Curse upload countdown: 1 minute, 41 seconds.
In the short span of over a minute, relying on her unparalleled speed and mobility, she had already constructed a massive hemispherical wall of steel around the boundary of the information interference zone.
And all the various routes leading deeper underground had also been successfully sealed off by her.
But even though she had completed most of the restrictions, she still hadn't seen that flickering light point reappear outside the information interference zone.
Had he already resigned himself to fate?
Or was he waiting for her to enter the interference zone, trying to lure her in so he could inflict another curse on her?
Her gaze was icy, her eyes showing no fluctuation.
Useless.
Because in the face of true firepower, any scheme was futile.
And she wouldn't take any more risks.
She only needed to wait until the time was up, then use nuclear fission to burn the entire area to ashes, which would also kill him!
She continued her containment policy surrounding the interference zone.
Curse upload: 1 minute.
But it was at this moment that, on the monitoring network in her eyes, a light point suddenly appeared at the border of the information interference zone.
"Target flesh-and-blood fluctuations detected again—coordinate information has been marked on your monitoring network—target locked for you—"
She stopped. A trace of mockery flashed in her icy eyes.
So, he had decided to flee after all?
But it was already of no use.
Because all paths leading deeper underground had been blocked by her. And once he attempted a breakout, he would once again expose himself to their surveillance. In this one minute, where could he possibly escape to?
No matter how fast he ran, under nuclear fission, it would merely be his final, desperate struggle.
She immediately prepared to move towards the area of that light point.
But right at this moment, a sudden change occurred. A new prompt from the Intelligence Core abruptly sounded in her ears.
"Warning! New flesh-and-blood fluctuations from the target detected, Number 2, coordinates have been re-marked for you..."
"Warning! New flesh-and-blood fluctuations from the target detected, Number 3, coordinates have been re-marked for you..."
"Warning! New flesh-and-blood fluctuations from the target detected, Number 4, coordinates have been re-marked for you..."