novelraw Chapter 289: The Humpback Whale Returns, Baku's Long-Planned Counterattack
Chapter 289: The Humpback Whale Returns, Baku's Long-Planned Counterattack
When Masier, holding her homemade simple signal detector, had thoroughly searched the Starry Sky Observatory and the Motel Main Guest Room for supplies three or four times inside and out, she finally let out a long sigh of relief.
"I'm exhausted! But, Investor, I'm certain it's completely clean in here now."
Upon hearing this, Yu Yuan also nodded.
"Good! Come and help!"
Yu Yuan began moving the supplies inside the Starry Sky Observatory.
The Super Storm Clusters were about to arrive. These supplies absolutely could not be left here, especially since many items had been temporarily placed on the open-air observation platform.
If the super storm hit, these supplies would likely be swept away by the storm immediately.
They were only placed here before as a stopgap measure, worried about exposing the shelter's location.
Now that the threat was resolved, the supplies could naturally be transferred to the shelter.
He packed these supplies into the Rabbit Ring separately, then went to the shelter's second underground level.The second underground level had a total area of 400 square meters, but half of that was already occupied by the constructed [Spiritual Creature Laboratory]. The remaining 200 square meters of empty space could perfectly serve as a temporary warehouse.
Fang and Dale were already waiting here. Yu Yuan was responsible for transportation, while they were in charge of sorting, categorizing, and opening boxes for inspection.
The quantity of supplies transported by the Mechanical Vanguard Society this time was massive.
Survival items like food and medicine only accounted for about 60% of the total supplies. Fang did a quick calculation.
Just these survival supplies alone were enough to sustain everyone in the shelter for 1 to 2 years.
The remaining 40% of the supplies consisted entirely of various mechanical parts and similar items.
These parts were all packed in special wooden crates with excellent protection. Each mechanical part was wrapped in a layer of protective paper.
Looking at these parts, Masier showed a strange expression.
"Strange, these look like components of some kind of machine..."
Hearing Masier's voice, Yu Yuan's mind stirred, and he made a mental note.
After sorting by the group, this batch of supplies was quickly categorized.
It was no exaggeration to say that with just this batch of supplies, the shelter already had no worries about food and drink.
However, Yu Yuan still separated out a portion of the survival supplies and placed them in the Motel Main Guest Room.
These were for the Black Rock Caravan.
Judging from the information obtained earlier, the Black Rock Caravan's supplies were nearly depleted. Facing the impending Extreme Cold disaster in this state would undoubtedly be difficult.
Providing necessary support was still necessary.
The Black Rock Caravan was crucial to his next plan to deal with the [Ring East City Resistance Alliance]. Spending some supplies was relatively worthwhile.
Moreover, Zhou Yuan's contribution to the success of this plan was undeniable. Yu Yuan wasn't the type to take everything for himself and be stingy; these spoils of war rightfully had their share.
Returning to the Rest Area.
Zhou Yuan also happened to send a message.
The Humpback Whale people had returned.
Although the Mechanical Vanguard Society's supplies had vanished without a trace, Humpback Whale's Giss was still quite trustworthy. He drove back the dozens of supply transport vehicles from the Feed Factory, along with the armored vehicles that were still operational.
The Black Rock Caravan also received over a dozen transport vehicles, as previously agreed upon by Giss.
But it was clear that the death of the 6 Ascetics made Giss realize the situation was unfavorable.
Especially after learning that the two Executors of the Mechanical Vanguard Society, under the desperate assault of three Ascetics, could still have one escape and the other captured by the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.
This made his previous statements in the meeting seem hollow and untrue.
Furthermore, a force like 6 Ascetics, even within [EDEN], wasn't an insignificant number. Now, with all of them dead.
Giss also needed to provide an explanation to headquarters. After all, the decision to split forces was his. It could be said his greed led to the current outcome.
The most critical point was paying such a high price without obtaining any valuable results.
This was obviously unacceptable.
Giss only exchanged a few hurried words with Zhou Yuan before leaving.
Yu Yuan wasn't surprised by Giss's reaction.
Now, it depended on how Humpback Whale, or the [EDEN] and [Orthodox Church] behind them, viewed the Aurora Animal Assistance Association.
"Probably will raise the threat level!"
Yu Yuan speculated, looking at the words "Humpback Whale" on the whiteboard.
"After this incident, Green Forest City has probably become famous across the Terra Continent. Not just the Mechanical Vanguard Society, but even that [EDEN] will likely focus their attention here."
However...
Yu Yuan didn't really care.
It was already too late for them to start paying attention here now.
After all, once the Super Storm Clusters appeared, coupled with the arrival of the Extreme Cold disaster, trying to cross continents to reach Green Forest City would be as difficult as scaling a natural chasm.
With the Mechanical Vanguard Society attack incident concluded, Yu Yuan then used the [Escape Key] to enter the Motel Main Guest Room again.
He walked over to a pile of items.
These were the supplies he had finally gathered from that armored Command Vehicle. His gaze first fell on that alloy briefcase......
Thug Prison.
"Ahhh......."
Zzzzt— Zzzzt—
Amidst a field of high-voltage electricity, Blackfire let out a painful scream. Looking at Baku in the distance, his eyes were filled with disbelief.
"Baku... you're seeking death! How dare you set me up...."
In Blackfire's field of vision, various alarm warnings were almost filling his view.
His mechanical body, capable of withstanding rocket fire, was now covered in concentrated acid solution. This acid was seeping into the damaged chassis, corroding internal components.
High-voltage electricity was inherently one of the weaknesses of mechanical modifiers. Although certain insulation protections were implemented during mechanical modification.
Forget launching an attack; even moving was as difficult as reaching the heavens.
BANG—
While speaking, Blackfire's mechanical thigh exploded. The smell of scorched and charred parts filled the air.
Baku stood on the second floor, looking down at Blackfire below, a contemptuous smirk on his face.
He glanced at Habaar beside him.
"See? This is the confidence that strength gives a person. Clearly having suffered a crushing defeat in the operation, clearly having fled in disarray, yet after returning just now, he still habitually acted superior..."
Baku turned his head to look at Blackfire.
"Lord Blackfire, I didn't want it to come to this either, but there's no choice. Who told you not to let us live!"
"Even though we were willing to be your dogs just to survive. But you wanted us to die..."
"Since that's the case, then don't blame me! After all... everything I've done is just to survive better!"
BANG—
Another one of Blackfire's mechanical prosthetics was destroyed. Lying in the filthy water, amidst countless silvery-white electric arcs, his body kept stiffening.
It was clear that even his heavily protected brain was greatly affected by this high-voltage current. His azure blue Mechanical Eye began spinning wildly, and faint black smoke rose from his wide-open mouth...
Seeing this, Baku waited a few seconds. Only after a spark erupted from Blackfire's chest did he finally shut off the high-voltage current.
Blackfire's entire body now emitted steam and faint black smoke. Some parts of his mechanical prosthetics were even glowing red from the high temperature of the current.
Baku and Habaar walked down the stairs toward Blackfire.
"Baku, I'll go!" Habaar stepped in front of Baku.
Unexpectedly, Baku gently shook his head.
"Don't worry. He's no longer a threat."
Blackfire looked at Baku squatting in front of him. He desperately wanted to kill this ant.
But he had completely lost sensation in his body, let alone the ability to control it.
"Fool, I've already sent information about this place to headquarters. It's not too late to repent now..."
Pfft...
Baku laughed!
"Hahaha... Lord Blackfire, why don't you take a closer look at the structure of this place? Sending information? Do you think I didn't consider that?"
Following Baku's pointing finger, Blackfire saw that the walls and ceiling here were completely covered with metal plates, tightly sealed.
"This... it's actually a Faraday cage..." Blackfire looked at Baku with disbelief.
"You planned this all along?"
But Baku had already turned to look at Habaar.
"Take him to the secret cell. We don't have much time left..."
"Alright!"
Habaar stepped forward. His massive, gloved hand gripped Blackfire's head like a ball, lifted him up, and stuffed him into a prepared restraint box...