(Heartfelt thanks to 'I Will Freeze the World', 'Xing Ming Qing Kong', 'npctaojie', 'Youcai Luobo', and 'Nightblade Demon' for their tips!)
(Please give me strength... motivation... support...)
The night was like thick ink, so deep it could not be dispersed...
The curtain-like night sky was dotted with glittering stars. Moonlight flowed like water, quietly spilling into every corner of Tengu City. Like a thin silver mist, like faint frost, it filtered through layer upon layer of drifting clouds, casting uneven, mottled veils of silver...
Within the corner of Tengu City occupied by DEM's branch office, every building was lit by scattered points of light. Patrol searchlights had even been installed atop the First Office Building, making all of DEM's affiliated facilities shine in a riot of colors like fireworks blooming in the night, dazzling and brilliant...
Of course, from the outside, one could at most see such superficial appearances.
If someone in the know carefully observed all of DEM's territory, they would discover that, within the shadows of certain alleys or the dark areas inside buildings, steel-bodied humanoid machines with an icy sheen lurked like tigers lying in ambush...
H!
The unmanned mechanical combat dolls specially manufactured by DEM!
Hidden in corners where no one could find them, these mechanical dolls quietly lay in wait. Their red, eye-like lights rotated as they observed their surroundings, while they secretly shifted positions, faithfully guarding all of DEM's territory.
Although an individual H was not even a match for an AST member in combat, their strength lay in their overwhelming numbers!
With the H units guarding DEM's grounds, it could not be called foolproof, but they could at least provide ample surveillance to spot enemies and hold off intruders long enough for DEM's magicians to arrive.
The security was exceedingly tight!
Unfortunately, mechanical