Some pipe fragments were blasted into the air, then fell like meteors and smashed into the ground, triggering another round of explosions.
The once crisscrossing network of pipes had now become a tangled mess, scattered haphazardly across the ground.
Dr. Lizardman desperately dodged through the chaos, its body repeatedly struck by the explosions' Shockwaves.
Every time a shockwave hit, it felt as though its body were about to be torn apart.
Its injuries grew increasingly severe. The scales that had already been shattered were almost entirely gone, and green blood continuously poured out from its wounds, dyeing its body a ghastly green.
Its movements became slower and slower, and every leap and run looked extraordinarily strenuous.
Yet it still did not give up. Driven by its tenacious Survival Instinct, it struggled to search for a chance to survive amid the sea of flames and ruins.
At times, it hid inside a hole blasted into a wall. At others, it used a massive concrete slab as cover, trying to evade the attacks that clung to it like a shadow.
But the attacks were too dense. Dr. Lizardman suddenly had an idea, and Dr. Connors's memories made it cleverer.
He quickly found the underground pipes beneath the industrial district and burrowed inside without a second thought.
Second by second, the Mechanical Soldiers continued their bombardment.
Factories, warehouses, office buildings, and other structures throughout the industrial district were flattened under the overwhelming firepower.
The once bustling industrial district had become a field of ruins, filled with broken walls and burning flames.
After the prolonged bombardment, more than half of the ammunition carried by the Mechanical Soldiers had been depleted.
Ivan Vanko looked at the data displayed on the screen and understood that it was time to stop the bombardment.
He issued another order,