The roar of Mechanical Spiders came from behind. Heavy Firearm bullets tore through the air with sharp shrieks as they flew past, while the city's blaring alarms still refused to stop. Shrill steam whistles kept sounding from all directions, and more and more members of the Twilight Guard poured out of their barracks, trying to intercept the dangerous criminals racing toward the Grand Elevator.
However, the people they were trying to intercept had already broken through the largest blockade. The columns of steam around the Grand Elevator were becoming increasingly clear before their eyes.
Hao Ren rode atop Lily's snout, full of spirit. He glanced back and found that the steam robots of Steam Section Six had not caught up. Those enormous Mechanical Spiders seemed only good at assaulting fortified positions and defense, not pursuit. He reached out and rubbed a tuft of fur between Lily's brows. "Well done."
Lily crossed her eyes as hard as she could and nodded enthusiastically. "Awooo—"
She nearly threw Hao Ren off on the spot.
"This is... quite different from what I... planned before..." Wendell was still being carried along by a huge swarm of bats, flying forward in a daze while shouting in broken phrases. "This isn't quite the same!"
"This is called Plan B!" Vivian spread a pair of bat wings as she flew through the air and shouted, "Your Ancient Saint is hidden deep inside the city, with guards arranged in a maze around him. The Light Seeker's influence has already been completely ******** throughout the entire system, and you still expected to get us safely to the Iron Throne?"
Elizabeth carried a huge mechanical leg that was a full two meters longer than she was, running and hopping along behind Lily. "I like Plan B!"
Faced with this group of