"This... This can't be..."
It wasn't just the members of the Crystal Skull organization who were stunned by the scene before them. Even the professor was rooted to the spot.
Compared with the members, who only knew that the Bronze Armor Statue might be terrifying, he knew its true nature—and was far more frightened. He swayed, his voice full of disbelief. "The Living Copper Puppet... How... How could it be real?"
"How could something like this be hidden beneath Lilac Mansion? This... This is no different from hiding a nuclear bomb under your bed!"
"Click." "Click." "Click."
As they panicked, the Bronze Armor Statue with a serpent's head, covered in Mysterious Runes, began to move with increasing fluidity.
It had been an inanimate object, but now it seemed to come alive, twisting its body stiffly.
Two strange ruby eyes gleamed in its head, gradually shining with an eerie light.
The wait for the unknown was unbearable. One of the Crystal Skull members saw this and suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Several blurry shadows abruptly streaked through the air toward the Bronze Armor Statue.
"Whether it's real or not, we need to strike first. Are we just going to stand here and watch?"
The blurry shadows swooped toward it. The Bronze Armor Statue made no attempt to resist, letting the Crystal Plague seep into its body.
But nothing changed. If anything, the ruby eyes only grew eerier.
It was as if life had suddenly entered its eyes. Though they were clearly rubies set into its head, they actually moved like eyeballs.
Under that living creature's gaze, everyone felt their hearts sink.
"This thing... How can this thing...?"
At that very moment, someone was even more shocked than they were: Han Su, standing behind a pillar with the Mechanical Fragment still in his