Advancing in Lockstep

The instant the elevator doors opened, a dense barrage of bullets poured down like torrential rain, blanketing the entire car!

Sparks and fire flew from shrapnel, and the clanging of impacts rang without end. The elevator, still relatively intact a moment ago, became riddled with holes in the blink of an eye.

The ones firing were a group of humanoid robots.

They packed the passage outside the elevator solid, with no intention whatsoever of dodging enemy attacks.

For mature industrial products, losing a few units was merely a matter of money.

When the smoke cleared, the elevator car was empty.

"Target has vanished."

"Begin a further search."

Silent communications passed between the robots.

Chen Xuan and Liu Li had not vanished. They had merely cut through the elevator's ceiling panel and climbed atop the car in advance. The moment the gunfire stopped, Chen Xuan used two Thousand Thoughts Swords to sever the suspension cables and the locking mechanism connecting the car to its rails. The entire elevator immediately began to fall, exposing the already-damaged elevator doors.

With an easy inverted swing, Liu Li swung out through the doorway.

The robots' reactions were indeed swift. The instant her head and body emerged from the opening, every gun barrel rose to aim at her. But when the robots opened fire, four more Thousand Thoughts Swords formed a transparent shield directly between her and the enemy. Liu Li needed around 0.2 seconds to draw her sword. That was the time Chen Xuan had bought for her.

The long blade left its sheath—

The blade's light swept outward alongside the Thousand Thoughts Swords like a crashing tide. Not only were the robots blocking the doorway cut apart, but the corridor walls and the armed robots lined up behind them were all sliced to pieces