Sure enough, these days, zombies were the most decisive when it came to getting things done. It didn't matter whether they were biological or cybernetic. Yu Lian mused as he moved even faster than he could think, dropping his shoulder as the Gatling gun on his left arm switched to a grenade launcher. He fired straight at the android's featureless face.
The EMP shell whistled out and exploded at close range.
Several strings of garbled characters and warning symbols flashed across the viewport of Yu Lian's armor, clear signs that it had been affected by the EMP. But a cold blue light shimmered around the android opposite him, which weathered the electromagnetic pulse with its humanlike skin. Its movements weren't affected in the slightest. It brought its hands together, forming a blade, and prepared to chop down on Yu Lian's head.
But before the android could bring its hand-blade down, it had to raise it across its chest to block the glowing specks hurtling toward it.
The specks had appeared in the air at some point, glowing as faintly as fireflies. Yet when they struck the android, the impact sent out a rumble like an earthquake. The firefly-like lights suddenly transformed into dazzling bolts of lightning.
The android's body twisted out of shape, and it flew backward like a broken kite. Yet when it crashed down beside its companions, its distorted form had already returned to normal.
"Zombies are one thing, but what kind of slimes are these supposed to be?" Yu Lian sighed.
Even the Empire's latest Nightless armor, still in the experimental stage, would have broken bones if his beloved Dawn had hit it head-on. But the android opposite him had been blasted so badly it could barely hold its shape. It landed, struck a pose, and had