There weren't any major surprises. Things that flew in the sky were simply faster than things that ran on the ground!
So even over a distance measured in "thousands of kilometers," after the transport plane had flown for several hours at a decent speed, everyone still arrived at their destination without a hitch.
Of course, all that remained of the city now were ruins.
After all, many years ago, the absolute rulers of this universe—the Machine Race—had directly destroyed the city!
Then, to make sure the "human rats" couldn't rise again among the ruins, the cruel Machine Race had actually gone out of its way to drop tens of thousands of mechanical monsters there before leaving the planet. They were the steel beasts that specialized in hunting "human rats."
Although many years had passed, and the steel beasts initially deployed in the ruins had probably scattered after failing to find any human survivors, with perhaps fewer than one in ten monsters still lurking there, the fact remained that, as a Machine Race deployment site, the ruins had a far greater density and number of steel beasts than anywhere else known!
So, to ensure their safety, the Iron Nest transport plane naturally didn't dare fly directly over the city ruins, or even get close. Instead, it landed more than a hundred kilometers away, at a remote, abandoned town, and they hid it inside a huge, derelict factory building.
Once the soldiers had swiftly taken care of everything, Li Kui clapped his hands to signal them to gather.
"All right!"
"Everyone, check your gear and supplies!"
"Give Kira anything you can't carry easily. Those chosen mecha pilots still have plenty of space in their backpacks!"
"They can hold a lot!"
By now, his tall, muscular frame, with its bronze-colored skin, was already