Caged Beast

Even if I can't cripple the entire Silent Tomb system, I at least have to open the hangar bay!

[Network intrusion in progress... Estimated completion time: 3 minutes 17 seconds]

On the other end of the communicator, Uncle Gao had already connected with General Chen.

"I told you not to move!"

The moment White Shadow made a move, Scorpion fired directly at the spot she intended to land!

The blue pulse instantly melted the tiles, revealing a still-glowing steel structure!

Simultaneously, the two soldiers behind White Shadow launched a surprise attack from behind!

Bang!

An exoskeleton-reinforced foot stomped White Shadow to the ground, breaking her ribs on the spot!

"Cough!"

White Shadow felt like her back had been hit by a giant pendulum, followed by a piercing pain!

"Get up!"

Before White Shadow could react, her arms were grabbed from behind, her calves were pinned by a foot, and she was lifted to her knees!

Scorpion grabbed White Shadow by the hair, staring at her prey with her slate-gray snake eyes.

"You really aren't afraid of death."

White Shadow gritted her teeth, her red pupils seeming to bore through the woman before her!

"Just not being afraid of death isn't enough. You also need to learn to read the situation, to bend when you need to, understand?" Scorpion's tone was like she was lecturing a disobedient child. "This isn't something you should be involved in. Let the adults handle adult matters. You just need to do as we say."

White Shadow let out a cold laugh.

Slap!

Scorpion slapped White Shadow directly across the face. If she hadn't been held back, White Shadow would have already fallen to the ground.

"I hate disobedient children the most."

Blood dripped from the corner of White Shadow's mouth, her messy white hair obscuring her profile.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what's wrong, my little darling? Did I hurt you?" Scorpion put on a pained expression, crouching down to look at White Shadow with guilt. "Turn around and let me see, did you scrape your skin?"

White Shadow slowly turned her face. There were no tears in her eyes, and her red pupils remained as firm as before.

Ptooey!

Under Scorpion's gradually contorted expression, White Shadow spat a mouthful of blood onto the carpet.

The next second, Scorpion drew the dagger hanging from her leg!

"Looks like you only respond to force!"

RUMBLE!

Just as Scorpion's blade was about to slice across White Shadow's cheek, a deafening roar erupted from not far away!

Soaring flames illuminated the tower swallowed by darkness, followed by piercing alarms and shouts from the crowd!

"Hello, is this Gao Tianzhi?" Coincidentally, General Chen picked up the communication at this very moment.

RUMBLE!

Before anyone could react, a second explosion followed closely behind, accompanied by another surge of fire!

"What's going on?" Uncle Gao threw his communicator back onto the table and walked directly in front of Scorpion, his face devoid of any composure.

"It's the power plant!" Facing Uncle Gao's questioning, Scorpion was also confused, but she quickly deduced some information from the direction of the explosion. "The specific reason is still unclear. I'll go now..."

Before she could finish, Scorpion's headset relayed a report from her subordinate.

"Xing Tian!" Scorpion looked at White Shadow with fear and anger. "Why is he acting on his own! Make him stop!"

"Stop?" White Shadow slowly raised her face, looking at Scorpion and Uncle Gao with almost pity.

"I'm right here, how can I make him stop?"

Meanwhile, in the hangar bay, Yu Xiao was already covered in cables, the white light emanating from them illuminating the entire hangar as if it were daytime!

He had already heard the situation on White Shadow's end from the communicator, but cracking the hangar door still required two minutes!

Fortunately, the network security of these charging cables was not high, and he only spent ten seconds to break through them all.

After plugging all these cables into his own interfaces, Yu Xiao immediately began to channel the massive amount of electrical energy he had absorbed at the Xuanse Cangqiong base, reversing it to the Silent Tomb's power plant!

At this point, Yu Xiao actually felt grateful for the complex network architecture of the Silent Tomb.

Every cable connected to him came from a different subsystem, which meant he could simultaneously destroy all the power plants located in different positions in this manner!

The surging electrical energy flowed backward along the cables, and upon contact with the power generation units, almost all capacitor units overloaded on the spot!

Yu Xiao felt like he was standing in a symphony hall, conducting. With just a wave of his hand, he could make the corresponding "instrument sections" play a roaring sound full of artistic flair.

And he was quite patient, not rushing for success. He planned to detonate these power generation sets group by group in a rhythmic manner, so that the Silent Tomb would remain shrouded in unease and fear.

[Hostile mech detected approaching, system analyzing...]

Just as Yu Xiao was about to detonate the next power generator, he suddenly received an alert from the intelligent AI!

[Mech Codename: Cobra]

[Unit Model: Specialized Third-Generation Decisive Battle Mech]

[Pilots: Black Heart, Ryan Heart]

[Unit Performance: Third-generation variable frequency nuclear power armor, height 80 meters, weight 12740 tons]

[Equipment Modules: "Spark" 2.0 Holographic Bionic Interaction System, "Fang" Chemical Wrist Blade, Anti-Energy Light Armor, "Black Blood" Corrosive Energy Rifle]

[Combat Rating: C-Class (4900 points)]

"How am I supposed to fight this!?"

Yu Xiao's head was already spinning just from reading the long list of equipment modules, let alone the fact that the opponent's combat power was three times his own!

[Calculating relative strengths based on available information, searching for viable tactical suggestions...]

The sudden surprise reignited Yu Xiao's hope. He hadn't expected the newly installed intelligent AI to provide tactical guidance!

As long as there was a viable plan, Yu Xiao believed he had a chance to defeat a stronger opponent!

[Tactical Suggestion: Retreat]

"Pfft!"

Yu Xiao almost sprayed coolant onto the metal wall.

What kind of tactical suggestion was that!

If even such a high-tech intelligent AI was advising him to run, then this battle would be a one-sided affair with no chance of a comeback!

Facing a powerful monster, Xing Tian might still win through a clever stratagem, but against a mech controlled by another human, Xing Tian wouldn't have any advantage from trickery.

But the current situation was that he even needed to wait a minute for the decryption to retreat!

Just as Yu Xiao was urgently thinking about how to deal with the powerful enemy, he heard heavy footsteps from outside the hangar!

Beep!

With the sound of authentication passing, the door that had been blocking Xing Tian from the outside suddenly opened!

A figure nearly a third taller than Xing Tian appeared before Yu Xiao, like a towering mountain, completely blocking Yu Xiao's only escape route!

"A first-generation mech that can act autonomously. How interesting."

Cobra raised its gun towards Xing Tian!