The violent explosion plunged the entire hall into chaos.
The powerful shock wave hurled scores of Mechanical Scholars into the walls.
Copper Cable struggled to his feet, filled with indescribable fury and confusion.
Steel Blade had been perhaps his most trusted confidant lately.
He had saved Copper Cable from danger three times, and Copper Cable had rewarded him with ample benefits and trust.
The two had often discussed their plans for the future.
Copper Cable had even intended to pass his position to him after becoming a Bishop!
Yet this trusted confidant had just betrayed him without a moment's hesitation!
Even more terrifyingly, this was no ordinary betrayal involving leaked information!
Instead, he had chosen to blow himself up in an utterly insane, utterly irrational act!
"Lunatics! They're all lunatics!"
"What does Gheros have to do with you? Why would you sacrifice your future and your life for him?!"
Half a day earlier, Copper Cable had received a warning from Headquarters and learned that the forces under Gheros would certainly retaliate.
He had therefore made extremely careful preparations and rigorously selected only the core personnel he trusted most.
Fearing an accident, he had even required every Mechanical Scholar attending to switch to combat bodies he had personally manufactured and inspected.
He had excluded all the unreliable bodies they privately modified in their daily lives.
All to prevent enemy hackers from infiltrating them and triggering unnecessary self-detonations.
Yet despite all his calculations, he had never imagined that the person he trusted most would do this.
Without a single bomb, he had directly detonated his own core energy source.
He had turned his body and his life into a bomb.
Regret and fury flashed through Copper Cable's mind as his arms swiftly changed shape in preparation for combat.
Before the transformation finished,