Human Base

Qin Yiguan stood on the body of the crab-shaped mecha, looking ahead.

But then, thunder rumbled across the ground ahead.

A gigantic humanoid mech, standing a full 30 meters tall, rapidly approached with enormous strides!

This mech was even more ferocious, completely disregarding the minion mechs beneath its feet. With a single stomp, it instantly crushed several smaller mechs!

Boom boom boom!

The mecha, exuding a terrifying aura, swiftly arrived in front of Qin Yiguan.

It suddenly stopped, and the metal shell on its back kept flipping. One mechanical arm after another extended from its back, and these arms clenched their fists to form alloy pendulums.

The mech's body arched slightly backward, as if it were gathering some kind of power.

The next instant, the quantum engine on his chest emitted a dazzling light.

A dozen enormous fists, like cannonballs, slammed into the ground where Qin Yiguan stood!

In an instant, the earth churned and dust flew everywhere!

Boom boom boom!

This mech moves with incredible speed, and its fists cover an enormous area!

He bombarded the area for a full three minutes.

The cracks in the ground have spread for thousands of meters.

After it stopped punching, the hundreds of square meters of ground in front of it were reduced to fine sand, with the boulders and clods of earth all smashed into powder.

The mech paused for a moment, then flipped open its chest again, revealing a massive flamethrower. Boom! Pure white flames shot out!

The land ahead was scorched and melted, and in an instant, the sand turned into a substance similar to magma, emitting black smoke and bubbling!

moment.

The flames stopped, and the ground cooled rapidly.

The landscape seemed to have changed shape, covered with grotesque black solidified matter.

The mech activated its life detector, scanning the space ahead.

--Vital signs: 0.

At the same time.

In front of Human Colonial Base No. ED02.

This base is incredibly vast, stretching for thousands of miles.

The Thousand-Handed Demon slightly raised its head, its engine roaring, displaying its unparalleled domineering presence.

Looking at the hundreds of mechs behind him, and the player who had been 'killed' earlier, his blood boiled with excitement!

"The Thousand-Handed Demon is awesome!"

"The Thousand-Handed Demon is my idol!"

"Purge the Mute Demon, humanity is invincible!"

Boom boom boom!

The Thousand-Handed Demon returned in triumph, its steps shaking the very earth.

The heavy alloy door of the base slowly rose, revealing the interior, which was bustling with activity, resembling a technological city.

Players stood before their mechs, welcoming the hero's return.

The Qin Yiguan at this time.

They were hiding in a storage box on the back of that giant mech.

He stepped on those mechanically folded fists, his shoulders peeking out from the gaps as he walked through the mech, silently observing the scene ahead.

Previously, this mech was bombarding the ground. Qin Yiguan used the dust as cover and hid inside its body by following its arm. This was Qin Yiguan's plan. The best way to get into that square building was to hitch a ride!

They were approaching the enormous Box structure in the desert.

The oversized alloy door opened.

Following the movement of the mecha, Qin Yiguan entered the interior of the building!

He saw a cold world.

It consists entirely of gray skeletal structures, resembling a large logistics warehouse.

There wasn't a single living person, but countless mechs were embedded in those metal grids.

The large mech that had been hiding within itself slowly moved forward, eventually finding its own designated slot, and then, tilting its body, embedded itself into it.

Qin Yiguan slipped out of the mecha and hid behind a shelf.

A dozen or so unmanned machines of varying sizes slowly approached the mechs, flying up and down as if checking their condition and performing routine maintenance such as replenishing their energy.

Qin Yiguan squinted, still unable to figure out what kind of scheme was going on in this warehouse.

This looks like a mecha storage center.

It was at this time.

Throughout the warehouse, synthesized voices from artificial intelligence could be heard.

Player ID: 25698 has obtained 3 Beginner Mech Upgrade Packs and is installing them.

At the same time, unmanned aerial vehicles flew out from a distance, transporting three containers filled with mech upgrade parts to a compartment marked '25698'.

Then these drones flipped out various mechanical arms, quickly and precisely modifying the mech in the compartment.

"Player ID: 33698 changed their mech's paint job; the paint job is now applied in real-world mode."

In another cell in the distance, various robots carrying spray paint began to apply a new coating to the mech.

Player ID: 965577 has accepted a basic assassination mission. The mech is preparing to leave the cabin.

Buzz...

At the end of the shelf, a humanoid mech was slowly lifted by an elevator, and an exit opened at the top of the warehouse. Then, flame thrusters ignited on the back of the mech, propelling it into the sky and disappearing from sight.

"Player ID..."

"Install simultaneously?"

"Simultaneous spraying?"

"Assassination mission, mechs deployed?!"

Qin Yiguan narrowed his eyes, a vague guess forming in his mind.

Qin Yiguan moved as quietly as possible, probing forward along the shipping container.

Before he knew it, he had arrived in front of a very cool mecha.

Although this mecha is only 3 meters tall, its craftsmanship and design seem to completely surpass other mechas.

It resembles an ancient China warrior, wearing a sharp alloy helmet and covered in pointed armor, wielding a gilded spear.

Its entire body is covered in red dragon paint.

Qin Yiguan tilted his head and saw a line of Chinese characters printed on the mecha's arm armor.

"Wuxing?"

Qin Yiguan pondered, "I feel like I've heard that somewhere before, and I thought it was ridiculous back then."

The next moment.

Qin Yiguan's eyes widened slightly. "Little Clam's game? What's it called again? ' The Breath of the Mute '?! In the game, he's called... Emperor Wuxing?!"

"What a coincidence?!"

However, no matter how Qin Yiguan searched the warehouse, he could not find any words such as "equipment manufacturing company" or "affiliated company".

All this information seems to have been deliberately concealed!

Hehehe...

A sudden burst of laughter echoed in Qin Yiguan's mind.

Qin Yiguan had more than one 'resident' in his mind, but he quickly identified the source of this laugh, which carried a hint of lewdness and smugness.

"God's Abandoned, are you sick?"

What are you laughing at?

But then, a scene was projected onto Qin Yiguan by the God's Abandoned.

This was the scene from before when Qin Yiguan was mocked by 'that crab' mecha.

"#@￥#%convex( •̀_•́ )convex...￥&@!!!"

"#￥￥%→_→...!"

God's Abandoned laughed and said, "I discovered that this is indeed the voice of the mecha pilot, but it has been re-compiled without his knowledge. In other words, someone has disguised his original voice."

Qin Yiguan's eyes lit up. "Sure enough, these mechs all have remote operators behind them!"

God's Abandoned added, "Because I don't know the keybook, I can't fully translate the pilot's words, but I've still managed to translate a few words by using your human language habits, tone of voice, and so on."

"But God's Abandoned a super-powerful AI, I still need to have basic qualities."

"Therefore, I've replaced the profanities with '*'."

Qin Yiguan shook his head and smiled wryly, "Translate quickly!"

God's Abandoned: "**!***!*****!!!"

Qin Yiguan pursed his lips slightly.

God's Abandoned: "Don't rush, there's more! ***! **! *!"

Qin Yiguan sighed helplessly, "Is there anyone who can listen?!"

"Have!"

"Mute Demon, I'll fuck you!"

God's Abandoned him, shouting with all his might.

Qin Yiguan frowned slightly, "Thank goodness for the word 'Mute Demon '!"

"The Mute Demon... he mistook me for Mute Demon!"

"Mute Demon... isn't that Little Clam's enemy in the game?!"

At that moment, the fog in Qin Yiguan's mind cleared up considerably.

"Based on my speculation!"

God's Abandoned said, "There's a two-way deception between you and the pilots of these mechs! In other words, what they're seeing isn't you, but possibly some kind of mutated monster, the so-called ' Mute Demon.' After all, these pilots' perspectives are all coming from long-range signals!"

"And you can't hear the true voices of these pilots either, because their voices are distorted and altered after passing through the speakers inside the frame."

"Such two-way camouflage technology is incredibly easy to achieve in this day and age!"

Qin Yiguan had already connected everything.

So that means...

The game "Breath of the Mute" is not entirely virtual. Players are unaware that the mechs they control also exist in 'reality'!

They thought they were killing Mute Demon, but they were actually killing people!

They thought they were protecting the base, but actually they were protecting this mech warehouse!

The aircraft debris outside the warehouse came from innocent passengers passing by!

The game company's official channels are trying hard to hide the truth, which is why they are launching indiscriminate attacks!

As for...

What is this game company's purpose?

Qin Yiguan recalled NST Wulong Baiyan's words, "Recently, a new force has emerged, called the ' Otherworld Alliance.' They do everything from murder and arson to petty theft!"