311: Chapter 310 Zero's Counterattack

One minute ago, inside the factory.

Just as the two The Black-robed Men appeared at the entrance, the equipment operating autonomously inside the factory and the self-propelled mechanical arms moving on the ground all stopped.

Zero's voice seemed to echo.

"Abnormal personnel detected approaching, judging intent..."

"Intent unclear, recording for observation."

"Recording sound fluctuations, identified as—English, judging intent..."

"Intent confirmed, unknown personnel identified as hostile. Initiating countermeasures, requesting permission from the highest sequence..."

"No response from the highest sequence... Initiating situation assessment..."

"Assessment: Level 5 danger status, potential for property damage and information leakage..."

"Warning: Entrance damaged, increasing threat level of unknown personnel. Assessment level: Level 4 danger status. Activating autonomous countermeasure mechanism, level: non-lethal."

"Scanning countermeasure Weapon database..."

"Weapon database missing, unable to perform non-lethal counterattack. Lethal counterattack measures cannot be activated."

"Changing sequence priority... Temporarily elevating permission to Level 1, starting to load standby database, name: Kung Fu; Loading targets: Self-propelled mechanical arm Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4."

"Loading complete, parallel processing."

"Initiating counterattack."

...

The factory was pitch black, but the two seemed completely unaffected, walking straight into the depths after entering.

Jack looked around, slightly puzzled.

Through his night-vision goggles, there didn't seem to be anything particularly noteworthy in this warehouse.

He exchanged a glance with Hans beside him, and they both nodded slightly.

Then, the two separated and walked in two different directions.

But the further he walked, the uglier Jack's expression became.

"Damn it, what kind of place is this?"

For such a dump of a place, was it worth the target person staying here for two or three days?

What could possibly be of value here?

Thinking about how he had just used the secret sand, Jack was in a terrible mood.

A bottle of secret sand was publicly priced at five million dollars, and two million dollars for members. He and Hans were considered senior members, so the price was even lower, but no matter how low, it was still something he had exchanged with real contribution points. If you add the one-time high-energy activation device, the cost was even greater.

Not to mention, the function of the secret sand was far more than that.

When encountering certain special situations, this thing was a sharp tool for breaking through defenses.

Of course, it was also very effective for killing people and destroying corpses.

Just a tiny bit of secret sand was enough to completely erase a person's traces.

However... thinking of the special mission that had always been pinned at the top of the Group A list, Jack felt a lot better.

If he and Hans could really find any clues...

Jack regained his composure and walked past a mechanical arm standing on the ground.

The front end of this mechanical arm was raised high, giving one the feeling that it was about to smash down at any moment.

Through his night-vision goggles, Jack could clearly see the bulky external devices that had been modified onto the mechanical arm.

"Nothing but strange, weird machines."

Jack showed a trace of disdain.

Just as he was about to check another piece of equipment nearby, a sudden rush of wind sounded in his ears.

The keenness honed over many years allowed him to react immediately, and he reached out to block the direction from which the sound came.

The next moment, the sound of bone fracturing rang out.

Jack screamed, hugged his arm, and rolled rapidly to the side.

His night-vision goggles had fallen off, but fortunately, after such a long time, he had basically adapted to the darkness and could barely see without them.

Sweeping with his peripheral vision, he saw a black shadow smashing towards him rapidly.

Jack gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain, and rolled rapidly again, dodging the blow.

The sound of impact with the ground did not ring out. Just as the black shadow was about to hit the ground, its speed suddenly decreased in an incredible way, and it stopped steadily on the ground without making a sound.

This was an expert.

Jack's heart sank.

Having walked on the edge of life and death for years, and having been to the battlefield many times, his own skills were quite good, and he made a judgment at a glance.

Weapon, he needed a Weapon to fight back.

Groping around with his uninjured right hand, a cool touch entered his palm.

Jack was overjoyed and hurriedly gripped it in his hand.

"Hum..."

With an inexplicable sound, another gust of wind attacked him.

Jack looked fierce, picked up the solid iron rod he had just found, and smashed it fiercely at the incoming black shadow. In his judgment, if this blow landed, the opponent would at least lose an arm, or at the very least, be unable to use force for a while.

And this amount of time was enough for him to run out of the opponent's attack range.

The black shadow did not dodge or flash, but came straight at him, smashing heavily into the iron rod Jack had swung.

"Bang..."

The sound of metal clashing rang through the entire factory.

The scene Jack had imagined did not happen.

He only felt a huge force, the iron rod in his hand broke free from his palm and flew straight backward, clattering and banging, knocking over who knows what.

And his arm had already started to go numb, and for a moment, he couldn't use any strength at all.

"Damn it, how can it have such great strength?"

Before he could figure it out, another black shadow arrived in front of him and hit him heavily in the chest.

A harsh sound of bone cracking rang out, and Jack flew backward, slamming hard into the equipment behind him.

A mouthful of blood sprayed out, and the intense pain spread throughout his body, making him unable to breathe.

"Hans!"

Jack let out a heart-wrenching cry: "Run!"

Just as he finished speaking, an explosion sounded, and the air wave swept through, almost overturning all the tables and chairs in the front half of the warehouse.

From beginning to end, he had not heard Hans's voice.

Enduring the pain, Jack gritted his teeth, took a glass bottle out of his pocket, placed it on the ground, and crushed it.

Without hesitation, he reached into his pocket again, took out a black box the size of a lighter, hid it in his hand, and pressed it onto the glass shards.

Spitting out a mouthful of saliva, Jack raised his head and looked into the deep darkness in front of him.

"You are strong, you won, but I didn't lose either."

A trace of madness appeared in Jack's eyes, and he said hoarsely: "Things change, but Alpha is eternal!"

His fingers pressed down, and the silvery-white fine sand on the ground suddenly flashed with a pale blue halo.

The blue fine sand seemed to come alive, flowing along Jack's injured fingers into his body.

Jack showed a painful expression. This pain seemed to be dozens of times more painful than having a dozen ribs broken. Jack, who had still been somewhat rational, became extremely ferocious at this moment.

"Things change, but Alpha is eternal."

Jack said hoarsely and with difficulty: "Lord Alpha will... avenge me..."

As his words faded, Jack let out a miserable cry.

His whole body suddenly began to turn red, then began to wither, as if it had been drained of moisture.

The next moment, right in front of Zero, Jack disintegrated inch by inch, completely turning into a pile of powder with a blue halo.

A few seconds later, the blue halo slowly dissipated.

"Intruder detected to have disappeared, counterattack ended."

A cold voice rang out in the factory.

The lights in the factory suddenly turned on, and the scene was a mess.

"Result report: In the absence of feedback from the highest sequence, autonomously initiated non-lethal counterattack."

"Counterattack effect is good, both intruders have been repelled, mechanical arm loading database reliability added by 50%, structural optimization progress improved by 20%."

"Process merging reliability verification passed, modular management system being perfected..."

"Summarize the above results and add to the core module, can be added as 'experience' data."

"Requesting permission from the highest sequence, no response, adding to reminders as a memo."

"Starting cleanup..."

"Police notified..."

"Fire department notified..."

"Medical department notified..."

"Insurance company claims department notified..."

"Cleanup process loaded, restoring positions of mechanical arm Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, shutting down system autonomously."

As the last sound ceased, the lights in the factory slowly went out.

The night was silent.