Chapter 1072: Chapter 81: Escalation

Li Like felt his head burning with anger, gritting his teeth as he sent the message: “So are we supposed to thank you?”

No response from the other side.

Li Like said, “You did attack a member of Chaldea, didn’t you?”

The Hunter replied, “There’s a reason for this. Please believe us. It’s closely related to the fight against the Six Dragons Sect.”

“No matter how you try to justify it, you can’t change the fact that you attacked my team.” Li Like said, “You still have a chance. I’m giving you three minutes to give me a reasonable explanation, or I’ll immediately take military retaliation.”

Silence fell on the other side.

Li Like began to consider all possibilities. If the Hunter is placed in an “innocent” position, then the most likely scenario is that… those members of Chaldea have issues. It’s said that besides Tila Lee, there are several others with them. This is something surveillance can testify to.

If those people are all from the Six Dragons Sect…

—No, the possibility is low.

If that were true, the Hunter could have simply said it and presented evidence.

So what else could it be? Is there a member of the Six Dragons Sect, and then an undercover from the Six Dragons Sect caused some kind of misunderstanding?

Li Like held his head, gently shaking it.

The increasingly intense turmoil of the Six Dragons Sect has indeed affected his thinking. Before everything is clear, he shouldn’t casually suspect subordinates of being part of the Six Dragons Sect.

He issued a command. Above him, two electromagnetic guns pressed forward by ten meters.

In this zero-gravity environment, the trajectory of firearms is approximately a straight line.

Unbeknownst to him, on the other side, Asgard had clenched both fists: “Good! This will do! Three minutes should be enough. After three minutes, Xiang Shan will negotiate. Mission accomplished!”

Her mission was already perfectly completed, with even some surplus.

………………

Before entering the maintenance instrument, Jeanne had already used a compound medicine on herself, suppressing part of her neural network while amplifying the activity of another part.

The existence form of Jeanne and Tumor Xiang Shan is not “two independent thinking organs.” They share a significant part of the organs, and this shared part is currently difficult to imitate through technical means. In other words, if separated by surgery, only Jeanne plus an unthinking tumor, or a complete Tumor Xiang Shan with a few separated brain tissue samples can be obtained.

Jeanne and Tumor Xiang Shan shared many parts.

This time, under the effect of the drugs, Jeanne had a strange illusion. She felt like an “invisible object” (people of this era lack understanding of metaphysical concepts like “soul”), driven out and floating in a position somewhere behind herself. She could feel the inflow of information and the connection between signals and perception.

A mass of electronic signals rushed in. This is the power unique to the Prosthetic Body of the First Heavenly Layer.

For such a prosthetic body, many critical components can generate a magnetic levitation effect, where parts do not directly contact each other. The magnetic field throughout the entire framework can distribute internal force or mobilize strength from the body faster.

If not for the Reactor, it would be challenging to have a power supply to sustain such a prosthetic body for long-term combat.

Over ten thousand sensor units distributed throughout the body can keenly perceive changes in these magnetic fields. This sensation is even more detailed in the magnetic levitation joints.

It’s like a person born with dull touch being swapped into a sensitive body. Facing such a sensation for the first time, her brain became overwhelmed, unable to process the incoming information timely.

It’s said that many martial artists practice both internal and external training early to enhance the brain’s information processing capabilities in preparation for mastering this prosthetic body after entering this stage. Many martial artists have been overwhelmed by excessive information from advanced prosthetic bodies.

The flesh’s senses cannot compare to this.

However, another mysterious power was guiding all of this. He skillfully used the Meditation Technique to adjust neural activity in the brain, and by using on-site custom plugins, he directed the mapping of perceptions and a huge amount of information.

—This is nothing.

Tumor Xiang Shan had told her so. For Tumor Xiang Shan, he had long possessed all the qualities needed to master this prosthetic body. Even if numerous memories were erased by the fragmented ones, as long as the fundamental qualities remained, he could master it anew.

He had successfully made contact with the prosthetic body the moment he tamed it.

A creature larger than an elephant can sensitively perceive dandelion seeds floating nearby.

Jeanne felt as if she was buried up to her chest in floating soil.

Then, Xiang Shan activated the radar.

More data streamed in from the outside, overwhelming Jeanne.

Then, Xiang Shan exclaimed, “Oh my gosh!”

………………

The countdown ticked away second by second. Li Like found that the other party had no movement at all, and he became somewhat anxious. He waved his hand, signaling a pair of artillery soldiers to press up once more, intending to apply some pressure on the opponent.

Then, he sharply turned his head.

Dozens of rockets less than half a meter in length came rushing in, targeting the electromagnetic gun troops. The turret on Li Like’s shoulder spun and immediately fired. Dozens of bullets shot out, but due to caliber limitations, only three rockets were detonated.

Fortunately, he had already warned the artillery soldiers. Those soldiers didn’t hesitate to use the Vector Injector to move, using the factory’s three-dimensional structure to find cover.

Li Like drew out a specially designed sword hilt. A strong magnetic field condensed into a narrow shape. High-energy protons cycled back and forth in this magnetic field, continuously accelerating, and in an instant, transformed into a Light Flame Greatsword. The ionized air visually displayed the presence of this sword blade.

In fact, this energy would be more practical if used on a laser. But this is a factory area, and a loose laser sweep would cause incalculable losses to Chaldea. Before entering, even Li Like had to change to smaller caliber ammunition to avoid the massive impact of battle aftermath on the factory.

But the opponent seemed completely unconcerned about this.

Li Like moved with incredible speed from drawing the sword to charging, even before the artillery soldiers found proper cover.

He surged forward like a blast wind, the Light Flame Greatsword in his hand flashing like lightning. Ten plus missiles were all sliced open, their warheads rendered useless.

Yet more missiles crashed around. A series of firelights engulfed the factory street.

“Damn it!” Li Like roared in anger, “Who is it?”

The response he got was a fierce blow.

It was a kick.

A strange enemy appeared before Li Like. His lower body was much larger than his upper body, to the point of complete disproportion. A bizarre armor covered the small human figure on the upper body.

It was precisely Protector Shi.