113: Chapter 33: Victory 113: Chapter 33: Victory Deborah did not choose to fight.

As Xiang Shan approached her, her first reaction was to “run away”.

She saw the weapon in the “mountain” man’s hand.

It was Zhang Xianchong’s Dual Maces.

With this weapon in the enemy’s hands, it wasn’t hard to imagine what had become of Zhang Xianchong.

And Old Hammer must have been with Zhang Xianchong.

That mature and prudent person would never let a companion face such a formidable enemy alone.

In other words, this “mountain” managed to defeat both Old Hammer and Zhang Xianchong in such a short period.

This meant his Martial Arts were far stronger than she had imagined!

Deborah was definitely not the kind of person who was unaware of her own limits.

She would never bet on defeating an expert stronger than herself.

But what frightened her even more was the man’s attitude.

—He did not regard her as a Martial Artist at all.

Although Deborah had never heard the ancient ballad, she could roughly understand its meaning with the help of her chip.

In the eyes of that Hero, Miss Deborah Zhao was not seen as a Martial Artist, a Scientific Knight, but as prey.

Not even a “threatening” prey at that.

Just like catching a rabbit during a picnic…

This kind of cold attitude…

this kind of cold attitude was usually only found in Protectors!

Only Protectors would treat those who had lost their shelter with such an attitude!

Carolina’s screams of agony still echoed in her signal receiver.

Run!

Run!

Run!

Deborah dashed toward the exit rapidly.

Yet Xiang Shan, as if he hadn’t seen her, continued humming that exceedingly cheerful song, following at a leisurely pace and even took the time to finish off the wounded Green Forest members on the ground.

Before turning a corner, Deborah saw Xiang Shan holding Carolina’s head, their eyes meeting.

Honestly, breaking through Carolina’s firewall was even more difficult than hijacking the servers of this stockade.

But amidst a blur of sobbing, Xiang Shan still forced Carolina to crack open her skull and removed the chip within.

If they wanted to steal information, this was the place to act.

After all, Iron Dust’s interference with the technique of witnessing was quite strong.

Prying out the chips from those other Martial Artists was slightly more troublesome.

After sniping Han, Xiang Shan fired a few more shots, killing two or three Green Forest experts, then returned to the “Mule” and brought that weapon.

In a situation where the Sonicon Blade could not be easily used, that weapon turned out to be quite handy.

Afterwards, Xiang Shan arrived at the edge of the pit.

In this area, “Iron Dust” was rather sparse.

He could faintly catch some signals from inside the Great Stockade and vaguely saw two Martial Artists standing in the center, so he immediately jumped down and dealt with one of them.

Regrettably, the one he hit was not the leader of the Houndhawks, just a lackey.

But after extracting the storage device, Xiang Shan spent a little time searching the system’s records.

This was not reading files transcribed from Biological Brain memories but searching the content automatically recorded by the Prosthetic Body, so the speed was very fast.

“The intelligence isn’t plentiful,” Xiang Shan said as he looked at the high platform and spotted the captured Hero.

He leaped up, asking, “From the Jianghu?”

Huang Ouguang nodded blankly.

Since the reversal had come so swiftly, she simply had no time to react.

Cui Hai, lying on the ground, shouted, “Great Hero, we can’t let that woman escape, she will send a signal…”

Xiang Shan shrugged, “I think it’s not likely for now.

Iron Dust is filling the air above the base, and there are over ten meters of soil everywhere else.

That Prosthetic Body shouldn’t have the power to transmit signals out…”

“She will escape…”

“I’ve closed the door,” Xiang Shan said.

“A few dozen centimeters thick iron gate, she won’t be able to break through in a short time.

Plus, there are still a few Green Forest remnants.

They will further deplete her ammunition and increase the burden on her Prosthetic Body.”

As Xiang Shan spoke, he used the Heavy Mace to smash the restraint holding Huang Ouguang.

He said, “The Prosthetic Body isn’t destroyed, right?

It’s still intact?”

Huang Ouguang nodded and quickly picked up her senior brother, said, “Senior, my senior brother is seriously injured…”

Xiang Shan waved his hand dismissively, “Then find medicine yourself.

Judging by his condition, it’s nothing more than brain trauma causing some tissue to shut down.

For Benchmark Man, potions should be mostly enough.

I’m not very knowledgeable about medical advancements, so go find the medicine yourself.

Collect as many resources as you can.

I’ll come looking for you later…

Ah, right.”

Xiang Shan handed Carolina’s head to Huang Ouguang.

She was startled, then screamed instinctively, raising her hand with the intention of killing Deborah’s follower.

This guy…

this guy also carried the blood-feud of their Redstone Gate!

But Xiang Shan suddenly acted, grabbing Huang Ouguang’s wrist as it was about to come down, said, “Let me ask beforehand, on what basis do you want to kill this person?”

“Dozens of lives from my Redstone Gate…” Huang Ouguang choked up, “Dozens of lives…

my master, my elder sister…”

“Killing out of ‘personal anger’ rather than ‘righteous anger’ is not advisable for a Hero,” Xiang Shan disapproved of such behavior, his tone stern, “Adjust your mindset!”

Huang Ouguang was immediately intimidated, “Senior, but…

but…”

“There’s nothing to ‘but’ about,” Xiang Shan said, “Whether this Houndhawk should be killed, I’ll think about it later.

But your attitude is very problematic.”

Huang Ouguang wanted to argue further, but Cui Hai spoke up, “Junior sister…

the senior is absolutely right.

Martial Ancestor once said, that is…

‘Divine Martial Non-Killing’…

If in the heat of battle, the circumstances are unforgiving, then it’s naturally understandable to directly harm the enemy’s Biological Brain…

but…

if there’s room to spare, one should as much as possible…

review…

and avoid indiscriminate killing.”

Huang Ouguang said, “Brother, you again…

Brother, please don’t be mad, calm down, I’m not rash anymore…

I…

I’ll listen…”

Xiang Shan let go of Huang Ouguang’s hand but took Carolina’s head back.

Carolina probably deserved to die and was going to be executed anyway, but she shouldn’t have been blown up in a way that vented anger.

Perhaps chivalry isn’t justice, but venting one’s rage by killing others is most certainly not justice.

From the outcome perspective, Carolina was likely to die, but the process was still very important.

This could be considered the last line of the “chivalry” code.

When he dove down for that lightning-fast strike, he didn’t aim deliberately for Carolina’s cervical spine, just included “everything above the shoulders” as the target.

However, since Carolina wasn’t killed by that blow but was completely incapacitated, that process should be followed.

This was not only the last bit of respect due to Carolina as a “person,” but also for the sake of Huang Ouguang’s pride as a “Hero.”

“Violence” and “violence” are always different.

Xiang Shan originally felt carrying such a head was cumbersome, but now he dared not let Huang Ouguang carry it anymore.

Xiang Shan watched the two young Heroes head to the leader’s Training Room in search of medical resources and shook his head, “The Heroes of today…sigh, how come such young kids are out practicing chivalry?”

He simply picked up Carolina’s nearly unconscious head with one hand and swaggered off in the direction Deborah had left.

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— Must…

escape…

So thought Deborah, as she cut down several of the Green Forest in the corridors and even used her remaining bombs to clear the path.

— Must escape at any cost…

— No matter what…

I absolutely can’t die here…

Deborah came to that conclusion.

She hadn’t even become an official Scientific Knight yet…

the truths of the world…

In the corridors, the lighting had long been shut off.

She could only fight in the darkness.

Behind her, a merry singing voice was slowly drawing nearer.

“Faster…

even faster…”

Driven by fear, Deborah’s tactical pattern became more aggressive, leaning towards offense.

This also led to the Green Forest’s counterattacks inflicting more damage on her.

Though a Prosthetic Body was more resistant to damage than flesh, continuous attacks would still degrade the strength of the External Armor.

Additionally, the wear of components, the limitations of the cooling system…

All of these were causing Deborah’s combat effectiveness to continue to decline.

But Deborah could no longer care about these things.

She only wanted to escape…

escape…

escape…

Eventually, she reached a metal door.

“Why…”

Deborah realized it immediately.

The moment Xiang Shan landed, he must have issued the Command to close this gate.

“No…

it can’t end like this…” Deborah swiftly drew her Long Blade and chopped at the gate.

The high-frequency blade vibrated, leaving marks of varying depths on the gate.

But how could a few dozen centimeters of steel be cut open by this blade?

Suddenly, the speaker next to Deborah activated, emitting a “zzt” noise.

Then, that merry singing voice followed.

“Hum hum hum hum hum hum, hum hum hum hum hum hum…”

“Ah!” Deborah screamed, raising her Prosthetic Hand and using the Armor-Piercing Bullet to blow up the speaker.

But the next moment, she realized the stupidity of that move.

Deborah quickly took out an Armor-Piercing Bullet from the box on her waist, trying to reload.

But this time, a voice came quickly from a few meters away, “なかなか/なかなか/なかなか/なかなか/大変だけど/かならずＧＥＴだぜ!/ポケモンＧＥＴだぜ!” [Rough translation: Even if it’s really, really, really, really / so very, very, very, very hard / I must / definitely catch~ catch the Pokémon!]

Deborah cried out in alarm and swung her blade in a counterattack.

Xiang Shan raised his Dual Maces to block.

Deborah felt a lightness in her hand as her Long Blade broke upon impact.

The continuous collision of the blade with the gate had nearly caused the metal to fatigue.

“The Heroes you once hunted must have felt the same fear,”

Deborah heard a sneer, then two forces attacked her from the left and right.

She split her hands to resist but felt the force disappear in an instant, and then it circled around her defensive stance.

Xiang Shan’s Heavy Mace pressed against her neck.

Then came the high-voltage electric shock.

In the darkness, a voice said, “Get~daze!”