Destiny Mission of game ‘Star Ring’
Chapter 602 - 602 483 High Stakes An additional update for alliance leader Shui Zhong Sha Tang of the silver tier Fifth update

602: Chapter 483: High Stakes (An additional update for alliance leader Shui Zhong Sha Tang of the silver tier) (Fifth update) 602: Chapter 483: High Stakes (An additional update for alliance leader Shui Zhong Sha Tang of the silver tier) (Fifth update) Suddenly, the high-ranking Mechanical Man in front of them collapsed, emitting a pained groan.

Su Mo’s thoughts immediately became chaotic.

What’s going on?

Do Mechanical Men make sounds of pain?

Wait, could this fellow actually be human?

At this moment, the high-ranking Mechanical Man in front of him abruptly lifted his head, propped himself up with his hand, and with extreme speed, charged toward Su Mo again, slamming a fierce punch towards him.

“Wait, stop fighting, there’s been a misunderstanding, we are humans, not Mechanical Men.”

Su Mo dodged, while trying to explain.

The high-ranking Mechanical Man in front of him paused slightly when he heard Su Mo’s words and then pulled back to create some distance.

A clear, crisp female voice then rang out.

“Who are you?”

Upon hearing this, Su Mo was immediately elated, realizing she was indeed human, and hurriedly explained.

“We are explorers from the Federation, who unintentionally ended up here.

We did not mean any offense.

The fight just now was a huge misunderstanding.

We saw you attacking first and thought you were Mechanical Men, so we fought back.”

“Who exactly are you, what are you saying?”

The Mechanical Man in front of him asked.

Su Mo was taken aback, realizing that it seemed like the other party couldn’t understand him, though he could understand them.

It dawned on Su Mo at once that the problem was with the translation patch.

After all, this wasn’t Star Ring City; there was no automatic translation system coverage here.

Hence, Su Mo took off his helmet, removed the translation patch from his neck, and handed it to the Mechanical Man in front of him, using body language to indicate that they should stick it to their neck.

The Mechanical Man in front of him stiffened at the sight of Su Mo’s translation patch, apparently recognizing the object.

They promptly took off their helmet, revealing the features of a woman with pale skin, delicate eyebrows and eyes, a high nose bridge, clear eyes like water, and blue hair.

The woman took the translation patch from Su Mo and adhered it to her neck.

Su Mo directly addressed the woman: “We’re not your enemies; this is all a misunderstanding.

You initiated the attack on us, and we thought you were intelligent Mechanical Men, which is why we counterattacked.”

After listening to Su Mo, the woman put on her helmet again and made a series of gurgling sounds to issue a ceasefire command to her companions.

Suddenly, in the firefight zone, all people wearing the ancient cyan Mechanical Armor stopped shooting.

At the same time, the communication channels on the Mechanical Armor of Lin Ming and his companions rang out with Su Mo’s voice.

“Do not attack; they are not Mechanical Men.”

Lin Ming and the others realized the situation and immediately gave orders.

“Stop attacking.”

Just as both sides ceased fire, Su Mo ran back and said to Lin Ming and the others, “Who has a spare translation patch for me?”

“I do.”

Li Cheng directly took out a new one from his waist pack and handed it to Su Mo.

Su Mo took it and immediately stuck it to his neck.

At this time, the blue-haired woman came over with her companions.

They were still very cautious around Su Mo and the others but had put away their weapons.

Su Mo cleared his throat and, as the representative, introduced himself to the blue-haired woman.

“Hello, let me introduce myself properly.

We are explorers from the Federation.

My name is Su Mo.

May I ask how you address yourselves?”

“My name is Jialan.

We are residents of the Hongji Empire.

Outsiders, what are you doing here?”

Jialan still maintained her guard; her hand was very close to the put-away weapons.

If Su Mo and his people did anything unusual, she would definitely attack without hesitation.

Also, every time Su Mo said something, she would translate it for her companions to hear.

“We were attacked by the Twilight Fortress, and during the battle, we accidentally fell here.

We don’t mean any harm.

Can you tell us where we are?”

Su Mo asked.

“This is the Mechanical Planet of the Hongji Empire.”

“What’s the deal with those Security Guards?

Why did they attack us, and what’s with those metal tentacles on the surface?”

Su Mo hurriedly asked.

Lin Ming and the others also kept quiet, listening to the exchange between Su Mo and the other party.

Every word from the other side was crucial now.

“That’s because this Mechanical Planet has gone out of control.

The artificial intelligence – the Black Cosmos – that governed this planet has completely collapsed and is in a state of chaos.

It identifies all different existences as invaders and naturally seeks to eliminate everyone, us included, it aims to exterminate.”

Jialan explained to Su Mo and his team.

Lin Ming and the others were equally shocked after listening.

“So that’s how it is,”

Su Mo looked somewhat amused.

These people really had it rough, dying at the hands of the artificial intelligence they themselves had created.

Of course, Su Mo didn’t fully believe what the other party said either.

They were definitely holding something back—things couldn’t be that simple.

“All right, we’ve said everything we needed to say to you.

While the fight just now was a misunderstanding, it doesn’t mean that we have a favorable impression of you.

Let’s part ways here.”

Jialan replied coldly.

“Cough cough, wait a second.

Can I ask how to get out of here?”

Su Mo hurriedly spoke up to ask.

Normally, no one would know better how to leave than the original inhabitants who were struggling to survive here.

“We don’t know either.”

Jialan frowned slightly and responded directly.

“Cough cough, then, can I ask if there are any safe areas nearby?”

Su Mo asked awkwardly.

Upon hearing that, Jialan also replied somewhat impatiently.

“All areas here are controlled by the artificial intelligence ‘Black Cosmos.’ There are basically no safe zones, only the place where we reside is relatively safe.”

After hearing this, Su Mo felt very much vexed.

He shamelessly asked,

“Could we perhaps join you?

We mean no harm.

And as the saying goes, ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ Perhaps we can look out for each other.”

Jialan fell silent upon hearing Su Mo’s words.

Just when Su Mo thought there was no hope, Jialan turned to whisper to her companions, engaging in quiet conversation.

However, the discussion didn’t seem to go smoothly, as many became visibly agitated and began to argue in earnest.

Karina walked up to Su Mo and whispered, “They’ve started arguing and seem reluctant.”

“That’s most likely the case; let’s patiently wait a bit longer,”

Su Mo nodded and replied.

After about five minutes, Jialan stopped arguing with her companions and seemed to have reached a consensus.

The hearts of Su Mo and his group were suddenly filled with anticipation.

In fact, what Su Mo cared about wasn’t just a safe location but rather joining up with the others to get a thorough understanding of this hellish place.

Otherwise, they would really be like headless flies, scurrying around aimlessly.

Jialan addressed Su Mo, “We’ve discussed it, and we’re willing to take you back to our base.

But since we’re not familiar with you and don’t know if you’re actually enemies or harbor malicious intent, we have one condition: you must lay down your arms.”

Upon hearing Jialan’s words, it was now Su Mo and his team who felt somewhat troubled.

Normally, laying down arms is tantamount to acting foolishly, but without doing so, the others would not feel secure enough to take them to their base.

“Could we discuss this amongst ourselves?”

Su Mo said.

“You can discuss all you want, I’m only giving you ten minutes.

Soon, the security guards will arrive, and if you haven’t come to a decision by then, don’t blame us for leaving.”

Jialan responded coolly.

Su Mo immediately turned around to join Qian Chengxue and Lin Ming in a tight circle.

“What do we do now?”

“It’s no good, surrendering our weapons would be like asking to be killed.

We can’t trust them with our lives,”

Victor stated flatly.

Karina hesitated before saying, “I think it’s worth taking the risk.

You see, after they found out we are human, they didn’t attack us anymore.

They probably don’t mean us any harm.

Moreover, if we disagree, we won’t be able to get close to them, and it will be much harder to gain their trust, let alone extract information on how to leave this place.”

At this point, Cheng Xue also spoke up, clearly torn.

“Actually, this is a gamble.”

Su Mo strongly agreed with Cheng Xue’s assertion.

“Exactly, it’s a huge gamble.

In fact, I feel we won’t be able to come up with anything concrete.

Let’s just vote on it.”

“Okay,”

Lin Ming nodded in agreement.