Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 689: The Black Armored Mechanical Being

Chapter 689: Chapter 689: The Black Armored Mechanical Being

"Swoosh!" The black armored figure on the rooftop fired an arrow— a real arrow, but its speed was comparable to a bullet. One player was killed on the spot, while two others were blocked by the pursuing black armored people!

"Polite bow!"

"The bell for class has rung!"

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"Social distancing!"

"Close your eyes, it’s getting dark!"

The two players continuously used gadgets and special abilities, but only some were effective. During close combat, the sound of metal clashing rang out as swords and other weapon gadgets struck the black armored people!

The two players immediately realized something was amiss, but with the reinforcement of the black armored people, their chance to escape had vanished. Each was seized by two black armored people and pushed in front of the nearest Eye Sacrifice. As the red light intensified and then faded, the two players, forced into eye contact, completely lost their sanity in a very short time.

The two who survived rejoined their team, and the dead one was taken away by the black armored people.

Xu Huo watched as the black armored figures left. Their destination appeared to be a massive palace at the end of the path, far surpassing ordinary buildings in width and height, but due to the distance and fog, only a vague outline was visible.

However, since the parade was heading in that direction, it was easy to guess that it was not a good place to be.

Throwing the "Desert Pinwheel" on the ground, he took advantage of the sweeping sandstorm to dart into the adjacent building, crossing through two walls with a kick and slipping into the neighboring street. However, before he could use his kite string to retrieve the gadget, rain suddenly began to fall from the sky, rendering the "Desert Pinwheel" instantly ineffective!

The black armored people caught up with him. Xu Huo knew that ordinary abilities and gadgets would not work against them. He raised the "Crimson Sword" to block an incoming kick!

An overpowering force nearly numbed his entire arm. Xu Huo stumbled back several meters and, before he could steady himself, the black armored figure advanced again. In a perilous move, he used the "Moving Metal" to block three of the opponent’s attacks, and managed to adjust his position just in time to shoot the figure in the left face with his gun!

The penetrative force of the Water Cutter Gun was on par with a bullet, but it failed to slice through the black armored figure’s face, merely cutting through a layer of skin—however, that was enough because beneath the ruptured skin of the black armored figure was not flesh, but black metal!

"Ding!" With the strike of a lighter, flames burst forth from the abdomen of the black armored figure, followed by a massive explosion!

The gadget "Aesthetic of Explosion" was something Xu Huo had obtained from an art-style player he had just killed. This gadget could cause an object to instantly release powerful explosive flames. While it appeared to be fire, it was more akin to an explosion. Faced with the black armored people, however, he had layered it with the use of a lighter.

The black armored figure stumbled back a few steps in the midst of the explosion and flames but seemed to feel no pain at all. Still engulfed in flames, it boldly charged at Xu Huo:

"Bang!"

The "Severance Gate" was dented from the impact, and Xu Huo himself was sent flying, coincidentally crashing into the black-shirted player who had been chased inside by the black armored people. The two of them grabbed each other, and at that moment, the armor from the black armored figure fell to the ground, and the flames were extinguished along with the shedding of clothes and skin, revealing its true nature.

"This is..." the black-shirted player gasped in shock, "No wonder our gadgets and special abilities were ineffective—it’s a mechanical being wearing human skin!"

This was truly unexpected. At first, it seemed to be a mental interference sort of copy, but then it turned into a ghostly sort with the parade to the Eye Sacrifice. And now, mechanical beings had appeared!

"At least this indicates the copy’s boss isn’t that strong!" Xu Huo said with a smile.

"Sure, you say that, but these robots are not easy to deal with!" the player in the black shirt dodged the incoming bullets and took cover behind a column.

Physical attacks were the only way to affect mechanical beings, they lacked stamina, and ordinary swords could not damage their bodies, leaving no advantage in prolonged fights!

Unfamiliar with the construction of these mechanical beings, Xu Huo threw out several interference devices he had acquired in Zone 011, but regrettably they had no effect, only wasting a few bullets from the Black Armored People!

"The center of the magnetic field!" Yi Pei suddenly appeared, her hands covered with black strips stretched to both sides, then she ducked and rolled forward, causing the two Black Armored People who were pincering her to crash into each other. However, it was only for a moment, as the two Black Armored People separated from the confusion and each resumed their actions.

"Something’s not right!" she shouted, "Having these kinds of mechanical beings causing chaos in the Copy exceeds the difficulty of a Level D Copy, giving players no chance at all to clear it!"

Dealing with mental interference was already tough, and now facing these types where none of the gadget features worked, weren’t the players just cleaning their necks for slaughter?

Xu Huo was repelled yet again in his attack on the Black Armored People. He wasn’t particularly slow, but "Water Cutter Gun," "Beautiful Ray," "Harmless Whip," and "Crimson Sword" were all unable to damage the mechanical beings, which also seemed to deliberately avoid direct contact with players, making the "Life Core" useless.

Seeing more and more people gathering outside the house, with more and more eyes fixed on him, he simply pierced the roof with his sword, closed his eyes, and jumped out.

Even with his eyes closed, he could feel the bright red light outside, and the sound of drums came from the distance. After a moment of absent-mindedness, his reason returned, and he abruptly dodged to the side, but was kicked onto the street by a Black Armored Person!

The parade drew closer, the crowd circled around him, pressing wood eyes that seemed to come alive and sprayed with red light onto his face.

Without opening his eyes, Xu Huo swung his hand to chop a few people, stepped to crush a few wooden eyes, looked up to face the Black Armored People that followed, and threw a nearby corpse at them!

The Black Armored People conjured long swords in their hands to chop down the flying body, Xu Huo tapped his ring, and a bubble flew out, striking the charging mechanical being!

Under the effect of the bubble, the Black Armored Person became weightless and took to the air; Xu Huo was about to make his move when suddenly a gust of wind came from afar, swirled over the Black Armored Person’s head, and the metal skeletal head was plucked off!

The headless Black Armored People could still move, Xu Huo quickly slapped it, and the mechanical body that could not be destroyed by swords began to disintegrate starting from the torso!

"Go!" Xu Huo turned swiftly, caught the Invisibility Cloak thrown to him, and, gripping the metal head, leaped into a nearby building.

Participants of the parade kept streaming in, breaking into houses, searching and squeezing into every room, even flipping over cabinets and tables, while Black Armored People roamed the rooftops, checking every spot for signs of life.

Xu Huo grabbed onto a wire and hung against the wall, waiting for the searching party to leave before slowly descending to the floor, avoiding the eyes of the room’s statues as he moved silently to the outside.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

With the drumbeats from afar, the sounds of nearby fighting dwindled, the parade quickly resumed its regular flow, and the Black Armored People returned to their posts on the rooftops.

Out of twenty players, only two Black Armored People had been killed, and it was unknown how many players were still alive.

There were eyes everywhere here, making it unlikely to meet up with others. Xu Huo waited until the crowd dispersed a bit before moving through the air toward the grand palace ahead.