Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 497 - 141 Released

Chapter 497: Chapter 141 Released

Xiang Shan, having gleaned from a few Green Forest members’ memories an approximation of their encirclement, then plotted the optimal path based on the map.

The subsequent events were such that they could have been handled by a pathfinding software.

The so-called "Righteousness Assembly" was not fully attended by all members for this large-scale operation led by Heavenly Machine. These Great Heroes of the Green Forest had their own facades to maintain in the Old Continent.

Xiang Shan and Black Hand Master together had already crushed five Heavenly Gang ranked Green Forest members.

In the Earth region, there were only thirty-six Heavenly Gang Stars.

Xiang Shan and his team had almost shattered one-seventh of the Green Forest’s high-end strength.

Among the remaining search teams, there were only a handful of Heavenly Gang Stars left. There were even Earth Punishment Stars and Bad Earth Stars—those ranking very low at the bottom tier called Fiend Earth.

That is, not even on the level of a newbie village boss like Gleayard.

Gleayard had, after all, secured the rank of ninety-eighth Ugly Earth Star three years ago.

Ah, by the way, it seems that among the Fiend Earth bunch just now there was also an Ugly Earth Star, probably a successor. But he did not leave a particularly deep impression on Xiang Shan.

It was all just a matter of a few moves.

Black Hand Master even passed on to Xiang Shan several forms of Martial Studies using shotguns.

Xiang Shan also took this opportunity to practice a few moves.

It was a way to get to know the progress of Martial Studies in this era.

However, Xiang Shan felt that this technique didn’t quite fit his usual style. He was actually more inclined towards "evasion." For example, when someone rushed at him at high speed, he preferred to step aside slightly, avoiding the sharp edge, and strike at their passing.

This type of showy maneuver required no ammunition and had a wide range of applications.

Even in the face of small missiles, he would attempt to dodge while detonating them with his weapon.

Xiang Shan sought a "balance between ammunition load and flexibility," carrying not much ammunition at a time. And the size and mass of a single shotgun shell were quite significant.

Moreover, the armor-breaking capability of shotgun shells was indeed too weak; they could only produce "knockback" or "knockdown," and with some luck, "blinding," but they could not inflict actual damage on the cybernetically enhanced Martial Artists wearing armor.

Because the Fiend Earth Green Forest members were too weak, it took Xiang Shan several fights to conclude, "this really doesn’t suit my usual style."

—Or perhaps, keep a shotgun shell hidden in the palm to deal with an unavoidable barrage of missiles?

While Xiang Shan was pondering this question, he saw a signal flare not far away.

Almost simultaneously, he spotted a reconnaissance drone in the distance.

It closely resembled the old-era MQ-9 surveillance drones with intelligent control, but it probably did not accept external remote control (in an era where Inner Strength existed, ultra-long-range remote-controlled weapons were very irrational). It could only move forward, turn, and return according to the preset path, with the AI performing simple analysis of ground objects at best.

Xiang Shan looked at the drone, recalling whether he had any curses aimed at non-directly connected systems. Embarrassingly, the curses Zero had given him seemed a bit too high-end. He wasn’t certain that such a clearly cheap reconnaissance machine would be vulnerable to them.

"Black Hand brother," Xiang Shan said, "can you bring that thing down? It’s only two kilometers away now... and still approaching."

"It’s a bit difficult," Black Hand Bright Flame shook his head. "I do have slight brain damage right now and need some rest. Should we wait for it to come closer?"

Xiang Shan shook his head, took control of several scattered drones, and then borrowed a sniping rifle from Black Hand Master.

He held the long spear with one hand, not even looking at the reconnaissance drone, but closed his eyes to receive the flow of air data transmitted by the small drones.

Although there were fewer drones, the overall data was sufficient.

A gunshot sounded. As if responding to the gunshot, the reconnaissance drone tilted and fell from the sky.

"Since there’s a signal flare, it means that a group of Green Forest is within a few kilometers." Xiang Shan handed the sniper rifle to the side where someone took it to return to Black Hand Master. He bowed to those around him, "Gentlemen, I shall return shortly."

Accompanied by a whistling sound, Xiang Shan turned into a trail of dust.

Meanwhile, not far away, Daijiu Tai’a leaning against a mobile vehicle opened his eyes: "It’s been shot down... strange, the last images shown didn’t have an obvious drone swarm. Wasn’t the intelligence report saying Black Hand ND Bright Flame was seriously injured, temporarily incapacitated?"

A sense of unease faintly surfaced in his heart.

Iron Heart Dharma King suddenly gave directions and also transmitted several different patch packets to him.

For an Internal Strength Master, "patch packets" are a resource that needs to be kept "confidential."

The more mysterious the patch packet, the more powerful and effective it is.

Iron Heart Dharma King, though strong, rarely did such things.

Considering the description accompanying the mission’s intelligence, Daijiu Tai’a had some ominous speculation.

If one talked about strength...

Three years previous, the Internal expert who had shown some prowess in the Meiyimei Building of the Mona Knight Order was also not weak.

That Internal expert had been clearly aligned with "that person."

And now, an unexpectedly powerful individual had emerged within the Hero Faction.

Many from the Six Dragons Sect believed that the "Nameless Hero" might be a story concocted by Tao Enhai’s disciples in collaboration with a few other heroes, intended to inspire people’s hearts.

Veterans like Apricot Forest Duke who had been fighting from the end of the Old Era to the present day, never changing, were few and far between in Jianghu. The fall of every old hero dealt a certain blow to the Jianghu forces.

But the current intelligence could not help but lead to speculation.

"Could it be the so-called ’Nameless Hero’ is actually him?" Daijiu Tai’a shook his head, "I hope it’s just my overthinking."

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"I see it! Here it comes!"

Xiang Shan did not attempt to conceal himself at all, and the Green Forest immediately detected him.

Heaven Hero asked urgently, "What do we do now?"

"Prosthetic body assessment?" Sky Fierce questioned.

"I’ve already synchronized the footage! But the drones can’t get any closer, otherwise they will definitely know," Heaven Hero said.

Sky Fierce closed his eyes, "He’s on foot. The earlier signal flare definitely exposed us, and yet he’s made no attempt to hide. Even so, he’s still running—meaning he’s not using an aerial work medium propulsion system."

"Judging by his body size, it could accommodate a reactor, but that’s just ’accommodate’..."

Heavenly Machine said, "Are you thinking of engaging? You need to understand, this guy wiped out five Fiend Earth Green Forest led squads in one hour!"

"I can do that too!" Sky Fierce opened his eyes. "We’ve hit the jackpot, Heavenly Machine brother. We’ve hit the jackpot! This guy has already reached the level of surpassing a major threshold but is still accumulating components for his prosthetic body! He probably even has a reactor by now! None of us have one!"

"Moreover, he’s been in continuous combat for an hour!"