Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 509 - 153 Negotiation

Chapter 509: Chapter 153 Negotiation

The Prosthetic Body controlled by Daijiu Tai’a’s Personality Mask raised its tentacle-like prosthetic limbs, attempting to intercept Xiang Shan in the air.

However, Xiang Shan’s speed was simply too fast. The limbs failed to catch him.

Xiang Shan’s left hand reached out and stirred, and three tentacle-like limbs reflexively coiled around his wrist.

Meanwhile, Xiang Shan’s right hand pulled out the storage device of the Hermit of Heavenly Machine ahead of time.

Next, Xiang Shan’s left knee slammed straight into the face of the Hermit of Heavenly Machine.

When the impact force exceeded the limit of the external armor’s absorption capacity, the external armor became ineffective.

Moreover, the Hermit had willingly opened his skull, causing the cranial cavity to lose its overall shock-absorbing structure.

The biological brain of the Hermit turned into a puddle of pus, mixed with electronic components, and sprayed out.

With one hand holding the storage device, and the other tangled with limbs, Xiang Shan pressed down on the shoulder of the Personality-Mask-Controlled Puppet.

At this moment, a series of explosive noises had just ended.

The multitude of missiles, failing to change their course in time, crashed onto the almost capsized war chariot.

Yet the reactive armor proved effective. Explosives attached to the vehicle’s body initiated outward-directed blasts, which managed to deflect a significant part of the micro missiles’ force.

However, the war chariot’s armor was already battered and could no longer withstand such an attack. There was no need for a sonicon blade; the deformed armor’s cracks provided a breakthrough point. It even lost its ability to move.

The remaining micro missiles changed direction again, the loss of kinetic energy severe, posing no immediate threat to Xiang Shan for the time being.

The Headless Heaven Hero’s halved body also fell to the ground. It had employed almost suicidal tactics to intercept missiles for Xiang Shan, and naturally it could not avoid a direct hit from the missiles.

Yet with effort, the halved body threw the long staff that Xiang Shan had left behind and then swept the missiles with the remaining bullets.

Xiang Shan caught the long staff with his right hand, inserting the storage device into the slot on his back, then catching the staff. He single-handedly broke it into two to confront this prosthetic body.

The avatar of the Six Dragons Sect’s envoy, already exerting less force than Xiang Shan’s body, which was fitted with a fission reactor, was outmatched in strength. Moreover, Xiang Shan’s martial arts were far superior. Before the second avatar could approach, Xiang Shan smashed open the creature’s head armor with his staff.

To Xiang Shan’s surprise, just as a crack appeared in the armor, a white-hot flame burst forth. At first, Xiang Shan thought this was the prelude to some self-destruct weapon. But he quickly realized.

"A heat-generating agent with its own oxidizer..." Xiang Shan looked thoughtfully at the other avatar, "Do you ignite as soon as the external armor is breached? Aren’t you afraid of accidental ignition from a severe impact?"

This definitely wasn’t meant to be a silencing measure. Even if there were biological brains inside these two prosthetic bodies, there was no need to silence them in this manner.

Biological brains are easily destroyed.

It was certain that there were great secrets hidden within these two prosthetic bodies.

And these secrets had to be destroyed with flames and entropy.

Another avatar had just torn apart the remains of the Heaven Hero, and when he saw Xiang Shan make a move, he retreated like a frightened bird.

"Perhaps in your eyes, we are members of the Demon Sect, beyond redemption," Daijiu Tai’a spoke again. "But to us, you are a person worthy of respect. We do not wish to be your enemy."

Xiang Shan looked at Daijiu Tai’a’s war chariot. "This war chariot has already lost its mobility and defense capabilities, yet you still don’t come out. It seems that the mounds of crap cobbled together for inner strength defense haven’t been popularized among every Demon Sect disciple? Are you afraid to face me?"

He took a step closer to the war chariot.

Of course, Xiang Shan could not possibly believe the nonsense about "we have no hostile intentions." There were still several micro missiles moving in the sky, but their density and speed could no longer pose a threat; Xiang Shan could dodge them at will.

Soon, the propellant in the missiles would be exhausted.

Xiang Shan navigated through the missile swarm, as nimble as flies, with light footwork.

Daijiu Tai’a said, "You should stop there. You can probably tell that I am a Scientific Knight and have some status among the Protectors. I can disregard the gaze of the satellites and use things like medium-range tactical missiles. I did not call for reinforcements because I wanted to take Hermit of Heavenly Machine with me. I do not want the government to know the Hermit of Heavenly Machine is associated with me. Within the Scientific Knight Order, colluding with the Green Forest is a huge stain."

Xiang Shan clicked his tongue, "Even lower than the government’s bottom line!"

"That doesn’t prove anything," Daijiu Tai’a remained unfazed. "I am only here to pick up the Hermit of Heavenly Machine. But now, the Hermit of Heavenly Machine is dead. Did you know? I can completely stop the ’special activities’ in this area and then let the government send someone over. I believe this is already quite sincere."

Xiang Shan stopped in his tracks, "Is that so?"

Daijiu Tai’a continued, "If I report that a powerful Great Hero has appeared here, capable of easily defeating me and even effortlessly wiping out many from the Tiger List of the Green Forest. Then, when the government forces reach here, they will find that this Great Hero is still gathering scattered forces from the Jianghu, seemingly planning something—what do you think of this situation?"

Xiang Shan said, "Not much."

He paused for a few seconds, "Is that a threat to me?"

"No, I did not mean to threaten you. I only hope you can stop and listen to me," Daijiu Tai’a said. "We are not your enemies."

"You must be my enemies," Xiang Shan declared. "If you want to call the government, then do it. I have never feared the government, and the Six Dragons Sect cannot withstand the light either."

Having said that, he proceeded to continue forward.

Daijiu Tai’a said, "But there is a Burrow Dragon Tribe in this area. You at least need to figure out a way to notify them to evacuate, right? Otherwise, what awaits them is a disaster."

"Oh, so what you mean is, if I don’t spare you, you’ll ruin everything and call the government over?"

Xiang Shan clapped his palm as if he had just realized something.

"To redeem myself, I can even negotiate additional conditions—I just want to show my sincerity. Even if you killed the Hermit of Heavenly Machine and disrupted our project, we still do not regard you as an enemy," Daijiu Tai’a said. "May I ask what brought you here?"

Xiang Shan pondered for a moment. Daijiu Tai’a’s public identity was that of a Scientific Knight. Xiang Shan did not know whether the local Scientific Knight Order was a normal one like the Mona Knight Order or if it had already been infiltrated by the Six Dragons Sect. But after Daijiu Tai’a returned, everything in the Scientific Knight Order would change. Moreover, due to the losses inflicted by the Green Forest, his original plan could no longer be completed as scheduled.

He said, "I came for the miniature cooler."

"Miniature cooler..." Daijiu Tai’a thought for a moment: "So, that quantum chip is in your hands now?"