Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 875 - 120 Squid’s Pursuit

Chapter 875: Chapter 120 Squid’s Pursuit

This is our only opportunity.

The "Shooter" is very aware of its advantages and disadvantages. This body was top-tier at its time. Although the structure is not suitable for underwater movement, it can at least swim with great force and speed.

In the ocean, what limits the Shooter’s speed is not "output power," but "body strength"—going too fast would directly tear the body apart in the seawater.

But even so, he is much faster than this submarine.

The Sea Patrolling Yakshas can’t keep up with him either.

The only troublesome opponent for the Shooter is the Six Dragons’ Holy Lord’s underwater combat prosthetic body equipped entirely with turbines.

It is fast, strong, and better adapted to underwater conditions. Even in one-on-one combat, without any tricks, the Shooter can’t defeat the Holy Lord underwater—they can only achieve mutual destruction at most.

And now, the main body has created an opportunity.

During the entanglement with the Holy Lord, the main body sent iron fragments formed from shattered Magnetic Chain Weapons into the Holy Lord’s turbines.

At that moment, the Holy Lord weighed the pros and cons and believed Xiang Shan had exhausted all his cards, so he didn’t release Xiang Shan, but continued with the locking technique despite enduring this move.

Of course, the Holy Lord’s judgment is not entirely wrong. If not for the sudden appearance of the whale, the best outcome for Xiang Shan would be... the Shooter dragging the Six Dragons Sect’s large forces to explode, while the main body alone fought the Holy Lord to the death at the sea bottom.

And the Holy Lord’s decision also left a chance for the Shooter.

With Xiang Shan’s engineering expertise, the Six Dragons Sect wouldn’t dare to overlook the fragments sent into the turbines. Without thoroughly cleaning the turbines, they wouldn’t dare re-use that prosthetic body.

And to clean such a level of prosthetic body thoroughly would usually take over twelve hours. Even if everything is done quickly and simply, it would still take around eight hours.

That is the Shooter’s window for escape.

Of course, the premise is...

"What do you plan to do? How do you intend to unlock this iron chain?" The Shooter asked.

If willing to sacrifice the external armor’s damage cost, the Shooter could break free from this iron chain on his own. But that would compromise the external armor’s seal. In a seawater environment, this is fatal.

Moreover, even if the Shooter breaks free at the minimum cost, he wouldn’t be able to dodge the torpedoes directly shot by the submarine simultaneously.

Someone must assist him to break free from the iron chain or reduce the chain’s strength.

"Of course, we have a way, about three hours of time, enough to break this chain," Soul said: "But the question is what comes next. You must promise to help us..."

"No problem. To reduce resistance, I’ll streamline the wing Vector Injector group, and the space between the wings can carry a few squids. You can bring a few companions with me when the time comes. And then find a supply station..."

"We can solve that for you too." Soul said eagerly: "But you must assist us!"

"Squid friends, speak honestly—I have already helped you once, haven’t I? I provided you with some stored patches, allowing you to gain some autonomy, right?" Shooter said, "And honestly, you lack a concrete goal now, and also lack an action plan. I am willing to help you, but I’m afraid even you don’t understand what kind of help you need, right? How exactly should you pursue freedom? What kind of freedom do you need? How should you handle the relationship with humans and human technology? You don’t even have answers to these questions yourselves..."

At this point, Xiang Shan paused and said: "First, release me, let’s escape to somewhere unnoticed by the Six Dragons Sect, then I’ll have time to tell you what you can do, what you should do, how about it?"

There is a hint of inducement, and painting a rosy picture in Xiang Shan’s words, but at this moment, he couldn’t care less.

The "window time" created by the Six Dragons’ Holy Lord during the maintenance is only as long as this. If these squids hesitate any longer, the main body’s window of escape will slip away.

Soul seemed very pleased: "That’s how it should be, that’s how it should be—you are absolutely right. We should first have ideas and guidelines... Alright, we will start acting very soon. But remember, you must take our companions away. Otherwise, you won’t find a supply location!"

Xiang Shan hadn’t counted on these squids providing a decent supply location in the first place. He originally planned to go to the pre-agreed location with the main body after saving a few squids. After meeting up with the main body, reconstruct the prosthetic body, gain the ability to act freely underwater, and then come to settle accounts with the Holy Lord.

He said: "Hm, I will. Don’t worry, if you don’t believe it, go ask humans what kind of person I, Xiang Shan, am?"

Soul’s form flickered, then suddenly dashed towards the submarine’s rear.

The Six Dragons Sect’s underwater submarine "Nautilus" is a specialized research vessel. Its shell has several openings, allowing squids to enter. Squids entering those peers would first enter a closed cabin. After pressure adjustments inside the cabin, they would enter an inner passage.

This inner passage traverses the entire rear half of the submarine, and there are even internal openings for Six Dragons Sect researchers to extract squids for research and training.

The squid’s nest also lies inside the submarine, in a region made of plastic board composed of honeycomb structures, equivalent to collective dormitories. The Six Dragons Sect allows squids to keep some items they are interested in here.

Soul entered the nest and then wrapped a silver sphere with its arms.

Several other squids approached.

"Well, friends, this is our only chance." Soul’s body color changed: "We are only slowly dying here. And fighting for this chance, the worst result is also death. Since both lead to death, why not choose a way that makes us happy?"

The squids’ body colors changed, echoing its words.

"I’ll go first later," Soul said.

"No, let me do it." Another squid said: "You are the best among us... Soul, you have to find more helpers during this time."

Soul said: "That’s not... fair? Is this how humans use this concept?"

"This is the most likely way."

The Spear Squid swung its tentacle, took the metallic-colored sphere, and said: "We must gain freedom."

"We will certainly gain freedom," Soul said: "This time we will definitely do it, and we’ll take everyone along."

"Yes, everyone together."