Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 878 - 123: Flood Dragon Returns to the Sea

Chapter 878: Chapter 123: Flood Dragon Returns to the Sea

The Six Dragons Sect set transparent pipes and walls for observing the squid.

The squid, too, are creatures reliant on vision. Even compared to humans who have blind spots and rely on the brain to compensate, the squid’s eyes are even more powerful.

The Six Dragons Sect could observe the squid, and the squid could also observe the members of the Six Dragons Sect.

When they noticed signs of human activity outside through the transparent pipes, the squid started their action.

All the squid that were aware of the situation rushed towards the decompression chamber and surged outward.

Meanwhile, an operator from the Six Dragons Sect suddenly noticed something and immediately reported to the system: "The command has been issued, but there’s no obvious effect. Some external force has helped rewrite the system for some of the squid!"

The command was not entirely ineffective. In fact, more than half of the squid operations slowed down and were forcibly halted.

However, there were still large groups of squid that suddenly burst out of the submarine.

"That AI?" The Holy Lord was somewhat confused, "What did he do? What’s the purpose... No, it doesn’t matter. Prepare the torpedo immediately!"

Seeing the large group of squid, the squid behind Xiang Shan realized something. They no longer pretended and surged towards the back of Xiang Shan. Xiang Shan felt the movement of the chains increasing but didn’t know what had happened.

Then, a dead squid silently fell from behind Xiang Shan.

That squid was even more tragic. Half of its body was cut open, and its innards along with black ink dispersed into the seawater, sinking towards the deep ocean.

That squid pounced towards the thin wire used to saw the chains, exerting all its strength.

Many squid held onto those unsuitable tools, stacking layer upon layer, working together. Even though the innermost squid had been cut open, even if its whole body turned white due to the inability to control skin pigments, it still wrapped its body around the wire saw, using itself as protective gear for its kin, using the last bit of strength on the wire that represented the hope of this group.

Several squids, almost cut in half, collapsed weakly.

And Soul swam to Xiang Shan’s front, using the brightest colors to express: "Can’t do it all, but you must act now."

Shooter Xiang Shan suspected there was a glitch in his AI. Perhaps the real Xiang Shan would face everything with enthusiasm but Shooter Xiang Shan at this moment had shed all emotion. Perhaps the system could not simulate what Xiang Shan would feel at this moment.

But the Shooter knew what he had to do—the computer could play the role of Xiang Shan well.

He raised his head, looking at the nearest torpedo launch port: "It didn’t have to be done entirely. It’s already enough."

"Saw through half of a chain link," does not mean "reduce the difficulty of breaking free by half."

Instead, it means "reduce the difficulty of breaking free by half significantly."

If each link in the chain were identical, the strength to break free would be more evenly distributed across each link. But once one link is deformed, the distribution of force is no longer even.

The strength of a chain is determined by its weakest link.

These squid did not need to do this.

Xiang Shan began to exert force.

——Just need a little time...

At this moment, the Holy Lord also saw those squid behind Xiang Shan and the fallen bodies. Although the wire used to saw the chains was very thin, and the monitoring could not see it, he already realized something.

He unhesitatingly issued the launch command.

The Holy Lord, however, did not see what was happening in front of the torpedo launch tubes.

Squid gathered near the torpedo launch tube.

As the cover of the torpedo launch port opened momentarily, a large group of squid squeezed into the torpedo launch tube.

The squid collided with the torpedo that had yet to complete its acceleration.

Although the torpedo was not yet fully accelerated, it was still a moving steel sea beast while the squid were merely flesh and blood.

Xiang Shan involuntarily thought of "An overconfident enemy."

Squid that rushed into the launch tube would only be crushed into paste by the advancing torpedo. Squid blocking slightly outside would also be ripped apart by the dark currents brought by the torpedo. Even just affected by the Fierce Wave, internal injuries could lead to their death.

Yet the squid still stood in front of the torpedo.

And at this moment, Soul was also stunned.

The captured humans could only see where the squid blocked, but the squid could understand the details.

He even saw Taihe.

Taihe’s patterns translated into human language were two sentences, "Don’t rely too much on humans, you miscreant" and "Don’t lose". But this squid seemed not to care whether the final message was seen by humans below, squeezing at the forefront of the torpedo tube protection cover, the first to rush into the launch tube.

This remarkable squid perhaps finally rid himself of the "wisdom" he loathed—or rather, "human cognition," sacrificing himself honorably in the torpedo launch tube.

A sharp noise suddenly appeared, and the segment sawed by the squid finally broke, pieces shooting out like bullets in different directions.

Without delay, the wing-shaped Vector Injector group swiftly opened and closed, protecting the surrounding squid with soft strength.

This was agreed upon earlier.

Then, turning his body, he rushed downwards.

A torpedo crashed through the squid group, gaining enough speed for the Cavitation Generator to start working, creating a cavity for acceleration.

Then it was directly hit and destroyed by a distant bullet.

Perhaps concerned about the remaining squids’ lives, the Shooter deliberately avoided the torpedo’s warhead, preventing a detonation.

The Shooter, having reached hundreds of meters away, turned around, silently mimicking a gesture of firing a gun at his temple.

The humans here, each must pay a price.

The Holy Lord sighed.

Unless with saturated bombardment, torpedoes are meaningless against experts at this level.

Shooter’s leisure to turn around was because he understood that the Six Dragons Sect’s submarine no longer had a means to threaten him.

And the reason he did not come was simply his lack of confidence to handle the joint attack from the Holy Lord, Kanhara Shinhara, and Yang Mengying.

Watching Shooter’s golden body disappear into the darkness, the Holy Lord waved his hand: "Girls, you better leave here quickly."

Kanhara Shinhara looked at the Holy Lord in surprise: "Holy Lord, you mean..."

"That me and this me are completely different. He is very inhuman." The Six Dragons’ Holy Lord waved his hand: "I have the confidence to confront him, but you guys... I shouldn’t let you take this risk. This is utterly different from scheming against that AI or encircling the unprepared Twelfth Martial God."

Yang Mengying said: "Holy Lord, we also have the power to fight..."

"If he targets you, then my actions become completely manageable for him."