Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 927 - 162: Back Skill

Chapter 927: Chapter 162: Back Skill

A high-ranking officer stood in front of the base that had been attacked, with a contemplative look on his face.

"Sir." His adjutant was behind him, bowed his head, and said: "The person who did this was very cautious, there are not many clues."

"Just the traces of ionizing radiation... this is obviously the work of a skilled intruder." The high-ranking officer said in a low voice.

"Indeed. This seems to be the only piece of information."

All storage devices connected to the monitoring system had been violently destroyed. Moreover, the method used was not any advanced inner strength, but rather the intruder connected some devices to the power supply system and burnt out the system in one go before the overload protection could activate. This process was even repeated several times.

"The destruction is quite thorough." The high-ranking officer nodded: "It seems they do not plan to return. And what was stolen was ammunition and liquid rocket fuel?"

"Yes."

"Then there’s an explanation for the higher-ups." The high-ranking officer nodded: "That’s it. Tell the people below to pack up. The investigation is over."

The adjutant immediately nodded in agreement: "That mysterious expert destroyed everything thoroughly. Things useful to him have probably all been taken away. He won’t come back."

The officer whispered: "That’s for the best."

This officer was responsible for several dozen small islands nearby. There were almost no human settlements, a few Scientific Knight Orders, but those orders also had their own martial power. His duty was basically a roving security force between these islands and the multiple Scientific Knight Orders.

No residents meant that important duties like the Gene Tax were not his responsibility.

He once attempted to forcibly recruit some residents from other places. This archipelago, said to have been inhabited by humans in prehistoric times, is definitely a livable place. But those brought over would not properly fulfill their sacred reproductive duties. Even after being punished many times, those rebels refused to change their wicked ways, truly degenerate.

This is also the reason he remained a marginal figure in the Protector system.

Someone like him, a marginal role, couldn’t take on any significant mission.

And now, all senior officers among the Protectors were aware of one piece of intelligence—the Twelfth Martial God had already nestled its claws and fangs and was hidden somewhere on Earth. In these times, if an unknown skilled intruder appeared in their territory, they must be extremely cautious.

Because, that very likely could be the Martial God.

Apparently, the Protectors on the mainland had already made several mistaken judgments due to this and suffered quite a few losses. Many heroes used resources at hand to greatly modify their prosthetic bodies, causing misjudgment by the government forces.

Just for this reason, the One Layer Heaven Martial Artists among the heroes had gathered years of accumulated resources for a wave of intensive upgrades, making drastic changes to their prosthetic bodies.

Yet still, no senior officer dared to confront a suddenly appearing One Layer Heaven expert alone.

If not for the scarcity of heroes in this place and that skilled intruder having left long ago, he might not have dared to come here.

Of course, now that the task is completed, it’s best to return quickly.

He really couldn’t have peace without three to five One Layer Heaven experts gathered together.

Even though distant warships had already set up artillery formations and military martial arts practitioners were circling in the sky.

The adjutant immediately issued specific commands to the various squads. But suddenly, he found the communication had malfunctioned. He cursed, "How could it go wrong now... Wait, this is not an ordinary system fault..."

Drones started crashing around aimlessly.

Meanwhile, the high-ranking officer had already locked onto the source of the radiation.

At the edge of the sea, two figures had just surfaced.

They were two tall figures, about over three meters tall and around four meters tall. The water could barely cover their waists. Just half their bodies were already taller than a normal person. The waves around them seemed so tiny.

The high-ranking officer was about a hundred meters from those figures. Due to the sunlight, he could only see dark shadows. One of the tall figures was holding a massive combat spear nearly five meters long, like a pile driver. The other had drawn a longsword from a shield, unclear if it was a high-frequency blade or the further advanced Sonicon Blade.

The high-ranking officer squinted, adjusting the frequency of his prosthetic eye. He saw more details. The shorter armed prosthetic body seemed to have a separate mechanical arm at the back, supporting external plugins. And behind the taller martial artist was...

Golden...

Like wings...

"It can’t be..."

The two steadily advancing figures suddenly enlarged infinitely in the high-ranking officer’s eyes.

He immediately took a half step back.

The EMP generated by the prosthetic bodies had already indicated that both were One Layer Heaven experts.

The EMP had completely covered the communication signals.

The high-ranking officer felt like a bucket of liquid helium was poured over him.

"It can’t be such a coincidence... Just because he knew some features of the Martial God, he made a bluffing plugin alone..."

The officer immediately turned around, not even calling his subordinates, and sprinted in the opposite direction.

Whether it’s true or not, this isn’t a power he could withstand alone. He must...

At this moment, the martial artist wielding the sword leaped high, and the Vector Injector on his back ignited simultaneously. It was as if huge wings made of light flared out behind him, accelerating to an incredible speed in an instant. He leveled his longsword forward, his entire body, like a sharp arrow, shot towards the high-ranking officer.

The other martial artist also swung the giant spear, flattening the firepower stronghold approaching them.

The shockwave generated by the one suspected to be the Sagittarius martial artist almost knocked the adjutant over. Just dodging that giant sword’s first attack took all the high-ranking officer’s effort. As the martial artist turned, slowed, and landed, the magazine on him opened, and dozens of small missiles shot out, either colliding with incoming medium and small missiles from above or blocking martial artists coming to aid.

All the high-ranking officer’s attention was focused on the Sonicon Blade. He only heard consecutive screams around him, and the thrusting strike sounds like explosions.

—Hang in there for a bit longer, as long as the aerial forces can engage in air-to-ground combat...

His consciousness lasted just to this point.

In the position he couldn’t notice, Xiang Shan’s main body wielded his massive spear, turning into a storm as he charged. The high-ranking officer could see, but his brain was entirely focused on analyzing the swordsmanship of the Sagittarius, reacting only when the main body’s spear was upon him.

He could have used a thrusting strike here. But Xiang Shan deliberately used the combat spear as a long staff, a massive hammer, sweeping it horizontally and breaking the high-ranking officer’s neck, almost knocking his head off.

This strike was indeed not fatal. However, no one could afford to show such a big flaw in front of Xiang Shan.