Cultivation Of Coders

Chapter 331 Contact again

Dang Ketao paused slightly when he heard the words, and said: "At that time, I sensed the fluctuation of spiritual power. I found a rather elaborate monitoring formation beside the square, and destroyed it casually. Looking at it now, it should be that."

"That's it. The one with the black screen is probably the exit from Pancheng." Zhang Deming looked at the light screen and said.

"This seems to be the area outside our sect?" As he spoke, Dang Ketao paused slightly as he looked at a light screen and said hesitantly.

Zhang Deming followed his gaze and saw a ravine, which looked a bit like somewhere not far from the Zongmen's back mountain, mainly one of the mountains, which looked familiar.

"I don't know, I haven't seen it before." Zhang Deming shook his head, stepped forward, picked up a token from the table beside him, and said, "But you should know if you go and have a look."

When everyone came in, they saw the things on the table. It was obvious that these people were holding on here when Dang Ketao and others rushed in. Their sudden intrusion caused three people to run directly to stop them.

The command symbols they control are all placed on the desk here.

Zhang Deming held the command talisman and was slightly excited. Then his eyes lit up and he said: "Specially made command talisman, you can identify the owner without a drop of blood."

"These formations are three stars, and they are detachable. It is impossible for the opponent to use precious Law Treasure materials to refine them. It is difficult for low-level monks to use formations purely to meet the needs of blood-drop recognition.

For the sect, there is no difficulty. Therefore, the fundamental choice is to either use rare Law Treasure materials to refine it, or not to do it, and just do it directly. "Fang Qing said without any surprise.

"It seems that we can go out now, and we don't need to wait for rescue!" Dang Ketao looked at the three tokens on the table, and said, "It's just a matter of time to check the surveillance exit No. 3, is it the Zongmen side?"

Zhang Deming nodded and said, "Well, it's a good idea. And if it's really the exit from the sect, we can directly ask the Supreme Elder to visit the light gate in the center of the square."

Dang Ketao took a look at Zhang Deming and said, "Go with me! Let's go, without further ado. We've been here for almost a day. There may be problems with the light gate in the square at any time."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Deming threw the two remaining talismans on the table to Dang Ketao, took one and turned around to go out.

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While the three of them were talking, the disciples behind them all stood quietly, silently looking at the pictures on the light screen.

When Zhang Deming and the others were about to go out, Wang Chengke, a disciple of Liangyi from the Formation Department, hesitated, and said, "Master, can you take a look at the monitoring screen on the 15th first?"

His words made Zhang Deming and the three of them stunned, and they all looked at the light screen No. 15.

This is a wide-area perspective. The surveillance should be established on a cliff. The perspective is very good and wide. At first glance, there seems to be no problem with the light screen.

"Lower left corner, next to the foot of the mountain, uncle, can you zoom in a little bit?" the other party prompted.

Zhang Deming paused slightly. Hearing this, he raised his hand to activate the command talisman and made a weak pull towards the light screen.

Light screen No. 15 quickly grew in size and approached them, before slowly stopping in front of everyone. Zhang Deming pointed towards the corner of the huge light screen, and the corner the other party mentioned was magnified in front of him.

As it zoomed in, a huge silver corner appeared on the screen, and everyone saw what the other person was pointing at.

But with just such a corner, everyone can tell at a glance that this is definitely something from outside the country, and it seems to be quite large.

"Can you switch the field of view of the monitoring array?" Wang Chengke continued.

"Cut the perspective!" Dang Ketao looked at the small half of the screen, and said almost at the same time as Wang Chengke.

Zhang Deming looked at the exposed small half of the metal body, and his expression also changed. When the two were talking, he had already tried to switch.

I saw the screen slowly turning, revealing the face of the metal object.

"This is...a spaceship?" Zhang Deming looked at the huge metal object with a surprised expression.

"Well, it should be a flying Law Weapon from outside the domain, and it still looks very advanced." Fang Qing answered.

Although the spaceship in the picture has crashed and is still emitting black smoke, but as a formation repairer, he knows a lot about the outside world, so he can tell at a glance that this spaceship is not simple.

At this moment, Wang Chengke said in surprise: "This seems to be the flying Law Weapon of the exchange meeting?"

In a word, everyone paused together, Zhang Deming hesitated, and said: "Um, if nothing happens, it seems that the time is really around the corner?"

Dang Ketao's complexion changed even more, and he said, "That's terrible!"

After saying this, his body was like electricity and shot out like lightning. A group of disciples were left behind, all facing each other.

Zhang Deming was a little speechless, where did the battle IQ just go? Where is your hundreds of years of stability?

Really... I am convinced that I can still maintain such a reckless temper at an old age!

"What should we do, should we follow?" Fang Qing asked with some drumming.

Hearing this, Zhang Deming said: "You go back to recruit soldiers, the sect attaches great importance to this exchange meeting outside the region, don't be fooled."

Fang Qing and the others were slightly stunned when they heard the words, Zhang Deming looked at the stunned people, and said, "Hurry up, otherwise if all the bosses in your array department know that things are messed up because of your procrastination... ···

Wanghuifeng labor camp... um... After Wanghuifeng is finished, you will not be able to run away from the labor camp. "

Fang Qing came back to his senses and said quickly to Wang Chengke: "You go out through the Pancheng entrance. After leaving the blockade, notify the sect immediately. I will try to go out through the No. 3 entrance."

After Wang Chengke finished speaking, he nodded, turned around and left with a group of disciples.

Fang Qing looked at Zhang Deming and said, "Master, do you want to go together?"

Zhang Deming shook his head, and said, "I'll follow senior brother to take a look."

Hearing this, Fang Qing didn't hesitate, saluted Zhang Deming, and flew out.

Zhang Deming also flew out of the room, but there was a pause as soon as he started flying. From the moment he triggered the command talisman, as if it was triggered, the light gate in the square began to slowly shrink.

Judging by the speed at which it shrinks and closes, it will disappear completely in two or three minutes at most.

After hesitating for a while, Zhang Deming raised his hand and threw a Spirit Seed over, leaving nothing else, and came to the light gate No. 15 on the edge of the secret realm.

Looking at the light gate, Zhang Deming didn't plunge in immediately, but stood beside the light gate and closed his eyes. The consciousness returns to the ontology through the subroutine entrance.

After the main body opened his eyes, he turned over and took out an array card. It was the array card he used to monitor the information prompts on the quantum watch laptop. The prompts on the array card were flashing at the moment.

Zhang Deming frowned slightly when he saw the prompt. He stood up and ducked into the storage room next door. On a shelf in the corner, he found the Quantum Watch laptop placed alone.

At this moment, the indicator light on the watch flashed rapidly.

Zhang Deming took the watch and walked out of the third floor to the secret training room on the first floor. He opened the various isolation formations that had been laid out layer by layer before carefully pressing the button of the watch.

The entire watch began to fold and expand rapidly, and in a moment it expanded into a quantum notebook with extremely strong science fiction elements.

With his spiritual power surging, Zhang Deming turned on the computer.

As soon as I turned on the computer, three messages popped up. I looked at the time and saw that the first one was sent more than half a day ago, and the last one was sent less than half an hour ago.

Message 1: "The Parasite Nest troops are in danger within the Tianling territory and contact is blocked. Please find a way to notify the Heavenly Spirit Sect. In addition, the Rank Two phase of the plan is about to start. Are the Enlightenment personnel ready?——

Watchtower! "

Message 2: "The Parasite Nest troops encountered a demonic cultivator. The spacecraft has crashed and the Heavenly Spirit Sect cannot be contacted at all. The situation is urgent. Please find a way to contact us quickly.

——

Watchtower! "

Message Three: "The Parasite Nest Force has activated quantum absolute protection. Please immediately find a way to notify Heavenly Spirit Sect within 12 hours and arrive. The Rank Two phase of the Heavenly Eye Parasite Plan is about to start, and the Parasite Nest Force cannot afford to lose anything."

Mysterious Man No. 1 is completely unreachable and can only contact you. Please reply immediately after receiving the message! ——

Watchtower! "

Zhang Deming looked at the three urgent messages in the first sequence and paused slightly. It seemed that the crashed spacecraft over there was the exchange meeting team.

After carefully considering the message twice, Zhang Deming began to reply. Looking at the situation, if it takes another two hours, the laptop backdoor might start to be used.

If the back door cannot be opened and I cannot be notified by force, then this notebook will probably be useless, because it is impossible to receive any further news.

“My family was hit by a disaster and I am on a compulsory recruitment mission. It is very inconvenient. Please do not contact us frequently!

——

Mysterious Man No. 3! "

Zhang Deming kept the message as short as possible to avoid making mistakes if he said too much. He checked it over and chose to send it.

As before, his contact station should always be guarded. He sent the message and received a reply immediately.

"The Rank Two of the Sky Eye Parasite Plan is particularly critical. If conditions really do not allow it, the parasite nest troops must be guaranteed even if exposed.

——

Watchtower! "

Looking at the message, Zhang Deming paused for a moment. He didn't know how to answer. As a spy, should he be betrayed by such a clear expression, or should he tell himself that he was betrayed? Does he need to express his dissatisfaction?

Or just fry it?

Damn it, I have never been a spy, so I have no idea what the human rights and bottom line of a spy are!

Zhang Deming was confused for a while and pondered for a long time. He felt that if the other party could say this directly, then it should indicate the professionalism of a spy and include the awareness of being betrayed? ? ?

It should...maybe...probably? ? ?

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Deming started to reply again.

"Parents have been notified, so there is no need to worry. In addition, the Enlightenment Tool has been prepared, so there is no need to worry. The compulsory recruitment is in progress. Please remain silent. We will not contact you in the next few days.

——

Mysterious Man No. 3! "

After reading the message and expressing it like this, although he didn't say anything dissatisfied, he should be able to taste that he was a little uncomfortable, right? As a spy, this should be the ultimate expression.

Zhang Deming pondered for a moment and chose to send.

"Understood, as long as nothing happens to the Parasite Nest troops and the Rank Two phase of the Sky Eye Parasite Project is successfully launched, my hometown will remain silent and there will be no further contact in the near future.

——

Watchtower! "

Zhang Deming looked at the message reply and breathed a long sigh of relief. It seemed that there was no problem.

After waiting for a while and seeing no other news, Zhang Deming turned off the computer, returned to the third floor, and put the computer back into the warehouse. Then he returned to the training room and lay back down again.

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During the change of thought, Zhang Deming opened his eyes and looked at the light door in front of him again.

His mind moved slightly, the spiritual shield on his body was activated, and as the gray mist surged, Zhang Deming's presence quickly decreased, and his figure became looming.

After activating the strongest defensive state, Zhang Deming plunged into the light gate without any hesitation.

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In a daze, Zhang Deming passed through the light door. When his vision returned, the world had changed.

Unlike the light gate that was temporarily opened in the square in Panzhen, the light gate here should have been established a long time ago and took an unknown amount of time.

What caught the eye was an inconspicuous cliff. The entire light gate was embedded in the depression of the cliff and was covered by a good formation.

In an ordinary mountain cliff, if such a formation blocks the light door, coupled with the extremely thin spiritual energy environment around it, it will be difficult for anyone to discover it for thousands of years unless it encounters a ghost.

It is unlikely for a monk to encounter it. Apart from this wilderness, there are no entry or exit points on the entire cliff, making it almost impossible to get in. It is a perfect location.

Zhang Deming scanned the area vigilantly and found nothing unexpected, not even a normal gatekeeper.

But it's normal. If you make such a perfect entrance and exit and arrange for someone to guard it, it will be imperfect, which means there is no three hundred taels of silver in this place.

After making sure that no one was around, Zhang Deming turned over his hand, took out the book-shaped map Law Weapon, and clicked on the map.

Because Zhang Deming has a built-in map of the Yuling Peak Information Room, the entire map within the Heavenly Spirit Sect is very complete, no less than a satellite map.

As Zhang Deming clicked on the map, the dot representing him appeared on the map.

This is... Xiaozhou?

Shouldn't the overseas study group exchange team pass by Huashui Palace, pass by Huayue City, and come from the direction of Tongzhou in the north of the sect?

How did you come to Xiaozhou in the west? Is this a little far off?

You can’t get lost!

After looking at the map and confirming his location, Zhang Deming frowned slightly as his thoughts flashed. Without figuring out a clue for a moment, he turned over his hand and put away the map, came to the edge of the cliff, and looked out.

The cliff is not high, well, it is not high for a monk, it looks like dozens of meters, and it is not as straight as a knife. There are many protruding rocks in the middle.

Martial Artists above Innate, or junior apprentices who know agility, or intermediate apprentices who don't know any magic, can all jump up in a few ups and downs.

Outside the cliff is a stretch of high mountains. It is obvious that this exit is in the wilderness, or the kind of wilderness that is very barren for practitioners.

Opposite the cliff entrance is a huge mountain range. At this moment, Zhang Deming's perspective and the perspective of the monitoring array are almost coincident, because the array is hidden next to him.

Therefore, he could clearly see a huge spaceship at the foot of the mountain opposite.

The spacecraft is silver-white, like a modern aircraft carrier, but much larger than the aircraft carrier. The entire spacecraft has a science fiction element, and anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that it is not a Hongmeng product.

At this moment, the spacecraft made an emergency landing...well...or collapsed at the foot of the mountain. The large tail of the spacecraft landed on the ground, the rounded head tilted towards the sky at an angle of 40 to 50 degrees, and the deck also tilted and rolled over.

The hull was tilted severely. On the side of the deck, facing Zhang Deming, many places were damaged to varying degrees. Black smoke was rising in some places, and sparks flashed from time to time in some places.

Judging from its appearance, one could tell at a glance that it had gone through quite a battle and was badly damaged.

A lot of the surrounding forest was burned due to the forced landing of the spacecraft, causing a faint smoke to rise throughout the foot of the mountain.

Because the two mountains were neither far nor close to each other, Zhang Deming took a brief look and then the light wings appeared on his back and flew towards the spacecraft.

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In a moment, Zhang Deming came to the wreckage of the spacecraft. Well, maybe calling it a wreck is a bit too much. After some repairs, it should be able to fly again. It should only be considered a broken ship.

Zhang Deming landed lightly on the sloping deck, his brows furrowed slightly, his eyes flashed with light, and his sight quickly raised. After a while, Zhang Deming didn't notice Dang Ketao, who came over first.

This discovery made Zhang Deming frown slightly.

The aura in his eyes intensified, and the ship's hull became translucent like an X-ray scan, revealing the entire skeleton. Zhang Deming glanced around, his expression slightly serious.

Many people died in the entire spaceship. At this moment, the difference between technological civilization and spiritual civilization is clearly reflected.

When their Qingyu Green Boat crashed, even though it had an emergency landing buffer, it was just like that. The hull almost broke into several sections, which shows that there was a lot of water in the emergency landing!

But under such circumstances, none of the disciples died because of the landing, and not many were even injured.

And although this spaceship also fell down, the hull has not yet fallen apart, and the whole is still intact. But in Zhang Deming's spiritual eyes, many of the pilots died inside.

Some died of bleeding from the nose and mouth, some were pierced by metal in the abdomen and chest, and some died of broken legs and hands, internal bleeding, and open fractures.

In the entire spaceship, many people died. Of course, this was because there were many people in this spaceship.

The same huge flying object, the same crash, no one of them had an accident, but a lot of people died here. The benefits of practicing civilization are clearly reflected.

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The entire spacecraft looked a bit miserable under Zhang Deming's spiritual eyes.

Well... some people are not dead yet, suffering from serious injuries, hanging on to their last breath, enduring the final cruelty of the world to him or her.

Zhang Deming scanned for a moment and noticed something abnormal. Many people were dead, but he could not find a single intact normal person, not even a slightly injured one. What I saw were either seriously injured people on the verge of death or lying dead bodies.

This discovery made Zhang Deming pause slightly. Just as he was about to go in and quickly inspect the spacecraft, he paused slightly.

The not too strong spiritual power fluctuations were sensed by Zhang Deming. Zhang Deming turned his head and looked. Although he did not sense any fluctuations in the battle, Zhang Deming was very sure that the movement came from his right front.

Zhang Deming flew up slightly, floated to the bow of the ship that was tilting toward the sky, and looked at the other side of the ship.

Before, Zhang Deming landed on the side of the deck, which was considered a sloping front. Now when Zhang Deming saw the back of the bottom, he was slightly startled.

Sorry, he takes back what he just said: If you can repair it, you can still drive it! This is a completely hopeless ship!

I saw a hollow fist mark on the bottom of the hull, struck by the fist of some huge creature.

The entire bottom of the hull has been partially penetrated, exposing various structures in the hull, as well as messy wiring, making it sparkle with all kinds of sparks.

On the back of the hull, in front of the pothole, the woods were crushed by something, and a huge tunnel-shaped path appeared, as if something had crushed and slid out of the woods.

The woods along this road were crushed, forming a long path that extended into the distance. And the slight movement just now came from that direction.

Zhang Deming looked at this scene and was about to fly in the direction of the collapsed forest, but his flashing eyes paused for a moment, and he seemed to see something out of the corner of his eye, so he moved his eyes back to the previous hole.

There was a huge hole in the bottom of the ship, and sparks were everywhere. Zhang Deming inspected it carefully and stopped at a cabin.

He spread his wings slightly and floated down gently, arriving at a building that looked like an elevator. Well, to be precise, it looked like an escape cabin in science fiction movies and TV shows.

There was an escape cabin in the small elevator shaft. The cabin was severely deformed at the moment, and there was a lot of blood seeping out of it.

Zhang Deming waved his hand slightly, and emerald-like vines sprouted from the ground around him. The vines swayed like arms, lifting the deformed cabin open.

There is a crew member inside, although in perception, he is a mortal. But judging from his attire, he must have a high status on the spaceship, such as first mate or something.

At this moment, only the opponent's head and limbs remained intact. The main branches have been severely deformed due to the pressure of the cabin, and are in a half-meat state.

As Zhang Deming opened it, a pungent smell of blood hit his face. Coupled with the other party's wide eyes and distorted expression due to unwillingness. When you see a liar, you will be frightened.

After half a month of disaster relief work, Zhang Deming has become very accustomed to these situations. Now facing such a situation, he just frowned slightly.

Ignoring the corpse, Vine fiddled with it and took out a box stuck in the corner of what was suspected to be an escape cabin.

It was the size of a suitcase, and it was quite complete, with no damage at all. It was in sharp contrast to the deformed cabins around it.

Not only that, this box was impenetrable to Zhang Deming's eyes. The reconnaissance eye at the Rank Three proficiency level cannot penetrate anything without formation protection.

From this point alone, it can be seen that this box should be quite valuable. Well, just talking about the materials used in the box, it is quite valuable.

The box was tied with vines and came to Zhang Deming. Zhang Deming looked through it and paused slightly.

It seems to be a fingerprint unlock?

Looking at the button on the door of the box, Zhang Deming's thoughts flashed in his mind, and he turned his head to look at the unlucky guy in the escape cabin. The vines swam and rolled up the opponent's right hand.

The tip of the emerald vine exploded into threads and inserted into the nerves along the broken part of the arm.

The vine expanded rapidly, and the part that split into threads looked quickly. In the blink of an eye, the vine fit perfectly with the broken part of the arm, as if he had an arm growing on the top of the vine.

Zhang Deming looked at his arm, and the fingers on his palm began to beat. Although they were a little stiff, there was no problem in overriding them.

Zhang Deming controlled the severed arm, stretched out his thumb, and pressed it on the fingerprint lock on the door of the box. The fingerprint lock flashed, and a very thin needle popped out of the center and was inserted into the thumb.

There is also a DNA verification function?

Feeling the insertion of the needle, Zhang Deming's spiritual power fluctuated slightly. All the vines turned blood red, absorbing a little of the surrounding plasma, and sent it through the vine network to the needle in his thumb.

After the needle absorbed the blood, it contracted back again. Zhang Deming controlled the severed hand and stretched it back.

"Beep! Fingerprint verification successful!"

"Bit! DNA verification successful!"

"Crack..."

After a slight mechanical verification sound, followed by the sound of a lock snapping open, the suitcase opened a slight gap.

As the gap opened, a stream of pure spiritual power rushed towards his face. It was extremely rich and pure, and almost caused Zhang Deming to have a reaction similar to "drunken oxygen".

Zhang Deming paused for a moment, his eyes flashed, and he opened the suitcase with surprise on his face.

I saw crystals the size of pigeon eggs. After being carefully cared for, they were carefully inlaid on the cushions of the box. They were like huge gems of Supreme Grade. They shone with a charming and rich aura, making Zhang Deming's pupils intense. Shrinking, just like an ordinary person looking at a box of Supreme Grade diamonds.

As the rich spiritual energy emanated, Zhang Deming clearly felt that his experience points began to increase, and he could no longer hide the joy on his face.

This box actually contains spiritual crystals! ! ! ! ! !

Of the total fifty pieces, the positions of two of them are already empty and should be taken out for use. The positions of the remaining forty-eight pieces are all inlaid with spiritual crystals.

He actually picked up forty-eight spiritual crystals! ! ! That is 480,000 spirit stones and more than 4 million experience points! ! !

Hahaha... What a good luck! Got rich...

Even if all the twelve shops are established now, such a large sum of spirit stones would take him to save for three to five years!

After Zhang Deming came to his senses, he flipped his hands over and put away the suitcase and the broken arm. And all kinds of blood-red vines began to emerge from the entire cabin, with roots all over the place.

After Zhang Deming collected a small bottle of blood plasma, the vines swayed and disposed of all the traces of the surrounding corpses, ensuring that no DNA was left behind, and after ensuring the complete disappearance of this unlucky ghost, the ruby-like vines transformed. It filled the sky with auras of light and disappeared into the air.

Zhang Deming quickly checked the surroundings, and after confirming that no one saw it, or that no cameras found it, he flew back into the sky. After looking around, Zhang Deming heaved a long sigh of relief.

Such a large amount of spirit stones is still spirit crystals, not a small amount of money. After the matter stabilizes, the other party will definitely look for it. But it was in Zhang Deming's pocket, he didn't want to spit it out.

After confirming that no one had discovered it, Zhang Deming's eyes flickered and he searched the cabin for a while, but no such box was found. At this time, Zhang Deming felt slight fluctuations again.

Zhang Deming raised his head again and looked in the direction of the fallen trees. He hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand to leave several obvious formation markers on the spacecraft for guidance.

Then, with a slight flutter of his wings, he flew in the direction of the collapsed forest.

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The entire forest is not level, but this tunnel is unusually smooth. In some places, the trees have collapsed, in some places the ground has been cut open, and in some places, the mountains have been pierced through.

The entire wide road seemed to have been bombarded by a quantum energy cannon. Zhang Deming flew along the tunnel for a long distance before arriving at the end.

At the end of the tunnel, a small spaceship crashed down. It seemed to be an escape boat that flew out from the previous spaceship, but luck was too bad, the escape capsule failed to eject, but was shot here.

At this moment, the escape boat was not completely broken and was constantly vibrating, but only black smoke and electric sparks could be emitted during the vibrations.

Zhang Deming frowned slightly. He didn't notice anyone, so he hesitated and wanted to step forward to investigate. After taking a few steps forward, Zhang Deming was stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, the world had changed.

Formation?

Why didn't he see any traces of the formation just now?

As his thoughts flashed, Zhang Deming's face darkened slightly after he saw the surrounding situation clearly.

In the sky and on the ground, there is a huge six-pointed star, beating slightly. The power of the exotic magic array filled the entire space.

No wonder he didn't notice the traces of the formation before, because what exists here is an exotic magic formation, and Zhang Deming doesn't know much about it at all, so it's normal that he didn't notice the traces.

Just like when a makeup boss sees a beautiful woman with high-end plastic surgery and doesn't understand it, although he can be sure that the other party has no makeup at first glance, his conclusion of natural makeup is not correct.

In the magic circle space shrouded by the six-pointed star, there are many robots at the moment, the same kind of robots that were seen in the core of the Gengjin Secret Realm before.

They were densely packed, at least hundreds of them, and they all had the power of a Liangyi monk. Although they were a bit weak, their energy level was definitely at the level of Liangyi.

The robots were now divided into two waves, one with dozens of them, constantly besieging Dang Ketao. Under the siege of dozens of people, Dang Ketao, who was not used to close combat, was a little embarrassed.

The other part is surrounded by a white and huge hemispherical shield. The shield is opaque and Zhang Deming cannot see clearly what is going on inside. Apart from these, nothing else was seen in the entire magic circle for the time being.

Looking at these robots, Zhang Deming shuddered slightly. Now he was very sure that these robots were definitely made of metal balls.

The opponent should be researching the Integrated Union of robots and puppets to achieve mass production of arms or something. And now, certain results have been achieved. I just don’t know if it was done by Body Integration in the past half month or if it was done before.

(end of this chapter)