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#130 - Black Knight Explosion

Eighteen years ago, Tido was born. To commemorate his daughter's arrival, Voges built charity academies in various districts of the lower hive.

His daughter's presence brought Voges warmth but also led to some laxity.

In the past eighteen years, he had forgiven many transgressions by the nobles, who believed Voges had grown old, transforming from a fierce and ruthless governor into a toothless old wolf.

But reality proved the nobles wrong.

When all those who defied him gathered in one place, and Voges had the power to bring them destruction, he would not hesitate to kill them all.

Light descended from the sky, transforming into a golden waterfall, like ribbons falling from the heights, dazzling and beautiful, yet extremely dangerous.

The moment this ribbon of intense light touched the ground, it triggered an earth-shattering event.

When the first light lance disappeared, the place where the manor once stood had become a scorched ruin.

Immediately following were the second, third, and fourth light lances.

After four consecutive strikes, the manor was completely razed to the ground, with charred particles flying everywhere.

A servo-skull activated a holographic device, presenting firsthand holographic audio-visual footage of the scene to Lino and Tido.

The footage came from a company of veterans from the Planetary Defense Force.

Soldiers, armed with guns and equipped with scanners, were carefully searching the area where the manor had been.

The destructive power of the light lances was undeniable. There were no survivors on the scene, not even a single corpse could be found.

Everyone and everything had been vaporized and sublimated in the light lances, directly transforming from solid to gas.

Only a huge crater with a diameter of over a kilometer, and the solid foundation within the crater, could prove that a beautiful noble manor had once existed here.

"Report, confirmed no survivors. Osges Garmin Voges, Famal Water, Harkas Benis, Ruth Bruton, Vesborg Wanser, Spike Lowe, all six primary individuals have been killed in action."

"All members of the three Voges family branches, all main members of the Water family except for Godwin and his daughter, all main members of the Benis family, all main members of the Bruton family, all members of the Wanser family, and all members of the Lowe family have been eliminated."

"In the name of the Governor, the above search results are confirmed to be true. Report complete."

Accompanying the report from the Planetary Defense Force veteran company, the gift from Lord Voges was fully presented.

The holographic device was turned off.

Tido jumped up from the sofa excitedly, and Lino also revealed a heartfelt smile.

As a governor, there was no reason to be ridden on by those below.

Anyone who hindered the payment of his tithes, every single one of them, had to die.

On this point, every governor, regardless of who they were, held the same view and style.

Lino also thought so.

Now that the nobles who were getting out of line had all been executed, the expansion of the new synthetic starch production would proceed more smoothly than ever before.

Just as Lino and Tido were cheering about this, several lines of system text refreshed in Lino's vision.

【Please note, the No. 4 character save file has encountered a situation.】

【Save File 4: Black Knight.】

【Save File Briefing:】

【The Black Knight's Thing Finder has sensed the presence of Mudmen. At least five hostile Mudmen are approaching your laboratory. These individuals are about to make contact with the agents guarding the laboratory. Please pay attention to the Black Knight's movements in a timely manner to avoid the death of this simulated character.】

Lino raised an eyebrow. Did those twenty assassins come from his laboratory?

Were they trying to destroy the catalyst production equipment in the laboratory, or steal the production formula?

With a thought, Lino smiled at Tido:

"I want to take a nap here. Once the assassins are wiped out, we'll return to the banquet hall."

"Okay, I'm a little tired too." Tido instructed the servo-skull to bring two blankets.

Before getting up, Lino went to the washroom, put a few magical spores in his mouth, hid them under his tongue, and then returned to the sofa and sat down.

Covering himself with the blanket and holding Tido's soft waist, Lino closed his eyes, opened the system interface, loaded the save file, and showed Tido his special skill of falling asleep instantly.

【No. 4 Save File Loaded.】

The system message flashed across his vision, and Lino's perspective instantly switched to the Black Knight.

The private laboratory was pitch black, with the indicator lights of the experimental equipment flickering slightly.

The Thing Finder within the Black Knight's body was issuing a warning to the Calculate Thing.

Lines of green warning information appeared on the Black Knight's holographic vision:

"Hurry up and grab your gear! There are five Mudmen nearby! Before they smash your brains out, give them a good beating!"

Lino felt the Black Knight's heaviness and explosive power, and he was eager to start the upcoming battle.

What is learned on paper remains superficial. Just how strong the Black Knight's combat power is must be tested in actual combat to know.

Lino took out a yeast cartridge from the fungal warehouse.

This cartridge contained an unrestricted data protocol.

Lino activated the fungal ability - Vibration Art, vibrating the cartridge out of the slot, while his right hand gripped the unrestricted cartridge, slapping it towards the slot.

After the cartridge in the slot was vibrated out, the Black Knight lost the ability to move.

But his right hand, under the effect of inertia, steadily inserted the new cartridge into the slot.

"Buzz buzz buzz— — — —"

After a burst of electrophoresis, the new cartridge was read, the data protocol took effect, and the Black Knight's unrestricted action mode was activated.

Lino casually waved his hand, retrieving the yeast cartridge that had fallen on the ground back into the fungal warehouse.

Under the effect of the "Mao Ge Quietly" force field, the Black Knight silently walked off the power armor modification platform, without making a single sound, like a silent hunter lurking in the darkness.

Arriving at the door of the private laboratory, Lino used the security identification code pre-loaded into the Black Knight's database to disarm the door's insurance and security lock.

"Tss— —" The pneumatic gate slid open, and the brightly lit catalyst laboratory appeared before him.

On the left, movement came from the gate leading to the residence.

The surveillance probe on the gate quickly moved, aiming at Lino's direction.

Brandi, who was on night duty, noticed the abnormality in the private laboratory and was checking this strange pure black humanoid object through surveillance.

Lino activated the internal communication of the residence, reported a string of identification codes, and said:

"Brandi, it's me."

"M-Master? How did you become a... a strange black blob."

"Don't be nervous. This is a small invention of mine. I can control it remotely."

"Yes, Master, I understand. But I'm sorry, my sensors failed to get a scan result of the black blob, so I can't add its identification code to the whitelist. Next time you turn into a black blob, please broadcast the identification code to me again."

"Okay, I'll remember." Lino was satisfied with the Black Knight's stealth characteristics and instructed:

"Stay at home and don't come out. Lock the doors and windows. There will be a battle later."

"Okay, Master."

The internal communication of the residence ended.

Lino turned his head to look at the door of the catalyst laboratory.

Five yellowish outlines, marked by the Thing Finder, were moving in the corridor outside the door, about to make contact with Wick and Mona, who were guarding the door.

There were quite a few secrets in this catalyst laboratory, and it was related to the production work of the starch factory, so it was best not to start a war here.

With this in mind, Lino decided to take the initiative and fix the battlefield outside the laboratory.

Wick's voice came from outside the door.

"Huh? Aren't you guys patrolling area B412? Why are you here?"

An unfamiliar voice replied:

"Haven't you received the message? There are assassins in the royal court area. The commander ordered us to concentrate on defending the laboratory. How's the situation here?"

Mona sternly shouted:

"Stop, don't come over. We haven't received an increased defense notification from the commander. Before we verify with the commander, don't get close to here."

Mona's vigilance was quite high, she didn't fall for the five Mudmen's trick.

Lino retrieved the corridor's surveillance, seeing the scene outside the door.

The five Mudmen had transformed into the image of governor's agents, with the leader in charge of leading the way, appearing to be very familiar with the area.

It was clear that at least one governor's agent had become the "thing in the bag" of these Mudmen, the bag of the stomach.

The lead Mudman had devoured the governor's agent, inheriting the other party's memory, which was why he was so clear about the deputy governor's laboratory's security layout.

Seeing that Wick and Mona were suspicious, the five Mudmen simply stopped pretending.

The leader opened his mouth, emitting a silent shriek.

Dense electric sparks spewed out from within the walls, various pipelines overloaded in an instant, and the surveillance cameras exploded into fireballs, becoming scrap metal.

Mona and Wick painfully clutched their heads, and the sensors on the agents' armor burst into sparks and black smoke.

In Lino's holographic vision, the psionic readings soared.

In the laboratory, several instruments near the corridor shot out sparks, and the fault indicator lights flashed red.

The Mudmen used psionics to destroy sensors within a certain range!

However, the psionic protection field of the subspace energy monocrystalline armor not only restrained Chaos Demons, but also perfectly blocked the psionics that destroyed the sensors.

Very good, very good, worthy of the subspace energy monocrystalline purified from spirit bones, truly honest and reliable, worth the hard work of going "online" every night to hone the spirit bones.

“Wick, release the weapon safety and take them out!” Mona raised her gun, aiming and exchanging fire with the five uninvited guests.

In a two-versus-five situation, Wick and Mona were at a complete disadvantage.

Their imitation mirror shields had been destroyed by the previous psychic scream, and now they could only rely on the armor on their bodies to withstand the enemy's laser storm.

Dense, scorched marks appeared all over their bodies, and the armor made of ceramic steel grains was about to be burned through by the lasers.

“Hiss—” The door to the catalyst laboratory was opened.

This sudden noise startled both sides of the battle.

Wick and Mona suddenly stiffened, their minds going blank.

Their arms hung down naturally, the laser rifles in their hands fell to the ground, and their bodies slumped, collapsing in the corner.

Li Nuo used Brain Freeze to control Mona and Wick; until the end of this battle, they would remain in a state of brain freeze, losing their ability to perceive the outside world.

Faced with the sudden collapse of Mona and Wick, the five mud men were stunned, not understanding the situation for a moment.

Before they could recover, Li Nuo transformed into a whirlwind-like black shadow and burst out from the door.

The mud man closest to the door couldn't dodge in time and was violently pressed against the wall by the black shadow.

“Bang!”

The armor on the mud man's body was crushed and exploded, leaving a human-shaped dent in the wall, with cracks spreading around the edge of the dent and fine dust sliding to the ground.

The battlefield fell into a deathly silence at this moment.

The mud man pressed against the wall died on the spot, and foul-smelling, dark blue blood seeped out from the broken armor.

This scene seemed normal to humans; anyone crushed into such a shape would die instantly.

But the remaining four mud men felt terrified!

Their bodies were made of soft mud, which could easily cope with physical attacks.

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But just by being violently pressed against the wall by the black shadow, one of their companions was crushed into scrap!

How was this possible!

Their companion should have squeezed out of the armor in an instant, perfectly unloading the force of the compression!

But why did it die?!

Why, why are there so many whys in this world.

The black shadow turned around, dragging afterimages, and rushed towards the remaining four mud men like lightning.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

Three mud men had their heads smashed by the black shadow's iron fists, and dark blue alien blood splattered everywhere, leaving three headless corpses on the ground.

Only the leading mud man survived.

When the black shadow's hard fist approached his face, the mud man suddenly realized.

He knew why his companion had been killed by the great force.

He knew why his clan's proud soft mud body had not worked.

At the moment the fist pounced on him, the armor on his body seemed to turn into a hydraulic press, fixing him in place in all directions, 360 degrees, and frantically squeezing his body inward.

Even if his body softened and turned into soft mud, it would be quickly compacted by the pressure from all directions.

Finally, at the moment the fist acted on his face, his body turned into a whole piece of hard material in the continuous softening and compacting.

The flexible do not fail, but when the flexible is forced to become hard, then the overly rigid are easily broken.

“Bang!”

The last mud man had his head smashed and fell to the ground with a thud.

The fierce and swift black shadow stood tall among the corpses and blood, and a chilling atmosphere filled the corridor.

Hiss, hoo————

Li Nuo took a deep breath in his heart, feeling extremely refreshed.

After learning that the Arxians had the ability to turn their bodies into soft mud, he thought of using Vibration to compress them, turning their softened bodies hard.

The armor became the Arxians' mold, and compressing the armor would allow the Arxians to be shaped, providing himself with a chance to kill with one blow.

After practical testing, this idea was correct.

Of course, it was also inseparable from his own control over the fungal ability.

Li Nuo had discovered long ago that his use of fungal abilities could be described as effortless.

The combination of Vibration and precise control was basically equivalent to psychic power.

“Patta patta patta patta…”

Footsteps sounded simultaneously at both ends of the corridor, and two groups of people rushed over.

Predatory Instinct was triggered, the newcomers were ill-intentioned.

The Eastern Treasure Finder also sent an alarm:

“Damn it! More mud men are coming! This time there are fifteen! Quickly polish your gear and pray it doesn't misfire! Otherwise, you're done for!”

Fifteen yellowish-brown outlines appeared in the holographic vision.

The people running from both ends of the corridor were all mud men.

Some of them maintained the appearance of servants, some had transformed into other members of the Governor's Guard, and some had turned into the appearance of the Governor's personal guards.

Regardless of which appearance they had transformed into, they all held weapons in their hands.

There was no cover in the corridor. When the Eastern Treasure Finder discovered the mud men, the mud men also noticed the black shadow standing next to the corpses.

The death of their kind prompted the mud men to open fire, and a massacre began.

Bolter rounds howled, and crimson laser beams swept across the corridor horizontally.

“Clang clang clang clang————”

“Buzz buzz buzz buzz————”

Under the fierce offensive, ripples of force field appeared around the black shadow.

The bolter rounds were deflected by the light green force field and exploded on the wall, and the energy of the laser beams was offset by the force field.

The black shadow stood firm in the barrage, and the fifteen mud men were horrified.

“We'll hold this guy back! You enter the laboratory and steal the catalyst precursor and formula! Hurry!”

The mud man on the right shouted anxiously, took out a meltagun grenade, pulled the pin, and threw it.

Within half a second of the meltagun grenade leaving his palm, the air in front of the grenade stirred, bouncing the grenade back.

The meltagun grenade hit the mud man's astonished face and exploded.

“Boom————”

The heatwave erupted, instantly engulfing the eight mud men in the right corridor.

The mud men who were not wearing armor were burned to charcoal on the spot, and the mud men who were wearing armor still had the power to resist.

Li Nuo drew the special gun from his leg, switched to laser emitter mode, and activated the fungal ability - Light Art, aiming at the gun's energy magazine.

5 million lux of white light appeared concentrated inside the energy magazine.

This strong light could exist for 1 minute.

It “flowed” along the optical path of the energy magazine to the focuser.

The working principle of the focuser is similar to a magnifying glass under sunlight.

When passing through the focuser, the white light of Light Art was focused at one point, and the light energy per unit area increased sharply, turning ordinary white light into a lethal laser beam.

“Buzz—”

A white laser nearly ten centimeters thick spewed out from the muzzle, burning a mud man wearing armor straight through.

The armor on his body was like paper, completely unable to withstand the bombardment of the white laser.

Li Nuo nodded slightly, satisfied with the combined effect of the special weapon and Light Art.

He pulled the trigger and fired continuously.

“Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz————”

A white laser storm swept across the enemies on the right.

Four light armor enemies were burned to death by the meltagun grenade, and three enemies wearing armor were turned into slag by the white laser.

The mud men on the other side of the corridor were horrified and screamed in fear:

“Give up the plan to steal the catalyst formula and precursor, let's quickly kill Li Nuo · Wiersi!”

The eight mud men turned around and ran without hesitation.

First steal the formula and precursor, then assassinate the Deputy Governor, this was the order given to them by Black Scythe 1.

Black Scythe 1 chose to use the noble's throne coins to do its own thing, the purpose being to seize the secret of the new synthetic starch without any cost.

Now, with the appearance of a strange black shadow, all this was about to fall through.

The eight mud men fled in panic, completely unaware that the black shadow had entered a state of invisibility behind them.

When the black shadow reappeared, he had already arrived behind the eight mud men, and the special melee weapon in his hand bloomed with a rich white light.

This white light also originated from Light Art.

A full 10 million lux of light was stored in the grip of the melee weapon.

Under the guidance of the optical path, it entered the focuser and was transformed into an extremely hot white laser by the focuser.

And this laser was distorted and shaped by the force field of mechanical witchcraft, turning into the white blade of a lightsaber.

White light flashed, the sword wind howled, and the pure white blade cut through the mud men's bodies, burning the wounds and evaporating the foul blood.

Eight corpses cut into several pieces littered the ground, but no trace of blood could be seen on the scene.

The pure white blade retracted into the hilt, and the scorching breath of the laser remaining in the air quickly dissipated.

Li Nuo looked around, confirming that all the surrounding surveillance routes had been destroyed, and then extracted the mud men's gene samples, walking towards the laboratory with satisfaction.

Half a minute later, Delton led his team to arrive at the scene, waiting for him was only a ground of corpses, two unconscious agents, and the tightly closed laboratory door.

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