pjbooks Chapter 289 A Small Gift from the Council of Order
Chapter 289 A Small Gift from the Council of Order
Faced with the overwhelming beams of energy, Chen Yifan's pupils suddenly contracted.
He did not choose to tough it out.
Before the light net descended, his figure had already vanished from the spot.
Space flickers!
The next second, he appeared behind the group of guards.
A flash of cold light from the dagger in his hand, and he reaped a life.
puff!
puff!
He moved swiftly through the crowd, like a ghost.
Each flash was accompanied by a streak of blood shooting out.
The sound of a blade slicing through a throat was crisp and chilling, blending with the blaring alarm to create a symphony of death.
Each strike precisely sliced through a guard's throat.
Those guards were elite third-tier warriors, veterans of countless battles.
But in the face of a monster whose attributes and skills completely overwhelmed them, their proud combat experience seemed utterly laughable.
Their reactions couldn't keep up with his speed at all.
defense?
They couldn't stop his attack either.
Some people had barely caught a glimpse of his afterimage when the cold blade was already kissing their neck.
Less than ten seconds.
More than a dozen guards lay dead in pools of blood, their faces still frozen with the terror and resentment of their impending deaths.
The entire corridor fell silent once more.
Only the piercing alarm continued to echo.
Chen Yifan glanced at his optical camouflage uniform, which had several holes in it, and frowned.
The holes corroded in the ghost camouflage uniform still sent a burning pain through them, a reminder of the danger he had just faced.
Qin Ming's self-destruction completely disrupted his plans.
He not only exposed himself, but also lost a crucial piece of stealth equipment.
Most importantly, he wasted valuable time.
Listen, you have less than ten minutes left!
Lin Tian's voice was urgent, coming through the earpiece with static, sounding extremely tense.
"All the guards in the manor are converging on your location! They'll have you completely surrounded in three minutes!"
"You must destroy the energy core immediately!"
"I know without you reminding me!"
Chen Yifan let out a low roar, no longer hesitating, and turned to rush into the energy core chamber door that Qin Ming had opened!
The scene behind the door shocked him once again.
This is not a room.
Instead, it is an enormous, vertically deep well.
It was bottomless, as if it led straight to the earth's core.
What hits you is a breathtakingly pure energy fluctuation, and a chilling aura of metal mixed with ionized air.
In the center of the deep well, a huge sphere with a diameter of over twenty meters, radiating blue light, is slowly rotating.
Its surface is covered with visible energy patterns, like a living star.
Countless thick energy pipes extend from the sphere, connecting to the four walls of the deep well.
Vast amounts of energy are being transported through these pipes to every corner of the entire base.
This is the energy core of the Black Forest Manor!
Around the energy core, there are also more than a dozen uniquely shaped drones floating.
They were entirely black, with smooth lines, exuding a murderous beauty.
These drones are equipped with heavy weapons.
The moment Chen Yifan rushed in, all of their guns were pointed at him!
"Beep beep beep..."
A piercing alarm sounded.
"Intruder detected! Activate highest level of defense!"
The cold, synthesized electronic sound echoed throughout the deep well.
next second.
All the drones opened fire at the same time!
Countless beams of energy, even thicker and denser than the previous attacks from the guards, shot towards Chen Yifan from all directions!
The beams of light intertwined to form a net, blocking all his escape routes.
This firepower is even more intense than that of a heavy armored mech division!
"Oh shit!"
Chen Yifan cursed again.
He never expected that there was such a trick up his sleeve in the energy core room!
He could only keep using [Spatial Blink] to dodge awkwardly in the confined space.
Each time it appears, the hard alloy floor beneath its feet is blasted into a molten crater by the energy beam.
But this is not a solution at all.
His psionic energy is being rapidly depleted.
The drones, however, seemed to possess limitless energy, and their attacks never ceased.
"Lin Tian! The intelligence you gave me didn't mention there being so many drones here!"
Chen Yifan dodged while roaring into his headset.
"I...I don't know either!"
Lin Tian's voice also carried a hint of surprise and confusion.
"My intelligence indicates there are only four fixed artillery positions here! These drones... they just appeared!"
"It's the 'Council of Order'!"
Lin Tian seemed to have thought of something.
"This must be the 'little gift' they were talking about!"
"These bastards! They're trying to test your limits in combat!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yifan cursed the "Order Council" and the mysterious masked man eighteen times in his mind.
This is what they call a "small gift"?
This is clearly an attempt to kill him!
"This won't do! You have to find a way to get closer to that core!"
Lin Tian said urgently.
"See that red heatsink on the core? Throw the EMP bomb in there! That's its only weakness!"
Chen Yifan glanced at the enormous sphere that was faintly visible amidst the interweaving of countless energy beams.
To get close to it amidst such a dense barrage of fire, one must precisely throw a bomb into that small, fist-sized vent.
This is harder than climbing to the heavens!
But he had no way out.
"Let's give it our all!"
Chen Yifan gritted his teeth, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes!
He stopped dodging.
Instead, he charged straight into the barrage of bullets!
He pushed his mental power to its limit, and the world seemed to freeze.
The trajectory of each beam of energy was clearly presented in my mind.
He danced wildly on the edge of death.
Its shape is unpredictable, defying the laws of physics as it weaves through the web of death.
He has brushed shoulders with death countless times.
Fifty meters!
Forty meters!
Thirty meters!
He was getting closer and closer to that energy core!
The drone attacks are getting increasingly frantic!
"Pfft!"
A beam of energy grazed past his shoulder.
He managed to avoid the vital points in time.
But the intense heat still burned a charred wound on his shoulder.
The intense pain stimulated his nerves, but he didn't even flinch; he simply clenched his teeth even tighter.
All that was left in his eyes was that enormous sphere getting closer and closer!
Twenty meters!
Ten meters!
It's now!
Chen Yifan suddenly leaped up from the ground!
The electromagnetic pulse bomb slipped from his hand and shot directly at the red heat sink.
The bomb traced a perfect arc through the air.
However, just as the bomb was about to fly into the heat sink...
Another anomaly has occurred!
Suddenly, a crack appeared on the surface of that enormous energy core.
A huge mechanical arm, made up of countless cables and metal parts, extended out from inside!
The robotic arm shot out like a venomous snake, precisely catching the bomb that was about to explode in mid-air!
Then, it squeezed it hard!
"boom!"
The electromagnetic pulse bomb was detonated less than a meter from its core!
A powerful electromagnetic pulse swept across the entire deep well!
All the drones instantly went out of control, sparks flew, and they fell from the sky like kites with broken strings.
But the enormous energy core only trembled slightly, and the energy light on its surface did not dim in the slightest.
It was not destroyed!
Chen Yifan, who had already dodged the explosion, suddenly had his pupils constrict.
He looked at the enormous mechanical arm extending from the core, and a strong sense of unease welled up inside him.
What exactly is this thing?!