High Martial Arts Era: Starting Comprehension Increased by 100,000 Times

Chapter 111 Skyrail Crashes into Building, Mechanical Invasion!

"It's still early, where should we go next?" Luo Xi asked, looking at her watch.

"Don't you have a party to attend?"

"It doesn't matter whether I go or not," Luo Xi said with a smile. "I'd rather stay by your side than play the aloof school beauty in their eyes."

The stunning school beauty hit the nail on the head, and even Jiang Yuan couldn't handle it.

Luo Xi belatedly realized what she had said, her face flushed, and just as she was about to explain, she suddenly felt something furry next to her leg. She looked down and saw...

A thin, bony kitten nuzzled against her leg, tilting its head back weakly and saying:

Meow~

"Ahhh!!"

Luo Xi was startled and jumped up, hiding behind Jiang Yuan as if he were a plague god.

Jiang Yuan was taken aback: "You...hate cats?"

"It's not that I hate it, it's that I'm afraid." Luo Xi said weakly, somewhat embarrassed, "When I was little, I was attacked by a ferocious cat-like beast with a spiritual nature..."

"Did it leave you with a psychological fear of cats?"

"almost."

Jiang Yuan remained silent. After staggering a few steps toward Jiang Yuan, the skinny kitten finally gave way and collapsed.

Luo Xi: "Is it... is it dead?"

Jiang Yuan bent down and picked up the kitten.

It was breathing rapidly, looking pained, and its life force was extremely weak.

"He's not dead yet, but he'll be soon," Jiang Yuan said.

Amid the astonished gazes of passersby, a wisp of black and red flame appeared in his hand, enveloping the kitten in his palm.

"You want to cremate it before it's even dead?!" Luo Xi exclaimed in astonishment.

Jiang Yuan scolded irritably, "Idiot, look carefully."

Luo Xi looked closely and realized that the kitten, which was shrouded in black and red flames, had not been burned to ashes. Instead, it seemed to have been injected with life, its injuries were rapidly healing, its shrunken belly was gradually swelling up, its fur was becoming more lush, and its life force was rapidly increasing.

He opened his eyes again in no time, stood up in Jiang Yuan's palm, and shook his body with great energy.

"Wow, that's amazing!" exclaimed an office worker who was watching.

The little girl, being led by her mother, couldn't help but ask, "Big brother, are you a therapist?"

"Me? No."

"That's a magician, so cool!"

Jiang Yuan smiled, offered no explanation, and dispersed the Undying Phoenix Flame in his hand.

As for this ordinary calico kitten, he planned to take it home and raise it, just to learn how to tame beasts before the pet egg hatched.

Holding the kitten, she turned to look at Luo Xi.

Luo Xi couldn't help but take a half step back. "You wouldn't be thinking of raising it, would you?"

Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow and took half a step forward. "Yes. What's wrong?"

Luo Xi stepped back again, "No, it's nothing."

"Have you had enough fun for today? I should probably go back to my old schedule..."

Luo Xi wanted to persuade him to stay, but when she saw the cat in Jiang Yuan's hand, she couldn't bring herself to say anything.

The damage caused to her by the cat-like beast when she was a child was psychological. Over the years, the fear of cats has been etched into her mind like a mental brand, and it is difficult to cure.

Jiang Yuan smiled, having found the school beauty's weakness, and was about to turn and leave when...

"Bang!"

A loud bang was heard.

People on the street looked up.

Not far away, an out-of-control skyrail crashed straight into a building, smashing through it and breaking the hundreds-of-meters-tall structure in half with the immense impact. The building collapsed and crashed into another building.

"boom!"

Explosions erupted in flames, and huge rocks rained down from the sky, crashing into houses and streets. Vehicles that couldn't dodge were instantly crushed, and one after another, the vehicles behind exploded in a chain reaction, turning the area into a sea of ​​fire!

"Ah!!" The crowd screamed and scattered in all directions.

In an instant, the entire street descended into chaos!

"null--!"

After Luo Xi used her mental barrier to block a burning vehicle that was about to crash into her, she shouted to the mother holding the girl, "Get out of here quickly!"

"Thank you, thank you!"

The mother was extremely grateful and hurriedly carried her child away to save her life.

"Whoosh—"

A huge rock flew by, and Jiang Yuan's eyes narrowed.

Telekinesis.

The boulder that flew towards them stopped instantly and landed steadily.

Jiang Yuan put the frightened kitten into his arms, zipped up his pants, and looked toward the direction of the collapsing building.

"The Eye of True Sight"

A giant gray eyeball appeared in the sky above the city in an instant, looking down at the broken building. Explosions were happening all over the place, and corpses were strewn everywhere. Survivors were screaming for help under the rubble. Some martial artists who had just tried to help those around them were pierced through by steel tentacles and hung in mid-air like candied hawthorns.

Deep within the exploding inferno, a tall, bizarre mechanical monster exuding a terrifying aura emerged from the sky rails. It was surrounded by a strong electromagnetic field, absorbing all the machinery along its path and integrating it into itself, growing larger and larger in both size and imposing presence.

"Damn it—!" A middle-aged martial artist of the second rank roared and swung his sword at it. The sword light was sharp, but it couldn't even break through the electromagnetic field around it.

The mechanical monster raised its hand and fired a red laser with foresight, directly blasting the head of the middle-aged martial artist who was moving at high speed.

The other martial artists and ordinary people who survived inside the building also did not escape the calamity; their lives were mercilessly harvested by its mechanical tentacles and laser beams.

"How could the skyrail crash into a building? How could such an accident happen?" Luo Xi asked, puzzled.

Having seen everything clearly through his True Sight Eyes, Jiang Yuan said with a deep expression, "It wasn't an accident."

Luo Xi turned to look at him. "No?"

"It is a mechanical monster comparable to a sixth-tier martial artist."

Luo Xi's eyes widened upon hearing this. "The Mechanical Church?!"

Jiang Yuan nodded.

Luo Xi gasped.

Every school textbook mentions the Mechanical Church, but only briefly. It is an ancient church that has existed since the time of God's abandonment. It operates in the shadows of society, driving social development through machinery while conducting research that defies human reason. Each experiment comes at a huge cost.

As the daughter of an eighth-tier powerhouse, Luo Xi knew more.

As far as she knew, whenever the Mechanical Church appeared in a city, it would bring great calamity to that city.

"Hurry up!"

Luo Xi grabbed Jiang Yuan's hand anxiously and urged, "This is not something we can handle. If that thing explodes, this whole area will be razed to the ground."

Even without her saying it, Jiang Yuan had the same plan; the patrol department couldn't possibly miss such a big commotion.

And just as he was about to leave.

But in the Eye of True Sight, a familiar figure was seen.

It's Guan Xiaoxiao!

She was in the underground shopping mall of that building, struggling to summon shadows to try and clear the rubble and rescue the children trapped inside.

"How could she be there?!" Jiang Yuan was in a state of utter confusion, his mind reeling with shock.

For some reason, I recalled the curse from the Yin Master when I left the college entrance exam instance.

[In the near future, your city and your loved ones will all die before your eyes in the most tragic way!!]

No way...

Luo Xi tugged at him twice, but couldn't budge him. She turned her head in confusion.

"You can go now, I have something to do."

Feeling uneasy, Jiang Yuan shoved the kitten in her arms into her hands, took out a mid-level teleportation scroll, and tore it open.

Before Luo Xi could react, Jiang Yuan had already disappeared into the teleportation light, and she now held a furry object in her hand.

Meow~~

"Aaaaaah!!"

……

Guan Xiaoxiao never expected this.

I just go out shopping, go to the mall to buy clothes, and then I encounter an earthquake.

She had barely managed to rescue the children when she was completely exhausted, and before she could even catch her breath...

The space above suddenly collapsed, revealing several familiar figures.

"Huang Yi, Liu Hong, Nan Shan, Zhang Yilin, Xu Tao?" Guan Xiaoxiao exclaimed in surprise, "What are you all doing here?"

The group was surprised to see Guan Xiaoxiao, but then overjoyed.

"Guan Xiaoxiao?! Didn't you miss the party?"

"Little one, please help me!" Liu Hong rushed into her arms.

"We were just planning to come here to play some virtual games after our class reunion, but we never expected to encounter something like this. That monster was terrifying!" Zhang Yilin said, still shaken.

"Monster? Isn't it an earthquake?" Guan Xiaoxiao was at a loss for information.

"What earthquake?! It was a terrifying mechanical monster that crashed this building into a hole in the skyrail!" Nanshan shouted, still in shock.

Guan Xiaoxiao looked astonished. "You crashed into...you broke the building?"

"Luckily, we were on a low floor. We only managed to escape because of Xu Tao's earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of martial arts technique). That monster was terrifying. It instantly killed a third-tier martial artist." Huang Yi was still shaken and his face was pale.

After hearing their words, Guan Xiaoxiao realized the seriousness of the matter, and her face turned slightly pale.

A little girl asked in terror, "Will we...will we die?"

"No, the patrol department will definitely send someone to rescue us soon," Guan Xiaoxiao comforted her.

The next second, the entire space shook violently again, and a piercing scream came from above.

Huang Yi grabbed Xu Tao by the collar. "Hurry up, use your talent to get us out of here!"

"No, I can't go on, I'm out of strength, let me rest for a bit," Xu Tao said weakly.

He wasn't even a fully-fledged martial artist yet, and he simply couldn't keep up with the extreme use of his talent.

Sizzle—

A powerful electric current suddenly struck from above. It wasn't very aggressive, but it instantly passed through Guan Xiaoxiao and the others.

Is this... an investigation?

Just as Guan Xiaoxiao's hair stood on end.

"Bang!"

The ceiling above them shattered, and a mechanical tentacle with sharp barbs appeared in their field of vision.

Everyone's face turned deathly pale instantly.

"Whoosh!"

Mechanical tentacles pierced the air, flashing with a cold light as they hurtled toward the group at incredible speed.

"The Shield of Huangyan!"

"Water Polo!"

"Earth Escape."

"Earthworm Thunder!"

In their terror, the group unleashed their talents and skills, but the gap was too great; they couldn't even budge the mechanical tentacles.

At a crucial moment, Guan Xiaoxiao tore open a mid-level defensive scroll that her parents had bought for her, instantly forming a barrier.

But it only managed to stop the mechanical tentacles' first attack.

The second strike from the mechanical tentacles unleashed a powerful electromagnetic force, piercing through the barrier barrier with terrifying penetrating power.

Xu Tao, who had just used his Earth Escape talent, had half of his body merged into the ground when a mechanical tentacle pierced his shoulder. Electromagnetic energy was released, instantly turning him into charred remains in front of the horrified gazes of the others.

"It's over, it's all over..." Liu Hong knelt on the ground, her eyes filled with despair.

The mechanical tentacles arched high and pierced towards the group once more!

"Whoosh!"

"Ahhh..."

Amid the child's terrified screams.

A tall, imposing figure suddenly appeared in front of them.

He reached out and grabbed the mechanical tentacle that was piercing Guan Xiaoxiao's brow, as if he were pinching a snake's vital spot, using terrifying force to prevent it from advancing even an inch further!

Guan Xiaoxiao stared blankly at the back of the figure in front of her.

"Jiang Yuan...?"