Chapter 59: Assisting with the Crystal

“The Skynet Crystal came under attack without an intrusion alert. How did the enemy infiltrate the base? Are they ghost soldiers? No, the base’s life detection has reached the level of a Spiritual Master, and the ghost soldiers will be easily discovered.” Lin Yun’s mind continued to ponder when he heard the alarm from the Skynet Crystal.

Du Zi clearly froze but immediately came back to his senses and shouted, “All combatants, enter combat positions right away! Guards, quickly follow me to protect the crystal!”

At this time, the commanding officer of the base also rushed over. He gave the fatty a fierce stare and dissuaded. “No, you can’t go, Sir Du. The demons that attacked the crystal were able to bypass the base’s detection, so they must be powerful. We can’t afford for anything to happen to you.”

Du Zi looked at him disdainfully and snorted. “When the Skynet Crystal is destroyed, we will lose our field of vision advantage. Once the demons attack, the entire base will be destroyed.”

“Sir, it’s just a small human base. I’ve already prepared a plane for you to leave…”

“Hmph! There’s no escape in my dictionary. You’d better do the battle arrangements well. Otherwise, wait for military punishment.”

After he said that, Du Zi took his guards and hurriedly ran towards the inside of the base. Lin Yun and the captain looked at each other and followed him.

“Lin Yun, why are you here?” Du Zi looked serious and was in a hurry.

“You said that if the Skynet Crystal is destroyed, the entire base will be destroyed. In that case, I naturally have to protect the crystal.”

Du Zi suddenly stopped and put his hand on Lin Yun’s shoulder.

“Your strength is too weak to provide greater assistance. The entire base’s mechas are stored in the ASC1 room. I’ll open up access to you and your teammate. You two hurry over there and pilot two mechas to help.”

Du Zi pressed on a watch on his wrist, brought up a virtual keyboard, and kept pressing with his hands. At the same time, he brought the guards with him and quickly ran deeper into the base.

Mecha?

The enemy this time was actually so difficult to deal with that Du Zi’s guards couldn’t even be used, and there was still a need to use mechas. Thinking of this, Lin Yun’s heart tightened.

The captain said in a deep voice, “I know the way. Follow me.”

Under the captain’s guidance, Lin Yun arrived at a spacious warehouse. Just when he entered the warehouse, a cold voice was heard from the front.

“Are the two of you trying to steal our base’s mechas while the demons are invading?”

Lin Yun looked up and saw that it was Wang Cheng, standing in front of a mecha that was slowly opening. It looked as if he wanted to escape in the mecha.

“We don’t have time to argue with you. If you want to escape, just wait for the future military law to deal with you.” Lin Yun didn’t pay any attention to Wang Cheng and hurriedly walked towards a mecha. He pressed on the activation sensor zone of the mecha, and the cockpit of the mecha slowly opened.

Upon seeing that, Wang Cheng quickly jumped into the cockpit of the mecha in front of him. After a few seconds, the mecha’s right arm slowly lifted and pointed towards Lin Yun. At the same time, a frantic shout was heard from the mecha, “An idle squad like you guys was actually able to gain access to the mecha. It was premeditated indeed, and it seems that you guys are in cahoots with that human traitor. Today, I, Wang Cheng, will get rid of all of you on behalf of the base.”

Danger!

Lin Yun was on alert and quickly rolled away from the mecha.

“Boom!”

A bowl-thick laser shot out from the right arm of the Wang Cheng’s mecha, striking the mecha beside Lin Yun into pieces.

“Hahaha, kid. Blame it on the fact that you’re a step late and couldn’t enter the mecha. Today, I will pilot this body of steel and let you die here. At the same time, I will frame the charge on you for stealing the mecha and escaping the base. I, on the other hand, will be the hero who piloted the mecha to chase after the fugitive. Your corpse will become the ladder for me to rise to power and wealth.”

As Wang Cheng laughed arrogantly, he pulled out his four-meter long laser sword and rushed towards Lin Yun. Lin Yun could clearly hear the sound of the laser sword. There was no doubt that if he touched the sword, he would instantly die.

Left without a choice, Lin Yun could only trigger the Stacking Skill, hoping that by doubling his speed, he could escape the warehouse.

When he ran into the crowd, Wang Cheng wouldn’t dare to attack him without restraint again.

Frustratingly, the Stacking Skill failed this time. With a one-in-ten chance, it had actually been caught up by Lin Yun. In the blink of an eye, the huge figure of Wang Cheng’s mecha had blocked him.

“How can a human’s speed be faster than the mecha? You can’t get away, so blame it on your lack of knowledge!” Wang Cheng raised his laser sword and was about to slash it.

“Hey, you seem to have forgotten someone!”

With the captain’s words, a mecha suddenly rushed over from the side and crashed into Wang Cheng’s mecha. At the same time, the captain’s voice was heard, “Quickly enter a mecha. I don’t know how to pilot this thing.”

Didn’t know how to pilot a mecha?

Some people couldn’t pilot a mecha in this world? In the first year of compulsory education, one would get a hands-on experience of piloting a mecha. As long as one entered Skynet, one could experience the piloting of mecha in a virtual scene for free. Moreover, given the current advanced technology, the mecha cockpit would match the control system with the pilot’s Spirit. Piloting a mecha was quite an easy operation.

However, seeing the captain piloting the mecha and tangling with Wang Cheng’s mecha, Lin Yun had to admit that the captain was a complete rookie in mecha piloting. Just now, the captain could have used the laser cannon or the plasma laser sword to explode Wang Cheng. However, he had only used the most primitive method to fight Wang Cheng in close combat. Lin Yun guessed that the captain probably didn’t even know how to use the mecha’s weapons.

Lin Yun quickly pressed a mecha’s activation sensor zone and stood in front of the cockpit that was slowly opening, feeling very anxious.

Piloting a mecha didn’t mean that the higher one’s own strength was, the stronger the mecha would be. It required great operation, as well as familiarity with the mecha. For example, the mecha was not as flexible as humans. Many difficult movements could be done by humans, but not by the mecha.

The captain was a complete rookie in operating the mecha, and he was quickly pinned down on the ground by Wang Cheng’s mecha with his hands behind his back. After a few punches, his mecha’s head was on fire and seemed it was going to explode.

Right at this moment, Lin Yun had already rushed to the mecha’s cockpit.

“Matching Spirit in progress. Please wait a moment…”

Lin Yun was excited yet nervous. This was the first time he was going to officially pilot a mecha. No matter how realistic the Skynet virtual scene was, it wasn’t as good as having a real experience, after all.

“Spirit match completed. Detected character’s low Spiritual Strength and Physical Strength. Mecha power automatically reduced to 30%.”

Lin Yun sighed. It seemed that his own Physical Strength and Spiritual Strength were only about equal to about 30% of a mecha warrior’s strength.

“Mecha activation completed!”

Suddenly, Wang Cheng’s and the captain’s mecha figures appeared in Lin Yun’s visual interface. The captain’s mecha had both of its arms ripped off, with its exposed pipelines constantly exploding with sparks, and it was being stepped on by Wang Cheng’s mecha. Wang Cheng’s mecha raised its laser sword and slashed at the cockpit of the head of the captain’s mecha.

Without hesitation, Lin Yun raised his right arm and turned on the laser cannon.

“Boom!”

An explosion hit Wang Cheng’s mecha right in the chest. The mecha exploded into countless mechanical fragments, scattering onto the captain’s mecha.

What a close call!

“Captain, quickly come out and change into another mecha. We’ll go assist with the Skynet Crystal.” Lin Yun was speechless as he looked at the mecha that the captain couldn’t turn over for a long time.

Right after that, the captain’s words made Lin Yun even more speechless.

“How do I… get off from the cockpit?”

Finally, under Lin Yun’s guidance, the captain switched mechas and they quickly ran towards the Skynet Crystal deep within the base.

Next to the Skynet Crystal, corpses could be seen all over. Lin Yun found that all of Du Zi’s guards were dead. Du Zi, on the other hand, was leaning right next to the Skynet Crystal with a very deep scar on his chest.

“Danger! Hurry to my side!” When Du Zi saw the two, he shouted out anxiously.

“Kapow!”

A loud sound of metal rubbing violently caused Lin Yun’s ears to go numb. Turning the head of the mecha, his eyes instantly narrowed. The captain’s mecha had actually been cut in half from the left shoulder to the waist on the right side. This sturdy mecha with a titanium alloy shell was like a clay villain that had been cut in two by a sharp fruit knife.

However, despite the mecha’s Sensory being comparable to that of a Spiritual Master, Lin Yun couldn’t feel the presence of the enemy at all!

This invisible enemy was clearly not a ghost soldier, as they couldn’t have such powerful destructive power, nor could they bypass the mecha’s Sensory. Lin Yun felt very puzzled. What was this invisible enemy?

Whatever it was, it was dangerous. Recalling what Du Zi had just said, he immediately picked up the upper body of the captain’s mecha and ran towards the Skynet Crystal.

“Kapow!”

A loud sound was heard from Lin Yun’s right side. The entire right arm of the mecha’s visual interface displayed a bright red warning color. Lin Yun’s mecha slumped to the left as he ran, causing the upper half of the captain’s mecha to fall down along with him in front of the Skynet Crystal.

It seemed he was safe for now? Lin Yun found that the attack without warning just now had directly cut off the mecha’s right arm. The mecha’s sturdy titanium alloy shell was actually as vulnerable as soft tofu.

Although he was still in the mecha, Lin Yun didn’t feel safe at all. He used the mecha’s detection device to scan everything around him back and forth.

There was nothing unusual!

He didn’t even know who the enemy was!

Just then, Du Zi suddenly shouted, “Danger!”