Chapter 89: Self-Destruction of the Smart Mecha
The voice behind Peter was a warning from the smart mecha that it was going to self-destruct.
When Peter had heard that the smart mechas could use human language, he had confirmed that they were self-aware. Furthermore, since the smart mecha could still issue a warning before it self-destructed, this meant that the self-destructive power of the smart mechas far exceeded that of the A-Grade mutated vulture. Thus, it was not afraid that Peter would have time to escape from this area.
Peter immediately turned around. His pupils constricted as the alarm of the smart mecha he was dragging began to beep. Furthermore, the beeping grew faster over time.
“Activate the illusion!”
Seeing that the smart mecha was about to self-destruct, Peter activated his illusion ability in a hurry.
He did not know if the illusion would work on the smart mecha, but it was too late to escape now. Thus, he could only make a final gamble.
After a short wait, Peter was delighted to see that the beeping sound from the smart mecha suddenly stopped. This meant that the illusion he had used on the smart mecha worked.
However, this did not mean that the smart mecha’s self-destruction would be canceled. Instead, it would only be interrupted. After the smart mecha’s consciousness left the illusion, the self-destruction would immediately occur.
In order to avoid the crisis that he had previously faced when the S-Grade queen insect self-destructed, Peter did not stay where he was this time. Instead, his legs erupted with power and he accelerated away from this area. According to Peter’s estimate of the range of the explosion, he had to run at least a few thousand meters away to reach an area that was considered safe.
With Peter’s current speed, he would soon reach a safe area. During this process, an unfamiliar scene appeared in front of Peter.
He knew that this was the autonomous consciousness of the smart mecha, which had been affected by the illusion. The unfamiliar scene displayed the experience of the smart mecha’s autonomous consciousness.
However, Peter didn’t have time to check how the smart mecha had entered the illusion because he had discovered several other smart mechas, who had also discovered Peter. Instead of activating their self-destruct mechanism, they began to chase after Peter.
As Peter sped away from this area, he discovered more and more smart mechas. The smart mechas that had just appeared immediately joined the pursuit team.
“These guys are really stubborn!”
Behind Peter was a group of smart mechas chasing him. In terms of physical strength alone, Peter was not afraid of these smart mechas. However, he could not keep running like this.
Just as Peter was wondering what to do, the S-Grade queen insect’s voice sounded in his mind.
“Master, I’ve successfully controlled a mecha!”
“Hm?”
Peter was very surprised to hear that the S-Grade queen insect had actually succeeded in controlling a smart mecha.
“How did you control the mecha?”
After waiting for a short while, the S-Grade queen insect’s voice sounded in his mind again.
“Master, a mecha suddenly entered my cave, so I tried to use my control ability. In the end, I was actually able to control the mecha.”
It turned out to be a smart mecha. Previously, in order to avoid the self-destruction of the A-Grade mutated vulture, the smart mecha had coincidentally run into the cave of the S-Grade queen insect.
There were many tunnels connecting the S-Grade queen insect cave to the outside world. Peter guessed that the smart mecha had chosen another tunnel. Or else, it would have definitely encountered Peter.
Since the S-Grade queen insect could control the smart mecha, the smart mechas that were chasing after him were easy to deal with. Peter planned to lead the smart mecha that were chasing him to circle around the area before running back to the cave of the S-Grade queen insect.
Then, Peter began to implement his plan.
Firstly, he had to confirm the remaining time that he could use his rage. This was easy to confirm because a countdown had been displayed in front of Peter. It showed that there were 2 minutes and 47 seconds left.
This was enough time for Peter to lure the smart mechas behind him back to the cave of the S-Grade queen insect.
However, there was another problem that Peter needed to solve. He needed to think of a method as he couldn’t bring the smart mechas that were chasing after him into the cave of the S-Grade queen insect at the same time.
That was because the S-Grade queen insect could only control one target at a time. If he brought all these smart mechas back to the cave, the remaining smart mechas that were not controlled would definitely not wait obediently for them to be controlled. Instead, they would attack the S-Grade queen insect first.
Peter knew the attack power of the smart mechas. With the defense of the S-Grade queen insect, it was very difficult for it to resist the attacks from the smart mechas.
As he made a turn, Peter saw that there were 45 smart mechas chasing after him.
This was a very powerful smart mecha team. If Peter did not handle this well and brought all of these smart mechas back to the cave of the queen insect, an accident might happen. In that case, putting aside the safety of the S-Grade queen insect, he might even be in a very dangerous situation.
At this moment, a violent explosion sounded thousands of meters behind Peter. This must be the self-destruction of the smart mecha that had fallen into the illusion.
The power of the smart mecha’s self-destruction was indeed terrifying. Peter was now far away from the center of the explosion, but he could still feel the strong shock wave.
One could imagine that a body in the area at the center of the explosion would explode into pieces, no matter how hard the body was.
However, the self-destruction of the smart mecha reminded Peter of a way to prevent the S-Grade queen insect from being attacked by the other smart mechas when it controlled one smart mecha.
Using an illusion to control the smart mechas could solve the problem that Peter was worried about. However, Peter had never tested how many smart mechas he could control at a time with his illusion abilities.
It couldn’t be helped. Peter could only try to use his illusion ability now and see how many smart mechas he could affect at once.
“Activate the illusion!”
After his illusion ability was activated, Peter immediately looked at the smart mechas chasing behind him. There were about ten smart mechas closest to him. These were also the first batch of smart mechas that had started chasing after him.
“Bang bang bang…”
The sound of smart mechas falling kept coming from behind Peter. After the illusion ability was activated, more than ten intelligent mechas behind him had entered the illusion at the same time. Meanwhile, the bodies that had been running at full speed finally fell after losing the control of their own consciousness.
This time, Peter used his illusion ability and successfully knocked down more than ten smart mechas behind him. However, the smart mechas at the back of the group chasing after him were not affected by the illusion. Instead, they chased after him at full speed.
This was exactly the result Peter wanted to see. Now, all he had to do was continue to lure the smart mechas back to the cave of the S-Grade queen insect. He was only one step away from success. His plan was just short of the queen insect’s control.
A few minutes later, Peter successfully lured the remaining 25 smart mechas back to the cave of the S-Grade queen insect.
After Peter entered the cave, there were less than ten seconds left on the timer that had been displayed in front of him.
“Activate the illusion!”
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