The expedition team set off immediately upon formation and entered the Simulation Realm.
They didn't have much time.
The attack by demons outside Mountain City was still ongoing. If the issue in the Simulation Realm wasn't quickly resolved, the city might truly be breached from both inside and outside.
So the entire expedition group rushed into the Simulation Realm without stopping.
However, this time they made much more thorough preparations compared to before.
Baiyu previously had a hard time gathering these Grandmasters by himself.
But with Jiang Han and Wulin, these two Warband Leaders, this group no longer dared to take things lightly.
At the end of the day.
It was because he was too young, without high strength, and lacked sufficient power under his command.
Even though the Security Bureau had already grown to over two thousand people.
In the eyes of this group of Grandmasters, it was just a mob.
The only ones truly acknowledged by them were these powerful special warbands with secret weapons.
"The first Blood Knight Order is stationed at Base 17 in Military District A. It's also where Director Yao used to reside,"
Jiang Han said, pointing at the map, "Among all the warbands, they are the most familiar and strongest in dealing with the Simulation Realm. If we can join up with them first, it will add a formidable fighting force to our subsequent actions."
Baiyu nodded.
His intent to seek out the Blood Knight Order first was also for this reason.
Wulin commented, "Our Shadow Warrior camp isn't far from the Blood Knight Order. During the Simulation Realm's outbreak, it seems they were besieged by a herd of Ground-Shaking Demon Cattle. Those Exotic Beasts were clearly tamed by the demons, following their commands."
Jiang Han and Baiyu were both shocked.
The Ground-Shaking Demon Cattle are Level Four Exotic Beasts, comparable to human Tier Four peak Martial Artists, perhaps even stronger.
Especially when a herd gathers, they can use their racial talent to trigger a localized earthquake capable of shattering mountains.
The western part of the Imperial realm once saw a city destroyed by an earthquake triggered by these cattle.
Ordinary structures cannot defend against or withstand their attacks.
"Let's go take a look first. At this point, we can't not go,"
Jiang Han said softly.
Baiyu also felt they should take a look. Even for a herd of Ground-Shaking Demon Cattle, they might not be able to wipe out the Blood Knight Order.
This is the elite among the elite in the Imperial special forces.
More importantly,
the Blood Knight Order might hold critical information concerning this Simulation Realm.
Because the Blood Knight Order serves as Yao Shuimei's guards.
They were personally brought to Mountain City by Yao Shuimei, perhaps aware of her whereabouts and the key information on creating Simulation Realm demons.
The Mechanical Fortress started progressing towards the Blood Knight Order's location.
Rumble.
On the icy and silent street, occasionally, a sharp gunshot would ring from afar.
There would also be deformed creatures springing out from the roadside, fearlessly charging at the fortress's outer shell, only to be instantly crushed.
As for the demon troops, they bizarrely didn't encounter any on the road.
Before long,
the Mechanical Fortress entered the former station of the Blood Knight Order.
However, it was already in ruins, with fragments of walls everywhere, countless mutilated body parts, and corpses gnawed incomplete by unknown creatures.
Various forms of contamination permeated the surroundings.
Exposure to such an environment without preparation could result in mutation within seconds for ordinary people.
For humans,
this was undoubtedly Hell.
But demons could thrive in such environments without suffering from pollution corrosion.
Demons naturally had far higher resistance to pollution than humans.
Amidst patches of smoke,
Baiyu saw the broken barracks of the Blood Knight Order and a flag standing atop the ruins.
In the surrounding broken buildings, many Bloodsuckers were crawling around.
This is a very low-level Exotic Beast, extremely easy to tame, often carried by demons during battle.
These creatures aren't powerful.
But they are incredibly sensitive to human blood, acting like the finest of hunting dogs, and once you catch their attention, there's no escape.
"Let's go down and take a look."
Wulin had already donned his armor; the Mechanical Fortress had no shortage of mecha and Mechanical Armament.
The set Wulin wore was a Tier Four Mechanical Armament.
Beyond that,
is the Master Level armament, extremely rare and expensive, wearable only by Grandmaster Level martial artists.
Of course,
Forbidden Armament was an exception.
As one of the Empire's rare pieces of equipment, with only about a hundred in existence, every Forbidden Armament had a notable origin.
Baiyu always believed that his parents must have been prominent figures, otherwise, how could they have had a Forbidden Armament?
Though he asked Pang Fei many times, Pang Fei never divulged much, only saying his parents perished in the Simulation Realm within Linjiang City's Shelter, and their murderer was Kaz.
"Let's go, let's take a look, Grandmaster Mu, Grandmaster Long, please,"
Jiang Han also donned a Mechanical Armament and glanced at two of the three Grandmasters beside him.
The two Grandmasters were from the Dragon Wood Association.
The Dragon Wood Association is the largest commerce group in Mountain City, ten times the size of Qiong Ning's association.
The two Grandmasters
are the founders of the Dragon Wood Commerce Association.
They had been developing and expanding in Mountain City for years; with the city's current predicament, there's no way they could stand aside.
Both Grandmasters had their own Mechanical Armament.
However,
theirs were evidently more advanced, radiating powerful energy that Baiyu could feel immediately, with many parts made from Living Iron.
This is the difference between Master Level Mechanical Armament and ordinary Mechanical Armament.
But what puzzled Baiyu was,
among the four, three had green Mechanical Armament, entirely jade green, even the helmets were green.
"These are armaments crafted by the Natural Mechanical Sect of the Mechanical God Church, hence the green color. In the Empire, half of the Mechanical Armament comes from their hands,"
Jiang Han explained proactively, noticing Baiyu's confusion.
The Mechanical God Church, being the Empire's National Church, was vast, influencing nearly every aspect of the Empire.
The various factions within it were also intricately connected.
Jiang Han briefly explained that the Natural Mechanical Sect is a larger faction within the church, responsible primarily for Mechanical Armor manufacturing.
Of course,
since they believed that every machine has life, and nature is the source of all life, the Mechanical Armors they produced were all green.
Upon hearing this explanation,
Baiyu was momentarily speechless.
However, now wasn't the time to dwell on such matters. He also activated his Mechanical Armament using Blood Qi.
Instantly,
a golden Mechanical Armor enveloped his entire body, filling the room with a glaring golden hue.
The opulent aura left the other four momentarily speechless.
"Sorry, I wish I could keep it subtle," Baiyu said with a smile, patting his armor.
