Chapter 376: Chapter 262: Rose in the Rain (Part 2)
Su Mo leaped up, dodging the attack while stepping on the metal arm of the Overlord Titan, charging towards its upper body.
The design structure of the Overlord Titan is quite similar to that of a human, with the energy core located at the chest. Destroying it would render the Titan powerless.
However, the technology of the Iron Blood Alliance is not something to be underestimated.
Although the Titan doesn’t have a pilot, its built-in intelligent combat module contains substantial data and comprehensive response measures.
Even if it’s just a machine, it possesses battlefield judgment capability comparable to a human.
The Overlord Titan identified Su Mo’s attempt to sabotage its energy core, immediately starting to rotate at the torque of its waist, spinning its upper body like a tornado and directly flinging him away.
Just as Su Mo landed, the Overlord Titan thundered towards him, its mechanical arm descending from above with a fierce smash, leaving a large crater where it hit the ground.
Su Mo clicked his tongue; this was going to drag on endlessly.
The Dragon Flame Blood Code would have been perfect against the Overlord Titan; its entire body is metallic, highly conductive, so a continuous spray of dragon flame would easily destroy its internal electronic components.
But here in the public eye, with so many watching eyes, he didn’t want to expose the multiple blood codes within his body.
It’s good to be special, but if everyone knows how special you are, then it’s not good.
Even if he has to use special abilities, he must use those that are concealed.
With this in mind, Su Mo quickly approached the lower section of the Overlord Titan, silently activating his internal energy core, popping out the Moon Concealing Arm Blade under his wrist, and using Frenzied Corpse Rigid Bone to cover the blade as camouflage, leaving only the most powerful edge exposed.
"Swish—" He swiftly circled one leg of the Overlord Titan, slicing it with a flash of silver light.
Most of that mechanical leg was effortlessly severed, with glaring fault arcs erupting from the cut, soon causing its body to lose balance, half-kneeling uncontrollably.
Su Mo just wanted to seize the opportunity to destroy a vital spot when the Overlord Titan’s heavy weapon bay opened, micro-missiles raining down like droplets, accompanied by the whistling of machine cannon bullets.
"Boom boom boom boom boom—" Under the fierce bombardment of guns and cannons, Su Mo evaded back and forth, once again being forced out of the attack range.
The plaza had become pockmarked, with rubble and equipment debris scattered everywhere, man and machine glaring at each other, brains and mechanical systems operating simultaneously, searching for weaknesses to crush the opposition.
While Su Mo was pondering countermeasures, Chu Nanyi’s steady voice came through the communicator.
"Captain, find a way to expose its core for just half a second, I’ll snipe it."
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From the window on the 6th floor of the Edge Mansion, Chu Nanyi was concealed like a ghost in the shadows, calmly observing his target through the window—the Overlord Titan entangling Su Mo.
Chu Nanyi had one arm across his chest, with the other hand mounted on it, a metallic cold light emanating from the cracks in his palm’s barrel. The "Silver Ring-type Artificial Body" combat program was fully activated, switching to a high-energy laser mode designed for hunting large armored units.
The chaotic battlefield provided Chu Nanyi perfect cover, like a silver ring snake waiting in cold anticipation for the instant the enemy revealed a flaw.
Even with one leg damaged, the Overlord Titan could still stand on one leg, continuously launching gun bombs against Su Mo, preventing him from aiding others.
This time, Su Mo changed his battle strategy, no longer fleeing from the heat weaponry attacks, but instead using Frenzied Corpse Rigid Bone to protect his body, determined to withstand the gunfire while closing in.
The Overlord Titan’s intelligent combat program judged that Su Mo intended to again approach its energy core, causing its upper body to start spinning rapidly again, two swinging mechanical arms like a meat grinder full of destructive force.
Faced with such relentless defense, Su Mo advanced instead of retreating, simultaneously activating Scorching Blood and Bullet Time, forcibly pushing forward with even more dominant strength.
"Boom!!!" The two collided, with Su Mo firmly gripping the mechanical arm, dragging his feet into the ground, leaving a long trench.
Under Su Mo’s violent obstruction, the Overlord Titan’s spinning speed slowed down progressively.
Slower and slower...
At the moment when its upper body faced Edge Mansion...
"Whoosh—" A high-energy laser shot out from Chu Nanyi’s palm barrel, the azure light stream instantly tearing through space, penetrating the chest of the Overlord Titan.
Through the orange-red laser melting hole on the armor surface, the damaged energy core inside was visible, its light fading, nearing extinction.
With impaired energy supply, the Overlord Titan could no longer stand, collapsing to the ground, covered with malfunctioning sparks, like a warrior at the end of his rope.
After completing the sniper kill, Chu Nanyi was about to shift his sniping position when his expression changed abruptly, shouting toward the communicator: "Captain! Watch out! It seems to want to self-destruct!"
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Su Mo, hearing Chu Nanyi’s words, immediately looked up.
The Overlord Titan activated its emergency energy use, its massive mechanical hand reaching towards its chest.
As a high-tech war machine, each Titan has a self-destruct sequence.
The self-destruct sequence key should be in the hands of the Public Security Bureau’s number one, Sikinkov.
But given the current situation, it’s highly likely the key has been compromised by a virus.
If the Overlord Titan self-destructs, the surrounding hundred meters will turn into a sea of fire.
"Everyone! Get into cover!" Su Mo shouted to the comrades behind him, as the Edge Mercenaries quickly moved behind cover.
Su Mo was just about to distance himself when the mechanical arm in front suddenly moved, gripping him tightly in its large hand, leaving him immobile.
Chu Nanyi continuously fired laser snipes, trying to rescue Su Mo, but the emergency energy’s location was too cunning, making it unreachable, only leaving melted holes in the Overlord Titan’s body.
Just as Su Mo was about to extensively diversify the Frenzied Corpse Rigid Bone, ready to withstand this round of self-destruct impact...
A mutation occurred.
The Overlord Titan reached toward its chest side, opening the storage compartment there, taking out something from inside.
It was a bundle of roses wrapped in oil paper, blooming proudly.
The Overlord Titan’s mechanical hand delicately picked the bouquet, gently, as if afraid to damage it, carefully presenting it to Su Mo.
At that moment, rain was falling from the sky, forming pearl-like droplets on rose petals, with pink and white eustomas adorning around, each so tender, presenting intoxicating beauty in the rain.
What was expected to be a destruction ended with tender roses...
This scene left Su Mo utterly baffled.
He raised his head, looking at the massive Titan in the rain.
The Titan’s head’s holographic screen lit up with a light path, displaying an emoticon like [QwQ].
"Buzz." With the energy depletion’s silent hum, the little emoticon disappeared, leaving the Titan completely paralyzed, no longer moving, with only the bouquet of roses quietly placed in front of Su Mo.
As Su Mo was staring dumbfoundedly at the rose bouquet, the sound of shattering glass suddenly came from behind, accompanied by the mercenaries’ alarmed cries.
The mechanical hunting dogs’ attack was overwhelmingly fierce, attacking from all directions, capable of jumping through any doors or windows, unstoppable.
Even Dongdong could only hold the front door, while the other areas were beyond its capacity to defend.
At that time, a large mechanical hunting dog jumped out of the broken window, its mouth clamping down on a researcher wearing a white lab coat.
Although it’s far, Su Mo recognized him from physical detail—it was Luo Mingsheng.
The rest of the mechanical hunting dogs that had breached Edge’s interior also ran out, joining the one carrying Luo Mingsheng in breaking out, disappearing at the end of the street.
After Luo Mingsheng was taken away, other military robots nearby began moving too.
The battle robots blocking the ground turned away, the clusters of drones in the sky scattered away, re-revealing the black sky.
Dongdong wiped the water off his face, cursing under his breath, urgently asking, "Is everyone okay?!"
The Edge Mercenaries performed statistical checks according to their combat teams, finding everyone was fine, not a single death, hardly anyone hurt, with the most severe injury being an arm scratched by a mechanical hunting dog.
Su Mo stood beside the motionless Titan, staring at the bouquet in front of him, unable to come to his senses for a long time.
Rain from the night sky fell onto the street, streetlights shining golden rays through the rain curtain, leaving the rose flowers alone bathing in the rain, droplets sliding down petals like tears in the rain.
Then Su Mo suddenly noticed a handwritten small card clamped within the bouquet.
He gently took the card out, the beautiful handwriting on it so familiar, with a line written gracefully.
[Goodbye, my love]
