Chapter 1582 - 507: Double Taurus_2

Chapter 1582: Chapter 507: Double Taurus_2

But in just an instant, all those bodies froze in midair.

A blue, liquid-like substance began crawling along the arms of those dark red hands, constantly converging toward the inside of the sphere.

Timekeeper Chronos witnessed the whole process, and he was dumbstruck.

"Once the Mechanical Race gets close, they’re grabbed by the strange giant hands inside the sphere, and then... some sort of substance is extracted from them."

He discovered once more that the expansion speed of the sphere had increased.

It seemed that this blue, liquid substance contained energy even stronger than that of the ferocious firepower, so that once absorbed by the dark red sphere, its expansion accelerated further.

The tallest building in the Mechanical City, that commercial tower, had already touched the surface of the dark red energy sphere.

Yet the building itself... did not experience any destructive force.

Only the Mechanical Race inside the building, those on the top floor who were sorting data, preparing to evacuate but too late to escape, were all seized by the eerie dark red hands, then held motionless, like statues that had lost their Spirit.

The more people it devoured, the faster the sphere expanded, and the faster it devoured, so the number of people consumed grew ever larger.

The Timekeeper could not imagine how the Mechanical City had suddenly met with an extinction-level calamity today!

He couldn’t care about anything else now; he could only immediately flee to the Lower City District, try to join forces with Mammon and Metheus, and see if they could find a countermeasure.

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Underground Arena.

At this moment, the main gate of the Underground Arena had already been sealed, and even the gate leading into the underground pipelines was shut.

If the Mechanical Race cannot obtain permission, they cannot leave the Mechanical City. To get far away from the dark red sphere, naturally they have to think of a way to flee underground.

But all the underground passages had been sealed off by Mammon.

As the Materialist, the richest individual in the entire Mechanical City, Mammon’s Underground Arena could be described as an impregnable fortress.

Right now, only those who possess the proper qualifications, that is, Mammon’s distinguished guests or those on the same tier as Mammon, are allowed to enter the underground.

As for whether the situation on the surface has already gone completely out of control, Mammon does not care.

The Lower City District has indeed fallen into chaos; the rich from the Upper District have flooded into the Lower City District, amplified by their terrifying, exaggerated descriptions of the dark red sphere...

Now the entire Lower City District no longer has the mindset of spectators watching a show.

If even the wealthy start to feel fear, then this world is probably truly on the verge of destruction.

Many people in the Lower City District have begun to panic, wildly panic.

Everyone has gathered at the entrance leading to the Underground Arena, desperate to get underground, but it’s useless; guarding the entrance are the champion guard squad under Zeroer Asdoku...

These are top-tier combat bodies; with them present, no body can break through the entrance by force. Whether poor or rich, everyone can only wait outside or search for another entrance.

Yes, Zeroer Asdoku, along with the "Shadow Warrior" who went from servant to master, had already arrived at the Mechanical City.

When Timekeeper Chronos rushed over, Metheus, Mammon, and Asdoku were already waiting for him.

The Four Emperors were gathered in the VIP room.

And opposite the Four Emperors sat the Shadow Warrior—Xishu.

Wen Xishu said:

"That’s the situation. Right now, everyone in your Mechanical City... all Mechanical Life, faces the risk of having their ’human traits’ stripped away."

"You are the Four Emperors of the Mechanical City, the most powerful bodies. Do you have any way to respond?"

"If the four of you join forces, can you, at the level of mechanism, restrain the Lord of Machinery?"

Mammon was still very surprised.

How is it that one trip transporting the Divine Dawn back, and the kid who was Re-zeroed suddenly turned around and became an Officer of the Zeroer?

The Zeroer actually shows great... respect toward the Shadow Warrior.

To save time, Zeroer Asdoku directly converted a segment of memory and played it as imagery for everyone.

When Metheus, Chronos, and Mammon saw Taurus, their faces were all filled with fear.

Clearly, the oppressive sense of the constellation was far above their impression of the Lord of Machinery.

And when Taurus said, "He is me; to see him is to see me," the Four Emperors all immediately behaved themselves.

"Let’s not waste time. It’s best if you all cooperate with me. If you insist on testing the authority Taurus granted me, I don’t mind."

No one made a sound.

Wen Xishu was quite pleased with this.

"Good. Now answer the question I just asked. Weaving Dreams, Materialism, Timekeeping, and Zeroing—your authorities: is there any way that, at the level of mechanism, they can suppress the Lord of Machinery?"

Wen Xishu still hoped he could gain some assistance.

But the answer left him very disappointed.

Timekeeper Chronos can cause all internal applications in bodies to experience erroneous time, but it’s ineffective against the Lord of Machinery.

Dreamweaver Metheus can weave ’illusions,’ causing a body’s perception of the environment to completely fail, making them see only the ’dreamscape’ she weaves, capable of fraud across all five senses, but still ineffective against the Lord of Machinery.

The Zeroer can Re-zero memories, but only if the Lord of Machinery voluntarily disables all intrusion defense systems and personally guides the process; otherwise, it is ineffective against the Lord of Machinery.

Mammon has the thickest health bar and can rely on wealth to refill that bar, but the Lord of Machinery’s damage seems to be extraction of the soul, not physical damage to the body.

In other words, the Four Emperors, when facing anyone other than the Lord of Machinery, could be said to rival top-tier entities of the Red House. But to the Lord of Machinery, they are nothing more than four elite infantry units.

This is bloodline suppression.

They are Mechanical Race created by Yuan, the Lord of Machinery; though powerful, they become pathetically weak before Yuan.