"Boom!"
A huge piece of metal fell off the mechanical arm and landed heavily on the ground.
"You …"
This was … a place called the assembly plant.
Huge metal parts and mechanical arms for transporting them were scattered in every corner of this place, and they were all activated by the operations of the main control room.
The mechanical arms picked up pieces of metal and put them together to form a bigger piece of metal.
This assembly project would eventually make a large excavator and open up an underground path to the Solidified Bloom.
However, the assembly was interrupted for some reason. The reason was … the Elite Dust Crocodile that brought the Scholar here suddenly did something strange.
"What are you …" The Scholar looked at the Elite Dust Crocodile's hand. It was holding a weapon that looked like a pistol.
It suddenly pulled out the weapon and fired at the Mechanical Dust Crocodile. The "pistol" did not fire a bullet, but a flash that looked like an electric current.
The moment it was hit, the Mechanical Dust Crocodile fell to the ground. The mechanical arm that it was operating also seemed to have loosened its grip on the mechanical parts because of the interruption.
There was a loud boom, and the entire assembly plant shook.
Although it was strange that the machine would abandon the things it was carrying because of the interruption, the Scholar did not have time to deal with it. She had to deal with the Elite Dust Crocodile first.
The Elite aimed its gun at the Scholar. It did not intend to communicate with the Scholar. Instead, it pressed the button to fire. With a "pop," a small flash of light flashed at the muzzle and hit the Scholar.
"…" The Scholar did not feel anything.
Thus, the Scholar rushed towards the Elite. The Elite immediately rolled to the side, dodging the Scholar's attack and quickly running away.
The Scholar realized that the Elite was running toward the control panel. It kicked away the Mechanical Dust Crocodile and placed its hand on the panel.
The control panel was a rectangular object that was more than one meter tall. There were many different colors of light on it. The Scholar did not fully understand how to operate it, but the Elite seemed to understand.
It used its hand to touch a red light on the panel. The Scholar heard a loud boom from the giant mechanical arm above. The arm suddenly turned and smashed heavily toward the Scholar.
"Boom!!!"
The mechanical arm was over six meters thick. It looked like the fist of a giant mecha in the movies. When it slammed into the Scholar's position, the metal floor caved in.
Then, the Elite touched the other light on the control panel, and the mechanical arm was pulled out from the crater … but there was no Scholar's remains in the crater.
The elite immediately became alert. At this moment, it heard a voice.
Bang!
It felt something hit its body, but it was not hurt at all. It was not hurt at all.
But soon … it heard such a 'voice' in its mind.
"You can't protect anything! Why are there so many parts that can't be protected? "
This' voice 'continued to reverberate in its mind, occupying its every thought.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Although the 'sound' did not directly harm its body, it could force it to harm its own body.
"This has an effect on it too …"
The Scholar looked at the Elite Dust Crocodile that was rolling on the ground. It quickly walked over and pressed the Elite Dust Crocodile to the ground. Because it had more limbs, the Dust Crocodile was quickly immobilized by the Scholar.
The Scholar first confirmed that this Dust Crocodile was indeed a cellular creature. It was a normal Dust Crocodile, not some other creature in disguise.
Since it was a normal Dust Crocodile, why would it attack the Scholar and the mechanical Dust Crocodile?
With that in mind, the Scholar took out an extraction gun and pressed it against the Dust Crocodile's head to extract the little Core Protector from its brain. The Dust Crocodile, which was still struggling madly, suddenly let out a sigh of relief and slowly stopped struggling.
But soon, it began to struggle again. This was because it realized that although the crazy voice in its head had disappeared, it was still being held down by the Scholar.
The Scholar restrained it forcefully. At the same time, she took out a bundle of rope from her waist. This rope was a tool that was originally equipped on her body. After tying up the Elite Dust Crocodile, the Scholar confirmed that it had no other weapons on it and put it aside.
Then, the Scholar first studied the gun … This gun could shoot small luminous objects. It would not cause any damage, but that was only for the Scholar.
These luminous objects seemed to have a paralyzing effect on the Mechanical Dust Crocodile. The Scholar found that as long as the gun hit the Mechanical Dust Crocodile, it could make the Mechanical Dust Crocodile immobile.
The Scholar felt that this gun seemed to have stopped the Mechanical Dust Crocodile's system. The effect was similar to the golden cube.
Although the Mechanical Dust Crocodile had its own consciousness, it seemed to be very easy to control. The Scholar was a little doubtful about how it had fought for its position in the past.
If this was the case, the Mechanical Dust Crocodile should be able to be reactivated … The Scholar quickly confirmed that this idea was correct. This was because the Scholar had found … ammunition boxes on the Elite's body.
It was the ammunition for this gun. One of the boxes was marked "Stop," while the other was marked "Start."
So, the Scholar wanted to give it a try. She put the box of ammunition into the gun, then aimed at the Mechanical Dust Crocodile and fired … In the end …
"What happened?" The Mechanical Dust Crocodile yelled as it woke up.
After the Scholar explained the situation to it, the Mechanical Dust Crocodile quickly threw its anger at the Elite.
"You! Why! Betrayal! Pathetic! Unity! Way out! " The Mechanical Dust Crocodile shouted all kinds of words at the Elite angrily, but the Elite's expression did not change. It simply said, "Kill."
"Why?!" Hearing its words, the Mechanical Dust Crocodile became even angrier. It kept asking why, but the Elite simply said, "Kill me. Quick."
The Mechanical Dust Crocodile immediately reached out its hand to kill the Elite, but it was pulled back by the Scholar.
The Mechanical Dust Crocodile looked at the Scholar in confusion. The Scholar pulled it to the side, then walked in front of the Elite and said, "If you don't kill, explain the reason. If you don't, go crazy."
At the same time, the Scholar pointed at its head.
The Elite seemed to have suddenly remembered what had just happened because of the Scholar's actions. Its expression immediately changed greatly. Then, it slowly said, "Speak … Speak."
Then, the Elite told the Scholar and the Mechanical Dust Crocodile why it did what it did. It said that this was its … mission.
This mission was very simple. It was to kill other Elite Dust Crocodiles, of course, including machines. In fact, it had to kill any forces that belonged to the Dust Crocodile.
This was a … deal between it and the three-legged pillar.
The large pile of cans that the Scholar and the Mechanical Dust Crocodile saw in the basement was not obtained by the Elite from killing the three-legged pillar. It was given to it by the three-legged pillar.
The three-legged pillar said that as long as it followed their orders, it would continue to provide food. This way, it could live longer than any other Elite that had awakened, because the other Elites could not eat any food.
When the Mechanical Dust Crocodile heard this, it almost fainted because this Elite actually … betrayed its own group for a few cans.
However, it was a machine, so it did not faint. Therefore, it could only hold a huge … anger as it listened to this part.
The Elite said that it encountered the three-legged pillar by chance, and these three-legged pillars initially attacked it. However, there was one time when they suddenly did not kill it when they could have killed it. Instead, they made a deal with it.
After that … it had always followed their orders.
The three-legged pillar not only asked it to kill other Dust Crocodile Elites, but also asked it to do some strange things. For example, it was given some unknown things to place in a certain place, or it was asked to take some things.
For example, some specimens in some buildings, furniture, and even advertising paper, the three-legged pillar asked it to take them and place them in a certain place.
It did not know why the three-legged pillar did not take them by itself. Because if it did these things, the three-legged pillar would give it … canned food, so it did it.
However, the Elite also said that it did not work for the three-legged pillar just for the canned food.
The most important reason was to get close to them, understand these enemies, and finally kill them.
This was its initial idea, but this idea was not realized because the three-legged pillar only appeared when it was given new tasks and canned food. Usually, it could not be seen.
It also did not know what the purpose of most of the tasks was. Then, it just received canned food while doing tasks in a daze.
Until recently, the three-legged pillar gave it a 'kill task,' which asked it to kill a Mechanical Dust Crocodile and … the Scholar.
There were very few kill tasks. So far, it had only accepted two.
Compared to other tasks, it was not very willing to do the kill task. However, in order to survive, it still accepted it … and thought of using this gun.
This gun was also invented by the Dust Crocodiles as a means to control the Mechanical Dust Crocodiles. However, compared to the cube, it was even less known to the crocodiles. Only a few Dust Crocodiles knew about this weapon, and this weapon was … universal.
It was also effective against the mechanical creatures of other countries. There were many mechanical creatures in the countries near the Dust Crocodiles. It was said that they were all created by the same set of systems as the Mechanical Dust Crocodiles, so they could be controlled together. The Elite thought that the Scholar was a creature of another country, so it planned to use this gun to deal with the two of them.
Unexpectedly … it had no effect on the Scholar.
Then, the situation became like this. The Elite did not deny that it was a traitor to the group. It was disheartened and did not want to live anymore.
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