"What are those things…" Li Xuan stared in shock at the large group of robots, resembling mecha or Gundams, rumbling down the road.
Their deep-blue exterior and massive bodies gave Li Xuan a sense of power. Even the Honkai Beasts that were drawn by the noise and charged forward were quickly knocked to the ground by a few of the robots.
Strong, invincible… this was Li Xuan's first impression of the Anti-Entropy mecha.
"Strange… when did these things appear here? It looks like they're searching for something…" Li Xuan pinched his chin and pondered the question…
He certainly didn't think these mecha were here to rescue survivors. After all, if they were a rescue team, they would have arrived long ago. Why would they delay until now, when the entire city had been overrun by the Honkai?
"Divine demons?!" Yae Sakura, who had never seen such things, was on the verge of a system crash. She stared blankly, then devoutly prostrated herself on the ground.
"…What are you doing?!" Li Xuan looked speechlessly at the girl before him, who was muttering a string of words he couldn't understand. It sounded like she was praying to gods or buddhas.
"Ahem… those are just machines made by humans," Li Xuan said, covering his face with his hand in exasperation. He had almost forgotten that Yae Sakura had never seen such high-tech things. After all, she had grown up in the countryside…
Although he had only seen them in manga and anime himself… so the impact wasn't as great.
"Eh?! Humans… humans can make such big ma-machines?" Yae Sakura looked at the slowly approaching Anti-Entropy mecha in the distance with disbelief.
"Mhm…" Li Xuan turned to look at the deep-blue mecha and said with a smile, "Because this is the power of what's called 'technology'…"
A power that belonged to humanity itself… Li Xuan looked at the deep-blue mecha in the distance and sighed with some emotion. It seemed the technology in this world was far more advanced than in his own world… after all, his world couldn't build a bunch of mecha like this… this was practically black magic.
"Let's go, Sakura. Let's go take a look together," Li Xuan said, extending his hand to the beast-eared girl kneeling on the ground with a warm smile.
It was a rare opportunity to see these mecha. Although he didn't know why they were here or what they were looking for, as long as they were careful, they could get a closer look without being discovered.
But even if they were discovered, Li Xuan wouldn't be too afraid. After all, they were just robots. Li Xuan, with his god-tier equipment, was ready to take on ten of them at once!…
"Bio-detector has found human life fluctuations…" The head of the white mecha, the 'Berserk Titan,' which was hidden among the deep-blue Titan Mechas, lit up. For this mission, it had been specially equipped with Anti-Entropy's latest detection device, capable of detecting human life fluctuations even from a thousand meters away. The data would also be synchronously encrypted and transmitted to the Anti-Entropy command room for analysis…
"Approach slowly…" Far outside Nagazora City, the woman with long, light-blonde hair made a judgment through remote command… According to the information received, it was clear that the two humans detected by the device had very strong life forces. They were definitely two Stigmata wielders. If possible…
"So… Sakura, as long as we're careful, we won't be discovered," Li Xuan said instructively to Yae Sakura beside him, hiding in a dark alley.
"…Eh?!" Li Xuan peeked his head out to look at the group of Titan Mechas not far away and couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation. "Why does it feel like a few of the mecha are missing?"
How strange…
"Hey, hey~ Li Xuan, that, that…" Yae Sakura suddenly tugged at the corner of his clothes from behind, her voice trembling slightly. Li Xuan could feel that she was a little scared.
Why would Sakura be scared?… After all, she's a woman who can slice a Honkai Beast in two with a single strike, Li Xuan dismissed his previous thought. "What's wrong? Sakura…" Li Xuan turned his head to say.
"......" What was behind them instantly made the atmosphere awkward…
Holy crap!… Can these mecha teleport?! When did they get behind us… At this moment, a group of deep-blue mecha stood silently behind Li Xuan, watching them. Although they didn't have eyes, he still felt a sense of fear… It almost made him curse out loud…
The deep-blue mecha's joints emitted a strong blue energy light, and wisps of white steam rose from their bodies—water vapor from the coolant evaporating due to the high heat generated by the mecha's operation…
"...Clank, clank…" The sound of heavy footsteps came from behind the deep-blue mecha, approaching step by step, making Li Xuan look over curiously. The surrounding tall, deep-blue mecha all moved aside, clearing a path for it to pass.
"Such a strong Honkai energy reaction…" Yae Sakura, who was hiding behind Li Xuan and was somewhat afraid of these robots she had never seen before, said gravely, her Spirit Blade-Sakurafubuki already drawn.
"..." Yeah, such a strong Honkai energy reaction. Hearing Sakura's words, Li Xuan fully agreed. Even from this distance, he could feel an intense heat from the white mecha, as if he had returned to summer.
It was a white mecha, even taller, its entire body shrouded in a deep red mist that looked like fresh blood… It exuded a powerful aura… This was Anti-Entropy's non-mass-produced mecha, the "Berserk Titan"!
"..." The white mecha stood motionless in front of Li Xuan and Yae Sakura, making no further movements… It was silent for a moment, then its head lit up, and a holographic image appeared in front of it…
It was remote 3D projection technology!
"Hello, Stigmata wielder… 'Li Xuan'," the woman with long, light-blonde hair in a green military uniform said with a smile in the image.
"My name is Cocolia…"