Translator: CinderTL
Future City.
Late at night.
In a corner near the South Gate, Li Xingchen leaned against the wall, surrounded by scattered cigarette butts.
Glancing at the time, he took a deep breath.
As white smoke billowed from his lips, he flicked away the cigarette and looked up at the control console for the city gate.
The unstable red energy core in his chest activated, shifting into combat mode.
The control console area was now guarded by a city defense unit, and he lacked authorization to enter. To open the gate for the Dawn Army, he would have to force his way in.
Leaning against the wall, he gazed up at the night sky.
Cold raindrops pattered against his face, yet his heart remained as still as water.
If death meant the cessation of the heart's beating, then he had already died long ago. What fear could death hold for him now?
With the imminent battle, most Future City residents had already taken refuge in air raid shelters and other secure areas.
The city was eerily silent.
After a brief wait, the midnight chimes echoed across Future City.
Relighting a cigarette, he took a deep drag, exhaled a plume of white smoke, and a sinister smile crept across his lips.
He turned and began walking toward the control console.
At that moment, several figures emerged from the shadows, falling into step behind him.
Soon, more and more figures materialized from the darkness.
Under the lamplight, their mechanically enhanced bodies gleamed with cold metallic luster as they followed Li Xingchen without hesitation.
"Warning! You have entered a restricted military zone. Leave immediately, or we are authorized to use lethal force!"
"Warning! You have entered a restricted military zone. Leave immediately, or we are authorized to use lethal force!"
The garrison soldiers on duty quickly spotted Li Xingchen and his group, immediately issuing warning shots and attempting to drive them away.
As the alarm blared, a large number of garrison soldiers materialized, forming ranks and raising their weapons, aiming them at Li Xingchen and his companions.
Faced with this show of force, Li Xingchen remained calm and composed, even quickening his pace forward.
"Final warning..."
Before the duty officer could finish speaking, Li Xingchen flicked away his cigarette, his body emitting an overloaded hum as he leaped high into the air, lunging toward the garrison soldiers.
As if sounding the charge, the other mechanically enhanced warriors followed Li Xingchen's lead, launching their own assault.
The City Defense Force was equipped with psionic technology weapons.
These weapons, originally secret projects of the Technology Research Institute, had long been developed but never publicly revealed. The black shadow organization had never intended to make them available for general use.
However, to counter the Dawn Army, the black shadow feared the war escalating beyond their control.
They finally decided to open their armories, equipping all City Defense Force soldiers with spirit energy weapons.
These spirit energy weapons possessed not only immense destructive power but also numerous undisclosed black technologies.
For example, the bullets in the Technology-A1 Spirit Energy Gun's magazine were divided into mother bullets and sub-bullets.
When set to mother bullet ejection mode, the fired projectiles have limited destructive power but leave a mother bullet marker on the target.
At this point, any warrior wielding a gun can press the lock-on button, and subsequent "bullets"—regardless of where the gun is aimed—will precisely track and strike the target marked by the mother bullet.
The gun's internal design was personally overseen by Mo.
Its internal structure resembles a Spirit Energy Formation. As a bullet travels through the barrel, the gun automatically draws in spiritual energy from the environment and inscribes a spirit energy trajectory onto the bullet's surface.
Depending on the specific Spirit Energy Formation inscribed within the gun, the fired bullets can carry elemental effects such as frost, fire, or thunder.
This is the terrifying potential of Spirit Energy Technology.
A warrior equipped with a spirit energy weapon gains the ability to cast spells instantaneously.
The weapons boast both formidable destructive power and an extremely high firing rate.
The original concept behind spirit energy weapons stemmed from the black shadow's ambition to perfectly integrate technological weaponry with cultivation studies, creating a highly efficient killing machine.
Beyond guns, many melee weapons have also undergone spirit energy modifications.
These weapons possess even more astonishing destructive power, their inscribed spirit formations designed specifically for close-quarters combat warriors.
Bullets struck the mechanically enhanced bodies, showering sparks and making progress exceedingly difficult.
But Li Xingchen was equally equipped with spirit energy weapons.
With a swift wave of his right arm, an apple-sized object arced through the air, landing above the City Defense Garrison.
A rapid beeping filled the air, and the night instantly transformed into day.
A spirit formation rapidly materialized at the epicenter of the energy surge, and countless ice thorns, frozen solid, rained down like hail.
Seizing the moment the City Defense Soldiers looked up, Li Xingchen roared and surged forward with renewed speed.
The City Defense Regiment was clearly well-trained. The commanding officer at the rear immediately deployed a defensive spirit energy weapon.
A luminous shield materialized above the ranks of defending soldiers, expanding at a visible rate to intercept the deluge of ice thorns.
Regaining their composure, the City Defense Soldiers immediately resumed their assault on Li Xingchen and his comrades.
Behind the ranks of gun-wielding soldiers, warriors armed with cold weapons and grim expressions stood ready for close-quarters combat.
Their mechanized bodies felt no fatigue, nor did they register pain.
Yet the arcs of electricity and sparks erupting from their surfaces betrayed the strain of operating at maximum capacity, teetering on the brink of collapse.
Li Xingchen suddenly surged forward, weathering the dense hail of bullets as he plowed through the front ranks, scattering several soldiers and plunging into the heart of the City Defense Regiment.
Facing the oncoming blades, Li Xingchen's eyes blazed crimson.
Red lights flashed across his body, and overload alarms blared incessantly in his ears.
"Catch this, Little Qi!"
With a swift motion, he tore the alarm device from his right shoulder. A sword blade extended from his right arm as he charged headfirst into the encirclement of the City Defense close-combat team.
Outside Future City.
The boundless plains were now overgrown with wild grasses.
Over the years, construction outside Future City had largely been abandoned, leaving piles of construction debris scattered everywhere.
By now, the Dawn Army had crossed mountains and valleys, marching to this location.
Rain fell from the sky as the soldiers gazed north, where the brightly lit Future City glowed in the distance.
Their own position, however, was shrouded in darkness.
With the final battle looming, they were taking their last rest.
Clusters of bonfires were lit, illuminating the immediate surroundings, but the areas beyond their reach remained as thick as ink in the night, creating an inexplicable sense of oppression.
(End of the Chapter)
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