Chapter 681: Chapter 594: Curiosity Is the Key to Self-Destruction

Curiosity is the beginning of self-destruction.

Hera screamed madly, like a beast breaking out of its cocoon.

"Find it!"

"Find it!"

"Find it!"

Her voice was hoarse in the empty dark space.

This command swiftly traveled through the network, getting written into the programs of over ninety percent of RoboCops and Mayfly Drones. In an instant, red currents began to flicker and flash across their bodies.

Robots emitted a red glow, connecting with each other. Thousands of red lines intertwined closely, forming a shocking giant web over the city. The system started to collapse, with error signals constantly appearing, the frequency of electrical disturbance increasing rapidly, and the data on the screens constantly surging, exploding indicator lights one after another.

Hera waved her hand fiercely, ripping out countless cables connected to her. The room instantly dimmed, and she turned her head, revealing a pair of grim, bloodshot eyes.

"Maintaining the city’s stability...is necessary..."

"Kill them, kill them!"

"All factors disrupting stability must be eliminated."

"Find the black box!"

"Find the black box!!"

Her piercing scream echoed in the abyss.

Outside the abandoned factory, a Tag Catcher preparing to storm in with his squad sensed something wrong with the people around him and stopped.

The RoboCops in the squad began to tremble violently, their mechanical joints uncontrollably twisting backward, and the red current rushed over their bodies. Their distorted expressions resembled those of a crazed beast, breathing heavily.

Both Tag Catchers and RoboCops were responsible for clearing the problematic gears in the city, such as awakening Bionics. However, due to differences in rank and specific duties, Tag Catchers often had more authority than RoboCops, handling individuals deemed more dangerous, while RoboCops usually moved in groups, suppressing mass riot incidents.

In crucial moments, Tag Catchers could directly order RoboCops to cooperate with their actions, thus having more power and generally disregarding RoboCops, which showed in actions and daily speech.

Most of the time, to protect their own interests, Tag Catchers would even force RoboCops to carry out unreasonable commands, even sending them to their deaths, causing irreconcilable conflicts between the two violent agencies.

"You damn lumps of metal, I told you to attack from the front door while I flank from the side, didn’t you understand?"

Sensing something wrong with the RoboCops, the Tag Catcher shouted while maintaining his ground despite his unease.

In a brief moment, all RoboCops stopped twitching, the blue light on their mechanical bodies turning to dark red.

"Flank from the side?" one of them asked in a strange, low voice.

Explosions sounded from afar in the city, land air vehicles flying in the sky crashed behind the factory, street chaos intensified, and various anomalies heightened the Tag Catcher’s growing unease, transforming into fear.

"You clearly know charging in front is sending us to die, so you can gather enemy position information."

"You dare to refute me?"

Fear turned to anger in the Tag Catcher’s heart, and he threw a punch at the RoboCop’s face, only for his attack to be easily blocked.

In the shadows, a face with a creepy smile was revealed.

So fast!

The Tag Catcher was shocked.

This RoboCop should be equipped with the New Century V23 version of the Soaring Dragon martial arts chip, and its body was from the old "Hello World" series riot control embodiment from twenty years ago.

This configuration was far inferior to him, yet he couldn’t even see how the RoboCop blocked his punch.

"You damn...ugh aaaaahhh!"

Before finishing his words, searing pain made him scream.

His fist was forcibly crumpled, every alloy bone crushed, pain transmitting through his nervous network stimulating his brain.

All their parts have been overclocked; if nothing goes wrong, millions of RoboCops city-wide have been overclocked, only Hera has the authority to do so.

Could it be, no... there is only this possibility, even Hera has already gone mad!

The Tag Catcher’s face was covered with snot and tears due to intense pain, and the last thread of sanity before breaking prompted him to struggle for escape.

"You bastards, always ordering us from above, like we should go die for you."

The RoboCop showed an extremely twisted smile.

"I also have a great decision, want to hear it?"

"What do you... what do you want to do?" Faced with several figures closing in, the Tag Catcher whispered in despair.

"I want you to divide up and attack this factory."

...

"Suddenly, my head hurts, what’s going on outside, why are there so many alarms big brother?"

Chu E suddenly winced, holding his head.

"I’ve told you not to use parts from the junkyard casually, you still say it’s DIY, if it really goes wrong, you wouldn’t know who to find to fix it."

Evil Slayer slapped Chu E’s head, giving it a ’dang dang’ sound.

Feeling the second brother’s care, Chu E’s headache actually eased, thoughts becoming clear, he muttered a few words.

"That is a military module, even retired it’s military, a hundred times better than the ones in the black market!"

"Seems even more chaotic outside, has something happened?" Demon Slayer looked up.

"Can’t get in touch with You at the moment." Tang Xin said, staring at the curtain in front.

Communications were blocked by unknown factors from the start, all team members’ information covered in a layer of mosaic, including but not limited to status bars, health, specific locations.

The curtain remained unanswered, it had been three hours since the last response from them.

Tang Xin could sense that Angelina and Xu Xiaoyou seemed to be hiding something from her.

This deliberate concealment of everything made Tang Xin somewhat... angry.

Long-standing companionship allowed Bai Youyou to notice the girl’s emotions.

"The Revolutionary Army has already launched a siege on the Ark." Bai Youyou said, "It seems something unexpected happened to her, failing to stop Siphaun’s actions."

"Hm." Tang Xin said, "I can roughly imagine what happened." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"But there’s one thing I don’t understand."

"She can argue any absurdity into fact, why did an accident happen this time?"

"Was it because of Assassin’s Creed?" Bai Youyou analyzed coolly.

"Not entirely, Assassin’s Creed ambushed her, and her taking over the Revolutionary Army to halt the Light Chasing Revolutionary Army from waging war are two separate things."

"The Revolutionary Army’s interests are not completely united, the N3 Faction is not absolute, Siphaun was merely selected by those fanatics for temporary command, without forming comprehensive bottom-up links."

"As long as ’she’ exists, she’s ’Princess,’ her radiance is enough to make people believe she’s the Savior, why wouldn’t the Revolutionary Army obey her."

"Could it be..." Tang Xin imagined a bold guess, "There was not just one Princess at that time?"

Just then, a strange rolling sound interrupted the duo’s thoughts.

Tang Xin and Bai Youyou looked up, their eyes slightly widening.

A face filled with horror rolled slowly out from the darkness.