CHAPTER 289: CHAPTER 289 TITAN GIANT MACHINE

Inside the shelter.

Lin Yi tried on the military uniform.

The military uniform style was both precise and interesting.

It included a pair of pants, a shirt, and a jacket, all in black.

He looked just like a marshal.

Each piece of clothing could increase four attribute points.

There were also gloves, a hat, and boots.

When Lin Yi finished wearing it, Annie’s eyes widened.

"You look so handsome, boss."

Melanie also nodded seriously, then glanced at her boyfriend.

They had already tried on their uniforms, but Xiaochuan didn’t look as good in his.

"He’s too charming..." Rein thought to himself, unable to take his eyes away.

Orianna proudly laughed.

She was one of the personnel involved in designing the uniform, and all the hard work and sweat seemed worth it.

This exhausting fashion show finally came to an end.

Lin Yi used a camera to check on the situation of the two half-mechanical people, then went home and spent the rest of the evening reading.

The next morning.

Lin Yi teleported to Tilian.

It was midnight here.

Zack was on guard, and his wife was sleeping peacefully.

Half-mechanical people also need to sleep so their electronic brains can process the information accumulated during the day.

If they lack sleep, they are affected just like humans.

After waking up Lira and collecting all the traps, the four of them set off.

Two Dagger units lit up the road with their headlights, speeding through the forest, with the shield blinking on and off.

After finding a safe place to stop, they quickly replaced the power cores and continued on.

Lin Yi planned to reach the fortress in the morning.

Three hours later, the forest came to an end, and they arrived at a massive metropolis.

The city was teeming with zombies.

They stretched for hundreds of kilometers, making it impossible to drive around the city, and Lin Yi did not have that much time.

The two Dagger units flew directly into the city.

Everywhere were skyscrapers and awe-inspiring towering buildings.

More importantly, there were many such towers, not just one or two, but hundreds of them!

The city streets had clearly been ravaged by war, with many buildings in ruins.

The roads were heavily damaged, full of craters, collapsed buildings, and twisted, rusted vehicles.

The zombies, like termites, gnawed at these massive structures from the inside, devouring them.

Wires, metal beams, pipes were all eaten to further transform themselves.

Zombies were scattered throughout the ruins, and Lin Yi decided to ascend to five meters, driving through the city at night.

Driving at altitude brought new challenges.

Some buildings had collapsed completely onto adjacent ones, forcing them to constantly duck below.

Or leap over from above, sometimes even threading through the middle of buildings.

Suddenly, a violent explosion erupted.

Solomon’s Dagger unit was shaken six meters away, colliding with a partially destroyed building.

"What happened?!"

"Boss, it’s a long-range mutant!"

"Are you okay, Solomon?"

"Yeah, I’m fine... but the Dagger unit looks badly damaged..."

"Damn it!"

"Boss, it’s attacking again," Melanie shouted over the radio.

Lin Yi activated the Combat Reflex skill, spotting a mechanical spider perched atop a skyscraper opposite them, watching with its dozens of compound eyes.

Its scorpion-like tail glowed with bright white light, signaling its long-range attack method.

Lin Yi swiftly turned the vehicle towards the spider.

The light grew brighter, a powerful beam from the creature’s tail cut through the darkness.

Lin Yi anticipated it and the vehicle dove suddenly, dodging the attack.

The nearly ninety-degree plunge made Lira, in the passenger seat, scream in terror.

Ignoring Lira’s screams, Lin Yi summoned the Anti-Gene Cannon designed specifically for machines.

The spider’s tail tip glowed again, readying the next attack, but then...

A glowing blue sphere flew from the building opposite, slamming into it.

A brilliant flash and massive explosion illuminated the entire area.

Metal fragments and machine oil rained down like a storm.

After dealing with the creature, Lin Yi brought Lira to where Solomon was.

"How’s the Dagger unit? Can it still function? Are you guys hurt?"

"The Weapon Craftsmen are already repairing it, should be fixed in about ten minutes, took quite a hit but not serious."

"We don’t have ten minutes..." Lin Yi sighed after hearing Melanie’s report.

Melanie had just informed him that the zombies were going crazy, converging on them at top speed.

Lin Yi led the three to the roof of a nearby building, which was easy to defend and hard to attack—perfect for their situation.

Melanie reported, "Boss, there are thousands of mechanical zombies, plus some mutants, climbing the walls!"

Lin Yi approached the edge of the rooftop and looked down.

Tens of thousands of mechanical zombies were scaling the walls like spiders, incredibly fast.

Solomon was anxious.

"What should we do, boss? The rooftop is too big; we can’t hold them off. Can we use the helicopter?"

"Sharon mentioned that Tilian’s sky is a no-go zone! There might be other spiders in the city that can shoot us down from afar."

"How about parachutes?"

"That’s one way, but only when we have no other choice... I have an idea!"

Lin Yi led several people downstairs, taking a position in some hole in the wall.

Then he summoned the soldiers and began the battle.

A soldier shouted, "The building is shaking! Mutants are trying to break in through the ceiling."

"Did they succeed?"

"Not yet..."

"Then let them try." Lin Yi sneered, slicing another mechanical zombie into pieces.

These zombies were stronger than he had ever encountered before, but also clumsy and quite slow.

"They’re coming out of a hole in the wall."

"Then take them out!"

"A mutant crawled in through the hole."

"Then take it out!"

"There’s..."

Enemies surged in from all directions.

The defenders bore immense pressure but still held on, gradually adapting to the waves of fierce attacks.

The mutants were the only real threat, but they could only get close through the holes in the wall.

The team was only defending one-third of this floor’s area, so mutants could hardly get in through the hole, and even if they did, there was no room to move.

Only first-level, small-sized mutants could move freely, but they posed no threat.

"Boss! There’s a giant thing heading for this building downstairs!" Melanie reported in panic.

Lin Yi moved to the hole in the wall and looked down.

A huge robot, at least fifteen meters tall, was awkwardly moving upward on five legs.

Wherever it went, the debris on the ground and the zombies crowded in front of the building were crushed.

Its arms were even larger than a train car, capable of leveling a building in seconds.

If it just lightly pushed, the half-destroyed building Lin Yi was in would collapse.

"Is this a zombie? Are you sure it’s not Godzilla?"

"Everyone, listen up, go!"

Lin Yi summoned his "Dagger," let the half-mechanical people get on, and sent all the soldiers, including Solomon, back to the shelter.

"Hold on tight!"

Due to the overweight, the motorcycle’s energy consumption increased sharply, and its maximum flight altitude decreased.

Moreover, due to the shift in the center of gravity, maintaining the vehicle’s balance also became challenging...

Lira inhaled sharply, holding onto her husband more tightly: "What is that thing?!"

"A Titan... I’ve heard of them, but I’ve never seen one before... If that thing reached the fortress... the consequences would be unimaginable!"

"Don’t move around!"

"Boss! It’s attacking!"

"Damn it!"

Lin Yi quickly turned the vehicle, flying towards the half-destroyed skyscraper.

The Titan halted, its chest and shoulders began to glow yellow.

In a moment, dozens of beams hit the hiding skyscraper.

These beams were incredibly powerful, piercing through the skyscraper, hitting the three buildings behind...

But if these buildings were so easy to destroy, the city would have long been leveled.

Although Lin Yi wasn’t injured, the Titan fired again.

This time, the load-bearing structure inside the building was damaged, and the skyscraper began to tilt and collapse.

Luckily, the nearby skyscraper supported it, but the sudden steep tilt directly caused the Dagger to crash.

Darkness surrounded them.

Zack activated the lamp on his helmet, slightly illuminating the area around him.

"Lira, are you okay? Where are you?"

"I’m here." Lira said from behind her husband, Zack turned around to find his wife in a rather peculiar pose.

Zack rushed over, quickly helping her up.

Checking her from every angle, he asked, "Are you okay? Are you hurt? Can you still move? Have you done a self-diagnosis?"

"I’m fine. Where’s Lin Yi?" Lira answered, looking around.

Even with the lamp on the helmet, all she could see were walls and rubble...

"He’s not here... did he teleport away?"

"There he is!"

At this moment, two second-level zombies appeared from the darkness.

Soon, more zombies appeared...

"Melanie, report the situation."

"Boss! Zack and Lira are fighting some zombies, they’re out of ammunition! That Titan fired a few more shots at this building and then headed north.

"Got it." Lin Yi nodded, waving his hand.

Solomon and three soldiers appeared beside him.

"Go help them."

"Yes, boss." The four immediately rushed over.

Not many zombies came, only fifty, and they were quickly cleared out.

After sending the soldiers back to the shelter, Lin Yi went back himself, had some water and ate a piece of meat, then returned to the skyscraper.

He mounted the "Dagger," switching the vehicle to flight mode.

Solomon did the same.

They traveled quickly, soon seeing the fortress.

Lin Yi stood on the ruins of a massive building, overlooking Rusted Fortress.

This city was currently surrounded by a massive horde of zombies from all directions.

Despite the turrets and other defensive facilities mounted on the city walls, these zombies still attempted to climb over.

Lin Yi pointed to a massive explosion.

"Going in so rashly might get us mistaken for enemies, let’s talk to Zack, maybe there’s a passage. By the way, it’s lunchtime now..."