CHAPTER 408: CHAPTER 408: I WANT TO STAY (SUBSCRIBE)

Watching Sifuer excitedly wave her mechanical hand back and forth, explaining to that man, and seeing the doubtful expressions of her companions, Pei Yan wondered if he was being too deceitful. However, he had no choice since he couldn’t casually reveal his secret to strangers.

After Sifuer finished communicating with her teammates, they began to gradually break through the encirclement. With Pei Yan’s help, the pressure on Sifuer’s team eased significantly. However, they apparently still didn’t fully trust Pei Yan, maintaining a certain distance while still within the formation.

The entire breakout process lasted about twenty minutes, and Pei Yan finally escorted them beyond the edge of the swarm. Watching the ever-present swarm trying to encircle them again, Pei Yan decisively split his mechanical arm into a fan shape to form a defensive line. Then he looked at Sifuer beside him and said, "I’ve escorted you this far, you should go quickly. I can’t help with any obstacles you face further ahead." As he spoke, he handed over three small drones and a small pouch, saying, "With this, I can know your location. My mechanical drones will stop along the way to relay signals. Place this in your ear, and you can communicate with me. If you reach a safe place and wish, you can also have a video call with me through this lens. Hmm, a video call means I can see your surroundings."

Sifuer and her companions listened carefully to Pei Yan’s explanation, occasionally fiddling with the equipment inside the pouch. The man who had been speaking with Sifuer stepped forward, placed his hand on his chest, and saluted, "Mr. Shitang, hello, I’m Bailang. I’d like to ask, are these things also created by the technology you mentioned? Aren’t they affected by the red calamity?"

"Yes! But I can’t say whether they are affected by the red calamity you mentioned. The mechanical devices I’ve sent into the sky were also devoured without transmitting any information back. However, if we just use them for long-distance communication, there should be no problem." Pei Yan thought for a moment before responding.

After receiving a definitive answer, Bailang hesitated before continuing, "You said you can see our images through this. Can we also see your image through this device?"

"Yes." Pei Yan replied with a smile, taking back the drone from the other party, making some modifications, and handing it back again.

At this moment, two canine-like creatures in the Hell Realm’s team suddenly grew in size and let out a piercingly mournful howl. Bailang and the others were all shocked upon hearing this. Sifuer quickly turned to Pei Yan and said, "The enemy reinforcements have arrived and are about to reach here. Are you sure you won’t leave with us? I advise you not to act recklessly. The upcoming battle will be very dangerous. I’m not worried about you; I’m concerned that you won’t be able to pass on the message from here accurately. Don’t let your recklessness destroy your world."

Pei Yan hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but then shook his head helplessly, "I’m sorry, but I’ve decided to stay. I have my reasons to remain here."

"Very well, we won’t say much more. Let’s part here. I hope you survive. We are eager to know the outside news, and we will contact you once we reach a safe place." After Sifuer finished speaking, she looked at Bailang. The two no longer hesitated, giving a big wave as the team quickly turned and took off.

"Uncle, do you really think he can hold on?" Sifuer asked doubtfully, hearing the fading sound of gunfire in her ear, occasionally looking back at the figure that had disappeared from her sight.

Bailang shook his head, sighed, "It’s hard to say. I don’t feel a strong energy fluctuation from him. Based on his energy display, he is at most comparable to the Knight Commander of the Thorn Flower Knight Order, but his attacks are extremely destructive. It’s hard to imagine such a weak energy source can unleash that massive power. Maybe, as he said, it’s some sort of technological power."

"Then, can this technological power withstand the calamity? Can we use the power of the foundational plane to avenge my mother and achieve victory?" Sifuer asked urgently.

Bailang remained silent for a long time, looked at the drone in his hand, and said emotionally, "I don’t really believe his words. I can sense he’s hiding something. I’ve heard of technology before, and people from various planes have tried to introduce it. But after attempts, it was repelled by our several big planes. However, his equipment doesn’t have any issues. There must be something fishy here. Even if what he’s saying is true, he won’t have many of these so-called Steel Puppets. If the fundamental plane could really form an army with such Steel Puppets, other planes would have reacted long ago, and there wouldn’t be no news at all."

Saying this, he glanced at Sifuer and seeing her disappointed face, he comforted, "Don’t show such an expression, Sifuer. You must be strong now, and what I said just now is just my speculation. Maybe the foundational plane really found a solution to the repulsion. At least we now have a glimmer of hope, don’t we? Finally, there’s a power that isn’t affected by that damned thing. The scales of victory are tipping in our favor. We must persist to the end, don’t let your mother’s hope be for nothing, understand?"

"I understand, Uncle Bailang!"

"Good!" Bailang, seeing the determined expression reappearing on Sifuer’s face, nodded with relief, turned, and looked behind him, muttering to himself, "First get to the shelter, and once we’re safe, we can use this device to observe his combat methods and then decide. I hope he can hold on till then."

After sending off Sifuer and her group, Pei Yan didn’t idle. He first set up the defensive line and then looked into the distance, capturing the surrounding scenes to make transmission markers. This ensured that no matter which direction the enemy surrounded him from, he could jump out and retreat quickly.

After completing these tasks, Pei Yan focused his attention on the front lines of the battlefield. The swarm’s offensive was still fierce and fearless, but it hadn’t changed much from before. As he felt the energy greedily absorbed from the dead insect bodies by his essence, subtle changes finally started to occur on the battlefield.

After devouring the bodies of their dead companions, row by row, the insects enslaved by Sifuer began to retreat like a tide, leaving behind a sticky, nauseous liquid to testify the fact they once attacked.

Seeing the retreating, cowering swarm, just as Pei Yan was hesitating whether to chase and continue slaughtering these insects to absorb energy, the ground began to quake violently. Cracks started to open, followed by a giant mouth breaking through the earth, snapping towards Pei Yan’s mechanical form.