CHAPTER 1148: CHAPTER 1158: INFORMATION INPUT!

Two iron puppets were directly slain into two sections by a single sword of Tang Zhong!

They fell to the ground, emitting sparks. Very soon, the wreckage of the iron puppets melted into a puddle of red iron magma!

Inside the iron magma was a miniature little heart!

The more little hearts one obtains, the winner of this examination will be declared!

Having killed a total of two iron puppets, there are currently two more iron puppets.

Tang Zhong didn’t think too much and continued to hunt down iron puppets.

To be precise, others were doing the same.

However, Tang Zhong generally avoided running into those people.

Strangely enough, although there were so many people, he had never seen Gao’an, even though they had put on their helmets together. After entering this iron world, Gao’an was nowhere to be seen.

Later, Tang Zhong encountered several more iron puppets, but they were all killed by him.

He didn’t know how many he had killed, but Tang Zhong had a clear count in his mind.

After piercing through an iron puppet’s head with one sword, Tang Zhong whispered, "The 99th!"

Each of these 99 iron puppets differed in strength, intelligence, and speed, indicating that these iron puppets weren’t mass-produced.

But now with only 99 steel hearts, there’s still a long way to go, especially considering the female officer said there are tens of thousands of iron puppets here.

Meanwhile, in another part of this iron world.

Huang Zhongtian tore an iron puppet apart with his bare hands, obtained the steel heart, and continued the hunt.

While killing, he kept looking for Tang Zhong, as he had a strong impression of him, but had yet to find Tang Zhong’s whereabouts.

"Tang Zhong, keep hiding. There are still three hours left here. I refuse to believe that I can’t find you in these three hours!"

After saying this, Huang Zhongtian engaged in battle with another iron puppet, veins bulging on his arm, and he ripped the steel apart without any weapons, causing sparks to erupt.

This is what happened within the iron world.

It’s widely known that the iron world is a man-made virtual world!

It is controlled by humans.

And it’s controlled by the Galactic Guard Headquarters!

At this moment, in the headquarters, in the central area, there’s a huge computer.

A blue screen displayed symbols constantly flashing—a central processing unit—this computer is the iron world.

Various white-light wires spread from it to the surroundings.

At the same time.

Not far from there, there were many screens, much like a command center.

Many Galactic Guards were operating there. Indeed, the data inside the iron world was under their control.

Several people watched the number fluctuating on the screen!

At the moment, it displayed ten thousand, and the number was continually decreasing.

"It seems the participants in this examination are exceptional, as the iron puppets are being defeated so quickly!"

"Indeed, it seems the first round shouldn’t just leave two hundred people. Based on performance, keeping three hundred is feasible!" Said one person while entering 10000 on the computer!

This 10000 represents data input!

This data represents iron puppets!

After this data was entered, across different locations in the iron world, ten thousand iron puppets were directly refreshed.

"Let’s automate the input; there are, after all, millions of iron puppets!" One person, tired of manual input, suggested at that moment.

The others, also weary, agreed: "That’s a good idea, and we can take this opportunity to have some tea!"

"Alright, let’s automate it then!"

"Good!"

One person entered a code—a loop program.

When the number of iron puppets in the iron world fell below one thousand, more would be input.

Fearing issues, they tested it once, finding that when the number of iron puppets fell below one thousand, the computer automatically refreshed. Satisfied, the two of them left, thinking they would likely be back in time to refresh the Puppet Captains and Leaders.

So the two left confidently for some tea.

Unbeknownst to them, not long after they left, the program on the screen began to disintegrate.

Meanwhile, inside the iron world.

Tang Zhong had already slain three hundred iron puppets.

Killing such puppets could be described as effortless, as that female officer mentioned there would be Puppet Captains eventually, so he only needed to wait.

It was then that Tang Zhong heard cries for help.

And the voice was very familiar.

After a few steps forward, he immediately saw someone being besieged by three iron puppets, appearing to be heavily battered on the ground. If he hadn’t kept rolling on the ground, he would likely be dead by now.

And who else could that person be but Gao’an?

Tang Zhong acted without hesitation. Seeing an iron puppet about to slash at Gao’an, he thrust his sword out, directly blocking the puppet, then swiftly angled his sword upward to pierce the iron puppet’s throat.

At this moment, Gao’an noticed the person who appeared turned out to be Tang Zhong: "It’s you!"

"Quick, get up!"

At that time, an iron puppet behind Tang Zhong swung its fist towards him.

"Watch out!" Gao’an shouted.

Feeling it, Tang Zhong swiftly turned, delivering a punch of his own.

It struck the iron puppet, which fell heavily to the ground, its head twitching and moving as if it had short-circuited.

The last iron puppet also had its head severed by a swift sword slash, all turning into red magma in the end.

"Are you okay?" Only then did Tang Zhong look at Gao’an.

Gao’an, however, gazed at Tang Zhong as if looking at a deity: "Are you really just Meteorite Level?"

Tang Zhong nodded.

Gao’an found it hard to believe: "You are incredibly strong!"

"Why were you calling for help just now?" Tang Zhong asked.

"I... don’t know either. I could handle one iron puppet, two with difficulty, but this time, three appeared, and I wasn’t a match. I was knocked down, and if you hadn’t passed by, I would probably be eliminated by now!" Gao’an worried.

"Don’t you remember you can get injured here? Aren’t you afraid? You could lose your life!" Tang Zhong was anxious.

"I am afraid, but this time, my family came to watch the Galactic Guard examination, and I... I don’t want to let them down, so I didn’t press the red button. I wanted to persevere because I feel if I lose, I will fail their expectations, so I might as well get injured!" Gao’an said.

Tang Zhong was speechless; it reminded him of parents on Earth forcing their children to study hard, enrolling them in various cram schools, exhausting them. Gao’an now resembled one of those children, bearing pressure, fearing disappointing their parents.

"No worries, I’ll help you!" Tang Zhong said.