12 Book 3 Chapter 8

Ruins littered the surface, with rubble more numerous than weeds. Not a single building was left intact, and even the walls that still stood were filled with pockmarks left by bullets. Holes of various sizes scarred the ground, no doubt the result of explosions. It was like something from a war movie. No, it was worse. The world, which should be bright and full of warmth, was dark and dismal. Brown clouds encompassed the sky as far as the eye could see, and thunder rumbled every few seconds.

This was the result of a war between humans and robots. It was a fight that would only end when one side was completely annihilated. The intense struggle could be imagined just from looking at the destroyed city. Just thinking about the lives lost would cause someone to shudder.

In the suburbs of this ruined city, on a street filled with abandoned cars, the cover of a manhole was lifted ever so slightly. Jason's eyes peeked out as he scanned for enemies. Seeing no danger, he pushed aside the cover and climbed up while gesturing below him. Zhen Hu climbed out next, followed by everyone else.

"What the hell happened here?" Peter took a deep breath only to go into a coughing fit. After reaching the surface, he was looking forward to smelling fresh air after fighting underground for so long. Contrary to his hopes, the air was filled with dust.

Dubaku inspected the ruined buildings, especially the holes in the walls. With a heavy heart, he said. "A war."

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"Definitely a war." Eboni agreed, her brows furrowing.

Roy glanced at the destroyed homes. Homes which once housed families. He couldn't help but feel disgusted with the floor. "Why would the tower make such a depressing floor? It makes it look like humanity lost against the robots!"

"They DID lose." Amara frowned. "Weren't you listening to Decker earlier?"

"But…" Roy clenched his hands. "I didn't expect it to be like this…"

Olivia gently placed her hand on Roy's shoulder and shook her head. She could imagine what Roy was thinking about. Many months ago, she learned of Roy's reason for ascending the tower. Seeing the destruction around them had most likely caused Roy to think of what would happen to their world.

Under Shenlong's command, Jason and his companions hide inside the nearby buildings. Less than a minute later, three skeletons ran down the street with the robots in hot pursuit. The skeletons bobbed and weaved as they ran, but they couldn't avoid all the bullets from the spiders. Two crumbled to the ground, leaving only one left. Fortunately, they served their purpose.

Jason and his companions abruptly jumped out from their hiding spots, flanking the robots on all sides. The soldiers reacted first, followed by the dogs and spiders. Even then, they were too slow. A wave of attacks assaulted them. As if by unspoken agreement, everyone focused on the spiders and dogs first.

By the time the soldiers reacted, they were the only ones left. Emotionless at the death of their allies, they spun around, swinging their plasma cutters only to miss every attack. Instead, they were the ones who ended up damaged. After all, who were their foes? Jason and his companions were all at the upper levels of the four realms! Only Olivia and Roy were in the second realm, while Cheslov had shamelessly taken six months to barely reach the first realm. The two sides couldn't even be compared.

"I still can't believe how kick ass this module is!" Peter whistled in appreciation as he saw the numerous deep marks his katana left on the soldier's bodies. Before he attached the module, his attacks only left a half-inch mark at most. The difference was incredible.

(Rare) Vibration Module

A vibration energy field covers a weapon. Increases penetration power by 25%.

Each module varied in shape, but all of them were the size of a computer's CPU. They could be fitted to a weapon or armor like a magnet, though only one was allowed per piece of equipment. Jewelry didn't count, either.

With the reputation they acquired from saving Decker, everyone was able to purchase relatively high quality modules. Much like Peter, all of them felt an increase to their combat power. The soldiers that was previously somewhat hard to fight was now no match for them. The battle was over in less than a minute.

After gathering the loot, Shenlong took a glance at the map before pointing in a direction. "That way. We're close."

Under Jason's protection as a tank and Ebba's skill as a scout, they encountered no problems the entire way.

Hours later, they arrived at a destroyed office building. With a quick search through the wreckage, they found an elevator shaft leading underground. Long prepared for any situation, Shenlong pulled out rope from his inventory. He attached one end to a large piece of rubble before tossing the other end down.

Jason went first, followed by the rest. Down and down they went, until eventually they ran out of rope. Fortunately, there was a ladder attached to one of the walls. An hour later, Jason stepped foot on solid ground. "Whew. Didn't know it would be so deep."

"Must have been over a mile at least." Peter nodded.

Zhen Hu grunted in agreement. He wasn't one for words.

Jason glanced around, his caution rising. He wasn't familiar with this facility. By the time he reached this floor in the alternate timeline, other guilds had long since completed this quest. There was no need to be here, so he never came.

"Lights please." Shenlong said calmly.

"I got it." Amara was irritated that most of her work on this floor was being a human flashlight. Still, she cast her spells regardless, feeling a little pride that no one else was able to light up things as well as she could. She sent out her weakest fire skill. As it took barely any mental concentration, she was able to manipulate twenty orbs of fire at once. The underground room lit up very quickly.

Jason found himself in a wide open room made of reinforced steel. It was about twice the size of a school's indoor gym. On the other end of the room was a door and a device for scanning keycards. Seeing that there was no enemies, they made their way over to the door.

"Looks like it's still powered by something." Shenlong said as he pulled out the keycard given to him by Cable and swiped it across the scanner. There was a beep followed by a red light. Shenlong frowned. "It didn't work?"

The room suddenly rumbled. Spinning around, they found the floor in the center of the room open up. A robot, larger than any they had seen before, stood on a platform that rose from the hole.

"Ah, crap." Jason clicked his tongue when he saw the monster.

(Field Boss) Corrupted Defense Bot - Level 100