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    Chapter 133: Let’s Carve a Path Through Blood

    In the deathly silent live stream, only Daixiaomei’s heavy breathing could be heard, punctuated by occasional sniffles.

    The barrage of comments reflected the same sentiment:

    ‘This plot is just… mind-blowing…’

    ‘This level makes me feel a bit uncomfortable’

    ‘On one hand, it’s Protocol 2, on the other, it’s Protocol 3, BT didn’t hesitate at all when choosing Protocol 3’

    ‘I feel like this isn’t about protocol priority anymore’

    ‘Indeed, it feels more like BT has developed his own emotions’

    ‘Actually, when BT gave the thumbs-up at the signal tower, he had already awakened’

    ‘Otherwise, he wouldn’t have disobeyed the highest commander directly’

    ‘Wow—I have a bad feeling about this’

    ‘Brothers, I’m getting a bit emotional’

    ‘BT is truly amazing…’

    ‘…’

    Amidst the discussion!

    Two white characters appeared in the bottom left corner of the screen.

    [Final Chapter]

    Then, a rough voice rang out:

    “…Sam, your problems are none of my concern, you deliver the Ark to me according to the contract, IMC will pay according to the contract, understand?”

    Opening her dazed eyes, Daixiaomei saw a holographic projection speaking.

    She had seen this figure before in the research institute, it was the IMC leader, General Mad.

    Opposite General Mad, stood a familiar figure wearing a bulletproof vest—Old Thief Sam.

    As the head of the APEX top mercenary group, Sam had been hired by General Mad to provide Ark delivery services.

    The comments were filled with shouts!

    ‘Damn! Old Thief!’

    ‘doooooooogthing!!!’

    ‘Quick, go stab him!’

    ‘He really is the head of his own game, he really is that nonchalant in it’

    ‘This nonchalant air is so damn infuriating!’

    ‘It’s so frustrating to be able to see him but not be able to kill him’

    ‘He knows how to make players uncomfortable’

    ‘No one knows better than him…’

    ‘…’

    As the viewers commented, Sam twirled the dagger in his hand, chuckling:

    “Heh—prepare the money, your goods will naturally be delivered… you cowardly bastard only daring to use a holographic projection.”

    With that, Sam dismissed General Mad’s holographic projection.

    He then walked slowly towards BT, who was suspended by heavy chains and shackles.

    The indifferent and casual villain’s tone was vividly portrayed.

    Sam tapped BT’s chassis lightly with a knife:

    “Hey, iron lump, hurry up and open the hatch, I’ve got goods to pick up and I’m done, don’t waste my time…”

    Looking at Sam’s arrogant demeanor, Daixiaomei felt a pang of anger, wanting to get up, but she realized she was also tied up.

    Luckily, after the Tianlongxing No. 1 crashed, they didn’t die.

    Unfortunately, she and BT were captured by the Old Thief.

    Daixiaomei looked hopefully at BT, who was paralyzed and sparking, praying that he was alright.

    Thankfully, BT’s voice rang out the next second:

    [BT: Voice system damaged… command… unable to recognize… ]

    Thank goodness.

    Daixiaomei breathed a sigh of relief.

    BT wasn’t dead, he was just heavily damaged.

    “Let me tear it apart!”

    A short-haired woman with a thick build and a fierce expression said from the side.

    Daixiaomei’s eyes flashed with hatred, glaring at the woman named Sloan.

    However, before she could utter a word of rage, the Old Thief waved his hand:

    “No, the Ark is extremely unstable now, opening the Titan rashly could trigger an explosion.”

    As he spoke, the Old Thief walked to Daixiaomei, lifting her chin with the tip of his knife:

    “We meet again, great hero, you’ve got a pretty tough life,”

    “Now, your Titan has something I want, I’m a man who’s always about the goods, not the person,”

    “Let it open the hatch, and I’ll let you go.”

    “Hmph——”

    Finally having a chance to confront the Old Thief directly, Daixiaomei seized the opportunity and spat at him:

    “You treacherous bastard, you can dream on, I will never submit!”

    “Hmm——”

    Hearing this, Sam nodded:

    “You can answer me, I’m pleased,”

    “But I’m not satisfied with your attitude.”

    As he spoke!

    Buzz—Thump!

    Without warning, a fist slammed hard into Daixiaomei’s stomach.

    A dull thud!

    Daixiaomei felt like her insides were about to shift, her body arched up.

    “You… treacherous… bastard… you really mean to kill me…”

    Sam, without a word, grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up!

    Click!

    The muzzle of a revolver pointed at her head, the hammer cocked!

    “Cutting off someone’s source of income is like killing their parents, great hero, I just want the money.”

    With that!

    Sam, losing patience, dragged Daixiaomei to BT, his voice icy:

    “Listen, iron lump,”

    “Today, your hatch and her head, one of them will open, a simple choice,”

    “I, Laozi Shudao Shan—“

    “One!”

    At the eleventh hour!

    An encrypted message appeared on Daixiaomei’s head-up display—

    [BT-7274: Ku Bo, trust me]

    She looked at BT, seeing that BT was also looking at her with those large, blue eyes.

    Sizzle—

    He even winked at her playfully.

    Then!

    Hiss—

    With the sound of the hatch opening, a bright blue light emanated from the BT cockpit.

    Seeing this, Sam chuckled:

    “This trick really is fucking useful.”

    He let go of Daixiaomei’s collar, throwing her to his two subordinates:

    “Not that hard, right? That’s how a team is, either we win together or we die together, isn’t that right?”

    Sam was pleased with the ‘cooperation’ of the two, waved to Daixiaomei as he prepared to leave.

    However!

    Before the words left his mouth!

    Creak—

    Sam heard a sound of metal transmission behind him, followed by the shouts of his two subordinates!

    “Boss, be careful!”

    Who was Sam?

    A top killer, leader of a mercenary organization!

    He heard the menacing wind behind him, knew something was wrong!

    He ducked, rolled out of the way with a somersault!

    Buzz—!!!

    He narrowly avoided BT’s iron fist, then slipped away like an eel, disappearing around the corner of the factory!

    He ran away, but the two thugs holding Daixiaomei weren’t so lucky!

    Seeing that the attack missed, BT instantly activated its auxiliary shoulder cannon, without a moment’s hesitation—

    Bang! Bang!

    Two gunshots!

    The two thugs next to Daixiaomei instantly turned into a mist of blood!

    In an instant, the live stream erupted—

    ‘What the fuck—BT is awesome!!!’

    ‘Wait, BT fired?’

    ‘Of course, he had to fire! Ku Bo’s head would have been blown off if he didn’t!’

    ‘No, that’s not what I meant! BT fired at the position where the old woman was! Remember the Wastewater Plant Bombing Spider level?’

    Hiss—

    Mentioning this, everyone in the live stream, including Daixiaomei, gasped!

    Previously, at the Wastewater Plant level, even though the area was so open, she had requested fire support from BT, but BT didn’t agree.

    The reason was “Blindly firing at the Iron驭’s position would violate Protocol 3”.

    But now, BT’s bullets skimmed past Daixiaomei’s cheek and killed the enemy, clearly violating Protocol 3!

    In other words…

    Daixiaomei recalled the conversations they had along the way.

    From BT’s initial rigidity to his later dry humor, and then his initiative to give her a thumbs-up…

    Pfft—

    Daixiaomei chuckled.

    She wanted to give BT a thumbs-up, praising him for being such a clever little guy.

    He even knew how to lure the enemy in to create chaos.

    However, before the smile faded from her lips.

    Thump—thump—thump—

    Heavy footsteps approached.

    A blood-red behemoth Titan lumbered toward the weakened BT.

    The next second.

    Buzz—Thump—!!!

    The blood-red Titan’s hand stabbed directly into BT’s chest!

    Just like the time Ash ambushed them by crossing the void!

    The sudden change left Daixiaomei stunned on the spot!

    Boom—

    The Ark in BT’s chest cavity was ripped out.

    Sloan, sitting on the blood-red Titan, with her thick build, laughed out loud:

    “I told you, tearing it apart would get it.”

    With that!

    All the players and viewers watched in disbelief as Sloan plunged the cannon into BT’s chest!

    Then, without hesitation, she pulled the trigger.

    Bang bang bang bang—

    The explosive bullets, like a dense barrage of arrows, pierced through BT’s chest instantly!

    Daixiaomei’s furious roar followed!

    “BT—!!!”

    Humans.

    When faced with intense emotional shock and bewilderment, their first reaction is never to cry.

    It is to freeze.

    This is a defense mechanism that has evolved over billions of years, a way for humans, with their rich emotions, to protect their mental selves.

    Daixiaomei, at this moment, was frozen.

    Around her, flames raged.

    Sam and Sloan, having seized the Ark, made their escape.

    Only the devastation remained.

    And the… BT in front of her, hanging from steel cables, riddled with holes, like a piece of scrap metal.

    Tears of astonishment and anger welled up in her bloodshot eyes.

    For a long time!

    Daixiaomei could only tremble her lips, whispering:

    “B… BT…?”

    Her voice was soft.

    Full of trepidation and bewilderment.

    She was afraid that the response she would get was a deafening silence.

    At this moment, she seemed to have regressed, back to the weak Rifleman who had first entered the battlefield.

    Her teammates were all dead, her teacher was gone, the lonely road ahead was without a destination, and her entire body was consumed by fear and hesitation.

    Thankfully, she had met BT back then. And now…

    Daixiaomei trembled, her fists clenched tightly!

    Amidst the raging flames, she looked in the direction Sloan had retreated, her eyes filled with the flames of revenge!

    At this moment, all the players in the world were illuminated by the fire, their expressions savage!

    From this moment on, it was no longer the main storyline!

    What Ark!

    What missions!

    Screw that!

    Countless ‘Ku Bos’ had only one thought in their minds right now—

    Find Sloan, then use the most ruthless means to get revenge!

    No matter the cause.

    Now, it was a personal vendetta!

    Blood debt! Must be repaid in blood!

    Daixiaomei broke free from the ropes and was about to chase after Sloan.

    Just then, she heard a familiar voice from behind her amidst the crackling flames:

    [BT: …Ku Bo, I’m here]

    Daixiaomei stopped, her pupils flashing brightly!

    She turned around in surprise and bewilderment, looking at the broken BT behind her.

    “BT…?”

    [Ku Bo…]

    There was no time for pleasantries, BT interrupted her:

    [I can’t complete the mission, but you can]

    [Take the SERE tool kit, you need to survive… you need to… rely on… it…]

    As he spoke!

    BT, using the last of his strength, grabbed his head core with his right hand and yanked it hard!

    Rip—Thump!

    BT’s hand fell heavily to the ground, a cylinder about the length of a forearm rolled to Daixiaomei’s feet.

    Daixiaomei crouched down and opened the tool kit.

    Hiss—

    As a blast of cold air erupted, the two sides of the tool kit popped out with emergency equipment.

    On the right side, a submachine gun, on the left side, a data knife.

    Daixiaomei recognized them.

    Back then, she was still a Rifleman, Lieutenant Rastimoja trained her in the sensory pod while simultaneously repairing and organizing BT.

    She had watched as the lieutenant installed the data knife in the tool kit and attached it to BT.

    One tool kit, two expectations.

    It was the teacher’s last request, and BT’s dying hope.

    Daixiaomei solemnly took out the gun and the data knife, then picked up BT’s core.

    As long as there was the core, BT still had a chance of reviving!

    “Sloan…”

    Daixiaomei wiped the tears from her face, her eyes hardening:

    “You better not let me catch you!!!”

    At this point in the game, the Ark was no longer important.

    Now, all the players’ goal was Sloan.

    The last time someone dared to stab BT, Ash, they had pulled him out of the cockpit and crushed him alive.

    You can’t run away either.

    Click!

    This time, although she didn’t have BT’s scan and instructions, Ku Bo had already grown into a legendary Iron驭.

    Familiarly, she inserted the data knife into the control panel of the door, and as the analysis was complete, the door opened.

    She bumped into a squad of IMC soldiers head-on!

    Both sides were stunned.

    But Daixiaomei reacted first, raising her hand and firing!

    Dada dada dada—!!!

    Four circles locked onto the heads of the IMC gunners, not a single shot wasted, four shots, four heads!

    Daixiaomei was dumbfounded.

    The viewers in the live stream were even more shocked!

    ‘Wait, did… did the bullets just curve?’

    ‘Sure, it’s interesting’

    ‘Old woman, you’re angry, but you don’t need to insert a USB drive, do you?’

    ‘Is there a possibility… that this thing is built-in?’

    Just as they were talking!

    Daixiaomei continued forward and encountered a group of drones!

    This time, Daixiaomei didn’t even have to aim!

    Dada dada—!!!

    Bang bang bang—!!!

    The drones exploded one after another!

    The comments went wild—

    ‘Ohhhhhhh—what the fuck, it’s auto-aim!’

    ‘Didn’t someone say during the promotional period that all it needed was auto-aim, then it would be fully hacked?’

    ‘Auto-aim is here, I’m joining!’

    ‘No more acting, right?’

    ‘It comes with the small pistol, it has a very short locking process’

    ‘Ku Bo: Why didn’t you bring this out earlier?’

    ‘I LBW (four-word fill-in the blank)’

    ‘No! There! Is! No! Cheating!’

    ‘(Sobbing) Woo woo woo BT (Sobbing) The gun in your head woo woo woo (Sobbing) It’s so good woo woo woo (Crying)’

    ‘BT: ?’

    ‘You’re a demon!’

    ‘Polite BT: You?’

    ‘Auto-aim plus instant kill, the lieutenant really had some good stuff…’

    After understanding the power of this directive pistol, the expression on Daixiaomei’s face became rather subtle.

    She raised the core in her hand, as if looking at BT:

    “Trust me.”

    This time, it was her turn to protect BT!

    Gods block, kill gods; Buddhas block, kill Buddhas!

    Along the way, Ku Bo was like a cheat.

    Flying, teleporting, one shot, one kill, as long as he knew how to pull the trigger, all the enemies were paper in front of him!

    He was going crazy.

    Finally!

    As the scene before her suddenly brightened, Daixiaomei, holding BT’s core and the smart pistol, escaped!

    Meanwhile, Sarah’s voice came over the radio:

    “We’ve located you Ku Bo, your Titan is ready, call when you’re ready!”

    Daixiaomei stood in the canyon, looking at the intense battle in the basin in the distance, knowing that the Ark and Sloan were still here.

    She raised her call device, remembering what the lieutenant had taught her, and looked up at the sky.

    “Calling Titan.”

    Thump—!!!

    Training level plot twist!

    As a shock wave spread through the air.

    The Titan that belonged only to her, which had never been used in the training level.

    Finally landed!

    FS-1041—Legion Titan!

    A huge frame, powerful lines, a structure of steel and carbon fiber.

    Broad shoulders and narrow waist, holding a chimney-like, terrifying Gatling cannon!

    Now, it was time to install its core.

    Daixiaomei smiled as she walked towards her Titan, inserting the core into the Titan’s core slot:

    “I prefer to call you by your old name, BT, rather than FS-1041.”

    Woo—Hiss!

    The Titan’s massive body rose, blotting out the sky!

    A familiar thumb pointed towards Daixiaomei:

    “Hey, Jack.”

    Compared to Ku Bo, BT used a more intimate address this time.

    Daixiaomei walked forward and gently hugged his big hand:

    “BT, I’m so glad to see you back in one piece.”

    “Actually, my new components exceeded 25,000.”

    BT once again showed off his unique brand of dry humor, then his voice became serious:

    “BT-7274, is ready for battle,”

    “Ku Bo Iron驭,”

    Hiss—

    The cockpit opened for Daixiaomei.

    The Iron驭 and the Titan nodded at the same time, speaking in unison—

    [Let’s carve a path through blood]

    At this moment, both emotions and sentiment reached their peak!

    The live stream exploded!!!

    ‘Ohhhhhhh—amazing!!!’

    ‘What the fuck! What the fuck! So the Titan’s fall has been woven throughout the entire game!’

    ‘Laoshi, you saw this, right! That Titan in the training grounds that belonged to me! It’s finally landed!’

    ‘And I’ve finally become a real, bona fide Iron驭!’

    ‘Laoshi should say, good boy, I didn’t misjudge you…’

    ‘Ahhhhhhhh I’m gonna cry’

    ‘The hero of the last stand, the steel comrades, sacrifice and responsibility, protection and hope, this game has just blown the plot out of the water!!!’

    ‘I wipe… my tears almost came out when they said those words at the same time’

    ‘Mainly, it’s really heartwarming to see the protagonist and BT grow together, their bond building, this game is truly amazing’

    ‘I love it, all the plot twists are resolved, all the memories are pulled, this damn upper and lower part is worth the wait!’

    ‘This 198 is damn worth it, worth it, worth it!’

    ‘…’

    The viewers went wild, the players were ecstatic, screaming with excitement!

    After all, who could refuse an auto-aim Gatling cannon!

    There are many types of spicy, mild, medium, spicy, hot, and—

    “This damn big gun is too fucking spicy!!!”

    Ai Yin held the Gatling cannon, firing at random, blasting the enemy into oblivion!

    “Hey, I’m not trying to boast, but if you let Poison Snake come in now, he’d be a complete wimp!”

    “Hahahahahahaha, come on! Get up and have a shootout with me!”

    Qiezi crowed and cheered:

    “WDNMD… there’s no living creature left outside the scope now!”

    And—

    “Damn Sloan!”

    With the sound of explosions, Daixiaomei kicked open the control room door, driving BT!

    “Your daddy’s here!!!”

    At this moment!

    Sam had completed the mission, loading the Ark into the spacetime folding launch bay.

    The destination was none other than their rebel hometown, Harmony.

    Now, everyone knew.

    If the spacetime folding weapon was launched.

    Then Harmony would instantly turn to dust!

    Seeing Ku Bo, Sam’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

    He apparently didn’t expect this rebel Iron驭 to survive and chase him here.

    “Well, well, great hero, you’ve got quite a bit of guts, kid,”

    Sam chuckled, then turned to Sloan, the short-haired woman beside him:

    “It’s your turn, Sloan.”

    “You really can live, kid,”

    Sloan sat on the blood-red Titan “Ion,” twisting her neck:

    “This is a free gift for the IMC.”

    Daixiaomei said nothing.

    None of the players said anything.

    Sizzle—

    They all raised their weapons in unison.

    Their eyes were filled with murderous intent!

    Blood debts must be repaid in blood.

    Now, it was time to settle personal scores!

    (End of Chapter)

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