Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"The door is open," Zero reported with swift efficiency. After opening the gates, he first scanned the interior of the information base, discovering that, aside from some devices he couldn't understand, there was no threat of any independently thinking intelligent mechanisms. Therefore, he returned immediately to inform the others.

"Hmm," Bai E nodded, quietly watching the timer on his wrist, unhurried to deal with the base's affairs.

Only Bai E possessed the technical skills to integrate the information base with the human internet network within the team. Zero, still new to learning, hadn't yet managed to handle the complex, cutting-edge technology from the Golden Age.

But connecting to the network took time, and Bai E was uneasy with the possibility of the white-haired captain resurrecting when not within his sight.

After all, the white-haired captain's ability to resurrect over and over was far more critical.

"There's movement." Rose, who was squatting beside Bai E, twitched her eyelids before suddenly speaking with a hint of excitement.

"Hmm," Bai E saw it too.

This resurrection was not as dramatic; the metal arrow squeezed forcibly out of the skull by some mysterious force, the white-haired captain, now lying sideways on the ground in an odd posture, once again opened those sky-blue eyes.

He sat up and looked at Bai E. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire

A powerful urge to devour immediately took hold of her senses, allowing no resistance.

"..."

"Whizz."

Bai E was quick-eyed and nimble-handed, releasing an arrow in a flash.

The white-haired captain fell at the sound, ending it cleanly.

"..."

"..."

Rose blinked, "You didn't even let her say a word..."

"No change, what's there to say," Bai E retorted and, remembering the other's resurrection time, got up from the ground and walked towards the open gate of the information base.

The brief span of over three minutes was ample time for him to integrate the base into the human internet network, time that should not be wasted.

Difficult for those who don't know, easy for those who do.

Once you have the technology, the practical operation is quite simple...

What appeared to be a complicated and flashy panel was, in front of Bai E, who was familiar with the process, nothing more than a two to three-minute task before the base was once more incorporated into the human internet sector.

"Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?" After testing the linkback to base and ensuring no issues, Bai E finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew~"

By completing the restart process, even if intelligent mechanisms regained control of the base for "mining," they couldn't prevent humans from using the base to transmit information.

These signal bases came from the Golden Age, and their ability to convey information was almost an inherent feature, one which the intelligent mechanisms, even those originated from the same era and sharing the same ancestry as the signal bases, couldn't stop from functioning.

Unless they destroyed it...

But if they chose to destroy, they would equally be unable to mine.

A lose-lose situation.

Of course, the "mining" performed by the intelligent mechanisms would definitely interfere with the transmission speed of human information. As such, whether the military would counterattack the nearby Intelligent Mechanism Base and station a significant force here depended on the opinions of the high-ranking military officials to whom he would report back.

It wasn't his concern...

"Captain, she seems to be waking up soon." Stone, who had been watching the white-haired captain from Grey Iron City outside, suddenly ran in to report.

"Oh?" Bai E nodded, "Understood."

With that, Bai E gave the base one last look. The main structure was no different from the first base he had explored, except this one, having been in continuous use, was not a "ruin" and therefore didn't trigger the exploration process of a ruin.

Besides that, there were some "mining" devices placed by the intelligent mechanisms—

Long legs like that of high-legged spiders stood throughout the base, with the core crystalline light rings encircling the base's own crystal column as if they were a natural formation.

Below each mechanical arm was a blank logic cube embedded within a fixed slot, waiting for the "core" to be infused.

In a corner, there was a neatly arranged stack of logic cubes already infused with the Computing Power Modules, glowing blue, crystalline tendrils stretching and changing within them, slowly rotating, exuding a mesmerizing magical allure.

These were the core existence of every intelligent mechanism. Just put a "metal shell" on the outside, and a brand-new intelligent mechanism is created.

Of course, humans neither knew the specifics of the manufacturing technology nor had any interest in learning it.

Looking at those crystalline blocks, Bai E felt as though he was looking at embryonic cells awaiting development and growth, like...artificial humans?

"Take it apart," Bai E ordered softly, then turned and stepped out.

No matter whether the intelligent mechanisms would rebuild or not, since he had come, he might as well leave something behind, not to mention he needed to take pictures to report back...

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"How do you take it apart?" Stone touched the back of his head.

"Violent dismantling? Don't you know that?" Bai E stopped, glanced at him.

"Oh?" Stone's eyes lit up, "Oh!"

He got excited!

The daylight outside had already begun to dim.

The white-haired captain lay on the ground, furrowing her brows lightly, but still hadn't woken up.

"Is she having a nightmare?" Rose asked softly.

Setting aside the absurdity that came with her peculiar personality when she was awake, the one lying in a "coma" was evidently just a delicate-looking little girl.

It was even hard to tell her gender.

She was merely an underdeveloped child with a delicate appearance, devoid of any gender characteristics.

Yet, such a child possessed such tremendous power.

Against Bai E, this captain from Grey Iron City seemed to have no power to fight back, but facing the current Bai E, how many could truly confront him?

So, why did this "child" attack Bai E in the first place?

And how the hell did she become the captain of a special squad in Grey Iron City?

What kind of nightmares was she having?

Rose blinked her eyes, somewhat curious.

She was uninhibited in her personality, but it didn't stop her from also having the meticulousness that came naturally to women.

...

"Pain..."

"So painful..."

Every time she was killed, she had to endure the agony of death once more.

The pain in her body was secondary; she had already been through countless such episodes during past modifications, and she was the only one among the kids who underwent the same process to make it to the end because only she had endured each extraordinary torture.

The physical pain had become familiar to her body, even to the point where it seemed to bring "satisfaction."

But the soul...

The soul hurt so much too...

Every killing blow was like a shattering of the soul.

As if a piece of exquisite porcelain was smashed on the ground, shattered to pieces...

And she had glued it back together with sheer willpower.

In the past, a new soul was used with each death because none of those souls had the determination to continue living in this world.

If life had no meaning, death was equally meaningless.

It was just that this time, she had a reason she absolutely had to keep living!

But... it really hurt so much.

So much pain, so much pain, so much pain, so much pain!!!!

"Huff!" Like a drowning person suddenly rescued from underwater, nearly suffocating, the white-haired girl abruptly sat up.

Memories rushed back as she got up, and the first figure she saw upon opening her eyes once again triggered the judgment criteria of the brand, an astonishing desire to devour interfering with her thoughts at first sight.

Every following action had to be centered around the goal of devouring him... one cannot deceive oneself.

This time, however... that impulsive desire seemed to have faded slightly?

"Poof!"

Without the chance to think, darkness enveloped the white-haired girl's vision once more.

"..."

Rose glanced sideways at Bai E.

"She died again..."

"I killed her."

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