Apocalypse Lord-Chapter 53 - 51: That Damn Thief Is Back Again!

The silver-white curved building stood before Lin Lan.

Unlike those eye-catching entertainment facilities, its design was simple and restrained, in complete harmony with the emotionless creations of machines.

Lin Lan walked up to the front entrance of the building and looked up.

The fully enclosed heavy mechanical gate appeared to be several meters high, he tried to push it, but it didn’t budge.

"Bai," Lin Lan called softly, "can you open this door?"

The bionic girl nodded, she stepped forward and placed her slender pale hand on the steel surface, gradually applying force towards both sides.

The sound of a teeth-clenching steel squeeze immediately rang in Lin Lan’s ears.

Noticeable dents appeared in the area where the girl’s hand was pressed, the heavy mechanical gate began to deform, crack, and was ultimately torn to form a passage for them to enter.

"That’s enough, that’s enough! As long as we can get in..."

Lin Lan felt somewhat embarrassed, Bai’s strength was indeed exaggerated, it was evident that the machinette held back when she didn’t kick him to death at the time.

The two entered the building one after the other.

Starlight hung low, the sound of guards’ wings flapping swept nearby, and a strand of crimson stealthily climbed onto the street, moonlight floated, everything in the lower city district remained normal.

The inside of the building was pitch black.

Lin Lan groped ahead holding a flashlight, he entered the central area and raised the beam in his hand.

At that moment, countless mechanical skeletons, arms, and torsos emerged in silhouette from the darkness!

They lay static on assembly lines hanging from the dome, with each line extending towards the surroundings and finally merging into the geometric block-shaped modular workshops.

Whoa shit! This has really paid off!

Lin Lan exclaimed, he eagerly walked into the nearest assembly workshop to him, his eyes glittering with delight.

Unlike the building’s shiny and new exterior, all the mechanical facilities in the workshop were old and covered in dust.

Dozens of intricately designed mechanical arms were placed on the assembly lines, reflecting a gleaming light.

Lin Lan slowed his steps at this moment.

In his vision, tiny sparkling starlights dotted the mid-air of the workshop, they fluttered and flickered slowly, casting a dreamy essence to the scene.

Lin Lan instantly became alert, he grasped the Philosopher’s Stone, switched perspectives to observe again, and the next moment, his facial expression froze.

—On each mechanical part, there was a curled-up monstrous worm!

They possessed iridescent wings, slender bodies, sides filled with centipede-like limbs, looking over, the worm bodies densely populated every corner of the workshop.

The scene was chilling to the bones!

This was not a mechanical assembly factory... this was clearly a bug’s nest!

Lin Lan instinctively stepped back, he stared at those shining mechanical arms and swallowed hard.

Damn it... we’re already here...

Greed! Must be greedy!

"Bai, if something goes wrong later, carry me back to the spawn point at the fastest speed, don’t worry about hurting me."

Lin Lan hesitated just for half a second before issuing the command to the bionic girl beside him.

He lowered his voice, "Also, prioritize protecting the items we’ve picked up."

Bai nodded with obedience.

Lin Lan relaxed, he remained in the Philosopher’s Stone state, tiptoed and sneaked back into the workshop.

A moment later, he cautiously hugged a mechanical arm out...

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In a strange vibration, the larvae opened its eyes for the first time from a boundless lethargy, it unfolded its wings and slowly opened its compound eyes.

—At that instant, it saw an evil, terrifying, and hideous face!

Why does an alien figure appear in the land conquered by the Great Monarch?

What is it?

Indescribable fear rippled through the depths of the insect’s consciousness, it frantically writhed its body and began to flap its wings rapidly.

Thud thud.

Before it could let out a scream, two knives mercilessly jabbed it to death, juices splattered, and a strong smell immediately spread.

·

"These bugs actually don’t feel much chopping..."

Lin Lan muttered to himself, for safety’s sake, he was chopping vertically, the bug in his hand struggled twice and then went still.

Next, he looked at the mechanical right arm.

[Identifying the item you have picked up for you!]

[Item: Seventh Generation Domestic Robot Components (Right Arm)]

[Quality: Bai]

[Functions: Built-in ’Overload Capacity’ and ’Holographic Interaction’ basic functions]

[Description: One of the top-selling components of common mechanical servants, combining security, durability, stability, and other excellent characteristics]

Lin Lan nodded with satisfaction and gently placed the mechanical arm into the bag on Bai’s back.

"Master!" Suddenly, Bai’s soft voice sounded.

"Shhh!" Lin Lan jumped in shock and quickly said, "Quiet, don’t wake them up."

The girl tilted her head, "But we’ve already been discovered."

Lin Lan: "..."

His expression stiffened as he gradually turned around.

At some point, the workshop exit had already been filled with multicolored flying insects stretching their wings leisurely, they stared dead into the corpse of their companion, countless furious compound eyes blinking frantically.

"Uh-oh..."

Lin Lan threw the limp corpse in his hand to the ground with a splat and chuckled dryly, "Sorry for the disturbance."

In an instant, an ear-splitting and furious scream echoed intensely!

"Bai! Run!"

Lin Lan shouted loudly, and in the next moment, he felt a massive force gripping the back of his neck, and Bai had already lifted him up with one arm.

The bionic girl hoisted her master over her shoulder, grabbed the bag with the other hand, and vanished from the larva’s sight in the blink of an eye.

Starlight trembled, and the deafening shriek resonated throughout the lower city of the Space Ladder!

Winged with giant moth wings, the guardian airship whizzed past the neon-lit shadows, its wing vibrations filled with rage!

—That despicable, shameless, and cunning thief was stealing the fruits belonging to the Starry Monarch again!

And within the moth’s hum, there was even a deep sense of fear.

Because not long ago, ta personally killed the offspring of the Great Worm Monarch...

The nascent divine Ouroboros worm was like the most fragile insect egg, easily chopped into pieces by ta.

ta was the great enemy of the stars!

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The hem of the skirt danced wildly in the wind.

The girl was leaping and running through the neon night.

Her pupils dragged a trail of white light, leaving buzzing echoes behind her.

Tah!

Bai gracefully landed on the edge of the giant wall, casually dropping the half-dead Lin Lan on the ground, then gently pushed the dungeon items collected into the swirling Light Gate.

"Well done... Bai..."

Lin Lan gasped and lay face-up on the ground, struggling to give a thumbs-up, "Help me up, we can leave now..."

The feeling of being held by Bai was akin to being clamped tightly by iron pincers.

Lin Lan felt like his internal organs were going to be squeezed out...

The white-haired maid tilted her head.

She lowered herself, gently supporting her master up, and they together headed towards the swirling Light Gate.

The moonlight in the Outer City draped over them like a thin gauze, ethereal and soft.

[Dungeon Settling...]