Master of the Stars

Chapter 61: Secret of the Dynamo Core (Part 2/2)

“You can’t escape!”

Jack’s hoarse voice was like the low cry of a deep sea monster. It pierced through the wall, jolting Luo Nan’s soul body in turmoil.

This fellow was actually a Burner?

But according to Luo Nan’s knowledge, Burners weren’t like this. Or at least, the Burners of the Archetype Format as proposed by Yan Hong weren’t like this. Otherwise, they wouldn’t need some Deep Blue Platform, some exoskeleton armor. They would just directly modify their bodies.

But what Jack unleashed was clearly the power of the Format of Fire.

The thick walls of the training room exploded with a loud rumble in the next second. The wall deformed violently as a hole was smashed open in the center. Spiderweb-like cracks spread from the hole.

Jack’s training room was located in the middle of the 141st floor. It was a space that was sealed by thick soundproof walls on all sides. Only one side had an opening and Luo Nan had chosen to flee in that direction, the opposite direction of the main door. Luo Nan had done the utmost to pull his distance from Jack’s pursuing attack.

But what Jack chose to do was completely different than what normal people would do.

From Jack’s perspective, Luo Nan was far too influenced by the human train of thought. Luo Nan should have gone up or down. Having a floor in between them would allow a totally different outcome after taking on this electromagnetic interference.

Luo Nan wasn’t in a position to reflect on the past. He continued to try to pull his distance, but the pressure his soul body was facing was increasing without end. He could only move with great difficulty.

Hell, even the Burners of the military wouldn’t have this sort of might without their exoskeleton armor!

The wall exploded open following another attack and Jack walked out with large strides. Both his naked eye and robotic eye locked firmly onto Luo Nan’s position. The scene of the soaring flame aura had already faded away, but the effect of the magnetic field, which was like being in the deep sea, increased in intensity.

Using his soul imaging technique, Luo Nan could confirm that Jack’s body was deeply integrated with the Deep Sea EM Field. The circulating energy within his body increased the strength of the EM field without end. And every one of his movements caused an intense change with the EM field. From Luo Nan’s perspective, this was a very miserable experience.

Jack stared fixed in the direction of Luo Nan’s soul body; he seemed to have finally controlled his rage. His hoarse and low voice sounded:

“Youngster. Do you know just what price I paid to obtain the Deep Sea Type 4’s Dynamo Core? Do you know just how much more I have to pay for your mischievous actions?”

Dynamo Core? Was this the official name for the external neuron?

And the model number, did it represent its corresponding abilities? Like the Deep Sea EM Field radiating from Jack’s body......

Luo Nan unconsciously mulled over these words and Jack didn’t immediately attack him. Instead, Jack sized Luo Nan up from all angles. He looked to be a bit uncertain.

“Ability users nowadays are quite amazing. I actually encountered a youngster who is capable of raising a Darksider life form. And, the breed seems to be quite interesting.”

Jack ought to be probing out right now. He had managed to injure the Human-Faced Arachnid, but he was still unable to capture its whereabouts.

Luo Nan believed that it was best to maintain his silence.

His attitude made Jack sneer: “Fine then. I’ll enter this matter into my database and tell this story to others in the future...... As for you, I don’t have an ounce of desire to talk with you!”

The words were spoken in verbatim. Jack returned Luo Nan’s words unchanged. If it was before, Luo Nan would have felt Jack’s words to be sharp. But now, he could not help thinking whether or not this was Jack’s own free will or the computational result of an artificial intelligence.

He would not receive an answer to this puzzle anytime soon. Luo Nan could deeply feel Jack’s killing intent. Luo Nan no longer hesitated and amassed his concentration with full force with only the thoughts of fleeing in mind.

He had learned his lesson and he directly fled to the floor below.

The distance Luo Nan traveled was far more pitiful than last time for he didn’t even reach four meters, but the floor was made from concrete and highly-reinforced metal; it was made of much tougher materials than the wall that Jack had exploded to pieces.

Jack’s attack exploded forth and the floor caved in but didn’t collapse immediately. Luo Nan took this chance to go down another floor. He managed to pull a distance of over thirty meters from Jack, and he suddenly felt the binding force of the Deep Sea EM Field weaken.

Luo Nan was delighted in his heart. This time the target of his escape was the empty night skies outside the DeShang Building. As long as he was over there, over at that void without ground, Jack wouldn’t be able to do a thing to him.

Then came a muffled bang. A bullet possessing enormous kinetic force pierced through two floors. It deviated a bit when piercing through, but it still exploded in the vicinity of Luo Nan’s soul body.

Clouds of fire surged all around, causing an even greater EM field effect and disturbing Luo Nan’s soul body to the greatest degree.

Luo Nan had seen special ammo that was similar to this on the warship. But the results this bullet displayed were clearly superior. And this wasn’t a single shot, it was automatic fire! Bullets went through the hole pierced by the first bullet and exploded one after another. Flaming clouds were everywhere in an instant, causing the flammable objects on the floor to burst into flames.

The sound of thunder rang out continuously within this short time period. The structure of the two floors was forcefully smashed apart and Jack just vaulted downwards. And before his body could arrive, the powerful Deep Sea EM Field had already enveloped Luo Nan.

Once again, it was as if Luo Nan’s soul body had entered the depths of the sea. He suddenly turned sluggish and he found it hard to move. And this time, the temperature of the seabed increased like mad. It was as if a volcano was going off in the middle of the ocean and it was about to cook Luo Nan completely.

Luo Nan suddenly felt a feeling of helplessness being trapped within. Then out of nowhere, he gradually understood.

His soul body wasn’t harmed that much by Jack’s Format of Fire or the Deep Sea EM Field, instead, it was his “external fuel tank”, the Human-Faced Arachnid, that had suffered heavy damage from the first attack. It was impossible for it to recover.

Luo Nan had yet to achieve a true out-of-body state. He couldn’t rely on his soul body to do whatever he pleased. He relied heavily on the energy provided by the Human-Faced Arachnid.

Jack’s explosive Format of Fire had inadvertently struck Luo Nan’s lifeline.

This was bad.....

And at this time, Jack’s large actions of destroying walls and causing fires finally led to the activation of the defensive systems of the DeShang Building.

Right now there were just two people here on this floor. The floor was the office area of some large business. Right now it was night time and it was the weekend, so there was not a soul in sight. The automatic robotic guard system of the property was the first to respond.

When the fire alarm and theft alarm went off at the same time, the entrance to the office area exploded open. The blood red light of the alarm cut through the area and civilian defense robots entered the room. They aimed their anti-riot guns towards the only target they could see, Jack.

The problem was that the robots received a completely new order before they could attack with their anti-riot guns, causing the robots to enter a cute and idle state. Then all fire and theft alarms ceased and the building was back to being quiet again. Only the office materials continued to burn and combust within the room.

Jack didn’t even turn around during the entire course of events. He remained staring dead-fixed at the location of Luo Nan’s soul body.