“You aren’t a demon envoy, then who are you?”
Tang Xueyao asked, astonished, clutching her injured left arm.
“Me? Chief Researcher of Raven Labs, Xu Linna!”
Xu Linna tossed her hair back and said smugly.
Although she hadn’t obtained the body she originally created, she was quite satisfied with possessing Xu Ruina—or rather, Zhou Feifei’s body.
After all, this body and face had charmed so many male researchers at Raven Studios, even earning the envy of women.
Now, this body, after several twists and turns, had returned to her hands.
Furthermore, this body had transformed from a wailer to a half-human, half-corpse state, then back to human form, and its strength had also increased significantly.
“Raven Studios?”
“Xu Ruina?”
Tang Xueyao exclaimed in surprise.
“Not Xu Ruina, but Xu Linna! Xu Ruina was merely a false existence.”
“Forget it, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you. Looking at you, you don’t seem very knowledgeable, just silly!”
“If that guy hadn’t asked me to help, I wouldn’t have bothered coming out!”
Xu Linna shot Tang Xueyao a dismissive glance, then turned around and looked at the Vanguard.
She saw that the Vanguard before her had far more mechanical parts than she remembered, and the parts belonging to the ultimate biological body were actually fewer.
Judging from its recent attack performance, its combat effectiveness was also a阉割版 (castrated version).
“Hey, is it right to casually use other people’s things?”
“Even though it’s trash from the progressives, it shouldn’t be used for infighting among humans, right?”
“Even when I was slaughtering the Reincarnators back then, I didn’t use such things. What exactly are you?”
Xu Linna crossed her arms, looking at the massive Vanguard with a disdainful expression.
It was as if between the two of them, she was the giant, and the giant before her was nothing more than an ant.
“What are you talking about? I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
“I am a powerhouse from the Black Swift Legion. Today, I am here to exterminate the True God Cult. If you get in my way, I will eliminate you as well.”
“Maintaining world peace inevitably requires some sacrifices!”
As the Vanguard spoke, it lifted its foot and stomped towards Xu Linna.
“Sigh, how foolish. Don’t people in later generations know about Raven Studios, don’t they know me, Xu Linna?”
“It’s all that brat Zhang Chen’s doing, erasing my name from history.”
“Doesn’t he know that as a scientist, the most important thing is one’s reputation?!”
As Xu Linna spoke, she took out a metal sphere from her pocket and fiddled with it a few times.
Rumble!
The Vanguard’s mechanical foot missed its target, sinking deeply into the cracked ground.
“Huh? Why did I miss?”
“But it’s fine, once I pull it out, I’ll continue to crush you little bugs!”
The Vanguard struggled, trying to pull its leg free.
However, another loud noise came from its arm.
Then, the massive mechanical arm detached on its own, falling heavily onto the ground.
“What’s going on? What happened? My arm!”
“What exactly did you do to me?!”
“I have an energy shield, there’s no way you could attack me so easily?!”
The Vanguard exclaimed in panic.
“Nothing much. Since you wanted to use other people’s things and even altered the appearance of the armor, didn’t you know to change the system as well?”
“Now I’ve easily connected to your system. What’s the point of this modified behemoth? You’re useless!”
“I’ve merely activated the maintenance mode, I haven’t even launched an attack yet!”
“Trash like you, are you even worthy of me making a move? Who do you think I, Xu Linna, am?”
Xu Linna said with a cold expression, as if the Vanguard’s words had insulted her.
Crunch, crunch!
Rumble! Boom!
Large mechanical components slowly detached from the Vanguard’s body, crashing onto the ground.
The weapon system automatically shut down, the defense system automatically shut down, and finally, even the energy system shut down.
Only the half-severed Vanguard crashed heavily onto the ground, its energy flow gradually disappearing, and its crystal core reactor extinguished.
“I said long ago that the Vanguard was a failed product!”
“To end the apocalypse, humanity must rely on itself. However, it seems this apocalypse has finally ended!”
“It seems pointless to discuss Reincarnators and humans now! What a pity!”
As Xu Linna spoke, she flashed to the Vanguard’s energy core and, with a strong tug of her right hand, extracted a verdant green energy core with a hint of golden light.
“I don’t eat this stuff, it’s too wasteful…”
Saying that, she absorbed the energy into her body.
At this moment, the Vanguard’s cockpit opened, and a half-mechanical man slowly walked out.
“It’s not over yet! Damned woman!”