The explosion sound was caused by the violent shaking of the small warehouse where Misaka Mikoto and the others were located.
Ji Shen watched the explosion through the real-time broadcast screen on the Internet. The screen showed an uninhabited basin outside Academy City.
As if provoking Misaka Mikoto, Ji Shen said with satisfaction to the microphone handed to him by his entourage.
"Is the travel going smoothly?"
"It's not bad...the power is indeed amazing, but it's still very nerve-wracking to not be able to control it.
On the screen, Kamijou Ryukake looked at a mechanical body that looked like a beast emerging from the ground, and he shouted excitedly.
"This is a thing, which is described as a 'weapon created by God'. If we can control it, we can study its composition in detail and then mass-produce it. With such a thing, who would not be quick to launch it?"
War? As we said, we are also for world peace."
Stratus - is the name of this thing. Once activated, it will automatically determine the hostile target and launch an attack to annihilate it.
Although Stratus obeys the commands of its controller, all instructions must be deciphered in order to control it.
"Now, how is Stratus doing?"
"Well...the automatic counterattack devices outside the underground fortress are trying to drive it back underground, but it will only be a matter of time before those devices are destroyed."
"about how long?"
"It's estimated to take about 3 hours... After all, the devices outside the fortress are still very sophisticated... Fortunately, the remote link cracking was used to open it. Otherwise, if the personnel went down directly, tsk tsk..."
No matter what, they have now activated Stratus, and it is impossible to stop it. Moreover, activating such a monster in front of Misaka Mikoto can be regarded as forcing her.
"I understand, Ji Shen."
It would be very bad if things like this were left unchecked.
Ji Shen cut off the radio, then slowly turned to Misaka Mikoto and others.
Misaka Mikoto looked at the broadcast screen displayed on her tablet computer with a dazed expression.
Every time Stratus fired his laser, a huge explosion shook the land. The armored vehicle burst into flames, and the automatic counterattack device kept firing.
"That's the situation. Do you have anything else to ask?"
Ji Shen looked at Misaka Mikoto with a smile. He already knew Misaka Mikoto's final decision.
"So if you don't want Academy City to be reduced to scorched earth, you have to decipher all the commands of this thing - is that what you mean?"
Misaka Mikoto stared at Ji Shen with hatred, but the latter raised a smile indifferently.
God's weapon has already begun to move. To prevent it from destroying without distinction of target, Misaka has no choice but to analyze the control instructions, even if the result will allow Ji Shen and others to control Stratus as they please. v' is here. What is needed
The data is ready, the cable is connected, and you can connect to the network. It doesn't matter if you use it as you like."
"The matter has come to this, I just have no choice. Okay, but you owe me a lot."
Facing Misaka Mikoto's angry scolding, Ji Shen left the warehouse with his entourage without a care.
He only looked back at Misaka Mikoto at the end and said: "Although I don't doubt your ability as a superpower, it's best to speed up the pace as much as possible. If you can't control this thing after it escapes the suppression of the automatic counterattack device,
If it does, it will still be a headache for us.”
"You don't need to tell me I'll do it——!"
Misaka Mikoto yelled bitterly, and at the same time roughly blasted open the door inside the warehouse with electric shock.
It was originally a cold room for storing fresh food.
It's just that what's on display in the empty room now is not fresh fish or raw meat, but rack-mounted high-performance computing servers - so-called supercomputers.
Minato followed Misaka Mikoto, patted his cheek and stood up, as if he was trying to change his mood.
"Misaka, can I borrow your cell phone?"
Minato's cell phone was confiscated on the way to Jigami, but Misaka's phone didn't seem to be restricted.
"No problem, but what do you want to do?"
Misaka Mikoto threw the green Guata's smartphone over. Although it felt like a deserted place, the signal was still good.
"I'm sorry, because I feel uneasy in my heart, or should I say I have a bad premonition——"
Yes, Minato knows his brother very well. In this situation, Chen Xiaofeng will definitely come to stop him, not to mention that he and Misaka Mikoto are both here.
However, this belief made Minato uneasy. Listening to the previous conversation between Misaka Mikoto and Ji God, Stratus must not be such a simple weapon, but it is not possible to leave this thing alone.
Therefore, what Minato has to do now is to provide Chen Xiaofeng with as much information as possible.
After dialing a familiar number, he put his ear to the phone. The line was connected, and Chen Xiaofeng's voice came from the other end of the phone.
…
According to the directions provided by Luo Jia, Chen Xiaofeng was moving in an almost impossible jumping manner on the field.
At this time, the mobile phone rang.
Despite the battle between Misaka Mikoto and Chu Kuangge, the mobile phone was still able to be used - only Rakuya from Academy City could do such a thing.
Chen Xiaofeng, who was running, took out his mobile phone and took a breath when the name of the caller was displayed.
"Misaka? Where are you? Have you seen Minato?"
"It's me, brother, Misaka and I are fine now."
"Really? That's great." Chen Xiaofeng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother...where are you now?"
"Where?" Chen Xiaofeng landed on the branch of a big tree and stared at the monster-like machine not far away, "A relatively safe place."
"Did you see Stratus?"
"What?"
"It's the thing you see. It is a weapon created by magic and science sixty years ago."
Chen Xiaofeng wanted to say something else, but was interrupted directly by Minato.
"Misaka is currently helping to analyze and decipher Stratus' control instructions. Once the analysis is completed, the current chaotic situation can be stopped."
"Misaka...I see, that's it."
Although they don't know Misaka's current situation, the opponent's purpose is already obvious, in order to obtain these terrible weapons. And listening to their voices, it seems that there is no danger, so the first priority now becomes to deal with this weapon.
"Well, brother, because things may change at any time, in order to prevent Stratus from getting close to Academy City...if brother finds that he starts to move, I hope that brother can trip him."
Stuck?
"Just tie it up, brother, your safety comes first."
"I understand, just leave this matter to me."
"Well... finally, brother, you must be careful."
After Minato finished giving instructions, the call was cut off. Chen Xiaofeng stuffed his cell phone into his pocket, stayed on the tree, and began to monitor the mechanical monster.