I have to admit that the Navy does a really good job of keeping secrets.
Until now when the war really started, Raymond didn't know where so many navy appeared from.
The city was filled with marines wearing white navy uniforms, like ants moving in the rain, pouring out of their nests and spreading everywhere in the city. They began to wipe out the pirates and the rebellious giants, as well as those secretly recruited. The bounty hunters, under the unified deployment of the World Headquarters, began a joint encirclement and suppression operation with the navy.
The war has spread, and there is no absolutely safe pure land in the city.
The members of the "ghost group" were relatively stable among the nobles and ladies of the "spectating group". Whether they were navy or pirates, they would only look at this group of nobles holding green neutrality flags at most. Eyes, but no one came to bother me.
The navy was busy encircling and suppressing, and had no time to investigate; the pirates were also busy escaping, and no one came to rob...
Everything went as smoothly as Raymond expected.
Of course, except for the occasional fireballs falling from the sky and killing several people like bombs, everything was relatively harmonious.
The "spectating group" escaped all the way and arrived at the Giant Inn, which is roughly equivalent to the giant country's consulate for dealing with external affairs. It is relatively safe. A group of nobles and ladies were waving green flags and sitting in the open space. Standing and praying that the guns wouldn't accidentally hurt them...
Raymond's original plan was to hang out in the "spectating group" first, at least to get through the most dangerous time first, wait for Uli to lead the giant warriors to wipe out all the navy in the city, and then break out with the large army.
With such a group of confounding shields, even if a navy passes by, it is difficult to notice their "ghost group".
After all, the Endless Sea is so big, and there are so many pirates with bounties on them. The number of pirates in the bounty database at the World Headquarters alone is in the hundreds of millions, not including some pirates with local bounties on them.
It is impossible to remember clearly the appearance of every pirate for whom a bounty is placed, relying solely on human memory and visual discrimination.
Top pirates like the "Endless Eight Emperors" may still be well-known to everyone, but the rest are at least big pirates with a bounty of more than one billion, and they are qualified to be recognized by the navies of all major sea areas at a glance.
As for Raymond, a "pirate supernova", he may be famous in the "Caldari Sea" where the country of giants is located, but not many navies in other sea areas can recognize his face.
And this time the World Headquarters is wiping out the country of giants. In order to prevent the giants from being alerted in advance, most of them are elites recruited from other sea areas.
It was also because Raymond knew this that he came up with this hidden strategy.
Until the "war machine" appeared, completely breaking his luck.
...
Not long after the battle at the Giants' Parliament Grounds began, the sound of gunfire in the city suddenly became very dense.
It seemed like a large-scale force with extraordinary firearms had entered the city.
Raymond frowned slightly as he listened. There was a clear difference between the sounds of these gunfire and ordinary magic gunfire... With his current sensitivity of the five senses, he could easily tell the quality of the gun from the sound of the ballistic blast and the sound of the barrel.
Obviously, the sounds of these new guns are much more powerful than ordinary magic guns.
"It's strange...could it be the navy's new magic firearm?"
Raymond had a vague feeling of bad premonition.
At least he knows that the World Headquarters General Staff is not stupid. Now that the Cron conspiracy has been exposed and they dare to force a war, they must have something to rely on.
Before he could guess any more, at this moment, a group of navy soldiers chased a group of pirates and ran into view at the corner of the street.
The two sides fought while running, with guns and swords intertwined, and the scene was very fierce.
Such battles are now happening everywhere in the city, which is not surprising, but what makes Raymond suspicious is the strength of both sides.
He was surprised and wondered: "Those pirates are very powerful, how can they be chased by these low-level navy?"
...
Among the navy team playing the role of pursuit and negotiation, there is a tall figure that is very eye-catching. It is five meters tall, has a stiff expression, its limbs are mechanical skeletons with a strong industrial style, and it also wears a cloak with the word "Justice" on its back.
Anna on the side frowned slightly, a little unsure of what she saw. She tugged on Raymond's sleeve and was surprised: "Captain, do you think that is...a mechanic?"
Raymond frowned and replied: "Not just a mechanic...somewhat similar to the 'artificial man' that Colin said."
The tall marine is covered in mechanical skeletons, but it is not an external armor like a mechanic. Instead, mechanical implants are used to directly replace the flesh and blood body and become part of the body. The steel limbs, torso, and even the head were broken by gunshots. The cold metallic luster was also reflected under his skin. He looked like a complete robot.
But the strange thing is that in Raymond's perception, it clearly has the "qi" of a living thing. Obviously this is not a pure robot, but a living life form!
This is indeed somewhat similar to Colin's situation. "Kruz Alchemy Body" also transformed the human body into an "artificial human", giving him a combat power beyond the limits of human beings. He is an ordinary machine and half a human.
However, the transformation of Colin's alchemical body has very great limitations, and there is no possibility of mass production.
Because the core of "Kruz Alchemy Body" is the "Hex Technology Heart", a relic product. It is a special equipment that can only be created by ancient technological civilizations and surpasses the current technological level for countless years. Possibly the only one in the world.
But now, the sudden appearance of this "artificial man" in the navy is a bit strange.
Thor on the side was very familiar with the pirate groups operating near the Kingdom of Giants. He recognized the people being chased by the navy team, with a solemn look on his face: "Captain, those seem to be the people of the 'Golden Ax Pirates'! They Captain [Shark Axe] Crowe is not weak in strength. He was a veteran Sequence 2 powerhouse who had already realized domineering five years ago..."
Raymond: "Don't you think this situation looks a little strange?"
Thor: "Yes. How could a strong man like Crowe be chased by a group of low-level marines and run away in a panic?"
A sharp light flashed across Anna's crystal eyes, she stared at the big man and murmured: "I'm afraid there's something weird about the 'artificial man' in the navy..."
A domineering master was chased away by a group of ordinary naval squads that didn't even have generals. Everyone had a very ridiculous feeling. It was like a group of students wearing middle school uniforms chasing a group of vicious gangsters. Nothing feels right.
But before our eyes, it actually happened.
Not long after, Raymond and the others finally knew why.
...
The "artificial man" in the navy team is very fast and seems to have extremely strong defense. It ignores the power of muskets and swords and pursues forward arrogantly, like a rampaging gorilla, tearing away bricks and gravel along the way.
Both sides chased each other, but the distance was never widened.
At this moment, black light began to condense on the muzzle of the "artificial man's" palm, and [Shark Ax] Crowe's expression suddenly changed. He didn't even care about counterattack, and the shield speed under his feet became a little faster.
But the black light condensed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, a black beam of light suddenly appeared and swept straight towards the "Golden Ax Pirates" in front of them.
biu~
It sounded like a rifle with a silencer.
"That's the sound!"
Hearing the sound of gunfire, Raymond finally knew where the guns he heard before came from. It turned out to be these 'artificial beings'!
These?
A bad premonition suddenly flashed through Raymond's mind, but the change in front of him instantly brought his wandering thoughts back.
Black light passed before my eyes, and a terrifying scene appeared!
The black beam swept past, and the bodies of the pirates who were hit suddenly disappeared under the touch of the beam!
There was no blood light, no impact, no wounds... A certain piece of flesh and blood disappeared without a trace. When the black light disappeared, the blood shot out from the body...
And the black light swept over the huge stone building on the side, and it was like cutting into tofu. Without any vibration, a hole that seemed to have been hollowed out suddenly appeared on the stone wall.
"This...there's something weird about that black light!"
When Raymond saw this scene, he was instantly sure that it was not a "magic firearm" at all, but a new type of weapon that he no longer recognized.
As we all know, the reason for magic firearms is similar to that of ordinary guns. They are to accumulate energy and allow powerful energy ammunition to "destroy" the target, causing obvious effects such as burning, destruction, and penetration...
The black beam ejected from the hand of the "artificial man" in front of him showed no sign of energy fluctuations, as if it directly annihilated matter, and the target that was hit also "disappeared" without any warning.
In perception, it is completely gone!
It was as if it had been completely decomposed into basic particles and disappeared from perception.
...
The speed of light is so fast, how can people easily avoid it?
The black beam cannonballs are like the scythe of death. Once activated, they will harvest the lives of pirates in large numbers.
The "Golden Ax Pirates", a group of more than ten people who were originally escaping, were struck by this black light, and their limbs were broken all over the ground. Seven or eighty-eight people died in an instant. The scene was extremely bloody.
"Damn! I will fight with you!"
[Shark Axe] Crowe, who was the strongest, managed to dodge a section, but when he saw his companions dying tragically, his eyes instantly turned red and he was as angry as a mad cow.
He did not run away anymore, but took advantage of the moment when the black light cannonball disappeared, picked up the golden ax in his hand, and kicked towards the navy team behind him.
"Crack!"
He kicked the ground quickly, the ground cracked and cracked, and a figure passed by like the wind.
After all, he is a high-level veteran who has understood domineering power, and the power of his ax is also extremely powerful. With this swing of the ax, a sharp crescent air wave instantly cut off several marines not far away, and blood flowed across them.
land.
"boom!"
A violent collapse sound followed.
The surrounding houses were cut into two sections by the axe, and fell into pieces, causing dust to fill the sky.
"What a powerful axe!"
Raymond, who was watching the battle from a distance, sighed in his heart. The destructive power of the high-level extraordinary was evident.
But... what surprised him even more was that even though Crowe's ax was enough to split mountains and split seas, the navy's "artificial man" was not harmed at all!
...
Just when the Crescent Ax Qi passed by, the "artificial man" did not dodge and resisted the blow!
The Dao Ba was hit with an axe, and its tall figure staggered back a few steps. But except for the cracked artificial skin on the waist and abdomen where it was hit, it did not suffer any damage. Even the metallic luster exposed under the cracked skin
, not a single scratch left.
But at this time, it’s not over yet!
[Shark Ax] Crowe obviously knew that he had no hope of escape. When the ax cut off the long-range ax energy, he didn't hesitate at all. He kicked his legs and rushed hundreds of meters further, slamming the "artificial man" on the head.
past.
The figure arrived in the blink of an eye, and struck the steel head heavily with a powerful blow full of armed domineering force.
"Keng!"
There was a flash of fire, and there was a sharp sound of metal touching, which stung the eardrums.
"Clo is in danger!"
Not far away, Raymond watched every scene of the battle carefully, but the more he watched, the more frightened he became.
Even a top mechanic would never feel comfortable with Crowe's full-strength strike that contained domineering power. Even if this ax couldn't break the metal skeleton, the domineering power on the axe's head was enough to penetrate the armor and directly injure the body.
However, the artificial man in front of him had just received the axe. Apart from a small dent on his head, there was nothing strange about it.
And in this moment of fighting, [Shark Ax] Locke's body froze.
It happened that the black light in the palm of the "artificial man" was condensed again. With a palm of its hand, the black light blasted towards Crowe in front of him.
Compared with that vigorous axe, the "artificial man's" counterattack was silent, cold and numb.
Crowe couldn't escape, and a big hole was pierced through his chest by the black light, and his life was cut off.
There was a muffled sound of "bang" and the body fell to the ground.
The great pirate [Shark Axe] Crowe, who had a bounty of 423 million, died.
...
"Just now... the black light actually penetrated the armed domineering force?"
Finally, Raymond understood that the people of the "Golden Ax Pirates" were obviously very strong, but they were chased away by a group of marines.
Just now he looked at Crowe, who was obviously armed and domineering with black armor, but he was easily penetrated and killed...
The domineering black armor that can withstand high-level magical firearms actually lasted less than a second under the black beam...
What’s even weirder is the incredible “hit state”!
If the weapon in the hand of the "artificial man" just now was a magic gun, the moment he fired a shot close to the chest and hit the domineering black armor, Crowe's body would have been thrown backwards due to the huge repulsive force. He would also have
It can use this force to resist the power of most bullets.
Therefore, even if the domineering armor is blasted, it is absolutely impossible for this high-level Sequence 2 extraordinary to be killed with one blow.
But... that beam of black light did not have any energy fluctuations from the explosion's shock, and directly "annihilated" the domineering armor...
This also gave Crowe no chance to take advantage of the situation to unload his strength. The moment his body stagnated, he was directly pierced through the body and killed.
"How could this happen...What kind of existence is that black light?"
Raymond's eyes showed an incredible light.
This black light, whether in the game or in reality, is something that exceeds the technological level of the world of navigation.
Not only the beam, but also the "artificial man"!
When did the World Government come up with such a terrifying thing?
Moreover, listening to this movement, it seems that there are quite a few of these "artificial beings" in the entire city of Jaffatron. "Artificial beings" that can instantly kill the powerful Sequence 2 dominators would be much more terrifying if they were to fight as a legion. strength?
At this moment, Raymond finally understood that this was probably the reason why the World Headquarters forced the war!
...
"The combat power of just such an 'artificial human' is at least equivalent to that of a Sequence 1 transcendent. When an ordinary pirate group encounters it, there is simply no way out..."
A veteran Sequence 2 pirate was killed in front of him, which made Raymond and others shrink their necks unconsciously.
Looking at it now, the "artificial man" is invulnerable, like an iron turtle, and extremely fast. He can't be beaten, and he can't run away. If he is really discovered by the navy, their "ghost group" will probably fall. Damn it!
However, the more you don't want something to happen, the more bad things will happen.
Raymond thought that they would not be discovered hiding among the crowd of nearly a thousand noble men, but unexpectedly, the function of the navy's "artificial man" was more powerful than expected.
...
"Confirm identity, reward 423 million 'Golden Ax Pirates' [Shark Axe] Crow, has been killed."
At this time, the "artificial man" in the distance looked at Locke's body on the ground, and let out a series of cold mechanical sounds. The low-level marines around it also began to record military exploits and clean up the battlefield.
Just as Raymond prayed that the navy would be like the ones he encountered before, just look at them and leave.
But never thought,
At this moment, the "artificial man" turned his head towards the "spectating group", a group of noble ladies and gentlemen holding green flags.
Most of its artificial face was damaged due to the battle just now, revealing a metal skull, and in the eye sockets, where the eyeballs were originally, are two zoomable camera probes. This look makes it even more ferocious.
At this moment, the pair of probes were carefully looking at every face in the "audience group".
A moment later, the mechanical red eye of the probe seemed to accurately pick out the different one in a pile of sand. After a "click" zooming sound, the camera locked on Lei's face with "scorching eyes" , and distinguished it carefully.
"Face recognition, data comparison in progress..."
"Dip, drip, drip..."
"The target has been discovered. The headquarters has offered a reward of 211 million. The 'Ghost Pirates' [Ghost] Raymond. Level 2 priority is to execute the kill order..."
Raymond's hearing was so sensitive. When he heard his name being uttered in the mouth of the "artificial man", he suddenly felt like he was being stared at by a poisonous snake.
"Damn it...how the hell can this still do facial recognition?!"
In the game, some mechanic players were also exposed to some high-level tasks, and various secret laboratories of the World Headquarters were tinkering with many inexplicable "black technologies". After all, the world of sea navigation has gone from ancient mythical civilization to the present. Over the years, civilizations have been passing through countless generations, and there was once a "technological civilization" with very advanced technology...
But Raymond never expected that those "war machines" even used facial recognition technology!