Chapter 272 Desert Area

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　　Shen Ye was not surprised by the appearance of Jackass, A2 and Accord were not curious, but it was the first time for 2B and 9S to see her.

　　9S looked up, but the sun was too bright for him to see clearly, so he asked, "Excuse me, who are you?"

　　"I'm Jackass. I received a message from Anemone and came here to help you open the passage to the desert." Jackass crossed her arms and looked down at him and 2B. Then she greeted Shen Ye and the others, "Hello again, Shen."

　　"Yeah!" Shen Ye reluctantly raised his hand and waved, then remained silent.

　　"Oh my, you are so cold. We just had dinner together yesterday!" Jackassscreamed.

　　Shen Ye showed no mercy: "It was Anemone who invited you. If it were me, I would never invite you."

　　"Hmph! How stingy!" Jackass grumbled in dissatisfaction.

　　But she was a very generous person, and didn't care about Shen Ye's words at all. She quickly returned to normal and waved to everyone, "You guys are not tired of talking with your heads up, but I'm tired of looking down. Come up first."

　　Hearing her words, Shen Ye loosened his hand around A2 and jumped up with a few leaps. The other androids also followed his example and jumped up.

　　"By the way, why are you standing here?" 9S asked directly as soon as he stood firm.

　　"You ask this? It's very simple, it's because..." As Jackass was speaking, an explosion suddenly occurred at the blocked entrance not far away. The shock wave generated by the explosion surged back and forth in the narrow canyon, rolling up sand all over the sky.

　　At this time, Jackass finished her words: "Because even if it is a artificial human, it will be injured if it is affected by the shock wave...Okay, my mission is completed. Next, you continue to walk along that road and you will enter the desert area."

　　"I'd like to say your method is a bit rude, but thank you for your help," 9S said.

　　"It's my duty. No need to thank me." Jackass waved her hand casually. Then she looked at Shen Ye and continued, "You all went out. Well, although I want to go out with you, I have other work to do, so I can only say, be safe."

　　Even though Shen Ye no longer had a good impression of Jackass, he still smiled when he heard this: "Thank you, we will pay attention to it."

　　"That's better." Jackass nodded.

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　　After saying goodbye to Jackass, the group crossed the blasted passage and continued forward.

　　They had not walked far when they were attacked by a wave of mechanical life forms.

　　However, those mechanical life forms were only the lowest-level combat models, so there was no need for all of them to take action. 9S, who was only a reconnaissance model, could easily deal with them all.

　　After getting rid of those mechanical life forms, they walked forward for a distance and came to the exit of the canyon. At this time, a vast desert appeared before their eyes.

　　"We have left the safe area. From now on, everyone must be careful." 2B retracted her astonished gaze and then strode out.

　　Shen Ye took out his pistol, checked the ammunition, and told Accord to follow him closely, then he rushed out, while A2 and 11B followed him on the left and right.

　　The group had not advanced far when they were attacked by another wave of mechanical life forms.

　　However, this group of mechanical life forms not only outnumbered the ones they encountered at the canyon exit, but they also heard intermittent sounds coming from those mechanical life forms.

　　"The desert is ours."

　　"Destroy... destroy the android."

　　2B was visibly stunned when she heard the sounds these mechanical lifeforms made. "These mechanical lifeforms are talking... and they seem to be developing a sense of territory."

　　"It seems that this is what the resistance reported to the bunker about the abnormal movement of mechanical life." 9S was also a little surprised.

　　"In that case, let's kill them all." 2B didn't waste any words and swung his sword. With just one move, he cut the two mechanical life forms in half.

　　Looking at their fallen counterparts, the mechanical life forms made vague sounds again.

　　"The enemy... is so scary..."

　　"Don't… come over here…"

　　2B was stunned again and said, "Can machine lifeforms also have feelings like 'fear'?"

　　"It's simple, because they have evolved." Shen Ye turned his pistol boredly. With A2 and 11B around, he didn't even have a chance to shoot.

　　"This is not good news."

　　A2, who was standing next to Shen Ye with a knife, frowned. She had also killed several mechanical life forms and even heard them begging for mercy before they died.

　　"It's not good news indeed. Given their numbers, once they evolve on a large scale, our chances of taking back the Earth will become smaller and smaller." 11B said with some concern.

　　"We have to find out why they evolve." 9S said after killing the last machine lifeform that attacked them.

　　"So, how about we capture a prisoner and ask him?" 11B asked suddenly.

　　Then, the others looked at her strangely.

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　　It seems that the mechanical life in the desert area can never be killed. As soon as one batch is killed, another batch will appear. Fortunately, the combat effectiveness of these mechanical lives is not very strong and they cannot pose much threat to them.

　　After resolving several waves of attacks from mechanical life forms, 2B and her friends came to a conclusion. Although those mechanical life forms had evolved and could speak, they did not have the ability to think. They were just controlled by some instinct, uttering words that they themselves might not even understand. There was no logic, and sometimes they were even self-contradictory.

　　But even so, they did not take it lightly. They killed the mechanical life forms while moving deeper into the desert.

　　Several hours passed like this and it was already afternoon.

　　At this time, the group that was tracking a fleeing mechanical life form came to the outside of a deserted city.

　　"This city looks even bigger than the city where the resistance camp is located!" 9S exclaimed as he looked at the ruins of the city in front of him.

　　"What's the use of being big? Without human beings, it's just ruins." Shen Ye said.

　　"So I think it's a bit of a shame. If this place were full of people, it would definitely be very lively." 9S said again, imagining the scene of a city full of humans.

　　"That's for sure, but it has become a luxury now. Even if we bring all the humans on the moon here, I'm afraid they can't fill even a corner of this city." Accord said behind Shen Ye.

　　Of course, she had something else to say: If there were still humans on the moon...

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