Arasaka Saburo picked up the tablet and unhesitatingly found a control app for one of the security systems, then entered the password for identity verification.
Under the watchful eye of Agent Yamamoto, Arasaka Saburo unhesitatingly pressed the 'Emergency Situation' button and then pressed two consecutive options in the ensuing menu.
These two options were 'Area Lockdown' and 'Defrost Release'.
What is this?
Agent Yamamoto was completely unaware of this - but there was one button with text that Arasaka Saburo hadn't pressed yet, which he could see clearly.
'Total Annihilation'.
This is probably the self-destruct button for the base...
Agent Yamamoto withdrew his gaze without any change in expression: "The rocket's launch time is estimated to require at least five minutes. Considering that the ground facilities have already fallen, to ensure safe launch, the underground facilities can only be ignited manually.
Soon, please lie on my back, and I will become your arms and legs to get you out of here."
Arasaka Saburo understood what he meant - he was being criticized for his aging legs being too slow. At this moment, a hint of anger welled up in his heart, but it was not directed at Yamamoto.
The Relic project needs to be initiated as soon as possible... he needed a younger body.
How pathetic that he had grown so old that someone could plot an assassination on the Moon, and even more ridiculous that escaping had become a burden.
This anger made Arasaka Saburo's face a little tense. He squinted, picked up a satellite phone, and dialed a number.
"Hanako."
"Father? Is something happening over there?"
"Prepare yourself. If anything unexpected happens... initiate the final plan. Our Divine Chariot must not be compromised."
Arasaka Saburo's words made Hanako's breath catch.
"Father!? What exactly is happening over there? I will have the Crystal Palace dispatch support immediately..."
"No, don't bother. If I do not call you in ten minutes, take over our Moon's Material Pusher immediately, even if you have to destroy it! It cannot fall into enemy hands."
Arasaka Saburo said coldly, "I will transfer permissions to you shortly. Hanako, do not disappoint me."
"Yes! Father!"
Hanako wanted to ask more, but then suddenly heard an explosion on the phone. It sounded distant, but it was loud enough to shake her eardrum through the headset.
Agent Yamamoto's voice also came through the headset.
"Master Saburo! What happened underground?"
"...It seems that the enemy is more troublesome than we thought. The identity of the opponent is?"
"...Communications cut off."
"Heh, it seems the enemy has a very skilled hacker... Oh well, we'll find out later."
Arasaka Saburo spoke into the phone, with a meaningful tone: "Hanako, show no mercy... It's all for Arasaka's future, and the family's honor."
"...Yes! Father."
After hanging up the phone, Arasaka Saburo stared at the satellite phone and after a long while, let out a soft sigh.
Throughout his life, he had faced assassination attempts countless times; sometimes it was an elite mercenary squad, and sometimes even large-scale firepower attacks. Yet every time, he emerged from certain death unscathed.
But this time... inexplicably, he felt a sense of foreboding.
...
"Huff... huff..."
Within the squad communications, there was only the sound of tense breathing.
When Agent Arasaka saw the elevator doors reach their floor, before the doors fully opened, the team leader issued a cold command through the squad's communications.
"Suppress with heavy machine guns!"
"Rat-a-tat!!"
The large-caliber heavy machine guns directly tore through the elevator's metal doors with a metallic roar, and amidst the clamor, a vague silhouette could be seen through the gap revealed in the elevator shaft, clearly human-shaped.
As the gap in the elevator doors widened, the other agents instinctively reinforced their firepower. Assault rifles, electromagnetic weapons, and smart weapons unleashed bullets until the team leader shouted, "Alternate reloading, check!"
Then the well-trained agents alternated reloading; among them, a heavily armored agent cautiously observed through the smoke for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Wa..."
The warning was not yet complete when the silhouette within suddenly fired a shocking micro missile bombardment—none other than Adam's Hammer's Eight-Star Gun!
At this instant, standing within the elevator was Adam's Hammer with blood still flowing from his head!
But evidently, the one operating his mechanical body at this moment was not his brain—rather, it was Black Light.
Black Light, taking advantage of Adam's Hammer's only intact prosthetic eye, coldly and with an icy voice said, "Execute, eliminate command."
Under the eliminate command, Black Light would no longer prioritize infection, but pure slaughter.
At this moment, Adam's Hammer's steel body had become Black Light's best vessel; with only two ounces of brain tissue, Adam's Hammer was evidently more adaptable to Black Light than others possessing just a brain-computer interface and partial prostheses!
Under the control of Black Light, the battered remnants of Adam's Hammer coldly kept pulling the trigger, forcing the agents to instinctively avoid it. The machine gunner responsible for suppression was immediately killed by Black Light as the door opened.
And at the moment the agents dodged—V kicked through the elevator ceiling, and before landing, the propulsion engine on his back roared, sweeping through the corridor in front of the elevator like a tornado.
The agents' screams had yet to fade when another figure slowly emerged from the elevator.
Mercer's prosthetic eye glowed faintly, and the mech behind him roared as it emitted a great deal of heat, with numerous terrifying rapid-cracking programs beginning to spread instantly.