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nChapter 358: Breeding City (1)

nGiant metal walls surrounded the perimeter.

nWith hundreds of humans placed inside.

nOf course, their situation wasn’t quite the best.

n“Ahh…”

n—crunch!—

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n—kuduk!—

nAriel trembled in fear as she looked at the horrifying insectoid slowly crawling towards her.

nNo matter where she turned to, there was nowhere to run.

nAlthough the area was large, there were simply too many of these monsters.

n‘Daddy…’

nAriel felt like her soul had escaped her body as she stared at the countless human-sized insects crawling around.

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nShe’d barely been able to run to the 2nd floor thanks to her father’s sacrifice.

nBut she didn’t know then.

nThat the floors above were already a hell for them.

n‘Ahh…’

nAriel fell into despair as she looked at the monster gradually approaching her.

nAlthough she couldn’t resist because of the chipset on her neck controlling her body, even without the chip there wasn’t much she could have done.

nSince they wouldn’t have caught her if she’d had that kind of strength in the first place.

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nThose two years painstakingly learning skills and gaining experience had all been useless.

nSince no one on the lower floors had taught them about this current situation.

nThose beings they called ‘transcendents’ attacked the humans, while robots patrolled the area to find them.

nThere was nowhere to run to, and nothing to hold onto anymore.

nShe’d frantically struggled and ran away to the third floor.

nBut she then realized—

n—exactly where they’d sent all the captured women.

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n—pushuk!—

n“Kuhuk!”

nAriel fell unconscious as she stared at the insectoid creature shoving its strange proboscis down her throat, inserting strange things inside.

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n“So, there’s a Defense City on the third floor?”

nR-Korun Nell nodded.

n“…I don’t know if it’s the third floor or whatnot, but Nelkipa’s Defense City is in that place you guys talked about.”

nAfter taking over Nelkipa to use it in battle, the Neropa Union had sent over countless members, tools, and materials.

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nIncluding Melchizedek.

nTo the Defense City, Aokan.

nA city where hundreds of thousands of researchers and soldiers had lived.

nIf Nelkipa was a country, this city was like its capital.

nAlthough they had gained control over Nelkipa, they could have overtaken it with force.

nAnd the empire that the Neropa Union was warring against, Pompeion, had the strength to do this.

nScumbags who would barge in the second the Neropa Union finished their research on Nelkipa, and steal everything.

nAnd the city that they’d turned into the first line of defense against them was Aokan.

n“And… our fleet is probably headed towards that location now.”

nR-Korun Nell mumbled, staring at the diagonal elevator in the distance.

nAlthough the Kalkuroun Fleet had experienced a huge loss, they wouldn’t give up this location.

nEven in a situation where the Empire somehow managed to push them back, they would not give up on this place.

nSince they needed a weapon that could turn the situation around.

nAnd this giant creature had the potential to do so.

nSince the armor that guy was wearing seemed to be much more priceless than the Dragon God Armor.

n—chrrrk—

nR-Korun Nell was shocked at the strange blue armor that appeared and disappeared through the man’s skin.

n“The Nursery that you guys are looking for is likely located there. Since that’s the only place that could manage so many people effectively.”

n‘And Melchizedek would feel the safest there as well.’

nR-Korun Nell thought to himself.

nThe first place Melchizedek had taken after its rebellion was the Defense City, Aokan.

nThe heavily-guarded giant city had many people, so it had been very reliant on the AI, Melchizedek.

nAnd Melchizedek would’ve felt safer only after taking over Aokan as it was the most heavily-guarded city.

nBecause it was a city meant to be the first line of defense, the entire city was split into various sections by alloy walls.

nEven if enemy forces breached the outer walls, they could divide the city up and buy more time until the enemies reached the central area.

nAlthough the central area was a residential location, as a place for a Nursery, Aokan was one of the best places to set it up.

nIt would be hard for the people inside to run away, and it could divide them into groups of a few hundred or a few thousand.

nAn alloy similar to that of their starships had also been used to make the walls.

nThese walls could even withstand the Dragon God Soldiers to a certain degree.

n‘Wait, these insane bastards want to go to such a place?’

nR-Korun Nell was at a loss as he looked at the two beings who wanted to crawl into a place filled with monsters from the Abyss, as well as Melchizedek’s soldiers.

nIt was one heck of a way to commit suicide.

nThose weren’t even all the forces within the city.

nApparently, it was now a place to create those transcendents.

nThere was definitely a large number of those artificial transcendents crawling around the area as well.

n‘Please… please just let me go.’

nIf they let him go, then he just needed to use the armored vehicle in the distance and run away.

nAccording to what he found out after connecting to the database, these aliens had to use the elevators to move between the areas, but he and the other natives didn’t need to.

nThey could move about freely.

n‘I just need to meet up with the Kalkuroun Fleet after I run away.’

nA happy ending.

nAs long as these guys let him go.

nAs R-Korun Nell prayed inside his mind.

nKiriel spoke to Hansoo.

n“What shall we do? It doesn’t sound easy.”

nIt looked like the preparations above wouldn’t be simple.

nMelchizedek wasn’t stupid either; it would be preparing even more.

nSince it would expect its enemy to climb up from below.

n‘It might even have prepared something by the entrance.’

nHansoo then looked at R-Korun Nell.

n“He’s going to have to help us.”

n“…Please, no. You damned creatures! I don’t even have the Dragon God Armor, what can I even do to help?!”

nR-Korun Nell only had on a layer of clothing he found on the Melkasus, and had no weapons or armor of any sort.

nDidn’t they just say that it wouldn’t be easy?

nIf monsters like them were going to have a hard time, what would he, who didn’t even have the Dragon God Armor anymore, be able to do?

nAlthough the Melkasus had basic weapons, those wouldn’t be enough to take care of a few of Melchizedek’s mass-produced machines.

nHansoo chuckled.

n“No, there’s something only you can do.”

nHe and the other humans couldn’t, but there was something that R-Korun could do as a native of this place.

nHansoo then gazed towards the skeletal Enbi Arin and thought to himself:

n‘Just wait a bit longer.’

n“Let’s prepare, since we have to go through the elevator.”

nHansoo looked towards the distance, at the Elevator heading towards the middle of Nelkipa.

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n—rumble—

nThe giant city, Aokan.

nThe centermost area of Aokan, an area that maintained its stability with gravitational mechanisms and supporting structures.

nLocated at the top of the city’s central structure, , Melchizedek’s hologram frowned as it looked down at the city.

nNo, it looked towards a distant location beyond the city.

n‘I wonder… did she win?’

nIt had lost control over the Main Research Center as well as the product he had so painstakingly created.

nThere were actually a few more 2-Star transcendents.

nBut she was the only one that had the willpower to withstand the it had dug up from deep within.

nIt didn’t know what had happened to its secret weapon.

nAlthough it had sent something over to check, the train was already nowhere in sight.

n‘…Nothing is going according to plan.’

nMelchizedek grit its teeth.

nIts mother had given it a lot of emotions so it could connect and understand the other beings better, but that wasn’t always a good thing.

nIf it didn’t have emotions, then it wouldn’t have needed this war for revenge.

nIt wouldn’t tremble in fear of the unknown due to some uncontrollable variable.

n‘Ugh, at least I’ve prepared everything. I just… need to finish up.’

nMelchizedek chuckled as it looked towards the Kalkuroun Fleet in the sky that was carefully scanning the area.

nFrom the encirclement around the elevator to the preparations made against the Kalkuroun Fleet.

nSince the humans could only use the elevator, it just needed to make preparations around it and just stop them there.

nAt that moment—

n—kuooooo!—

n—the elevator made a loud noise as it rose up.

n‘Are they coming? Took longer than I expected.’

nMelchizedek chuckled coldly.

nThree days had already passed.

nIt had almost died of boredom, but thanks to that period of time, it had been able to prepare even further.

nBut as it laughed—

n—’s detection system scanned something unusual in the vicinity.

n‘Hmm?’

nNelkipa was releasing a strange aura, severely reducing Mimir’s detection ability.

nAnd this was what scared him the most.

nIf something the size of those powerful humans could manage to hide from their sensors, it had no way of detecting or guarding against them.

nBut the thing approaching the city was not that small.

nIt was the size of a mountain.

nThen—

nMelchizedek’s expression turned ugly.

n“…You really like fancy fireworks, huh?”

nMaybe there was something wrong with its system of emotion.

nSince it could never understand the crazy acts that humans did.

n—ooooooooo!—

nMelchizedek clenched its teeth as it stared towards the distance, at the Main Research Center charging straight for Aokan.

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