Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

Meng Jiang roared with red eyes.

At this moment, a man's voice came from the communicator: "Wait, that thing is wrong, it seems to be attracted by something."

Hearing this, Meng Jiang leaned out of cover and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw that the giant seemed to be attracted by something, and was walking away with heavy steps.

"That's where the Red Snake Team is!"

Meng Jiang's face darkened. The Red Snake Squad, like his Wild Boar Squad, was a tactical team consisting of one intermediate-level qualified person, three elementary-level qualified people, and a dozen special forces members.

The strength gap between the two teams is not big, so Meng Jiang can easily conclude that the giants have locked on to them.

"The Red Snake Squad alone can't stop him, go get support, quick!"

Meng Jiang had just finished speaking when the black giant suddenly punched in a certain direction!

The next second, a large number of black spikes emerged from the ground out of thin air, turning the entire area into a terrifying thorn hell!

In a place that Meng Jiang couldn't see, a qualified person and several special forces members were pierced and crushed by the spikes, leaving only tattered meat hanging on them, and rushed into the sky with the spikes.

Then the giant stood up, ignored the remaining members of the Ghost Hunting Association, and walked away on his own.

Seeing the other party gradually moving away, Meng Jiang collapsed to the ground as if all his strength had been drained.

"Level 3 strange beast, black giant..."

He silently repeated the other person's name, and the taste of blood in his mouth made him particularly sober.

This strange beast is a new species that appeared in the past two days. Its destructive power is quite terrifying, and its defense is amazing. Even rockets cannot cause effective damage.

In order to deal with it, the Ghost Hunting Association directly dispatched three teams consisting of 12 qualified people in total. Unexpectedly, after a battle, the opponent was not only unharmed, but also killed more than half of the qualified people on their side.

This level of strange beasts cannot be dealt with by those with intermediate qualifications at all, and those with high qualifications must be sent.

However, the top elites of the Ghost Hunting Association have now been sent to Lanxiang City and the Black Tide Defense Front in the north, and there is no corresponding strong combat power.

The third-level strange beast has already made them so embarrassed. If the strange beast entrenched in the East China Sea in Lanxiang City really reaches the fourth level, it will definitely be a devastating existence for this country.

What should I do next...

We must have the authorities send someone here. If we allow this thing to enter the core area of ​​the Gyeonggi region, the damage caused will be incalculable!

......

Angang City.

Time: 16:40 pm.

Normally, this time of the afternoon is when the sun is strongest and the temperature is hottest, but now, the sky has completely turned dark.

Lin Qiutang and the others were hiding in a supermarket.

Outside the window, an extremely huge black shadow was moving slowly in the fog.

Its body is so large that the strong wind generated by its movement alone can blow away the fog.

It is also because of this that they can see each other clearly.

Suddenly, the black shadow's head turned 180 degrees!

Its face, without any facial features, was looking straight at where Lin Qiutang and the others were hiding!

"Damn it, it found us!"

Lin Qiutang's voice trembled slightly, and Kana beside her frowned slightly: "It seems that we can't avoid it. Prepare to fight. This will probably be a difficult battle."

Hearing this, Lin Qiutang couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart.

She knew how powerful this woman was. Since even she said so, it seemed that there would be a fierce battle tonight.

She clenched her fists and used her telekinesis to float up. Kana held the pistol with both hands, and Xiaoxiang also switched to combat form, ready to fight a desperate battle with the black giant.

But, just as the black giant's big foot fell towards them—

"Buzz!"

A blinding white light suddenly tore through the darkness!

The black giant's movements suddenly stopped, and a straight streak of light suddenly appeared in the center of its huge body!

This streak of light extended from the top of the head to the crotch. The next second, the giant's body slowly shifted along the streak of light, and the black body slid to both sides like a melting wax figure.

"Crash!"

A large amount of disgusting black mucus and internal organs and flesh poured down like a flood. With a loud "boom", the giant's body, which was split into two halves, fell heavily to the ground, splashing dust more than ten meters high.

Behind it, a silver-white mecha was slowly retracting its ship-cutting sword.

The energy flowing through the blade gradually died out, but lines distorted by the high temperature still remained in the air.

Inside the cockpit, Shen Qiyin touched her hair and muttered in disgust, "What the hell was that? It's so black."

"It was blocking the middle of the road. I thought it was a speed bump."

"There's nothing you can do about the blind spot. It's pitch black and you can't see a thing."

"Forget it, it's just a matter of chopping it off with a knife. If you have any opinions, go talk to me, Titan."

“We are all living our lives to the fullest.”

Chapter 169: Iron-handed Survivor Faction, Southern Ruins

The newly upgraded Pioneer-class Titan was a dimensionality reduction blow to Lin Qiutang's cognition.

Although she had already anticipated her sister's special abilities, after possessing the mysterious ancient technology, she would definitely be able to upgrade the previously clumsy RV Titan to a more powerful level.

But no matter how hard she thought, she could never have imagined that Shen Qinyin could upgrade Titan to such an outrageous level.

“Oh my god, oh my god…”

Lin Qiutang stood on the right arm of the Titan, reached out and gently touched the ship-slashing sword that had not activated its energy.

She had only seen this kind of sci-fi scene in sci-fi movies before the end of the world.

"This...this is really something you created?"

Lin Qiutang's voice trembled slightly, and his fingers carefully stroked the energy patterns flowing on the ship-cutting sword.

The lines lit up slightly the moment she touched them, as if responding to her touch.

"Isn't that amazing?" Shen Qiyin raised the corner of her mouth proudly. "This is how talented people use their creative abilities!"

To be honest, her words were a bit shameless, after all, it was the notebook that did the main work.

But she had painstakingly collected those lust stones bit by bit. Even if she had no credit for it, she had put in some hard work.

Besides, who says Goldfinger's efforts can't be attributed to me? Without me, Goldfinger wouldn't be able to function!

This is what I do! The ability to cheat is also my ability!

Tang Miao stood aside, carefully observing the structure of the Titan. Now that the "Popeess" had fully awakened, she could vaguely see things that ordinary people with exploration qualifications could not see.

She imitated Lin Qiutang's movements, and gently stroked the weapon's shell with her fingers. From her perspective, the wonderful energy inside was moving in some elusive trace.

"Qiyin, the way this weapon's energy operates is completely different from the conventional circuits of our human technology. The energy flow in the circuit can only go in two directions: from positive to negative, and from negative to positive.

But the energy flow in the weapon has no pattern at all, it feels very strange..."

"That's why I say this isn't a technology that our current human technology tree can master..."

"Then, the claim of ancient ruins should be completely confirmed?"

"Anyway, I think there's a 90% chance of that."

After finishing the discussion on Titan, everyone returned to the conference room and began to organize the supplies brought back by Lin Qiutang and others.

Although many places in Angang City have become ruins due to the rampage of strange beasts, fortunately, most of the supplies they need have not become the main targets of the strange beasts, so their collection mission is still very smooth.

Needless to say, sanitary napkins and painkillers are also available, and they also found agricultural products such as ginger and garlic.

These agricultural products were all found in corners and crevices, and it is estimated that they escaped the disaster by chance when the strange beast was wreaking havoc.

However, there is an important problem. Because the agricultural products have been in an environment that is not suitable for preservation for a long time, they have become moldy and dried up. According to common sense, it is impossible for them to survive.

This problem certainly did not pose a problem for Shen Qinyin. She only needed to use her notebook to add some nutrient solution and water to the seeds, and then upgrade them to seeds of better quality.

Coupled with the powerful cultivation ability of black soil, it is not difficult to bring these dead seeds back to life.

By the way, although Lin Qiutang and her friends did not find precious supplies such as brown sugar and white sugar this time, they did find sugarcane seeds.

With just a little effort on the black soil, they can grow sugarcane, which they can then use to squeeze juice to make brown sugar.

......

Late at night, Shen Qinyin was suddenly awakened by the sound of faint footsteps.

Because she didn't consume too much mental energy, her sleep was not very deep, so the slightest movement could pull her back from her sleep.

She rubbed her eyes and slowly floated out of the rest room.

The cockpit door was open. Shen Qinyin came to the cockpit calmly. At this moment, Xiaoxiang was sitting in the driver's seat seriously, as if he was imitating Shen Qinyin's movements to simulate driving.

"Master?" Xiao Xiang immediately stood up when he noticed Shen Qiyin approaching, placed his hands on his lower abdomen, and bowed slightly politely. "Good evening, did I disturb you?"

"No, I just don't have much sleep," Shen Qiyin tilted her head, a puzzled look on her face, "but what are you doing here? You're the one keeping watch every night, aren't you too tired? Let's switch tonight, you rest and I'll keep watch."

Xiaoxiang stood upright and refused in a serious tone, "Tactical dolls don't get tired. As long as I have enough energy, I can keep moving."

"Is that so..." Shen Qiyin touched her chin, rolled her eyes, and said with a smile, "But sometimes fatigue is not just physical and mental, Xiaoxiang, there is also mental fatigue."

"I know that the essence of mental fatigue is a comprehensive state of physical and mental imbalance caused by the continuous depletion of psychological resources and long-term tension in the nervous system. Its core characteristic is the overload of psychological functions and emotional regulation abilities..."

Xiaoxiang stared at Shen Qinyin's delicate cheeks and suddenly stopped.

After a long while, she stammered, "Mental fatigue... But I'm a mechanical maid, I don't have a soul. Can I also feel mental fatigue? This doesn't seem reasonable..."

"You are not an ordinary robot, Xiaoxiang. In my opinion, the only difference between you and humans is your physical material."

“Moreover, humans possess free thought, strong subjective initiative, creative creativity, and the uniqueness of consciousness and self-awareness.”

Xiaoxiang said, just as he was reading out the menu, "Humans have free will and subjectivity, and are capable of philosophical self-reflection, such as the three ultimate questions of 'Who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going?'

But I can't do that. I'm a robot, and all my actions are governed by algorithms. Consciousness is a phenomenon that emerges when biological neural networks dynamically integrate information, and it cannot be fully simulated by binary logic."

Shen Qiyin rubbed her cheeks and asked curiously, "Well, why are you thinking about this all of a sudden? Xiaoxiang, are you worried about something?"

"Troubles? Robots don't have troubles."

"I don't think so. You've been absent-minded a lot lately. You must be troubled."

"..."

Hearing the word "trouble", Xiaoxiang seemed even more confused.

She thought for a long time, then tentatively asked the other party: "Master, I seem to be of no use recently. I feel that my fighting ability is insignificant to the team.

Conclusion: If I continue like this, I will be deemed a useless tool and deserve to be scrapped to save costs and energy consumption."

"Idiot, how could I possibly destroy you?" Shen Qiyin seemed a little helpless.

However, after hearing Xiaoxiang's words, she roughly understood what Xiaoxiang was worried about.

"Xiao Xiang, do you know why I never thought of you as a robot, but as my friend?"

"......have no idea."

"Because every time we fight, you will subconsciously stand in front of me, even when I am wearing power armor; you will remember my favorite tastes and scents, and you will secretly cover me with a blanket when I fall asleep."

Xiaoxiang tilted his head in confusion: "But, Master, these are all programmed settings. They are the tasks I'm supposed to perform."

"Really?" Shen Qiyin smiled slyly and suddenly leaned close to the other person's cheek, their noses almost touching. "Then is your worried look now also a programming?"

"I, I have no worries..."

"That's not right. Your expression is lost, your eyes are wandering, your tone is unconfident, and you even stutter. Honey, these don't sound like programming. What kind of program would make a robot stutter?"

Shen Qinyin's words were like a bucket of cold water poured down on Xiaoxiang, giving him an instant epiphany.

But then, more questions emerged: Yes, why do I stutter when I speak?

How could a robot stutter? Although it has a stuttering mode for fun, it's not currently active.

Her dark golden electronic eyes flickered, as if performing an extremely complex calculation. "But, worries are spontaneous thoughts arising from human emotions. I shouldn't have any worries..."

"Well, isn't this what makes you special?"

Shen Qinyin reached out and rubbed her hair, then suddenly opened her arms and hugged her.