Xiao Huo Saves the Beauty

[Central Temple, top‌‌⁠⁠‍‍‌‌​‍​‍​​​⁠​‍‌‌‍‍‍‍ floor]

In a huge repair chamber, a gigantic black and silver mech was quietly sleeping.

—It was the Forbidden Abyss.

Now, it looked entirely different from the skeletal structure seen on Winter Day Planet. The external repairs were nearly 80% complete. Restoring the exterior was relatively easy because, for the past three hundred years, Ye Shu had been using immense energy to preserve the Forbidden Abyss’ wreckage and, despite its ragged appearance, it hadn’t decayed or aged.

The internal metal framework and various systems were intact. They only needed to remove the damaged and melted parts and repair them.

Now, the Forbidden Abyss could transform into a semi-complete form, standing over fifty meters tall, entirely ink-black, with a phoenix totem engraved in titanium silver on its side wings.

At this moment, a large floating repair platform was positioned at the front of the Forbidden Abyss’ chest. Above the repair platform, a light blue screen displayed numerous densely packed data streams rapidly flowing.

The outer shell was gently peeled away by mechanical needles, revealing intricate components almost too small for the human eye to discern, with a complexity and density comparable to the human brain.

The mechanical needles were being controlled by an old man, who worked quietly and meticulously on the repairs.

A few staff members in white lab coats stood behind him, holding their breath, yet unable to hide their excitement and enthusiasm.

After all, this was the Forbidden Abyss.

—The only SSS-class mecha in the world.

Suddenly, hurried and chaotic footsteps came from outside, but they became cautious once they reached the door. The staff frowned and turned to see a group of white-robed priests led by two bishops standing at the entrance.

They looked anxious but hesitant to speak for fear of disturbing the work.

A few seconds later, Angus, the chief mecha engineer, signaled to the person beside him, who immediately left the floating platform and quickly approached the group to inquire. After a few minutes, he returned with an anxious expression and whispered to Angus,

“They say the Temple has been breached. The intruder seems to be heading straight for the Forbidden Abyss, so they ask the Lord to take the Forbidden Abyss and move immediately.”

“Invasion?” Angus lowered his voice, but his tone was still filled with frustration.

“What are those people doing?! This is a critical moment for Teacher, how can he be disturbed?!”

Tap—

A slight sound drew everyone’s attention to the old man at the control panel, who they respectfully and fearfully bowed to. At that moment, the disassembled core of the Forbidden Abyss suddenly closed tightly, with the metal casing fitting perfectly together, leaving no gaps. The old man disconnected his neural link with the mechanical needles and shut down the repair system. He then turned around,

“What’s the matter?”

He had gray hair, thick and stern eyebrows, with high cheekbones that gave him the appearance of a strict, old scholar.

—He was Zexius, the Sage of the Illusory God Church

He was also the designer and creator of the Forbidden Abyss.

Angus stepped forward to explain,

“They said the temple has been breached. To be safe, they want to urge you to transfer immediately.”

They?

Zexius cast a cold glance at the group of white-robed priests several dozen meters below. Seeing that the repairs had stopped, they quickly hurried up.

“Sage, although the intruder is currently under our control, to be safe, please let us transfer you and the Forbidden Abyss.”

Unexpectedly, Zexius did not argue. He simply nodded.

“Yes, let’s go.”

“…Teacher?” Angus widened his eyes slightly. Seeing the repair system had been shut down, he seemed to misunderstand and, unable to hide his surprise, asked tentatively,

“Is the core already repaired?”

“……”

The old man glanced at him and replied coldly, “It can’t be repaired.”

“…?”

Everyone was stunned, their faces slowly showing shock and regret. Only Angus reacted immediately, rushing to the control panel and staring intently at the floating metal sphere inside. After a long moment, he turned to Zexius, speaking passionately:

“How can it not be repaired?! Teacher, how can you not repair it? And hasn’t the marrow fluid already been injected?”

The sage showed no expression, not even a hint of regret, and replied flatly, “The central program chain is missing. With our current conditions and technology, it cannot be reconstructed.”

“…The central program chain is missing?”

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But external attacks couldn’t cause the central program chain to go missing, especially since the core’s outer shell was intact, and even the outer components inside showed no signs of impact damage.

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Angus’s mind seemed to be struck by lightning,

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“—Who knows.”

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“Have you identified the intruders?”

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In reality, Jiang Ci wasn’t the primary concern. The focus was on the alpha; reports from the inner city indicated that this guy was unbelievably strong, virtually unstoppable, and they were urged to immediately transfer the sage and the Forbidden Abyss.

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“The lost…asset…”

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“The Forbidden Abyss’ core lost its central program chain and cannot be repaired. At this very moment, Jiang Jinsheng’s son invaded the Temple and headed straight for the Forbidden Abyss. What a coincidence.”

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“Searching for the central program chain, do not disconnect the core…”

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Ding!

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“Confirm coordinates.”

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“An omega managed to infiltrate the Central Temple, and you’re all scared like this? Are you all pigs? If you can’t catch him, it’ll be dereliction of duty. But if the Forbidden Abyss can’t be repaired because of this…”

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All the believers, including the two bishops in front, instantly turned pale. Everyone knew the importance of the Forbidden Abyss and how much effort the Pope had put into retrieving it.

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“Do whatever it takes to capture him!!!”

Bang——!

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A ferocious alpha closed in on him. The close distance made him immediately catch the sweet and cloying scent of the omega’s heat.

Almost instantly, the alpha’s eyes filled with blood, and he even had a physical reaction.

But in the next moment, another strange alpha’s scent roared out, like a beast whose territory had been invaded, issuing a fierce threat.

Buzz!

The man suddenly froze, as if he had fallen from heaven to hell. The extreme fear pressed down on him, making his muscles tense.

Swish——

Jiang Ci twisted his wrist, throwing the man away with his spear. He staggered to his feet, his legs trembling uncontrollably. In front of him, a group of alphas, driven mad by the omega’s heat scent, were brutally fighting each other.

The scene was chaotic and bloody.

The Temple’s defenses were extremely tight, and Jiang Ci was in a weakened state. If he tried to force his way through, he wouldn’t get past the seventh or eighth floor, let alone reach the top floor.

So, he had intentionally dripped his previous heat scent into the Temple’s ventilation system.

Because his current scent also contained Huo Xianfeng’s scent, an alpha encountering a marked omega’s scent would generally have two reactions: either they were weaker and would avoid the threat, or they were stronger and would override the mark. If it was the former, it wouldn’t achieve Jiang Ci’s goal of causing chaos in the Temple, so he used his old scent.

As an omega’s mecha, Bai Ze needed to monitor its owner’s physical condition closely, especially for an omega like Jiang Ci who regularly disregarded his own health.

Each time Jiang Ci went into heat, Bai Ze would, following He Zhun’s medical advice, keep a sample of his scent.

These samples came in handy now.

Almost everyone in Bright City was an alpha, and the Temple’s defenses were even stricter. So, when a few drops of the concentrated scent were added to the ventilation system, within minutes, the entire Temple was in chaos, making it impossible to maintain normal security.

But this also meant extreme danger. While the frenzied alphas would struggle to follow orders, become disorganized, and even fight each other, they would also madly seek out the omega and attempt to mark him.

In this state, they would find it difficult to use firearms, with most of their attacks being bare-handed. Even those with weapons would attack erratically, significantly reducing the overall danger.

However, once they found the sweet omega, they would discover that he had already been marked by a more powerful alpha, and in their fear, they would be easily counterattacked.

—It’s practically an alpha-killing trap designed specifically for this situation.

This is probably Jiang Ci’s most desperate measure at the moment.

“Damn it… how much longer?”

Jiang Ci leaned against the wall, stumbling forward. He had never felt a minute to be this long. Bai Ze’s voice was extremely anxious, “Twenty seconds… A-Ci, be careful!!! There’s someone at the corner!!!”

Jiang Ci heard Bai Ze’s voice and his brain realized he needed to dodge, but his body didn’t react in time. A nearly bear-sized alpha lunged at Jiang Ci from the corner.

Bang——!

In the critical moment, Bai Ze automatically transformed into a hand cannon, blasting the man away. The energy value, which was already down to only eight percent, immediately dropped by another half percent. If it weren’t for the lack of energy, Bai Ze wouldn’t have remained in its low-energy cold weapon form. It would have gone full power and blasted its way through.

Reflecting on this, Bai Ze vowed never to complain about the taste of portable energy oil again and promised to stock up more next time.

But this was only the beginning, because as soon as the alpha that was blasted out fell down, a series of alphas charged forward one after another.

Jiang Ci’s pupils contracted. In the next second—

Boom!!!

The wall suddenly exploded from the outside—this shot was extremely precise, just enough to blow away the attacking crowd while avoiding the main danger to Jiang Ci. However, the shockwave still caused the weakened omega to fall into a corner.

Bai Ze projected a small energy shield to block some of the flying debris.

Jiang Ci turned around and saw a floating standard mecha amidst the collapsing building debris. Further behind, there were countless identical mechas, densely packed in the air.

Jiang Ci’s first reaction was that these were pursuers!

They came directly from the outer perimeter of the Temple.

Without hesitation, he picked up Bai Ze’s hand cannon and aimed directly at the mecha’s cockpit, firing immediately.

Huo Xianfeng, who had just jumped out of the cockpit: “……….???”

Wait, is he that angry???

This heroic rescue entrance didn’t quite go as he had imagined. Huo Xianfeng initially thought the omega, who had seemed so aggrieved on the communication channel, would immediately cry and run over to hug him upon seeing him!

…….But instead, he got shot immediately.