Ling Cage: Enhanced Nanosteel Suit at the Start

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"Weapon system offline..."

"Navigation and fire control systems malfunction."

A series of urgent alarms echoed in the cockpit.

"Brother, I feel a great obstacle and restriction." Chen Xin was still able to manifest a virtual form because of her fusion with the system, but many functions were restricted.

The flames of the thrusters behind Mark's End Watcher flickered erratically.

Ran Bing's Frost Oath Guardian Floating Cannons were dim and lifeless.

The Starry Sky mech in Mo City got stuck in its transformation structure.

Erica's Storm Shark Twin-Arm Electromagnetic Machine Guns completely misfired...

Aside from Chen Yuan's nano-core battle suit, which was still maintaining basic operation but was clearly feeling sluggish and suppressed, the kinetic energy of the other mechs began to fail the moment they stepped into this area.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

The Shadow Squad members managed to make a forced landing, relying on the remaining mechanical structure of the mechs and their own strong physical abilities.

"Damn it, what's going on?" Erica exclaimed in frustration.

"Is the forced paralysis of all electronic systems and energy weapons essentially a suppression of the rules targeting mechanical creations?" Feixue calmly analyzed.

Mark sensed his still surging life essence: "I feel it's the domain of an Awakened One. The power is very strong, but it mainly targets inanimate objects. Our power is still there."

On Chen Yuan's nano-mask, Chen Xin's virtual image appeared stably: "Brother, the high-dimensional information disturbance field has been confirmed. My core logic is unaffected, and basic functions are available. We are analyzing the source of the field, but the distance is limited, making it difficult to capture the source."

"alert!"

Mark and his friends began to observe the surrounding terrain. This area was lush and green, with flowers, plants, and trees. It was truly amazing.

If we leave this area, the outside world is a desolate wasteland. Where does the source of the anomaly come from?

They looked up and could vaguely see a temple on the mountaintop.

"somebody is coming."

Chen Yuan suddenly sensed the presence of humans gradually approaching.

At the foot of the mountain, a group of emaciated people, armed with crude knives, spears, and clubs, emerged from their hiding place. Their clothes were tattered, but their eyes were greedy as they surrounded Chen Yuan and the others.

The scarred man at the head stared at the sophisticated mecha and roared, "Outsiders, if you know what's good for you, leave everything behind and get out of here."

Mark stepped forward, frowned, and said, "I'm not looking for you. Get out of my way!"

"Why waste words with them? People will starve to death if they don't have enough to eat. Anyway, they can't use those iron lumps, so just rob them."

The conflict erupted instantly.

But how could these ordinary people be a match for the Shadow Squad?

Even without using mechs, Mo Cheng and his group could easily deal with them.

Mark and his group shook their heads, then casually made their moves, instantly taking down the men at the front. The sounds of bones breaking and screams filled the air.

"You want food, right?"

Chen Yuan sneered, "Fine, I'll grant your wish."

After communicating with Chen Xin, they opened the system shop and redeemed more than a dozen cans of herring and seven or eight bags of sour candy.

With a cold smile, Chen Yuan opened the can of herring and forced it on them.

"vomit!!"

A terrifying stench filled the air, causing those who ate it to vomit violently on the ground, their eyes glazed over, as if their souls had been ripped out. It was truly awful, like eating excrement.

After feeding these people canned herring, Chen Yuan started tearing open the packaging and feeding them bursting sour candy.

"Ugh, it's so sour!!"

The extreme sourness caused these people's faces to contort, they to convulse and collapse to the ground, drooling and their teeth to feel sore.

Erica burst into laughter upon seeing this.

Mark and the others froze, unsure of what to say. Their city lord was truly in a playful mood.

"I don't want food anymore, we don't want food anymore, ugh..."

Although they received food, these people were subjected to psychological attacks.

The canned herring and the sour candy caused them great psychological harm.

"Who dares to cause trouble here?"

A sharp shout rang out, and seven or eight more people dressed in plain clothes rushed down from the mountainside.

They possess a life force surging within them; they are survivors who were taken in by the temple after the apocalypse and subsequently awakened.

The leader of the small group was a man with a fierce face. His name was Wang Meng, and his ability was Rock Skin, at the peak of the third tier. The people behind him had different abilities: fireballs, wind blades, vine entanglement, etc., ranging from the second to the third tier.

Chapter 261 These Bald Monks

Looking at the miserable state of the ordinary people on the ground, Wang Meng felt no fear. He was a lucky awakened one, so he arrogantly said:

"Outsiders, you've got some skills, but this is a safe place. If you hurt anyone, you'll have to pay the price. You should have awakened your abilities too, right? But we outnumber you. You either join us or hand over these things and get out of here. Don't dirty my hands."

"Noisy." Chen Yuan ignored it.

"They're asking for it, brothers. Let's teach them a lesson."

Wang Meng was instantly enraged, and his body was instantly covered with a layer of gray-brown rocks. The other awakened ones also unleashed their abilities, with fireballs roaring, wind blades sharp, and vines bursting from the ground.

Mo Cheng and the others immediately took action, each unleashing their abilities.

Wang Meng's sinister smile froze; the opponent's strength was simply too formidable.

Mo Cheng, like a butterfly flitting among flowers, gracefully avoided the vines and instantly cut into the enemy formation.

He used his incredible speed to quickly defeat the awakened ones.

"boom!"

With a punch, Mo Cheng dispersed the fireball, then grabbed the caster's wrist and twisted it, causing a scream accompanied by the sound of bones cracking.

"Shh!"

Mark dodged the wind blades to the side and then slashed the wind ability user on the back of the neck with a backhand chop, causing the user to lose consciousness immediately.

Ran Bing, Fei Xue, and Erica are also skilled fighters; they could even defeat these people without using their abilities, given that they already possess fifth-tier strength.

In less than ten seconds, Wang Meng and the other awakened individuals were all lying on the ground.

Wang Meng was both shocked and furious. He stood up unwillingly and punched Mo Cheng.

Mo Cheng's eyes turned cold, and he no longer held back.

Instant acceleration!

His figure blurred, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared beside Wang Meng, delivering a powerful punch that instantly turned him into a limp shrew.

"Crack!"

"Ugh!"

Wang Meng suffered a broken rib and was writhing in pain.

"Ok?"

Chen Yuan sensed that a number of people had just come down from the temple, and they were all quite powerful.

"Amitabha Buddha, benefactors, isn't this method a bit too cruel?"

A dozen or so monks slowly walked out from the forest path.

The leader was a middle-aged monk with a solemn face, holding prayer beads, and emanating a stable energy fluctuation around him, indicating that his strength was probably at the early stage of the fifth rank.

The two young monks behind him had bulging temples and bright eyes, and they also had the strength of the late stage of the fourth rank. The others were all at the middle and early stages of the fourth rank.

The middle-aged monk, who seemed quite polite, bowed and said calmly, "I am Huiming. You benefactors are not ordinary people. Why have you started this conflict in my Pure Land and harmed these people? Although their behavior was improper, they are also pitiful people."

His tone was questioning, clearly indicating that the strength displayed by Chen Yuan and his group had attracted the temple's genuine attention.

Chen Yuan looked directly at the monk. He could sense that the source energy on the monk's body was not related to this area, so he was not the person he was looking for.

So, Chen Yuan said in a calm tone, "If we didn't still have the ability to protect ourselves, we would probably be the ones lying on the ground right now. So this is the so-called Hidden Mountain Pure Land? It turns out that it is also a process of selection and survival of the fittest?"

He paused, then stated bluntly, "We want to see the abbot of this place. I can sense a powerful aura emanating from the temple at the foot of the mountain. If any of you obstruct us, you will bear the consequences."

Huiming frowned slightly. Chen Yuan's tone was forceful, as if he had a powerful background, but this was the Hidden Mountain Pure Land, where the suppression of the domain meant that the other party couldn't cause any trouble.

"Please wait a moment, benefactor."

Huiming narrowed his eyes, turned his head and signaled a monk to quickly return and report the news, while he and another monk remained where they were, forming a subtle standoff, their gazes fixed intently on Chen Yuan and his group.

Not long after, the warrior monk who went to deliver the message returned, and the monk Huimingxuan spoke a few words in a very low voice.

Immediately afterwards, the monk Huiming chanted a Buddhist prayer, his face seemingly peaceful, but a barely perceptible cold glint flashed in his eyes. "Since you benefactors insist on seeing the abbot, please follow me."

After saying that, he turned and led the way.

Chen Yuan's eyes flickered slightly. Although some functions of the nano core battle suit were suppressed by the domain, it could still detect the unnatural flow of life essence in the surrounding environment.

He said to the person Mark had contacted through Chen Xin on the mecha channel: "Be careful, these bald monks are not good people."

Mark, Ran Bing, and the others nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Their combat instincts made them immediately adjust their positions. Although they followed, their muscles were tense, their source energy surging, ready to erupt at any moment.

Huiming led them through a dense bamboo forest, the rustling bamboo leaves adding to the eeriness of the place.

The road narrowed, with steep cliffs on both sides.

Just as Chen Yuan and his group stepped into a relatively open valley, but surrounded by mountains on three sides.

"Do it!"

A deep bell rang out from nowhere, and in an instant, hundreds of warrior monks dressed in gray or brown robes suddenly stood up on the previously silent cliffs, in the depths of the bamboo forest, and behind the rocks.

Their gazes were sharp, and they held various weapons such as monk's knives, long sticks, and staffs. Their life essence surged, forming a chilling aura that surrounded Chen Yuan and his group.

"Oh, they can't hide it anymore, are they going to make their move now?"

Chen Yuan said helplessly, "Since the apocalypse broke out, more and more people have become ruthless and insane."