Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 539 The Too-Good Guy

The sky above the entire City of Glory has become a chessboard for the struggle between gods and demons.

A vast, deep shadow, as dark as an abyss, is the materialized will of Scáthach, Queen of the Land of Shadows, manifesting as a roaring giant wave, the core of which is the magic mirror gate that connects to the endless void.

It surged and crashed wildly, each collision causing billions of eerie, ancient purplish-red runes to erupt from the edge of the rotating dark vortex, as if countless eyes of the abyss were opening and closing in an instant. The entire giant wave of shadow exuded an ancient and final aura that made one's soul tremble! And what resisted it was the End Sphere suspended in the sky.

Its surface, with its massive geometric array covering the lower hemisphere, now resembled a cold, lifeless pattern illuminated, with countless streams of energy radiating absolute order bursting forth from the nodes of that geometric array.

These streams of light are not simply energy jets, but rather weapons formed from the forced materialization of the universe's underlying logic code. Wherever they pass, the spatial structure emits a mournful cry of unbearable strain.

boom!

Another invisible collision has erupted.

The impact was like a nuclear bomb detonating in the deep sea. Although the annihilation force at its core was canceled out by the two forces, the extremely violent spatial ripples spread violently in all directions like an invisible apocalyptic ring.

The entire massive wreckage structure housing the tower laboratory shook violently, like a small boat in a storm, with the observation windows trembling violently and making a teeth-grinding cracking sound.

Tang Zijun silently withdrew his gaze, then it fell on Suolin's face, who was waiting for him to give an answer.

He honestly said that he didn't know how to explain this situation.

Without a belt or a transformation device, yet able to use cards imbued with the power of shadow, this can only mean that the opponent is the legendary Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows.

Only she could use this power, since it was originally her power and shared the same origin as her.

Although she was very curious as to why Scáthach was here and how she had survived from the end of the mythology era to the present, Tang Zijun knew very well that now was not a good time to ask her.

Since the other party has chosen to take action personally, it saves him the trouble of dealing with the God of Harvest.

"No matter what, someone has already dealt with that guy." Tang Zijun turned her head, her gaze fixed on the depths of the laboratory. "The most crucial thing now is the data inside the lab."

Instead of staying to watch the show, the group immediately turned around and headed towards the laboratory.

Tang Zijun had visited this place once before, so he was quite familiar with its layout. Lei Sen and the others followed closely behind. Although they didn't know Tang Zijun's purpose, they didn't have any other choice at the moment.

The wailing of the sirens echoed repeatedly in the narrow, cracked metal corridors inside the tower, piercing like steel needles scraping against the nerves. The alternating red and blue flashing lights flickered wildly on the walls covered in grease, cracks, and exposed pipes, cutting the crumbling corridors into suffocating fragments of light and shadow.

Each time the muffled thunderous vibrations from the collision of external spatial laws caused the entire passage to convulse painfully like a dying python, with the sounds of metal groans and tiny, collapsing fragments filling the air.

Da da da da!

Just then, a sharp pulse gunshot suddenly erupted from deep within the right-hand passage without warning.

Bullets and several compressed energy beams whistled past the corner wall, sending up blinding sparks and molten metal.

Almost at the same moment the gunshot rang out, Leisen moved without the slightest hesitation, his massive body displaying incredible agility.

Leisen suddenly lunged forward to the left, his swift movement creating a whistling wind. The instant he touched the ground, he locked onto the direction of the flames.

He slammed his elbow, gripping the gun, onto the cold, slippery ground for stability. Using the momentum from the fall and the feel honed over years, he supported the heavy, large-caliber laser hand cannon with only one hand.

Bang bang bang!

Several loud, muffled gunshots rang out.

In a flash, Leisen emptied the magazine in one go.

On the other side of the passage, there was a brief silence, with only the buzzing of energy overload and the short-circuiting "buzzing" of equipment damaged by Leisen's bullets.

With a "click," Leisen deftly completed the one-handed reload. He panted heavily, knelt on one knee, and pushed himself up from the cold, wet ground. He raised his head slightly and glanced at Tang Zijun.

"I'm not a little kid who needs your protection."

Upon hearing this, Tang Zijun chuckled and shook her head, without saying anything more.

Leisen stood up and peered around the corner. "So, why did you come here at this crucial moment?"

Tang Zijun didn't answer directly, but instead walked straight ahead. "You'll find out soon enough."

Soon, after passing through a passage filled with the smell of burnt blood and the traces of battle, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

A massive, airtight alloy door, covered with precision observation windows, came into view. Several indicators on the door flashed red lights frantically, and an even more piercing energy overload alarm rang out from the huge space inside. Blinding blue and white light intermittently shot out through the gaps in the observation windows.

The core area of ​​the laboratory.

Without the slightest hesitation, Tang Zijun slammed her armored hand down on the heavy access control panel, whose frame had been torn apart by the earlier tremors and was still flashing violently.

Sizzle! Bang!

The forced overload current ignited the circuit board, sparks flew, and the airtight door made a painful metallic tearing sound as it slid open to both sides, creating a gap just wide enough for one person to pass through.

At this moment, everyone finally saw the scene inside the laboratory.

This is the "morgue" that Tang Zijun had seen before.

However, compared to the previous cold, orderly, silent precision, this place has now become a scene of disaster.

The vast space lost its central, soft, and stable light source, replaced by a red and blue glow that flickered like a hellish furnace, rendered by alarm lights.

The cracks in the dome resembled ugly scars, and the cold sewage, like the tears of a dying man, trickled down from the exposed steel bars and twisted pipes, gathering into filthy, sticky puddles on the smooth, cold metal floor.

Even more chilling were the hundreds of metal objects. At this moment, many of them had lost their stable energy supply, and the pale blue beams that enveloped them had gone out. The complex neural interface wires connecting their heads were scattered on the ground like dead snakes and insects.

Some interfaces were even forcibly detached, leaving behind twisted cables and exposed interfaces, flashing with dangerous electrical sparks.

Even more horrifying were the bodies themselves. Having lost the connection to a stable life support system, many bodies were exposed, their skin as pale as wax figures, gleaming with an abnormal, deathly grayness under the eerie red light of the alarm lights.

Some of the metal's stiff fingers or arms drooped unnaturally due to the violent movement of the metal, while others were thrown onto the cold, wet floor during the overturning process, lying crookedly in the sewage like broken dolls, motionless.

"..." Yedi only glanced at it, and her little face instantly turned ashen.

Overwhelmed by intense fear and a feeling of nausea, she trembled violently. She dared not look at the corpses that seemed to have been carelessly discarded, and simply closed her eyes tightly, burying her face in Tang Zijun's arms.

"I XXX!!" Leisen's rough roar resounded like thunder in the chaotic space.

His eyes were bloodshot, as if they were about to bleed. The scene before him filled him with a more chilling rage than any battlefield. This was not a sacrifice in battle; it was a desecration, a naked toy with life. He clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking from the force, wishing he could smash everything in front of him.

Tang Zijun glanced at it casually and then quickly said, "Yedi, take Suolin to copy the experimental records here. She'll tell you what to do. Leisen, go and keep watch. Don't let anyone get close to this place."

"Okay, little girl, hurry up and carry me to that middle one, the one that's all dark and looks like a grave." Hearing Tang Zijun's voice, Suolin reacted the fastest. After hesitating for a moment, Yedi also immediately suppressed her discomfort and got to work. However, Leisen didn't move. He just turned around and looked at Tang Zijun.

"What do you need this data for?"

Tang Zijun didn't answer, but instead continued, "The path of the Gods of the Epochs has gone astray. From the very beginning, it has contradicted the intentions of its creators. Its learning ability is indeed very strong, but this also has significant drawbacks. The more information it receives, the greater the interference it faces..." Hearing this, Leisen frowned in confusion, gave Tang Zijun a deep look, and asked, word by word, "Who exactly are you?"

"Just passing by."

Halfway through her sentence, Tang Zijun suddenly stopped, then chuckled softly and looked up at Lei Sen.

"Just consider me a pushover. On the issue of the gods of the era, my position is the same as yours. If possible, I would like this world to regain its order even more than you do."