Ling Cage: Enhanced Nanosteel Suit at the Start

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His gaze was fixed on the lower level of the Spiral Residential Area, where a large number of life signals from first- and second-order awakened beings were gathered.

Chen Yuan infiltrated the lower levels of the Spiral Residential Area like a ghost.

The environment here is more like a beehive, with individual rooms made of biofilm attached to a huge main road.

A team of four outer guards, who had just been relieved, were chatting relaxedly as they headed to their respective rest areas.

Two of them are at the first rank, and two are at the second rank.

"What a terrible day! I lost a whole 30,000 Sea Coins," complained a Tier 1 Guardian [Barracuda].

“I told you to stop gambling, but you wouldn’t listen,” another second-tier guard, [Poison Scorpion], said, shaking his head.

"Stop arguing. We have important guests here, so everyone be extra vigilant," said a first-tier guard.

"What's there to be afraid of? Even if someone manages to get this far, I'll tear them to shreds."

The last second-tier guard, the Mad Shark, was the most arrogant. He grinned, revealing serrated teeth. His ability was to temporarily go berserk, enhancing his strength and speed.

Chen Yuan hid in the shadows of a side passage, and the nanoblade silently sprang from his wrist.

"Then... the hunt begins."

Suddenly, Chen Yuan moved. With the instantaneous boost from the mechanical wings, he moved as fast as lightning tearing through water! His first target was the [Scorpionfish].

The scorpionfish felt a dark shadow flash in the corner of its eye, and a deadly sense of crisis made its hair stand on end. Instinctively, it wanted to raise its hand to spray venom.

But it's too late!

Chen Yuan's nanoblade had already emerged like a venomous snake, quickly piercing into the gaps in his bio-armor on the side of his neck, the high-frequency vibrations instantly damaging his cervical spine and central nervous system.

The horror that had just appeared in the eyes of the poisonous scorpionfish had already faded, and its vitality was rapidly fading away.

"Enemy attack!!"

[Mad Shark] roared, its body instantly swelled up, its eyes turned blood red, and it entered a berserk state, wielding its arms which had mutated into bone blades as it pounced on Chen Yuan.

The other two Tier 1 Guardians, the Barracudas, and another person also launched an attack with cries of alarm. One of them shot out extremely fast bone spikes, while the other used a sonic shockwave to interfere with Chen Yuan.

"You guys are too noisy..."

Chen Yuan snorted coldly, and his left palm instantly unleashed a freezing ray.

A beam of extremely cold blue-white light swept across, and the first-tier guard who fired the bone spikes and the bone spikes he fired were frozen into ice sculptures.

As for his sonic impact, it struck the shock-absorbing and sound-absorbing layers of the suit, only causing a negligible ripple.

At this moment, the mad shark rushed close, and the bone blade slashed down with the force of tearing through the water.

Chen Yuan casually blocked with the nanoblade in his right hand.

"Qiang!"

A piercing metallic clang rang out.

[Mad Shark] was horrified to discover that his full-force attack after going berserk could not even budge the opponent's seemingly slender blade.

"die!"

Chen Yuan flicked his wrist, and the blade traced a strange arc, bypassing [Mad Shark]'s block and stabbing towards his heart.

[Mad Shark], driven by his berserk instincts, suddenly turned to the side, and the blade pierced through his shoulder blade.

"what!"

The excruciating pain drove the mad shark even crazier. It opened its mouth wide, revealing its sharp teeth, and bit at Chen Yuan's mask.

A hint of disgust flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes. He withdrew his left palm from the freezing ray and pressed it directly onto [Mad Shark's] face.

"See, I was just joking with you, and you got all worked up."

Pulse particle cannon stores energy at zero distance.

"Buzz—Boom!"

With a dull thud, the mad shark's head, along with half of its upper body, was instantly vaporized into basic particles by the high-energy particle stream. Its flesh and blood were carbonized in an instant, and it was completely dead.

The last Tier 1 Guardian, Barracuda, was completely terrified and turned to run away.

call out!

Chen Yuan didn't even turn around. A piece of mechanical wing on his back quietly detached and transformed into a nano-alloy floating light blade, chasing after the [Barracuda] like a shadow and passing right through its back.

The battle ended in ten seconds.

Only four rapidly cooling corpses and an ice sculpture remained in the passageway.

Chen Yuan flicked away non-existent bloodstains from his sword and coldly looked deeper into the residential area.

More signs of life are being drawn to the activity here.

"next."

He whispered, his figure disappearing into the darkness once more, stealthily moving away.

The curtain of revenge has only just been drawn.

Chapter 193 Cangming and Greylong

The core mother nest area, a nine-palace hall.

First Speaker Cangming is talking with a distinguished guest.

The guest, dressed in a spotless white mandarin jacket and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, looked every bit the scholar; he was none other than Grey Dragon from the Grey faction.

His aura was restrained, yet he subtly exuded a chilling mid-stage fifth-order pressure, making him an important partner of the Coastal Alliance.

Suddenly, Cangming's eyes, which were as calm as an abyss, widened sharply, then narrowed dangerously, as if he had sensed some extremely subtle disturbance.

"What's wrong, Lao Cang?"

Grelon pushed up his glasses, smiled, and asked casually, as if it were just a casual question.

Cangming instantly regained his placid expression, waved his hand, and said calmly, "It's nothing serious, just a rat that slipped in from outside. Mr. Long, let's continue our previous topic, about the Gaia equipment we purchased from you..."

However, on a mental level unseen by Greylong, a mental fluctuation emanated from Cangming, reaching the direct guard of the core mother nest area: "A rat has slipped in, in the lower level of the spiral living area. Its aura is not weak and seems to be able to shield ordinary perception. Send a team of Abyss Hunters to drag this little white rat out, alive. I want to see who has such audacity."

Grelong seemed oblivious to this, continuing to discuss technical issues with Cangming, but a hint of amusement flashed deep in his eyes.

……

Spiral residential area, bloodstained corridor.

Chen Yuan had just blasted a second-tier awakened individual, [Iron Shield], along with his biological bone shield, into fragments using a pulse particle cannon. The surrounding seawater was now stained with a faint blood color and energy residue.

"Mr. Chen, a stronger energy reaction has been detected approaching. There are six of them, and the energy level is determined to be level three."

Almost simultaneously with Loongson's warning, six swift figures emerged from the passageways in different directions, surrounding Chen Yuan.

These people wore superior, dark blue bio-armor with fluorescent patterns; they were Cangming's elite guards.

A squad of Abyss Hunters composed of Tier 3 Awakened Ones.

The leader, a man with sharp, hawk-like eyes, was codenamed Sea Owl.

He held a spear made of high-frequency vibrating water blades in his hand and said coldly, "Intruder, lay down your weapons, kneel down and surrender, the Speaker wants to see you!"

Beside him, a voluptuous female team member, [Island], giggled and manipulated two constantly rotating and compressing water spheres with her hands: "Team Leader Owl, why waste words with him? He can sneak here silently, he's definitely not someone to mess with. Let's just take him down."

Her skill is high-pressure water cutting.

Another burly man, [Stone Reef], shouted, and his entire body was instantly covered with thick biological rock armor, standing like a humanoid fortress in front.

He is a purely defensive ability user.

The other three also have their own unique characteristics. One's arm has been mutated into an organ that sprays bone spikes, known as "Needle". Another can release sound waves that disturb the mind, known as "Phantom Sound". The last one can merge with the surrounding water and appear and disappear as "Shiki".

Chen Yuan glanced around, his expression beneath the mask remaining completely unchanged.

"Six Tier 3s? Not enough, barely enough for a warm-up."

Upon hearing this, Hai Xiao's eyes flashed with sternness: "Arrogant... attack!"

[Stone Reef] activated his ability first, charging towards Chen Yuan like a heavy battering ram, attempting to smash him into the wall.

[Island] With a push of both hands, two high-pressure water balls shot like cannonballs towards the space where Chen Yuan was dodging to the left and right.

The [needles] then sprayed out a dense rain of bone spurs from the flanks.

[Illusory Sound] opened its mouth, and an invisible mental sound wave rushed straight into Chen Yuan's brain.

The [Ghoul] silently disappeared into the water, preparing for a fatal blow.

Faced with this well-coordinated attack, Chen Yuan grinned.

"Electromagnetic gravitational magnetic field, 50% power, area suppression!"

Suddenly, an invisible, terrifying gravity descended upon the area.

[Stone Reef] The momentum of his forward charge suddenly stopped, as if a small mountain was pressing down on him.

The speed and power of the water balloon from the island are greatly reduced.

The bone spurs were inserted slowly, like glue being injected, and then became weak.

The sound waves of [Phantom Sound] were even distorted.

The ghoul that tried to launch a sneak attack was immediately suppressed and unable to move.

"what?"

[Hai Xiao] was shocked; he found it extremely difficult to move.

Chen Yuan's mask instantly displayed the attack trajectories, energy weaknesses, and optimal counterattack paths of the six individuals.

With a flap of his mechanical wings, Chen Yuan ignored the effects of gravity and instantly appeared in front of the island.

The island-faced woman was terrified. She was about to condense a water shield, but Chen Yuan's nanolaser blade was much faster than her. A dark blue arc flashed, and the water sphere in her hand, along with her biological armor, was cleaved in two, causing blood to gush out.

"island!"

【Sea Owl】 His eyes were bloodshot as he forcefully broke free from the constraints of gravity, thrusting his water-blade spear toward Chen Yuan’s back.

As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Chen Yuan didn't even look. He turned around and blocked with his left palm, and the electromagnetic mirror shield instantly unfolded.

【Sea Owl】His sure-fire strike was perfectly deflected, and the water blade energy almost injured him instead.