Qi Yuan controlled the Slayer doppelganger and followed the guiding mark to find the other Slayer doppelganger. Ajiu, on the other hand, brought two mechanical puppets and two patrolling sentries to tail from afar.
After fighting the Slayer doppelganger head-on, Qi Yuan had a clear understanding of the Slayer doppelganger's strength. If the doppelganger with the AT force field did not exist, he might have been able to try and kill it. But now, the Slayer had gathered at least four doppelganger, and one of them had the AT force field. With his current strength, his chances of winning a head-on battle were not more than 30%.
However, this did not prevent Qi Yuan from taking the initiative to attack.
The mechanical puppets he controlled and the patrolling sentries could be sacrificed at any time. As for the Slayer doppelganger, each death was one less doppelganger. He could exhaust the Slayer to death even if he had to!
If he could take over control of a few more groups of patrolling sentries along the way, even a head-on battle would not be impossible!
Along the way, Qi Yuan quickly discovered something strange. Along the way, they did not encounter any patrolling sentries.
"What's going on? The patrolling sentries seem to have disappeared?" Ajiu asked softly.
"They didn't disappear. They were wiped out by the Slayer!" Qi Yuan said.
"The Slayer's four doppelganger gathered together. When the patrolling sentries in pairs encountered them, they could not fight back at all. We followed the path they took to the front line. It's only natural that we did not encounter any patrolling sentries."
"What a pity," Ajiu said regretfully.
Without the patrolling sentries, their side could not continue to replenish their strength.
"Wait, stop moving forward. Be careful and hide!" Qi Yuan controlled the mechanical puppet and suddenly said.
"What's wrong?" Ajiu immediately stopped.
"Did we encounter the Slayer's main force ahead?"
"We did encounter the Slayer, but it's not the main force!" Qi Yuan controlled the mechanical puppet and said.
The Slayer doppelganger walking at the front suddenly received a distress signal from another Slayer doppelganger.
The signal interference in this mechanical ruin was very serious. Since the doppelganger he controlled could receive the distress signal from another Slayer doppelganger, it meant that the doppelganger who sent the signal was nearby.
The Slayer doppelganger looked around and quickly locked onto the source of the signal.
Qi Yuan controlled the Slayer avatar to quietly approach a spherical metal building. He found the mark left behind by the Slayer avatar at the bottom of the sphere.
A red light flashed in Slayer's doppelganger's eyes. It found a ring-shaped secret door under the sphere. The distress signal came from inside.
Qi Yuan controlled the Slayer doppelganger and sent a message to the inside. Soon, the circular secret door opened from the inside, revealing a pitch-black space inside.
"Come in!" A low voice came from behind the door.
Qi Yuan controlled the Slayer doppelganger to step inside. The circular door closed, and the interior of the spherical building was pitch black.
To the Slayer doppelganger, the dim light did not affect its vision at all. Through the Slayer doppelganger that Qi Yuan was controlling, he saw a broken mechanical body that was staring at him with a piercing gaze.
"Number 8, I've finally found you!" The mechanical body said excitedly.
So, this broken mechanical body was another doppelganger of the Slayer?
Wasn't it a little too pitiful? It was almost destroyed and could not even repair itself.
Also, what was up with Number 8? Could it be that the doppelganger he was controlling was ranked number 8 among the Slayer's ten doppelgangers?
He wondered what the number of this Slayer doppelganger that was almost destroyed was.
Qi Yuan controlled the Slayer doppelganger and said calmly, "How did you end up like this? Did you encounter a patrolling sentinel?"
The battered doppelganger nodded.
"I originally wanted to intercept and kill a group of patrolling sentinels and collect a few more patrolling sentinels' core crystals. I didn't expect to attract the attention of another group of patrolling sentinels after killing one of them. Although I managed to kill these two groups of patrolling sentinels in the end, I was also heavily injured."
Why did it collect the patrolling sentinels' core crystals for no reason?
There must be some secret behind this that he did not know.
It was a pity that he did not read Slayer's memory database. Otherwise, he would not be in this state where he could be exposed at any time.
Qi Yuan was puzzled, but he did not ask. He only pretended to be concerned and said, "Did you collect the patrolling sentinels?
"Did you collect the remains of the patrolling sentinels? I'll help you repair your mechanical body."
"They're all here."
The Slayer doppelganger reached out and lifted the metal splint under him. Qi Yuan then realized that he had hidden the patrolling sentinels' corpses under his body.
Qi Yuan controlled the Slayer doppelganger to inspect the patrolling sentinels' corpses and dismantle a pile of parts from them.
"Although the parts and models don't match perfectly, they can still be used. It's just that your combat power will be affected."
"It's okay. As long as I can still move, it's better than being in this state," said the Slayer doppelganger.
Seeing that the doppelganger had let down his defenses and was ready to be picked, Qi Yuan's lips curled up slightly.
You're the one who delivered yourself to me!
The Slayer doppelganger was very powerful. It was not easy to turn him into a mechanical puppet. He needed many helpers to gang up on him and control him. Only then could he use the mechanical puppet and mechanical modification to complete the control. Moreover, he had to worry that the doppelganger would self-destruct at the slightest disagreement.
However, this Slayer doppelganger was completely defenseless against the mechanical puppet. He even took the initiative to remove his defense system, exposing all his key points.
The mechanical puppet removed the Slayer doppelganger's protective armor from the back. Using the opportunity to clean up the damaged parts inside, it found the doppelganger's energy core.
"This mechanical ruin is too dangerous. We'd better meet up quickly. Otherwise, we can only hide here and there," said the Slayer doppelganger.
"Don't worry. I've already found the mark left by Number One. After the repair is complete, we'll meet up with Number One."
Number One …
The Slayer doppelganger was silent for a few seconds when he heard that.
After a few seconds, he said slowly, "Don't look for Number One. To us, he's more dangerous than these patrolling sentinels. I collected the core crystals of these patrolling sentinels because I don't want to meet Number One. Without Number One, we can still use these core crystals to repair ourselves!"
Repair?
Qi Yuan vaguely felt that he might have come into contact with a very important piece of information, so he probed.
"How do we repair it?"
Before he finished speaking, the Slayer doppelganger's body suddenly trembled, as if trying to break free from the mechanical puppet's grasp.
Qi Yuan sighed. He could only control the mechanical puppet and use physical means to cut off the Slayer doppelganger's energy core.
"You …"
The Slayer doppelganger's body suddenly stiffened, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.
To a Mechanic, cutting off the energy core meant death!
"How vigilant. Exposed with just one question!"
Qi Yuan, who was hiding outside, could not help but shake his head.
However, the Slayer doppelganger seemed to have rolled up. This was good news.