“Requesting backup, requesting Judgment Court support! This riot-type autonomous robot has gone mad, listen!” a law enforcer cried out in panic, raising his gun and firing a volley at the riot-type autonomous robot.
The bullets ricocheted off its smooth surface, scattering wildly in the narrow corridor. His answer was a heavy hammer smashing towards him.
“Execute, purge.”
The riot-type autonomous robot raised its heavy hammer, and a mixture of blood and pulverized flesh rained down like mud. Xu Xiaoyou followed behind, picked up a gun, expertly ejected the magazine to check the bullets, and pulled the bolt to chamber a round.
【You can choose to name your subordinate ‘riot-type autonomous robot’.]
Xu Xiaoyou raised an eyebrow, operating a virtual screen with her fingertips.
【You have named your subordinate ‘riot-type autonomous robot’ as ‘Purifier’. Current subordinate count: 1/1. You can choose to bring it out of the instance.]
【Subordinates do not disappear immediately upon death; they can be nurtured and repaired with psychic energy.”
【Note: If a subordinate’s loyalty value is too low, it will actively break the subordinate relationship and become hostile towards you.”
Amidst the notifications, another law enforcement squad leader had his head smashed in, slumping against the wall, leaving a trail of blood.
Xu Xiaoyou clicked to view the loyalty value.
“Purifier”
“Owner: Dark Gold Rose”
“Faction: Absolutely Friendly”
“HP: 100%”
“Psyche: 3000MAX (This attribute depends on the owner)”
“Level: Grade 2, Level 7”
“Loyalty Value: 3000MAX (Related to charm and behavioral events)”
“Subordinate file pending compilation”
“Grade 2, Level 7?” Xu Xiaoyou was a little surprised.
This subordinate’s combat capability was almost on par with a grade 3 fixer. It was important to note that the highest-ranking star players this season were only around grade 4, and that was with powerful families pouring resources into them.
It seemed the Purifier could provide her with significant combat assistance in the short term.
The players following Xu Xiaoyou gasped, watching wide-eyed as the Purifier annihilated anything in its path, smashing law enforcers with a single swing of its hammer. Even well-known law enforcers were crushed like ants.
Even when another riot-type autonomous robot arrived, having received orders, the Purifier demonstrated extremely formidable combat prowess. Its great hammer swung and swept like a meteor, pulverizing the other riot-type autonomous robot's head into scrap metal upon their first encounter.
In a short while, Xu Xiaoyou and the Purifier had completely cleared the nursery.
“This, this is too exaggerated,” a player in the team whispered.
“As expected of Boss Dark Gold Rose, she’s simply on another level.”
“I wonder how high Boss Dark Gold Rose’s charm attribute is. It must be at least 800, right?” a player who enjoyed theorizing among the crowd asked.
“Hard to say. Since she can charm a harmonizer,” said a professional-looking man with glasses, adjusting them. He gave several examples, leaving the other players dumbfounded, before finally exhaling and announcing a number that stunned everyone.
“It’s probably 1000.”
“That high!” the players exclaimed in unison.
“Furthermore, to control a harmonizer, Boss Dark Gold Rose’s psyche value wouldn't be low either. Analyzing ‘Wu Shen Lu,’ the player with the highest current psyche value at 1136, Boss Dark Gold Rose’s psyche value is likely not lower than that number.”
Psyche and charm are tied to a player’s initial attributes and cannot be increased by attribute points gained through leveling up.
There are very few channels in the Oasis that can increase these two attributes, and raising psyche in the Oasis can even feedback into the physical body in reality.
Therefore, any item that boosts psyche attributes is priceless, commanding insane competition from major factions as soon as it appears, enough to stir up a storm in the Oasis.
Listening to the players loudly conspiring about her, Xu Xiaoyou’s lips twitched. If only they knew both her attributes were ‘3000MAX’…
3000 was not her limit, but the limit of the attribute panel.
But she couldn't reveal her panel, at least not yet.
“Dr. Xu, and the thugs inside, listen up! You are surrounded!”
Just then, the loud shout of a law enforcer came from outside the nursery, carried clearly through a loudspeaker to every player’s ears.
“What’s going on outside? Such a huge commotion?”
A player peeked his head out from a collapsed wall. After seeing the scene outside, he was instantly dumbfounded, his face turning pale.
Outside the nursery, the plaza was filled with a dense, swarming mass of law enforcers, pressing in like dark clouds over a city. Countless heads filled the view as far as the eye could see, and dozens of porcelain-white riot-type autonomous robots formed a moving wall, advancing towards them.
Looking further, behind the swarming law enforcement brigade, there were even three to five war titans, nearly ten meters tall, with cold cannon barrels pointed directly at the nursery. The Judgment Court emblem sprayed on their armor gleamed with a piercing cold light, and an aura of solemn might spread through this torrent of steel weaponry.
“Holy cow, it’s just a nursery. Do they really need to make such a big show of it?” A few players’ legs went soft from the display, and one even dropped his weapon.
“Quickly put down your weapons and surrender. Do not resist, or we will resort to more aggressive measures!”
“What do we do? There’s no way we can escape. We’re all going to die here for the first time.”
“Why are you panicking? Didn’t you see how calm Boss Dark Gold Rose is? She definitely has a plan!”
Just as the players said, Xu Xiaoyou glanced at the steel torrent outside the nursery, her heart undisturbed. She knew well that those titans were merely a deterrent for the players; as long as she and Natsu Kuri were inside this nursery, those war titans would not open fire.
At the same time, she made a rough assessment of the nobles’ military capabilities.
Finally, Xu Xiaoyou found Natsu Kuri in the cellar. After seeing the scene before her, her eyes flickered before quickly returning to calmness.
“Doctor…?” Natsu Kuri, lying in a pool of blood, tilted her head. Her dim eyes regained some light when she saw Xu Xiaoyou, but her response was a pair of cold hands gripping her chin, lifting her directly from the ground.
“Doctor, it hurts.”
Xu Xiaoyou ignored the other two children, lifting Natsu Kuri and holding her close. Since the girl’s blood had already clotted, she looked somewhat horrifying, and the strong scent of rust emanated from her.
Having found Natsu Kuri, she led the group of players out to the nursery’s exterior.
Innumerable gazes instantly focused on them. The law enforcers showed some surprise, apparently not expecting Xu Xiaoyou to so boldly walk out of her hiding place with Natsu Kuri.
Before the law enforcement chief could speak into his loudspeaker, under everyone’s gaze, Xu Xiaoyou injected an akabane thorn poison into herself and Natsu Kuri, then casually shattered the dark red vial on the ground.
“Do not resist!” the law enforcement chief shouted.
The atmosphere instantly became tense, like a lit powder keg, needing only a spark to ignite it. Hundreds of law enforcers looked grim, clutching their weapons, ready for battle.
Xu Xiaoyou looked up: “I’ve injected myself and her with akabane thorn poison. The toxin will activate within three hours, and only I know how to concoct the antidote for this poison.”
Faintly, dense, dark red patterns, like protruding blood vessels, could be seen on her body, making her look eerie. The girl’s face was pale and weak; the toxin had begun to act the moment it was injected into her body, and it would claim her life within three hours.
The law enforcers outside were initially puzzled, but upon hearing the near-screaming roar of the Traidy Commercial Alliance executives through their communicators, a look of panic appeared on their faces.
This madwoman actually used her own life as a gamble to threaten them?
“Dr. Xu, what are your conditions?” The law enforcement chief, having understood the nobles’ directives, pondered for a moment before speaking.
“Let these refugees behind me leave.” Xu Xiaoyou’s eyes were calm.
“I can go with you.”
The players behind her were moved to tears, pounding their chests: “Boss Dark Gold Rose, no! We are willing to fight to the death with you!”
“That’s right, that’s right, Boss Dark Gold Rose! Just give the order, and we’ll charge with you, breaking through the encirclement!”
Xu Xiaoyou felt a wave of helplessness, but to maintain her persona, she still turned, offering a sweet smile: “Don’t be foolish, you are the future hope of these underclass people.”
In their eyes, a gentle breeze caressed the golden-haired girl’s face, lifting her hair. The warm April sun climbed behind her, gilding every one of her flowing strands with brilliant light.
A warm smile, like a blooming cornflower,
They lowered their heads, large teardrops falling to the ground. The players clenched their fists, wishing they were stronger, wishing they weren’t holding back the golden-haired girl, unable to contribute in this moment.
【Tears welled up.]
【Is it my illusion? Why is Boss Dark Gold Rose glowing?]
【Is she an angel sent from heaven? So healing, so warm, my corpse feels all warm…..]
【She’s truly thinking completely for us, sacrificing herself! She could have escaped alone.]
【I’ve decided, I will protect Miss Dark Gold Rose’s beautiful smile and execute all heretics!]
Xu Xiaoyou sneered inwardly. If you die, who will I exploit, who will I harvest from later?
After receiving a definite answer, the law enforcement chief reluctantly agreed to Xu Xiaoyou's request and issued an order. The law enforcement brigade, which had previously blocked the plaza airtight, moved aside, revealing a path in the middle. A tense, murderous atmosphere spread.
She watched the players walk away, looking back every three steps, until they completely disappeared beyond the edge of the noble carriages.
Xu Xiaoyou nodded. Under the terrified gaze of hundreds of law enforcers, she slit Natsu Kuri’s throat with a knife.
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