The Mechanic [BL]

[43]

Chapter 43 - Machinery and Life (1)

When the explosions began to sound one after another and the ground trembled, Cannon immediately stood up, ran to the door and opened the metal slot of the food delivery port to look out through the gap.

Behind the iron door at the far end of the passage the two guarding Feathered Serpent City soldiers clearly didn't know what was going on. They were arguing nervously in Brazilian and their eyes looked upward from time to time.

At this time, there was another loud noise, accompanied by a violent shaking like an earthquake. Cannon couldn't maintain his balance and his head slammed against the door panel. He couldn't help but curse, "Fuck! It can't really be an earthquake at a time like this!"

James struggled to stabilise his body, looking nervously at the ceiling that began to crack and drop wisps of dust. The region where they were located was at the junction of tectonic plates and the compression of the plates caused by the movement of the earth's crust did cause super earthquakes every three hundred years. But the last super earthquake happened just ninety five years ago, so it shouldn't be that?

This was bad... They were all trapped here and if there was an earthquake they would be buried alive. He also didn't know if Ah-Xun had a way to escape...

The two guards outside were obviously panicked and one guard left in a hurry, probably wanting to check the situation. The tremors didn't last long, but came every once in a while, a bit like... a bomb strike?

James' heart jumped and he stood up against the wall, but at this moment, he heard some kind of thin, mechanical sound coming from the inside of the heavy metal prison door and then there was a click.

"Cannon, try pushing the door." James said.

Cannon had also heard the strange sound. He turned his head to look at James sceptically and then reached out to push the door.

The door opened a crack...

Cannon's eyes widened in disbelief. He tentatively opened the door wider, without encountering any obstacles and without sounding the alarm.

Feathered Serpent City's protection system had crashed!

James whispered, "Don't open the door too much, we have to bring down the remaining guard outside. His arms and eyes have been modified and won't be easy to deal with."

The two were figuring out how to cooperate to bring down the man when the door of the cell next door was suddenly pushed open and Jabari and He Yuxin led the rest of the team members and roared towards the guard. The guard panicked and raised his arm to turn it into a laser gun, but found that his hand didn't obey him and began to turn randomly and his five fingers kept twitching. His electronic eyes had also become abnormal and the two eyeballs were moving around uncontrollably, so he couldn't see the people rushing towards him at all.

James rolled his eyes and cursed Jabari for being reckless, but still joined the battle with Cannon. They hadn't expected that there would be a problem with the soldier's own modified limbs and would have no way to fight back. Jabari knocked the opponent unconscious with one punch.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

James said, "I guess... it's Ah-Xun and Adam."

"Adam? But didn't he defect?" Cannon asked in astonishment and confusion.

"Maybe it wasn't a real betrayal. I know that Ah-Xun had set up a few lines of defence to prevent Adam from getting out of control. If he didn't activate those insurance measures, it means that all this may be their arrangement."