In a greenery-covered ruin, a strange "creature" is lying on this "wasteland".

However, it is not so much a "creature" as a "humanoid machine" in a red and black coat.

Although he had the appearance and consciousness of a human male, his hideous red-gold mechanical left arm and legs, the sickle-shaped mechanical horn of the same color on his right head, and the warm red eyes. are refuting the perception that "he is human".

"Codenamed RBS, we have completed the survey of the underground resources in the C-49-4 area, please go to the receiving area as soon as possible and wait."

An apparently human voice rang out from the ears of the machine, known as "RBS".

RBS slowly rose from the rubble and jumped onto flat, but still somewhat tattered, ground.

After landing on the ground, he walked forward slowly, easily pulling out the mechanical heavy sword he had planted in the ground before and continuing to walk.

It wasn't until he came to a huge hole made of ruins that he slowly responded with the same communication channel: "Codename RBS has arrived at the contact location, and Leviathan has not been found within visual range of the ground." Docking can be done safely. ”

Then, the human on the other side of the communication responded briefly, "Understood." ”

A few minutes later, about seven or eight humans in chemical protective suits, carrying complex instruments large and small, quickly withdrew from the hole.

After the round with RBS, the man in the lead immediately ordered, "Codename RBS, escort us back to C-49 Island." ”

RBS nodded.

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After walking for more than 20 minutes, the group finally returned to the base called "C-49 Island", which stood in the rubble, under the leadership of RBS.

There is nothing to be done with the high-tech equipment that surrounds the ruins, and the roofs of the tightly connected houses are covered by various detection instruments, leaving almost an inch of space wasted in the entire area. The only thing in a circular clearing about five meters in diameter is a four-meter-high capsule rocket called "Towrope".

After the group returned to the base and carried out the "hazardous substance cleaning", they quickly changed their clothes and began to study various values with other personnel one after another.

The original leader did not immediately devote himself to research, but found the RBS that was ready to log in to the Towrope.

took off the chemical protective suit, this leader is no different from an ordinary middle-aged uncle.

"Thank you for your hard work, Bai Qi." The man said.

RBS, who was concerned, sat on the platform as if he hadn't heard, examining his heavy sword.

The man didn't get angry, but said again with a little regret: "Thank you for your hard work, codename RBS." ”

RBS responded coldly: "Nothing. ”

For a moment, the man didn't know what to say, but felt inexplicably sorry for RBS from the bottom of his heart.

Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded.

"What!" The man was startled by the sudden alarm, "Why is it suddenly at this time?" ”

RBS, on the other hand, did not react too much, and the moment the alarm sounded, he immediately rose and jumped to the high wall of the ruins with his heavy sword.

It didn't take long for him to discover what made the alarm so noisy - it was two human-tall rat-like monsters, as they called them: Leviathan.

"Target found, annihilation, execution." RBS said in an unusually cold voice, as if he had given himself an order.

Immediately afterward, RBS leaped forward and slammed his sword into the waist of one of the Leviathans.

As orange-red blood spurted out of the wound like a fountain, the piercing Leviathan slowly lost its life.

The other Leviathan, who had been running at a high speed, also quickly stopped.

But it was not terrified by the violent death of its companion.

Instead, it stopped and immediately pounced on RBS, which was standing on top of its companion's corpse.

Just as it was about to bite through RBS's body, RBS quickly drew his heavy sword and swung it with one hand, scaping the monster's head in an instant.

"Fight, end. The target has been identified and there are no more vital signs. RBS, impregnated with orange-red blood, said in such a voice again.

The sound of the siren slowly stopped at this point.

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Half an hour later, RBS returned to Harbor, the headquarters in space, aboard the Towrope that had been standing on the "C-49 Island".

Compared to the lifeless ruins on the surface, this is more like a lively city.

The RBS was unloaded along with the Towrope compartment and sent to a "Gnaku" with a variety of mechanical bodies similar to those of the RBS.

After being embedded in its own empty space, RBS slowly exited a battery-sized cylinder from the back of his neck, and then lost consciousness.

The cylinder was taken out by a manipulator in the cabin and inserted into an output port.

As the signal was transmitted, the RBS's conscious information was transmitted to the brain of a boy lying on a dormitory bed wearing a conscious conduction helmet.

As consciousness was reawakened, the true owner of RBS consciousness, the 18-year-old Asian-looking boy, slowly took off his helmet and sat up from the bed.

He moved his muscles slightly, adapting to the body as quickly as he could. Compared to RBS, this sentence is too heavy.

A few minutes later, several crisp "knocks" sounded on the door of the boys' dormitory.

The boy did not respond.

Then, a woman who seemed to be in her 20s swiped open the door of the boys' dormitory with her ID card and greeted her very warmly: "Hello, welcome back." ”

The boy sat on the bed and nodded with a cold expression.

The woman skillfully took out a chair from the corner of the very simply furnished room, sat down in front of the boy named "Bai Qi", and continued to say in a very enthusiastic tone: "I heard that you have annihilated two more Leviathan today, which is very powerful. ”

But Bai Qi interrupted the woman's appreciation very indifferently: "Sister Linxuan, what is the next step above?" ”

"Lin Xuan" first showed a very helpless expression, and then said: "That's right, the top management of Lighthouse wants to form a team of Ark mechs, which will be mainly responsible for high-risk operations in some areas of the ground, as well as large-scale cleanup of Leviathan if necessary.

You, Brave, and your Ark, the 'Red Burn Saber', will be part of the first test team. ”

Bai Qi frowned slightly, and asked, "Then in this batch of Braves, are they mainly newcomers?" ”

Lin Xuan nodded.

Bai Qi slowly withdrew the gaze cast on Lin Xuan and looked at his helmet.

Lin Xuan understood Bai Qi's mood very well at this time, so she got up, walked in front of Bai Qi, put her hand on his shoulder, bent down and said softly: "It's okay, if you don't give it a try, how do you know?" ”

Bai Qi looked at Lin Xuan's very warm face again, and then nodded stiffly.

Lin Xuan also stood up straight at this time, smiled and waved goodbye to Bai Qi, and then left Bai Qi's dormitory.

Finally, the dorm room was back to what made him comfortable.