Soon, the surrounding scenery became clear again.
However, everyone looked around and found no changes, still in the abandoned machine tool factory.
Li Chengjie couldn't help but ask, "Have we arrived in another world?"
Bai Ye nodded. "Yes!"
Ji Ruyue said, "Isn't this the same as before? How can you be sure we've entered another world?"
Bai Ye said, "Look at the crystals around."
The others were stunned, and then Allen was the first to exclaim, "It's different, still different from the original."
In order to pass through the crystal teleportation into the mirror world, everyone had pushed all the crystal-filled machine tools together.
And now, those machine tools had all returned to their original positions!
This point alone could prove that they had arrived in another world.
However, because it was a mirror world, everything was extremely similar, naturally giving people a feeling of disbelief.
And at this moment...
Bai Ye suddenly felt something and shouted, "Get down!"
Following Bai Ye's shout, everyone couldn't help but duck their heads. Then, a large number of crystals suddenly flew past them from above, hitting the wall on the side.
Boom!
With a loud noise, a section of the wall collapsed and fell outwards.
Everyone looked in the direction of the attack. On the railing of the second floor of the factory building, several humans were standing...
Well, perhaps they should be considered human life forms?
The accurate description would be that the opponent's body resembled humans, or rather, the outline as a life form was completely humanoid, but their bodies were covered with crystals of various colors.
Flesh and crystals were completely connected, or it could be considered that crystals replaced a part of the flesh, or crystals grew from a part of the flesh, with both connected and dependent on each other.
As for the humans themselves after crystallization...
Bai Ye actually felt that the word "life form" was not very accurate either, only calling them that because they could still move.
If Bai Ye had to say it, these guys were closer to zombies.
The faces hidden beneath the crystals, just by looking at them, seemed not very intelligent.
The expressions were not those that could be possessed by creatures with normal thinking abilities.
Speaking of which, Bai Ye actually knew the origin of these crystallized humans. They were created by Rhine Company to replace artificial humans as new warriors. Besides combat ability, the most important thing was obedience.
So, obedient zombies?
This indeed fit Rhine Company's needs.
However, everyone else besides Bai Ye, well, everyone else besides Bai Ye and Li Chengjie, obviously didn't know this.
The moment the three crystallized humans appeared, all four were plunged into deep astonishment. From their appearance, the crystallized humans still conformed to human characteristics, looking like they had mutated into this state. The visual impact and inner shock at first glance were immense.
On the other side, there were a total of three crystallized humans. After a brief standoff, the three crystallized humans flipped over from the second floor and jumped to the first floor.
Bai Ye looked at the still dazed crowd and shouted again, "What are you staring at? Shoot!"
Allen was the first to snap back to reality, quickly raising his plasma rifle and pulling the trigger!
Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew...
As the gunshots rang out, pale blue energy beams shot forward.
However, the three crystallized humans were unimaginably agile.
Although Bai Ye described the crystallized humans as obedient zombies, compared to the zombies in Bai Ye's impression, these crystallized humans were far superior to shambling zombies in terms of speed and agility.
After quickly dodging Allen's shots, the three crystallized humans rapidly closed in. At about five meters, the three crystallized humans leaped up simultaneously.
Allen shouted, "Switch to melee weapons and engage!"
As Allen spoke, he placed his hands on his sides.
Metal boxes were attached to the sides of Allen's calves. The moment Allen reached out, a mechanical whirring sound came from the metal boxes.
The next instant, the top of the metal boxes opened, and two short swords were ejected, landing perfectly in Allen's hands.
On the other side, Davis did not yield. As an assault trooper, he was meant for close combat.
After drawing his kukri from his waist, Davis also charged forward immediately.
Bai Ye secretly glanced. Ji Ruyue did not intend to make a move. This was normal. Ji Ruyue was a scout, not a combatant. Perhaps Ji Ruyue could fight, but it was not her primary role.
Gonzalez was tall and burly, but he served as a fire support in the team. Close combat was not something Gonzalez was responsible for, and he was not very good at it.
After all, being strong did not mean being suitable for close combat. Gonzalez's physique was visibly lacking in agility.
As for Li Chengjie...
This guy was as calm as ever, clearly not planning to make a move again.
Fine, he had to be the workhorse again.
Bai Ye sighed and looked at the last crystallized human. He spread his hands, and the Steel Slime quickly wriggled in Bai Ye's palm, transforming into the forms of Thunderclap Purple Lightning and Blazing Flame Purple Fire.
Clang!
Looking at the crystallized human lunging at him, Bai Ye directly swung his sword.
A crisp clashing sound rang out.
The moment Bai Ye swung his sword, the crystallized human raised its arm and blocked Bai Ye's attack.
Those crystals were the weapons of the crystallized humans.
Although the crystals growing around were fragile, the crystals on the crystallized humans were extremely sturdy.
Not only was their hardness far superior to metal, but they could also absorb the energy of energy weapons, thus withstanding the barrage of energy weapons.
However...
The Thunderclap Purple Lightning and Blazing Flame Purple Fire in Bai Ye's hands were not ordinary weapons!
The moment the clashing sound occurred, a crack appeared on the crystallized human's body, and then some crystal fragments splashed outwards.
Bai Ye grinned, then swept his leg horizontally, kicking the crystallized human in the waist and sending it flying.
But after one kick, Bai Ye glanced at Allen and Davis. The two were still fighting...
Bai Ye quickly darted forward. The moment the crystallized human landed, Bai Ye arrived in front of it, and then...
The crystallized human raised its fist...
"Ah!"
Bai Ye cried out in pain, and his body flew backward, crashing to the ground.
Crystallized human: "???"
Did I hit him?
Bai Ye got up from the ground, feeling that he should win an acting award for how realistically he fell with the "Falling Goose" style.
Allen and Davis had not yet dealt with their respective crystallized humans, so Bai Ye felt it would be inappropriate to finish his off first, as he needed to maintain his persona of being strong, but not overwhelmingly so.
Therefore, Bai Ye thought it was more appropriate to finish off the crystallized human around the same time as the other two.
So...
Bai Ye began to wrestle with the crystallized human in front of him.
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