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The attack of the NS3 robot was no coincidence; even a fool could deduce that Kabo Corporation was secretly behind it. One by one, the robots swooped in, each with a distinct red dot on their foreheads. This assault reminded Xiao Qiang of battles he had once experienced, as his Ability gradually faded, leaving him nearly as vulnerable as an ordinary person. Blood trickled from a wound on his forehead, and he had essentially lost his self-healing capabilities.
"You’re hurt!" Fang Shanshan shouted.
Xiao Qiang barely had time to respond before the robots, along with the Giant Sweeping Robot, launched another round of attacks.
The massive robot blocked the path that Xiao Qiang and the others needed to take, while countless robotic claws reached through the shattered car windows, trying to grab him and Fang Shanshan.
In this dire situation, Xiao Qiang remained calm. He snorted softly and suddenly accelerated. The car surged forward with a thunderous roar, flinging the attacking robots aside.
Some were crushed under the wheels, while others were propelled against the tunnel walls and crashed to the ground. Even with broken arms, they continued their fierce assault on Xiao Qiang and his companions.
To summarize the relentless robots surrounding them: it was as if they had been injected with adrenaline, charging at Xiao Qiang recklessly and without fear.
With robots closing in from all directions and a Giant Sweeping Robot joining the fray, Xiao Qiang and his group struggled to defend themselves. The car doors were jammed, trapping them inside as they desperately sought to escape from these frenzied machines and the looming threat of the Giant Sweeping Robot.
Under the relentless assault of the robots, the Robotic Sweeper moved in swiftly, its shovel protruding from underneath. It forcefully shoved against Xiao Qiang's vehicle, causing it to tip over. The car rolled onto its side, scraping against the ground with a piercing metallic screech.
After several collisions and rolling over, poor Fang Shanshan’s Barka Amphibious Concept Car was left in ruins. Amidst the crushing pressure and chaos, Fang Shanshan lost consciousness.
With no weapons at his disposal—only this car—Xiao Qiang expertly maneuvered it: swerving, reversing, and side-slipping to crush and collide with the attacking robots.
While he managed to eliminate most of them, the giant Robotic Sweeper remained a significant threat. From a distance, it appeared as though a vehicle was engaged in a physical struggle with the Robotic Sweeper. Up close, it became clear that the Robotic Sweeper was genuinely intent on destroying both the occupants of the Barka Amphibious Concept Car and their vehicle.
Gripping tightly to the top of his car, Xiao Qiang felt the massive sweeper push against it relentlessly toward the tunnel wall. As destruction loomed near—if his car were pinned against the wall with no escape route left—it would likely lead to an explosion.
The automated system had long since failed; now, Xiao Qiang could only rely on himself. He slammed down on the accelerator. The car roared to life with a deafening growl as it flipped around in reverse. Miraculously escaping from beneath the massive shovel of the Robotic Sweeper, it crashed headlong into the tunnel wall without enough time to brake.
Boom! A loud explosion echoed, followed by flames leaping into the air. Crackling sounds filled the tunnel as thick smoke nearly engulfed the entire space. Amidst the chaos, he heard a grinding noise and turned to see numerous miniature cleaning robots tidying up the wreckage of the NS3 robot, illuminated by the flickering firelight.
Xiao Qiang crawled out from the overturned vehicle and pulled Fang Shanshan out after him.
"Shanshan..." He fumbled in a panic, pinching her to check for consciousness. Listening to her heartbeat and squeezing her arm, he found her pulse steady. Thanks to his protection, Fang Shanshan had not sustained serious injuries; she was merely temporarily unconscious.
Leaning against the curved pillar at the tunnel junction, he gently laid Fang Shanshan down in a similar manner. The wrecked cleaning vehicle continued to burn, filling the tunnel with a foul odor.
However, their Barka Amphibious Concept Car had now become a hunk of junk. They could only wait for rescue personnel; there were traffic monitoring systems in place in the tunnel, so they should have witnessed everything that had happened here.
Xiao Qiang closed his eyes and pondered, carefully analyzing the sequence of events leading up to the Robotic Sweeper's attack. As he briefly shut his eyes, images of the robot's brazen assault flooded his mind. He recalled the robot that had leaped onto the hood of their car and smashed through the windshield saying, "Sir, you are experiencing a car accident."
Indeed, if he and Fang Shanshan were to die like this, their photos would be featured on giant projection news announcements tomorrow. Then no one would ever know about Kabo Corporation's sinister plot, nor would there be any effort to recall robots scattered across the globe back to the company.
Was this conspiracy orchestrated by Choke? But that couldn't be right! If Choke intended to harm them, why wait until now? Xiao Qiang was lost in thought when suddenly a robot with a damaged right arm leaped out from behind him.
The robot lunged forward and viciously grabbed Xiao Qiang, who was already exhausted and caught off guard. It lifted him high and hurled him into the open area beneath the shadow of the pillar with a thud! Xiao Qiang felt an intense pain as his body collided with a hard surface. At that moment of impact, his head and entire body nearly lost consciousness.
Slowly getting back up, he swayed unsteadily before another wave of attacks from the robot came crashing down. He crouched low to dodge its strike, his movements somewhat clumsy but effective.
He lunged forward and suddenly stood tall, delivering a punch from behind the robot.
The robot took a heavy hit and spun around with its remaining arm raised to strike back.
"You son of a dog, take this!" Xiao Qiang kicked out fiercely at the robot.
The robot stumbled backward from his powerful kick, bracing itself against the wall. Preparing for another attack, it unexpectedly glanced back at Xiao Qiang before turning tail and fleeing.
"Damned scrap metal, what do you want? Where are you going, you piece of junk?" Xiao Qiang shouted angrily at the robot that had suddenly fled.
The robot paid no heed to his insults and continued to run, stopping in front of the burning Robotic Sweeper. Without hesitation, it leaped into the flames.
Xiao Qiang was taken aback by the robot's actions. He couldn't understand why it would do such a thing. Just as he was furrowing his brow in thought, he suddenly heard the sound of police sirens approaching from behind.
In an instant, Xiao Qiang understood. He stared at the flashing red, white, and blue lights of the police car and muttered under his breath, "Damn it! So that's it. The police have arrived. That damned robot must have known and ran away. This feeling of competing with a robot is no different from battling human nature."
The artificially designed robots clearly had intelligence surpassing that of humans. As the robot jumped into the fire, the remains of other robots were cleaned up by a janitorial robot, leaving only the wreckage of the Robotic Sweeper behind. There was no evidence to prove that Xiao Qiang and Fang Shanshan had been attacked by the robots.
Instead, they found themselves detained by the police for obstructing the work of the sweeping robot and causing an explosion when they pushed the Robotic Sweeper against the tunnel wall.
Fang Shanshan requested to review the traffic surveillance footage, but to their dismay, there was no record of any robot attack on them in the footage.
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