In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

Chapter 545 Let's go home

"I see, no wonder such a strange frequency appeared."

After carefully analyzing the completely dead mechanical insect, Prometheus, who was focused on reviewing the events, suddenly exclaimed in realization.

"Strange frequency? What is that? You never told me about it, Duck."

Mo Chen, who was on his way, used Ender to quickly return to the command post on the ground. Hearing what Prometheus said, he couldn't help but ask a few questions out of curiosity.

“When those abandoned city androids that had previously hacked into the military base were fighting for control with the Guardians, I noticed that the Guardians’ frequency seemed a bit off.”

After quickly organizing his thoughts and omitting technical terms to ensure Mo Chen could understand, Prometheus continued, "The frequency belonging to the Guardians and the frequency belonging to the Chief Worm have mixed together to form a frequency unique to the Mechanical Worm."

Mo Chen, who quickly understood, asked in surprise, "So, when you hacked into those intelligent machines, the one you were fighting against was that mechanical insect?"

Prometheus nodded slightly: "Yes, the frequency I captured is almost identical to the brainwave frequency of the mechanical insects, which means that long before we arrived at this military base, it was not the Guardians who commanded the machines there, but the mechanical insects."

"In other words, the artificial intelligence managing this military base has already been captured by the swarm and used as material for fusion and evolution by the leader worm?"

"Yes, that also explains why the Zerg swarm and the Omnics can coexist peacefully."

Having learned the truth from Prometheus, Mo Chen was speechless.

In the end, it turned out that the guard was not the mastermind he had imagined at all, but rather a pitiful boss who had been usurped.

Thinking of how much he had hated the guards before, Mo Chen couldn't help but silently mourn for the unfortunate artificial intelligence for a second.

Of course, these are all trivial matters. What is most noteworthy right now is what the leader worm is doing.

It merges itself with artificial intelligence with supercomputing power, intending to evolve into a creature that has never existed in the modern world before.

This is undoubtedly an inviolable taboo and a provocation against the world's consciousness.

Conventional attacks cannot completely eliminate it; only by employing unconventional methods can the threat be eradicated.

For example, a certain sword from a chosen technique, possessing extraordinary powers...

That was not ordinary personal equipment; it concealed a secret unknown to others.

"Draw your sword?"

Mo Chen carefully recalled the ice and snow katana used by Ji Bing and the story told by Himiko, and couldn't help but have some guesses in his heart.

The existence and appearance of these swords seem to be precisely to deal with things that shouldn't exist in the modern world.

"We need to start gathering intelligence on this."

As the saying goes, it's better to be prepared than not. Mo Chen decided to have a good talk with Ji Bing and Himiko after this exploration of the abandoned city, hoping to get more relevant information from them.

"Perhaps besides drawing a sword, there are other unconventional methods."

The sounds of gunfire filled his ears, and when he came to his senses, Mo Chen realized that he had arrived at the main entrance of the command post.

Outside the main gate, the Freedom Army's rebel forces were closing in, and the Legion's Omnics were still fighting hard to prevent them from storming the command center.

"Going straight out the main gate would probably mean running into those rebel soldiers head-on..."

With that thought in mind, Mo Chen turned and ran toward the back door of the command post.

After the mechanical insects died, the insect swarm, now without its leader, collapsed, allowing the Freedom forces, who were fighting them, to advance unimpeded.

These rebels now have a numerical advantage, and it would probably not be a wise decision to bring the Omnic Legion to fight them head-on.

Moreover, his own machine army had been engaged in fierce conflicts with three factions, and was no longer as powerful as it had been in its prime.

The objective has been achieved, and there is no need to remain and fight to the death with the freedom forces.

"Duck, report on the current deployment of the legion."

"All the omnics that entered the hive have been evacuated and returned to the bottom of the pit. Only the command post responsible for guarding the military base and the omnics that were arranged in advance along the evacuation route remain."

While directing the battle, Prometheus quickly reported real-time data to Mo Chen.

The omnics responsible for guarding the command post were almost entirely wiped out by the massive offensive of the Free Forces. Even reliable behemoths like the Magnetic Storm Centipede were destroyed by concentrated fire.

"Pull up all the omnics at the bottom of the pit, at all costs, and intercept the Freedom Forces before we successfully evacuate."

At this moment, Mo Chen arrived at the back door of the command center and successfully reunited with the AI ​​that came to meet him.

Stepping onto an armed robot, and listening to the sounds of fierce battle drawing ever closer, Mo Chen calmly gave Prometheus his commands.

"Received. We are reorganizing our defenses. Regardless of the losses, these AI can buy us four minutes and thirty-one seconds."

"That's enough. There's still one outer wall of the military base that hasn't been breached. Immediately take control of the automated defense system there, and we'll go through that."

"Yes."

Escorted by the legion's few remaining androids, Mo Chen quickly advanced towards the evacuation point.

Along the way, they could see many rebel soldiers entering the military base, but they did not notice the group of omnics taking the side path, and were engrossed in looting.

Even if they find scraps, they'll shout excitedly, it seems they're really terrified of being poor.

"Where are they going?"

"Based on the direction analysis, there is a 99% probability that these rebel soldiers are heading towards the warehouse area."

"I hope they can still smile as happily as they do now when they see the empty warehouse."

Having successfully reached the foot of the high wall where Prometheus had taken over the automated defense system, Mo Chen saw many corpses of rebel soldiers.

They died from the sudden restart of the automatic defense system, without even having time to send a warning message to their comrades.

However, the rebel soldiers outside the wall seemed to have noticed something was wrong and no longer lingered in the area.

According to intelligence provided by the reconnaissance falcon, the Freedom Army's cannon positions have been quite active, most likely due to adjustments in their artillery coordinates.

"Firepower detected en route, targeting the wall next to you, Captain. We recommend you leave immediately."

"clear."

Mo Chen arrived at the open gate, put the few remaining intelligent machines into the secret realm space, and then looked back.

The exploration of the military base finally came to an end, and he felt a strange sense of reluctance.

At the same time, a black motorcycle fully fueled appeared next to Mo Chen; it was the snail vehicle he had previously placed in the secret realm space.

Mo Chen easily stepped onto the snail vehicle, stepped on the start lever, and the engine roared to life.

Shift gears, release clutch, tighten accelerator – all in one smooth motion.

Driving my snail-like vehicle, speeding through the streets of the abandoned city, the wind blowing in my face was so refreshing.

Behind Mo Chen, golden corn stalk shells rained down from the sky, blasting the high wall into pieces.

"Let's go home!"