Chapter 207 Task Completed?

There were indeed many enemies inside the dome, and their strength was the most formidable they had ever encountered.

Aside from regular combat robots, there were mechas comparable in size to those large servers. The individuals who rushed in earlier quickly engaged in intense clashes with them, throwing the entire dome into chaos.

While Ling Mo and Summer Jincang battled at the front, vying for the title of the strongest protector, Xia Xinyan followed closely behind, observing this area closely.

She noticed that those fighting the robots were primarily players; there were some from the Resistance Army, but they were all hiding far away and shooting sneak attacks, dealing almost zero damage.

The alarm inside the dome continued to blare, adding a raucous atmosphere that made it hard for anyone to focus, leaving only the urge to wipe out all the robots.

And most players indeed acted in this manner.

From the rear of the main battlefield, the shouts of the Resistance Army echoed: “Charge! They can’t win! They’re about to lose! Charge! We’ll soon save the city!”

Then from the front, there were sudden, amplified shouts from two women: “You criminals! You all deserve to be shot! Shot! Hurry up and drop your weapons and surrender!”

The entire scene, no matter how you looked at it, gave off a feeling of a major final showdown.

But Xia Xinyan felt something was off—something had been strange from the beginning.

It seemed… too smooth.

This feeling persisted until the moment of victory in battle.

Those combat robots were no match for the players; only a few mechas posed a real threat, managing to take out a handful of players before they were dismantled—Xia Xinyan also noted that those mechas had no pilots inside.

By the end, the entire dome area had turned into ruins, with nearly all servers destroyed. Most of the holographic projection screens overhead displayed “Severe Data Error.”

Then, the leaders of all the Resistance Army squads led a group of players to the core control area, burst through the door, and captured everyone inside cleanly.

Among those was the two women who had confronted Gao Tian in the video earlier.

The control area wasn’t large, roughly the size of half a basketball court, and only about thirty people were present. After the Resistance Army broke through, they all surrendered with faces full of humiliation, getting shoved to the side by the Resistance soldiers, squatting with their hands on their heads against the wall. The remaining Resistance members then began sorting through various items and facilities in the control center.

Xia Xinyan and the others watched as various items filled the big screens throughout the control area—Citizen Information Sheets, Citizen Future Control Sheets, Citizen Birth Arrangement Sheets, Lower-Class Citizen Lists, and so on, each word draped in an aura of evil.

Most importantly, at the top of every screen were four large characters—Control Hub.

Then, a man approached the central control area, operated a few things, and suddenly a message popped up on the screen—Destroying all control information soon; city control system will be permanently offline, confirm operation?

The man took a deep breath and slammed down on the button.

Immediately, all screens went dark, and he turned to face everyone, building up his emotions before proclaiming, “We… succeeded!”

Then all the members of the Resistance Army cheered: “We succeeded!! We succeeded!! We saved the city!!”

Meanwhile, in every player’s mind, a voice rang out almost in unison—

Task completed, please leave the Control Hub.

Xia Xinyan noticed that other players were being led out by members of the Resistance Army, and shortly after, Gao Tian came over to find them, excitedly saying, “We finally succeeded! Thank you so much! Your contributions to this city are immense! We represent all citizens in expressing our gratitude to you!”

After a pause, he continued, “However, despite destroying the Control Hub, there’s still a lot to handle here. We need to get the city back on track, so you don’t need to help with this anymore. Just enjoy the sunshine post-liberation in the city! I’ll see you off!”

With those words, he turned and left.

The fat guy and Tian Yi immediately followed suit, and the fat guy couldn’t help but mumble, “Was this dungeon really that simple?”

Summer Jincang also wanted to take Xia Xinyan and leave: “Let’s go, it’s time to go home.”

But Xia Xinyan shot a sideways glance at Ling Mo, who seemed to be deep in thought, and directly took his hand, following behind Summer Jincang.

Summer Jincang’s eyes widened in disbelief—

This guy actually dared to hold his sister’s hand!!

He hadn’t even held his sister’s hand since she started middle school! How dare this guy?!

At that moment, Young Master Xia, who could always sense anomalies in dungeons in his previous life, had his thoughts entirely fixated on their clasped hands.

He even ended up staring the entire way.

Like an accusing glare.

On the other side, Gao Tian led everyone to the back of this level, where on the right side of the corridor, there were many hatches connecting to the outside.

Gao Tian explained, “This is the emergency escape pod of the spire. You can use this to leave the spire; it will safely bring you back to the ground—right now, it’s chaotic inside the spire; the stairs and elevator are all unusable, so you’ll have to leave using this.”

The fat guy glanced outside, stroking his chin: “This is quite high-tech.”

Gao Tian opened a hatch of the escape pod for them, smiling, “The guys who lived here before always had the best stuff, but now it’s a bargain for us. Hurry up and leave; I have to go back and help.”

Xia Xinyan paid special attention to the fact that other players were also entering escape pods in this corridor, and the Resistance soldiers sent to escort them left after sending them off.

Seeing the fat guy and the others all board the escape pod, she suddenly asked, “Gao Tian, aren’t you coming back with us?”

Gao Tian paused, then shook his head: “I can’t; I need to stay here and help.”

“But your teammates should be injured, right? Don’t you want to check on them? Besides, there are so many Resistance members here; one less of you doesn’t matter—come back with us.” Xia Xinyan smiled lightly, her tone very understanding.

Gao Tian was momentarily stunned, then shook his head: “No, the task of saving the city is more important. I have to stay to help them; even if my teammates are in the hospital, they would want me to do this.”

“Didn’t realize you had quite the spirit of self-sacrifice?” Xia Xinyan raised an eyebrow.

At this point, it wasn’t hard for even an idiot to hear the underlying jab in her words.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent for two seconds.

Gao Tian seemed a bit angry: “What do you mean by that? I’m very grateful for your help in saving the city, but that doesn’t mean I’m willing to let you slander me.”

“Do you not understand what I mean?” Xia Xinyan suddenly activated her abilities, swaying her tail slightly as she walked toward him. Although she was smiling, her whole body exuded a dangerous aura. “Is it that you don’t want to leave or that you’re afraid to leave?”