48 Hours a Day

Chapter 1055: The Last Order

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Qiu Ming had already figured out what was wrong with the squad leader. As if confirming his suspicions, the leader’s voice rang out in the public channel once more as he gave the final order.

“Everyone, attack the robot’s neck!”

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Zhang Heng reacted even faster than Qiu Ming. Having long realized where the real danger lay, he had already taken out three targets. In addition, F, armed with a sniper rifle on the rooftop, had already taken out one person, while Qiu Ming ambushed another. In fact, he had already taken out half of the team members.

However, Zhang Heng did not expect such a swift reaction from the other side. After losing control of the robot, Shengtang Morgan immediately contacted the team leader. Only then did the latter start firing at the robot.

His goal was crystal clear—destroy the shield bracelet on the robot’s neck.

However, his marksmanship still needed to be improved. Although he fired a barrage of bullets, not many actually hit the robot’s neck. The only few shots that really did hit couldn’t disable the shield bracelet.

Moreover, the robot moved much faster than he had imagined, arriving in front of him in the blink of an eye. The next moment, one of the mechanical legs directly pierced his chest, and he was sliced vertically open. His guts spilled all over the floor, and the gunshots stopped abruptly.

However, his final order had already been issued.

This might not be the strongest batch of police officers, but they sure were disciplined. Moreover, they knew that they were already in a desperate situation, and if they were unable to regain control of at least one robot, then the remaining four people would definitely die.

Therefore, even though they witnessed the death of their captain, the remaining people still stuck their heads out and started shooting at the robot.

This, however, also turned them into living targets. Both Zhang Heng and Miss F on the roof did not give up this opportunity. They pulled the trigger. At this time, Qiu Ming did not hide anymore. He squatted down and aimed at one of the police officers, sending a bullet into the back of his head.

At this point, other than Zhang Heng and Qiu Ming, who were the two spies, the entire squad was wiped out.

However, before Qiu Ming could catch his breath, gunshots rang out again. This time, it was even more violent. The car in front of Qiu Ming seemed like it had been bludgeoned by a giant hammer. The body of the car shook non-stop. Not only were its windows shattered, but the bullets actually penetrated the car and struck the concrete floor.

Qiu Ming did not need to look to know where the bullets came from. Other than the heavy machine gun on the Type-VI Hunting Robot’s left hand, no other gun had such great power.

He had no choice but to quickly curl up his body and roll under the car. Only then did he barely manage to save his life. However, Qiu Ming knew that this was only temporary. Being targeted by the robot, he couldn’t imagine any other way to escape.

Could it be that he was going to die here today?

Qiu Ming never thought that death would be so close to him. He was already a little tired of everything in New Shanghai 0297, but now that he was really about to die, Qiu Ming realized that he still had lots of things to do. Unfortunately, it seemed he didn’t have much of a chance.

Just as Qiu Ming was thinking, he heard the sound of metal scraping against the ground. It was the sound of the robot moving its legs. Then, Qiu Ming heard a series of gunshots.

However, this time, it wasn’t the roar of a heavy machine gun but the sound of a rifle. Furthermore, it wasn’t too far away from Qiu Ming.

A look of surprise appeared on his face. Of course, he knew who the attacker was. Now that all the other police officers had died, Zhang Heng was the closest to him. Only Zhang Heng could still fire. Qiu Ming, however, didn’t expect Zhang Heng to save him at such a critical moment. He didn’t even hesitate to draw the attention of the hunting robot to himself.

After the hunting robot was hit by the bullet, it immediately changed its target. It gave up on Qiu Ming, who was still on the ground, and turned to aim at Zhang Heng. However, the latter had already moved into a building ahead of time, leading the hunting robot to also rush into the residential building.

When the horrifying sound of friction gradually faded away, Qiu Ming crawled out from under the car. When he raised his head, he saw another hunting robot standing beside him. He was shocked.

Fortunately, the latter did not react. It did not attack Qiu Ming nor retreat to the station. It just stood there quietly. What surprised Qiu Ming was that the shield bracelet on its neck was still intact. In other words, the hunting robot that had regained control did not help its companion escape immediately.

Logically speaking, its operator would not make such a low-level mistake… unless…

Something crossed Qiu Ming’s mind, and he quickly said to Zhang Heng through the radio, “The shield bracelet on the neck of the robot that was chasing you is probably not damaged.”

“Hmm? Why did it attack you then?” On the other end of the communique, Zhang Heng’s voice was still relatively calm, but it was audible that he was moving at high speed.

“The police who shot at it earlier activated its self-defense mode, and since more than four people fired at it, it also activated its group identification mode. It should have marked all the police officers as enemies. We were also included because we were wearing police uniforms.”

After Qiu Ming calmed down, he finally explained most of what had happened. At that time, the hunting robot suddenly went berserk and attacked him, which was absolutely strange to him. Now that the robot beside him had stopped moving, he confirmed that the latter still recognized him as a police officer. Qiu Ming finally understood why he had suddenly become a target.

However, this made things even more troublesome.

If the Type-VI Hunting Robot was under the control of a person, it might have retreated when it saw the bad situation. However, the robot that had entered self-defense mode would not leave until the attacker was eliminated. Therefore, there was only one path in front of them now.

Qiu Ming said to Zhang Heng, who was fleeing on the other side, “Give me some time. I’ll think about what to do.”

Zhang Heng did not answer because he was getting real close to the hunting robot. The latter was indeed Shengtang Morgan’s trump card—its attributes all very explosive.

The speed and small range movement that Zhang Heng was proud of did not have any advantage in front of absolute technology. The eight legs of the robot moved together quickly, allowing it to easily pass through all obstacles. When necessary, it could even climb over the roof, just like a real spider.

If this continued, it was only a matter of time before Zhang Heng was caught up.