Chapter 745: The Value of Four-Armed Palu, Bounty Combat Mode Forced Release

"Barrier, open!"

Yu Yuan's words were like a basin of ice-cold water poured over the four-armed humanoid creature's heart, nearly making his heartbeat stop.

He instinctively looked up.

What he saw was a man entirely covered in mechanical armor, holding a heavy hammer in his hand.

The residual energy fluctuations on the heavy hammer reminded him that this was the very hammer that had shattered the highest-grade protective door with a single strike.

The mechanical armor on the other party and this heavy hammer were clearly a matched set, their energy pulses synchronized with each other.

Even through the barrier, the four-armed humanoid creature could sense that this equipment's energy level was absurdly high.

"Damn it, how does this world have such a terrifying existence? Fighting him at close range is basically suicide!"

These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

Hearing the other party's demand, the four-armed humanoid creature didn't hesitate at all.

"Understood! Understood! I'll open the barrier right now... I need to get up first, please don't get agitated..."

By this time, the epilepsy effect on Wu Qiming had already worn off.

His muscle tissue was still twitching from inertia, but thankfully his consciousness had returned.

He saw the four-armed humanoid creature's movements, and his eyes nearly split with fury.

"Palu, you..." As he spoke, energy began condensing around his body.

But the next moment, as Yu Yuan's finger lightly tapped out once more, Wu Qiming, who had just regained consciousness, once again began trembling uncontrollably, his eyeballs rolling wildly.

His head was shaking so hard it nearly left afterimages, making anyone who saw it worry his brains would be shaken into scrambled eggs.

Seeing this, the four-armed humanoid creature worked even faster.

Seconds later.

The barrier vanished, and the four-armed humanoid creature raised his arms high again.

He didn't make a single movement that could cause misunderstanding.

His movements were so practiced that even Yu Yuan slightly raised an eyebrow.

The Parasitic Blood Vine had already wrapped around Wu Qiming, but suffering two consecutive epilepsy episodes in such a short time, even a Silver-tier creature like Wu Qiming couldn't take it.

After all, his mental resistance wasn't high to begin with, and he directly fell into unconsciousness.

Storing him into the Loser's Cube, Yu Yuan's gaze turned to the four-armed humanoid creature.

"What's your name! What do you do?"

"Palu, sir. My name is Palu. Of course, if you don't like it, you can give me a new name."

"I'm responsible for all electronic control and the operation and maintenance of the protective systems in this city."

Looking at the sycophantic smile on Palu's face.

Yu Yuan's mouth twitched slightly, but he still asked:

"In other words, you also control this city's electronic firewall?"

Palu didn't speak immediately, hesitating for two seconds before continuing:

"Yes, sir!"

Yu Yuan nodded lightly.

This was a talent. Being able to single-handedly fight the 'Ghost' electronic warfare vehicle to a standstill in the field of electronic interference was impressive enough.

Now wasn't the time to dwell on this, though. Although Qiming had been captured, Yu Yuan hadn't forgotten there were still four Silver-tier creatures outside.

Additionally, the enemy airship fleet had to be taken down as well.

His gaze turned to Palu.

"Want to live?"

"Sir, of course! I can provide my services to you!" These were the words Palu most wanted to hear, so he responded immediately.

Yu Yuan handed Palu a coordinate.

"Find a way to make the entire airship fleet land at this location. Figure out the method yourself. I only want results!"

Palu revealed a confident smile.

"Just make the airships land at this coordinate area? Do I need to shut down their weapons systems and defense systems?"

"Of course!"

"If that's the case, I understand."

Palu returned to his previous position and began tapping away noisily.

Soon, the coordinates of five airships appeared on the room's holographic screen.

"Sir, these five airships are quite close to the coordinate you provided. I'll take over all airship permissions now and direct them to land at the coordinate location."

This time Yu Yuan was genuinely shocked.

Take over all permissions?

Was this guy's permission level really that high?

Seeming to sense Yu Yuan's attention, Palu naturally understood that doing this was dangerous and could arouse this lord's wariness.

But if he wanted to survive now, he had to prove his value.

From Yu Yuan's earlier questions, he had keenly detected that the other party seemed to value his electronic skills.

So now, regardless of anything else, quickly demonstrating his value in this area was what mattered most.

In the minutes that followed, only the constant sound of operation remained in the room, Palu's four arms each performing their duties as they struck the keyboard.

On the screen before him, various codes and data refreshed rapidly.

One airship structural diagram, personnel distribution chart, and dialog box after another flickered continuously.

After the final keystroke, Palu wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead, turned to look at Yu Yuan, and once again revealed a sycophantic smile.

"Sir, all airship permissions have been taken over. Weapons systems, defense systems, and alert systems are all shut down. They are currently descending toward the coordinate point, estimated..." He glanced at the screen again.

"To land at the coordinate location in 11 minutes and 14 seconds."

Looking at Palu who was trying so hard to sell himself, Yu Yuan's mouth curved slightly.

He understood that he had struck gold.

Compared to rare resources and equipment, he now valued talent more, and Palu was undoubtedly a top-tier talent in the field of electronic information.

As for Palu's loyalty issue!

Yu Yuan's stance was that under Zhi Zhi's rat-tail whip, loyalty was the least of his concerns.

He notified Carmen of the airships' imminent landing and told him to go take over.

Yu Yuan also received a message from Hogg.

The group of wolf pack mercenaries hiding in the western district of Green Forest City, who had completed their infiltration mission, had all been captured.

He was eager to participate in the battle over here.

"Combat..." Yu Yuan's gaze turned toward the outskirts of the moving city.

There happened to be four mercenaries there, which made for a decent combat target.

"Sir... are you worried about Hound and the others?" Palu said in a low voice.

"What of it?"

"Actually, those four are the least of your worries. They only recognize money, not people. As long as you express willingness to hire them, they'll immediately join your side!"

At this point, Palu wore an expression that said this was only natural.

"After all, the City Lord has been captured by you. Their employer is gone, so they naturally have no reason to continue fighting!"

Yu Yuan was noncommittal about Palu's words.

He pointed at the city outside the window that had transformed into fortress mode and said:

"Can this mode be shut down? It must consume a lot of energy, right!" This city had become Yu Yuan's spoils of war, and he didn't want to see energy wasted.

Yet Palu shook his head slightly.

"Sorry, sir. This is a city characteristic activated by the City Lord. Only he can control it. I... am powerless to do anything."

But just as his words fell, a yellow alert rang out in the room.

[Warning: Bounty Combat Mode has been out of control for over 10 minutes. Bounty Combat Mode is being forcibly released!]

As the words fell, this war fortress trembled once more and began to transform.

And the protective barrier that had covered the entire war fortress also shattered with a thunderous crack.

Outside the city, the four Silver-tier mercenaries looked toward the castle...

Starting over ten minutes ago, the mobile war fortress had suddenly stopped moving, and they couldn't contact the City Lord.

This made the four keenly sense something was wrong. Now seeing the city's barrier shatter, they immediately returned to investigate the situation.

To mercenaries, bounty was everything.

Their bounty could not be allowed to fail...