Awakened Talent: 10,000 Exp Converter!

Chapter 196 - 196: Code-09-Black (2)

Beads of cold sweat appeared on the old man's forehead.

"Fuck! Fuck! Why can't you just stay in your damn cage?! I should be celebrating with them, not working overtime because of you! Don't blame me for this—you forced my hand!"

With that, he slammed his finger onto the final button. Instantly, the blaring warning alarm ceased.

The scene on the screen shifted. The black figure that had been charging madly forward suddenly halted. Two pairs of towering, four-meter-tall automated robots emerged—each wielding colossal hammers, their ebony-painted exteriors gleaming under the dim artificial light.

They flanked the black figure from both front and back, closing in methodically.

The black figure stood still for a moment before speaking, its words directed at the approaching robots. Unfortunately, they did not seem to comprehend.

Unfazed, the robots continued their slow advance. A flicker of anger flashed in the black figure's glowing eyes before—whoosh!—it vanished, leaving behind a blur that darted left and right with unnatural speed.

The robots' crimson eyes glowed dangerously as they scanned their surroundings, trying to track the elusive figure.

Then—boom!—the black figure reappeared atop one of the robots' heads.

With a furious snarl, it sank its fangs into the machine's metal skull. Sparks erupted as its powerful jaws tore away a chunk of steel, leaving a gaping wound in the robot's head.

"Fuck! What the hell are those idiots doing?!" The old man shouted, his frustration boiling over. He yanked at the few strands of hair left on his head, watching the disaster unfold on the screen. "Use your goddamn abilities!"

As if responding to his command, the robots' massive hammers crackled with electrifying energy.

The black figure instantly sensed the change. Without hesitation, it leaped off the robot's head, vanishing into the darkness once more—moving like a living shadow.

But this time, the robots reacted. Their glowing eyes locked onto the fleeing figure, moving in perfect synchronization with its blinding speed.

The black figure's eyes narrowed. They're tracking me…!

Just as it attempted to retreat—BZZZT!

Four streaks of electrified energy surged toward it, crackling violently through the air.

BOOM!

The explosion rocked the enclosed space, sending thick clouds of smoke billowing in all directions.

Watching the screen, the old man exhaled in relief.

"Finally… That damn rat's caught." He muttered under his breath before leaning toward the microphone.

"Tie it up and haul it back to its cage!"

But the moment those words left his mouth—

FLASH!

A piercing abyssal light tore through the smoke, streaking toward the four giant robots like a phantom blade.

CRACK!

The robots stood frozen, sparks flickering across their steel bodies. Then—one by one—soft explosions erupted from their heads, thin streams of smoke rising from the fatal breaches.

Within moments, the towering machines collapsed onto the ground with heavy, metallic thuds.

As the smoke finally cleared, the black figure emerged once more.

Its ghostly copper-green eyes stared directly into the surveillance camera.

The old man's blood ran cold.

His hands trembled. His breath hitched. A chill slithered down his spine.

The black figure held its gaze on him for several seconds before moving its lips soundlessly.

Then, it vanished.

The surveillance system blared a new alarm.

"Warning! Warning! Warning!"

"The final level of Aegis Control has been breached!