Ji Yanran's situation was bad . She had not teleported with the others as expected, and she had been left all alone .
She set out in search of Han Sen but had an unfortunate encounter with crystallizer robots .
Ji Yanran was weak, and only an evolver . For her, dealing with the crystallizer robots would have been nearly impossible . Therefore, all she could do was run .
Eventually, her pace slowed down as she became exhausted . It was at this moment that the robots were able to catch-up and surround her .
Seeing the robots surround her, Ji Yanran's hope for survival was depleted .
The robots raised their hands, each preparing to fire their lasers at Ji Yanran to eliminate her .
But just as she closed her eyes in acceptance of the death she was now to suffer, something big and heavy appeared to crush the robots .
The hulking robots were all shattered in an array of sparks and electrical fires . It was a shocking twist of fate .
But any happiness she may have felt over her salvation soon vanished . Seeing the titan that now stood in front of her, it didn't take long for hope to take its leave once more .
She was unable to deal with the robots, so taking on a giant black beetle was sure to be even more difficult .
Pang! Pang!
A few more robots took to the field . With their arms raised, they fired laser beams at the beetle .
But it was like water spraying the steel hull of a ship . Not a single mark or scrape was left on the shell of the beetle .
Boom!
A horrible light shot out of the beetle's eyes, cutting down the robots in less than a second .
Ji Yanran did not know why the crystallizer machine was attacking its own, but it did not matter . She had accepted the fact she was likely to die there, all alone .
Then, when one leg of the giant beetle pierced the ground directly in front of her, she closed her eyes and thought to herself, "This is all my fault . I pray he can escape this place alive . "
Ji Yanran closed her eyes, but the death she expected did not come . After a while, she opened her eyes again .
Ji Yanran believed she might have been dreaming for a second, as Han Sen was there, standing in front of her with a smile .
"Am I dreaming? Or have I died and gone to heaven? Did you not make it out, either?" Ji Yanran lifted her fingers to brush his cheeks .
"Nope . This is just my new aircraft . Want to go for a ride?" Han Sen invited her inside with a cheeky grin .
"Wait a minute; this is your . . . ?" Ji Yanran stared at the giant beetle in utter disbelief .
Han Sen picked her up and took her inside the control room with him .
Boom!
The beetle shot up into the sky, faster than any aircraft they had ever been on .
Han Sen flew around like a jet, blasting any crystallizer robots he came across along the way . As they went, Ji Yanran had to ask, "What is this machine?"
"I found it in a ruin . I can only suspect it was a crystallizer warframe . " Han Sen then went on to ask, "Is that a purple crystal core?"
"Yes . " Ji Yanran looked happy .
Han Sen fired a light to a purple core down on the grasslands below . In an instant, it was sucked into the beetle .
"Baby, hold on tight . This is going to get a little wild," Han Sen warned her .
Then, the beetle started flying even faster . It spun around and eliminated a few crystallizer guards that were ahead . He zipped left, right, and center, collecting a multitude of purple crystal cores .
When he was done, Han Sen used his holographic map to survey the entire region and track the location of his teammates . Fortunately, none of the others were in any danger .
But they were each traveling at a very slow pace, not wishing to be hasty .
It was most likely due to the fact they had all been split up, and they were each exercising caution by moving slowly but cautiously .
Han Sen paid little mind to this, though . He continued flying on his own, out in search of the purple crystal cores that were their objective .
Unless the beetle attacked first, the guards would not respond to the aircraft . He blended in . So, with no threat, there'd be nothing to slow him down .
He did not want his teammates to see him operate the machine, either . If they did, it'd cause a lot of trouble for him, and the machine would end up being confiscated by the Alliance . Since this all had something to do with his hand, too, there'd be nothing but trouble for Han Sen .
He wouldn't mind Bai Yishan seeing it, but if the others did, the Alliance would most certainly take it away .
As far as the operation was concerned, the only thing Han Sen was unsure about was the purpose of the purple crystal cores . He had no clue what they could be used for .
Before he managed to obtain the black beetle, he'd had no way of hiding some for his own examination . Attempting to swallow a core and smuggle it out that way would've been impossible . He would've been scanned .
But now that he had this beetle, he could collect as many as he wanted and smuggle them out by shrinking down the beetle .
"I'm not greedy, but without this black beetle, I doubt the others will be able to obtain many themselves . It's only fair that I get to keep a few for myself, if it means the bigwigs who ordered this operation also receive far more than they expected to . " Han Sen gave himself an excuse that worked .
"Once I've got all the purple cores, I think I'll kill all those shura," Han Sen thought .
"We are cooperating, but we are still enemies . This truce is a farce, and we all know it . " Han Sen believed the more he could kill for the Alliance now, the fewer enemies they would have to deal with in the future .
Han Sen would be able to pin their deaths on the crystallizers with ease, and killing them would be swift and painless with the beetle, anyway .
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