The words of Tianxiaguihuo made the Deceased Squad fall into contemplation. Indeed, according to the past mechanisms of The Way of the Extraordinary, the dungeon would give a prompt sound after completing a task.

Hongjige saw his teammates pondering, and he pondered for a moment before saying:

"I think you, the Shame of Fire Master, are just arguing!"

Tianxiaguihuo wore a straight face and said coldly, "The heads on our necks aren't just for show. Think about it. The Way of the Extraordinary wouldn't make a mistake, so it must be us who are wrong. The fall of the Mechanical City must have another reason."

Hongjige retorted, "Couldn't it be that we've already completed the task, but the mechanism of the Mechanical City is that it must be cleared, and there's no turning back, so we can only trigger the prompt from The Way of the Extraordinary after we defeat the Boss."

Tianxiaguihuo countered, "Then explain the 'Enter the Mechanical City before dark' side quest. Why was there a prompt sound after completing it? We had already entered the Mechanical City at that time."

Hongjige thought for a moment and had a flash of inspiration, "That's because the gate wasn't closed yet."

Tianxiaguihuo was momentarily speechless.

Hongjige could be quite witty sometimes.

Zhang Yuanqing pondered, "Could it be that the memory of the Black-Robed Wraith is wrong, specifically to mislead us?"

Xiaoyuan nodded, "That possibility can't be ruled out."

The team fell silent for a few seconds. Guan Ya said, "If Hongjige's guess is true, we're in danger. In the Wraith's memory, the one who led the troops to attack the Mo Sect was the Ancient War God. The final Boss of the Mechanical City is likely to be him."

"Impossible!" Zhao Chenghuang's expression changed slightly. "It's impossible for us to encounter a Dominator-level Boss. The final enemy of the Mechanical City is either two or three Level 6s, or a weak Dominator."

Everyone came from "distinguished families" and had a much greater understanding and knowledge of the mechanisms of The Way of the Extraordinary than wild Wanderers.

If it was a dungeon full of Level 6 peak experts, the Boss would definitely be at the Dominator level, otherwise, how would they hone the Wanderers of The Way of the Extraordinary? Bosses of the same level were not necessarily a match for the Wanderers.

But their team had mostly Level 4 Saints, so the final enemy couldn't be a Dominator.

Considering Yuan Shi Tian Zun's strength, two or three Level 6s would hardly pose a fatal threat to him. Therefore, the Boss of the Mechanical City was likely to be a weak Dominator.

Guan Ya said, "What I mean is that it's very likely to be a weakened Ancient War God. Even so, that's still an evil profession at the peak of combat power. It will be difficult for the team to have zero casualties."

Zhang Yuanqing said, "There's no use in worrying unnecessarily. Let's go meet the Boss first. In theory, we should have to go through another checkpoint."

After resting for a while, the team set off again and found a cave leading to the inside of the Mechanical City on the cliff face on the east side of the valley.

They advanced along the winding cave, sometimes upwards, sometimes downwards, turning a thousand times. Along the way, there were many corpses. Based on the distribution of the corpses, they avoided traps such as poisoned needles and hidden arrows.

The further they went, the stronger the traps became. The poisoned needles and hidden arrows were coated with a highly toxic poison that even Xiaoyuan couldn't withstand, and they also had an armor-breaking effect.

After carefully advancing for fifteen minutes, they finally emerged from the cave, and a wide-open space lay ahead.

This was a huge space that had been almost hollowed out of the mountain, filled with Song Dynasty-style buildings, arranged in an orderly manner, with the streets divided neatly, resembling a small ancient city.

The small city also had a developed water supply, ventilation, and lighting system. At the edge of the city were several large pools of water, with rows of waterwheels and several water houses beside them.

The water houses diverted some of the clear water into man-made canals, providing water for the disciples' daily use.

A huge crystal disc was embedded in the high and wide top of the mountain cave, with a diameter of about sixty meters. It focused the light from outside the mountain, bringing light to this underground city.

Layer upon layer of corridors were built on the stone walls, spiraling upwards to the top of the mountain cave. Every ten meters along the corridors, there was a hole with a diameter of two meters, which was estimated to be a ventilation system.

However, there was no sound of exhaust fans running, probably because it had been abandoned for too long. The living system here had long ceased to function, or perhaps the ancient people's ventilation method was simply to open holes.

"It's really magnificent. This should be the headquarters of the Mo Sect, right? It would be even more spectacular if it weren't damaged," Sun Miaomiao said

softly with emotion.

Yes, all of this was dilapidated.

The Song Dynasty small city seemed to have been violently demolished. Most of the buildings had collapsed. The outer areas were still in good condition, with many still remaining as they were, but the further in they went, the more severe the ruins became.

A world-shaking battle must have taken place in the center of the city back then.

The layers of corridors in the stone cave were also fragmented, broken off section by section. The iron cables hanging from the corridors should have been holding pedals, wooden buckets, and the like, for lifting objects. Now, they had become strips of varying lengths.

In addition, judging from the marks on the ground, there should have been many strange and bizarre mechanical creations here, because the team saw something similar to railway tracks.

But now, this was all ruins.

While Sun Miaomiao was sighing, Zhao Chenghuang, Zhang Yuanqing, and Guan Ya each used Soul Devouring and Insight techniques to observe the auras of Wraiths and living people.

"There's no Wraith aura," Zhang Yuanqing said.

"Living auras detected in the central area of the city," Guan Ya had a discovery. She looked at her boyfriend and said, "Give me a leg up."

Zhang Yuanqing understood and bent down, exposing his knee.

Guan Ya took a few steps back, sprinted forward, stepped on Zhang Yuanqing's knee, and her lithe and tall figure soared into the air, jumping more than ten meters high.

Zhang Yuanqing's knee cracked.

That kick had a bit of personal resentment in it. Zhang Yuanqing bared his teeth and hugged Sun Miaomiao beside him, "Help me, help me..."

At this critical moment, he didn't dare to touch Xiaoyuan.

Sun Miaomiao symbolically resisted a few times, then took the initiative to support his waist and stopped her slender waist from acting as a crutch.

Xiaoyuan glanced at Sun Miaomiao and looked at Zhang Yuanqing, saying, "Do you want this little sister to help you too?"

She was referring to Asano Ryo.

"Auntie Xiaoyuan, don't be sarcastic... Guan Ya is coming down."

Guan Ya landed with a "thud," speaking very quickly, "There's an open space in the center of the city, about 1.2 kilometers away from us. There's a... mecha in the open space. There are signs of life inside the mecha. Other than that, no other enemies have been detected."

"Mecha? Are you sure you said mecha? 1.2 kilometers, can you see clearly?" Hongjige looked disbelieving and very interested, "What style is it, tall or a Transformer?"

"Are you men all so boring? I said the enemy is a mecha, and you're concerned about whether it's a Gundam or a Transformer?" Guan Ya said coldly, "Let me put it another way, it's a three-meter-tall mechanical creation, humanoid. As for whether I can see clearly, a Scout's eyesight is none of your concern."

"Stop talking nonsense. Now that we know who the enemy is, let's follow the old rules and send out the cannon fodder," Zhang Yuanqing ordered, then looked at Hongjige, "I say the coolest Transformer is Optimus Prime, no problem, right?"

"I think it's Bumblebee," Hongjige retorted.

Zhao Chenghuang silently took out a bronze box, summoned a Transcendent Yin Corpse, and manipulated it to walk through the messy streets, deep into the city center. The range of the terracotta warriors was limited, so they couldn't be remotely controlled.

Sun Miaomiao didn't play with Yin Corpses. Yuan Shi Tian Zun's Yin Corpse was at the Saint stage, so using it as cannon fodder would be too wasteful. If Yuan Shi Tian Zun agreed, he, Zhao Chenghuang, wouldn't agree.

He couldn't stand such spendthrifts. Yuan Shi Tian Zun was still loyal enough to leave him a Level 5 Yin Corpse. Zhao Chenghuang planned to buy Sun Miaomiao's too, and give her a 40% discount out of consideration for their childhood friendship.

Zhao Chenghuang cut off his diverging thoughts, entered the Yin Corpse, and cautiously stepped over bricks, tiles, broken wood, and avoided the large and small pits. Before long, he arrived at the central area and saw a three-meter-tall humanoid mechanical creation standing there quietly.

He finally understood why Guan Ya called it a mecha. Compared to the puppet men he had seen before, this mechanical creation was simply a dimensional reduction strike.

The three-meter-tall body was made of bronze, while the joints such as the elbows, knees, and wrists were made of strong brass parts.

Its body was tall but not rough, and it could even be called beautiful. The shape was a standard inverted triangle, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs. The bronze body was carved with exquisite and retro patterns.

The construction of the details was extremely fine. The forearm had an embedded

mechanical pack for storing bows and arrows, and the chest and abdomen were bulging, so you couldn't see what was inside, but it must be well stocked.

One hand held a two-meter-long steel broadsword, and the other held a door-like bronze shield.

Zhao Chenghuang retracted his gaze and examined this core area.

At the foot of the mechanical creation was a Bagua diagram with a diameter of one hundred meters, cast from brass, bronze, and black iron, and it was standing in the Taiji fish.

There were no buildings in this area, similar to a city's civic square.

Of course, there was no such concept in ancient times. This cast-iron Bagua diagram was cast in the very center of the city, indicating that it was an extremely important "building."

Zhao Chenghuang walked out of the street and came to the edge of the Bagua diagram, and saw three stone tablets standing on his left, each engraved with "Universal Love, Non-Aggression," "Will of Heaven, Agreement Upwards," and "Expel the Jin Bandits."

"Two stone tablets... That mechanical creation is the Boss. The big Boss of the Mo Sect's Mechanical City isn't the Ancient War God? Is the villain of the dungeon actually the Mo Sect?" Zhao Chenghuang was shocked.

According to the rules of the Mechanical City, two "thoughts" were one checkpoint, and they had passed three checkpoints and six thoughts. There were four thoughts and two checkpoints remaining.

Now all four Mo Sect thoughts were here, and it was obvious that this mountain cave was the final map, the final checkpoint.

This was different from what they had previously thought.

Zhao Chenghuang retracted his gaze and looked at the mechanical creation in the center of the Bagua diagram, wondering if he should rush to the front of the machine, jump up and hit its knee to test the Boss's attack methods.

The next second, his eyeballs trembled violently. The mechanical creation had somehow already stood two meters away from him, and raised its cast-iron broadsword high.

Zhao Chenghuang's Yin Corpse was a Bewitching Demon, retaining its combat instincts, possessing extraordinary reaction speed, coordination, and explosiveness.

The moment he saw the mechanical creation, his body's instincts were faster than his reactions, making an evasive action, but his tense body suddenly became uncontrollable, and the tension and sense of crisis in his heart disappeared for no reason. The mechanical creation in front of him seemed to have become a kind and amiable elder, a close friend, a reliable family member...

The next second, the cast-iron broadsword fell, and the Yin Corpse was split in two.

Zhao Chenghuang, on the outskirts of the city, suddenly opened his eyes, looking dazed.

Guan Ya scrutinized his expression: "You look like you've been betrayed by a brother, had your name written on a high-interest loan by your father, and been cheated on by your wife and the child isn't yours. It's rare to see such a rich expression... What did you encounter?"

Zhang Yuanqing and the others were taken aback, not expecting that Zhao Chenghuang, after going to the city, would actually encounter so much hurt.