Boothill followed the coordinates Bai Luan provided, exploring the path, and when he got inside, he really found that it was a damn stronghold!
Although the Entropy Machina had deployed dense firing points in this stronghold, for veterans like Rappa and Boothill, these defenses were just toys that could be easily knocked down.
What was even better was that with Bai Luan around, they didn't need to worry about leaving any survivors—after all, he could deduce the entire stronghold's location from just a few scraps.
Boothill couldn't even imagine what earth-shattering secrets Bai Luan might dig out from these clues if they actually took down this stronghold!
But right now, he didn't have time to think about such things. All he wanted was to shoot to his heart's content with his beloved gun and vent all the damn frustration he'd been holding back for the past half a month.
Recalling the past half a month, what had he been doing?
He'd been poring over fragmented clues all day, nitpicking details like a damn detective, searching everywhere for these cunning villains hiding in the gutters!
And even after all that searching, he often came up empty-handed! Damn it, he was a cowboy, not a damn detective!
Watching these little darlings commit all sorts of evil deeds every day, seething with anger but unable to catch them—was this a damn job for a human?
To hell with Wubbaboo! To hell with holding back! Today, he was going to shoot until he was satisfied!
While Boothill and Rappa were rampaging through the stronghold, Bai Luan chose not to join them in clearing out the small fry.
This was just a small branch, after all; what was important was the intelligence on the Entropy Machina here.
Given the organization's vigilance, if they weren't fast, all the intelligence in this stronghold would likely be wiped clean.
Rappa and Boothill cleared the way ahead, while 882 stayed by Bai Luan's side, handling minor troubles for him and preventing outside interference from disturbing his intelligence gathering.
Soon, Bai Luan had dug up a lot of intelligence from this stronghold.
For example, the importance of these strongholds, and... it was clear that the Entropy Machina had not anticipated that their recently defeated enemies could regroup so quickly and take down their stronghold.
So, many useful things were left here, such as war machines that had not yet been activated.
The weapons equipped on these machines were much more powerful than the broken remnants Boothill had shown him before.
They were likely specially transported here by the Entropy organization to deal with Rappa and Boothill.
However, hoping these things could take down Boothill and Rappa was probably a bit ridiculous.
It's like you're usually fighting a Gundam with a wooden stick, and now you've switched to a big club, thinking you can take down the Gundam with it.
This highlighted the drawback of having little contact with the enemy, especially when the enemy is extremely powerful.
Anyone they sent was instantly killed by the opponent, making it impossible to gauge the opponent's true strength.
It was easy for a 'Calabash Brothers sending grandpa' situation to occur, where they thought the firepower they sent was enough to eliminate the opponent, but in reality, it was completely insufficient.
This was good news; the other side still didn't know the exact strength of Boothill and Rappa, only that two troublesome individuals had arrived.
So, they naturally sent some enhanced firepower here.
This indicated that Boothill and Rappa were not considered too important within this organization, and perhaps this could be used to launch a blitzkrieg and directly raid their headquarters.
The only question was how fast their information transfer was. Had the news of Boothill taking this place already spread?
Also... Boothill had mentioned before that most members of this organization were robots, with only a small portion being human.
Choosing to let robots handle most of the operations was correct, as robots without self-awareness are the easiest tools to use.
Humans still needed chips implanted in their brains to control them, but robots were much more convenient to use.
However, while robots are useful, they naturally have corresponding drawbacks, which is... they are just tools, and whoever gets their hands on them, they become that person's tools.
And the opponent, with most of their members being such robots, meant that as long as a way was found to seize control of the robots, the seemingly impregnable organization would collapse in an instant.
Of course, for most people, this is something that is easier said than done.
Haha, guess if this is difficult for me?
Bai Luan began to dismantle the robots in front of him, and quickly cracked their unique system.
Then, following the clues, he found the internal network entrance of the Entropy Machina organization.
Next, Bai Luan began to design a special virus specifically for this robot system.
Once infected, the robots' operational logic would be forcibly modified, forming a 'police officer personality' with a strong sense of justice within their programming.
This virus was highly contagious and would spread through the Entropy Machina internal network at an astonishing speed.
Imagine, what would happen if most of a criminal organization's machines suddenly all became righteous partners?
Let's wait and see.
While Bai Luan was busy editing the virus, Rappa and Boothill had pretty much cleared out the stronghold.
They rescued some people, but more often, they found remains that they couldn't save.
The remains lay on operating tables, disemboweled, with important organs missing.
The operating tables were covered in blood, and everything valuable from the victims' bodies had been cleanly removed.
Finally, these victims were left as empty shells, starkly exposed, like eviscerated chickens.
"We let those little darlings die too easily; there are even more cruel things here."
Rappa clasped her hands and whispered:
"The villains have been punished. May you rest in peace."
These people who could not be saved could only be properly buried somewhere.
"What about the people who were rescued?"
"Hand them over to the Anti-Entropy. They have ways to properly handle these poor souls."
"Are they going to show their faces?"
Rappa stepped forward, nodded, and said:
"Originally, out of caution, they wanted to meet you after a while, but unexpectedly, you made such great progress as soon as you arrived, so the leader of the Anti-Entropy wants to meet you."
"Perfect, I also want to talk to them. I have a plan to take down the Entropy Machina in a few days; I wonder if they'd be interested."
"Really?"
Boothill smiled at the words.
He might think others were exaggerating, but coming from Bai Luan, it had some credibility.
"Give me a heads-up beforehand, okay?"
"Of course, it's not a secret."
Bai Luan briefly explained his plan—
Using the Entropy Machina's unique organizational structure, create a virus specifically to infect machines, artificially creating internal strife within the organization, thereby forcing this evil empire to quickly collapse.
Boothill laughed heartily after hearing it:
"You smart folks work fast! Compared to one shot, one kill, your method is much more efficient."
Rappa also softly echoed:
"Defeating evil with wisdom is indeed far superior to weapons."
"When dealing with an organization like this, efficiency is key."
Bai Luan's gaze once again fell upon the bodies on the operating table, his voice low:
"Every second it exists... someone will fall into the abyss because of it.
There are always things in the world I don't want to see, and I can't naively believe that I can save everyone.
All I can do is take down one when I encounter one."
Then, Bai Luan roughly estimated.
"If all goes well, in two or three days, we'll see a large-scale collapse of the Entropy Machina organization."
"Buddy, I apologize for what I said to you earlier. I admit I had some prejudice against you before.
Now I'm sure, someone like you definitely wouldn't get along with those guys in the company!"
Boothill offered a slight apology to Bai Luan.
Bai Luan really wanted to reply with "We're all damn buddies," he really did.
But considering his image, he still didn't speak.
Then Bai Luan heard Boothill cheerfully say:
"This plan sounds damn exciting!"
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