Following Bai Bi, Zhou Yi walked from the rainforest to an open area.

Here, a very high barbed wire fence enclosed two long and large storage water pools, with two square concrete buildings at either end, and a layer of pipelines buried underground around them.

A tall girl, wielding a white Knight handgun, was pacing on patrol. Her long burgundy hair flowed down her back, her shoulders equipped with a heavy mechanical body carrying two movable cannons, and four Knight rifles slung on her back.

Bai Bi pointed towards the inside of the fence and said: "This is our Water Plant, and guarding it is Sister Hong Xing. She is also a Weapon Princess."

"Hong Xing Sister, I have brought Mr. Zhou here to repair and treat the Water Plant."

Hong Xing's gaze turned towards Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi also sized her up.

This tall, slender Weapon Princess was fully armed, her body tightly wrapped in black cloth, accentuating her clear body lines, wearing a pair of black boots.

"Identity confirmed, go ahead."

Hong Xing moved aside slightly, holding her gun.

Thus, Bai Bi, along with Zhou Yi and Yuan Xiao, walked directly towards the barbed wire, and as they approached, the fence melted away like melting, rolling back in all directions.

Zhou Yi felt amazed: "Is this fence bound to Hong Xing?"

Bai Bi nodded: "Without Sister Hong Xing's permission, the fence will entangle you. Don't be misled by the unremarkable appearance of this [Iron Cage Entanglement]; it's also a Grade A weapon, not so easy to break through. I once fought it one on one for a long time without success."

Zhou Yi was surprised.

He looked back at the fence.

The Warlord's camp really had a variety of weapons, even this thing was Grade A.

Zhou Yi then turned his attention back to the interior of the Water Plant.

He used his usual method, placing his hand on the building.

Energy input, synchronized consciousness initiated.

"Hello."

"Hm?"

The Water Plant responded promptly: "You can interface directly with me?"

The other party showed a hint of surprise.

"Yes. I've been invited by the Warlord..."

After a brief self-introduction, Zhou Yi inquired about the malfunction.

"That, I did it intentionally."

"Intentionally... Why?"

"The issue is with the water."

It said, "I am Xindu Water Plant, occupying 32 acres, capable of serving 150,000 people, with a daily water supply capacity of 15,000 tons, long-term water compliance rate of 99%... Initially, my operation was normal, but now the water compliance rate has plummeted to 32%, it's totally unsuitable for drinking."

"For safety, I cannot let this water flow out."

That was it.

Zhou Yi asked it: "The reason?"

"Heavy metals exceed standards, as well as radioactive pollution."

Xindu Water Plant explained: "The water source here is the mainstream of the northern regional rivers."

"In terms of heavy metal pollution, based on my limited ability to identify, it mainly contains a lot of lead, and the lead content in the water is still increasing."

"Radioactive substances in rocks, soil, and air have also caused pollution to the water source, and this situation is also getting worse."

After discussing and communicating with it, Zhou Yi roughly identified the source of the pollution.

Lead content exceeded the standards, originating from the Golden Elephants.

These colossal life forms would trample various ground beings into pools of gold foil, which is unstable and would soon become lead, further contaminating the soil and water.

The radiation comes from beyond the safety zone.

There, ongoing high-intensity radiation affects the passing water flow.

Over the years, the Water Plant's purification capability has been unable to effectively clear the pollution and provide safe, clean drinking water.

Ultimately, it chose to lock down this water to prevent harm to the consumers.

Zhou Yi relayed this situation to Bai Bi beside him.

"What do we do now?"

The bunny-eared girl looked bewildered.

"Golden Elephants naturally exist and we can't stop them from trampling; and we can't change the external radiation... So, our Water Plant can't produce water now?"

She anxiously looked at Zhou Yi: "Do you have a solution? You must have one, right?"

"There is a solution."

Zhou Yi had discussed feasible measures with Xindu Water Plant.

"Two options."

"The first is to change the water source to only include water from rivers passing through safe zones. Do we have such a water source?"

Bai Bi shook her head.

"Then there's only the second option, which is more troublesome."

Zhou Yi told her: "First, we need to install a powerful integrated water purifier that must integrate coagulation, sedimentation, waste discharge, backwashing, and water collection filtration."

"Then, start a new sedimentation tank, allowing water particles to settle and separate the flocs multiple times."

"Next is installing a new powerful filtration layer, using porous solid substances to adsorb and remove heavy metal ions, radiative particles from the water, and remove fine suspended impurities, organics, bacteria, viruses, etc."

"Then continue to expand the Clear Water Pool, build two pools of the current scale, further purifying water through extended stationary placement."

"The Water Plant's facilities have not been replaced for many years, many of them have already failed. Xindu Water Plant mainly relies on basic physical sedimentation, so the effectiveness is decreasing."

Bai Bi nodded her understanding.

"I understand, we just need to buy these things... that should do it, right?"

"That's about it, there is also one thing..."

Suddenly, a thunderous roar erupted from outside, followed by a series of consecutive explosions.

Bai Bi's face changed dramatically: "Oh no, the Golden Elephants are charging over! They're adults! We need to fight now!"

"Mr. Zhou, you better take cover, I'll go support Hong Xing."

After saying that, she turned her head and sprinted away at high speed.

Zhou Yi walked up to the wire fence.

From here, one could clearly see the traces of the giant gold elephant in the distance, with its golden pillar-like legs slamming down from the air, splattering pieces of gold foil and numerous gold threads on the ground.

Its legs were as thick as mountains, but overall, it was a smooth metallic structure, with a skin so polished it seemed as if it had been buffed. When it stepped down from the sky, there were no structures like toes or palms visible.

The entire stepping process involved no bending of the legs, akin to a giant metal drilling rig driving piles.

With each step, the gold elephant approached the water plant, and the sense of oppression intensified continuously.

Two Weapon Princesses initiated a blockade against it.

Leading the way was Hong Xing.

Her shoulder-mounted cannons fired continuously at the golden elephant's front legs.

Between firing intervals, Hong Xing's body leaned dramatically back, and she rapidly threw her white Knight Gun, emitting a loud breaking sound as it was hurled.

The long spear transformed into a beam of white light, striking the front leg of the golden elephant and exploding into a dazzling cluster of sparks. As the black smoke dispersed, the golden leg remained undamaged, continuing its slow advance.

Hong Xing threw her equipped Knight Guns one after another, detonating them all on the enemy.

Then, she transformed her entire body, folding and morphing into a metallic bird with wide, long wings, taking off from the ground.

The Weapon form of Hong Xing began circling the elephant's legs, her wing-mounted cannons firing continuously, while from the position of the bird's head, a fierce laser was emitted trying to penetrate the golden elephant's leg.

But the laser merely reflected off the leg, producing dazzling light without breaching its defense.

Bai Bi, meanwhile, transformed into a conceptual black and white motorcycle, with a triangular frame, white lines, and opposed twin engines. A large metal reflective shield above the front wheel merged seamlessly with the frame, simple and streamlined in design. Mounted on the back seat was still the tiny Iron Coffin containing the misfortune witch.

It drove up the golden leg of the elephant, maneuvering swiftly and high-speed across it, emitting layers of visible light waves.

Zhou Yi, from a great distance, was touched by the light waves, momentarily feeling dazed and muddled in his mind.

He quickly regained consciousness.

It was a consciousness attack.

It turned out that Bai Bi specialized in this area.

She and Hong Xing both tried in their own ways to distract the golden elephant.

But the colossal creature merely continued its stride, disregarding the obstacles.

The vast gulf between A-class and Light Core Body couldn't be bridged by quantity.

It was less than five hundred meters away from Xindu Water Plant, needing only four or five steps to crush this place and destroy the already burdened Building Life.

Zhou Yi no longer hesitated.

The atmosphere creature burst from his shoulder, forming an enormous cloud encompassing the sky, matching the four-legged golden elephant in size.

Receiving the command, Ice Pot, not deterred by the opponent being a Light Core Body, initiated an attack on the golden elephant.

At the same time.

mic master also started its BGM domain.

But in an instant, it reported back: "No use, Chairman. Its consciousness strength is too high, my current power can't pull it into my world, I can only slightly affect it."

"Then try to affect it as much as possible."

Zhou Yi knew too well, dealing with a Light Core Body was never easy.

If they could just hold it off, it would be considered a success.

Fortunately, the consciousness strength of the atmosphere creature was sufficient, and with the influence exerted by mic master, the golden elephant was momentarily stalled.

What remained was to wait for the Warlord's support to arrive.

At this moment, Yuan Xiao suddenly said, "There's a vulnerability. Chairman, this creature has a mortal weakness. It's going wild because its life is nearly spent."

Eh?

Zhou Yi was surprised, "Is this a wounded golden elephant?"

The Angel of Death stared intently at the colossal creature in the distance, her eyes like red glass, with wisps of black lines appearing at the corners: "Its weakness is under the back right leg, I can see life rapidly draining away, that's the biggest gap! Its fatal weakness!"

Zhou Yi immediately shouted, "The weakness is under its back right leg, attack there!"

The two Weapon Princesses immediately switched targets, rushing towards the back right leg.

Under their precise attacks, the golden elephant finally could no longer ignore the assault, its four legs melting all touched objects into gold, transforming into flowing liquid gold.

Zhou Yi couldn't distinguish whether that was the golden blood flowing out of the elephant or if it was extensively transforming and assimilating its surroundings.

Both Hong Xing and Bai Bi had to quickly distance themselves to avoid being affected.

The golden elephant continued its stride.

The Weapon Princesses continued their fierce attack on the right leg, mic master exerted full influence, and the atmosphere creature continued with consciousness attacks.

These measures were entirely ineffective before the earnestly roused golden elephant.

Ice Pot suddenly said, "Chairman, this creature means no harm… I've accessed part of its consciousness. It's dying and wants to return to its birthplace to die—right here at the Water Factory, where it was born."

"Are you sure?"

"Affirmed."

Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment, then shouted to the two Weapon Princesses, "Stop the attack, let it come."

On the other end, Bai Bi was the first to cease fire, followed by Hong Xing also stopping.

The golden elephant continued advancing.

It crossed over the A-class Iron Cage Entanglement, the extending iron wires directly getting crushed and torn by it.

The golden elephant took the final step, reaching near the Clear Water Pool.

A crisp metallic clanking sound came from within its body.

It seemed to no longer be able to hold itself up, its body began to collapse, and its four legs thunderously fell to the ground. However, its upper half remained unseen.

Zhou Yi then saw that the sole of the golden elephant's back right leg had been smashed or hollowed out, turning into a hollow pillar.

As it fell, its massive legs began to melt, with gold flowing downward, evaporating into substantial white vapors.

But soon, it burnt out like fuel exhausted, turning into a pile of giant silver-gray lead.

Among the collapsed lead, a tiny Gold Pillar was notably conspicuous, its top cone-shaped, resembling a spear pointing toward the sky.

Zhou Yi's gaze sharpened.

So, the Golden Sunflower was the golden elephant's gravestone.

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