Just as the bandits surrounded the truck and tried to trick the door open, Su Wu, who was in the shelter , received an accident alarm from the truck.
He immediately threw aside the game he was playing and ran from the entertainment room to the control center.
"It was attacked by an explosion?"
Su Wu quickly grasped the situation after scanning the log information on the console screen.
This was a roadblock robbery.
And these weren't ordinary bandits—the use of explosives suggested they were professionals.
After a brief moment of thought, Su Wu quickly made a decision and began issuing combat orders.
"Construction robot No. 3, take out the assault rifle."
"Load the ammunition and lower the window."
"Fire freely at all moving targets outside."
"Construction robot No. 4, take the crossbow."
"Be ready to provide support."
Against desperate bandits who used explosives right from the start, there was no room for negotiation.
Killing them outright was the safest choice.
Following Su Wu's orders, the power consumption of the supercomputer—his shelter's intelligent core—increased significantly.
Under the control of the primary AI, a combat module was added to the two construction robots about to engage in battle.
Ten seconds later, everything was ready.
The window on the side where Construction Robot No. 3 was positioned began to lower.
"Boss, there's movement!"
Outside the truck, Xiao Qi was the first to notice the window dropping.
Startled, he immediately abandoned the loudspeaker in his hand, crouched down, and rushed to the truck's door.
With practiced movements, he pulled a homemade explosive pack from his backpack, lit the fuse, and threw it into the open window.
His actions were swift and ruthless, showing that he had no intention of leaving anyone alive.
As long as he got the chance, he would kill without hesitation.
His movements were so smooth and practiced that the explosive pack flew perfectly through the open window.
But just as he was about to drop to the ground to avoid the blast, he caught a glimpse of something in his peripheral vision.
A black gun barrel was sticking out of the window, angled downward—aimed directly at his head.
"Shit!"
Xiao Qi barely had time to curse before a bullet pierced his forehead.
"Boom!"
Almost simultaneously, the explosive he had thrown into the cab detonated.
A burst of fire and smoke billowed from the narrow space, slowly seeping out through the open window.
"Of course there's a gun," Lu Gaofeng muttered, watching from a distance.
His heart skipped a beat as he looked at Xiao Qi's lifeless body.
But it didn't matter.
Inside such a confined space, anyone caught in the explosion would be dead.
Even if they were fully armed with bulletproof vests and heavy helmets, survival was unlikely.
"Lu Liu, Hong Shan, pry open the cab."
"See if you can find the key to the trunk."
Lu Gaofeng casually pointed at two of his men.
This was a simple cleanup job.
The two gangsters nodded, gripping a baseball bat and a crowbar, and cautiously approached the smoking cab.
But before they could get close—
With a sharp click, the truck door was pushed open from the inside.
A steel robot, holding an assault rifle, staggered out.
"What the hell is that?"
The construction robot, now blackened from the explosion, looked eerie under the dim light.
The robbers, seeing it for the first time, were momentarily stunned.
They didn't snap out of it until the robot raised its rifle and aimed the muzzle at them.
"Take cover!"
Lu Gaofeng shouted as he dove behind a trash can.
The others weren't so lucky.
Before they could react, the construction robot opened fire, mowing them down in a burst of gunfire.
"Goddamn it."
Lu Gaofeng's eyes were bloodshot.
His men—his foundation for survival in the apocalypse—were gone.
He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and seized the moment while the robot was reloading.
Raising his homemade gun, he fired several shots at it.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The bullets struck the robot, sending sparks flying.
One shot, by sheer luck, hit the robot's trigger finger, destroying both the digit and the rifle.
"A chance!"
Lu Gaofeng was overjoyed.
He threw away his empty gun, grabbed a metal baseball bat from one of his fallen comrades, and rushed behind the robot.
With all his strength, he swung at the robot's leg joint.
There was no suspense.
The construction robot, weighing just over 200 kilograms and made of ordinary steel, wasn't built for combat.
Under Lu Gaofeng's powerful strike, it immediately lost balance and collapsed.
"Die!"
The robot, now disarmed and fallen, was no longer a threat.
Lu Gaofeng stepped on its body, raised the bat, and prepared to smash it to pieces.
But just as he was about to swing—
A crossbow bolt silently pierced his arm.
He grunted in pain, but before he could react, another bolt shot through his back, straight into his chest.
His last shred of resistance vanished.
The battle was over.
In the distance, in the farmyard shelter, Su Wu exhaled deeply, finally relaxing.
The intensity of the fight had caught him off guard.
"I almost lost."
"Luckily, he didn't know of the other robot in the truck."
He checked the truck's condition.
Despite two explosions and a crash, the armored vehicle remained in good shape, requiring only minor repairs.
After ordering the construction robot to clean up the battlefield and resume its journey, Su Wu pulled up the AI's operation log.
He compared it with the battle footage, reviewing the combat performance carefully.
The construction robot's actual performance was far less effective than he had imagined.
Its body structure and materials were designed for construction work, not combat.
Its movement speed and durability were barely sufficient.
And in battle, those two aspects were critical.
"When that bastard threw the bomb, the AI detected it."
"But the robot's reaction speed was too slow."
"Even though the AI calculated its trajectory within milliseconds, the robot couldn't intercept it in time."
"The explosion damaged Construction Robot No. 3 and knocked No. 4 offline for over ten seconds."
"It was the same with the shooting."
"From target locking to adjusting the aim and pulling the trigger—"
"The AI executed the most precise strategy instantly."
"But the robot moved slower than an old lady."
"It missed so many opportunities."
"And it let that damn gang leader get too close. Almost lost the whole fight."