Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1301 613: Powder_2

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Previously on Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'...
Li Banfeng attempted to trick Han Xiaoxuan into a private meeting, but Han Xiaoxuan revealed his poisonous powder. Li Banfeng escaped the powder cloud using a wind technique, only to be confronted by a mysterious Shadow. The Shadow engaged Han Xiaoxuan, but Han Xiaoxuan used a mirror to attack the Shadow, forcing Li Banfeng to intervene. In the struggle, Li Banfeng was knocked through a wall and sent flying out of the building.

Han Xiaoxuan's fingertips trembled, and the powder ball exploded, covering Li Banfeng with the deadly fragrance powder.

Li Banfeng forcibly endured it with Benevolent and Righteous, Han Xiaoxuan wanted to pursue, but Shadow took the opportunity to get close and performed Trample Over Thousands of Rivers.

Bang!

A kick went out, a dull thud, Han Xiaoxuan exploded.

She just exploded like that?

Is Han Xiaoxuan so resistant to hits?

Li Banfeng flew up to the third floor, drilling into the wall through the hole he had created.

Shadow waved to Li Banfeng, urging him to leave the corridor quickly; it was too heavy here.

Li Banfeng quickly drilled into the wall, leaving only Shadow in the corridor, Han Xiaoxuan was gone, not even leaving any remains.

He didn't die?

Where did he escape to?

Shadow guarded the corridor.

Li Banfeng used the Unobstructed Technique to shuttle through the offices of various departments, finance, research and development, human resources, logistics, everyone was busy with their work, no one seemed to care even though there was such a big commotion in the corridor that it created a hole in the building.

These people were clearly not human, Li Banfeng noticed, they seemed to be some kind of puppet, with a significant gap in intelligence.

The reason for saying they had a significant gap was because each department's reaction to Li Banfeng was quite different.

In the finance department, whether accountant or cashier, completely ignored Li Banfeng's presence; even if he removed the characteristic of being easily ignored, still no one talked to him.

In the human resources department, a group of people scrutinized Li Banfeng, talking nonstop:

"Which department are you from?"

"Why isn't there any time card record for you?"

"Did you sign the leave slip?"

The logistics department people were noticeably more enthusiastic; someone invited him to sit down, and someone even poured him a glass of water.

"Please sit down for a moment, Mr. Han will be here shortly."

Are these illusions or people?

Where did the sales department go?

Li Banfeng used Hundred Flavors Delicate to sniff the air, he smelled a powdery fragrance.

This powdery fragrance was very special, exactly the same as the fragrance on Han Xiaoxuan.

Where did this powdery smell come from, was it the woman who poured the water for him?

That woman did have a powdery smell, but it didn't seem too strong.

Li Banfeng looked towards the single office of the logistics department manager, the powdery smell there was very strong.

He rushed into the office and saw the tall and strong Han Xiaoxuan, sitting behind the desk with her back to the window, holding a powder box, she stood up and said: "Handsome little guy, you found me hiding here!"

The powder box changed angles, and the gleam from the mirror surface rapidly approached Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng dodged the spot of light, his Tang Sword flew up, and he chopped Han Xiaoxuan's head off with one stroke.

Bang!

Han Xiaoxuan exploded again.

Dust flew everywhere, still leaving no remains.

To avoid the dust, Li Banfeng immediately rushed out of the office.

The other members of the logistics department were stunned when they saw the manager's office explosion.

Such a thing doesn't happen often, they didn't know what to do about it.

An old employee realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly shouted: "Quickly clean up the dust, it's filthy like this, so disgraceful!"

Li Banfeng shuttled back and forth in the office building, and soon, he encountered Han Xiaoxuan again in the restroom.

"Handsome little guy, can you not cling so much?" Han Xiaoxuan kneaded out a powder ball, "You can't hurt me, but if I hit you, you might not withstand it!"

...

Dust soared in the office building, Chen Changrui checked the time and ordered: "Prepare for combat."

This was Li Banfeng's strategic arrangement, as long as the battle in the office building lasted more than five minutes, regardless of the outcome, the next plan would immediately proceed.

Huajia guarded all the exits, Dumpling called people to take their positions, whether reconnaissance personnel or combat personnel, no one could enter the scene at this point, because the first troops for this operation were drones.

The Reconnaissance Division sent sixty drones to commence action first.

The workers in the factory heard the drone noises and immediately rushed out of the workshops and warehouses.

They didn't come out to escape, they came out to fight.

Chen Changrui observed this group's actions closely, quickly concluding: "These are puppets."

His assumption was correct; like most of the members in the office building, those who came out of the workshop were not human, nor were they some kind of machine equipment; they were puppets created through technique.

They had their own fixed combat procedures; seeing the drones in the sky, the puppets on the ground exploded one after another, stirring up a thick fragrance powder.

This was the only countermeasure these puppets could make; regardless of where the enemy came from, they only had self-destruction as a move.

In the explosion sounds, Li Banfeng flew out of the office building once again, forced out by Han Xiaoxuan.

This battle left Li Banfeng somewhat helpless; he had exploded Han Xiaoxuan dozens of times, but she could always resurrect right where she stood, her combat power only slightly weakened, but not significantly affected.

Li Banfeng floated in mid-air, clearly witnessing the scene in the workshop.

The self-exploding puppets appeared very foolish, yet Li Banfeng felt fortunate himself.

If it were the security team members or reconnaissance officers who charged in first, it would be a different result; regardless of how many came in, they would all perish in the dust.

Drones were dustproof; they initiated the first round of attacks on the material warehouses.

Incendiary bombs fell, flames soared, and all raw materials that hadn't entered processing yet were destroyed.

Drones quickly entered the second phase of their combat plan, infiltrating the production workshops, where cosmetic production was ongoing, the primary target of the second phase.

Under the explosions of incendiary bombs, the workshops quickly caught fire, with puppets exploding continuously, causing dust to increase, the visibility in the factory area decreased, and the video footage returned by the drones was severely affected.