America: I'm really not crazy

Chapter 98 Starlight Blossoms

"Bang!"

Only one gunshot rang out.

But it wasn't that Li Wei was confident enough; rather, his right hand was broken by the recoil, leaving him no chance to fire a second shot.

Li Wei is gambling on the limitations of nanobots.

Li Wei may not understand technology, but he is good at observation and thinking.

Since Lawrence was always facing him, does that mean that the nanobots' "autonomous defense" requires certain "authorization" or "preconditions"?

For example... "to see".

The 9mm standard bullet, as it left the barrel, flew like a sprite trailing a flame, heading merrily toward the back of Lawrence's head.

The silvery-gray waves continued to flow, but it seemed that not a trace of gold could be seen at all.

Only after that 9-millimeter "little sprite" burrowed into the back of Lawrence's head, then cheerfully emerged from his forehead, and resolutely crashed into the silver-gray wave on the railing until it disappeared completely, did the wave behind Lawrence churn in vain.

In addition to "seeing", there is also "touching".

This was the thought that flashed through Li Wei's mind at that moment.

He was still instinctively gathering information, but that was all that remained of him.

However, he can still see.

The impact of the bullet caused Lawrence's head to jerk forward, and his body to lean forward.

Li Wei had seen this scene many times.

The main focus is on dealing with terrorists whose morale has been shattered and who have started to turn and run away.

The next moment, Lawrence fell face down in Levi's sight... or rather, he fell face down.

But this is not the case.

As he fell, Lawrence suddenly took a step forward, steadied himself, and slowly turned his head, revealing the still-bleeding hole in his forehead.

But on that wound, not only was blood flowing, but there was also a silver-gray "flowing light".

Nanobots emerged from the wound, filling and covering the bullet hole.

"Nanobots cannot create organic matter from inorganic matter, but because they are precise enough, they can temporarily replace some human organs. Generally speaking, if my remaining body tissue is not less than 20%, it can last for about three hours."

"Then, after providing sufficient organic matter, damaged organs can be repaired, much like cosmetic surgery."

"A wound like this..."

As Lawrence spoke, he raised his hand and gently wiped the blood from his head, as if he were only wiping away some sweat.

"Within two minutes."

"Unfortunately, I haven't resolved the 'rejection' issue yet, otherwise I would be happy to have you as a part of me."

Lawrence turned around and smiled at Levi.

"Li Wei, you have truly given me an unprecedented experience."

"Death... I haven't had this 'dying' experience in a long time since my father decided to use my talent instead of killing a 'monster'."

"But just seconds ago, I experienced that thrill again."

"Thanks."

Lawrence began to approach Levi.

The nanobots beneath his feet parted as if facing a king's subjects, making way for him.

When Lawrence raised his hand, the "subjects" became "warriors".

The torrent of nanorobots assembled into a simple-looking longsword.

It has a blade, guard, and hilt—everything you could need, but that's about it.

However, this simple longsword seemed to breathe, flowing with a silvery-gray light under the sunlight.

Although Lawrence, wielding a sword, was dressed in tattered clothes, he resembled a mythical...evil god descending to earth.

He approached Li Wei step by step.

Despair... Li Wei can't even despair now.

Because part of his brain has been dismantled by nanobots.

Whether it was Lawrence's intention or not, Levi is no longer able to think, but... he is still alive.

The heart was beating, pumping blood, but that blood could no longer circulate; it could only spray onto the silver-gray nanobots, like river water flowing into the ocean, as if it had never existed.

"It's a bit of a pity, but it's time to say goodbye."

Lawrence, who had already reached Levi, gripped his sword with both hands behind his back, raised it, and aimed it at Levi's mutilated brain.

"After all, there are so many other joys in life, I shouldn't indulge in fleeting pleasures."

The longsword thrust downwards.

"Bang!"

The sudden gunshot rang out when the tip of the sword was less than a centimeter from Li Wei's eyeball.

"Snapped!"

The longsword broke, and the blade was blasted into the air by the impact. A wound the size of a date pit appeared on Lawrence's abdomen, but a cloud of blood mist exploded on his back, and a large crater at least twenty centimeters in diameter was blasted into his lower back, revealing his stark white spine.

"Large-caliber dumdum bullets."

Lawrence calmly named the thing that injured him and looked up in the direction the bullet had come from.

An armed helicopter was rapidly approaching him, and apart from camouflage, the helicopter had no national markings, only a single pattern.

The image of ouroboros.

"I'm sorry, I originally intended to end this game myself, but I need to entertain my 'old friend' first."

Lawrence tilted his head slightly to apologize to Levi, then threw away the longsword that had broken into two pieces.

After the longsword fell into the torrent of nanobots, it returned to its original form and gathered within them.

"Boom boom boom—!"

This time, it was the machine guns on the attack helicopters that started roaring.

Lawrence raised his hand to face the incoming shells, and the ocean of nanobots surged up to a height of more than ten meters, crashing towards them.

At the same time, the helicopter's rotors began to spin faster and emitted a pale golden light.

Like... the halo above an angel's head.

The next moment, the "wave" seemed to lose control and crashed down.

The machine gun shells began to rain down on Lawrence without any resistance.

Lawrence, however, showed no panic. Instead, he squatted down with great interest and placed his palm on the "sea" formed by the nanobots.

Instantly, the "ocean" boiled, and countless spikes surged into the sky, piercing directly through the machine gun shells flying in the air.

"Boom boom boom—!"

The shells exploded like fireworks, but Lawrence's smile gradually faded.

"Using EPM and infrasound to briefly sever the communication connection between nanorobots."

"Very creative, Eliza Walter."

"But that's not enough. Don't forget, I can also directly manipulate these nanobots."

After making a casual comment, "Ocean" changed again.

The spikes converged into a giant hand, reaching for the armed helicopter in mid-air.

At that moment, the "halo" on the helicopter glowed with a blue arc of light, surging like electricity.

Within seconds, the arc light reached its maximum movement, turning from blue to white.

Then... it shattered and dissipated silently.

It was as if starlight was shining.

The giant nano-hand that had been reaching for the helicopter disintegrated.

Countless nanoscale robots, like moths to a flame, rushed toward those "stars".