Chapter Forty-Four
With a clank, a jet-black metal leg cleared the corner, followed by another, then another. Rather than an exoskeleton, a spindly six-legged metal construct turned into the hallway.
The machine was far larger than normal security bots but more compact than a King Sentry. The central body was thin, with a bulbous protrusion in the back and two large cylinders connected underneath.
Jia really hoped those didn’t turn out to be rocket launchers.
The bot carried no other obvious weapons unless someone counted its legs, but the air shimmered a couple of meters in front of the bot. Whatever that was didn’t bode well for the team’s future.
A stun field was one possibility. The bot might charge people and knock them unconscious with an area attack, but the Elite moved slowly,
