Chapter 41

"I'm going to exchange some coins, I'll be right back." In the noisy arcade of the shopping center, John's delinquent friend looked at the game machine that was out of coins and said to John.

"Okay!" John didn't say much, casually responding. The T-800, after confirming its target for protection, John Connor, on the highway, followed him to the shopping center. It packed the stolen shotgun in a box. Of course, according to American laws, firearms were not allowed to be carried in public places, which John himself had modified in the future. The T-1000, unable to find John at his foster parents' house, searched for his footsteps everywhere and headed towards the shopping center.

The advanced Terminator, T-1000, was a ruthless killer dispatched by Skynet. Apart from carrying out the mission to kill John, it saw everything else as an obstacle and was capable of destroying anything within its reach. Its shape-shifting ability, similar to that of a demon, was no less impressive than the comparison between an eagle and a chick. Its hands could turn into sharp blades or spikes, and its body could transform into anyone it had touched, inevitably killing the person it mimicked. The T-800 had never gained the upper hand in its battles against the T-1000 and only managed to defeat it by luck when it was low on power, pushing it into molten steel. This demonstrates the technological prowess of the T-1000. In the Marvel world, perhaps only a few mutants like Magneto, Professor X, or a few superheroes could perceive and defend against the T-1000's abilities like the shape-shifting woman.

"Do you recognize this face?" In the crowded shopping center, a white police officer in uniform asked the delinquent teenager who had just exchanged game tokens.

"No, I don't know him." The delinquent teenager, who saw John's photo in the hands of the T-1000, calmly looked at the place where John had discovered it while pretending not to know. Of course, only a fool would directly admit it. The delinquent teenager thought that the police officer found out about the incident in the morning, so he pretended not to know and took the opportunity to inform John, who was playing games.

Seeing the T-1000 disguised as a police officer questioning others, the delinquent teenager glanced back to see if it was following him, then nervously ran up to John, who was engrossed in the game.

"John..." The delinquent teenager, who had just reached John, only managed to say this sentence.

"Not now." John, who was immersed in the game, didn't pay attention to the delinquent teenager, thinking that he wanted to continue playing, so he refused.

"Hey, that's not what I meant. There's a cop looking for you, take a look." The delinquent teenager placed his right hand on the outside of the game machine, pointing towards the game John was playing with great enjoyment, and said.

"Officer..." John listened to the nervous words of the delinquent teenager and looked out of the game machine. He happened to see a police officer showing a photo to passersby. Combining what the delinquent teenager had just said, it was obvious to him that the officer was looking for him.

"Bro, you better go." The delinquent teenager said with loyalty.

"Alright, you take care," John instructed.

"The person you're looking for seems to have gone that way..." The delinquent teenager and John also noticed T-1000 approaching and pointing in a false direction. Of course, T-1000 didn't kill anyone but forcefully pushed aside anyone blocking its path, including the delinquent teenager. Its purpose was to change history and prevent the US government from finding out.

"Bang bang... pew pew..." Gunshots rang out in the alley of the shopping center arcade. T-800 stood behind John and exchanged fire with T-1000. Although the shotgun had great power, the silver holes instantly repaired themselves. As a fully liquid Terminator, T-1000 had the ability to withstand most conventional weapons. Its weakness was in extreme cold or heat, which limited its mobility.

"Engage target number one, protect the VIP. Bang bang bang!" Captain Jorgo Sotos and his team, fully armed and lurking in the arcade alley, acted on the boss's orders to protect the important target. Without hesitation, they opened fire with their M4A1 rifles against T-1000. The sound of bullets hitting the target could be heard repeatedly, all hitting their mark. Electromagnetic weapons and various energy weapons were all sealed away in this Terminator dimension, so they had to rely on conventional firearms, also for the sake of history.

"Tat tat tat." The cold sound of gunfire continued as the action team unleashed a storm of bullets, turning T-1000 into countless silver sieves. After T-1000 was defeated, Arnold quickly left with John.

T-1000, slowed down slightly by the special bullets fired by Captain Jorgo Sotos and his team, occasionally oozed deformed bullets from the silver bullet holes. Yes, these bullets were no ordinary bullets. They were specially designed not to alter history. Tang Tian only ordered to hinder the speed of T-1000's attacks, so these were hollow-point, dumdum bullets that deformed easily and caused massive damage. They were quite effective in preventing T-1000's recovery. In addition to these, there were also compressed "liquid nitrogen" bullets. If they hit any living organism or robot, it would turn into fragments. The instant release of -196°C low temperature from the compressed bullets would turn everything into pieces.

"Continue to stay hidden. Use special bullets if the important target is in danger," Jorgo Sotos used telekinesis to restrain the standing T-1000 and spoke to the members around him.

"Yes, sir," the other ten enhanced clone soldiers responded to their captain, Jorgos Soto, with blank expressions.

Meanwhile, while T-1000 was being kept occupied by someone, T-800 had already run far away with John Connor. After scanning the location of T-800 with telekinesis, Jorgo released the struggling T-1000 from his psychic hold, allowing history to continue along its original course. Once freed, T-1000 didn't waste time and quickly ran towards the direction where John was. After all, the target of the Terminator was the future leader of humankind. Of course, the imprisoned T-1000 had also used various forms of attacks against these powerful beings, but all the failed attempts made the Terminator continue forward directly toward its target upon being released.

Just as in the original plot, T-1000 commandeered a large truck and started chasing John.

"Bang!" T-800's shotgun hit the tire of the truck where T-1000 was, causing the truck to overturn and the fuel to ignite, resulting in an explosion.

Meanwhile, a certain person had already received information about the recent events through the intelligence system. Now all that Tang Tian needed to do was to play a passive role and wait until the end to obtain the spoils.

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