Chapter 79: Mechanical Domination
Chapter 79: Mechanical Master (Third update, please subscribe and vote)
The evil moon was shining high in the sky, and catkin-like ashes fell from the sky like snowflakes, corroding the earth.
Countless evil creatures gathered into a huge wave, wreaking havoc in the Emperor's Tomb Mountains.
Go north from the ancient battlefield to the Earth Rift Furnace area.
Qi Sheng looked down at the earth from high above and could see a large number of players gathered here, fighting a desperate battle with the black tide of evil spirits sweeping in from the front. There were also a steady stream of players in the back who were replenishing the lost combat power in the front.
25 hours ago, a group of players discovered something strange while exploring the Crucible area.
The rampant evil spirits are digging up spiritual stones from underground in an organized manner and transporting them northward in bulk.
The players are unclear about the evil spirit's purpose, but they are very interested in snatching the spiritual ore that the evil spirit is transporting.
After a fierce battle, this team of players seized a batch of spiritual ore that was being transported by the evil spirits, and after sacrifice and statistics, they reaped a rich harvest.
After this news was posted on the forum by players, it attracted the attention of major guilds, and they organized people to join the snatching operation.
Today, a snatching operation jointly initiated by major guilds was launched.
During this period, Qi Sheng's consciousness followed the evil team transporting the spiritual ore and discovered that the final destination of this batch of spiritual ore was the high tower where the evil spirit of the earth was located.
The transported spiritual ore was thrown into the furnace at the center of the tower to be calcined and converted into the energy needed for the growth of the black tide.
But there is a question here that puzzles Qi Sheng.
The black tide has the characteristic of devouring all energy. Why should we go through the time-consuming and laborious transportation to obtain the energy from the spiritual ore? We can simply devour the spiritual ore on the spot and integrate the internal energy into the black tide.
The guide to this question provides an answer, indicating that the efficiency of the black tide's engulfment and conversion is not high at low tide. Materials with stable structures such as spiritual ore have very high losses after being engulfed and converted, but sending them to the Evil Eye Tower for calcination can maximize the conversion efficiency.
This is also the meaning of the existence of the Evil Eye Tower.
The powerful Black Tide does not need any auxiliary tools at all, it itself is the most powerful energy swallowing converter.
After knowing the reason, Qi Sheng began to pay attention to the players' actions to snatch the spiritual ore.
After 25 hours of continuous looting, the evil spirits of the earth have discovered the players' actions and are manipulating more black tide forces to escort the spiritual ore.
The difficulty of snatching spiritual mines has increased, which is why the major guilds choose to fight together.
You can see dozens of pits of various sizes on the ground at the foot of the volcano. These are all recently dug by evil creatures, and their target is the spiritual mineral resources underground.
Whenever an evil creature carries out a batch of spiritual ore from the pit, the player will advance vigorously in that direction, trying to snatch some spiritual ore.
As more and more black fog gathered, the pressure on the player army increased dramatically and the death toll continued to rise.
During this period, the regional voice channels were extremely lively:
"Brothers, I can't stand it anymore. I'm going to stay in the dark room for an hour. We'll see each other after this."
"Can any friend nearby give me a bottle of healing potion? I can fight again. I'm almost leveling up. I'll be miserable if I don't level up."
"The Clone Fireball style is really powerful. Apart from the high consumption problem, you need to drink medicine constantly to replenish your mental strength. It can be called the strongest team battle style in this version. I am so happy. If it weren't for your front row being unable to hold on, I would be fully capable of fighting again. You are the ones who dragged me down."
"It's almost over. Our guild has snatched a lot of spiritual ores. We're just waiting for Zi Autism to end and divide the spoils, hehe."
"Brothers nearby, please move away. I want to self-destruct and kill another wave of evil spirits before I die."
……
Just as this round of snatching action was about to end and Qi Sheng was about to turn his attention to the perspectives of other players, something strange happened.
Suddenly, a huge black vortex appeared in the sky. Countless tiny black cracks appeared on its edge during rotation. The surging clouds were instantly shattered by an invisible force, and the nearby space was distorted.
Countless dark golden humanoid shadows fell from the space vortex like raindrops.
Qi Sheng looked closer and found that these dark golden figures were actually mechanical life forms.
The moment it lands, the mechanical warrior launches a devastating sweep of the surrounding area, and the player is also its target of attack.
The weapons used by these mechanical warriors include both melee beam swords and long-range energy cannons. Their arms can be reorganized and switched into different weapon forms. No matter whether it is the player or the evil life, they are no match for this group of mechanical life.
The sudden appearance of mechanical warriors completely destroyed the player army, which was already on the verge of defeat.
During this period, there were constant curses in the regional voice channel. Players used beautiful language to express their dissatisfaction with the mechanical warriors. Some players also asked about the situation of this group of mechanical warriors who suddenly arrived.
The battle lasted less than a minute, and the scene of chaos was cleared away, and all the players and evil spirits disappeared.
This scene obviously frightened the evil spirit that was controlling the direction of the black tide behind the scenes. The black fog in the distance stopped approaching and began to turn around and retreat.
The sudden arrival of the mechanical warrior also made Qi Sheng curious.
"Guidance, analysis!"
【clear. 】
Suddenly a lot of information emerged in Qi Sheng's mind.
【Iron Soul】:
Hunting Level: 83
Target introduction: Living metal warriors, the pinnacle of technology and bioengineering, the Mechanical Overlord perfectly combines the cold and hard machinery with the toughness of life, creating a new warrior form that has flesh and blood but surpasses machines, and named it Iron Soul. All Iron Soul warriors can grow their own strength by devouring iron ore.
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Along with the presentation of the guiding analytical information, the 3D model image of Tiehun was also formed in front of Qi Sheng.
Tiehun is 2.5 meters tall, with a dark gold shell covered with transparent luminous lines that flash a cold light. Every inch of its body seems to have been carefully carved, with both a sense of mechanical precision and a sense of the fluidity of life.
The design of its head is particularly unique, shaped like a cheetah ready to pounce, with two red-emitting electronic eyes embedded in the position of its eyes, and a slightly raised sensor in the center of its forehead.
Swiping the three-dimensional model, the suspended Iron Soul phantom rotated, sharp blades popped out from the ends of his fingers, and a "buzzing" sound was heard from his body, as if the energy core was running.
As the view zoomed in, from Qi Sheng's microscopic perspective, the Iron Soul Warrior's biological tissue and metal structure were seamlessly connected, and his body structure was perfect.
"Guide, can you hack into and control this thing?"
[I have tried, but it doesn't work. These mechanical life forms are different from the star network. They don't seem to have any channels to connect to the outside world. They are probably controlled by an internal LAN or something like that... Of course, there is another possibility. These mechanical warriors are protected by the power of laws, so they cannot be controlled by invading the neural network.]
Qi Sheng nodded and switched his gaze to the battlefield just now.
After clearing out the players and the Black Tide evil spirits, the Iron Soul Warriors scattered and retreated, standing in a vigilant posture. They saw dark red energy ripples suddenly appear in the black hole above the sky, spreading in circles, as if accumulating energy.
Soon, a dark red beam of light suddenly shot out from the black hole and pierced into the earth.
From Qi Sheng's perspective, countless spiritual minerals under the earth quickly melted after coming into contact with the light column. The energy dissipated after being shattered was blocked by the light column and flew towards the black hole in the sky.
The beam of light was like a straw piercing into the earth, absorbing the spiritual mineral energy from deep within the earth and continuously sending it to the other end of the space vortex.
Seeing this scene, Qi Sheng cursed in his heart.
In his eyes, all the resources in the Emperor's Tomb Mountains area are in his pocket. Even if they are swallowed up by the black tide controlled by the Earth Evil Spirit, they can eventually be converted into sacrificial power benefits for the players. At most, they will be temporarily stored in the hands of the Earth Evil Spirit.
However, this beam of light actually sucked away all the underground spiritual minerals in the Earth Rift Furnace area.
Robbery!
The process of extracting energy from the earth's spiritual mine lasted for half an hour. When the dark red light column dissipated, countless Iron Soul Warriors flew towards the rotating space black hole in the sky.
"Guide, follow and take a look." Qi Sheng, who was curious, immediately ordered.
Guide Ting Wen and fly towards the black hole with his consciousness.
Following the Iron Soul Warrior through the colorful space tunnel, Qi Sheng was shocked by the scene before his eyes.
His consciousness quickly retreated and zoomed out, and he saw a mechanical creature as big as the moon floating above the earth. It was shaped like a planet and its structure was made entirely of metal. It constantly tore through the space vortex around it, sending groups of Iron Soul Warriors to areas outside the black hole.
Then it shoots out a collection ray, passes through the black hole in space and extracts the spiritual mineral resources on the other side.
The analytical information of the guidance then appeared in Qi Sheng's mind:
【Mechanical Domination】:
Hunting Level: Demigod Level
Target introduction: The ultimate weapon in the Starry Fantasy Sea world, with a world rule integrated into its mechanical body, possessing demigod-level comprehensive combat power.
World Rule Features: Divine Gold
Introduction to rule characteristics: Enchanting metal substances, turning them into living metals that can grow and heal. After being solidified, any damage can be self-repaired and regenerated by devouring metal substances, achieving the form set during solidification, and retaining the functions created during setting (the strength of living metals can be enhanced by devouring other metals. The more metal substances devoured, the higher the strength of the living metal and the faster the self-healing speed).
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"Hiss, demigod level!"
When Qi Sheng saw the word "demigod" in the Mechanical Overlord's hunting level evaluation, he could not hide his shock.
He wanted to see which blind force came to the Emperor's Tomb Mountains to plunder the spiritual mineral resources, but he didn't expect that the other party was a demigod-level strongman, or a mechanical life from another world. He had only seen one demigod-level combat power in the monster world.
It is the Ice Blade with only the shell left.
In other words, the strength of the Mechanical Overlord has reached a level comparable to that of the Ice Blade.
But compared to the Ice Blade, this ultimate weapon has a huge advantage.
It controls a world rule and is blessed by the power of the rule.
As for why the guidance can analyze information outside the monster world and even the rules and characteristics of other worlds, Qi Sheng did not find it strange.
The Guide is one of the controllers of the four most powerful rules in the Monster World. All substances entering the Monster World will be registered in the World Information Database, and the Guide can read the analytical information.
It can be understood that the monster world in operation has a database that stores all information. As long as a new life is born, his information will be recorded in the world information database, which also includes life in other worlds.
As long as you enter the Monster World system, you will be analyzed and registered.
As one of the four gods who control the operation of the monster world, one of Guidance's abilities is to consult the world information database.
This rule feature is effective even when used in other worlds, but the parsing effect will be affected to a certain extent, and it is necessary to brute force break into the world information database for reference.
"Go in and have a look."
Under the guidance and escort, his consciousness entered the interior of the mechanical overlord and continued to go deeper and deeper.
The metal structures along the way are complex and sophisticated, and each layer is equipped with an energy defense system that wraps the internal core layer by layer.
Weapons factory, energy converter, mechanical research and development laboratory... Qi Sheng was surprised to find that there was no sign of life inside this super weapon.
Engineering Iron Soul, Combat Iron Soul, Medical Iron Soul... Inside the huge mechanical fortress, there are only countless Iron Soul machines running, as if you have stepped into a mechanical empire woven of metal and circuits.
"Go to the deepest part and take a look."
The guided movement speed suddenly increased, breaking through the heavy metal barriers and reaching the deepest part of the mechanical master.
What appeared before Qi Sheng's eyes was a room that looked extremely simple, completely different from the mechanical and technological feel outside.
In the corner of the room, next to a metal workbench, lay a humanoid skeleton in a black robe. It looked like it had been dead for many years, and its flesh and blood had melted away, leaving only a glowing skeleton.
After Qi Sheng's consciousness walked around the room, he came to the corpse, looked at the guide and asked curiously:
"Guide, can we read useful information from this skeleton?"
[Yes, by spending my energy, I can piece together the information and image fragments it left in this world before it died.]
"How much sacrifice power is required?"
[Its life force is not high, 100,000 sacrificial powers are enough. ]
"Use it."
The guiding water ball nodded after hearing this, and its analytical ability was activated. Countless illusory fragments were extracted from the world information library to reshape illusory flesh and blood for the skeleton.
After completely piecing together the illusory flesh and blood body of the dead humanoid life, a large number of broken memory fragments entered Qi Sheng's mind.
Looking around, the scenes in my memory haven't changed much.
Looking at the light curtain floating on the wall, he saw a world entangled by countless black corrupt tentacles unfolding before his eyes.
This is a projection of the outside world.
Wherever the invisible force passes in the picture, the outlines of the stars are no longer clear. The originally dazzling stars quickly dim, like a burned-out candle, gradually extinguished in the endless darkness. The once shining nebula is like a polluted watercolor painting, in chaos.
Qi Sheng was very familiar with this scene.
He had seen similar scenes countless times when he followed Yan Ming in search of the world of life.
This is exactly what will happen when the world is completely corroded by the terrifying black tide.
Looking up into the distance, the Black Tide Rift was like a huge mouth of the abyss, swallowing everything around it, including light and matter. The number of rifts continued to increase during this period.
During this process, the colors of the world disappear, leaving only colorless black.
Looking behind him, Qi Sheng saw a face that was distorted to the point of madness. It had a humanoid life structure. The biggest difference from humans was that it had a long and thin horn on its forehead with a dark red bead hanging on the top.
"We have lost, but the war is not over yet."
As he spoke, the humanoid figure turned around and looked at the dark golden light curtain behind him, and roared in a hoarse voice:
"Mechanical Overlord, you are what my race used up all its resources to create. We have been defeated, but your journey is not over yet. The last rule of this world has been integrated into your body. Follow the Black Tide to their world. That is a higher-level world with countless material energies that can be seized. There you will have a higher growth space, to devour, to create endless Iron Soul Warriors, to destroy everything in that world, until the Black Tide is completely destroyed."
As the humanoid figure roared hysterically, the huge mechanical master slowly moved towards the space vortex at the end of the darkness.
"Kill, grow, destroy... Mechanical Overlord, take the last rage of our race and destroy everything there. Avenge us."
The Mechanical Overlord pierced through the black fog amid the hysterical roar of its designer and slowly merged into the vortex of the black tide.
The broken screen keeps jumping.
Qi Sheng saw the Mechanical Overlord passing through the darkness and descending on the Rumbling Continent in the monster world.
At this time, the size of the Mechanical Overlord was only the size of two football fields, far from the size of the moon, but the crazy growth of the Mechanical Overlord also began.
Countless Iron Soul Engineers fell like raindrops, and all the spiritual mineral resources were crushed and devoured wherever they passed, and sent to the Mechanical Master to become nutrients for its growth.
The Iron Soul hunting level at this time is not high, but their growth rate is very terrifying.
Under the control of the Mechanical Overlord, Iron Soul seized the resources of the Monster World and developed rapidly.
During this process, the body of the Mechanical Overlord was constantly expanded and updated, and in the early stages, the technology iterations even occurred once every three days. Except for the core room where the designer was located, the evolution of the Mechanical Overlord could be described as changing with each passing day, until it became its current scale.
During this period, countless lives were slaughtered in the Rumbling Continent, including the Black Tide force that spread to the Rumbling Continent.
In the eyes of the Mechanical Overlord, there are no friendly forces; all energy and matter are enemies.
Because its ultimate goal is to completely destroy the entire world.
At the end of the memory image, the Mechanical Overlord has become one of the strongest forces in the Rumbling Continent. It has fought countless wars, both large and small, and although it has encountered setbacks, it has never truly failed, even when facing the powerful Black Tide Legion.
The scene was interrupted here. Qi Sheng looked down at the figure that had turned into a skeleton with a helpless expression.
Through memory images, he has figured out the origin of the Mechanical Overlord.
This is a pinnacle work before the destruction of a race, attempting to achieve revenge through this ultimate weapon and completely destroy the Black Tide.
But things did not develop according to the designer's script.
Because... they went to the wrong place.
The development trend envisioned by the designer is that the mechanical overlords will enter the Black Tide World, where they will rapidly devour and grow.
But the problem is that after the Mechanical Overlord passed through the Black Tide Vortex, he did not descend into the Black Tide World, but came to the monster world created by Emperor Omen.
So the last order left by the designer, "completely destroy everything in that world", became completely destroying the monster world.
At this stage, the Black Tide is also part of the monster world, but only a part.
The Mechanical Overlord has the ultimate goal of destroying everything, and Qi Sheng has classified it as a hostile force.
[This opponent should not be underestimated. It has integrated a rule of the Starry Sea world into its body. In theory, it has the potential to become a god... Of course, it is still far behind us four gods. After all, we control the power of the rules of the monster world, which is far from comparable to the rules of a small world like the Starry Sea. The strength of the world is completely not on the same level.]
Qi Sheng heard this and laughed, then nodded and said:
"Okay, let's go home."
[Okay, let’s go home.]
His sight quickly moved backwards from the designer's room, and the sophisticated mechanical structure moved forward from behind, shrinking continuously in Qi Sheng's sight.
When the moon-sized mechanical master appeared before his eyes again, a smile appeared on Qi Sheng's lips:
"Guide, it seems that the situation in the monster world is far more complicated than we expected. In addition to the ultimate goal of the terrifying black tide, there are obviously other potential challenges waiting for us, including revenge forces like the Mechanical Overlord that have descended from other worlds... With thousands of powerful races gathered together, the future will be very interesting."
[Boss, they can't compare to you. Lead the player army to defeat them! ]
Today's three chapters with 1.5 words have been completed, and one more chapter will be added in advance.
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