Chapter 79 Mechanical Dominance (Third update, please subscribe, please vote)
The evil moon shines high, and catkin-like ashes fall from the sky like snow flakes, corroding the earth.
Countless evil beings gathered into a monstrous wave, ravaging the Imperial Tomb Mountains area.
To the north of the ancient battlefield, there is the Earth Fissure Furnace area.
Qi Sheng looked down at the earth from a high altitude and could see a large number of players gathered here to engage in a desperate battle with the evil spirits sweeping in from the front. There was also a steady stream of players from behind to replenish the lost combat power in the front.
25 hours ago, a group of players discovered a strange thing while exploring the Forge area.
The raging evil spirits are excavating underground spiritual stones and transporting them northward in batches.
Players are not clear about Xie Sui's purpose, but they are very interested in robbing the spiritual ore transported by Xie Sui.
After a fierce battle, this team of players captured a batch of spiritual mines carried by the evil spirit, and gained a lot after sacrificing the statistics.
After this news was posted on the forum by players, it attracted the attention of major guilds, who organized manpower to join the snatching operation.
Today, a robbery operation jointly launched by the major guilds was launched.
During this period, Qi Sheng's consciousness followed the evil team carrying the spiritual mines, and found that the final destination of these spiritual mines was the high tower where the evil spirits of Earth Mind resided.
The transported spiritual ore is put into the furnace in the center of the tower for calcination, converting it into the energy needed for the growth of the Kuroshio.
But there is a problem that puzzles Qi Sheng.
The black tide has the characteristic of swallowing all energy. Why do we need to obtain the energy in the spiritual ore through time-consuming and laborious transportation? We can completely swallow the spiritual ore on the spot and integrate the internal energy into the black tide.
The answer to this question is given in the guide, which means that the swallowing and transformation efficiency of the Kuroshio at low tide is not high. The loss of transformation after being swallowed by substances with a stable structure such as spiritual ore is very high, but it can be transformed by being sent to the Evil Eye Tower for calcination. Maximize efficiency.
This is also the meaning of the existence of the Evil Eye Tower.
The powerful Kuroshio does not need any auxiliary tools at all, it is the most powerful energy-devouring 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 robbery, the evil spirits of Earth Mind have discovered the player's actions and controlled more black tide forces to escort the spiritual ore.
The difficulty of snatching the spiritual mines has increased accordingly, which is why the major guilds have chosen to join forces to fight.
You can see dozens of holes of different sizes on the ground at the foot of the volcano. These are the recent digs of evil beings, and their purpose is the spiritual mineral resources underground.
Whenever an evil being transports a batch of spiritual ore from a pit, players will push hard in that direction, trying to snatch some spiritual ore.
As more and more black mist clusters gather, the pressure on the player legion increases dramatically, and the number of deaths continues to increase.
During this period, the regional voice channels were extremely busy:
"Brothers, I can't stand it anymore. Let's go to the dark room to isolate ourselves for an hour. We'll see you after the isolation is over."
"Which friend nearby can send me a bottle of healing potion so that I can fight again and level up with less experience. I feel uncomfortable if I don't level up."
"The clone fireball flow is so powerful. In addition to the problem of high consumption, you need to constantly drink medicine to replenish your mental strength. It can be called the strongest team fighting style in the version. I am so happy. If you guys in the front row couldn't stand it, I am fully capable of fighting again, but you are dragging me down.”
"It's almost over. Our guild has grabbed a lot of spiritual ores, and we're just waiting for Autism to finish and divide the loot, hehe."
"Brothers nearby, move away. Before I die, I will blow myself up and kill another wave of evil spirits."
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Just when this round of snatching operations was about to stall, and Qi Sheng was about to turn his attention to other players' perspectives, a sudden change occurred.
A huge black vortex suddenly appeared in the sky. Countless black cracks appeared on the edge of the rotation. The surging clouds were instantly shattered by invisible forces, and the nearby space was distorted.
Countless dark golden human-like shapes fell like raindrops from the vortex in space.
Qi Sheng's eyes narrowed and he discovered that these dark golden figures were actually mechanical life forms.
The moment it landed, the mechanical warrior launched a devastating sweep of the surrounding area, and players were also targets of its attacks.
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 they are players or evil beings, there is no single enemy against this group of mechanical beings.
The sudden arrival of mechanical warriors left the player army, which was already in a state of collapse, completely unable to resist.
During this period, there were constant curses on the regional voice channel. Players expressed their dissatisfaction with the mechanical warriors in beautiful language arts. Some players were also asking what was going on with the sudden arrival of the mechanical warriors.
The battle lasted less than a minute, and the scene where the demons were dancing was cleared away, and all players and evil spirits disappeared.
This scene obviously frightened the evil spirits behind the scenes who controlled the direction of the black tide. The black mist in the distance stopped approaching and began to change direction and retreat.
The sudden arrival of the mechanical warrior also made Qi Sheng curious.
"Guidance, analysis!"
【clear. 】
Suddenly a large amount of information appeared in Qi Sheng's mind.
【Iron Soul】：
Hunting Level: 83
Target introduction: Living metal warriors, the pinnacle work of technology and bioengineering, the mechanical masters perfectly integrate the cold and hard machinery with the toughness of life, creating a group of new warrior forms that have flesh and blood but transcend machines, and named them Iron Souls. All iron soul warriors can grow in strength by swallowing iron ore.
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As the analytical information of the guidance was presented, the 3D modeling image of Iron Soul was also formed in front of Qi Sheng.
Tie Hun is 2.5 meters tall. The dark golden shell is covered with transparent luminous lines, shimmering with cold light. Every inch of his body seems to have been carefully carved, with a sense of mechanical precision without losing the flow of life.
The design of its head is particularly unique. It looks like a cheetah ready to attack. Its eyes are inlaid with two electronic eyes that emit red light, and there is a slightly raised sensor in the center of its forehead.
Swiping the three-dimensional model, the suspended iron soul phantom rotates, sharp blades pop out from the ends of the fingers, and the "buzzing" sound of the energy core's operation is heard on the body.
Looking closer, under 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 and control this thing?"
[I tried it, but it doesn’t work. These mechanical life forms are different from the Star Network. They don’t seem to have channels to connect to the outside. They probably use a control mode such as an internal LAN... Of course, there is another possibility that these mechanical warriors are protected by the power of law. , so it cannot be controlled by neural network intrusion. 】
Qi Sheng nodded and switched his gaze to the battlefield just now.
After eliminating the players and the black tide evil spirit, the iron soul warriors retreated and stood in a vigilant posture. Dark red energy ripples suddenly appeared in the black hole above the sky, spreading in circles, as if they were accumulating energy.
Not long after, a dark red light pillar suddenly shot out from the black hole and pierced the earth.
From Qi Sheng's perspective, countless spiritual ores under the earth melted rapidly after contact with the light pillar. The energy dissipated after being crushed was blocked by the light pillar and flew upward into the black hole.
The light beam is like a straw piercing the earth, absorbing the energy of the spiritual mineral deep in the earth, and continuously sending it to the other end of the space vortex.
Seeing this scene, Qi Sheng cursed inwardly.
In his eyes, the resources in the Emperor's Tomb Mountain Range are all in his pocket. Even if they are swallowed up by the black tide controlled by the evil spirit of Earth Mind, they can eventually be converted into one's own sacrifice power through the players. At most, they are temporary Earth Mind. In the hands of evil spirits.
But this beam of light drew away all the underground spiritual minerals in the Earth Fissure Furnace area.
Robbery!
The process of extracting energy from the earth's spiritual mine lasted for half an hour. When the dark red light pillar dissipated, countless iron soul warriors flew towards the rotating black hole in the sky.
"Guide, follow up and take a look." Qi Sheng, curious in his heart, ordered immediately.
The guide heard it and flew 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 him.
His consciousness quickly retreated and zoomed out, and he saw a mechanical creation comparable to the size of the moon suspended above the earth. It was shaped like a planet, and its structure was entirely made of metal. The space vortex was constantly tearing apart around it, forming a A group of iron soul warriors were sent to the area outside the black hole.
Then the collection light is emitted, passing through the black hole in space to extract the spiritual mineral resources at the other end.
The analytical information of the guidance then appeared in Qi Sheng’s mind:
【Mechanical Master】：
Hunting Level: Demigod
Target introduction: The ultimate weapon in the fantasy sea world of stars, the mechanical body is integrated with the rules of the world, and has a semi-god-level comprehensive combat power.
World rules characteristics: Divine gold
Introduction to rules and characteristics: Attune metal substances to turn them into living metals that can grow and heal. After being solidified, any damage can be repaired and regenerated by swallowing the metal substances, reaching the form set during solidification, and retaining the equipment. The function of timed creation (the strength of living metal can be enhanced by swallowing other metals. The more metal substances are swallowed, the higher the strength of the living metal and the faster the self-healing speed).
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"Hiss, demigod level!"
Qi Sheng couldn't hide his shock when he saw the word "demigod" in the mechanical master's hunting level evaluation.
I wanted to see which unsighted force came to the Emperor's Tomb Mountains to plunder spiritual mineral resources, but I didn't expect that the opponent turned out to be a demigod-level powerhouse or a mechanical life form from other worlds. He has only seen one demi-god-level combat power in the monster world for the time being.
It is the ice blade with only the body left.
In other words, the mechanical master's strength has reached a level comparable to that of an ice blade.
But compared to the ice blade, this ultimate weapon has a huge advantage.
It masters a world rule and is blessed by the power of the rules.
As for why the guide can analyze information outside the monster world, and even information about rules and characteristics of other worlds, Qi Sheng doesn't find it strange.
Guidance 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 Guidance 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, including life in other worlds.
As long as you enter the monster world system, you will be analyzed and registered.
As the four gods who control the operation of the monster world, one of their guiding abilities is to consult the world information database.
This rule feature can be effective even if used in other worlds, but the analysis effect will be affected to a certain extent, and it requires violent breaking of the world information database to check.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
"Go in and have a look."
Under the escort of guidance, his consciousness entered the inside of the mechanical master and continued to go deeper.
The metal structure along the way is complex and precise, and each layer is equipped with an energy defense system to wrap the internal core layer by layer.
Weapons factory, energy converter, mechanical research and development room... Qi Sheng was surprised to find that there was no sign of life in this super weapon.
Engineering Iron Soul, Combat Iron Soul, Medical Iron Soul... In the huge mechanical fortress, there are only countless Iron Soul machines running, as if stepping into a mechanical empire woven with metal and circuits.
"Go and have a look at the deepest part."
The movement speed of the guide suddenly accelerated, breaking through the heavy metal barriers and reaching the deepest part of the mechanical master.
What appeared in front of Qi Sheng was a very simple-looking room, completely different from the mechanical technology outside.
Next to a metal workbench in the corner of the room, there lay a humanoid skeleton wearing a black robe. It looked like it had been dead for some years, and the flesh and blood had melted away, leaving only a skeleton with a faint glow. .
After Qi Sheng's consciousness walked around the room, he came to the corpse, looked at the guide and said curiously:
"Guide, can we read useful information from this skeleton?"
[Yes, by spending sacrifice power, I can piece together the fragments of information and images it left in this world before it died. 】
"How much sacrificial energy does it take?"
[Its life strength is not high, one hundred thousand sacrificial power is enough. 】
"Use it."
The water ball was directed to nod upon hearing this, and its analytical ability was activated. Countless illusory fragments were extracted from the world information database, and the illusory flesh and blood was reconstructed for this skeleton.
After completely piecing together the illusory flesh and blood body of the dead humanoid life, a large number of fragmented memory fragments entered Qi Sheng's mind.
Looking around, the pictures in the memory images have not changed much.
Looking at the light curtain suspended on the wall, he saw the world wrapped in countless black corrupt tentacles unfolding before his eyes.
This is a projected image of the outside scene.
Wherever the invisible force in the picture passes, the outlines of the stars are no longer clear. The originally dazzling stars quickly dim, like burned out candles, gradually extinguished in the endless darkness. The once shining nebulae are like polluted watercolor paintings. , chaos.
This scene was extremely familiar to Qi Sheng.
When he followed Yan Ming to search for the world of life, he had seen similar scenes countless times.
This is exactly what will happen when the world is completely eroded by the black tide of terror.
Looking up into the distance, the Kuroshio Fissure is like a huge mouth of the abyss, swallowing everything around it, including light and matter. The number of fissures continues to increase during this period.
In this process, the color of the world disappears, leaving only black with no visible color.
Looking behind him, Qi Sheng saw a face that was almost twisted to the point of madness. It had a human-like life structure. The biggest difference from humans was that there was a slender horn on its forehead, and there was a horn hanging on the top. A dark red bead.
"We lost, but the war is not over yet."
As he spoke, the humanoid figure turned to look at the dark golden light curtain behind him, and roared in a hoarse voice:
"Mechanical Overlord, you were created by our clan using all our resources. We lost, but your journey is not over yet. The last rules of this world have been integrated into your body. Follow the black tide to their world, which is a higher level. In the world of this level, there is countless material energy that can be captured, where you can have a higher growth space to devour, create endless iron soul warriors, and destroy everything in that world until the Black Tide is completely destroyed."
With the humanoid figure roaring hysterically, the huge mechanical master slowly drove towards the space vortex at the end of the darkness.
"Killing, growing, destroying...the mechanical master, with the last anger of our clan, destroys everything there and avenges us."
The mechanical master pierced the black mist amid the hysterical roar of the designer, and slowly merged into the black tide vortex.
Broken images kept jumping.
Qi Sheng saw the mechanical master passing through the black curtain and descending on the Diming Continent in the monster world.
At this time, the size of the mechanical master was only the size of two football fields, far from the size of the moon, but this was the beginning of the crazy growth of the mechanical master.
Countless iron soul engineers fell like raindrops, and all the spiritual mineral resources in their path were crushed and devoured, and sent to the mechanical master to become nutrients for their growth.
The level of Iron Soul Hunting at this time was not high yet, but their growth rate was very terrifying.
Under the control of the mechanical master, Iron Soul seized the resources of the monster world and developed rapidly.
During this process, the body of the Mechanical Overlord continued to expand and update. The early technical iterations even reached once every three days. Except for the core room where the designer is located, the evolution of the Mechanical Overlord can be described as changing with each passing day until it reaches its current scale.
During this period, countless creatures in the Diming Continent were slaughtered, including the black tide forces that spread to the Diming Continent.
There are no friendly forces in the eyes of the mechanical master, and 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 Diming Continent. Since its development, it has fought countless wars. Although there have been setbacks, it has never truly failed, even when facing the powerful Kuroshio Legion.
The scene was interrupted, and 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 master.
This is the pinnacle work before the destruction of a race. It attempts to use this ultimate weapon to complete revenge and completely destroy the Black Tide.
But the situation did not develop according to the designer's script.
Because... they went to the wrong place.
The development trend envisioned by the designer is for mechanical masters to enter the world of black tide, where they will rapidly devour and grow.
But the problem is that after the mechanical master passed through the Kuroshio whirlpool, he did not come to the Kuroshio world. Instead, he came to the monster world created by Di Zhao.
So the last command left by the designer, "Total destruction of everything in that world," became the complete destruction of the monster world.
At this stage, Kuroshio is also part of the monster world, but it is 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 incorporates the rules of the Star Fantasy Sea World into its body. In theory, it already has the potential to become a god... Of course, it is still far behind our four gods. After all, we are all monsters. The power of the rules of the world is far from comparable to the rules of small worlds such as Star Fantasy Sea. The strength of the world is not on the same level at all. 】
When Qi Sheng heard this, he laughed dumbly, then nodded and said:
"Okay, let's go home."
【Okay, go home. 】
His gaze quickly moved back from the designer's room, and the precise mechanical structure passed forward from behind, shrinking in Qi Sheng's sight.
When the mechanical master body that was as big as the moon reappeared in front of him, a smile appeared on the corner of Qi Sheng's mouth:
"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 many like mechanical masters who have descended from other worlds. Revenge forces... Thousands of powerful clans gather together, the future will be very interesting.”
[Boss, how can they compare with you? Lead an army of players to defeat them! 】
Today’s three chapters of 15,000 words are completed, and one more chapter will be added in advance.
Also thanks to: my friend Goudan and the leader of the alliance who gave the reward.
Thank you to the flaming duck for the 5,000 starting coins, to the sponge cake for the 1,700 starting coins, to the traveling Tiezhu for the 1,100 starting coins... Thank you all for supporting the new book.
(End of chapter)