Resurrection Empire

Chapter 731 277 Counterattack, Betrayal or Death [4100 words]

Ren Zhong always believed he was well-acquainted with the realm of Level Five Professionals.

He had researched extensively and understood that the core transformation from Fourth Level to Fifth Level is the integration of armor with the Sixth Sense, commonly known as combat intuition.

But he had possessed a Perfect Level Sixth Sense combat intuition for so long that he was no longer a typical Fourth Level.

He did not expect to undergo a transformation immediately after this upgrade.

According to his original plan, upon reaching Level Five, he would use the personalized and improved mental stimulant prepared in advance by Sun Miao, as well as a temporary colonization potion with weakened power but side effects controlled to an acceptable level.

Combined with the anti-shock layer gradually evolving from the Red Blade Armor and the installed Deep Sea Heavy Water Glue, he could achieve tremendous acceleration endurance at the cost of entering a weakness period, with combat power approaching the state when he faced the Eight-legged Sutured Giant Beast after maxing out on lethal potions in the previous timeline.

As long as he could further remove the acceleration limit and exploit the enhanced performance of the Red Blade Armor, he was confident in handling the Vibranium Tiger.

But now Ren Zhong realized he was wrong.

He had underestimated the depth of the transformation at Level Five.

Apart from the deep connection between consciousness and the information stream, his brain reaction precision also significantly improved.

His Brain Reaction Index remained unchanged, and his thought speed hadn't accelerated, but the frequency of redundant information when pondering the same issue greatly diminished in his mind.

The time required for his decision-making decreased.

This state was very subtle and hard to describe in words, yet he could clearly sense it.

This phenomenon was inevitably linked to human intelligence.

He found it quite terrifying.

All of this was undoubtedly related to the information stream, but the fact that it could influence one's intelligence was bewildering and confusing.

Moreover, even though his body entered a state of suspended animation upon initiating consciousness upload, he could still see the timely updated analysis data from the armor's self-check system.

His body was undergoing changes.

The density of muscle fibers, bone hardness, tendon contraction force and toughness, blood viscosity, tissue fluid strength, and other detailed parameters began to increase anomalously.

Ren Zhong fell silent.

These unbelievable changes made him, a former researcher, doubt the Turing Test results, fearing this was a virtual world.

But he quickly found another explanation.

These changes didn't stem from the physiological level but originated from a more fundamental layer of basic physical rule level, occurring on the level of fundamental interactions.

But he could still find contradictions, as when he sparred with Ma Xiaoling, who had also ascended to Level Five, he didn't perceive these detailed changes in Ma Xiaoling's body.

She hadn't mentioned it either, nor did the Source Star Professional System's database contain such information.

Ren Zhong suspected this was a phenomenon unique to himself.

Thankfully, he had been vigilant and had already disconnected the detailed parameter synchronization function of the Red Blade Armor with the outside world, retaining only the most basic communication feature.

Otherwise, this situation would have attracted unwanted attention.

In the course of these considerations, he wasn't idle; he utilized the information captured by the nanobot array and his consciousness to establish an intelligence advantage with the energy meridians inside the Vibranium Tiger and maneuvered around the Vibranium Tiger.

After another ten seconds passed, the potion finally took effect, and he began to counterattack.

He fully unleashed himself, suddenly elevating the armor power limit to 250,000 kilowatts.

He now possessed a sound barrier-breaking capability comparable to, or even surpassing, that of the Vibranium Tiger, except he required a longer acceleration time, and his maneuvering ability was inferior to this all-metal life form.

However, his information advantage and predictive capability compensated for the gap between them.

The two clashed evenly.

For a moment, on this small hill of Wangnan Mountain, billowing dust rose to the sky, completely obscuring the view.

Chaotic energy frenziedly escaped, resembling a colorful rainbow spreading.

The Level Five Gunsmith assassin holding an experimental heavy sniper found himself stunned.

He dazedly put down the binoculars in his hand, holding back words for a long while before finally uttering a single word, "Damn!"

He was engulfed by a strong sense of powerlessness.

Afraid of leaking information, he dared not carry any electronic devices, except for a gun and an antique-like pair of binoculars, having removed the Biochemical Combat Suit with its Intelligent Brain Core.

Under normal circumstances, sniping from this distance would be no difficulty for an excellent Level Five Gunsmith, especially since he was holding an energy gun with a 'projectile speed' approaching the speed of light.