Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

Chapter 797 693: Intelligent Mechanism

The sunset's crimson light shone across the sky, as the horizon revealed a semicircular sphere emitting a warm glow akin to maple leaves.

It projected through the aircraft's glass, raising the cabin's temperature by a notch.

The atmosphere became more comfortable, inducing a sleepy sensation among the crew.

Some guild members reclined their seats completely, lying back and basking in the warmth that the light provided, drifting into short dreams.

Although their previous battles hadn't inflicted serious injuries, they had expended significant amounts of magic power and energy.

After all, they were fighting against multiple opponents, and even though the enemies were weaker, facing many foes required extra magic power and effort.

Now utterly safe, they couldn't help but relax and prepared to rest for a while.

But while a few were resting, most were tallying up their gains from this outing.

It's worth noting that they had eliminated quite a few enemies this time, with magic stones being the foremost reward.

They were now calculating each person's share.

Even Islam had leaned against the aircraft, temporarily abandoning control of his flight, as he fiddled with a magic stone he'd acquired for the first time.

Kane sat at the main seat, leaning back with his eyes closed, yet he didn't fall asleep, instead contemplating the mission at hand.

Was this operation successful?

Without a doubt, it was exceptionally successful, as the entire operation only took several hours.

Truthfully, the speed was quicker than Kane himself expected.

Primarily because he hadn't anticipated flying right over the enemy's head before reaching the target location.

They had flown over the enemy's head and were precisely detected.

Even so, they pinpointed their landing location right in front of Cobbock.

However.

From landing to successfully escaping the enemy's surveillance.

The mission target was flawlessly achieved, rescuing mechanical life forms, albeit a few, all in safety.

Additionally, they successfully dismantled and transported the mother of all mechanical machines.

They left behind the battle machines created for their own safety.

Those devices were mostly of copper and silver grade, roughly made due to material scarcity.

Discarding them didn't cause much heartache.

Reflecting now, although their pace was smooth and quick, the operation wasn't entirely smooth-sailing.

Logically, one could say the operation was extraordinarily smooth, without any hiccups.

Their approach was fast, precise, and fierce.

Yet even so, they encountered two waves of enemy interception.

This surprised Kane greatly.

A few days ago, they received Cobbock's SOS, decoded to reveal another encryption method and logical structure.

This evidently indicated Cobbock's attempt to evade enemy interception.

After exchanging brief messages to avoid unnecessary complications, they set the operation in motion.

In the meantime, Cobbock continued to send rescue signals to lull the enemy's vigilance.

This was synchronized with perfect mutual understanding between the parties.

From the enemy's actions, it was clear they hadn't anticipated Kane's arrival, indicating the prior communications were indeed covert.

Nevertheless, Kane couldn't help but admire the enemy's strong action capability and rapid response pace.

From the moment Kane's team entered enemy territory and reached their destination.

This was all in the span of a mere ten minutes or so.

The enemy's swift reaction involved directing the surrounding troops to immediately engage.

This showed the enemy's reconnaissance was impeccable, with dedicated teams or personnel constantly monitoring signal feedback.

After Kane's team annihilated that wave of enemies and successfully carried out the rescue operation, preparing to evacuate.

Another interception team was ready, still comprising two waves, to block Kane's departure.

Though the aerial interception team faltered, posing little impact on Kane's crew.

One could not help but be impressed by the enemy's operational capability and those keen, responsive commanding systems.

Such swift actions highlight the enemy's command systems' simplicity and effectiveness.

This implies at least one significant figure was on constant standby.

Their ranks likely involved high-level leaders.

Faced with Kane's unexpected appearance, their reaction was almost perfect.

Although they ultimately failed, they hadn't anticipated the prowess of Kane and his team.

This was something Kane could comprehend.

After all, who would think an aircraft housed ten gold-level powerhouses, each exceptionally strong.

Those slightly weaker forces would be held down, subsequently enveloped by the enemy's reactive, organized command system.

Then, it was tightly held down and slowly devoured.

Maybe it would even drag itself down.

Thinking about it, Kane opened his eyes and took out the map given to him by the Mist, marking the area he just saw.

The mark was precisely the symbol of the faction he had just seen from the aircraft.

A triangle emblem composed of three overlapping triangles in blue, red, and green.

This faction, which Kane came to know formally just a few hours ago, left an extremely deep impression on him.

A concise and efficient command system that requires vigilance and purity from top to bottom, otherwise, such effectiveness can't be achieved.

A formidable force with aerial routes, equipped with impressive weaponry, mechanical equipment, and magic technology buildings for support, all of which are top-tier in the faction Kane has seen.

And they encountered six gold-level individuals in just these two waves.

These six gold-level strong individuals could still be mobilized as a group within a few hours.

This indicates that there are likely more behind them; at least the enemy surely won't lack gold-level strong individuals.

With a perfect training path, this might reflect that the enemy has good education and can effectively nurture gold-level strong individuals.

The magic technology strength exhibited by the enemy's forces makes one feel inferior in some aspects.

This is just the tip of the iceberg revealed in just these few hours of conflict.

This will definitely be a formidable force.

Although they were quite far from Kane, he couldn't help but think about how to face this faction.

It's unknown how many troops the enemy has, but based on the quality of the troops they have shown.

If Kane's troops were of the same number, they would definitely be crushed.

Perhaps they could cooperate, since both are magic technology forces and the distance is sufficiently far.

There are virtually no conflicting interests.

The enemy's command system is so efficient, which means they shouldn't be fools.

If they negotiated cooperation, it is likely to be successful.

After all, during Kane's engagement with the enemy, he also revealed his own strength.

As for what to cooperate on, they need to understand each other first.

For example, the exchange of technological knowledge is the easiest to think of.

It's believed that the enemy has gained some understanding of Kane's strength and technology as well.

But there's no rush now, just note it down first.

The World Ring is indeed full of hidden talents, just going on a trip led to encountering such a formidable force.

In many aspects, they can be said to crush Kane and his forces.

At this time, Kane saw Korkor coming over.

Seeing him coming, Kane reconstructed a seat next to him and waved his hand to indicate for him to sit down.

"Since we have successfully rescued you, Korkor, and fulfilled the conditions you put forward, according to our agreement, you are officially joining us."

Korkor nodded to Kane's straightforward and unabashed words.

As a mechanical life form, he doesn't like to beat around the bush; being straightforward is best.

"Yes, Kane, according to our agreement, you have rescued us and accomplished the goal I needed you to achieve.

According to our agreement, my kin and I are now your subordinates."

Regarding Kane's words, Korkor had no objections.

After hearing Korkor's words, Kane nodded and then said, "Since you have joined my forces, tell me specifically about you or your race's characteristics, and what value you can bring to me.

This way, after reaching the destination, I can arrange your work and positions."

To be honest, Kane's understanding of the Mechanical Race is very limited, almost non-existent.

He can only know from their racial traits that they must be adept with magic technology.

This point alone is enough to make Kane envious.

Now, with time, it's a good opportunity to understand a bit more, to prepare for future actions.

"We are mechanical life forms, we call ourselves the Intelligent Mechanism. Although mechanical, we have life, we have souls.

We also have growth potential like life."

"It's just that what helps us grow is not time, but calculation. As we calculate and understand more, we grow faster.

The more we know and the more abilities we have, the stronger we become."

Hearing Korkor's words, Kane nodded, like learning.

Learning allows them to grow.

Seeing Kane almost understand the first trait he mentioned, he continued.

In his hand, he used lines of magic power to form a 3D pattern similar to previous machinery.

"As long as there is enough energy and materials, the core mother machine can manufacture the Intelligent Mechanism at a speed of two per week."

After saying this, Korkor waved his hand, and magic power surged from his hands, transforming into a magic rune composed of straight lines and then formed a panel.

The panel resembled a virtual data panel.

And it recorded the required materials.