Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 484 - 19: Dimension Weapon - Aidolu

Pan-Asian Region, a term that generally refers to the territories of the Old Empire, which means the main continent, along with a series of colonial island countries and mechanical exclaves.

Besides the Pan-Asian Region, Mechanical Split Star has two other regions, corresponding to the Ancient Times’ Alliance and Federation.

They are called the ’Future Realm’ and ’Divine Land’.

These three major regions also have the most Mechanical Cities, and besides them, there are numerous scattered colonies.

Moreover, the styles of the three regions are completely different. For example, the Pan-Asian Region has the harshest environment, with raging storms and occasional island collisions due to the aftershocks of continental plate turbulence. Outside the dominion of the Mechanical City, life is almost impossible to sustain.

Pan-Asian Region, Liangzhou Plate, near the Split Sea

A small clownfish quietly popped its head up, gently spitting out a mouthful of seawater. The clownfish looked towards the distant sea surface and, relying on the instinct of a fragile creature, it could sense that a vast presence was approaching from afar.

The presence felt as if the ocean had opened its jaws to devour all living things.

Yet in the next moment, as a wave came, the clownfish blinked in astonishment.

It suddenly realized that the vast presence had disappeared without a trace.

In the ocean shrouded by radiation clouds, underwater vortexes were forming in the distance, as if turning into a huge, hollow face.

Then, this face revealed a strange smile.

The clownfish shivered suddenly and plunged into the water.

The sea was too dangerous; it needed to find its father.

The deep sea is full of marvels. In the depths of this sea, there is a blue fluorescence, home to numerous luminescent creatures—glowing jellyfish, annelids, and even some krill and sea fireflies.

On the seabed, remnants of gigantic machines lie scattered, their surfaces densely covered by seaweed. No need to mention anything else; the sheer size of the remains aligns with the ’foolishly large and clumsy’ style of the Empire.

Without a doubt, this is an ancient battlefield.

Both the luminescent organisms and the plants here are rare radiation species. They are beautiful yet equally lethal. The intensity of the radiation field here has reached S-Level, where any deep-sea creature attracted by the ’radiance’ would melt in a few breaths.

Even the intensity at the center of a nuclear explosion pales in comparison to this deep-sea area.

Over decades of conflict between radiation energy and fission energy, some mutations have gradually emerged.

In the deep sea, such ’deadly zones’ are not uncommon.

Following the fluorescence leads to an area of ’frozen methane bubbles’, with countless frost flowers covering the surface of the bubbles. This region appears dreamlike, like a snow country. However, if these bubbles were to break, the greenhouse effect produced would be comparable to the simultaneous detonation of over a hundred nuclear bombs, raising the temperature of this sea region by dozens of degrees.

On the Liangzhou Plate, this area is designated as a forbidden zone, prohibiting any organisms from lingering.

Passing through the ’Bubble Zone’ reaches the edge of this sea region, where there is a massive underwater glacier. Numerous ice floes race out from the ice cavern and burst through the sea surface as ice fragments. Who would have thought that beneath this ice zone, far colder than other sea regions, lies such a ’super bomb’.

Of course, it’s not entirely unknown.

After an ice block the size of a small mountain disintegrated, a gigantic jellyfish suddenly descended from the sky. This jellyfish, over a hundred meters long with a semi-transparent body, emitted fluorescence similar to that of the ’ancient battlefield’. The seawater posed no hindrance to it, and it fell at a speed akin to a meteorite from the high sky, incredibly fast.

This indicates that it has completely transformed into energy, and material-layer objects can no longer block it.

This is an A-level Radiation Beast, and it’s also a severely injured one, with light continuously spilling from its body—dispersed energy.

The kind of injury that could cause such harm would not be physical damage but energy strikes of the same level!

Suddenly, the surface of the water seemed to explode like a bomb had been dropped. A human-shaped luminous figure descended with the force of splitting waves and shaking the sea, crashing into the seabed. Even from a distance, the deafening roar of the giant engine on it could tear your ear drums.

Gao Gong seemed like some ’Navy Salted Fish General’, or even like a multi-joint large-scale energy launcher, as countless energy beams erupted from various parts of his body, striking at his opponent.

Among the four life forms—Carbon-Based Life, Information Life, Energy Life, and Mechanical Life—Energy Life has the thickest blood volume, and the more advanced the Energy Life, the quicker the recovery speed.

This Jellyfish Queen has a blood volume of five million. Gao Gong expended considerable effort to critically wound it.

At this moment, a holographic model of this A-level Radiation Beast had been established in Gao Gong’s mind. Each attack landed on its energy nodes, interrupting its self-repair. With over 400 energy recovery nodes across its body, it is, in some sense, even harder to kill than most A-level Radiation Beasts.

This is also the most disliked type of monster by players—a health tank monster.

However, with Gao Gong’s relentless strikes, its blood volume was finally reduced to 1/10. Though the health bar was still long, hope had finally appeared.

Suddenly, an alarm rang in Gao Gong’s mind.

’Master, the energy of the reactor is about to run out. The energy of the reactor is about to run out.’

The personal AI, Little A, reminded.

’Why didn’t you say so earlier,’ Gao Gong complained, ’You’re really the king of hindsight.’

’But my all-seeing and all-knowing master, didn’t you already have a Plan B ready?’

’Heh, of course!’

With a thought, bioelectric currents surged over Gao Gong’s body surface, and powerful biological energy directly injected into the carbon atom reactor, instantly recharging this energy tool.

Using organisms to charge mechanical bodies, a technique Gao Gong recently devised.

’When I can finally activate the "Advanced Energy Reactor" and "Space Reactor", that’ll be the ultimate thrill.’

Gao Gong thought greedily.

These types of advanced equipment require absolutely no maintenance or recovery.

Thirty minutes later, with the Jellyfish Queen’s final wail, the entire seabed lit up; the large jellyfish body dissolved into the water, as if it never existed.

This type of tanky monster has another nasty trait, which is never giving you a chance to loot the corpse.

As a result, most players tend to steer clear of them.

However, Energy Lives have a significant advantage too, which is that their "bloodline replicability" is far higher than other species. Whenever their stored energy reaches a certain level, they will self-split, and the split bloodline will not degrade.

This self-splitting even bypasses the shackles of A-level bloodlines.

Gao Gong had already killed three of these Jellyfish Queens; this one was the fourth.

[You killed an A-level Jellyfish Queen, Experience +8,000,000, Specialization Points +3, Random Tier 2 Biological Blueprint]

Perhaps because he had killed so many of the same type of monster, the rewards were becoming more reduced.

However, the subsequent reward made Gao Gong’s eyes light up.

[You received a permanent status, "Subjugation of the Jellyfish Queen"]

[Your species intimidation +10]

Subjugation of the Jellyfish Queen (Permanent Status): Threat+40% to this species, Attack bonus +40%, Attack bonus +30% to all "Energy-Transformed Creatures."

Note: A-level bloodlines represent the crown of natural evolution; today, you took that crown off.

An indescribable feeling emanated from Gao Gong’s body. The next moment, it felt like the operation of energy particles sped up, causing a reaction in the bioelectric current. Gao Gong understood this was a cellular-level change.

All previous bodily adjustments were not as profound as this one!

Gao Gong looked at the "Subjugation of the Jellyfish Queen," especially the last attribute, and let out a mischievous laugh.

Energy Body damage +30%, this attribute is absolutely thrilling!

In a sense, he found a loophole.

Theoretically, A-level Radiation Beasts should not exhibit permanent status because A-level Radiation Beast Swarms don’t exist—at least not in Planet Civilization.

However, the peculiarity of Energy Bodies made the same A-level bloodline possible.

Being an old hand, Gao Gong keenly seized this opportunity—in fact, only he could seize this opportunity.

Never mind the players, even among all the advanced NPCs on the planet, few could accomplish this.

In terms of individual strength, Gao Gong estimated he could now rank in the top 20 of the entire planet: the Favored of the three Planet Hosts, a few Martial Gods of the Mother City, a few leaders of the Mechanical Legion, plus a few overlords of the Super Corporations and a few monsters of the Rebel Army—that’s about it.

Of course, that’s before the Cyber Tide.

Once the Cyber Tide is unleashed, everything representing order will be destroyed. Under the tidal wave of the Information Tide, all material existences will be restructured, and by then, monsters of level 80, 90, or even above 100 will be easily "restructured" out.

It sounds like a cheat, but this is a method of "Overlord" unique to the Information Civilization.

...

Inside the Brain Disc, seeing Gao Gong gradually reveal a perverse smile, Aidolu couldn’t help but comment: "No matter how you look at it, this guy is even more perverse than before."

"Why leave you alone if not for being perverse," a cold voice suddenly spoke, "Madam Aidolu, you wouldn’t want your secret to be known by your husband, would you?"

Aidolu’s pupils widened suddenly, and her holographic projection flickered due to the emotional fluctuation.

"Is this why you sent Ahong away? Let me tell you, that was our agreement," Aidolu angrily said, "Can you not be so perverse, if you want Aidolu to accompany you, just buy another ’me’. Why are you always interested in mature women!!"

"Famous idol Aidolu, up until now, the users who have engaged with your virtual products are almost 50 million people," Gao Gong couldn’t help but comment, "In a certain sense, you are the perverted one."

"What nonsense, I just love everyone!" Aidolu said shyly.

At this time, Aidolu had completely shed Little Aii’s disguise and was speaking in the tone of a globally renowned idol.

"I want to discuss another transaction with you."

Inside the Brain Disc, Gao Gong’s data projection appeared. With a flick of his finger, numerous Aidolus popped out, their images overlapping heavily, seeming to cover the entire planet.

A global-level virtual product, there aren’t many capable of this.

"I need all your data."

"Why?" Aidolu frowned and asked back.

"I need to create a Dimensional Ascension Weapon, and the creation of such a weapon cannot be separated from the most core element, which is virtual entities with extremely high informational content."

"You can understand it as an Artifact Spirit, a weapon’s soul!"