novelraw Chapter 753 - 516: Post-Match Daily Life, Closing the Workshop to Visitors (6K)
Chapter 753 - 516: Post-Match Daily Life, Closing the Workshop to Visitors (6K)
Spiritual Power no longer lifted himself, and Lin Guang descended from the sky, silently landing in front of the rainforest.
The towering ferns were still everywhere, sunlight fell from the sky, and the humid air by the river, with a mix of earthy scent and a hint of metallic aroma, entered his nose.
From time to time, he could even see a few small animals moving around in this area.
None of this was a necessity for creating machinery.
Yet someone liked it.
And that was enough.
Lin Guang followed a specially laid path, stepping over the moist pebbles, bypassing the enormous hill of metal parts, which had grown taller as the number proliferated, resembling a heap of junk, and arrived beneath a gate with a sign depicting a snake’s head spitting out a tongue.
The dark green door was ajar.
He entered without hesitation.
With the wave of heat blowing from the workshop, an invisible ripple flashed across Lin Guang’s perception.
This was the newly arranged, multi-functional Spirit Rune Array inside the factory, silently scanning his body. After identifying that the visitor was on the whitelist, it subsided again without a sound.
The layout inside the workshop had not changed much since the 726th floor; it still bore the unique roughness and wildness of Zumama, an appearance of chaos yet order.
The thick pipelines connecting the Ether furnace extended in all directions, with oddly shaped modified equipment placed in the various independent cubicles and studios.
However, the most eye-catching presence...
was still the Steel Giant connected by countless pipelines in the center of the area.
[Angry Iron Plate].
At this moment, this machinery, brimming with bizarre life force, appeared not much different from its previous state, only slightly shorter by about half a meter, retaining the same rough and powerful outline.
Yet, the life force and Spirituality transmitted through the contract were authentic.
After the post-battle inspection and repair, its newly birthed shell was once again painted, and the ochre and Obsidian-like shell still shimmered with a crystalline texture, with the cannon tube extending from the chest armor appearing exceedingly menacing.
Beneath its semi-transparent shell, one could still see the extremely complex, vein-like Spirit Rune Array pulsating rhythmically, like a heartbeat.
Those pipelines attached at various parts of its body seemed not only to channel various kinds of Ether but also a variety of potions and Spiritual Material solutions, slowly injected into its body, gradually absorbed by its robust frame.
Even in its slumber, this machinery appeared as dignified as a majestic deity in a temple.
... Or perhaps not just appeared like it.
In those small countries, such a machinery blessed by a Tier Eight Holy Beast was indeed powerful enough to serve as a guardian deity of a territory, worshipped day and night with the utmost reverence.
Seeing Lin Guang’s entrance, the crystal-like cockpit resembling a head on the machine, flashed with two simulated points of crimson light, as if greeting him.
Lin Guang smiled and nodded back at it.
— If one were to mention the most obvious gain for Lin Guang in participating in the Mechanical Spirit Cup, this would be one of them.
Perhaps due to its symbiosis with Zumama and being crafted together, participating together in the process of gaining life, it was considered a Terra creature. Lin Guang could contract with it without any resistance, perfectly matching his Talent.
A Tier Five mechanical Spirit Beast with three Dao Marks.
Simply put, it was a prodigy among the Spirit Beasts.
During the tests after the Mechanical Spirit Cup, Lin Guang had already evaluated its Combat Power.
If Lin Guang fully applied his Domain to support it, even without Zumama’s collaboration, it could handle the Domain of an ordinary Tier Six Beast King single-handedly.
As for how he arrived at this conclusion...
Lin Guang could confirm that this rainforest, housing Zumama’s factory, could border the colorful Forest of Serenity filled with old seniors without any targeted incidents. Throughout the process, not a single old senior suffered irreversible harm.
Hmm, psychological trauma doesn’t count.
"These guys have been living too comfortably and need a good beating. Just don’t kill them, because that annoying Qiu Yuan really gets on your nerves. If you really kill him, he would hunt you down over 299 floors continuously."
— So said Teacher Lu Pa, who also lived in the Forest of Serenity.
Carrying the food box in his hand, Lin Guang navigated around the massive machinery, books, and parts everywhere, finding that figure curled up on the sofa in the living area in the corner.
There lay Fidia (the serpent) girl with shoulder-length indigo hair, embracing her thick brown snake tail, deeply asleep. Nearby, lay a pair of Spiritual Artifact glasses specifically for receiving course information.
To maintain the operation of various precision instruments in the workshop, the temperature was kept high. Although she no longer dressed as scantily as initially, with just a few rags, she still wore a thin black camisole and a pair of very short hot pants.
Her sleeping posture was strange, as if boneless, allowing herself freedom, carrying a touch of girl-like innocence and a hint of serpentine allure.
The camisole fabric was stretched into an enticing curve by her chest, while the shape beneath her hot pants was equally voluptuous. Continuing downward, her fair, plump thighs, full of healthy sheen, interlocked without defense, gently rising and falling with her breath.