Traveler of the River of Time and Space

Chapter 584 56: The New Swarm

The original Fearless Mecha was prepared for dying Space Marines.

The Fearless Mecha is their rebirth, their body, and also their grave, their coffin. The living nervous system and electronic bio-fibers inside the Fearless Mecha connect the human nerves with the Mecha's magnetic muscles completely. Once a being completes the coupling with the Fearless Mecha, they can never leave the metal womb of the mecha; their fate is to fight until the last moment in this walking coffin.

Although the technology of electronic nerve bundles has advanced significantly later, once the coupling is completed, it is still very difficult to separate the human body from the Mecha.

Because this is originally the creation of Mechanical Ascension.

All warriors selected to be coupled inside the Fearless Mecha undergo a 'Spiritual Purification' ritual, meaning they no longer have physiological desires and food can only be supplied as nutrient fluid from the outside world.

Pain is weakened, senses are enhanced, life is prolonged, the physical body gradually degenerates, but the spirit further integrates with the Fearless Mecha.

The final form is one of the creations of Mechanical Ascension.

A top warrior with human thinking and extensive battle consciousness, without any physiological weaknesses.

Only by gradually abandoning all physiological needs can one attain true Mechanical Ascension!

As for the last step of Mechanical Ascension, it is to seal the brain's soul consciousness completely within this terrifying mechanical can. But the cost of [Mechanical Thinking] is too great, even the Ancient Lost Empire did not proceed to the final procedure of Mechanical Ascension.

The three phases of Mechanical Ascension make the Fearless Mecha the last step of the first phase for creating war machines.

Boom!

Just as Su Ziyu was observing these Fearless Mechas, their intense clash with the Beastmen Leader had begun.

Unlike the exoskeleton armor worn by other warriors, the combat ability shown by the Fearless Mecha is completely a world apart. Although the Mecha's appearance is rather clumsy, its speed in action is astonishing. With the help of rocket propulsion from behind, the Fearless Mecha transforms into a blur almost instantaneously, charging towards the green-skinned Giant ahead.

Bam!

The collision that occurred in a split second created a shock wave that sent nearby soldiers stumbling.

The weight of the Fearless Mecha is only about 12 tons, which is considered quite light among many heavy armors. However, the energy device used inside is a miniature reactor, not the conventional nuclear battery matched with heavy exoskeletons. It can be imagined how terrifying their power burst is.

A power sword radiating a deep blue magnetic beam sliced towards the throat of the green-skinned Giant. At the moment of contact with the opponent's body, a visible energy collision unleashed a dazzling electric light.

Blood splattered.

The power sword broke through the Beastmen Leader's WAAAGH field, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound at its neck.

But the Beastmen Leader was completely indifferent, wiping the blood from its throat with its hand, and the sliced flesh visibly regenerated and healed. The exposed chest organ even differed completely from human lungs, resembling a spore-like thoracic cavity.

"Fearless One!" The Beastmen Leader's ancient memory was awakened; it seemed to have fought against such an iron lump before.

In a distant star system, when it was just a bomb kid.

Having killed such a Fearless one by chance, it directly advanced to become the Beastmen boss, unstoppable ever since, singing victorious songs, and eliminated another Beastmen that competed for power. Ultimately, it grew into a powerful Beastmen Boss.

The power claw on its left hand was modified with parts from the Fearless one.

"WAAAGH!!!"

The Beastmen Leader roared toward the sky, and in the next second, even Su Ziyu could feel the obvious Spiritual Power. However, it was not real Spiritual Energy but the materialization of the Beastmen's WAAAGH field, appearing extremely close to Spiritual Energy on the Material Plane.

One step out.

The resulting shock wave instantly knocked nearby soldiers flying; even the steel body of the Fearless Mecha shook slightly.

——Stomp!

——Charge!

The green-skinned Giant's figure almost transformed into a blur as it rushed upward. Its head position had an armor helmet which seemed a bit wild and crude, with a sharp metal ram horn on top. When it collided with the Fearless Mecha in front, it abruptly broke through the incredibly sturdy armor, directly piercing the shoulder of the Fearless Mecha. Accompanied by a terrifying kinetic impact, the Fearless Mecha was directly lifted, soaring more than ten meters in the air before landing with a thud, without any further movement.

At this moment, everyone nearby saw the bloodstains on the Beastmen Leader's power claw from its left hand. It had surprisingly pierced the cockpit with its sharp power claw in the instant of the collision.

"Too weak!"

"You are not Fearless ones!..." The Beastmen uttered some strange words, but everyone present could understand, and even those watching the full projection could comprehend.

This is the power of Spiritual Energy.

A response came as dazzling laser beams; almost at the instant the Beastmen Leader launched its attack, the surrounding Fearless Mechas simultaneously charged. The weapons mounted on these old Fearless Mechas included multi-barrel thermite guns and twin laser cannons.