SFS Chapter 325 The Nine-Layered World Tree! The Mechanical King's Domain Trembles! Red Hare's
Chapter 325 The Nine-Layered World Tree! The Mechanical King's Domain Trembles! Red Hare's
Chapter 325 The Ninefold World Tree! The Mechanical King's Domain Trembles! Red Hare's Exclusive Armament!
Lu Yu's masterful face-changing skills left the audience of the Mechanical King Domain speechless.
"As expected of you, Lu the Yellow-haired!"
"This guy's bottom line is indeed made of gold, I mean he took the gold away and now he has no bottom line at all."
"When Lu Yu refuses to compromise his principles for money, you should think about whether you've been paying him too little."
"I strongly suspect that the Star Family offended Lu Yu because they didn't pay him enough. (doge)"
"I don't know why, but I feel safer with that blond guy from the small world than with the leaders of the eight major mechanical factions?"
"Even if it can't solve the problem, with Lu Yu's strength, escorting this girl to the main city of Order shouldn't be a problem."
"I hope this ends soon; it's truly an undeserved disaster."
"..."
The crowd was buzzing with discussion. If sending gifts could label Lu Yu as "shameless," they could definitely push the live stream's spending to the top of the league's history.
Of course, Lu Yu wouldn't mind.
Although he outwardly expressed disdain, he still highly recognized the little world's blond-haired man's ability to win over women.
The secret realm is nothing but a place for minotaurs to conquer!
This time, however, they became invisible viewers, only able to watch in the live stream, unable to send messages or speak at all.
"Um... you don't need to call me princess, just call me by my name."
Wu Xinyue said weakly, "I don't think Lu Yu did anything wrong."
Isn't work all about getting paid?
Of course!
Just as she was about to go find her grandfather's second access pass to the Old Mechanics Association, she was blocked by Red Hare.
A pair of dark gold eyes stared intently at her.
"What's wrong?"
Wu Xinyue asked blankly, then followed the other person's gaze and realized that the other person wasn't looking at her, but at the [Earthly Cannon] in their hand. She immediately realized what was happening and bowed repeatedly in apology.
"I'm so sorry, I'll install it for you right now."
Lu Yu looked at this seemingly weak and submissive girl and fell silent. After all, he knew that this girl was actually a special [mechanical construct], which in a sense was equivalent to artificial intelligence.
But now it seems that because of too much human nature and a lack of powerful cloud computing capabilities, it's more like...
Artificial stupidity!
"Mechanical beasts, including humans..." Lu Yu mused to himself.
Although Wu Xinyue was a bit reckless, she was an extremely skilled mechanic once she got into work mode, and quickly loaded the [Earthly Cannon] weapon module onto Red Hare.
Although it's called a cannon, this module is actually a crown of light mounted on the back of its head, which, combined with the mechanical unicorn's appearance, gives it a more sacred aura.
By injecting energy of different attributes, projectiles with different attributes can be fired.
For example, Red Hare's attributes are Earth + Mechanical, so it can use shells made from pure mechanical psionic energy or Earth Power Furnace.
The former has stronger penetrability, while the latter is more inclined to change the terrain, shape the site of the Earth's ecology, and enhance itself.
With the supply of smoldering oil, it is entirely possible to achieve an unlimited ammo mode, and the turret can be modified into a Gatling gun.
It perfectly matches Red Hare's tyrant form!
Subsequently, Wu Xinyue also found the Old Mechanism Association access card in her grandfather's room in just one minute. The speed of her actions made Lu Yu realize that Wu Shou's family status was indeed very high.
In addition, she also awakened her three mechanical beasts.
These are the Silent Sky Falcon, the Mountain-Suppressing Tiger, and a Shield Knight, belonging to the scout, damage dealer, and tank positions respectively, and equipped with a large number of weapon modules. They are all top-tier mid-tier Morning Star warriors.
Lu Yu and Wu Xinyue entered the street under the watchful eyes of countless spectators.
Boom boom boom!
The next moment, a large number of guard robots converged, surrounding them menacingly. Their eyes flashed red, and they raised their weapons, the sound of electricity echoing.
"No passage... No..."
However, after Wu Xinyue raised her authority token, the mechanical beasts that were about to fire stopped and made way for her.
"It really works!"
Wu Xinyue looked delighted, and then she and Lu Yu quickly arrived at the end of the first floor, where they could see a lot of signs of battle along the way.
All the streetlights around the passage were broken, making it pitch black and impossible to see anything.
"Grandpa told me that the original concept of the Machine King Domain was not a Machine Star, but a mechanical ecosystem. However, due to certain special reasons and immature technology, it was not realized."
However, thanks to the efforts of the leaders of the eight major mechanical factions, a prototype was completed. This prototype consisted of eight cities representing the pinnacle of each faction's technology, plus the main city controlled by the Mechanical Mother. It was modeled after the legendary World Tree structure that supported the nine worlds.
Its true name should be Ninefold Mechanical Heaven. Only by overlapping nine worlds internally and driving them with the power of those worlds can a perfect mechanical god be born.
Wu Xinyue knew that Lu Yu was skilled at conquering secret realms, so she began to introduce the secrets of the City of Order, providing him with information:
"The first layer is called the Old Mechanic Heaven, which is the pure mechanical power faction. It is the origin of mechanics and the foundation of everything."
The "old" here does not refer to dilapidated, but rather to the fact that the old machines will forever watch over the past, providing the foundation for the mechanical system and forging the holy machine ship that can board the new era.
Therefore, entering different districts is like traveling through the world; you can only enter through the corresponding entrance.
Lu Yu listened with great interest and asked curiously:
"So what's on the second floor?"
"That is naturally the second mechanical revolution that occurred after the birth of the mechanical power faction, which is..."
As Wu Xinyue spoke, she prepared to put on her night vision goggles, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of something wriggling in the deep darkness, and a sense of danger arose in her heart.
The next moment, the sound of something cutting through the air rang out.
A fierce wind howled, and a massive black shadow swept in, its momentum overwhelming, its target being...
Wu Xinyue!
"Eek!"
The little spider that had been weaving clothes for its master on Lu Yu's shoulder raised its hand, and endless spider silk spread out, transforming into a pure white shield.
Thread Technique - Spider Silk Shield!
boom!
The spider silk shield was struck hard, deformed violently, and a large amount of spider silk broke apart, but it did not break.
They forcefully stopped the attack!
The aftershocks spread, carrying endless scorching air currents and covering the land with a thick layer of black mist, continuously corroding the earth.
This scene caused the live stream chat to explode instantly.
What is lurking in the darkness?
Wu Xinyue wasn't panicked by the sneak attack. Instead, she stared at the corroded ground with disbelief, muttering to herself:
"This is……
Da da da!
In the darkness, a rumbling sound came, like a huge living thing moving, accompanied by the clattering of gears and the gurgling of steam.
Its speed of movement was so fast that it resembled the arrival of some kind of reptile.
In just a few seconds, a huge crab leg covered with a large amount of scarlet tendons and a lot of white porcelain emerged from it, a full thirty meters long, piercing the ground and splashing up a lot of gravel.
"What is this thing!?"
Soon, its enormous size appeared before everyone's eyes, causing the timid to tremble with fear.
Its entire body is made of mechanical structure. Its lower body has eight pairs of crab legs, which are covered with holes from which thick black oil constantly seeps out. Flesh and white porcelain grow from the gaps in the mechanical structure. Its huge size is like the pillars of a magnificent building, supporting its even more twisted upper body.
It was a head made of mechanical parts such as propellers, brass gears, pistons, and bearings. Rather than being a structure, it was more like it was forcibly glued together by the constantly overflowing molten oil inside, yet it possessed a strange tranquility.
It gives people a sense of incongruity, with both bulkiness and order coexisting.
In human terms, it's like seeing a deformed child with extra arms and legs, yet he's living a normal life, even more agile than a normal person.
It stands fifty meters tall, and with each movement, black oil seeps out, constantly sprouting flesh and blood, enveloping an old-fashioned steam engine made of brass. Ancient runes are covered on the gears, constantly intertwining and colliding as the gears turn, changing like gas.
Like billowing steam!
Rumble... Rumble...
The constant blaring of whistles and the rumbling of gears caused the smelting oil to evaporate, turning into black gas and billowing smoke that gradually enveloped the surroundings, as if we were facing a heavily polluted industrial zone.
From a distance, it looks like a mechanical crab that has just emerged from a nuclear-contaminated area.
"Is this also a product of slag heap pollution?"
As Lu Yu was puzzled, the mechanical crab slowly raised its head, revealing an upside-down white porcelain face.
Compressed and obscured by numerous mechanical parts, its exact appearance was unclear, revealing only a pair of greedy, scarlet eyes staring at the two humans before it. It slowly opened its mouth, its hoarse, low voice echoing through the street:
"May we forge magnificent weapons to imprison all living beings in brass!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire Mech King Domain live stream room erupted in excitement!
"Holy crap, what the hell is this thing? My eyes are going to go blind! It looks so creepy, I feel like I'm going to have nightmares."
"Is this also a product of oil pollution? It seems a bit like something from the steam engine world?"
"It feels comparable to nuclear contamination!"
"The signs of the previous battle...could it have killed all the guard robots?"
"There's even a gatekeeper boss? Are we really just NPCs now?"
"What is this Great Machine? Is it the Machine Mother?"
"..."
There's a lot of discussion online, with everyone shocked by this terrifying mechanical beast.
Upon hearing this familiar doctrine, Lu Yu's eyes flickered with thought. He then turned to Wu Xinyue beside him, whose expression was complex, and asked curiously:
"You seem to recognize it?"
Wu Xinyue snapped out of her reverie, nodded, then shook her head, and replied:
"It's not about understanding the thing itself, but about understanding the steam engine inside it."
Lu Yu raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled. Aren't all extraordinary steam engines like this?
However, this one looks...
It's a bit older, with more brass parts.
Lu Yu had seen the new generation of steam engines, which had begun to use more sophisticated alloy gears and were able to carry a higher degree of energy conversion.
This... looks more like an old, obsolete steam engine.
Wu Xinyue explained: "After the widespread use of machinery, the number of mechanics increased, but due to the scarcity of energy and the backward mining technology, an energy crisis occurred. The lack of energy directly affected the strength of the mechanical beasts."
This predicament lasted for more than eighty years until the invention of the first steam engine, which allowed mechanics to master a new mechanical energy source through water vapor evaporation, involving the extraordinary technology of directly converting water into energy.
Although the conversion rate was not high, it brought about the first technological revolution in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, greatly improving productivity and leading to the emergence of the saying "bigger is better, more is more beautiful," resulting in the creation of a large number of giant machines.
The billowing steam broke through the first barrier that blocked the mechanical system, so the second layer was called the Steam Heaven.
The steam engine school, like the boiling steam in a steam engine, was filled with boundless passion and was the forerunner of mechanics.
After listening to Wu Xinyue say so much, Lu Yu finally realized what was going on:
"Could this be...?"
"If I'm not mistaken, this is the first steam engine built by the founder of the steam engine faction." Wu Xinyue's expression was complicated.
"The first steam engine!"
Lu Yu was also surprised. He knew that everything in this world could be born with a spirit. This groundbreaking first item, which contained the beliefs of countless people, was likely to possess special abilities.
It's not surprising that they become special pets.
Faced with this question, Wu Xinyue smiled wryly:
"I don't really know what the first steam engine was capable of. I only know that it has always been kept in the treasure trove of the mechanical faction. It is only taken out for visits on very rare occasions, and it is not open to the public. Even if my grandfather asked, he might not be able to see it."
She was able to recognize it because a friend of hers, who happened to be the child of a big shot in the steam engine faction, had secretly shown her this primitive steam engine and explained its features.
It is imprinted with the runes from the birth of the original steam spirit. When activated, it will change like a gas, which is extremely magical.
Subsequent steam engines were all made in imitation of it. Although they looked similar, they could not replicate these runes.
Therefore, it is not difficult to distinguish them.
The appearance of the first extraordinary steam engine, contaminated with scorching oil, raises the question: could the mastermind behind this disaster be...?
Steam faction?
However, they have always been the Old Machine Society's most steadfast allies, and their betrayal would deal a heavy blow to the Old Machine Society.
Grandpa, where did you go?
"I wish to forge magnificent weapons to imprison all living beings..."
While she was worrying, the mechanical crab could no longer suppress its desire to devour life, and kept repeating this sentence as it quickly crawled over.
Let the earth roar.
Rumble!
The internal steam engine would run at high frequency, the gears would turn, and molten oil would seep out continuously, but it would soon be evaporated by the divine runes on the first-generation steam engine, turning into billowing black gas that blotted out the sky.
A scene reminiscent of the apocalypse.
boom!
At the same time, a terrifying pressure spread out, making everyone in the city within a radius of hundreds of miles feel a suffocating sense of oppression.
It was indeed a statue...
Lord of the Radiant Moon!
"A mid-level Radiant Moon mechanical beast!" Wu Xinyue's face grew increasingly grim. She never expected that after the first steam engine was contaminated, it would actually become a Radiant Moon Monarch-level mechanical beast.
Click click click!
The mechanical crab strode forward, its mechanical legs causing countless houses to collapse in its wake. Like a gigantic war fortress, it rolled in, roaring:
"Let's merge together into the great brass!"
"Hiss—"
Faced with such terrifying power, the three mechanical beast souls beside Wu Xinyue trembled, constantly flashing with arcs of electricity.
Her face was pale, and even though Lu Yu was right beside her, he could feel a deep sense of powerlessness.
Because the Mechanical King's Domain was sealed off in advance and information could not be transmitted with the Alliance, Wu Xinyue's impression of Lu Yu was limited to the period of the Bountiful Celebration.
All that is known is that Lu Yu successfully used the power of the Divine Grace Barrier to defeat the corrupt High Priest.
But this time, without the help of the barrier or the rules, how could he possibly be a match for a mid-level corrupted mechanical beast of the Radiant Moon?
The audience in the Mechanical King's Domain remained silent.
They finally got to see the blond guy from the small world make a move, only to encounter a mid-level corrupted mechanical beast from the Radiant Moon Realm.
He died before he could even achieve his goal!
It seems we have no choice but to retreat!
"Oh no!"
Wu Xinyue was worried about her grandfather and unwilling to back down, but she also didn't want to burden others, so she said to Lu Yu:
"You can go now. This employment contract should be terminated early due to unforeseen circumstances..."
"Celestial Tree Spear!"
Before he could finish speaking, the phantom of the sacred dragon tree descended, its fifty-two dragon tree arms waving, shaking the heavens, and rapidly intertwining.
In an instant, pure white celestial light shone, instantly condensing into a gigantic holy spear that swept away.
"roar!"
Upon witnessing this, the mechanical crab roared and brandished its enormous pincers, stirring up endless black smoke, only to be annihilated by pure white light.
He watched helplessly as his body was pierced and he was driven into the ground.
Rumble!
The earth trembled violently under the impact of this terrifying force, causing the entire Old Machine Heaven to shake violently, and the lights in the houses to flicker on and off.
"How is that possible!?"
Wu Xinyue stared blankly, and the live stream chat also fell silent, all eyes fixed on the man before them.
Lu Yu said calmly, "The force majeure factor is gone, please continue."
Want to stop him from making money?
impossible!
A long chapter of 4,600 words, please vote with monthly tickets! I drove all day and finally finished the manuscript. I'm exhausted.
(End of this chapter)