Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

The butcher is far less courageous than his appearance. Within half an hour, Tamil came out holding the information he had extracted through interrogation.

[You have obtained the butcher’s exclusive transformation technology—Heavy Cannon Transformation]

Heavy Cannon Transformation: Among the illegal transformations of the Wild Wolf Gang, the ’Human Body Rocket’ is most famous. These tracking rockets are particularly effective against the Sheriff’s military drones, which is precisely why the entire gang received special attention and had their headquarters destroyed by the Sheriff’s heavy firepower.

”Boss, I’ve extracted information from the interrogation. It seems this fat guy has a way to smuggle into Nightless City.”

Gao Gong immediately became interested. With his current status, obtaining a ’Nightless City Resident Certificate’ isn’t difficult, but Nightless City is not the Radiation Desert; here, as long as you are strong enough, you can do whatever you want, but in Nightless City, the Mechanical Main Brain monitors everything, and if you attempt any wrongdoing in the city, it will come directly to stop you.

The Mechanical Main Brain is a standard Level 60 large AI, equivalent to a super enhanced version of Director Du.

The resident certificate serves as both an entry pass and a form of surveillance.

However, without a resident certificate, one can hardly move in Nightless City.

According to Tamil, the butcher has special channels to enter Nightless City, obtain formal identity, and does not need to take the conventional route.

Gao Gong re-entered the cell, where the butcher lay limp on a chair, covered in blood, looking beaten beyond recognition.

”Turn off the electronic defense wall.”

No matter how impressive your firewall is, without good hardware, it’s useless.

The butcher spat out a few mouthfuls of bloody foam, and the electronic shield in his eyes indeed slowly dissipated.

Gao Gong once again used the ’Eye of Truth’, forcefully reading the other party’s memory.

Since the other party is not a corporate employee and has no confidentiality brainware implanted, this memory reading went quite smoothly.

”So that’s it, adoption.”

”Adoption, what adoption?”

Suddenly, Director Du’s cold voice came from the monitor, startling Gao Gong.

After transforming into ’Machine Will’, the whole base became Director Du’s eyeline; as long as Director Du wished, Gao Gong had no privacy.

Indeed, Director Du wished.

Gao Gong smiled bitterly, saying: ”According to the butcher’s memory, there’s an adoption project in the Old Town District of Nightless City. This project is somewhat like what we went through back in the day, where war orphans were adopted by factories.”

”In Nightless City, if corporate employees suffer an accident, their children automatically enter the adoption program. Through the underground channels of the Wild Wolf Gang, I can be placed on the adoption list.”

”Once the adoption is successful, there is no need for a resident certificate, and the guardian automatically gains Nightless City citizen qualification.”

Gao Gong didn’t mention that those who entered Nightless City through such channels were mostly up to no good, and if caught, these employee children would have a miserable fate.

”Then are you planning on adopting a son or a daughter this time?” Director Du’s voice turned grim.

As Director Du grew angry, the lighting system throughout the Flame Pass dimmed by three levels, and thousands of ancient robots turned their heads towards Gao Gong, their electronic eyes glowing crimson.

How terrifying!

Gao Gong cleared his throat, ”What a joke, who said adopted ones must be children? Can’t I adopt a younger brother or sister instead?”

With these words, the gloomy atmosphere over Flame Pass dissipated.

”Boss, that was scary,” Tamil said, still shaken, having felt a chilling sensation coming from the sky just earlier.

It seemed to be the energy cannon from a Level 8 Flying Device!

Gao Gong glared at him, ”What do you know? A rich lady with no personality isn’t a rich lady, or are you lacking confidence in your boss?”

”Not at all—”

”Alright then,” Gao Gong suddenly pressed a hand on his shoulder, saying, ”Leave this matter to you, quickly get me adoption qualifications, remember, no young ones, got it?”

Tamil felt he had fallen into a pit.

Already talking about adoption, where would there be older ones? If this isn’t handled well, he feels he’s going to be hit by the energy cannon.

...

A day passed

Gao Gong and Du Zhaodi were strolling through the academy. The academy was filled with children under the age of 10, comprising various groups including newly born Flame Boys, Genetic Slaves, and some merchant children, who seemed to view it as an investment.

No matter the type, they were all wearing the same school uniforms at this moment, frolicking on the playground. Any misbehavior was immediately stopped by patrolling ancient robots.

The two walked from the Mecha Academy to the Hunter Academy, where there were no children but mostly young adults learning various hunting techniques and trading points for modifications through tasks.

Gao Gong did not kill the butcher but put him under hypnosis like Manager Ji before, monitoring him 24 hours a day, having him cultivate a team of prosthetic doctors for the ’Mechanical Hunter’.

Gao Gong approached a classroom and heard an enthusiastic two-headed teacher lecturing passionately.

”The great leader defeated the ’Pseudo-God’, released the water source, freed the slaves, and gave people freedom. Everyone should worship him because he is the greatest mechanical warrior and the son of the Empire. He is destined to lead us to revive a great nation...”

A group of young girls and boys listened with bright eyes, as if reading an exhilarating story.

Gao Gong was dumbfounded and looked at Director Du: ”Did you arrange this?”

Director Du nodded calmly, ”You can’t expect a group of little slaves to understand everything immediately, and we didn’t lie, did we?”

In Director Du’s view, these young boys and girls were merely ordinary production materials, not entitled to special treatment just because of their young age.

Gao Gong did not intervene but changed the topic, asking, ”How does the new body feel?”

”Very good, never been better.”

In Director Du’s horizon, countless raw materials were processed, designed by the Research Institute, produced in the equipment room. She finally fulfilled her childhood dream of mastering machinery.

”During our walk, I modified 41 places to reduce production efficiency, sorted out 24 new development plans for mechas, and signed 23 equipment orders. Do you have anything to add?”

Besides saying 666, what else could Gao Gong say?

Embodied as the ’Machine Will’, Director Du was full of liver, and she wielded the liver of three templates.

If it weren’t for this deity, Gao Gong might not have dared to let go.

”By the way, since you’re in good shape, we might as well test your new abilities.”

Spaceship Core

’Ocean Planet: Medusa’

Gao Gong could clearly feel that the waves were more vivid. Previously, the fierce waves would shatter into mosaics in mid-air. After all, maintaining a high-gravity environment while keeping it realistic was already extremely difficult.

Yet this time, the collision of the waves brought about a thick mist.

”I go all out, you take it easy.”

Gao Gong stomped his foot fiercely, transforming directly into his complete form. The Reproductive Soldier Body turned into a close-fitting metal armor, and the mechanical gun in his hand buzzed loudly.

Under the huge shell of the ’complete form’, the large banner spear turned into a hand spear, with every section of the spear shaft spinning rapidly. As soon as water droplets fell on it, they were torn into water molecules, while bioelectric currents as thick as a human arm surrounded it.

Name: Steel Banner Spear

Category: Mechanical Weapon

Quality: Level 1 Civilization - Epic (Black Technology) +

Basic Attributes: Attack Power: 1000~10000, Attack Speed: 2 attacks/second, Attack Range: 5 meters

Additional Attributes: High-speed Armor Piercing (+30.9% Armor-Piercing Damage), Mechanical Edge (+22.7% Critical Strike Damage), Biomechanical (-34.5% Energy Consumption), Banner of Chaotic Dance (+31% Area Damage)

Additional Form: Mechanical Spine, Battle Banner Mode

Requirement: Transformation Rate 50%, Compatibility 90%, Inheritance Level 30%

Note: A modified area weapon, its integration of several precious ’biological materials’ has made close combat more dangerous.

At this moment, as the radiance on Gao Gong’s chest grew brighter, the bioelectric currents crackled on the surface of his body, with brilliant electric sparks filling the air, and simultaneously, the spear’s shaft began to light up gradually.

The sea surface of 500*500 was covered with net-like bioelectric currents.

Battle Banner Mode: Ranged deterrent skill, assesses consciousness. If failed, it will cause 1~3 seconds of rigidity, and the area damage will reach 40%~50% of the main weapon’s damage.

Amidst the electric light, Gao Gong was like Thor from Nordic mythology, with energy jets all over his body, even his eyeballs seemed to shine.

Biological Energy + Mechanical Energy, in the complete form state, under the fierce push of the Carbon Atom Reactor, finally broke the million threshold.

And opposite him, Director Du stood calmly, like a pure white little flower, seemingly untouched by the storm.

However, when she lightly grasped with her palm, the entire sea surface rose half a meter out of thin air, and simultaneously, a giant ocean creature appeared beneath the two, casting shadows that made them seem like ants.

A massive body like a whale, an energy nozzle as thick as a water tank, with huge transparent long whiskers.

Whoa, Kun, it’s you again!

Director Du lightly grasped, actually pulling out a Knight Order’s Mechanical Giant Kun.

Gao Gong finally understood what the other party’s domain was: a Shaping Domain of the Mechanical System, one that could advance offensively, retreat defensively, and simultaneously enhanced manufacturing in a Hexagonal Domain.

The Giant Kun opened its blood basin-like mouth, like rivers and lakes merging into the vast ocean, its violent suction seemingly recreated the presence of a Level 60 Mechanical Giant Creature.

In an instant, Gao Gong forgot this was an environment simulation. With a sudden spray from his back, six pairs of gigantic mechanical wings were unleashed, and with a loud scream, he descended from the sky, driving the hand spear fiercely into the top of the Giant Kun’s head.

’Boom’

With a huge explosion, Gao Gong, entirely blackened, was launched out from the spaceship core, crashed to the ground with a grin of pain, but he couldn’t help the joyous expression on his face.

[Your Gun Fighting Skill (Close Combat) has been upgraded to Elite, acquiring a new skill: Energy Long Weapon Control]

Energy Long Weapon Control: An advanced operational skill for close combat energy weapons.

Now the steel spear really became a light spear.

What, haven’t heard of a light spear? Well, you must have heard of a light saber.

Not through Specialization Points, but through self-breakthrough skill improvement, indeed the effect is better.

Close combat skills of the Energy System are exceptionally rare among all Level 2 Civilizations.

However, when Director Du emerged from the charred spaceship core with a darkened expression, Gao Gong’s face froze. Uh-oh, now he’ll really have to kneel on a washboard.

And then the system prompt sounded again.

Hmm?

Leveled up?

No, I didn’t.

Casually glanced over, eyes squinting.

[15 days until the opening of ’Cyber Realm’]

[Game forum officially opened]