The Mecha Driver Is a Cultivator

“Can we attack them now?”

A thought arose.

Qin Jin lowered his gaze slightly.

Just then.

In the distant battlefield, beams were generated within the rune array, directly striking the sky.

That is…

Spiritual Energy Beam.

There’s a Spiritualist in this special exploration zone who had the same thought and chose to act directly.

Qin Jin looked over.

The Spiritual Energy Beam soared into the sky, its source indiscernible. It was clear that after this attack, the participating Spiritualist chose to hide themselves. The beam swiftly ascended, the target of his attack was none other than the Saint.

In the next instant…

The beam passed straight through the Saint.

This attack did not cause any ripple, nor did it attract any attention from the native life forms, seemingly completely ignored on certain levels.

The Saint and Divine Son continued their exchange in mid-air.

“Unable to attack.”

Qin Jin withdrew his gaze.

“That makes sense…”

“This special exploration zone is a segment of history that has already occurred within the backdrop of civilization ruins.”

“Participants entering here are more like accessing an information checkpoint upon meeting certain conditions rather than truly reversing time and space, able to earn points and gain information but unable to truly alter the already happened history.”

“The scene in the sky is akin to a cutscene.”

Confirming that direct influence was impossible, Qin Jin spared some attention to the scene in mid-air and continued engaging in battle to earn points.

Time passed.

The mechanical entities’ frontline became precarious, and after the Divine Son appeared, it did not engage directly with the Saint, yet still managed to involve them, allowing the Purifiers to advance relentlessly.

But…

At that moment.

Qin Jin always kept a part of his attention on the sky, clearly seeing now that black chains around the Divine Son’s hands showed signs of cracking.

Cracks appeared, and after several breaths, the chains suddenly broke, turning to ashes.

At this moment, the Divine Son’s main body remained childlike, but the arm with the broken chain swelled dramatically, a terrifying scene emerged, expanding beyond its own size and continuing to grow.

On the arm, black mist rose, spreading to all parts of its body.

Everything happened extremely quickly.

The black mist spread, corroding, and other chains began to disintegrate, its entire form swelling rapidly, transforming into a shape similar to the Polluter, humanoid, with gray-blue skin and bone wings grew where the chains passed over its back!

At this time.

On the battlefield, from the mouths, noses, eyes, and ears of the Purifiers, black mist emerged, signaling the start of a large-scale mutation!

Beside Qin Jin.

The native Purifiers began turning into polluted monsters, lost in mind, indiscriminately attacking nearby mechanical entities and Purifiers yet to undergo mutation.

The mutation spoken of by the Saint now turned into a tangible scene, entering Qin Jin’s view.

The mutation began.

Beside Qin Jin, a Teleportation Aura appeared.

“Is this special exploration coming to an end?”

The thought flashed, and Qin Jin looked up for one last glance at the sky.

There.

The mutated Divine Son transformed from childlike to adult form, dashing forward, attacking the Saint.

The Saint’s expression grew increasingly sorrowful.

In the next second.

Teleportation activated, the surroundings changed, and Qin Jin appeared on a building’s rooftop.

At the moment of arrival.

His watch vibrated, information alerts appeared.

[Team competition enters the second phase]

[Participating teams are to select their faction]

[Saint]

[Divine Son]

[Note: Once a faction is established, eliminate participants of opposing factions to earn extra points]

[Note: Once a faction is established, eliminating one’s own native creatures will no longer earn points, and faction penalties apply]

[Note: Once the affiliated faction wins, members will receive extra point rewards based on their contribution]

[Note: The faction establishment follows a voting system, each team member has one vote, the side with more votes will be the faction choice for the team]

[Decide quickly, failure to choose will result in attacks from both factions]

[Selection countdown: 00:09:59]

“Divine Son, Saint.”

Qin Jin lowered his eyes slightly.

Just then.

On a spiritual level, Han Miao’s somewhat anxious voice sounded.

“Qin Jin.”

“Did you receive it too?”

Qin Jin communicated.

“Yes.”

The two had a tacit understanding, Han Miao said, “All participants should have received it, I got a message from other students.”

“I will illuminate all seeds to enable communication.”

The Spirit Seed maintains the connection between Wuyuan Students, but to avoid excessive consumption usually, communication is one-sided with Han Miao, who relays messages, akin to a human base station.

Currently.

After Han Miao’s voice faded from the spiritual level, the Spirit Seed glimmered slightly, and Qin Jin instantly sensed the presence of other seeds.

Thirteen Spirit Seeds, along with Han Miao himself, all fourteen Wuyuan Students entered communication.

In past days, due to close teleport positions, the first thing Wuyuan Students did upon encountering others was to contact Han Miao to leave communication seeds.

Now, the fourteen of them engaged in a meeting on a spiritual level.

One of the Spirit Seeds flickered, a voice spoke first: “Do any of you have others entering this special exploration zone?”