thefictionvixens Chapter 328 The Steam Sky Transformed into an Evil God! Scheming Against the Mechanical Mother! Ruth
Chapter 328 The Steam Sky Transformed into an Evil God! Scheming Against the Mechanical Mother! Ruth
Chapter 328 The Steam Sky Transformed into an Evil God! Scheming Against the Mechanical Mother! Ruthless Crushing! Celestial Ranch
Inside the steam-filled sky.
Countless enormous steam beasts moved slowly, maintaining the operation of the steam sky.
From small-scale water conservancy, power generation, and cargo handling to large-scale mechanical evolution, weather regulation, destruction of demon nests, and alteration of terrain, everything relies on the propulsion of steam.
The billowing steam symbolizes the prosperous progress of human history!
The passage leading to the third level of the Gu Machine Heaven is an endless pillar of steam that pierces through the sky and the earth.
It's called Steam Sky Pillar!
When humans stand before it, they cannot help but feel a sense of insignificance.
The first lesson for steam-powered mechanic apprentices always begins beneath a steam-powered pillar.
Training mechanics for colossal objects...
fear!
Fear breeds insecurity, which in turn fuels the desire to eliminate or control it.
Fear and greed are the driving forces of humankind.
This is also why the steam-powered faction produced a constant stream of massive mechanical structures.
When the steam clock chimes, the pistons and engine start turning.
The world will submit to the Colossus!
However, at this moment, this spectacle created by the steam faction was occupied by a huge, surging black shadow, spiraling upwards in circles, like a giant serpent coiling around the World Tree.
Whoohoo!
It slowly lowered its head, exhaling a world-shaking gust of wind that dispersed the thick, pure white steam, revealing a terrifying body that could kill someone with trypophobia.
Its lower body is that of a giant centipede, as large as a mountain range, covered entirely by a dark green metallic shell. Instead of insect legs, the legs growing from its sides are hideous mechanical arms, like countless struggling living people embedded within them, constantly struggling and crawling.
Click click click!
Their mechanical claws were long and sharp, like scimitars, piercing into the cloud pillars. Each crawl sent up a shower of sparks, leaving numerous chisel marks on the cloud pillars, like brand new writing.
It elucidates the principles of wild and distorted evolution.
Despite being entirely mechanical, it shimmered with the glow of plague and disease; steam merely clung to it, turning into dark green droplets as it slid off.
It quickly formed a dark green, poisonous rain that fell to the earth, corroding countless holes in the metal surface.
At the top of its body, however, was not a ferocious centipede head, but a blood-red embryo, entwined with countless sharp blades. Embedded inside was a woman with long, dark hair, her vital parts covered by a metal shell. She had her arms crossed, her eyes tightly closed, and dark green tear stains on her face. A huge white porcelain head resembling centipede tentacles hung from her head.
It looks incredibly eerie.
Her back had split open, revealing her stark white spine, which was undergoing a deep transformation, giving it a metallic sheen. From her sides, lattice-like wings woven from blood and black molten oil shimmered and fell with the poisonous rain.
Black molten oil seeped continuously from its enormous mechanical body, which was covered with all sorts of mechanical worms, densely packed, their gaping maws extending numerous mechanical pipes that greedily absorbed this new energy source.
Bang bang bang!
After being absorbed by these light spots, the wildness within the mechanical souls of these Gu-type mechanical beasts was further unleashed. They roared and fought, killed and devoured each other, scattering more parts and flesh that adhered to the giant mechanical centipede's body, transforming into a special arena and becoming the basis for the evolution of more mechanical Gu beasts.
Accelerate the evolution of mechanical intelligence!
"Um?"
A seductive voice rang out, tinged with a hint of doubt. The woman slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of porcelain-white pupils. She gazed silently at the pale world before her and murmured to herself:
"The lower passage has been opened, which means that Qi Sheng has been defeated. The Steam faction is indeed a bunch of useless people. They only know how to pile up bulky bodies, but they don't know how to evolve their own mechanical souls. They are ignorant and foolish."
The law of the jungle prevails; that is the only truth.
Moreover, the [Wings of Spiritual Mechanism] of the Mechanical Gu Cult is one of the legacies of the original Spiritual Mechanism Kingdom. It can radiate the light of spiritual machinery, accelerate the process of mechanical evolution, and, in conjunction with the perfection of the molten oil, allow the Gu machines to quickly become stronger and transform into perfect mechanical life forms.
However, Qi Sheng's death wasn't entirely a bad thing; it would allow them to take the first-generation steam engine.
If Wu Xinyue were here, she would surely recognize her as one of the missing geniuses.
Fang Di of the Mechanical Gu Cult.
boom!
Fang Di's wings flapped, and his enormous body appeared on the upper part of the cloud pillar. He straightened up and looked at the steamy sky with greedy eyes.
After being perfected by the oil, most of the desires in the depths of her soul have been lost, leaving only the thirst for evolution!
At the same time, a human's shout came from afar, roughly meaning that he had surrounded her and that she should surrender quickly.
"Talking about surrounding them in front of the Mechanical Gu Cult, humans are really adorably stupid, but they should be a delicious meal."
Fang Di chuckled lightly, casually waving her slender arm, accompanied by a buzzing sound like a storm.
Countless Gu machines vibrated their mechanical wings and took off, constantly tearing through the air currents. Their eyes flashed red light, densely packed, transforming into a dark torrent that surged forth, vast and mighty.
It can't wait to devour life.
Meanwhile, the grille-like wings behind Fang Di expanded several times in size, whipping up a fierce wind that lifted her enormous body into the air, where she smiled alluringly.
"Hopefully this will bring me some enjoyment. After all, it's been so long since I've had a proper fight; I feel like my perfect body is rusting in this steam... Hmm, what's going on here!?"
However, before she could finish speaking, Fang Di's expression changed, because the mechanical beasts she had just sent out actually...
Most of them were wiped out!
The piercing cries of countless Gu-like beasts echoed deep within her soul through the transmission of the mental network.
"This human is incredibly powerful?"
Before she could even wonder, she saw a patch of black suddenly appear in the steam world.
Although the color is very light, it looks out of place with the pure white steam!
Then, Fang Di saw a pair of scarlet eyes and met her gaze.
next moment.
Boom! Boom!
Amidst the mist, the steam engine roared at high speed, and the mechanical swing arm swayed violently, its sound echoing like the tolling of a great bell across the sky.
A massive mechanical arm pierced through layers of mist and crashed down, carrying the force to shatter the earth.
Although Fang Di reacted quickly, waving his hand to condense a large number of Gu weapons, which turned into a huge dark green metal wall.
Poisonous Gu Mechanized Wall!
Suffering this heavy blow, the mechanical wall instantly deformed and shattered with a "crack," scattering countless metal fragments into the void, hitting the woman and sending her flying.
Whoohoo!
Fang Di's grille-like [Spiritual Machine Wings] flapped behind him, whipping up a gust of wind that blew in the opposite direction, barely managing to steady himself.
Amidst the steam and mist, the enormous mechanical figure continued to approach, revealing a metal head resembling that of a Gundam, causing Fang Di's pupils to shrink as he recognized its identity.
【The Colossus of Steam in the Sky】.
"Qiongtian" represents the ultimate heaven.
It is one of the sky patrol and guard units in Steam Sky.
"Boom boom boom!"
Its internal steam engine was running at high speed, and a large amount of steam was gushing out from the mechanical structure. It wanted to continue chasing the woman, but before it could get close, it was whipped by the giant centipede's tail. Countless blades cut through it, sparks flew, and its head was instantly shattered.
Without its brain, it remained stagnant.
Fang Di retracted its tail, its expression one of surprise and uncertainty:
"What's going on!?"
Aren't these guards all following the Mother's orders and maintaining order?
Why would they suddenly attack her, who has the authority to do so?
Rumble!
Before Fang Di could think it through, the mechanical giant arm came crashing down again. This time, however, she easily dodged it and saw countless black, paste-like oils gushing out from the gap in the headless giant weapon. They throbbed like living things and quickly intertwined to form a bloody, mangled head.
"The oil has completely melted!"
Fang Di was startled, as if he had thought of something. The [Spiritual Wings] behind him stirred up a gale, dispersing the steam and mist that covered dozens of miles around.
At that moment, she realized that all the steam-powered mechanical beasts, regardless of size or model, had stopped moving and slowly raised their heads.
Chi Chi Chi!
Suddenly, a large amount of viscous black molten oil overflowed from these mechanical beasts, surging continuously. Crimson flesh and tendons began to cover their steam engines, causing them to swell in size and undergo complete transformation.
"Roar roar roar!"
The light in their eyes was replaced by crimson, and a vast wave of negative emotions quickly overwhelmed the last vestiges of reason within the machine spirit, leaving only madness and brutality.
Through the steam that blankets the world, smoldering oil has polluted the steam sky.
Bang bang bang!
They began to fight and devour each other, the clash of metal and the explosions of steam echoing through the steamy sky, making countless people tremble.
Even some of the contaminated steam-powered mechanical beasts roared and tried to attack residential areas, devouring life to help themselves achieve perfection.
hum!
However, just as they were about to act, a faint blue light shone from the top of the nine-layered mechanical realm, transforming into a misty aura that flowed through the layers of the mechanical realm and descended upon the residential area.
A light barrier was formed, easily blocking the impact of the polluted steam mechanical beast.
The Mechanical Mother has made her move!
As long as it does not conflict with the prohibition, it will protect humanity. That is the iron law that the original mechanic engraved deep in its soul, and the fundamental rule for the operation of the Mech Mother.
As long as the mechanical mother is not corrupted, even the mastermind behind it can only use its authority to circumvent and contain it.
As for direct combat...
Are you kidding me?!
With computing power approaching that of a True King, combined with the mechanical star condensed by the Gate of All Machines, it represents invincibility below the True King level.
One slap is enough to kill an ecosystem owner!
Only absolute power can give rise to absolute order.
"hateful!"
Fang Di saw this scene and was not happy because the oil was spreading, because she could have done all of this before.
The reason we didn't do it was because we didn't dare.
Unlike the Steamfighting faction, which excels at building construction, the Old Machine faction is adept at mass-producing troops. On the battlefield, the Steamfighting faction usually leads the charge.
Therefore, in addition to a large number of civilian equipment, there were also a large number of steam giants guarding the area, hiding in the corners of the entire steam world to maintain order.
After the molten oil is fully transformed, all the mechanical beasts will only have the desire to devour and evolve.
In other words...
The entire Steam Sky will become a bloody arena for fighting.
She will become a toy in the eyes of that unknown human, fighting madly with all the mechanical beasts for evolution until the final winner is determined.
Until the Gu King is born!
This feeling of being manipulated filled Fang Di with immense anger.
But there was no chance to settle accounts with Lu Yu, because the Qiongtian Steam Giant had been repaired and the molten oil covering its body gave its internal steam engine unlimited energy.
Rumble!
The steam propulsion efficiency was greatly improved, directly boosting combat power. A single punch unleashed was incredibly powerful.
This forced Fang Di to use her enormous Gu mechanical body to suppress the evil spirits, but the powerful life force brought by the molten oil that she was once so proud of became her biggest problem.
"roar!"
In the steamy sky, on the land, and in the lakes, giant warriors of various types, contaminated by molten oil, stretched out their hands and devoured large numbers of weak mechanical beasts and swarms of Gu machines.
Among them are many giant weapons of the Moonlit rank, and even some models that were eliminated hundreds of years ago and were close to the giant level, because they were too broken and thus eliminated.
However, it has been revitalized amidst the pollution from the hot oil!
They made a great show of force, and after discovering that they could not reach the residential areas, they simply broke through the layers of fog and joined the battle.
They wanted to devour these powerful individuals to evolve.
The direct encirclement of Fang Di brought her unprecedented pressure.
Her eyes widened in fury as she stared at the mist-shrouded sky, seemingly spotting the mastermind behind it all, and roared:
"You'd better pray I don't find you, or I'll tear you to pieces!"
Before she could finish speaking, Fang Di was smashed away by the newly joined giant soldier. Enraged, she swung her body to entangle it, continuously injecting poison and strangling it until it was reduced to a pile of broken metal parts.
"Go to hell!"
Facing even more colossal soldiers, they roared and charged forward.
She was going to fight her way out and then devour that human bit by bit.
Boom boom boom!
Fang Di descended like a god, leading a vast swarm of Gu-mechanical insects in a fierce battle that swept across the battlefield. The intense fighting caused the entire Mech King Domain to tremble.
Despite its formidable strength, it suffered repeated heavy blows when faced with a massive number of Colossi. Its mechanical insect legs, resembling human arms, shattered one after another, scattering across the ground in a pitiful state.
As for the swarm of Gu-mechanical insects, they were eaten like melon seeds by these giant soldiers and became nutrients for their evolution.
At this moment, the sky was stained with blood, and the battlefield of the mechanical beasts was extremely tragic, which made many viewers feel sympathy.
This guy has truly experienced the terror of the blond guy in the secret realm.
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Old Mechanical Heaven, at the first level of the passage.
"Royal Flush!" Lu Yu played his card and shouted happily to everyone:
"I'm the landlord, I can take everything, you pay up!"
"Oh, okay!" Upon hearing Lu Yu's voice, Wu Xinyue frantically searched her pockets for cash, only to find them completely empty. Even her jewelry had been pawned. She weakly said, "I have no money left, and it seems I can't use my card now."
In just one hour, she lost nearly a million dollars.
"It's no problem. I'll lend you five million first. You just need to write an IOU. The interest isn't high either; it'll be nine-tenths of the amount due and thirteen-tenths returned." Lu Yu waved his hand, and Wu Xinyue was deeply moved by his generous attitude.
What a kind person!
Then we continued playing cards.
"This silly kid is so easy to fool."
Lu Yu chuckled inwardly. Just as he was feeling a bit thirsty, Little Spider handed him a glass of orange juice and then started shuffling the cards online.
A perfect and capable wife!
"Why...why is this happening?!"
The fiery black dragon ant, transformed from a mouse, joined the game, its ant legs trembling as it held the cards.
It originally wanted to showcase its superb gambling skills, win big sums of money to enrich the Mouse Bank, and incidentally support Xiu Ren, reaching the pinnacle of life, but...
They lost their entire salary for the next three years.
I'll be working in debt from now on!
Gambling is a killer!
"roar!"
Egg stood behind it, its hundred eyes wide open, their gazes mocking.
That's so stupid, daring to play cards with the owner.
It wasn't that Lu Yu was cheating, but rather that he was carrying the Holy Maiden's blessing, and his luck was at its peak.
A direct, dimensional reduction attack.
As a result, the mouse completely forgot and was still foolishly thinking about winning money.
"But it'll be even more fun to torment the mice after they've gone into debt..."
Egg's gaze grew increasingly joyful!
The Paper Knight stood behind Lu Yu, its gaze serious. This deck of cards was made from the paper on its body, but what it cared about more was...
"As expected of my lord, he is so outstanding in every aspect. I still have so much to learn!"
As for Red Hare, it was running around the streets with great energy, cleaning up a large number of mechanical beasts contaminated by the scorching oil, as well as several passing guard mechanical beasts.
It looks like a husky that's started destroying the house!
"..."
The audience in the Mechanical King's Domain fell silent as they watched this scene unfold.
After a long while, scattered comments drifted by:
"It feels like Lu Yu and his group aren't here to challenge the realm and save the world; they're more like they're on vacation."
"Those who know the situation understand that Steam Sky is in danger, but those who don't might think that Lu Yu is the mastermind behind this disaster."
"The fighting is fierce and chaotic over there at Steam Sky. Lu Yu is drinking juice while Fang Di is getting beaten bloody. Lu Yu is still drinking juice. It's almost become a famous scene."
"That mechanical monster was incredibly unlucky to have encountered Lu Yu!"
"I have to say, Lu Yu's card skills are just average, but his luck is really good!"
"Could Wu Xinyue have fallen victim to a pig butchering scam?"
"That blond guy really doesn't miss any opportunity to make money!"
"Did anyone care about us in Steam Sky? We were almost scared to death, thankfully the Mech Mother intervened."
"That bastard Lu Yu completely destroyed the steam giant machine."
"Just tell me, has the source of pollution been eliminated? Killing them all is another form of cleanup, isn't it? (doge)"
"You beast! From now on, Steam Heaven will have to be renamed Unmechanical Heaven."
"I'm crying, my harvester is in there! Can the league reimburse me?"
"..."
There was a lot of discussion online. Although there was a lot of criticism about Lu Yu's work, most people admired him.
Without losing a single soldier, they directly brought Fang Di to the brink of collapse, and even nearly tore him apart by the giant soldiers several times.
No normal person could imagine a way to contaminate the steam-powered mechanical beasts and make them kill each other.
The brain circuitry is truly unique!
After carefully writing the IOU word by word, Wu Xinyue suddenly realized something.
"Wait a minute, something's not right!"
I was clearly hired by Lu Yu to go to the Ninth Layer of the Mechanical World to save the Mechanical King Domain, so how did I end up playing cards here?
And they lost so much money!
Wu Xinyue asked with some concern, "Are we really not going to go check out Steamy Heaven?"
She witnessed the entire process of Lu Yu having Red Hare pollute the Steam Sky, turning it directly into a forbidden area. Even with the Mechanical Mother's protection, it was still far too audacious.
Is this guy really not afraid of messing things up and creating a "Gu King" that's almost at the level of a giant?
"I believe in the strength of the steam faction. They're definitely not done fighting over there yet. Going there now would risk getting caught in the crossfire. You can't rush things... Hmm, Shunzi, I won again."
On the surface, Lu Yu seemed indifferent, but in reality, he was calmly comforting the young rich woman. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to squeeze some money out of her.
"..."
Wu Xinyue didn't know what to say, and she didn't dare to teach the other person how to do things. However, because she was worried about her grandfather's safety, she played cards absentmindedly throughout the game.
In the end, I lost ten million, all of which was written as IOUs. The settlement will be made after the Mechanical King Domain incident is over.
As for the hamster, it has become completely withdrawn.
The debt to Rat City has been collected for ten years.
"that……"
Just as Wu Xinyue was about to reach her breaking point, Lu Yu suddenly stood up and said with a serious expression:
"That's about it!"
"What do you mean almost done?" Wu Xinyue asked blankly.
However, Lu Yu did not answer. He casually put away the IOU, turned around and entered the Steam Sky, followed by a group of pet beasts.
"Are we finally getting down to business?"
Seeing this, both the audience of the Mechanical King Domain and Wu Xinyue were excited.
The latter quickly followed, summoning mechanical beasts to prepare for the great battle.
However, upon entering, they saw...
Steam Sky was shattered by the great war, leaving behind vast ruins, with mountains and lakes in ruins.
Only the residential area protected by the mechanical mother remained safe and sound.
Meanwhile, Lu Yu began picking up the mechanical fragments that had fallen during the battle.
"I almost forgot about these high-energy metal parts. Luckily I remembered, otherwise I would have suffered a huge loss."
"Eek!" The little spider nodded in agreement, spreading out a large amount of spider silk and bringing back more metal fragments.
Anything that can save money for the family should be pursued with utmost effort!
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Under Wu Xinyue's dazed gaze, Lu Yu and his pets began picking up trash.
After Chitu assimilated a large number of high-energy mechanical parts with hot oil, two-thirds of the damage to the first-generation steam furnace was repaired.
Whoohoo!
Wu Xinyue was also helpless, she didn't expect Lu Yu to be here as a garbage collector.
But just as she was about to join in to help pick them up, a sudden gust of wind arose, and a huge figure pierced through the steamy mist, its chilling voice echoing:
"finally found you!"
boom!
The giant centipede's body, winding like a dragon, pierced through the clouds, revealing a surface covered in wounds, appearing broken and wretched.
However, the molten oil on its body was overflowing rapidly, and it was inlaid with a large number of giant soldier heads, which were constantly assimilated and fused together, making it look like a mechanical version of a Frankenstein's monster. It looked extremely distorted and chaotic, and its body exuded a killing intent and pressure that was enough to freeze space.
Wu Xinyue's expression changed. Fang Di's presence here meant that she had won this battle of Gu.
"To my surprise, it's...so weak!"
Inside the centipede's head embryo, Fang Di's upper body was also covered in wounds. She looked down at Lu Yu, and although she couldn't see his specific level, she could see the spirituality revealed by the other pets. However, he was only at the Morning Star level. She looked surprised.
A human who hadn't even reached the Radiant Moon rank had successfully outmaneuvered himself.
This made her somewhat angry, but also felt it was quite reasonable.
Only the weak need to scheme!
"And I am the strong one!"
Fang Di's wings flapped, whipping up a whirlwind that swept away a large amount of metal fragments, which merged into his own body. He looked at Lu Yu and laughed contemptuously:
"Although you caused me a lot of trouble, I have to say that this battle was indeed exhilarating and further tempered the primal wildness within my machine soul."
Once my shattered body is repaired, I can advance to the high-level Radiant Moon Realm. As a token of my gratitude, I will now slowly chew you up and then merge you back into myself!
As he spoke, a powerful storm of mechanical energy condensed around Fang Di, transforming into a poisonous mechanical storm with both poison and mechanical attributes, plunging the world into darkness.
They were not prepared to give Lu Yu any chance.
"This is troublesome!"
Wu Xinyue's expression turned solemn. She hadn't expected that her scheme would actually make the other party stronger.
Lu Yu seems to have really gone too far.
The audience in the Mechanical King's Domain also sighed.
As expected, even the blond guy from the secret realm isn't omnipotent.
However, being able to outwit the Mechanical Mother and a powerful expert at the mid-level of the Radiant Moon realm truly makes her a master strategist.
But what lies ahead is a tough battle, and it will be a lesson learned from this experience.
"Let's end this!"
However, just as Fang Di was about to make his move, a portion of the mechanical fragments that had been absorbed by the molten oil on her enormous body suddenly exploded, sending out countless pieces of paper.
Splash!
Ignoring the highly toxic mechanical dial, they quickly adhered to her body, spreading a strange paper god contamination.
Within Fang Di's severely injured body, it began to expand rapidly, shaking his soul and spirit.
"What!?"
Fang Di was startled. Before he could remove the pollution, he saw a mysterious ranch reflected behind him, shimmering with endless light.
It's as if the pure white world is being grazed!
Celestial Ranch!
Boundless light shone, transforming into a gigantic sacred dragon tree. Each of the dragon demon arms shone brilliantly, and the fifty-two dragon demon arms converged, transforming into a gigantic demonic shadow. It stretched out a huge, radiant hand that blotted out the sky, reaching through the clouds like a shadow of light, and grasped her body.
Click click click!
"Aaaaaaahh ...
The giant hand suddenly tightened, shattering a large number of metal fragments, causing Fang Di to let out a painful howl. He tried to resist but was pierced by the Heavenly Calamity Star Spear.
Although it was impossible to simply lock such a huge creature in a dark room, the interference from the Paper God's pollution weakened Fang Di.
At this moment, Lu Yu stepped into the void, already clad in ferocious dragon armor, like the final boss that would appear only after the minions had been cleared out.
He slammed the Fang Di sword in his hand into the ground, causing it to rumble and the entire Steam Sky to tremble. He then said indifferently:
"Who gave you the courage to come before me without the support of the Gu-mechanical beast horde...?"
Tell me, you brat!
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