CSMCDB - Chapter 206
Chapter 206
Wen Yuncheng bypassed the various encampments, placing mechanical self-destruct dogs as she went. Perhaps because of her repeated night raids, the soldiers of the Huanling forces were not asleep; many were on watch or chatting. However, it seemed the Dragon King hadn't alerted the Huanling that he had discovered her presence, because while there were guards, the security wasn't particularly tight.
It made sense. If the Dragon King had warned them, the Huanling would have questioned him, asking things like, "Since you found her, why didn't you act?" To avoid the trouble, staying silent was the best option.
"I used to hope this would end quickly so I could go back and cultivate properly. If I charge into the fray like this, my daughter will be able to enter an academy to study."
"Ah, who doesn't feel that way? I wonder if that brat of mine is cultivating properly…"
"Sigh, but I probably won't make it back."
"You know, sometimes I think, if that Wen Yuncheng is really a god of the Starry Sky Continent… I'm actually quite envious of its people," a soldier sitting around a campfire suddenly remarked to his companions.
"Yeah… to think a god would actually fight for the people of their continent."
"What nonsense are you spouting! If another plane attacked us, the Illusion God would definitely fight for us too!"
As they spoke, the topic drifted further and further away.
Wen Yuncheng remained silent, placing a mechanical sphere beside a tent.
After setting down the spheres for more than sixty mechanical self-destruct dogs, Wen Yuncheng took a deep breath. She controlled the Floating Magnetic Disk to rise into the air, fired a magnetic shell at the ground, and then randomly locked onto one person to use G-0 Warlord.
Next came placing the Interceptor Factory, but this time she didn't use the optical reaction module. Instead, she used the interceptors to attack. Wen Yuncheng didn't need burst damage this time; she just needed to cover the widest possible area.
Airstrike Support crashed down over another section of tents, and Thunder Walker spun rapidly beneath the various encampments. Any Huanling soldier caught in its gears was killed instantly, without even a chance to cry out.
"Wen Yuncheng!-"
The Huanling generals charged out—five of them for now.
Wen Yuncheng locked onto one and used an assassin skill, then threw an HS-12 Plasma Generator at another. Just as the generals leaped into the air, roaring in fury, Lin Jinyu unleashed a charged sword strike. The attack, powerful enough to seemingly cleave the void, sliced a Huanling general who couldn't dodge in time in mid-air into two.
"Goodbye," Wen Yuncheng chuckled softly. Finally, she released the Aerial Combat Mech: Gale, while she herself controlled the Floating Magnetic Disk to rush toward Lin Jinyu at full speed.
"Dragon King-!" the remaining two Huanling generals roared. It had only been a brief encounter, yet Wen Yuncheng had killed two half-Saints and Lin Jinyu had cut down one. And now they were going to just brazenly leave right under their noses?!
Her mech suit instantly enveloped her body. Wen Yuncheng directly threw out the Heaven-rank Small Lamp. The lamp bloomed with light above Lin Jinyu's head, completely blocking the dragon's breath attack spewed by the Dragon King.
A Space Shuttle appeared at Lin Jinyu's feet. Wen Yuncheng piloted her mech to approach quickly, urging the Heaven-rank Small Lamp to resist the Dragon King's assault. Under the distant strike of a Saint-level being, fine cracks appeared on the lamp! At that moment, Lin Jinyu unleashed her second sword strike. Its powerful and biting sword intent instantly locked onto the foremost pursuing Huanling general. The general sneered and was about to dodge, but the sword strike suddenly exploded just as it neared him!
Accompanied by a high-pitched dragon's cry, a golden dragon of immeasurable length plunged down from the clouds. Star Power condensed and took form, flowing around the dragon's body like droplets of liquid. The overwhelming, cascading attack forced the two Huanling generals to halt their pursuit and retreat repeatedly.
With a deafening "BOOM," a hundred-meter-wide crater was left where Wen Yuncheng and Lin Jinyu had been standing!
"…Are they dead?" The two Huanling commanders hesitated, not daring to approach. The Dragon King's control over Star Power was exquisite, and the energy hadn't overflowed too much; otherwise, even they would have suffered from the aftershock. However, just as they voiced the question, a series of violent explosions erupted from the Huanling army's encampment!
Wen Yuncheng wasn't dead!
She had left a parting gift in the camp! She had bombed them again!
Back in the Imperial Capital, Wen Yuncheng could still faintly feel the power of the Dragon King's strike. It made her teeth ache. That guy, the Dragon King, really wanted to kill her!
Whether it was leading her to the Huanling camp or not acting that time, it was probably just to get Wen Yuncheng to stop targeting the other dragons. The Dragon King himself hadn't changed his mind.
A Saint-level attack… was on a completely different level from an Emperor-level one.
Even a half-Saint at level 89, infinitely close to level 90, was not a true Saint. The difference in attack power was more than just a little.
Because she was wearing her mech, Wen Yuncheng didn't set the shuttle's coordinates inside her residence, afraid she might destroy the house. Still, a mech suddenly appearing at the Imperial Palace gate was quite startling. The guards were shocked, but they quickly realized it was a familiar face.
"Saint-level… is so strong," Wen Yuncheng said. She didn't know what level the Dragon King was exactly, just that he wasn't max level. Level 100 was certainly another realm entirely.
Lin Jinyu didn't speak. She too had felt the might of the Dragon King's attack. She had originally thought that at the third layer of Star Emperor, she could hold her own against a Saint and provide support for Wen Yuncheng. But now… it seemed like a bit of a stretch. Of course, she would have to wait until she actually reached the third layer of Star Emperor to know for sure.
"Are you level ninety yet?"
"Let me see. Let's go back first." After all, standing at the Imperial Palace gate wasn't a long-term solution.
Killing two generals had netted her exactly 20,200 EXP. As for how many Huanling soldiers had died, Wen Yuncheng didn't know, but she had received two thousand-point chunks of experience.
Host: Wen Yuncheng
Race: Human
Age: 24
Class: Mechanical Overlord
Level: 90
Experience: 49955/167000
Points: 41068
She had leveled up.
Wen Yuncheng suddenly felt a sense of anticlimax. Just like that… she was Saint-level? Wen Yuncheng looked at her experience bar, her thoughts drifting back to what the Huanling soldiers had been chatting about.
"Honestly, wouldn't it be better to be peaceful?" Wen Yuncheng didn't immediately go to learn her new skills. She was Saint-level now. Even if the Phantom Saint came… she was no longer afraid. Wen Yuncheng looked down at her hand intertwined with Lin Jinyu's and couldn't help but say, "Jinyu, I've killed so many people."
"I've killed many people, too," Lin Jinyu said.
"But I've killed so many more…"
"From your standpoint, they are the enemy," Lin Jinyu said seriously. "The only reason you've killed more is because I'm not strong enough."
Wen Yuncheng lowered her head, tightening her grip on Lin Jinyu's hand. Even now, she sometimes didn't know what was right and what was wrong; she could only see things from her own perspective. "I won't kill any more dragons. Only the Dragon King."
"Mm."
"And I'll kill the Phantom Saint. Then the Huanling forces will retreat."
"Mm."
"In the future, the demonic beasts, the dragons, and the Empire can still cooperate. As long as they don't harm each other, it's not impossible for the three to coexist…" Wen Yuncheng thought that perhaps she could have the Empire establish laws, though that would certainly take a long time and a lot of effort. If she killed the Dragon King, the relationship between humans and dragons would surely remain extremely tense.
The future… The future of the Starry Sky Continent should be left to the future.
As the two walked hand in hand back to their residence, Wen Yuncheng shared her thoughts in a rambling fashion. With her constant muttering and Lin Jinyu's steady affirmations, Wen Yuncheng's mood gradually calmed.
When they returned to their house, Wen Yuncheng affectionately ruffled the heads of Number One, Number Two, and Number Three. Then, she and Lin Jinyu took turns bathing, changed into their pajamas, and sat on the bed together after drying their hair.
"I'm ready," Wen Yuncheng said, letting out a long breath. She placed a hand on Lin Jinyu's arm. "Let's see what new skills I have to welcome the Phantom Saint."
Saint-level skills. She hoped they would be powerful.
H-S.P. Falcon: Deploys a special robot, the G-S.P. Falcon, which operates in conjunction with G-Series robots. The Falcon can be modified along with G-Series robots to change its form and launch different attacks.
(G-1: Condenses energy to cause wide-area damage.
G-2: Fires multiple lasers forward.
G-3: Attaches to enemies ensnared by the Predator to inflict multi-hit damage.)
Duration: 10 minutes. Cooldown: 60 minutes.
High-Voltage Electromagnetic Field: A magnetic force generator. When used, it deploys a high-voltage electromagnetic field at the target location, inflicting multi-hit damage on enemies. Cooldown: 60 minutes.
God's Gift: Final Apostle Evolution: Transforms the Apostles into independent mechanical life forms capable of continuous evolution. Using this skill on an Apostle will instantly raise it to Level 70. (Limited to one use per Apostle).
Terminator Bolt MX: Summons the legendary, newly developed combat mech, Bolt MX, to attack enemies.
Bolt MX will automatically lock onto enemies within a certain attack range. Upon appearing, it will launch Predator Mx2 from its shoulders to attack enemies, then rapidly dash through surrounding enemies while strafing with a laser gun. After the strafing run, it will draw its laser sword to slash enemies, and finally, it will charge at an enemy and self-destruct. Cooldown: 120 minutes.
Advancement: Mechanical Spirit: Comprehend the transcendent heart and exceptional power, awakening the host's latent potential and comprehensively enhancing all of the host's stats.
Mechanical Spirit… Wen Yuncheng looked at the Saint-level advancement, and the class in her status window had changed from Mechanical Overlord to Mechanical Spirit.
For some reason, in that instant, Wen Yuncheng felt that the "Spirit" in Mechanical Spirit was the same as the "spirit" in "divine spirit." But she quickly laughed in embarrassment. How could she praise herself like that?
Number One, Number Two, and Number Three could become independent mechanical life forms. From the buff of Evolution I to the awakening of intelligence in Evolution II, was the final evolution to grant them life and independence in the truest sense? Looking at the words "God's Gift," Wen Yuncheng suddenly had a flash of insight.
"When the Phantom Saint arrives, I'll be sure to give him a warm welcome," Wen Yuncheng murmured, then shared her new skills with Lin Jinyu.
As for the evolution, she would do it for the Apostles tomorrow. Then she would buy them three houses close to each other, preferably all on the same floor. After all, now that they were independent life forms, it didn't seem right to keep them crammed together like assembly line workers. Once the war was over, the three Apostles could go live their own lives. Whether they wanted to travel or study, Wen Yuncheng thought that with her fame on the Starry Sky Continent, no one would dare to bully them.
The last blueprint she unlocked was for the Star-Annihilator Cannon. It was a massive cannon, five meters long and three meters high. Factoring in all the energy and materials, a single one would cost 1,000 points. Including the production time, Wen Yuncheng even suspected that the Phantom Saint might get pummeled to death by her before this cannon was even ready.
Well, whatever. She would start building it anyway. If she didn't end up using it, she could just remove the energy source and place the Star-Annihilator Cannon in the Star Academy plaza. It would work perfectly well just as a decoration.
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