Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Amidst the dim clouds, a flying device pierced through layers of nuclear dust, emerging above the sky.

At first glance, this flying device looked very advanced because it resembled a UFO, creating an impression of harmony at first sight. However, experienced pilots found it uncomfortable as it seemed to completely ignore aerodynamics. The air resistance it faced, given its large frontal area, was astonishingly high.

In fact, the ’Disc-shaped Flying Object’ was designed as a means of communication between space stations and the Asteroid Belt. Its true applicable scope was outer space.

Moreover, its grade was very high, with a comprehensive array of parameters reaching the standard of Level 8.

It’s important to know that the upper limit for a flying device of a Level 2 Civilization is Level 10, and Level 8 signifies that it can achieve ’Short-distance Jump’ between planets.

There are two technology trees for this kind of Short-distance Jump: one is Space Technology, and the other is Energy Technology. The former relies on space folding, while the latter involves dimensional traversal.

This particular ’Disc-shaped Flying Object’ utilizes the former. With the activation of the teleportation engine, the UFO rapidly stretched in space. When stretched into a line, the line suddenly contracted inward and disappeared into a black dot.

After several jumps, the flying device appeared above the Ancient Battlefield and actively initiated invisible mode. This invisibility relied not on radar-absorbing coatings but on advanced shielding ores unique to the Asteroid Belt.

So its invisibility was true invisibility. The enormous body vanished into the air, and radiation waves, light, particle rays—almost none could detect the flying device’s body.

”Mother Ship, open the Ancient Battlefield map for me.”

”Okay, master.”

The next moment, two high-precision maps appeared on the Virtual Projection; one was the current map, the other was a military map from the Civilization Era.

The Second Mechanical War was also known as the ’Unmanned War’ or ’Silent Campaign’ because throughout, that Advanced Civilization didn’t dispatch a single soldier yet effortlessly destroyed the surface civilization of this planet.

Gao Gong compared the two maps and finally realized why the Pre-War Research Institute was chosen here.

Amidst the Radiation Zone, there was actually the main base of the empire’s ’Divine Soldier,’ garrisoning the forces of a group army.

The Divine Soldier was one of the empire’s three major elite forces, just behind ’Celestial Base’ and ’Xia Yu.’

According to the records, this base served as the Xiasia’s forward base, used to suppress the first island chain on the continent, and was also the empire’s largest naval outlet.

”The Divine Soldier, as a special mecha team, differs from the asteroid landing battle style of ’Celestial Base’ and the garrison unit like Xia Yu. It has the most large-scale equipment, with three Sky Mother Ships, 13,029 unmanned combat robots, and one intercontinental engine. In critical moments, it can migrate the island. Impressive, the intercontinental engine is already showcased, so how far could the planetary engine be... are you slacking off?”

Gao Gong glanced sideways; behind him, Angie, who was secretly squatting on the ground, suddenly shivered, quickly getting up and doing push-ups again.

”Forget it, take a break.”

Angie looked at him in disbelief, her gaze seemingly saying, this demon would actually let her rest!?

Gao Gong laughed, ”What are you thinking? Soon, you’ll accompany me on an inspection, and if I wear you out now, what will we do later?”

Angie’s little head rolled over; she lay sprawled on the ground, losing all noble demeanor, and said hopelessly, ”Just kill me!”

”Don’t be silly, if I kill you, how will I become a live-in son-in-law?”

Angie had indeed attempted non-violent non-cooperation; she didn’t believe he would dare to kill her.

However, she didn’t expect that humans could be this perverse.

He seemed to predict her idleness and had earlier crafted a set of ’Training Exoskeleton,’ using electromyographic stimulation to activate her body.

The day’s training volume was three times previous sessions, and the movements were executed flawlessly.

Thereafter, she no longer dared to slack off during training.

Angie’s eyes flickered, she got up, poured two glasses of juice, and approached Gao Gong ingratiatingly.

”Here’s a drink for you.”

Gao Gong glanced at her, ”Poisoned?”

”Of course not,” Angie blinked her big eyes, and to show her innocence, she took a big sip of one beverage, her expression conveying ’look, I’m fine, how could you be harmed.’

Gao Gong took the drink, muttering to himself, ”I heard that pheromone life forms can artificially adjust others’ hormones, turning some inherently nontoxic food into deadly poison. Have you heard such a thing?”

Angie forced a smile, ”No, never heard of it.”

Without turning his head, Gao Gong gestured, and a large mechanical amalgamation emerged from the darkness, deftly curled its tongue, and took the drink away.

”Since it’s your first offense, the training doubles. If you offend again, it’ll double again.”

Angie’s eyes filled with utter resentment, baring teeth and kicking, ”I’ll fight you!”

”You’ll still double even if you fight.”

”Waaa—”

”Crying? Even crying doubles.”

Angie broke down completely, crying and wailing, rolling on the ground.

Though Gao Gong still hadn’t figured out the color of her secretions, at least he knew what the tears of pheromone life forms looked like. He almost had a bottle full of them collected.

”If it weren’t for the liberation of your bloodline, who would take the trouble to bother with you, little thing with no chest or butt.”

Looking at the finally passed-out little thing, Gao Gong pursed his lips, waved a hand to have a robot carry her to bed.

Every Carbon-Based Civilization has its own ’Superman Training Skill,’ which must be complemented by their advanced gene equipment to forge their strength.

If there isn’t any, then start with fitness. If your bloodline is strong, by continuously tearing old muscle fibers, you can stimulate a part of the bloodline’s power.

For this purpose, Gao Gong has specially designed a set of ’Extreme Training Skills,’ which, when paired with gene development drugs, are even more effective.

As for why he doesn’t train, well, it’s too exhausting.

Why not just add points directly?

Gao Gong increasingly suspected that Angie’s background wasn’t simple. Rather than being Flasuo’s offspring, it was more like she was the descendant of that pheromone life form.

”Could this guy be trying to create an alien army?”

Many advanced civilizations have servant armies, even servant civilizations.

Even interstellar mercenaries tend to recruit some advanced civilization bloodlines.

If the other party really intends to raise Angie as a tool, then Gao Gong can only say that the other party is very foresighted.

Unfortunately, the memory lock in this guy’s brain is no less than that of an electronic executor, and Gao Gong couldn’t dig out these secrets.

However, Gao Gong soon became excited again.

Why? His oasis had arrived!

Amidst a visible ruin, ten intelligent factories appeared in his vision. The outside of the factories was a rectangular metal white, with each factory covering an area of about 400,000 square meters. Combined, the ten factories exceeded the area of Automobile City.

Not to mention, the perimeter of the factory was densely packed with radiation charging panels, looking like a sea of light.

The function of these radiation charging panels is similar to solar charging panels, except that the former absorbs radiation energy.

It is precisely because of these radiation charging panels that the radiation energy in this place has decreased so quickly.

”This is too fast!”

Gao Gong was both happy and worried. Happy because the logistics base was finally showing promise, and worried because Director Du was too good at tossing things around. Even with 3D printing technology, wanting to set up production in a short time must cost unimaginable resources.

Is this a rich lady or a spendthrift?

According to Gao Gong’s plan, he was to use the Security Corps’ resources to develop his oasis.

Now, it seems that this rich lady is too self-sufficient. You could occasionally learn from my skills of clinging to power.

With a thought, a massive disc-shaped flying object appeared in the high sky above Gao Gong.

The appearance of a Level 8 Flying Device was quite breathtaking, its massive shadow directly blocking the light, silently yet like a beast from the universe.

In fact, even with the finances of the Security Corps, there are only two such Level 8 Flying Devices, one of which is Flasuo’s private device.

Gao Gong stood on the now-transparent interior of the flying object, wanting to see how the other side would react under these circumstances.

”Mother ship, activate Defense Device No. 1.”

In the next moment, four barrel-like ’cannons’ about the size of water tanks emerged from the ’UFO,’ and arcs as thick as an arm appeared densely all over its surface.

This is the ’Electromagnetic Defense Net,’ in the universe, an energy defense system is a standard feature of flying devices.

However, falling on the eyes of planet-bound locals, it’s truly shocking.

”What are you planning to do?”

Gao Gong mumbled to himself, after all, the hostility was quite apparent, wasn’t it?

In the next moment, the tops of two factory buildings were suddenly removed in two central factories, revealing half-completed missile launching wells.

In the next moment, more than a dozen rockets soared into the sky amidst dense smoke, rushing toward the flying object.

”Not enough.”

The ’Electromagnetic Defense Net’ is not just a net; it is a complete electromagnetic defense system. In the next moment, the lightning flowing in the air vanished, while people on the ground simultaneously felt a tingling sensation on their skin.

In the next moment, the rockets exploded just halfway in the air.

”An energy defense system against such powered weapons is utterly crushing.”

Gao Gong shook his head, though it’s not to say powered weapons are entirely ineffective. He’s seen a Photon Civilization’s Super-Powered Atomic Spear, powerful enough to crack stars.

But the problem is, it’s at light-speed.

In the next moment, various mechanical beasts leapt out from different factory buildings, numbering no less than thousands, but only one percent could fly.

”Is that it?”

Gao Gong was a bit disappointed, even though he knew that the normal operation of the factory’s defense system probably wouldn’t last three days.

However, there were indeed no surprises.

”Warning, warning, high-speed powered weapon approaching, high-speed powered weapon approaching.”

Gao Gong’s eyes brightened, from the screen, a solid cannonball, black like a bowling ball, crossed layer upon layer of electromagnetic protection fields, coming at him.

Is this—an electromagnetic cannon!?