Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 308: Chapter 81: Imperial Giant Worker

After unsealing, the attributes of the Emperor’s Might have changed.

Emperor’s Might (Exclusive to the Mechanical Emperor): A powerful transformation of mechanical energy into emperoral pressure; wherever it passes, all machines bow down, possessing absolute dominion over ancient mechanisms.

This exclusive skill, also known as a unique skill, is a special ability only a civilization leader can have.

For example, in an ancient empire, if there were two Mechanical Emperors wielding the Emperor’s Might simultaneously, it would basically trigger a civil war.

But things are different now; the empire has collapsed, the ancient industrial system has disintegrated, and the greatest privilege of the Emperor’s Might has vanished.

If anything, the current Emperor’s Might is more akin to an enhanced version of a conqueror’s aura. It has a strong suppressive power not only over humans but also over mechanical bodies like AI, bionic men, and mechanical systems.

For Gao Gong, having the Emperor’s Might means he doesn’t have to worry about being attacked by mechanical creatures below level 30, such as being besieged by thousands of mechanical eyeliners.

This is a divine technique against gang attacks!

In response to the display of Emperor’s Might from Gao Gong, Daisila’s expression became more respectful.

In the Hunter World, the strong are revered, and she clearly felt that the boss had become stronger. If the boss was once a super hunter, now he’s like a king hidden behind the curtains; you can never know his true power unless he acts.

”By the way, boss, this is what we took out from the Welfare Gang’s safe.”

Daisila handed over an item.

[You obtained an A-level item ’Franchise License’]

”Oh, this one.”

Gao Gong stroked the ’mechanical stone slab’, on which the complex electronic patterns were the exclusive code of the Mechanic, which no one could replicate. On the ’stone slab’, Gao Gong could feel a vast amount of mechanical energy, which was a very mystical sensation.

In other games, this would be called a ’guild item’, but in the late planet mainline of the last era, Gao Gong hadn’t heard of any player obtaining such a thing.

At this moment, Xiao Yu hurriedly ran over, and seeing this, Gao Gong tossed the ’mechanical stone slab’ over.

”Find a time to register it yourself one day, it’s fulfilling your old man’s last wish.”

Xiao Yu took the slab, his eyes filled with emotion, and after a long while, he nodded vigorously, with a muffled ’hum’ from his nose.

[Xiao Yu’s favorability towards you +200]

Daisila shook her head and sighed; the boss absentmindedly gaining favor from young girls seems to be a habit that cannot be changed.

A moment later, Xiao Yu came to his senses and quickly recounted the ’memory fragment’ he had just seen.

”Earth Crust Engine!?”

In Gao Gong’s memory, there were two types of Earth Crust Engines: one was the planetary engine covering the planet’s surface, capable of driving a small, worn-out planet around the star system in ’five consecutive hairpin turns’.

The other was called the Earth Crust Engine, an industrial engine driven by super thermal energy and super gravity within the crust, forcibly activating the planet’s mechanical energy.

The effects of the two are also different. The former is likely to appear in some nomadic interstellar civilizations, which use planetary engines to pasture their planetary homes, traveling from one star system to another, collecting cosmic energy and civilization technology to prepare for a more advanced civilization ascension.

As for the latter, it is to charge certain super projects, such as space elevators, ring-star great walls, star system launch towers, and so on.

The Ancient Empire building an Earth Crust Engine is likely for such super projects.

”Wait, you just said you saw a golden light, and that’s why you recovered this kind of memory?”

Xiao Yu nodded vigorously.

Gao Gong and Daisila exchanged a glance, and Gao Gong pressed his hand against her forehead. Before Xiao Yu could protest, the Emperor’s Might enveloped her. Under the golden light, it seemed to gild the Little Angel’s skin.

A robust voice suddenly echoed from Xiao Yu’s mouth.

”I, Xiao Yuanshan, pay respects to Your Majesty!”

Data flow flickered in Gao Gong’s eyes, and he immediately saw that under the stimulation of the Emperor’s Might, streams of data were spontaneously generated in Xiao Yu’s mind.

This rough binary code style was a hallmark of the old imperial people.

’An ancient thought box.’ Gao Gong’s mind stirred. ”What is your relationship with Imperial General Xiao Yuanjun?”

”He is my father; I am his second son.”

”What’s the matter with the Earth Crust Engine?”

”This is what I wish to report to you. The Kunpeng No. 1 Engine was attacked by the imperial rebels. I fought to my last, but the Alliance defected, and the Federation remained neutral, so the first experimental data risked being stolen by the rebels. I had no choice but to extract the data and store it in my young son. However, the Kunpeng No. 1 is nearly destroyed, most of the experimental data was damaged, and my young son may find it difficult to recover the data. The true burden will likely fall on the third generation.”

”What exactly is the data?” Gao Gong asked.

”I am unclear about the full scope of the plan; I only know that the colossal laboratory I belonged to held super technology capable of elevating the empire’s mecha technology by one civilization level.”

After that, regardless of what Gao Gong asked, the other person only repeated these few sentences.

This ancient thought box seemed to only have a read-only mode, lacking even a bit of artificial intelligence technology.

Gao Gong withdrew the Emperor’s Light, and Xiao Yu woke up at the same time, looking somewhat bewildered. After a moment, he excitedly asked, ”Was it my grandfather who just spoke?”

With a ’ding’, a task appeared on the system panel.

[First Stage of the Mission: Imperial Giant Worker]

Difficulty: Difficult+

Mission Brief: The guardian of the Earth Crust Engine Kunpeng No. 1, General Xiao Yuanshan left behind a fragment of super technology, spending three generations of efforts to create it as a young girl named Xiao Yu. However, the secret within her is known to no one.

Mission Objective: Head to Fucheng Island and uncover the secret of Xiao Yu

Mission Rewards: Experience +40,000, Specialization Points +2, Random Ancient Mechanical Blueprint

Another mission chain!

Gao Gong exhaled deeply, ”Get ready, tomorrow morning, we head to Fucheng Island.”

...

Gao Gong didn’t plan to rest at this tavern; he intended to go back and log into Cyber Space to see what the crazy girl Gox had been up to recently.

As soon as he pushed the door open, the familiar sound of the holographic TV echoed.

’The Welfare Gang has been eradicated, and the new generation gang ’Volunteer Security Group’ has replaced the Welfare Gang, becoming the overlord spanning 20 blocks. No one knows the origin of the ’Volunteer Security Group’, and rumors run rampant from street to street.’

’This new street group hasn’t made any aggressive moves; instead, they declared externally that they provide free shelter to all experiment failures and modification failures. This raises suspicions whether this is yet another excuse for an underground collective experiment.’

’Nightless City’s much-anticipated global ultra-popular program, ’Escapee Game’, for which five million was bid, is set to premiere tonight. Currently known guests include Amira Anna, the daughter of the former 5th District Governor, Mr. D, the chairman of one of the six major bionic man companies, Pure White Shell, and Mr. Chuang, the founder of the super financial group, Financial Intelligence, and a super artificial intelligence...’

”Besides that, we’ve opened a hotline to the Cloud City; the nobles in the sky are watching us...”