Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 926: Chapter 32: Unexpected Gains

Interstellar Space Station, Line of Defense No. 8—

A Red Devil covered in energy flames appeared, energy beams constantly striking its body. However, as flames were pierced through, the energy beams shrunk continuously, and the initial damage of over ten thousand dropped to mere hundreds.

Then, a blade in the Red Skin Monster’s hand flashed, and a hundred-meter-long red line appeared and vanished. Wherever the red line swept, many players were directly sliced in two, transforming into white light almost impossible to see with the naked eye.

”Hurry, fire!”

A few Mechanical Stream players immediately initiated local transformations, their arm mechanical plugins stacking layer by layer, as dense energy began to brew toward their opponents.

However, the Red Skin Monster merely glanced at them, and with a remote grasp, the surrounding energy sources exploded.

Players hadn’t even managed to hold back the energy, and got themselves killed because of it.

Meanwhile, at the Line of Defense No. 10, Plant Life forms continuously spreading their branches and leaves were expanding madly. Each form reached up to a kilometer, and this was far from the limit. During Carbon Fusion, the outbreak was not in strength but in Life Force, not their own life force but someone else’s.

Such as the players attacking them, countless blood vines visible to the naked eye pierced through skin and bone, and these vines seemed grafted directly onto the tree body.

The players’ Blood Bars, under such action, turned into their opponent’s blood volume, making the already lengthy Blood Bars even more extended.

Many A+ level ’Big Trees’, stimulated, managed to advance to S-Level right on the battlefield.

”So... this small thing.”

The Co-prosperity Seeker leader’s vine entwined with a corpse, the end of the vine piercing the body, gripping a tiny biological module.

This item was indeed a ’Biological Chip’.

And this was what attracted the Co-prosperity Seeker the most, every cell in its body told it to devour this.

So, the Co-prosperity Seeker swallowed it in one bite.

An indescribable clarity arose, this feeling as if its Wisdom advanced another step.

”I need...more...more...”

At the Line of Defense No. 12, a group of S-Level robots descended from the sky, characteristic human forms simply put, stronger firepower, thicker defenses, and for some unknown reason, exceptionally adept at dealing with Mechanical Stream players. Many mechanically adept players were swiftly vanquished with consecutive strikes to weak points.

Even in close combat, where Mechanical Stream players excelled, they couldn’t face these Mechanical Lives!

The direction of Mechanical Life’s evolution was never human, but Life; and the in-built computation systems, intelligent processing modules of Mechanical Life allowed it to exploit every advantage, whether in close or ranged combat.

Among peers, their combat capability generally surpassed most other species.

Though inferior to Cyber Test Field’s mere few years or months to illuminate technology and create new species, let alone crazy modifications and unrestricted evolution experiments; but at this moment, cosmic species showed their formidable side.

That was stability.

Through hundreds, thousands of years of honing, perfecting the ”Carbon Fusion” skill to an extraordinary level.

Countless battlefield environment simulations and combat data analysis resulted in combat efficiency nearly reaching 100% for mechanical combat techniques.

The lasting endurance from times tested and combat proven was also the true trump card of these Star Thief Leaders.

They are the ’Interstellar Soldier Kings’ capable of confronting civilization fleets in short order.

As for those at the forefront, resembling the ’Imperial Guard’ white iron hides, truly demonstrated what power meant!

If, like Co-prosperity Seekers, Half-Mechanical Destroyers, Red Devils, players could rely on various clever operations to occasionally kill one.

Then Walter Star Thief Group’s Super Soldier Species displayed what inside-out might means, unrivaled in battle power. Whether mechanical weapons or carbon-based eruptions, they executed crushing power, double crushing!

The iron hide cans they wore seemed to amplify the power of Carbon Fusion.

Other Star Thief Influences perhaps can only impact civilization fleets temporarily.

However, Walter Star Thief Group, having stepped into intermediate Star Thief Influence, genuinely defeated a civilization fleet and seized a Resource Planet from them.

And the means they relied on were called ’Advanced Gene Team’ white iron hide cans.

”Why are there still so many people?”

On the acceleration channel at the Interstellar Space Station, Green Widow frowned while gazing at the battlefield.

As she anticipated, after each Star Thief Gang revealed their trump cards, they indeed broke through all the defenses like a forceful gale.

However, players’ resistance exceeded her expectations, their fearless posture making even her, a veteran advanced Star Thief cadre, visibly surprised.

Most importantly, why are there still so many of these people!?

Under so many days of attack, this Star Thief Alliance Army had at least killed over a hundred thousand life forms, the entire surface of the space station resembling the pitted moon surface.

But now, why does it seem like the number of prey is increasing?

However, now the arrow is on the string and must be released; at this point, retreating would mean losing everything for several Star Thief Groups.

Moreover, it’s not only about the current gains; Walter No. 2 is more interested in Mechanical Split Star behind them.

”Kill them all!!”

Walter No. 2, wearing an ’Annihilation-level Combat Suit’, grabbed with his hand, and over ten electromagnetic cannonballs were absorbed into his palm; then he squeezed hard, forming a lump of silver mud amid the explosive sound.

”Indeed, making the current players face Tier 3 Species is still somewhat lacking.”

Gao Gong, who had been silently observing the situation, muttered to himself.

It’s not that the players aren’t strong, just that there’s a 30-level gap between them, and the opponents are hanging boss panels, making the difference too significant.

Once players advance to Tier 3, the situation might change again.

And the prerequisite for players advancing to Tier 3 is for their camp to develop Tier 3 transformation technology.

”Hmm?”

Just when Gao Gong thought the situation would be one-sided without himself and his underlings taking action, on several defensive lines, players brought some surprises.

First, at least 300 Plant Life forms and 200 Half-Mechanical Destroyers suddenly defected, attacking their allies.

Switching to the Data Field of View, Gao Gong ’saw’ data streams of viruses drilling into these life forms’ control hubs. It was undoubtedly the work of Cyber Hackers and Neural Editors, though Gao Gong also saw Paradise Bird, Scorpion, and Phantom; these hackers were awakening from the Virtual Realm alongside the signal restoration.

Nearly one-fifth of the Super Soldiers suddenly defected, shocking the Star Thief Alliance Army; players hadn’t deployed such methods before.

Especially the Co-prosperity Seekers; due to differences in the ’Central Control System’, more accurately, these Plant Life forms didn’t have brains, making it difficult for Cyber Hackers to invade these ’brainless’ entities earlier.

However, they swallowed Biological Chips, which, in a way, helped them grow a brain, allowing the Control Chip to manipulate these Co-prosperity Seekers.

This is the nemesis within the Technology Tree.

Additionally, the enemy’s top forces, two out of the five Star Thief bosses, were entangled.

One of them was an inexplicably appearing and demonstrating Divine Power ’Interstellar Cowboy’, who was dealing with Walter No. 2, known as Green Widow.

And another being held up was the Robot Boss named Independent Traitor.

A few of the player’s big wigs were holding the front line, several being familiar faces to Gao Gong.

As the top Robot Boss, this guy suffered the most hacker invasion.

Compared to its mechanical combat power, this guy’s network defense capability wasn’t strong; amidst the players’ intermittent hacking, its combat power was at least halved.

”Kill them all!!”

Green Widow roared, a white light suddenly flashing in her eyes; on the inner skin of those white-canned beings, countless particles and thick liquid emerged, directly increasing their combat power by 20% under such effects.

”We kill them too!”

Vervi, one of the only two Star Thief Leaders with no issues, shouted at Lester, transforming into a black light, rushing into the Interstellar Space Station.

Seeing this, Lester naturally wouldn’t be outdone, transforming into a flaming meteor, leading the remaining two hundred Red Devils, charging straight in.

Whether the white-canned beings, S-Level Plant Life, or Super Robots, upon seeing this, all rushed in.

Even amidst the chaotic hacker invasions, the Independent Traitor Robot Leader still issued a special encrypted command to its robots.

”Testing can begin.”

Gao Gong muttered to himself.

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The first to rush in, Lester, immediately saw the Cybertron Starship, the surrounding mechanical assembly lines, and most importantly, the densely stacked Energy Ore on the Starship surface.

In any Black Market, high-level Energy Ore can directly serve as currency; this is why, right after the mechanical octopus army of the Cyber Test Field retreated, the Galen Republic’s fleet immediately rushed over to occupy this interstellar resource point; the energy ore density in this asteroid belt was simply too high.

”Didn’t expect bonus gains!”

In the moment Lester’s mind showed a gap, a sinister voice simultaneously echoed beside him.

”There’s more you didn’t expect.”

Next moment, a trademark curved blade was inserted into Lester’s chest.

Simultaneously, as the elite troops of the Star Thief Group had just killed their way in, they witnessed an incredible scene—the mountain-like pile of Energy Ore began melting visibly.