Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 960: Chapter 66: Gao Family Ancestral Hall

Gao Gong didn’t leave Old Gat hanging.

Despite being in the main cabin of the Star Destroyer, his true self was no longer in that space but had ventured inside the ’Cosmic Relic’.

It was a special dimension composed of space lines and time boxes.

”Entering your true form, won’t I be detected by that Collector?” Gao Gong asked.

The Deep Net lazily lay atop a pile of boxes, her form now unbelievably vast and boundless, as if endless technology evolution was birthing on her body.

”No, I can somewhat perceive that guy’s true form. It’s a similar existence to me, but his authority is incomplete.”

”You mean, he’s also a Cosmic Relic?” Gao Gong was intrigued; he was quite curious about the mysterious Collector.

The Deep Net yawned, showing snow-white chasms, and lazily said:

”Perhaps he’s a part of some ancient existence, but he’s not one of us. He has properties similar to ’Cosmic Relics’, but he lacks a stable form, which is why he can’t harness great power.”

Hearing that the Collector was not a ’Cosmic Relic’, Gao Gong lost interest in his true form. The universe was not lacking in those particularly ancient yet particularly useless existences. If age equaled strength, the universe today would not be in the Civilization Era. After all, the Ancient Mechanical Elder existed longer than those two Level 9 Mechanical Civilizations, yet even he was just a Level 7 Civilization, already a standout among the ancients.

What interested him was the building before him.

Level 4 Civilization Architecture - Xie Family Ancestral Hall

In this Relic space, ordinary existences, whether in a physical sense or an informational layer, would be obliterated by the endless and blind ’Technology Tide Evolution’. Gao Gong had tried this before; otherwise, he wouldn’t pass up such a ’super spatial bag’.

However, even under the impact of the ’Technology Tide’, this ancestral hall showed no signs of destruction; instead, it emitted a faint glow. The spiritual tablet buzzed, and with each throb, it was as if a shadow flashed by.

The Deep Net also transformed to Gao Gong’s size, standing beside him, curiously observing the other, and with a flick of her fingers, a burst of Relic power shot into the ancestral hall.

This immediately triggered the ancestral hall’s defensive consciousness. The spiritual tablet seemed ready to leap from its niche; in the hall, amid buzzing sounds, the floor slabs flipped, and coffins gradually rose, the doors flung open abruptly, sending gusts of mournful wind, with harsh cries and spectral wails, outshadowing Deep Net’s power.

Deep Net exclaimed softly, completely unexpecting that such a peculiar building within her could block her power.

Stranger still, as the two powers clashed, countless electronic patterns emerged on the highest spiritual tablet of Patriarch Xie. The patterns transmuted into code symbols, constantly programming, revealing a faint name.

Deep Net’s brow darkened, an indescribable feeling spreading throughout her body, making her feel drowsy.

”Hmm, interesting, not only electronic power, but also biological cell aging evolution, combining to seem to evolve into a dangerous curse?”

Whether Deep Net or Gao Gong, they both could clearly sense that once ’Deep Net’s’ name was programmed onto the spiritual tablet, it would be her death, or rather, the moment she was imprisoned by the ancestral hall—

Just like those Mechanical Zombies.

And becoming a Mechanical Zombie would mean Deep Net’s power would be harnessed by the ancestral hall.

Gao Gong vaguely understood how those boss template Mechanical Zombies came to be.

But as the Artifact Spirit of the ’Civilization Evolver’, the Deep Net wouldn’t be suppressed by a low-tier building, even if this building was a so-called Tier 4 Ascension Architecture.

The next instant, the Deep Net disappeared from where she stood.

The tide of technological evolution grew more turbulent, each time box bursting open, spitting out the technological tree’s fertilizer, turning into fuel for the storm.

Unseeable and imperceptible, yet entwined with the evolution of various civilization technologies in reality.

And this feeling was quite like the ’Cyber Tide’,

’Finally figured out where this thing got polluted by the ’Memory Mother’, no wonder it could upgrade from the ’Evolution Modifier’ to the ’Civilization Modifier’. In a sense, it’s also a mutated product.’

Gao Gong squinted at the ’Cyber Wave’ in front of him; within it, he saw the evolution of mecha technology, upgrading from mecha to Star Armor, the further evolution into Planet Fortress. He also saw the evolution of biological mutation power, from SS-level species spores evolving into a cosmos-covering Tree of Life.

’Unlike the Cyber Wave, this kind of ’evolution’ isn’t entirely chaotic; it requires a reality-based anchor point, and that anchor point is ’Professional Knowledge’, thus allowing it to evolve a complete Professional Knowledge Chain from one piece of professional knowledge.’

Gao Gong’s train of thought was interrupted by the Deep Net’s teasing voice.

”What, still daydreaming? If you’re not interested in this coffin case, then I’ll really act to erase it. Maybe digesting its power, I could evolve one or two more technological trees, enhancing my strength.”

The power of a Cosmic Relic can also be increased.

Gao Gong wasn’t sure how other Cosmic Relics augmented themselves, but the ’Civilization Evolver’s evolution method was to evolve diverse technological trees.

Gao Gong looked around, seeing the ancestral hall under the impact of the ’Technology Tide’, already teetering, its exterior vanished, only a dim light remaining, floating amidst the wave.

This was the unique ’Ascension Power’ of Ascension Architecture.

”Haha, no way.”

Gao Gong’s figure flashed, appearing inside the ancestral hall, eyes locked on the highest-positioned spiritual tablet, the name of Patriarch Xie teetering.

”Hmph, Xie Family Ancestral Hall should be renamed to Gao Family Ancestral Hall, and it’s Gao who should be lying on the coffin board!”

With a swipe of Gao Gong’s hand, the name of Patriarch Xie vanished, replaced by the name Gao Gong.

A cold power poured into his body, merging with him.

Gao Gong stepped back a few paces, looking at the tablet inscribed with his name, nodding in satisfaction.

If only there were a few wreaths to accompany it, that would be even more fitting.

Once a Civilization Architecture surpasses Tier 4, it inevitably contains a trace of Ascension Power, and only by mastering this Ascension Power can one control such Tier 4 Architecture.

Once ’acknowledged’, the system panel revealed the properties related to the ’Gao Family Ancestral Hall’.

Name: Gao Family Ancestral Hall

Category: Tier 4 Civilization Architecture (Mutated)

Quality: Level 4 Civilization

Weight: 10 tons

Basic Attributes: DPS:0, Attack Power:0, Attack Speed:0, Attack Range:0

Function Modules:

Tier 4 Storage Module: Tier 4 Electronic Shrine

Tier 4 Soldier Module: Organic Coffin

Tier 4 Programming Module: Ancestral Hall Local Area Network

Tier 4 Blessing Module: Spirit Vehicle Parking Station

Tier 4 Ascension Module: Virtual Ancestor Worship System

Note: With the electronic shrine and online ancestor worship, are drifting spirit vehicles and grave-disco that far away?

[More undeveloped versions of this ancestral hall system exist, with deep exploration by the ancestral hall user, more functions can be unlocked.]

[Deeply binding with the ancestral hall system can obtain the ’Ancestral Source Code’ (this operation consumes a significant amount of Mechanical Transformation Rate).]