Fusion Complete: Mechanical Core

Staring at Kasar Main Road, which looked like a scene from hell, Qian Ling and over a hundred Spark Warriors fell silent.

Perhaps the carnage here was not as severe as at Wicked Soul Market, but the visual impact was no weaker—in fact, it was even stronger!

The foreign races stationed here were not a ragtag mob of useless stragglers. They were a legion that had undergone basic military training, with equipment configuration that could be considered top-tier on Prison Star.

Kasar Street Block had even been built like a fortress!

Yet now, the ruined streets and buildings, the craters left by various explosions, the scattered fragments of metal, and the concrete fortifications made it look as if an armored regiment had charged straight through. As far as the eye could see, there was not a single intact building.

"Every time you call me over, it's always something huge."

Qian Ling smiled helplessly and led everyone toward Jiang Xiao and Xiao Guang, who were sitting together and chatting.

Noticing Qian Ling approach, Jiang Xiao smiled. "You're finally here. Take all these weapons and supplies back to the black market and store them there. How many people know how to drive an Electromagnetic Tank?"

"Almost everyone does, provided the operating procedures for these tanks are the same as those outside." Qian Ling replied solemnly.

"Good. Load the equipment onto the tanks and haul it away. As for the tanks mounted on the buildings, I'll dismantle them on-site later and bring the important components back."

"Yes."

Qian Ling answered seriously.

Jiang Xiao found Qian Ling's attitude somewhat strange, but he did not think much of it, simply assuming that it was due to her personality.

After assigning the work, the three of them arrived before an Electromagnetic Tank mounted on a rooftop. Jiang Xiao carefully examined it.

"The tank at this commanding position was probably lifted up by helicopter by the Sin City Council. What a pity we didn't leave a complete helicopter behind earlier." Jiang Xiao shook his head.

Aside from the complete annihilation of the more than one thousand foreign races at the beginning, they had not killed many of the main forces that arrived afterward. Most had fled in panic after the martial artists died, while the surviving helicopter squadron had been the first to turn tail and run.

"Xiao Guang, sorry for the trouble. Remove all the outer armor from this tank."

Xiao Guang nodded slightly. She stepped forward and placed a hand against the tank's surface. The entire tank immediately began to tremble faintly, and its hard armor peeled away piece by piece like shells being removed from chestnuts.

Jiang Xiao and Qian Ling watched.

"Come to think of it, Mr. Jiang, why do you call Lord Xiao Guang 'Xiao Guang'?"

Qian Ling had always been rather curious and concerned about this. Taking advantage of the opportunity, she asked directly.

"Because she's still a child at heart. Don't you think she's just like a little sister?" Jiang Xiao said without turning his head, his gaze fixed on the Electromagnetic Tank.

Inferior Hand-Crank Electromagnetic Tank: Difficult to evaluate. What a pity about the Heavy Mechanical Soldier Components inside.

"..."

Qian Ling could not help saying, "A child? She certainly looks like one, but Lord Xiao Guang is actually over a hundred years old."

"I know. In Silver Elf society, someone over a hundred years old is still a minor. You can't look at age alone. Because lifespans differ, people of the same age naturally differ in the depth of their will, consciousness, and emotional understanding."

Jiang Xiao turned his head toward Qian Ling, whose body suddenly stiffened beneath her black robe.

"Her calmness and emotional stability probably stem only from the slow development of emotions brought about by her long lifespan. To a long-lived species, the passage of a hundred years feels the same as more than a decade does to us."

"Of course, the environment can also influence a person's will. I won't deny that Xiao Guang possesses a tenacious will... Wait, that's the battery pack's connection channel. Don't dismantle it!"

Jiang Xiao had not finished speaking when he suddenly saw Xiao Guang begin removing the armor on the rear side, and immediately walked over.

Qian Ling stood frozen in place, unable to react for a moment.

Before long, the enormous Electromagnetic Tank had turned into a heap of parts. Several of them were three or four meters in size.

The Accelerated Electromagnetic Rail was nearly ten meters long!

Jiang Xiao looked over the parts with satisfaction. Quite a few components appeared extremely precise and seemed completely out of place beside the others.

"Not bad. Take all of these back to the black market. Be careful when moving those two components." He spoke to Qian Ling.

"...Understood."

Noticing Qian Ling's low spirits, Jiang Xiao shook his head and looked toward the slightly puzzled Xiao Guang. "Xiao Guang, take Qian Ling over there and talk with her. I think she has something to say to you."

"Mm, all right."

Xiao Guang had already intended to do so. She could clearly sense the changes in Qian Ling's emotions.

Confusion, guilt, and a trace of self-doubt?

Xiao Guang did not understand, so she stepped forward.

This operation to transport the supplies was quite time-consuming. They worked until the star rose high again before barely finishing the cleanup.

Two Tier 2 Ordinary Spark Warriors carried the last Electromagnetic Cannon Barrel into the black market and carefully placed it at the center of the nearly full area.

In front of the Mechanical Workshop, Jiang Xiao saw Qian Ling and Xiao Guang, who were still somewhat silent, and hurriedly bid them farewell before walking away.

He asked curiously, "How did it go?"

"We've cleared everything up." Xiao Guang answered in a complicated tone.

She had not expected Qian Ling to feel guilty because of this matter. More than ten years ago, Qian Ling had already abandoned the customs and values she once held in her homeland.

She now acted as a cold-blooded Pan-Human Hunter.

"Don't worry. I don't think she'll sink too deeply into despair. After all, many things aren't decided by them. Besides, the fact that they can feel guilty about this proves that they must be a Rebel Army with noble convictions."

Jiang Xiao smiled faintly and patted Xiao Guang's head.

"If you want to go into the wilderness, then go. I'll be staying in the workshop for the next two weeks."

"Mm."

Xiao Guang nodded slightly and turned away decisively.

She knew that she could return here at any time.

Jiang Xiao turned and walked toward the Mechanical Workshop. There were still many matters to deal with, and he would be very busy from today onward.

He selected the core components of an Electromagnetic Tank and tossed them into the Research Slot for analysis, then began preparing to enhance the Black Dragon Sniper Rifle.

It was worth mentioning that large Electromagnetic Rails, battery packs, and similar items required only half a day to complete their analysis.

Aside from technologies related to large-scale construction, X-21 contained many more advanced technical materials concerning the core Electromagnetic Rail technology.

Only the Control System was somewhat troublesome. It required three days, mainly because the circuit boards and chips inside needed additional time to process.

After roughly laying out his plans, Jiang Xiao opened the Personal Panel and glanced at his total Experience Points.

Barely thirty thousand Experience Points. Not much.

Jiang Xiao chose to increase his Source Energy Intensity by ten points!

Since the Spark Gang intended to enter the game being played over Sin Capital, overwhelming force capable of intimidating the foreign races was indispensable. It would also make it more convenient for him to hunt the leaders of the various gangs later. The opportunistic method he had used to kill Gulab would not work every time.

The current intensity of the Origin Data was sufficient for now.

Ignoring the surging heat within his body, Jiang Xiao curled his lips.

If Prison Star had high-end mechanical weapons, who would want to become a melee berserker? Floating Cannon swarms and Mechanical Soldiers were the true battle methods of a mechanist!

"Get to work, get to work. Escape from prison as soon as possible!"

Jiang Xiao stretched lazily.

As time slowly passed, eleven days flew by in an instant.

Mechanical Workshop.

Jiang Xiao controlled the mechanical arm to slowly install the final component into the enormous Electromagnetic Railgun barrel. When a smooth buzzing sound rang out, he took several steps back and examined the finished product before him with great satisfaction.

"Only this one remains unassembled. Fourteen modified Fixed-Slide Electromagnetic Cannons are enough to lock down everything within ten kilometers of Wicked Soul Market Building. Even a Veteran Tier 3 Ordinary Martial Artist would have to think twice."

Li Yuan, who had arrived long ago, was delighted when he heard this. "How powerful are they exactly?"

Jiang Xiao thought for a moment before saying, "Since they don't need to move or be driven, their turning and aiming speeds are seventy-five percent higher than before, while their attack power is roughly thirty-five percent higher. Don't worry. As long as we conduct a public test, we'll be able to intimidate most of the gangs."

Li Yuan was overjoyed.

"Excellent, excellent. If they can pose enough of a deterrent to Sin City Peak Combat Power, we truly won't need to worry about them making underhanded moves—provided most of our fellow countrymen don't leave Wicked Soul Building."

Jiang Xiao smiled and was about to respond when an interface suddenly popped up.

Fusion Complete

Section 51: Fusion Complete, Mechanical Core

Upon seeing the system notification, Jiang Xiao suddenly remembered that the Fusion Slot still contained the Industrial Square Box and Broodmother Egg, which were undergoing fusion.

He had been too focused on other matters over the past two weeks and had nearly forgotten about it.

"Chief Li, arrange for personnel to move the components to the designated location. I'll assemble them later."

Li Yuan nodded without asking further. "All right."

He hurried upstairs to the second floor and impatiently opened the system panel.

Fusion Complete—Unnamed Upgradeable Mechanical Core

Confirmation Complete

Acquired Data Analysis:

1. Deep Space Network Transmission Technology

2. Unnamed Bionic Mechanics

3. Unnamed Void Biology

Acquired Professional Skill: Elementary Bionic Engineering (Lv0)

Attention: Some information was passively received by the system. The analyzed data contains a vast amount of scattered information and unknown branches of knowledge. Batch reception is recommended to avoid neural overload.

Please select the type of knowledge to receive first: Basic Theory and Conceptual Theorems (including basic formulas; some details are not guaranteed to be accurate), Submerged Technical Data (incomplete), Non-Mass Production Technology

The string of information left Jiang Xiao slightly stunned. He quickly recovered, deeply delighted.

He had actually obtained the extremely unlikely knowledge analysis!

And judging by the names alone, these had to be extremely profound fields of knowledge. As expected, Pan-Human really was favored by destiny. Killing foreign-race criminals even increased his merit!

Well, it was also possible that this was because he had helped his fellow countrymen.