Flag and the Empress

As soon as the flag fell from the sky, it was besieged by assault-type colonists and mechanical ninjas.

The future standard-bearer also demonstrated fighting prowess commensurate with his reputation.

What sets the "Great Knight" far apart from the "Knight" is that, after countless dangerous mechanical adjustments, the unity of flesh and machine is no longer an explosive skill, but rather an additional state that can be maintained for a long time.

Faced with these elite forces from the mother city who were level 20 or above, the massive mechanical body rapidly began to adjust. The muscle-like mechanical pipes started to rotate, while the steel blades on the mechanical armor flipped rapidly, and countless thick muscles squeezed out from them.

As one of the colonists ran, its arm rapidly deformed, protruding a biological spear over ten meters long. The slime on the spear broke into water molecules due to the high-speed vibrations emanating from it. However, when the spear heavily pierced the "flag," it seemed to sink into the sea without making a sound.

The next moment, the mechanical fist of "Flag" appeared on the forehead of the Strongman, and the surface of the fist suddenly sprouted countless needle holes, sending back a sonic boom with double the power.

With the sound of a tank firing, the bio-engineer was thrown fifty meters away, crashing heavily onto a rock. As the rock shattered, his bio-engineered armor also developed numerous irreparable cracks.

This punch had a power of at least 5000 points, and more importantly, this sonic punch directly killed the "Guyver Armor".

Another powerful colonist leaped up from behind, its eight energy nozzles lighting up and sending out eight beams of light as particles shot out. Its right arm transformed into an electromagnetic serrated blade, slashing down viciously.

However, "Flag" turned around with lightning speed, grabbing the electromagnetic serrated blade with its left hand. At the same time, its right hand quickly transformed into an electromagnetic serrated blade of the same shape but twice the size. The high-speed blade sliced the creature in half, leaving the colonist in an even worse state, cut in half alive.

After the corpse was thrown to the ground, the black liquid formed by the Guyver armor intertwined with each other, but it could not repair the physical body.

The person died, but the Guyver Armor remained alive.

The Flag is five meters tall and its appearance is somewhere between Ultron and Sentinel. Even its abilities are very similar. It strengthens its defense through biological means and attacks by transforming into mechanical forms. Enemy attacks are either absorbed in a targeted manner or returned at double the speed.

Despite being surrounded by a dozen or so powerful colonists and mechanical ninjas, this guy remained unfazed, his red electronic eyes fixed on the senior engineer several miles away.

The other party is the real culprit who caused all of this.

If we eliminate the opponent, there's still a chance to turn the tide.

The senior engineer grinned and beckoned to the other person with his finger. "This world is much bigger than I imagined? Prove it to me."

A flash of anger appeared in "Qi's" eyes. This was the content of a conversation between the two a long time ago. At that time, their statuses were worlds apart. One was a severely wounded, fleeing native wild dog, while the other was the mastermind behind the overthrow of the desert regime.

Now, their positions seem to have reversed all at once. He has become the target of the hunt, while the one in front of him has become the real culprit who sabotaged the Hydra Plan.

"Qi" crushed a stealthy mechanical ninja who was launching a sneak attack. More than twenty jet nozzles similar to those of a Qiang Zhuangzan grew from under the mechanical blades. The violent impact allowed him to rush in front of the opponent within seconds and deliver a powerful punch.

However, the next moment, within a 10*10m range, the EMP field did not activate without any summoning. In the bright light, the "flag" that had just left the ground staggered, and the mechanical body lost contact within a few seconds.

A giant, proboscis-shaped hammer suddenly appeared, tearing through the air and slamming viciously into the opponent, sending them flying over a hundred meters away. Several small craters appeared on the ground, along with a 'tunnel' about ten meters long.

At the end of the tunnel, "Flag" hissed and rose to his feet with a grim expression. His gaze swept over the ground and he saw that the shuriken and darts stuck in the ground were emitting the same light.

They were all knocked away by themselves.

Collaboration weapons?

All the mechanical ninjas' hidden weapons are of the same model and are equipped with a linkage device. Once a certain number are reached, they will resonate and generate an EMP force field.

As for the giant hammer that shattered his three mechanical pipes, it was a deep-body transformation of the Bio-Armor.

Xiao Jun and Matsumoto Jun exchanged a smile, and without the slightest hesitation, they led their men and pounced on them.

Two level 30 elites, along with more than thirty near-max-level elites from the mother city, went to fight a level 30 boss with a leader template. Both sides used all their skills, and the battle was quite fierce.

"Flag" is a fighter on par with "The Mountain," but unlike "The Mountain," who has high attack but weak defense, "Flag" is more well-rounded, a standard all-rounder. With biological evolution combined with mechanical transformation, he has almost no weaknesses.

On the other hand, this guy doesn't have any particularly strong points either. For example, while the Mountain's super burst can deal 10 times the damage, he can't do that.

Ultimately, mechanical technology is not a true fusion approach; it's merely a collaboration between mechanical and biological entities.

"In normal history, the Flag would have won. I've never even heard of the Demon Mountain; it's highly likely they were defeated by this beast tide."

"But now, well, hmph."

With a thought, the senior engineer summoned three more henchmen: Colonel Cape, "Little Demon Mountain" Iron Madman, and Shadow Tall Tree. These three were also level 30 elites from the Mother City.

The pressure on "Flag" instantly increased as the three entered the arena.

With a roar, Iron Madman unleashed countless air cannons, forming a gigantic air tiger in mid-air.

The "flag" suddenly retreated, squeezing out at least forty air holes on its body. The mechanical armor plates on its body also turned into large and small "wind turbines," sucking in the violent wind force and miraculously neutralizing this area-of-effect attack.

The flag landed lightly, its hands resting lightly on the ground. The next moment, a terrible earthquake erupted in the area, the ground trembled violently, the air blurred, and the armor on all the powerful colonists turned into slime.

However, the next moment, a dozen mechanical ninjas suddenly appeared in mid-air. Their sense of direction, enhanced by neural modifications, allowed them to ignore the vibrations. They stomped in the air, their bodies half-bent, holding swords in one hand. These mechanical ninjas seemed to have completely abandoned their ranged modifications, in exchange for powerful explosive force.

In their electronic eyes, data was frantically scrolling. Driven by the combat chip, their sword-drawing slashes had an extremely high success rate. The 'elite' level sword-drawing technique they had cultivated since childhood also reached a terrifying level of power with the assistance of the combat chip.

Everyone on the scene has a background. Xiao Tong has the Xiao family, while behind old man Matsumoto is the samurai class that was eliminated by the tides of the times.

The Knights' combat system does not have combat chips. If it did, it would be vulnerable to hacking by large corporations, and the Knights had suffered from this before.

One drawback of not having a combat chip is that it often has to rely on "brain control" rather than "machine control." In this situation, "Flag" made a misjudgment.

In terms of burst damage alone, the mechanical ninja is far stronger than the cyborg.

The blades flashed and countless sonic booms exploded one after another. "Qi's" hands transformed into two oversized katana. At first, they could absorb kinetic energy, and if you slashed at me, I would slash at you and I would shatter your body. However, after being hit by five consecutive sonic booms, a small section of mechanical pipe in his waist and ribs was hit and developed a "weakness effect".

This small section of mechanical pipe is specifically designed to counter the transformation of the "Rending Tiger Ultimate Move".

And coincidentally, this is the energy system connected to him.

The brief short circuit lasted only one second, during which he was hit by nearly ten sonic booms.

If the senior engineer remembers correctly, his sword-drawing slash took away more than 3,000 points of the Reaper's health back then.

Even if a level 30 humanoid boss has a lot of health, it can't compare to a radiation beast of the same level.

"We have to fight this hard."

The senior engineer narrowed his eyes. As a seasoned and cunning old fox, he certainly couldn't treat the other party like a hot-blooded male protagonist.

On his palm, the electromagnetic rifle "Storm" was slowly aimed.

However, the next moment, the 'Neural Radar' suddenly issued a warning, and 'Bullet Time' was activated the instant the warning was issued.

The next moment, the senior engineer's figure overlapped, and countless blood vessels pierced out of the air.

"Holy crap, what the hell is this?"

The senior engineer looked up sharply. In the sky, the Crimson Queen had been devoured by the beast tide, leaving no trace of her remains.

However, with the help of "Radiation Field Control", what the senior engineer saw "before his eyes" was a blood-red scene. A huge, bright red empress crawled toward him like a female ghost. The blood streaks he had just seen were the long hair of the female ghost, or rather, the empress.

"What the hell? Energy body mutation, backlash from the beast tide's will, or information generation?"

With the SP leader's keen eye, the senior engineer quickly identified that this was a special mutation phenomenon born from the surviving neural network of the Crimson Queen, fused with the mutated energy of the beast tide.

Her target was clearly herself, no, her physical body that was a fusion of various advanced cells.

Good grief, I only want your life, and you're actually lusting after my body.

"Huh?"

However, in the senior engineer's "eyes," this "Crimson Queen" had a blank look in her eyes and showed no emotional fluctuations whatsoever.

It seems that this is just the final action of the neuron, just like how some parts of the body may still move after a person dies.

The senior engineer suddenly thought of a possibility.

The possibility of male and female fusion.

Top-tier mechanical components are relatively easy to obtain on this planet, after all, the mastermind behind this cyber test site is a level seven mechanical civilization.

Top-tier bio-plugins are very difficult to obtain.

Only a few places, such as the top-level laboratories of giant corporations, the Knights' Vengeance Highlands, the alien clubhouse of Cloud City, the spark base of the civilized era, and some super monsters conceived in the cyber wave.

Forget about the Cyber Wave. If you're not level 60 before the Cyber Wave starts, you might as well start planning to run away.

The remaining places were either heavily guarded or simply uninhabitable.

The genes of a near-S-class organism have been delivered—isn't this what I've always dreamed of?

However, this would inevitably lead to an extreme level of biological rejection, which could potentially cause problems.

The Red Queen's will is bound to seek revival.

For a short period of time, most of his combat power will be sealed.

The senior engineer quickly assessed the gains and losses in his mind.

The power seal doesn't matter; after this battle, the Knights' higher-ups won't be able to come over anytime soon.

Moreover, once I enter the City That Never Sleeps, force will absolutely be the last resort.

There are survival rules in radiation zones.

The Machine City has its own rules; it's a place where you have to use your brain.

Even a powerful level 60 giant Kun can become someone else's Kun under someone else's crotch.

Players should step in when there's trouble, and others should step in when there's no trouble. That's the normal way to operate.

However, the resurgence of the Crimson Queen's will is quite troublesome.

My own consciousness is only 125 points.

As the saying goes, 100 are pure mechanical, 200 are Gundam pilots, and 300 are ship girls.

This is a requirement of the mechanical route.

In other words, if I wanted to stop the Queen's will from invading, even if I didn't pilot a Gundam, I would have to be at the level of an EVA pilot.

The protagonist had his mother's help, so he essentially went back to where he came from.

Although I am quite resistant to biological rejection, it is still a bit risky.

The senior engineer suddenly turned his head and looked at the "flag" not far away, and had an idea.

I will raise her child.

No, we'll raise them!