Starting as a Mechanical Hunter
Chapter 546

Space Cutting

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The last time I entered Fusion Mode was in the game "The Fugitive," where mechanical energy and biological energy merged, creating a super monster with a mechanical energy exceeding ten million. [The chapters updated by. COM are the most complete and comprehensive, with the most timely error-free content fixes. Due to caching issues, we recommend visiting the. COM official website with your browser.]

That incident caused quite a stir, almost making people think that another S-class radiation beast king had suddenly appeared.

This time, it was as smooth as flowing water, without causing any damage. The senior engineer entered a state of oneness. Moreover, his skin, muscles, and cells were no longer in a state of constant tearing. Instead, they were like being soaked in warm water, neither too hot nor too cold. His entire life was like a pot of rich and flavorful soup.

[Merging in progress, your current biomechanical energy is 65,141,200 points]

The senior engineer glanced at the system panel and thought, "Hmm, it's six times the previous size."

It should be noted that the mechanical energy of a typical third-tier civilization building is just over 100 million.

Both sides are now at the same level.

The giant serpent floated in the air, its movements seemingly slow but actually swift; wherever its gaze passed, it would inevitably appear in the next instant.

This wasn't a high-level engineer using teleportation, but rather a mode of movement of an "energy being" called subspace gliding. It involves distorting the physical parameters of reality with a high concentration of energy, creating a vacuum channel in space, and then walking through this channel at a speed close to teleportation.

So, after a series of overlapping and flashing figures, the senior engineer appeared on the tenth floor of the Hive.

A huge bulge with a diameter of 3,000 meters has appeared on the ground, and the shape of the huge drill bit can be vaguely seen underground. The cutting edge on the surface of the drill bit has torn the alloy ground apart, exposing a cutting edge that is 20 meters long and is regularly distributed around the drill bit.

The senior engineer could even feel the roaring sound of the huge engine underground, like the rumbling of the earth.

"Let's try this trick first."

The senior engineer, floating in mid-air, stretched out his right hand towards the ground with his five fingers spread. The next moment, a tangible beam of light shot down to the ground and transformed into a golden light shield, which enveloped the ground centered on the honeycomb.

The next moment, the terrifying weapon of civilization finally had enough power to unleash a massive earthquake, capable of destroying everything. If this power were to be released, it could even cause a magnitude 12 earthquake.

However, at the epicenter of the earthquake, everything was quiet; the ferocious mechanical behemoth was frozen in place, only revealing half of its claws.

The metallic skin covering the engineer's body changed from silver to gold starting from his fingertips. The engineer's expression was also quite solemn. Combined with the solidified white light around him, he looked like an ancient species in amber, both strangely beautiful and extremely dangerous.

This stalemate doesn't seem easy.

Compared to the other side, the senior engineer was like an ant blocking a giant elephant. The proportions of the two sides were too exaggerated, and this stalemate was truly bizarre.

Ultimately, the massive tunnel boring machine only managed to push forward halfway before it could go no further.

Under the golden light shield, the entire mechanical behemoth's hundreds of power-generating systems spun aimlessly, like a powerful beast being restrained by a skilled tamer.

It means both obeying and disobeying.

Under this struggle, ripples spread through the space. The Hive itself was unharmed, but the city center, centered on the Hive, began to collapse on a large scale. More than a dozen buildings collapsed in this super earthquake, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.

Finally, the "Sawtooth" broke free and slowly retreated underground, preparing for its next impact.

The golden light shield shattered the instant the opponent retreated.

The senior engineer's upper body suddenly swayed, and the energy around him disintegrated from a liquid state into a mist state, which spun wildly around his body.

"It's fucking heavy!"

The senior engineer exhaled a breath of hot, rusty steam, and a trickle of blood slid from the corner of his mouth.

He felt both delighted and frustrated.

The good news is that the fusion of carbon-based and mechanical technologies is incredibly powerful; it can actually go toe-to-toe with weapons from a third-tier civilization.

This is a miracle, if we consider it in the context of the entire universe.

The frustrating thing is that his original intention was to use Diwei to control the opponent, since this move is very effective against ancient machines.

However, the effect was not good, probably because the "Sawtooth" was modified too much and had no trace of ancient machinery anymore, so the restraining effect was not achieved.

"However, in this state, how did 'Emperor's Might' become solid?"

Previously, when this move was used, the Emperor's Might was a dense golden light, but now it has turned into a golden light shield.

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. If he himself is abnormal, his skills can't be abnormal too.

The senior engineer opened his personal panel, glanced at it, and immediately raised his eyebrows. He saw that on the skill bar, Emperor's Might (exclusive to the Mechanical Emperor) had changed to Emperor's Might+.

Aren't exclusive skills supposed to be non-upgradeable?

The senior engineer scrolled through the skill bar again and was astonished to find that all skills, specialties, and talents had generally increased by 2 to 3 levels. For example, "Metal Magnetic Field Control" had increased from Tier 2 Level I to Tier 2 Level IV, a direct increase of three minor levels.

As for the S-rank bloodline that could not be upgraded further, it became S+, just like "Emperor's Might".

"The fusion route can actually achieve a full-scale upgrade? Is that even possible?"

Senior Engineer's Mutter:

"Why didn't this happen last time?"

However, the senior engineer quickly realized that the last transformation was quite unstable, with the two types of rejection increasing wildly, almost ruining him.

If the state is unstable, then there is no way to talk about enhancing attributes.

This time, however, it is a stable integration mode, and the benefits of taking the integration route have been fully realized.

"Now I finally understand why the Queen of Blades was so powerful in her previous life—her basic attacks could create planets, and her ultimate could cleave stars. So that's how it was."

"As I continue to expand along this route, this bonus will only grow stronger."

"I'm not necessarily inferior to her!"

The future is bright!

The senior engineer was thrilled, but as his senses expanded and he detected the earthquake disaster centered on the hive, he frowned again.

"Can the Imperial Might alone only suppress the Sawtooth's frontal assault?"

"This is all my manually collected data, are you going to waste it?"

"Now that all skills have been upgraded, let's try this move."

After glancing at the 'Metal Magnetic Field Control', the senior engineer took a deep breath, made a grasping motion with both hands, and all the metal within a radius of a hundred miles began to 'hum'. Steel bars, steel pipes, metal molds, mechanical vehicles, and fully automated robots shot towards him in the next instant.

These metal equipment seemed to traverse space, crashing into the ground of the tenth floor. With a strange force, they were compressed wildly, and soon, a "metal disc" with a diameter of 3,000 meters and a thickness of nearly 10 meters was stacked up and forcibly stuck to the ground by the senior engineer.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

After withstanding three blows, the "pancake" finally gave way, and countless cracks appeared on its body.

However, the senior engineer had anticipated this. He made a grasping motion with both hands once more, and the "pancake" quickly melted under the influence of the "metal virus." A large amount of liquid metal fell from the opening and began to corrode the underground mechanical behemoth.

This third-tier civilization weapon seems to have become a whetstone for the senior engineer to test his skills.

Suddenly, the senior engineer's eyes flashed, and the next moment, a purple space opened up centered on him, enveloping the entire Hive City.

This is a pure energy space. Inside the space, threads intertwine with each other, and at the end of each thread is a mirror. Both the threads and the mirrors are manifestations of the space's energy.

Purple String Space, the fifth Collapse Entity, is a type of spatial collapse. In the past, due to his own limited abilities, the senior engineer was unable to explore it in depth and only regarded it as a trigger for 'space travel'.

Now that the senior engineer has broken through to the second tier and entered the "Orochi Mode," a super-powerful boost mode, he naturally wants to delve deeper into the research.

After all, he had never seen Collapse Entity before in his previous life; it was extremely rare.

"The Purple String Space—these strings are the true core of this space."

"The surface of the string is covered by spatial energy, but I believe its core must be some kind of dimensional folding; otherwise, the principle of 'space travel' cannot be explained."

"Spatial energy alone is a fixed quantity, while travel is a variable."

If space is a blank sheet of paper, then spatial energy is like water on that paper, leaving streaks on it.

While water can help fold white paper, it's not the only factor.

Suddenly, the senior engineer had a thought.

Space travel is traversing this planet without any blind spots.

Therefore, the threads within the space should not be fixed, and I should be able to manipulate them.

"It can be used for more than just teleportation."

When the massive mechanical behemoth "Sawtooth" charged forward once again with overwhelming force, the senior engineer's gaze sharpened.

Numerous threads from within the space were directly wrapped around the drill bit, which was nearly a kilometer in diameter. Then, the senior engineer activated his space travel ability.

The next moment, more than half of the drill bit, which was hundreds of meters high, disappeared into thin air.

This is—space cutting!

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