The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
"Can they?" Gao Yuanyuan asked.
"You've been dealing with them for a while now, don't you know their capabilities?"
"I can't say," Gao Yuanyuan shook her head. "These three senior figures don't feel like real people to me; they're more like digital symbols. They don't have that dark aura of Cyber Hacker; instead, they seem more like—"
"Immortal?"
"Yes, brother is really smart."
The senior engineer shook his head.
On the planet Machine Rift, the so-called "electronic ascension" is equivalent to having a GM account issued by the "mother city," and the privileges of this "account" even exceed those of a "favored one."
The recent exchange made Gao Gong realize that they were indeed not a clone of the mother city.
This state is quite peculiar.
This also made the senior engineer very curious about their role in this planetary system.
Bug fixer?
External Sealer?
Or perhaps— Collapse Entity sealer?
"Brother," Gao Yuanyuan tugged at Gao Gong's sleeve, looking at him curiously.
The senior engineer pondered for a moment and said:
"The second war machine is a product of Imperial technology. It is bulky, clumsy, and extremely inefficient at the virtual level. In theory, three Electronic Ascendant should not have any problem suppressing one 'second machine'."
"However, Number Thirteen is completely different. It can be said that it is the Collapse Entity is most skilled in fighting on the virtual level. Its existence may cause changes."
Gao Yuanyuan understood.
"I have mastered the 'Dreamland' technique that my brother taught me. I will make my move on the 13th."
"Yes, once you find the right opportunity and merge with Number 13, you will most likely be able to infiltrate not only 'brain-computer users' but also 'natural brain users'."
"Yes, that way I can help my brother even better."
When the senior engineer opened his eyes again, he saw that the "End Black Emperor" had already landed on the ground.
The ground of the continent of Odick is blood-red and possesses a certain "biological quality".
It feels like stepping on living flesh and blood.
"Boss, I can sense several dangerous auras, extremely dangerous!"
The Black Emperor of the End drew his ship-slaying sword, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings with intense intensity, his tone revealing a hint of eager anticipation.
Black Rose also activated "Metabolic Queen". The "blood color" on the ground either dispersed or condensed with her gaze, and even the air became indescribably damp.
"It has a very strange chemical composition that I can't analyze."
Ye Da Luoli didn't speak, but the expression on her face was equally serious.
Because in her tens of thousands of points of spiritual perception, the earth beneath her feet was a completely living thing.
Let's go.
Within a certain distance, there is a clear sense between Collapse Entity, which is the best way to locate them.
They hadn't walked far when a creature the size of a mountain blocked their path.
This enormous creature had the size of a mountain. The three of them stood at its feet like ants. Even more terrifying was that with each breath it took, the space around them was filled with multicolored liquid, like shattered glass.
"S-Class Radiation Beast, the King of the Hemp Elephants!"
The Brain in the Vat told the senior engineer that there are only 17 S-class Beast Kings on this planet, and now he has seen one of them.
The "Dingma Elephant" is an A-class radiation beast that possesses powerful domain power. Legend has it that it can stun the entire population of a mechanical city with a single stomp.
Upon advancing to S-rank Beast King, the power will only increase, because the senior engineer is very familiar with this 'multicolored liquid'.
Beast Tide!
The other side also possesses the power of the beast tide!
Even more bizarrely, the other party's body was covered with various large "engineering frames" and numerous unmanned transport vehicles.
These vehicles are transporting two-meter-thick armor plates, and those scaffolding structures are the devices used to lay these plates.
The workers tore open the skin and embedded the iron plate into the muscle, causing blood to flow like a small waterfall.
In the eyes of the senior engineer, this was a super-large project.
"What is this? Giving an armored creature to a radiation beast?" Ye Da Luoli asked in astonishment.
"High-end ingredients often only require the simplest combinations."
The senior engineer smiled, and then the ground shook violently.
Clearly, the beast king had discovered them.
A sense of awe, as if facing a "fusion engineer," arose.
Then, something surprising happened: the "Dingma Elephant King" barely managed to turn half its head before collapsing. Even the terrifying radiation energy on its body surface dissipated like a tide.
"Let's go, let's take a car."
The senior engineer glanced at Black Rose Black Rose, who nodded and waved.
Soon, a transport vehicle belonging to a knightly order arrived.
The car door opened, revealing a spacious interior with a slightly rusty smell.
And on the car seat, there was a human head with countless wires plugged in.
"Extremely rudimentary bionic technology."
Rose expressed utter disdain for the knights' skulls.
As the 'transport vehicle' sped along, the group soon spotted another 'S-class Beast King'.
It was a 'solid sun' with a diameter of at least 20km. Its surface was pitted like a volcano, with liquid magma gushing out from it. The flames could be spewed thousands of meters high. Even more terrifying was the light deep within the crevices, which resembled 'solar flares'.
Even from a great distance, one could feel the intense heat emanating from the other person.
To put it simply, any radiation-carrying beast below Grade A will be killed alive if it gets close enough.
This time, the senior engineer didn't approach; instead, he sent a "scouting" message from a distance.
Name: Radiant Star Core
Grade: S
Radiant energy: 24.11 million
Property:???
Note: Dangerous energy creatures serve no purpose other than to bring destruction.
This is not only an S-class beast king, but also a very rare pure energy creature.
The volcanic rock-like 'body surface' is actually a manifestation of highly concentrated energy.
"Radiant star core, it looks familiar."
The senior engineer recognized the creature as a Class B radiation beast called "Radiation Sun," a type of radiation beast that only exists in high-level radiation zones. It is extremely dangerous, and the radiation it emits carries strong mutation properties.
And the 'Radiant Star Core' is undoubtedly an evolution of the 'Radiant Great Sun'.
Similarly, on the 'Radiation Star Core', there is a group of small black dots and some special devices.
All three had excellent visibility and could see that some Knights dressed like Spacers were installing energy weapons on the Radiant Star Core.
Those are all kinds of energy cannons!
This time, the group passed under each other.
However, this 'radiation star core' still did not react.
Ye Da Luoli couldn't help but ask, "How did this level of radiation go undetected?"
For the vast majority of people on this planet, the continent of Odick is a death zone.
However, for super-corporations, every year they send out exploration teams to delve into this continent and search for valuable biological data.
Putting everything else aside, how did a radiation beast of this size and intensity manage to evade monitoring satellites?
"That means there's another large, invisible creature in the sky."
The senior engineer looked up at the sky and, surprisingly, the radiation clouds here were not thick; they were more like the black of the industrial era.
Furthermore, through his S-rank "Beastmaster" bloodline, the senior engineer was certain that there was another big guy above him, an S-rank Beast King capable of large-scale invisibility.
"Why don't these monsters attack us?" asked Ye Da Luoli.
"Perhaps an old man was secretly helping us."
The senior engineer remained calm.
The vehicle drove straight in, directly into the Knights' "high ground".
The so-called high ground is not above, but below.
It was a long tunnel.
Furthermore, its defenses have been visibly strengthened.
Neither level 10 low-level combatants nor level 20 high-level combatants are qualified to be stationed here.
On the outskirts, the lowest level is elite mech knights of level 35 or above.
Each "Meat Knight" squad is led by a Grand Knight.
However, these knights stood motionless in place, like walking corpses.
In the dim light, the view was very eerie.
"These people have been hacked."
If Ye Da Luoli still hadn't realized by this point that these people had been hacked, then she would be incredibly foolish.
"So, the S-class radioactive beasts outside are also—"
Ye Da Luoli was stunned for a moment.
If she were to attack without regard for her physical limitations, she could easily destroy an S-class radioactive beast.
However, he simply couldn't control the other person like he had just done.
What kind of monster did this lazy uncle attract?
At that moment, the senior engineer's forearm suddenly deformed, and a ring-shaped shadow, barely visible to the naked eye, spun rapidly. With each rotation, a "Great Knight's" head fell off.
With the old man in charge, now's the perfect time to start monster hunting.
[You have killed the level 45 Grand Knight 'Purgatory', gaining 3 million experience, 3 specialization points, and 10 skill points.]
[You have killed the level 45 Grand Knight 'Gun Demon', gaining 2 million experience, 3 specialization points, and 10 skill points.]
[You have killed the level 48 Grand Knight 'Famine Four Knights' (Fake)', gaining 3 million experience, 3 specialization points, and 10 skill points.]
[You have killed the level 48 Grand Knight 'Fake Four Horsemen of Hell - Plague', gaining 3 million experience, 3 specialization points, and 10 skill points.]
Soon, the senior engineer accumulated 50 million experience points, and more than a dozen senior knights of the Knights Order were killed.
These are all high knights who can attend the Round Table Knights' Conference.
In other words, they all have boss templates, and any one of them, if placed outside, would be enough to become half a faction boss.
That's a level where players need to form a team of 100 to have a slim chance of clearing it.
But now, these are all experience-farming machines.
The only downside is that, probably due to system limitations, this kind of "monster farming" lacks intensity and offers very few benefits.
However, the title of "Four Horsemen of Hell" made Gao Gong slightly concerned.
Famine, war, plague, death
The war in Four Horsemen and the war on the War console are the same thing.
If so, where did he get the other three beings of the same level?
"Boss, there's a familiar scent."
Inside the tunnel, the Black Emperor of the End had to bow his head to pass through the underground passage.
But now, she suddenly sensed something and spoke.
The senior engineer's eyes lit up as the view ahead suddenly opened up.