An Unexpected Battle

Information-system clashes were the most complex kind of battle. The exchange of information often determined victory or defeat the moment contact was made.

The victor became the devourer, while the loser was devoured. There was no third path to choose.

Little Woman No. 2 had chosen this path, so no one could help her.

Seeing the disappointment on Little Woman's face, Gao Gong thought for a moment before saying, "The group's focus from here on will be technological development. I'll have them prioritize researching flesh-mechanical technology."

Little Woman barely recovered some of her spirits and was just about to say something when her expression suddenly changed, and she raised her head.

"This—"

She looked toward Gao Gong, but Gao Gong had already vanished from where he stood.

Amid the roiling radiation clouds, a mechanical fortress the size of a city plummeted at an astonishing speed. The enormous mechanical figure inside the fortress laughed loudly, as though it were about to do something interesting.

A flash of purple light appeared, and Gao Gong materialized nearby. His detection skill swept over the target.

Name: Xie Egui (Immortal Consortium)

Species: Super Mechanical Lifeform

Level: 90+

HP: ??

Stamina: ??

Mechanical Energy: 1 billion

...

"Hm?"

Xie Egui suddenly turned his head. The surrounding radiation clouds were sucked into the base of the outer-space fortress like a giant whale drawing in water. Then a terrifying energy tide surged out, drowning everything.

Gao Gong did not try to withstand it head-on. With another flash of purple light, he appeared 100 kilometers away.

Yet a terrifying roar, as though it had surpassed the void itself, exploded beside Gao Gong's ears.

"Little bug, you think you're worthy of interfering with me?"

The sky and ground rapidly overlapped beneath that shout. At the edge of Gao