The Machine Puppet System
After clearing out all the beast hordes on the planet, leaving only a safe number for research by the world's research units, the mechanical Puppet squad boarded Spaceship and left the planet, returning to the Battle Group Base located on the outer edge of the world.
Puppet No. 103 and Puppet One-Zero-Four followed the team members off the Spaceship and returned to their "dormitory" at the base. Before their advancement, they had to undergo maintenance and upkeep of their machines.
Both Puppet were originally from the same City in the same world, and were promoted after passing the selection ceremony of the Ascension Ceremony. Their numbers were similar, so their dormitories were naturally next to each other.
The two Puppet returned to their respective cramped "dormitories," each only a few square meters in size, and to their Book of Questions. The mechanical arms inside the "dormitories" automatically removed the combat modules from their bodies and then performed maintenance and upkeep on their main bodies.
During the machine's maintenance, Number One-Zero-Four suddenly used a special encrypted channel to ask Number 103, "Master, if we choose to advance to 'Guardian,' will we be able to get close to the Prison where the Immortal Realm Prisoners are held?"
Needless to say, the two mechs, number 103 and One-Zero-Four, are naturally the two blank Souls Body Seizure by Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei. Number 103 is Bai Qiuran, and number One-Zero-Four is Tang Ruowei.
When the two arrived here, although Bai Qiuran was captivated for a time by the Artificial Purple Mansion and mass-produced Nascent Soul of the mechanical Puppet, they still remembered that their main purpose was to find the Immortals who had been captured and taken prisoner by the Puppet on the front lines.
However, the Void is vast, and the territory occupied by this mechanical Puppet is not much Immortal Realm than that of the Immortal Realm. If they want to imprison Prisoners in any world at will, it would be much more difficult for Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei to try their luck in each Vast Sea randomly.
If they keep searching like that, it might take forever. Given Bai Qiuran's attitude, by the time they find those prisoners, the war between the Puppet and the Immortal Realm might already be over.
Therefore, after witnessing the Ascension Ceremony in Serast City, Bai Qiuran resorted to this desperate measure. After some maneuvering, the two successfully infiltrated the mechanical Puppet army by using Thought Possession. Through a month of training in the mechanical Puppet recruit training camp, they also learned a great deal of information about this civilization.
This civilization calls itself the "Machine Puppet Divine Court." All its members, except for the Kinfolk in the Material Plane, are Machine Puppet assembled from Runes parts and mechanical Artificial Purple Mansion. The highest leader of the civilization is a mysterious being known as the "Machine God."
According to Bai Qiuran's estimation, this Machine God is very likely the one created by the Immortal Emperor Shuhua and left here.
Under the command of the Machine God, there are ten Grand Warband, each of which is further divided into twenty Battle Corps Grand Warband. Each of these Battle Corps is led by an Emperor-class mecha personally created by the Machine God.
The so-called Emperor-class mechs are super war machines with the strength of Immortal Emperor, such as the Three Venerables super war machines that Bai Qiuran and his group saw when the Machine Puppet fought against the Taste Desire Venerable.
The sword-wielding mecha, codenamed "Blade Emperor," commands a group of mecha and _illustrated_book-like Battle Corps specializing in manipulating Flying Sword or blades. The Buddha-like mecha, codenamed "Conversion," pilots a battle Battle Corps specializing in both physical and firepower using Buddhism techniques. And the planetary Fortress, resembling a planet, whose primary attack method is Nascent Soul self-destruct Missile, each shot stained with the blood and tears of Virtual Foundation Stage Cultivator, is commanded by the mecha codenamed "End War," which also leads Grand Warband specializing in firepower coverage.
Moreover, the name "End War" is particularly interesting, but it unexpectedly fits the name of that Grand Warband. When that Battle Corps passed through, everything in its path was basically covered by fire and leveled. When everything disappeared, there was no more conflict, which naturally meant "End War."
However, even the Machine Puppet that Bai Qiuran and the others are currently Body Seizure cannot join these major Grand Warband, because the three major Grand Warband heading to the Consciousness Demon Domain, as well as the several Grand Warband guarding the Machine God's hub, are all directly controlled and commanded by the Machine God. The Machine Puppet inside are also all commanded and manipulated by the will of the Machine God alone.
Among the ten Grand Warband, only the Grand Warband called "Order," which Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei are currently in, is composed of Kinfolk from subordinate Material World who Mechanical Ascension by extracting their Souls and bestowing them upon mechanical bodies.
After each Souls enters the body of the Machine Puppet, it will be imprinted with Thought Imprint eternal loyalty to the Machine God by the Machine God's subordinate, the Mecha Puppet Venerable, who commands this Grand Warband.
This Grand Warband generally doesn't go to the front lines or guard important locations. Instead, they are scattered throughout the various worlds of the Machine God's territory, responsible for maintaining local world Order and resolving difficulties that their Kinfolk cannot handle.
They're more like local police officers than Battle Corps.
Moreover, the Emperor-level Machine Puppet that led this Grand Warband, the mecha Puppet Venerable named "Order," was not a war-specialized type, but a mind control-specialized type.
All these signs are particularly thought-provoking.
As Machine Puppet, their advancement methods within the Battle Corps differ from those of the Immortal Realm civilization.
In the Immortal Realm, everything a person possesses—status, fame, power, Wealth, and even the opposite sex they admire—is essentially tied to their cultivation level. And a person's cultivation level depends entirely on their own relentless efforts and struggles in cultivation.
In the Immortal Realm, you can say that the higher your cultivation level, the more powerful you are, and the bigger your fist, the higher your status.
However, within the Machine Puppet Battle Corps, all Machine Puppet of the same level have the same parameters in all aspects of their bodies; their combat power depends entirely on the performance of the soul that controls that body.
However, after a month of basic training, this gap will be reduced to a very small extent. In the training camp, the Machine Puppet instructors will use the most efficient methods to input all the combat data stored up to date by the entire Machine Puppet force into the machine.
Unless someone like Bai Qiuran has combat skills that surpass those of the Machine God's True Body, their combat abilities are roughly equal.
Therefore, within the Machine Puppet Battle Corps, if Machine Puppet want to advance to a higher rank, they need to travel to various places to complete Battle Corps missions and accumulate merits for the Glory of the Machine God.
Once enough merits have been accumulated, the Machine Puppet can choose a promotion path and advance to the next level.
Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei had already completed an initial upgrade and transformation. Bai Qiuran chose the close-combat decapitation specialization type, while Tang Ruowei chose the ranged decapitation specialization type.
Now, their choice is an advancement that could significantly alter the nature of their Machine Puppet.
The Immortals are imprisoned in the Machine Puppet Prison, which is also managed by the Order Prison Grand Warband. As long as Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei choose the advancement path called "Guardian", they will be able to join the Prison Battle Corps and obtain the specific location of the imprisoned Immortals.