A note from the author:
Hello Yanzu Yifei!
I apologize to everyone in advance...
Because I have exams coming up, I can only update one chapter today!
Also, regarding the book's progress, barring any unforeseen circumstances, it should be completed by the end of July or early August this year...
If it's going to end like this, let me give you a hint here~
It's very simple, just four words...
The beginning and the end echo each other!
"An old friend?"
Zhang Lingqi and Berris in the cockpit stared intently at the strange man who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Jiangnan, who was being held captive by the berserk purple lightning armor, showed no intention of introducing himself.
It wasn't that he was pretending to be aloof; he genuinely couldn't bring himself to speak.
After using [Purple Firmament Thunder] to arm himself, he successfully concealed his identity.
But this also led to an unpleasant side effect.
Don't even mention that your voice will produce sparks.
Even if he wanted to take out a sticky note to write, the paper would be carbonized into a clump of ashes before it even touched his fingers.
"This is truly a ghost..."
Inside the mech, Berris stared at the radar screen, muttering to herself.
"How did this [Thunder Living Person] even appear out of nowhere?"
"They couldn't even detect it with the highest-level bio-radar!"
"Even the Machine God couldn't lock him up; this guy is definitely not simple..."
"Judging from the way they made their entrance, they most likely possess some kind of rare spatial teleportation technique."
Zhang Lingqi narrowed his eyes, took two steps forward, and looked Jiangnan up and down.
The silhouette enveloped in purple lightning...
It looks vaguely familiar.
Just as he frowned, about to question the other party about their background...
"Alright, stop looking."
Du Linyuan immediately stepped forward, subtly blocking Jiangnan's path and interrupting Zhang Lingqi's thoughts.
"It's getting late, let's save the nonsense for after we finish typing."
Let's get started.
Zhang Lingqi glanced at his watch, then suppressed his doubts and nodded.
"That's true, time waits for no one."
"Berris is in a hurry, all of you come up!"
Berris controlled the Machine God, extending a giant hand comparable in size to a school cafeteria, and spread it out on the beach.
Since the goal is to dive to the deepest parts of the ocean, riding in a mecha is obviously the fastest and safest way.
Without hesitation, Zhang Lingqi and Du Linyuan jumped up first.
Jiangnan followed closely behind.
However, just as Jiangnan's boots, encased in the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, stepped onto the mecha's hand...
"Zzzzz!!!"
Suddenly, an electric shock crackled from his palm!
"Aaaaaah!"
A Berris erupted from the cockpit. "Hot! Hot! Hot!"
"You Thunder Living Person, get off me right now! Don't burn Berris!!!"
Jiangnan's eye twitched.
"Thunder Living Person?"
What kind of weird nickname is that?
He really wanted to complain, but since he couldn't bring himself to say it, he could only silently keep this to himself.
Prioritizing the overall situation, Jiangnan did a backflip and landed back on the beach.
"What the hell is that lightning?!"
Berris rubbed her burning hot spot in the cockpit, ranting and raving.
"The Machine God was modified from the remains that Grandpa dug out of the ancient civilization ruins in the Tropical Rainforest of the Barbaric Realm."
"It's said to be the First Unit created by a god from an alien civilization called the [Federation]."
"How could being burned by lightning cause nerve pain feedback?!"
"And..."
"The sensation of this electric current being transmitted..."
"It felt like someone was punching Berris in the lower back..."
Berris suddenly froze.
Etc.
It was clearly the Machine God's palm that was burned, so why is my nerve feedback causing pain in this area...?
It's a butt?!
The girl's face flushed red, and a sense of shame rose within her.
Puzzled, she switched the radar view to the Machine God's palm area.
At this moment, Du Linyuan and Zhang Lingqi, who had been driven away, were also looking down at the spot where Jiangnan had just stood.
The metal armor hadn't melted; instead, it was faintly glowing.
It's like a heat-gathering layer that's absorbing energy.
Clearly, that wasn't a wound.
Rather, it is a special material of the Machine God.
It reacted chemically with the [Purple Firmament Divine Thunder] on Jiangnan's body!
What's going on?
Berris looked puzzled. "This has never happened before..."
In the very next second.
Suddenly Main Control Panel flashed a bright red light, Machine God's intelligent system automatically provided the answer.
[Warning! High-energy reaction detected!]
[First Unit's underlying code has been activated! Restart the Supernova Protocol...]
Accompanied by a notification sound, a brand new mode interface unfolded before Berris's eyes!
After inspection...
Berris discovered that it was a hidden function unique to First Unit -01.
[Supernova Mode] forcibly activated by the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder!
This function is similar to overclocking a computer processor, but on this 300-meter-tall Machine God...
Once activated, the mech's overall performance undergoes a qualitative leap!
Berris's calculations yielded a conclusion that made even herself gasp in shock.
If we could unlock this mode...
The Machine God's combat power will directly cross the threshold of Demigod, reaching the true Quasi-God level!!
"That's amazing! Berris is incredible!"
Berris was overjoyed.
However...
When she saw the unlock conditions, the ecstasy on her face froze.
The panel showed that the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder energy transmitted by Jiangnan's step had only charged the Machine God by 0.001%!
You must reach 100% to fully unlock [Supernova Mode]!
This means...
She will have to experience that same feeling of shame, like being struck hard, a hundred thousand more times!
Moreover, as the charging ratio increases, that feeling will likely be many times stronger than it is now!
"Boom!"
Berris's face turned as red as a teapot, and steam even rose from her head.
"No... no need!!"
She tossed her head and swiped away the tempting Pop-up Window notification.
"Berris doesn't need this method; she can still kill Gabetan!"
She glared at Jiangnan was standing on the beach with his arms crossed, with a mixture of arrogance and embarrassment.
Immediately afterwards, the mecha's arm jerked violently!
"Huh?!"
"Bang! Bang!"
Caught off guard Du Linyuan and Zhang Lingqi were thrown back onto the beach.
What's wrong with you?!
Du Linyuan rubbed his sore bottom, grumbling as he did so.
Zhang Lingqi also stared at the massive mecha with an unfriendly gaze.
"Aren't you Huaxia Person supposed to be the most collectivists? Blame that Thunder Living Person!"
"It was his damn lightning that burned me! You guys figure out how to get down yourselves, Berris is going first!"
With those words, Berris piloted the Machine God and plunged into the sea without looking back.
"Purple Lightning..."
Zhang Lingqi ignored the angry Berris and turned his gaze back to the thunder armor on Jiangnan.
This time, he finally remembered.
"Sequence 021... Purple Firmament Divine Thunder."
A look of shock flashed in Zhang Lingqi's eyes, "This is not only the strongest lightning in the world, but also the natural enemy of all strange creatures..."
He turned to look at Du Linyuan and took a deep breath.
"It seems that this friend you've found will be our greatest asset in this campaign against Gabetan."
"In that case, it's fine not to ride the Machine God."
Zhang Lingqi drew the Death Baleful Blade, his eyes sharpening.
"Follow my portal."
"We'll go into the sea first and find Gabetan's shattered limbs from before the Dragon God struck him, using them as a medium."
Du Linyuan nodded and looked towards Jiangnan.
Jiangnan nodded slightly in agreement.
The three of them jumped into the deep sea.
Zhang Lingqi moved extremely quickly and soon found a foul-smelling tentacle remnant in the underwater ruins.
Using this as a medium, he tore open the vortex portal of the [Black Crow Messenger] and applied the [Death Declaration]'s bloodline!
"Coordinates locked, let's go!"
Zhang Lingqi took the lead and stepped into the teleportation portal, followed closely by Du Linyuan and Jiangnan.
As for Berris, since it could only rely on bio-radar to explore the seabed, its operations were clearly lagging far behind.
The instant you pass through the portal.
The pressure and stench of the deep sea hit me.
Deep in the dark trench, Gabetan was curled up beside the rock wall, licking his wounds.
The moment they saw the three appear out of thin air.
"Whoosh!"
Gabetan erupted in a furious growl!
It raised its upside-down head, preparing to crush the three humans in one gulp.
However...
Its movement suddenly stopped in mid-air.
That upside-down head seemed to be searching for something, and finally...
The image freezes on the last man, whose entire body is enveloped in purple lightning.
Their eyes met.
That cold, condescending gaze, and the sheer terror of being chased with a nuclear bomb...
Gabetan's violent pupils gradually calmed and became clear!
I've seen it in your eyes...
It's someone it never wants to see again!
There was absolutely no need for hesitation, and they didn't even dare to utter a roar.
"Puff!!!"
Gabetan simply vanished into thin air!
A massive amount of Black Mist gushed out from its body, turning the entire sea area as black as ink.
It then abruptly turned around and fled frantically into the deeper reaches of the sea!
"This..."
Du Linyuan was dumbfounded; his jaw almost dropped into the seabed silt.
"What the hell is going on?!"
For this battle, he mentally rehearsed the tactics countless times and predicted all of Gabetan's attack routes.
And then... this guy didn't even lift a finger, he just ran away in fear?!
"Don't just stand there! Its injuries are definitely more serious than we imagined!"
Zhang Lingqi was equally shocked. Gabetan's behavior made him misunderstand the other party's state, and a murderous intent was revealed in his eyes.
"Du Linyuan, cover me! I'll use [Command the Dead] to wipe out this Black Mist!"
"It's trying to use these offspring to hold us back; the Death Declaration might stop it for a while!"
Zhang Lingqi raised the Death Baleful Blade in his hand, preparing to unleash a devastating, mutually destructive attack at any cost.
But just then...
"BOOM!!!"
A bolt of purple lightning, tearing through the deep sea, suddenly roared past Zhang Lingqi's ear!
The Electric Arc left a dazzling trail thousands of meters long on the seabed, illuminating the pitch-black depths as if it were daytime!
Zhang Lingqi's hand, which was holding the long sword high, froze in mid-air.
He stared blankly ahead.
In this endless deep sea.
In this realm of Evil God, which should have been dominated by fear and darkness.
A broad road was forcibly cleaved open by a beam of purple light!
The darkness was shattered in an instant!
The Black Mist that was formed from the offspring of Gabetan.
The moment it came into contact with the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, it vanished into Void without even uttering a wail!
And at the end of that purple path.
Gabetan's body was convulsing in the seawater, its upside-down face contorted in agony!
Riding on purple lightning, he arrived in an instant!
Jiangnan's right leg, encased in lightning armor, descended from the sky, the Knight kicking Gabetan's half-restored shell!