Higher-Dimensional Gift

Duan Bronchus entrance.

This was a suddenly expansive, magnificent space with a diameter exceeding one hundred thousand kilometers. However, this space was currently filled with a sea of fire that inspired nothing but despair.

"ROAR--!!!"

A roar stirred up a storm of heat waves.

In the center of the sea of fire stood a terrifying behemoth over three hundred meters tall—[Flame Demon Lord (LV.35 Lord)].

Its body was composed of flowing lava and obsidian; with every step it took, the ground turned into a pool of magma. In comparison, the cold-weapon tactics the players took such pride in, and the shield walls formed by the Divine Guard, were as insignificant as dust beneath its feet.

"Retreat! Everyone retreat!!"

Feng Xing Tian Xia's voice roared through the command channel, carrying a rare hint of urgency.

"We can't hold it at all!"

Long Zhan Yu Ye had reached LV.25 by now, clad in top-tier fire-resistance gear, but with a single strike from the Flame Demon's Lava Whip, he was swatted away like a baseball, his health bar hitting rock bottom instantly.

"This is too overpowered! The healers are getting scorched to death before they can even cast a heal!"

Even though the top tier of the entire server had reached an average of LV.25, in front of a giant beast hundreds of meters tall with its own domain, mortal flesh still appeared incredibly fragile.

The army of players retreated like a receding tide, fleeing in disarray back to the Bronchiole A-105 that had just been cleared.

High-dimensional perspective.

The vacuum of space.

This was a scene so grand it was suffocating. A Titan God of unfathomable size was floating amidst a brilliant nebula.

His chest—a chest that seemed to be constructed from stars themselves—finally began to heave with an extremely faint rhythm as the A1-A105 airways were cleared.

There is little oxygen in space.

But the Titan did not need oxygen.

His heart was an incredibly complex Biological Nuclear Reactor, countless times more magnificent than the sun, seemingly encased in a Dyson sphere.

"Inhale..."

Gu Yuan's will swept across the lung.

As the respiratory tract cleared, the interstellar dust, high-energy particle streams, and even tiny meteorites permeating space were captured by that massive gravitational pull and drawn into the body along the trachea.

These materials were instantly pulverized and ionized in the alveoli, converted into the purest nuclear fuel, and injected into that reactor heart.

Thump--!

The heart beat powerfully once.

Energy surged along the Vascular Star River, eventually converging into every limb and bone.

"Children, well done."

"I shall grant you bodies of steel."

A-105 temporary frontline camp.

For two full weeks, players across the server had been pushing forward like madmen.

Li Ming, Long Zhan, Imperial Dynasty, and the thousand-man "Great Wall Watch" guild—which had successfully leveled up in the H-106 area—joined forces to clear over a hundred bronchiole lesions from A1 to A105.

The surge in the number of level 20 players had greatly increased the efficiency of clearing low-level lesions. Moreover, the number of Silver Wing Sentinels in the lung was increasing as well.

But today, the gate to the Duan Bronchus was firmly blocked by that Flame Demon.

Feng Xing Tian Xia sat in a corner, chugging a bottle of high-level recovery potion.

Although they had lost the battle just now, he was not discouraged. He glanced at his character panel.

[ID: Feng Xing Tian Xia]

[Level: LV.26]

[Potential Points: 1]

During these two weeks of high-intensity slaughter, he had already completed his talent advancement.

[Talent Tree - Neural Sequence]

Activated: [Bullet Time] (Cost: 2 points)

Effect: Active. Accelerates thought to the extreme; the world appears relatively stationary to you. Duration: 3 seconds.

Activated: [Micron-level Manipulation] (Cost: 2 points)

Effect: Passive. Controls every muscle in the body with micron-level precision. Greatly increases evasion and critical hit correction.

"My reaction speed can keep up with it, I could even cut into the back of its neck," Chen Feng clenched his fist, his fingertips tracing a blur in the air as the atmosphere was precisely sliced, "but my body can't keep up. Under that kind of heat, my skin would carbonize if I got within five meters of it."

"Should I put points into the Flesh Sequence? I'm a bit conflicted; I want to max out my strengths..."

Just then, a golden light that shook the entire server erupted from the top right corner of his retina.

[Server-wide Announcement: Through the tireless efforts of all players, the Bio-Energy collection progress for the Titan Armory has reached 100%!]

[Current Progress: 1 Billion/1 Billion]

The camp fell silent for a brief moment before erupting into earth-shattering cheers.

"It's... it's full?!"

"One billion! I've been grinding like a laborer for the past half-month, doing nothing but moving bricks, and it's finally full!"

"Where are the mechas?! Where is my Gundam?!"

[System Prompt: The Bio-Dynamic Exoskeleton tech tree has been unlocked!]

[Please head to the Heart Core Sanctuary to learn the details from the NPC "Zero"!]

Coordinates: Heart - Heart Core Sanctuary.

White light flickered.

Chen Zihan, Zhao Kuo, Tian Ce, and Great Wall No. 1, along with their core teams, teleported here the moment it opened.

The area was already crowded with countless players eager to catch their first glimpse of the mechas.

In the center of the sanctuary, the floating silver figure—the NPC Zero—was emitting a soft blue glow. Beside him, several tall Silver Wing Sentinels stood guard over a massive holographic projection table.

"Brave kin."

Zero's voice was no longer cold, carrying a hint of solemnity instead.

"The Titan has felt your loyalty. Faced with the intense heat of the Flame Demon and the erosion of the abyss, your current frail flesh is no longer enough to sustain the battle."

"This is the armor bestowed upon you by the gods. But to master it, you must pay the corresponding price."

Chen Feng stepped forward and opened the exchange list.

The moment he saw the prices, even he gasped.

[Item: [S-1 Type] Mecha Pilot Certification Chip]

[Price: 50,000 Bio-Energy]

[Description: Once implanted, it enables the Mecha Neural Link Port.]

From the Titan's perspective, this was actually a special pheromone marker.

[Item: [Titan's Fist] Prototype Industrial Blueprint (Complete Version)]

[Price: 1,000,000 Bio-Energy]

[Description: Contains the full set of technologies, including bio-transmission, neural linking, and high-energy battery packs. Can be purchased by a guild; once purchased, all guild members share manufacturing permissions.]

"One million..." Zhao Kuo's eyelids twitched. "This is straight-up robbery! We worked our tails off to gather that billion, and the system swallowed it all, only for us to have to pay out of pocket for the blueprints?"

"Buy it."

Great Wall No. 1 didn't hesitate, immediately transferring the balance from the official account. "Anything that can be solved with money isn't a problem. The key is whether this thing can help us defeat that Flame Demon. We can consider ourselves on the same front now; let's pool our money to buy one copy."

Feng Xing Tian Xia took the data chip, which emitted a faint blue light, and the heavy scroll of blueprints.

"Wait..."

Data Maniac, who had been following Feng Xing Tian Xia the whole time, suddenly leaned in. Beside him, Tian Ce also raised an eyebrow after glancing at the blueprints.

At this moment, this top-tier computer science talent, data genius, ACM gold medalist, and full-stack expert in the real world was staring fixedly at the complex blueprints unfolding on his retina, his hands trembling.

"Feng-ge... something's not right."

Data Maniac's voice turned sharp from extreme shock.

"What is it? Is there an error in the blueprints?"

"No... it's too right! It's terrifyingly right!"

Li Zihan quickly zoomed in on the details of the blueprint on the holographic panel, pointing to the section regarding the Neural Signal Translator and the molecular structure diagram of the Bio-Battery.

"Feng-ge, I'm a BME major. I studied biomedical engineering in college and worked with my advisor on invasive brain-computer interfaces. Look at this neural bridging structure... this isn't just some texture drawn by a game artist! This is a complete, logically consistent, and theoretically feasible engineering blueprint in terms of physics!"

"And this alloy formula..." Li Zihan swallowed hard. "Although some materials are unique to the Titan's body, if we substituted them with titanium alloys or graphene in the real world... this thing could actually be built in reality!"

"What?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the big shots around him were stunned. Tian Ce, however, wore an expression that said, "I knew it."

"Are you saying..." Great Wall No. 1's gaze turned incredibly sharp. "This game has given us an exoskeleton blueprint that is fifty years ahead of Earth's technology?"

"More than fifty years." Li Zihan muttered to himself. "If this neural direct-link technology is real, it could allow disabled people to run like normal people and send current prosthetic technology straight to a museum!"

Great Wall No. 1 took a deep breath, immediately cutting off the surrounding public channel and issuing an order only in the core group channel:

"Log off immediately! Export all the data from these blueprints! Give it to the people at the Academy of Sciences!"

"If this is real... this game isn't just about gaming or individual evolution; this is a higher civilization providing us with technological aid!"

Chen Feng looked at the blueprint in his hand, then at his character panel, his Level 26 strength surging within him.

A technological revolution in the real world was the government's business. As for him, a pure player, his mission was to tear that Flame Demon standing in his way into pieces!

"We'll deal with reality later."

Chen Feng gripped the chip tightly, his gaze burning like a torch.

"For now, I'm going to build one in the game first."

"Notify all Flesh Artisans!"

"We're about to burn through some cash."

One hour later, H-124 Joint Camp - Workshop No. 1.

This factory, which never slept, was currently undergoing the most expensive display of profligacy in the entire server. Countless precious items were being poured into the process, and Bio-Energy was being consumed like flowing water.

[Forging in progress: Titan's Fist (Prototype)]

[Consumption: High-Purity Bile Crystal x 20,000]

[Consumption: Hardened Flame Demon Bone x 10 tons]

[Consumption: Bio-Energy x 5,000,000]

Inside the massive biological furnace, countless rare materials melted into scorching liquid, which was then injected into the three-and-a-half-meter-tall mold.

Dozens of Flesh Artisans were drenched in sweat as they etched the neural circuits.

Finally, with a roar of pressure release.

The steam dissipated.

A black mecha, radiating the aesthetics of violence, slowly revealed its true form on the assembly line.

It looked like a giant clad in chitinous armor. Deep blue energy circuits flowed across its surface, six micro-thrusters were mounted on its back, and its right arm was equipped with a Chainsaw Thermal Blade that emitted a high-frequency hum.

[Titan's Fist completed.]

[Mecha strength depends on the operator's strength.]

"Tch, you go first then."

Long Zhan Yu Ye pouted at Feng Xing Tian Xia, filled with envy and dissatisfaction.

Chen Feng stood before the mecha, looking up at the steel behemoth. He reached out and inserted himself into the neural connection slot in its chest.

[System Prompt: LV.26 player "Feng Xing Tian Xia" detected.]

[Titan's Fist, initiating.]

Vroom--!

The mecha's faceplate slammed shut, and its eyes ignited with a menacing red glow.

Chen Feng felt his perspective instantly soar, and a sense of power like never before flooded his entire body. It was no longer the strength of flesh and blood, but the immense power of steel combined with biotechnology!

He raised the massive mechanical arm and swung it violently through the air.

Boom!

A sonic boom exploded, and the shockwave knocked over several nearby artisans.

"My peanuts! My peanuts! I need workers' comp for this!"

Chen Feng maneuvered the mecha to turn, picking up one of the artisans as easily as if he were a chick.

His voice, amplified through the mecha's speakers, sounded like a steel deity, though he couldn't hide his excitement:

"Holy crap, this is awesome!"

He looked at Zhao Kuo, Tian Ce, and Great Wall No. 1.

"Don't hold back on the money; bring out everything we've got."

"Mass produce them! Build a mecha legion!"

"With this thing, forget about twisting that Flame Demon Lord's head off to use as a ball; I feel like I could wipe out the parasites in the Duan Bronchus in one go!"