"Holy shit! Lynn! What's going on here? Don't tell me you captured this much loot in the First Abyss Plane!"
Clown, who had been inside the Strange Otherworld all this time, was stunned.
"Can I come out now?"
Lynn rejected him outright, casting him a sidelong glance.
"What's the rush? I'll let you out when I need you. Stay put in here."
Although this region was relatively close to the inner reaches of the Main Universe, where its repulsive effect should no longer have been very strong, that Calamity was still watching hungrily. If Clown's power of Chaos accidentally leaked out and drew that thing's attention here, the losses would far outweigh the gains.
After calming Clown down,
he assigned him the drudge work of sorting his loot.
Lynn returned and gazed out over the countless Mechanical Remains, a thought stirring in his mind.
"Judging by this, after Ether was defeated, they probably pulled his core straight out and erased his knowledge and memories, effectively stripping him of control over these machines."
That was probably why these machines had survived.
Without anyone controlling them, no matter how powerful these Mechanical Units were, they were ultimately nothing but inanimate objects.
Compared to Ether, though,
Blood Core had clearly fared worse.
He had lost every last trace of vitality, and flesh without vitality was essentially worthless.
Zuo Zuo hesitantly picked up a metal shard and clanged it against her Night Demon Blade. Neither came out ahead. She quietly tucked it away, then widened her eyes.
"Blockhead, since this place seems connected to Ether, why not unseal him a little and let him see whether he can control the machines here? If he awakens some memories, wouldn't we be able to squeeze some real work out of him again?"
Lynn glanced at her.