Then came another bout of earth-shaking tremors.
Rumble, rumble.
The earth began to crack, countless fissures spreading outward. The world spun, and a torrent of mechs surged forth.
Gilded light blazed like fire as thunder exploded.
Directly before the mech army lay a sunken abyss.
Then a massive hand reached out from the pit and lightly clenched against the ground, leaving behind a deeply indented five-fingered print.
This had to be an enormous mech.
As its body gradually emerged,
Xu Zimo finally saw it clearly.
A colossal mech a thousand meters tall, its entire body wrought from advanced technology, appeared before him.
It was like the leader of this mech army.
This was the trial of the ninth stage.
It could be said that the trials of the eighth and ninth stages had appeared at the same time.
And this mech could actually speak human language.
"Human, are you prepared?"
"You have life?" Xu Zimo asked in surprise.
"Could you be an artificial intelligence with self-awareness?"
"Everything about me was implanted. It was not consciousness that arose naturally," the giant mech replied, shaking its head.
Then it revealed a distinctly human-like expression of approval.
"We have slept in the depths of this Rakshasa Platform for countless years.
We had nearly forgotten our mission here."
"Human, you are quite remarkable.
By reaching this stage, you have allowed us to briefly see the light of day again.
Defeat us, and you will be able to meet the master who granted us existence."
"Gongsun Muya?" Xu Zimo guessed.
Could the tenth stage, the final stage, be Gongsun Muya?
Of course, that was still uncertain for now.
But the most important thing now was to defeat this group of mechs.
The giant mech threw a punch directly at him.
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