EBE Chapter 4156 [Day of Doom] (9)
Chapter 4156 [Day of Doom] (9)
Chapter 4156 [Day of Doom] (9)
Young people of the right age are like bees returning to their hive, constantly being sent to the training ground in the deep pit.
The temple's high command was now watching this largest-ever adaptation with serious expressions.
"...I've never known exactly how many God-Slaying Armors are hidden in the [Land of Machine Gods]. I wonder if we'll be able to see its limit this time?"
An archdeacon sighed at this point.
He actually hoped that even with such frantic exploitation by the [Land of Machine Gods], the [God-Slaying Armor] would still be inexhaustible—if the [Land of Machine Gods] had a limit on the amount of [God-Slaying Armor] it possessed, it would mean that the [Infinite Race] would always lose its greatest asset.
"How many energy tanks are left?" another vice-bishop asked, frowning.
“We’ve already had Gernig working overtime to oversee production,” another vice-bishop said quickly. “Lucia also delivered a large number of small world source units this time… but even with our stockpile, we don’t know if it will be enough to support this war.”
The lower-level [Science Side] also has the technology to refine energy using small world primordial units, but for some reason, the utilization rate of small world primordial units is always unsatisfactory, and the refined energy is not even as good as ordinary synthetic energy.
However, the [Infinite Race] possesses a unique refining technique with an extremely high conversion rate.
The royal family of Abrieel has always wanted to acquire this technology from the Infinite Race, but has not yet succeeded... The temple also knows that once this technology is shared with the Abrieel Empire, the royal family's dependence on the Infinite Race will be greatly reduced.
Core technologies must never be handed over to the Empire.
Whether it's the manufacturing technology of the energy tank, the upper limit lock of the [Godslayer Armor], the withholding of the [Godslayer Armor]'s exclusive weaponry, or even the quota of guardians, all of these are for precautionary purposes.
The hero Klüb may have been a kind and righteous person in the past, but his descendants... so many descendants, who can guarantee anything?
Moreover, the [Infinite Race] doesn't have many technologies that they can master right now... They can't learn them, they simply can't learn them, and they'd be useless if they tried to learn them.
The loss of learning ability and creativity has eroded this once incredibly powerful golden race generation after generation.
Just then, a flash of light shot out from the deep pit.
Just like the first examinee to walk out of the examination hall, he always attracts a lot of attention—the high-ranking members of the College of Cardinals all looked over instantly.
They quickly recognized it as a brand-new, third-generation [Godslayer Armor].
"It's only the third generation..."
The group was somewhat disappointed.
The God-Slaying Armor adapted from the [Land of the Machine God] generally comes in two types.
One type is a new mecha created by the pilot through their own understanding during the training process; the other type is a mecha that has already appeared and has been retrieved into the Land of the Machine God.
Only those high-performance machines, at least second-generation, are worth recycling by the temple... Due to limited materials, those not worth recycling are simply thrown into the graveyard.
There are also machines that are extremely valuable for repair, but unfortunately there are no materials available in the inventory, so they are completely beyond repair and are thus reluctantly placed in the burial ground.
"Huh, this seems to be a descendant of a hero."
"It really is..."
……
Inside the brand-new cockpit of the God Destroyer Armor, Damon was fully focused on communicating with the God Destroyer Armor system.
Damon seemed to realize something. "I've done my best. From now on, you'll be my most reliable partner."
The third generation, [God-Slaying Armor - Azure Dragon]!
On the cockpit screen, the entire crater was now clearly visible... Damon piloted the Azure Dragon and sped towards the landing point.
"Am I the only one who has completed the adaptation...?"
He recalled that after completing his training, he was transferred directly from the training pod to a sealed machine activation room.
Hundreds of enormous metal arms swiftly assembled the Azure Dragon according to the blueprint it had created—and the moment he boarded the Azure Dragon, he was launched out.
The initial energy was only 30%.
Damon didn't seem to care about the issue of the battery not being fully charged "out of the factory," assuming that the Infinite Race would have it ready.
Just as Damon was about to land, another flash of light shot out from the deep pit—he looked over curiously.
They discovered that it was a very rough-looking machine, appearing malnourished, with a dull and lackluster overall appearance, and even its armament seemed to consist only of melee weapons.
There wasn't even a single extra turret on the body of the machine.
Damon paused for a moment, "Scarlett?"
……
As it was the second one to appear, it also attracted a lot of attention.
"This...this has been going on for so many years, how could something like this still appear?"
"The fifth generation is barely better than a training machine... After so many years of quality education at the temple, we haven't seen such a... useless machine again, have we?"
“This time it’s different; it’s not just about selecting kids with potential. I estimate that this fifth generation will continue to emerge.”
Despite having the mindset that "great quantity brings miracles," the executives were still disheartened when they saw this crippled fifth-generation machine.
"Huh? This one also seems to be a descendant of a hero?"
Everyone exchanged bewildered glances… Whether they were descendants of heroes or individuals recommended by the Royal Knights, their mechs had never been inferior to those of the fourth generation…
"This child has disgraced the hero Klüb, sigh..."
……
Unbeknownst to the temple's high-ranking officials, Scarlett O'Hara was also looking bewildered and gloomy in the cockpit of the fifth-generation [Godslayer Armor].
Her plan was a success, and she was naturally surprised and delighted to climb back into the training pod, but the training course that followed was unexpectedly... simple.
This is completely incomparable to the first training session.
The first training session ended very quickly, and the second one also ended very quickly.
"Fifth generation...fifth generation? Why only the fifth generation?!"
Scarlett pounded on the cockpit in a fit of rage. She had immediately checked the various stats of this [Godslayer Armor]—this [Godslayer Armor] was even significantly inferior to the [Hero Mech] she possessed!
"What garbage! 'Godslayer Armor'?! It's even worse than a counterfeit 'Hero Mech'... Are you kidding me?! Are you kidding me?!"
For this machine, she didn't hesitate to kill two members of the [Infinite Race]...
A communication request was received.
Scarlett took a deep breath and quickly adjusted her facial expression, but her face was still frighteningly gloomy.
"Scarlett, congratulations on completing the adaptation." On the screen, Damon said calmly... giving off a very businesslike attitude.
"...Are you here to mock me?"
Damon shook his head. "Regardless, you've passed."
Si Jiaqi sneered, "Yeah, it passed, which means we're about to go and die. You can keep being happy."
After saying that, Scarlett cut off the communication. Under everyone's watchful eyes, she could only helplessly pilot the fifth-generation vehicle to land... and run away?
There's no way to escape it; we can only wait for a later opportunity.
The third flash of light burst forth from the crater at that moment.
"It's a third-generation product, haha, not bad! Judging by its quality, it's considered above average for a third-generation product... Oh, it even has a special ability? Not bad at all!"
A fourth flash of light then shot out from the deep pit...
Immediately afterwards, as if a burst of light had suddenly appeared, more than a dozen flashes of light appeared in an instant.
No one cares about the second fifth-generation machine that appeared anymore.
Sijiaqi silently stepped out of the cockpit and immediately put away the [Godslayer Armor]... Every successfully adapted pilot has a special storage space, like a mark, engraved into their body.
Sijiaqi felt ashamed of this fifth-generation car and was unwilling to show it off at all.
The communication bracelet suddenly rang.
"King Ferreira!"
Upon seeing the face on the screen, Scarlett instantly tensed up—she was a descendant of her royal uncle, Fletcher, and within the vast royal family, Fletcher was like an ancestor to her.
"You've completed the adaptation? How did it go?" Ferrece asked calmly.
Scarlett pursed her lips, her face slightly pale. "It's... a fifth-generation mobile suit, its name is..."
"The fifth generation?" Ferreche frowned, then said coldly, "I understand. That's settled then. From now on, you'll follow the temple's arrangements."
The communication was cut off instantly.
The fifth generation, although also a [God Slayer Armor], is not even worthy of having a name in Fletcher's eyes.
Scarlett seemed to have all her strength drained away, and she slumped down, digging her nails into her palm until they bled.
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"Hmm... this isn't much different from what I usually do when I play games!"
Raphael actually has a lot of piloting experience—after all, she played this kind of game quite a lot when she was staying at home in the [Red King's Tomb].
Soon after, under Miss Nan's arrangement, although the difficulty of her current training is nominally a coefficient of 4.9, the actual content is only 1.0 - but the content is still a special course about [Nebula].
Raphael felt a sense of unparalleled exhilaration as he mowed down enemies.
But what she didn't know was that in this training space, a gaze was secretly observing her every move—Miss Nan!
Ms. Nan, who had climbed into the training pod, was not in a hurry to start the course, but instead went directly to Raphael's training space.
"Children with limited brain capacity really do find happiness easily..."
Miss Nan covered her forehead.
Speaking of which, Raphael's parents are both outstanding individuals, so how did they end up with such a useless child...? She must have received a lot of "tiger parenting education" from [September] since she was little, right?
It's ruined, it's ruined.
There's nothing interesting to see on Raphael's side... Miss Nan continues her crossover.
She quickly made her way into Bai Zhi's training space.
If Raphael's special course is an easy + invincible mode, then Xiaobaizhi's is clearly an abyss mode.
"They've actually held on for so long?"
This training space features a mode that accelerates thinking—it might only take a few tens of minutes or hours outside, but here thinking is accelerated. When Miss Nan checked the time, she found that Xiao Baizhi had actually persisted here for a full thirty days.
"This girl... she's pretty stubborn? I never noticed before."
What Miss Nan didn't know was that Xiao Baizhi was constantly worried about being "sold out" under the combined pressure from the boss and the maid.
In order to make herself more valuable and not be easily "sold off"... Bai Zhi is really working hard right now.
She never hesitated when she secretly went to the Tower of Elden for training. She would always leave only after exhausting all her energy, and the next day she would be full of energy to do all kinds of housework. She never complained to anyone.
The little girl was clumsy, but she worked hard silently.
"Hang in there... just hang in there..."
"Go for it, Bai Zhi!"
"You can do it..."
Listening to Bai Zhi's murmurs, Miss Nan knew that this girl was really close to her limit—although Raphael was nominally her goddaughter, there was no real affection between them, only mutual benefit.
Miss Nan is naturally closer to Bai Zhi—after all, the silly Bai Zhi is no threat at all, and she can occasionally glean some information from Bai Zhi.
Do you know how valuable the personal maid of the boss is? She's like the concubine of a young master in a wealthy family, she has a very high status, okay?
"Yosh, you're the one!" Miss Nan narrowed her eyes at this moment.
Anyway, it was you, Lucia, who started the schemes. Even if Raphael doesn't get the Nebula in the end, it has nothing to do with me... You were dishonest first, which made me make the wrong judgment. You have to take the blame for this, Your Highness!
After that, Miss Nan returned to her training space.
While others are randomly assigned to courses, or can be matched with specific courses after passing a test, her situation is much simpler; she can choose from a wide range of options.
To put it simply, the [Godslayer Armor] system is a special mental power system. The emblem can enhance the mental power of the [Infinite Race] people... Perhaps only the [Holy Machine God] is special, requiring a specific [Hero Emblem]. This might be a fixed "key," but for others... it's something that can be manipulated.
Is Miss Nan's mental strength low?
"【King of Red】is outdated..." Miss Nan started spinning the computer frantically. Since she was going to fix it herself, "Hey..."
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[The Land of Machine Gods]...In the training ground, in a training hall on the lowest floor that has never been opened before.
There is only one training pod here, and its secrecy is so great that even the higher-ups of the temple are unaware of it—they may know that such a hidden place exists within the training grounds, but they have never opened it.
Only the leaders of each generation know of this place's existence.
Countless indicator lights were flashing frantically.
The maid stood quietly beside the training pod... The pod slowly opened, and her beloved master slowly opened his eyes.
“The Black Meteor Armor Training System…” Boss Luo’s gaze gradually became clearer.
The maid asked in surprise, "The training system used by candidates for Imperial Generals?"
Boss Luo stepped out of the training pod and shook his head again. "It's a replica... The [Infinite Race] must have acquired some of the technology and then developed it further."
"It seems that the original members of the [Infinite Race] were quite capable." The maid's eyes immediately showed a greater interest.
She's also a tech enthusiast with expertise in many areas—the [Black Meteor Armor] system that her master retrieved last time is still lying in her research lab.
"Someone's coming." Boss Luo didn't say much, simply gave the maid a look, and then left.
……
The hidden door slowly opened.
Gulev appeared before the gate... Accompanying him, besides the two archdeacons, were [Li Long] and Felice.
Apart from Gulev, this was the first time they had ever heard of this place.
"This is the place where King Klub once came..." A look of longing flashed in Li Long's eyes. "He activated the Holy Machine God right here..."
The Holy Machine God will not be possessed by anyone; it is the treasure of the Infinite Race and will remain here... That unique training pod, besides being a training pod specifically adapted for the Holy Machine God, can also be used as the Holy Machine God's remote cockpit.
【King Kryub】is the only hero who can adapt to all mechs. He also has his own exclusive 【God Slayer Armor】, which is the 【God Slayer Armor】 evolved from the first generation... that is, the form that 【Li Long】 longed for after the successful evolution of 【God Warrior】.
Furthermore, King Klub possesses not just one, but two God-Slaying Armors!
One of them, when the hero Klüb fought against [Destruction Day], was already too badly damaged to be repaired and was buried in the graveyard of mecha wreckage...
If it weren't for the survival of the race, Gulev wouldn't have been willing to bring people in.
At this moment, compared to the shock of the two archdeacons and Ferrece, Gulev was more puzzled... It seems like someone has been here before?
How can this be?
Gulev walked calmly to the only training pod, reached out and pressed the button, immediately checking the last login time – it was still the last one.
As expected, I was just overthinking things.
“Although I cannot directly control the [Holy Machine God],” Gulev said, turning back, “we can still control the [Holy Machine God] for a period of time through this remote control pod, in conjunction with your [Hero's Emblem]… This is a backup method left by our ancestors. The fifth stage [Hero's Emblem] is simply too difficult to create; over the years, only Klub succeeded…”
[Li Long] glanced quickly at Fletcher, and the two nodded at the same time, beginning to display their respective royal crests.
Like [Le Long], Ferrece's royal crest is also at the third stage, only slightly inferior to [Le Long]'s.
But for [Li Long], Felleche is already from the previous generation; the role model should be Lucia.
The moment the royal crest bloomed, streams of light began to emanate from the floor of the entire secret chamber... and the ceiling of the chamber also suddenly lit up.
It was a giant, blazing furnace, absorbing the spiritual energy released from Li Long and Ferreche.
Click...
The furnace, like a rusty gear, finally made its first turn—but at this moment, Ferrece and [Li Long] were already sweating profusely, looking like they could barely keep going.
"Let's wait until Lucia and Raphael are together."
Gulev sighed; the amount of resources required to activate the [Holy Machine God] was simply too enormous…
(End of this chapter)