As the top enforcer of General Cybertron, in Gao Gongâs eyes, the Mechanical Man wasnât much different from the Transformers of his past lifeâexcept they couldnât transform into cars.
In the universe, this type of Mechanical Man had another name, Energy Mechanical Body, a special soldier species in some old Mechanical Civilizations, harnessing various advanced energies to exert the powers of civilizationâs punishment.
Considering that the signature product of Ancient Mechanical Civilizations is the Perpetual Motion Machine, itâs not particularly surprising that they produce this kind of soldier species.
Indeed, on this planet, these âMechanical Menâ were among the lowest levels, most likely not even equipped with Star-Destroying Cannons, and Gao Gong once relied on a Super Transformation to repel a batch.
However, these were Mechanical Elite Monsters exceeding level 50, adept at group fighting, incredibly dangerous, and prone to causing mishaps with a significant possibility of failureâthe difficulty of a Nightmare-level Task was not just to fool players.
Gao Gongâs eyes flickered as he retorted, "What, the viral evolution is my responsibility, and dealing with these mechanical species, do you expect me to do it? Is Mas Sharpness planning to reap the benefits while doing nothing?"
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The communicator fell silent, but before Gao Gong could continue goading, Miao Miaomiaoâs fervent voice broke through.
"How could that be! The mere Mechanical Legion is perfect for testing our groupâs latest model of super weapons!"
Gao Gong was one hundred percent certain that the speaker was not Miao Miaomiao, but the secret boss behind Mas Sharpness, the legendary Boss Ma.
Indeed, possessed after all.
Typically, only a top-tier Corporate Will could achieve 100% control over employees, but evidently, this one used some Forbidden Technology to achieve this through manpower.
This also meant that from birth to death, Miao Miaomiao would be a part of this organization, unable to break free.
Gao Gong sighed softly and then decisively cut off this unnecessary conscience, calmly saying, "Donât stop them all, let a few through to accelerate the virus spread."
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At this moment, over the vast sea, a group of nearly hundred-meter-tall âTransformersâ were at full throttle, breaking the sound barrier repeatedly, with the sound of sonic booms tearing through the air. As their Mechanical Bodies distorted in normal vision and turned into black lines, the speed of these monsters reached 15 times the speed of sound.
Stronger than Gao Gong had anticipated, as Power Faction mechanical forms, these Mother City Super Soldiers were not level 50 but Tier 2 Full Level 60, and as they moved at high speed, the particle ejection ports as thick as water tanks exuded a âfluid-likeâ golden energy. This energy congealed without dissipating, forming a hazy Energy Armor over these hundred-meter shells, and thanks to this protective layer, their parts werenât damaged during high-speed movement.
Therefore, even with only thirteen Power Faction Mechanical Men, the aura they exuded was even more terrifying than the Mechanical Legion that Gao Gong had previously faced.
To put it this way, each of these deployed Mechanical Men was equipped with at least one Boss Template, with some possessing more, like the âMechanical Pioneerâ at the forefront.
In the Mechanical Realm, the life forms of Mechanical Men differ greatly.
For example, in the most orthodox cases, a powerful AI creates a powerful Mechanical Shell, and the two merge. This is called a âParasitic Mechanical Body,â âNetwork Mechanism,â or âHost Body,â the fusion of information technology and mechanical engineering.
Then, like âCarbon-Based Species,â different types of robots use âConsciousness Storage Devicesâ for online âDeep Communication,â birthing âConscious Offspring.â If the quality is high, theyâre placed into an arranged advanced shell for focused nurturing; if low, theyâre left in assembly line products to fend on their own.
Absorbing some âadvantagesâ of Carbon-Based Species, this type of offspring production can birth tens of thousands at once, which is one reason the Mechanical Civilization can expand like cosmic locusts crazily.
This type of Mechanical Man is a product of information technology interaction.
The third kind is what we see now, where the Mother City breeds âSparks,â and âMechanical Pioneersâ cultivate them, ensuring that each mechanical life produced is an elite, though it lacks mass production capabilities.
The âMechanical Pioneerâ is equivalent to the âmotherâ of these mechanical forms.
Mechanical Pioneer Venus, one of the Power Faction leaders and this punitive squadâs commander.
She was in a foul mood, for a simple reason: Mas Sharpness had secretly released a virus that caused several of her âchildrenâ to âcatch a cold,â which infuriated her.
As a mother, any injury to her offspring made her exceptionally angry, so she decided to upgrade this âpunishment actionâ to âextinctionâ level. This meant she could deploy the Mother Cityâs orbital weapons to completely eradicate life!
Perhaps other factionâs Mechanical Men wouldnât be so reckless, as the ones proliferating on the planetâs surface were all precious âexperimental data.â
But they were the âPower Factionâ!
The Power Factionâs Mechanical are invincible under Heaven!!
And just as her murderous intent was boiling, suddenly, her internal âwarning systemâ issued an alert. The Combat Chipâs visual simulation swiftly unfolded, predicting that in three seconds, the ocean surface would suddenly split, countless serrated mouths would open abruptly, and spikes resembling pillars would stab out from the sea floor, frantically attacking this group of Mechanical Men.
Real-time âimage transmissionâ was almost simultaneously shared with her offspring, and in a nanosecond, the mechanical life forms completed the dismantling and recombination of their combat formation.
Three seconds passed, accompanied by a bizarre âmetallic tearâ, hundred-meter, thousand-meter waves surged almost simultaneously, and in the waves, serrated mouths lunged towards them.
This short distance, this speed, theoretically made collision almost unavoidable. However, the individual hundred thousand mechanical parts of these Power Faction Mechanical Men began to split and recombine simultaneously, while the particle ejection ports on their bodies changed directions, with a radiance so bright it was blinding.
In a single breath, over a hundred waves exploded simultaneously, with those lacking âsawteethâ disintegrating into billions of droplets; this man-made marine disaster was thus readily thwarted.
Three hundred kilometers away, over ten figures suddenly appeared beyond thousands of waves. By this time, these Power Faction Mechanical had completed their combat form transformation, and the fuzzy energy membrane had entirely turned into Energy Armor, along with a blade of energy in each hand, as storm-like aura filled with killing intent began to wreak havoc across the scene. If they had a System Panel, theyâd find various Master-level Close Combat Techniques lighting up one by one.
Among the four major mechanical factionsâFurious, Broad, Ripping, Powerâonly the Power Faction Mechanical Men used close-quarters combat as their battle tactic, and this oddity was rare across numerous mechanical civilizations.
Therefore, they are also known as the âMechanical Lifeform versionâ of Constructs.