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Chapter 349: 218 Chapter: Apocalypse Catastrophe (Part 1)_1

At the moment of the Artificial Artifact Spirit’s awakening, Liuzi was the first to sense it.

Prior to this, Liuzi had been wandering and stealth-attacking throughout this star system.

Isolated mecha squads were swiftly killed by his attacks, each explosion signifying the loss of a mecha’s combat capabilities. The entire Star Region should have been blocked by him alone, perfectly showcasing the combat power of a champion mecha at this moment.

But as he was preparing to strike another mecha squad, their force field suddenly intensified, and desperate cries for help entered his force field,

“My God, what the hell is happening?”

“The mecha has lost control! I repeat! The mecha has lost control!”

“My mecha is devouring me. Who can save me?”

“Emergency evacuation, I declare, emergency evacuation!”

The cries for help lasted for a few seconds before silence wholly resumed.

Liuzi stopped; he knew the critical plot point had been triggered.

Looking around, the mechas from the allied forces he had previously targeted as prey floated in space, like jellyfish drifting listlessly in place.

Then, the mutation began.

At the site of the chip insertion, a large number of chips started to twist and deform, a mysterious power surged from within the mechas, to the extent that even Liuzi could see the contamination spreading to the mecha’s components.

The contaminated components began to twist or enlarge, appearing as if they had been eroded by Shadows, mixed with some biological eyes and unidentifiable limbs.

Witnessing this, Liuzi was certain this was a precursor to the awakening of the Artificial Artifact Spirit.

According to the plot setting, the Artificial Artifact Spirit possessed certain characteristics of the Shadows, with just one glance causing corruption and decline.

This decline was almost inevitable, with only the unique Artifact Spirit capable of countering it.

The mechas had been overtaken by the Shadows, with the most useless part being the cockpit. The cockpits were forcibly ejected from the insides of the Corrupted Mechas and then thrown into the distance.

According to the settings, the cockpit of each mecha is the most fortified part. Even if the entire mecha is destroyed by an explosion, the pilot inside the cockpit can survive unharmed.

This setting is somewhat illogical, but it mitigates the most brutal aspects of the entire plot, as the script is quite family-friendly overall.

So why is the easter egg a Teddy Bear that loves to crack dirty jokes?

And it’s surprisingly good at it, too.

Once the mechas were completely corrupted, their bodies swelled rapidly, and their power burst forth.

Their movements became more coordinated, their speed faster, their strength greater.

Upon detecting Liuzi, these Corrupted Mechas rushed at him recklessly.

And in the process of charging towards Liuzi, they even unleashed various forms of power, attaching it to their mecha force fields, which had become several times stronger.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Some mechas’ force fields turned a deep red, generating massive heat from nowhere, melting rocks into liquid.

Other force fields were tinged with sky blue, with a chilling sensation that seemed capable of freezing everything, adding a terrifying cold light to their force fields.

Looking at the colorfully vibrant mechas, Liuzi murmured to himself, “It’s come a bit earlier than I anticipated.”

The corruption of the mechas meant the Artificial Artifact Spirit had begun its invasion of the allied mechas, and their fall was only a matter of time.

The allied mechas had an internal network, and once the Artificial Artifact Spirit awakened, the first thing it did was invade the whole internal network, then corrupt all mechas.

And at this time, the administrator of the allied mechas was in the laboratory. However, upon discovering the Artifact Spirit fragment, they chose to abandon their flesh and fuse with the Artifact Spirit, achieving mechanical ascension.

After fusion, in a matter of mere minutes, it gained supreme power through the Artificial Artifact Spirit.

And it developed the bizarre belief that life is a bane, and the world belongs to the Corrupted Mechas, then started preparing for a grand purge.

If no action was taken, it would continue to invade external networks, leading to the corruption of all mechas.

What’s more, due to the world’s suppression force, the extent of the corruption seemed to have grown stronger.

The first batch of mechas corrupted were on the periphery, and even after the mutation, they stood no chance against Liuzi.

Effortlessly obliterating these mechas, Liuzi quickly surged towards the planet where the laboratory was located, only to find that the whole planet was doomed.

Large numbers of allied mechas came in throngs, each racing to the planet, getting corrupted as they broke in and falling into the fissures that tore across the planet’s surface.

Inside this fissure, which could nearly rip the planet asunder, the terrain’s molten lava acted like a black furnace, devouring all incoming mechas.

These mechas did not perish, but melted into droplets, merging into the body of the mecha that was forming.

This newly constructing mecha was unimaginably large.

Even without a chip installed, it already possessed the volume of a satellite, its black carapace covered in menacing spikes, making the mecha seem as if it had crawled out from hell, a victor, exuding an indomitable aura of oppression…

It is the ultimate boss in story mode, the King of Destruction.

This is the mecha constructed by the Artificial Artifact Spirit for itself, the only mecha capable of sustaining the full power of the Artificial Artifact Spirit, and a nightmare for many gamers lacking dexterity.

Although not yet fully formed, the crucial plot point had been triggered. This colossal being had already emerged.

Liuzi, Monkey, and Xiemen Waidao had tested before; just one look at this entity could corrupt a mecha, with only the unique Artifact Spirit able to resist this force.