Above Destiny

Chapter 278 I am a new energy source!
In a flash, after crossing countless wishful traps and defenses, the power armor fell in flames.

With its own mass and terrifying acceleration, it crushed the precarious protective shield in an instant and broke into the observation station in a dignified manner. The air was filled with crisp sounds like breaking strings.

That was the sound of countless spiritual circuits collapsing in an instant.

With pure mass and weight, it broke through layer after layer of force field defense and blockade, and descended from the highest point!

Destroy everything!

The armor weighing dozens of tons hit the workshop like a meteorite, tearing through its shell, walls and defenses, and breaking into the center.

In the turbulence of the earth-shaking earthquake, the gusts of wind alone destroyed countless wall panels.

Even more deadly was the overlapping buffer layer of hardened and fluid mercury. The vaporized silver metal rendered the storm in brilliant colors, while massive amounts of debris shot out with pure kinetic energy.

The scene was in a mess.

Everything that came into view, no matter what it originally was, had now turned into twisted fragments, and most of the workshop was reduced to ruins in an instant.

And amidst the mercury vapor, strong wind and fierce fire smoke, the sharp friction sound of metal burst out.

The intact assault bull-horse strode forward.

Amid the joyful and dynamic drum beats, a deep greeting sounded from the loudspeaker:

"——Kids, I'm back!!!"

It was a pity that no touching song echoed, only the completely insane roar in the core of the workshop.

Under the collapsed walls and rubble, the dusty Helmut climbed up in a panic, his face covered in blood. If it weren't for the protection of the creeping shadow beside him, he would have been torn to pieces in an instant by the drastic change in air pressure and impact.

"I am going to kill you!!!"

The workshop he had painstakingly built collapsed under such a chaotic impact, and the traps and illusions he was so proud of were of no use at all.

At this moment, the furious workshop host no longer cared about the remaining spiritual essence reserves. In the void, the broken spiritual essence circuits were quickly reconstructed and reconnected. Countless fragments rose against gravity and began to repair rapidly.

The fog roared in like a torrent, and instantly formed countless figures, which attacked fiercely.

But then, everything quickly came to a halt.

As if frozen.

Stagnant.

From the dancing mercury vapor, all fluctuations and changes in spiritual essence were completely intercepted and suppressed!
"No work?"

Among the countless frozen mist phantoms, the Assault Buffalo slowly raised its head, its scarlet eyes locked onto the craftsman's location, and a sigh of regret came from the loudspeaker:
"It's my turn next—"

Snapped!
Two drained spiritual battery packs fell off from the shoulders of the armor, but there were still more batteries distributed under the armor, continuously supplying the engine's operation and even the consumption of mercury!
At this moment, within the ruined workshop, the flow of all spiritual substances has been completely interfered with by solid alchemy!

Operation plan number four will be transferred to number six, and finally to number three.

In a complex and unknown situation, first conduct a test with long-range bombing. After finding out the truth, accelerate the armor to the limit, rely on gravity and acceleration, turn its own mass into a weapon, and carry out a meteorite-like attack and destruction.

In the roar and air waves of the crash, the massive amount of mercury injected into the buffer layer evaporated and diffused, invading the workshop. The mercury vapor that had been pre-treated by solid alchemy would become the natural enemy of all spiritual structures, hindering the operation of the workshop to the greatest extent, causing it to stagnate and jam.

This is the real EMP!

The moment he noticed the change, Helmut's pupils shrank to the limit.

Like a needle.

asphyxia.

"Now, you must ask——"

As the power armor moved forward, a gentle voice sounded through the speakers: "With such large-scale psychic interference, it is impossible to distinguish between friend and foe. So how does my armor avoid being interfered with?"

For a moment, Helmut's lips trembled, as if he couldn't help wanting to ask a question.

But then, there was the sound of gloating laughter.

"But why should I tell you?!"

boom!
Amid the roar of the self-anchoring assault rifle, the hot metal spike shot out and nailed down the ever-changing shadow!

The engine, emitting violent and high heat, roared and ran, the armor rushed forward, breaking through the wall, thick smoke emerged from the armor's mechanical backpack, and sparks fell to the ground.

At that moment, Helmut finally realized what was going on. He felt a darkness in front of his eyes and was completely suffocated.

I seemed to hear laughter and mockery from afar.

Are you stupid?
——My armor is a hybrid!
Although it cannot achieve the level of oil, electricity and gas integration, Ji Jue still designed an external phlogiston reaction engine for the armor based on this set of tactics!

And the fuel reserves are enough for the armor to maintain overload operation for fifteen minutes!

fifteen minutes……

It sounds short, but after fifteen minutes, if there is still a complete tile left in the workshop, Ji Jue will be considered the loser!

At this moment, when the Strike Bull Horse broke through the wall like a monster in a horror movie, Helmut felt only despair while suffocating.

In his hand, a strange creature like an eyeball rose into the air and swirled in the air. In an instant, it emitted rays of bright light.

However, the blazing hot jet that was enough to burn the flesh and blood instantly was refracted by the mercury vapor and dissipated by more than half before it could hit the target. The remaining heat was not enough to leave any mark on the armor.

Faced with such a monster, the only thing Helmut could do was to scream in despair and run away using his hands and feet like the victims in the same horror movie.

Calm down, Hull, calm down—

It was just a brief defeat. Even if the opponent could freeze the circulation of spiritual essence on a large scale, a quick calculation would reveal that the consumption of such a creation would be horrific and definitely not a small number, and it simply could not last long!
The most urgent thing is to ensure your own safety and delay as much as possible...

But the moment this thought emerged in my mind, all I felt was cold despair.

Just like the tactics he designed using the mirror's locking mechanism, at this moment, he had already been locked by the invader, and even if he fled to the ends of the earth, he could not escape.

Now, the only thing I can do is...

At that moment, the craftsman who was running wildly in a panic suddenly stopped where he was and sighed silently and self-deprecatingly.

Yeah, what else can be done?

At this point, there is no point in struggling in vain.

As a craftsman, the moment the workshop loses control, victory or defeat has already arrived. When the dust settles, the truth will be revealed.

All that is left is to accept defeat!

Just like that, he turned around and looked at the intruder walking towards the end of the corridor.

The armor is ferocious and violent.

But his expression gradually calmed down from twitching.

"I didn't expect that besides that stone, I would encounter such an outrageous opponent."

Helmut sighed softly, raised his hand, and tore off the coat that seemed to be woven by shadows.

In the final infusion of spiritual essence, the shadow changed, as if crystallizing, forming the outline of a blade, raised and pointed towards the enemy.

"Come--"

He solemnly invited: "Helmut, the youngest son of Baifan, please teach me!"

The armor was speechless, looking down at the calm face.

As if he understood something, he waved his hand, threw away the Anchor assault rifle, then drew the scarlet heavy sword from its sheath, raised it, and pointed it at his face.

In the ruined workshop, darkness and red flashed by in an instant.

Amid the roar, blood gushed out.

The loser fell backwards.

Then, everything between heaven and earth quickly dimmed, dissipated, and returned to nothingness.

The outcome is decided!
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On the other side, in Ji Jue's workshop, the long silence had lasted too long.

From the moment the control of the workshop was taken away by the invaders, there was no sound.

It's like being petrified.

Helmut's mirror image froze in place, unable to move...

There was not even enough time to take control of the workshop and completely crush the opponent in front of him.

Soon, he began to spasm involuntarily.

It was as if he had suddenly suffered a stroke, and he fell to the ground with violent convulsions.

In an unconscious state, he screamed miserably, squirmed, opened his mouth, and vomited large amounts of black and scarlet. The blessed work fell from his hands, and his limbs quickly dissolved, mutated, and twisted like wax.

Clusters of tumors and deformed bones grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Well done."

Ji Jue sighed with admiration and sincerely suggested, "I suggest you don't do it next time."

Well, if there is a next time.

Twenty-five evil creatures, extracting souls and brain tissue to form spiritual batteries to provide power.

More than sixty key equipment and modules in the entire workshop are made up of their bodies and tissues, and during the construction process, a total of seven hundred and thirty-three large mutants were hunted!

And the pollutants consumed as a result...

There are simply countless!

Nowadays, Ji Jue’s entire workshop can almost be said to be built on the pollution of evil things and evil.

As a price, behind this bright and shining scene lies a horrific distortion that is dozens or hundreds of times more exaggerated than that of the heavily polluted area outside!
Just the amount of purified mercury that Ji Jue invested to build the isolation layer and the filtration layer exceeded twenty tons!
Today, Ji Jue can be said to be sitting on the crater of a volcano, and he has to pay attention to maintaining the balance between pollution and purification at all times.

If one makes the slightest mistake, death without a burial place would be the best outcome...

In this situation, replacing one's own identity, connecting to one's own workshop, and actively opening up the flow of soul and spiritual essence, what's the difference between this and actively jumping into a whirlpool and sticking one's head into the mouth of a great evil?
"You are really brave."

Ji Jue sighed, feeling the violent tremor in the workshop.

As the invader lost control and became evil, his appearance gradually returned to the blank face, until finally... there was a loud bang!
Invaders that have expanded and multiplied to the limit!
The sticky black blood and pollution spread out like a waterfall, but then stagnated in mid-air.

The moment Ji Jue waved his hand, streams of mercury came whizzing and penetrated into the body of the invader, completely freezing everything that was on the verge of collapse.

Lock it up!

Forcibly, maintaining the dying life.

He wouldn't be allowed to die.

"To be honest, you have really bad luck."

Ji Jue sighed: "If it was someone else, no, if it was anyone other than me, I'm afraid this combo would have succeeded. You're just a little unlucky.

There is no way, the examiners and judges of this session like to target people too much..."

After getting over the initial shock, Ji Jue calmed down and conducted a careful analysis, roughly figuring out the opponent's tactics - to be fair, this set of tactics that even made use of the mechanism was indeed very powerful.

But the key is not the mechanics of the game, but Helmut's own level and ability.

He tried to dismantle the other party's work, but the time was too short and he could not even complete one-third of the reverse engineering. The internal structure was so complex and exquisite that it could only be said to be breathtaking.

Although the craftsmen who made the work were too wishful and too picky, their skills were definitely not bad, and were even much better than many of the craftsmen Ji Jue had seen in Yousui.

The embers are raging and have no mercy for the mediocre.

At this point, every apprentice who has survived the exam has surpassed the level of an apprentice, reaching or even slightly exceeding the level of an ordinary craftsman. If the traditional evaluation method is to be used to determine the winner based on the degree of completion of the work, the outcome is still unknown.

The only thing that could be rolled up to this extent is probably embers.

"Come to think of it, I'm the same as you."

Ji Jue bent down, picked up the remaining head from the deformed wreckage, and said slowly: "I actually have some inhumane ideas about the mechanism."

"For example..."

He paused, lowered his head, and suddenly smiled:
"Do you want to see what the world looks like?"

(End of this chapter)