Life Dungeon Game

These laser cannons were not enough to destroy all the flesh and blood; half of the flesh and blood remained, and in the twisted contamination, the flesh and blood clung together, stitching together into a huge, twisted flesh and blood giant nearly six meters tall.

The giant raised a massive hammer of flesh and blood and smashed it down without hesitation toward the spot where Heo was standing.

His aura was no longer tranquil; his entire body was writhing, as if his flesh and blood were out of control.

Among this flesh and blood, something resembling a metal rod was faintly visible, serving as support for this fleshy body.

A twisted and conflicting corrupting force spread out along with the writhing and contracting of that flesh.

It contains both praise for order and a yearning for machinery.

boom--

He Ao withdrew his hand, raised his twin swords, leaped backward, and flipped over the core control panel, increasing the distance between himself and the flesh giant.

"Maybe I just got lucky?"

He looked up at the giant who had missed with his hammer and smiled.

The Mechanical Core Ring is a reward given by the system, and rewards generated by the system are inherently random, involving a degree of luck.

He did not attempt to control the laser cannons again. The laser cannons had entered the energy storage phase and would need to wait for some time before they could be fired again. Obviously, the flesh-and-blood giant that the carpenter had transformed into would not give him that time.

In He Ao's spiritual vision, the 'carpenter' was not only because he had just been...

The laser cannon had weakened considerably after consuming a large number of its 'components,' and the energy convergence point, which resembled a sky full of stars, had also disappeared.

At this moment, the 'carpenter' transformed into a flesh and blood giant was no longer a building block giant, but a true flesh and blood life form. He had a complete energy circuit within his body, and all the energy was concentrated at three energy convergence points.

For He Ao, this meant that the opponent's health bar had gone from endless to just three drops.

The reason for this outcome is simple: the 'carpenter' had actually lost control.

In fact, what He Ao did was only to give the carpenter a gentle push on a spiritual level.

Based on research materials left behind by former federal researchers, it can be inferred that 009-2, also known as 'Carpenter', is intelligent.

But he has always kept his wisdom hidden.

The reason is simple: these laser cannons overhead are specifically designed to counter him.

His ability could actually alter inorganic matter and erode mechanical creations to some extent. So he spent a long time slowly eroding the research institute's control panel and controlling the main artificial intelligence that could control these laser cannons.

However, what he didn't know was that his actions had actually fallen into the trap of another 'being'.

Through the previous incident involving the Navigator, He Ao could clearly sense that the 'high-ranking being' who had been coveting the main world was probably related to the God of Machines.

After the carpenter mentioned that he might be under the sway of some 'great being,' the first thing that came to mind for Heo was that high-ranking being related to machinery.

However, if we incorporate this entity that can influence the high-level machinery into the overall context of the event, many inexplicable things can actually be explained.

For example, the biggest "question" surrounding the "carpenter" is: why is he guarding the fourth floor? Is he acting as a "gatekeeper" for an enemy he despises and whose abilities are fundamentally contradictory to his own?

Because someone had his lifeline in his hands, forcing him to obey that person's orders and do things he didn't want to do.

The entire fourth level doesn't seem to have left any obvious or powerful pollution, so it's very likely that no powerful high-level being has ever been here. So how did the entity behind the scenes manage to 'control' the 'carpenter' without coming in person?

However, if all of this is being controlled by a high-ranking figure with mechanical expertise, the answer becomes quite simple.

Through artificial intelligence.

The fact that the carpenter could so easily 'control' the research institute's artificial intelligence might itself be a trap.

In the disaster that destroyed the entire underground palace, the carpenter lost the 'control' of humans, but in doing so, he gained another 'master'.

The massive pollution spread into his body through the artificial intelligence he controlled.

These contaminants were incompatible with the angelic persona within the carpenter, thus creating the distorted order that Heo had previously perceived.

These contaminants may not be powerful enough to be suppressed by the carpenter's instinctive sense of order and hierarchy, but they become a 'time bomb' buried within the carpenter's body.

Once the contamination from the machinery takes over, it will completely shatter the 'carpenter's' original order, turning it into a twisted, irrational monster.

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Strictly speaking, the 'carpenter' who harbors mechanical pollution is actually already in a state of semi-madness.

He was afraid of going completely insane, so he had no choice but to submit to that mechanical 'higher being'.

After he is completely corrupted by the machinery, he will probably lose some of the unique 'characteristics' left behind by the original angels, and become 'weaker' in a sense.

Therefore, the machine is actually unwilling to completely contaminate it, but only leaves enough contamination at the equilibrium point as a threat.

Thus, a tacit balance was maintained between the two.

Of course, this was just He's conjecture, so he conducted an 'experiment' to verify his conjecture.

The pollution from machinery isn't just something that high-ranking figure behind the scenes does; he happens to be involved as well.

The system's notes on the mechanical core ring mention that it should not be used on devices with artificial intelligence, which actually implies the possibility of contamination leakage.

The artificial intelligence in the underground palace has probably already 'merged' with the carpenter, so the contamination of the artificial intelligence will also be transmitted to the carpenter.

In this case, the contamination brought about by the mechanical core ring is not a 'danger' but a 'special ability'.

As Heo had predicted, the final outcome was that the moment the balance was broken, the order within the carpenter's body completely collapsed and became distorted.

The seemingly endless energy convergence point that the 'carpenter' had always relied on was also distorted into a normal energy circuit by the power of machinery.

Strictly speaking, if he lacked normal rationality before, but still had some sense of reason, he would probably be completely insane now.

"You deserve to die!!!"

A hissing roar came from the fleshy giant's mouth, and the heavy hammer was raised again. He leaped and jumped directly towards He Ao, smashing the hammer down on He Ao with madness.

Although the flesh giant had lost half of its flesh and blood to the laser cannon and its properties had changed, its strength was still very strong.

He Ao had just tried to take his attack head-on, just to test his strength.

At this moment, the flesh giant's physical attributes are probably above 8,000 points, which is still much stronger than He Ao's power when he activates both his fist technique and super memory.

Seeing the giant bring down his hammer, He Ao didn't hesitate. He spun around and jumped up, throwing his black broadsword.

The giant hammer slammed into the earth, sending rubble flying. Amidst the flying debris and dust, a black sword flashed, piercing through the dust and penetrating the giant's abdomen, where the metal covering was the thickest.

Amidst the splattering of grayish-yellow blood, He Ao raised his empty hand.

Retrieving objects remotely.

The black broadsword reappeared in his hand.

"what!!!"

The flesh giant, in pain, swung his giant hammer, spinning as he swung it toward Heo.

With such immense force, if He Ao were to take a solid hit, he might not survive.

He suddenly stepped back and jumped behind a mountain of bones.

The flying giant hammer smashed the bone mountain directly in front of it, and the flying bones scattered in all directions.

This time, no more of that twisted force tried to pull the skeletons back.

He dodged three mountains of bones in succession. The first two were shattered by the unstoppable force of the flesh giant. Finally, he reached the third...

When the giant reached the three bone mountains, his movements slowed slightly. And in that instant of slowing down, a black sword light pierced through the void, following the flying bone dust.

The flesh giant instinctively shielded his abdomen, deflecting the black sword light. At that moment, the white sword light hidden in the white bone dust also arrived in front of the flesh giant.

By the time the giant noticed the sword light, it was too late. The sharp sword light, imbued with divine sense, pierced directly through the flesh-and-blood giant's right chest.

Amidst the splattering blood, He Ao raised his hand and sheathed the two swords.

The first energy gathering point.

"what!!!"

The flesh giant roared angrily, arched its legs, and unleashed terrifying power from its massive muscles, leaping out like an arrow towards Heo.

This power has surpassed the power he just displayed. He had been concealing his power, waiting to get close to Heo before delivering a fatal blow.

Although he has gone mad, his fighting instincts remain.

But now, he can't care about that anymore.

Seeing the flesh giant charging towards them at an unexpected speed, Heo's expression changed.

There was no time to dodge. He plunged his two swords into the ground, gripped the hilts, and suddenly leaned back, focusing his consciousness on his feet. Using the two swords as support, he leaped upwards and kicked with all his might.

The force was so great that it could cause mountains to crumble!

This attack did not directly confront the charge of the flesh-and-blood giant, but instead kicked diagonally upwards into the giant's chest, redirecting the force of the giant's slam forward.

This caused the giant, who should have landed, to fly over Heo's head, causing him to lose his balance.

At this moment, He Ao did not stop. He forcefully suppressed the turmoil in his body caused by the previous impact, turned around and landed, directly pulled out the black greatsword stuck in the ground, chased after the monster, and leaped with all his might.

Although his strength was weaker than that of the flesh giant, he was smaller and faster. The giant landed on the ground, rolled, and half-squatted down. Before he could even come to a stop, he was pierced through the left chest by the powerful sword thrust from him.

the second.

He Ao's movements did not stop immediately. He grabbed the hilt of the sword that was stuck in the flesh giant's chest. Instead of pulling out the black broadsword, he used the force to push himself down and quickly fell empty-handed to the giant's lower abdomen.

Then he spun around, raised his hand, and the bone sword that had been stuck in the ground not far away instantly appeared in his hand.

As the giant reacted and swung his hammer at him, he thrust his sword with tremendous force into the giant's abdomen, where he had already partially pierced the wound.

This energy gathering point was the deepest and seemed to have the strongest defense, so when he first threw the black broadsword, he broke through part of the defense.

His entire body was splattered with blood.

The third.

The flesh giant's hand, raised in the air, quickly lost its grip. He stared wide-eyed at Heo in astonishment, "You! You! You!"

He almost smashed this annoying guy into mincemeat.

Just a little bit.

But there are no "what ifs" in this world.

boom--

The terrifying giant hammer crashed to the ground with a deafening roar.

He Ao staggered back half a step, felt a sweet taste in his throat, and a mouthful of blood welled up, which he swallowed back down.

He gazed