Cut off my way home? You'll sacrifice the entire other world in return!

The Mechanicus Cathedral in the Upper Town of Ironfort.

This building is more of a research center than a church.

Beneath the silvery-white dome, countless data points intertwined in the air.

The central altar does not house a deity, but rather a core of the central brain.

That was an avatar of the Ironforge's supreme will, the Skynet.

Archbishop Salon stood in front of the core, staring at the screen in front of him.

90% of his body has been mechanized, with only half of his brain and a small part of his spine remaining original.

Two videos were playing on the screen, one on and one off.

One scene shows Li Fan tearing apart a military prosthetic body with his bare hands at the city gate.

The other clip is footage captured by a drone showing Li Fan punching through a roof in a black market alley.

"Incredible..."

Salona's modified electronic vocal cords emitted a hoarse exclamation.

"The body of a pure human can actually reach this level of strength?"

"There are no traces of cybernetics or gene enhancers."

"There isn't even a source energy circuit within his body."

A red-robed priest (who was also a senior researcher) nearby whispered.

"Archbishop, the scan shows that he has just consumed an S-class core."

"Devour?" Salon's electronic eyes lit up.

"Yes, it was ingested directly through the mouth and completely digested within one minute, without any explosion or rejection reaction."

"His physical strength even improved significantly after digestion."

Saron remained silent.

After a few seconds, his body began to tremble slightly.

That was excitement.

"The perfect body..."

"This is a gift bestowed upon us by the god of machinery!"

"If we can unlock the secrets of his physical body, we can create super biological weapons that can fight even without energy!"

"We could even use this as a blueprint to evolve a new kind of human that transcends machines!"

Saron turned around, and several data tentacles behind him danced wildly.

"Pass down the order!"

"Seal off the lower city area!"

"Move the third executioner squad!"

"Remember, stay alive!"

"Even if we have to cut off all four of his limbs, we must preserve his brain and torso!"

"I want to dissect him myself!"

Xiacheng District.

The alarm blared louder and louder.

The once bustling black market streets were now deserted.

All the shops had their rolling shutters down, and residents peered out of their windows in terror through the cracks.

Only two people were still standing in the middle of the street.

Li Fan and Lao Hei, whose legs were already weak with fear.

"M---Sir..." Old Black's teeth chattered, "That's the Executioner's squad's alarm... We have to run... We might survive if we hide in the sewers..."

"run?"

Li Fan stood under the streetlight, the light casting his shadow, which stretched out in varying lengths.

"Why run?"

"I just finished eating and was looking for some fun."

Boom boom boom!

Heavy footsteps came from the end of the street.

The ground was shaking.

Three black mechs, each four meters tall, came into view.

This is the Mechanicus's ace rioter-type mech.

They were covered in thick composite armor, with a six-barreled rotary cannon on the left arm and a chainsaw sword on the right.

It also carries a miniature missile launcher on its back.

The electronic eye on the mech's head was emitting a red light.

"Target spotted."

"Number unknown".

Threat Level: S-level.

The lead mecha emitted a synthesized mechanical voice.

"Target locked."

"Execute the arrest order."

Three mechs surrounded Li Fan in a triangular formation.

The dark muzzle of a gun and the spinning chainsaw sword formed a deathly encirclement.

"Is this your welcoming ceremony?"

Li Fan stood with his hands in his pockets, looking at these enormous creatures.

"It's quite unique."

"This sheet metal looks a bit thick, I wonder how it will feel to tear it."

"Warning! Kneel down and surrender immediately! Otherwise, we will resort to violence!" the lead mech warned again.

"surrender?"

Li Fan smiled.

He slowly reached out and beckoned to the mecha in the middle.

"Come."

"Let me see what's inside these tin cans of yours."

"If the target resists law enforcement, non-lethal force may be used."

Da da da da!

The mech on the left fired first.

The six-barreled machine gun spewed out tongues of fire.

However, it was aiming at Li Fan's legs.

The large-caliber armor-piercing shell instantly turned the ground where Li Fan had just been standing into a sieve, and the cement road surface shattered and debris flew everywhere.

But Li Fan's figure had already disappeared the moment the bullet hit him.

"There!"

The mech's sensor on the right is alarming.

Li Fan appeared in mid-air.

He jumped up.

It jumped higher than the four-meter-tall mech.

He descended from the sky and landed on the shoulder of the mecha on the left.

"This paint job is really ugly."

Li Fan made a comment.

Then he raised his fist.

The single eye on the head of the mecha.

It slammed down hard.

boom! ! !

A loud bang.

The head, made of bulletproof glass and alloy steel, was smashed to pieces by Li Fan's punch, just like a watermelon.

Sparks flew as the circuit short-circuited.

The mecha instantly lost its balance, staggered back a few steps, and crashed into the wall next to it.

"Unit 1 has lost visual signal!"

"Target on the machine! Cannot fire!"

The other two mechs panicked.

They never expected that this mortal human would be so fast and so strong.

"Wait, it's not over yet."

Li Fan stood on the shoulder of the headless mecha.

His hand plunged into the ruptured neck.

He grabbed a metal plate.

"Open it... for me!!!"

Li Fan exerted force with both arms, his muscles bulging.

Sizzle! Crunch!

He tore the five-centimeter-thick composite armor plate apart as easily as tearing paper.

The cockpit inside was revealed.

Inside the cockpit, a pilot covered in tubes stared in terror at the demon-like man above him.

"Oh, so this is the filling."

Li Fan smiled.

He reached out and grabbed the driver by the collar, pulling him out of the cockpit like a radish.

"Get lost."

Just toss it aside.

The driver screamed as he was thrown out and landed on a street lamp.

"This big machine is mine now."

Li Fan did not climb into the cockpit.

He had no interest in driving such a bulky toy.

His gaze fell on the power engine emitting a ghostly blue light behind the cockpit.

"Found it."

"This is what I want to eat."

Li Fan reached out and grabbed the still-running engine core.

This is the heart of the mecha.

The temperature is extremely high, and there is a radiation field around it.

But Li Fan didn't care at all.

"come out!"

Click!

All the pipes connecting to the engine were torn off.

Li Fan forcefully pulled out that core, which was as big as a basketball.

The mecha was completely paralyzed and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Li Fan, holding the still-humming core, gaped in astonishment in front of the other two mechs.

"Click."

Take a bite.

The metal casing shattered, and the high-energy liquid inside flowed out.

Li Fan took a puff.

"Hmm... This tastes a bit bland, like plain water."

He frowned slightly, somewhat displeased.

"But the portion size is alright, enough to fill the bottom."

The entire room fell silent.

The pilots in the other two mechs were watching this scene through holographic screens, and their worldviews were about to collapse.

Dismantling a mech with bare hands?

Eat the reactor raw?

What the hell is that creature?!

"A monster...a monster..."

"Requesting backup! Requesting backup! Target is extremely dangerous! Conventional force is ineffective!"

"Use of lethal force permitted! Launch missiles!"

The lead mech finally reacted.

The launch pod behind it opened.

shhhhhh!

Four miniature tracking missiles, trailing plumes of fire, hurtled toward Li Fan.

The distance was too close, less than ten meters.

There's no way to hide.

Boom boom boom boom!

The violent explosion engulfed the abandoned mech where Li Fan was.

Flames shot into the sky, and smoke billowed.

The entire street was affected by the tremors.

"Target hit!"

"Confirm the extent of the damage!"

The two mechs, guns raised, stared intently at the sea of ​​fire.

Even the most advanced alloy armor would be reduced to dust if hit by four armor-piercing missiles at such close range.

however.

When the flames subsided slightly.

A figure emerged from the flames.

His clothes had been burned off, revealing his muscular upper body.

There are some charred marks on the skin, but they are peeling off at a visible rate, revealing the new skin underneath.

He was still holding half of the uneaten engine core in his hand.

"It's a little hot."

Li Fan blew on the core in his hand and took a bite.

"But let's just consider this as heating it up."

"What other tricks do you have up your sleeve? Use them all at once."

"I need to hurry up and eat the next one."

Li Fan's gaze was fixed on the remaining two mechs.

His gaze was like that of someone looking at two cans that could run away.

"Retreat...retreat!"

The remaining two drivers completely broke down.

This is impossible to win!

If missiles can't even penetrate its defenses, what's the point of fighting?

The two mechs turned around and tried to run away, their thrusters on their backs fully engaged.

"Trying to leave?"

Li Fan clapped his hands after finishing the last bite of the core.

"Since you're here, leave your heart behind before you leave."

He stomped his foot.

The ground is cracked.

He was shot out like a cannonball.

They caught up with one of the mechs that was taking off in an instant.

He grabbed the mech's ankle in mid-air.

"Get down here!"

Li Fan exerted force with both arms, slamming the mecha, which weighed over ten tons, into the ground like cracking a whip.

boom!

The mecha crashed to the ground and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Li Fan landed and skillfully tore open the armor, then ripped out the heart and began to eat it.

His movements were fluid and graceful, like those of a seasoned gourmand.

As for the last mech...

It has already flown to a height of 100 meters.

"Phew... I've shaken them off..."

The driver had just breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the alarm blared.

[WARNING! Object approaching at high speed!]

He looked up and saw a huge metal plate hurtling towards him.

That's the chest plate of the mech that was just destroyed.

Li Fan threw it up like a frisbee.

boom!

The metal plate struck the mech's thrusters with pinpoint accuracy.

Boom!

The thruster exploded.

The mech lost power and crashed down like a kite with a broken string.

It landed right in front of Li Fan.

"The service was good, and they even delivered the food to my door."

Li Fan wiped the engine oil from the corner of his mouth and walked towards the still smoking mech.

Three platforms.

Total annihilation.

A few minutes later.

Only three piles of scrap metal and three mech wrecks stripped of their cores remained on the street.

Li Fan sat on one of the piles of wreckage and let out a burp.

[Absorbed 3 military-grade mech cores.]

Energy recovery: 5%.

[Physical strength enhancement: trace.]

"I'm barely half full."

Li Fan touched his stomach.

He looked up at the tallest spire in the distance.

He could feel countless eyes watching him.

There was fear, greed, and murderous intent.

"Have you seen enough?"

Li Fan raised his middle finger in that direction.

"You want me?"

"Then bring out something decent."

"Don't always send me these kinds of snacks; they're not even enough to fill a tooth gap."

…… ...

The Cathedral of the Mechanicus.

Archbishop Salon stared at the screen, which had turned into static, for a long time without saying a word.

His tentacles twitched unconsciously, revealing his extreme inner turmoil.

All the researchers kept their heads down, not daring to make a sound.

The Santai Town Riot Control Mech.

That's enough force to suppress a small rebellion.

She couldn't last five minutes in front of that man.

It was disassembled and eaten, just like a toy.

"A monster...a monster..."

Finally, someone broke the silence.

"This is power that no human could possibly possess! This is divine punishment!"

"Shut up!"

Saron roared.

But he also felt a sense of fear.

That kind of pure physical strength completely defies the common sense of physics.

This goes beyond the scope of science.

Just then.

The main brain core in the center of the hall suddenly lit up.

A cold, mechanical voice rang out.

"Data analysis complete."

"Target Threat Level: Cataclysmic Level"

"Conventional force cannot suppress it."

"It is recommended to activate the Skynet mind intrusion program."

"To eliminate the target at the level of consciousness."

Saron paused for a moment.

Is Skynet going to take action itself?

That is the highest intelligence of Ironfortress, possessing the combined computing power of millions of people in the entire city.

Even if someone is physically strong, if they are attacked on a psychological level, once their brain is burned out, they will become a vegetable.

"good!"

Hope rekindled in Saron's eyes.

"Once we control his brain, this perfect body will be ours!"

"Activate SkyNet connection!"

"Target that man's brain!"

However, what they didn't know was...

They are about to invade not the brain of an ordinary person.

Instead, it was an abyss that had just devoured the sea of ​​consciousness of the Heavenly Dao, where a demon god resided.