Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Taking a deep breath, Liu Nian dropped the pretense of deception.

The white holy light receded, and the dragonkin dispelled the form of Lord Origian like a thin mist, revealing Liu Nian's true appearance—a descendant of the dragons, with black hair and black eyes, a tall body over two meters long, and a Divine Punishment Armor set that shone brightly under the dark blue light, while the Starbreakers on his fists gleamed with a dazzling luster.

Mechagon's golden eyes suddenly lit up.

"Amazing skill!" His tone held a clear hint of interest. "You're a...human? No, that's not right. Your aura is far beyond that of humans. Interesting."

Liu Nian didn't respond to that question, but instead glanced at the busy mechanical spiders.

They dismantled the corpses of the dead into parts and fragments, then threw them into a shredder-like device in the corner. The machine emitted a low rumble, completely crushing the remains and erasing all evidence of their existence.

"I know a Mechagon," Liu Nian said unhurriedly. "He was one of the legendary three kings of the Engineering Dwarfs, who disappeared during an expedition many years ago. I wonder if you—"

"The Three Legendary Kings? Back in my day, there were only the Two Legendary Kings..." Mechagon interrupted him, a hint of nostalgia flashing in his golden eyes, "Hmm, but I think if we're talking about Engineering Dwarfs, then it would be me!"

He paused, his gaze falling on the glove on Liu Nian's hands.

"Adventurer, the weapon in your hand... gives off a feeling of déjà vu."

Liu Nian glanced down at the Starbreaker gauntlets and nodded: "It's called Starbreaker, and it's an upgrade from a gauntlet called 'Mechagon's Precision Hydraulic Claw'."

"Ah—" McCagon let out a low sigh, his cold, mechanical voice softening slightly. "A very nostalgic name. It's one of my proudest creations from my youth. It seems you have quite a connection with the Engineering Dwarfs?"

Liu Nian nodded.

But this kind of thing... how should I put it? Although there is a favorability system, Mechagon doesn't seem to be an engineer gnome anymore, so the engineer gnome faction's relationship with him will probably have to be discounted.

Moreover, words alone are not enough; we need to find more compelling proof.

"Wait a moment!" Liu Nian said.

He directly activated the Heavenly Anchor Point—a skill inherent to the Eternal Set, which allows him to set an anchor point anywhere and then teleport back unconditionally an unlimited number of times.

(Both the Heavenly Anchor Point and the Boundary Breaker can ignore the bans issued by the Seven Pharaohs, but Liu Nian does not have the coordinates of the Western Continent, so he can only travel to the Western Continent through the teleportation array here.)

A golden beam of light shone from beneath his feet, leaving a glowing anchor mark on the ground in front of Mechagon.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Nian activated the Boundary Breaker.

A flash of light, and his figure disappeared into the rotunda.

---

The Abyss, Ascalon Floating City, Dragon City.

Liu Nian's figure emerged from the void and landed steadily on the square in front of the council hall.

The sky over the Demon Abyss was as dark as ever, but the interior of Dragon City was brightly lit.

Since the Ascalon floating city successfully relocated here, it has been undergoing continuous repairs and is now taking shape compared to its previous location within the competition area.

Jiang Yi is on duty today.

He was standing on the city wall discussing the debugging plan of the defensive magic array with an NPC craftsman when he caught a glimpse of a golden light out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head and saw Liu Nian striding towards him.

"Liu Nian? You're back?" Jiang Yi was taken aback. "Weren't you supposed to be causing trouble in the Land of the Dead? Oh! I almost forgot, you already took down Amenhote, so it's over there?"

"Not yet," Liu Nian patted his shoulder, speaking succinctly, "I have something urgent to discuss with Gerbin, I have to go now, I'm in a hurry. Where is the Prince?"

"In the third workshop of the Shield Zone, I have been leading the team to connect the new energy pipelines these past few days."

Liu Nian nodded. The so-called shield zone was actually one of the ways Ascalon originally divided areas. There were other zones such as the sword zone and the spear zone.

When Liu Nian entered the third workshop in the Shield Zone, Prince Gerbin was standing in front of a huge energy converter, holding a wrench in his hand and a cigar in his mouth, loudly directing a group of young engineering dwarfs.

"Tighten that pipe connector by half a turn! Half a turn! My God, not a full turn! Are your hands hydraulic pliers? That wire connector... Fila, how many times have I told you, don't use a bow tie!"

"Gelbin," Liu Nian called out.

The dwarf turned around, saw it was Liu Nian, and grinned: "Hey? What brings you here?"

"Didn't I say I'd take you to your capital city, Gnomeregan?"

"Oh? Are we leaving now?" Gerbin's eyes lit up.

"No, no, no! I've discovered something else, perhaps even more important than going to your capital city!" Liu Nian said with a mysterious smile, "Guess what I found in a level eight undead city?"

"Oh, Beard Above, stop keeping me in suspense!"

"One of your legendary Three Kings, Mechagon!"

"Who?"

"Machagon".

The wrench in Gerbin's hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

His mouth was wide open, the cigar slipped from the corner of his mouth, and his little tongue was clearly visible in his throat.

"What...what did you say?" His voice was trembling.

"Mechagon," Liu Nian said, emphasizing each word, "Mechagon, one of the legendary three kings of the Engineering Dwarfs, is still alive!"

Prince Gerbin's eyes widened like saucers, and his lips trembled for a long time before he finally managed to squeeze out, "You...you're not joking with me?"

"When have I ever joked with you?" Liu Nian said. "He's currently in a city of the dead called the Golden Royal City! Although I don't know why he's there, I think with your connection, the possibility of us cooperating is very high!"

Prince Gerbin took a deep breath, bent down to pick up the wrench and cigar, stubbed out the cigar in his palm, and then looked up at Liu Nian.

"I'll go with you." His voice trembled slightly. "Let's go now!"

"no problem."

Since Gelbin wasn't a player, there was no way to directly use the Breaker to bring him back. But that didn't matter, Liu Nian had already planned it out. He would first have the Colossus swallow him, and then use the Heavenly Anchor to return to Mechagon's side.

The golden anchor mark suddenly lit up, and Liu Nian's figure reappeared, causing the behemoth to release Gerbin.

Prince Gerbin looked up at the enormous mechanical figure.

The hall remained quiet for a long time.

Gerbin's lips were trembling, and tears were welling up in his eyes.

"By Mechagon...is it really you?"