Mechanical Pioneer Under One Person

James smiled slightly, as if he was telling a funny story. He then continued, "Two mouthfuls, and I passed out twice. I was blacked out the entire day, from morning till night. I was so intoxicated that I couldn't wake up at all."

The Insectoid didn't comment on this. Instead, he extended an arthropod hand, tapped the cigar in James's hand, then pointed at the 'Special Offer No. 2' on the table. He said, "With your current level of evolution, you can give it a try, maybe even two at once."

James simply raised an eyebrow before gladly accepting the offer.

He put the 'San Juan' into his mouth again, took a deep breath, held his breath for a few seconds, and only exhaled the smoke through his nose after it passed through his lungs.

"cool!"

As if he had tasted the sweetness, James lit another 'No. 2 Special' cigar and put it into his mouth.

Monte's 'Special No. 2' cigars were different from the bready, milky aroma of the 'San Juan'; they were a blend of coffee and cocoa. At that moment, the two cigars blended like a rich mocha in James' mouth.

After about half a minute of puffing away smoke until it filled his lungs, James came back to his senses, shaking his head, and turned to look at what was projected on the projector.

The right half of the projection was from the perspective of the Spore agent, Kinoshita Hirojuro, who was currently being besieged by Quan Xing, Longhushan, and Nadutong.

Then he looked at the left half of the projection that showed the Prophet's 'inventory' quantity.

……

"So far, we haven't received any intelligence, and the prophets used for divination are constantly dying."

James frowned, silently calculated the death rate of those Indian "consumables", and couldn't help but speak out.

After hearing this, the insectoid man opposite did not say anything in a hurry. Instead, he stretched out a limb and pointed it behind him - the wall where the "content" was projected.

A gurgling sound came from the tip of its extended limb, and after a few breaths, a fishy yellow eye suddenly grew out from the 'tip'.

The insectoid man did not move or turn around, but with the help of the arthropod hand that had grown eyes and turned around, it was able to see the entire content of the projection.

Then it said, "This is actually a good thing. It shows that we are heading in the right direction. In fact, it can even be said that this is the right way."

After hearing his answer, James put the cigars into his mouth again, one on each side, and then made a 'please' gesture.

He said, "Okay, let me hear it. Although our relationship is good, you have to give me a reasonable explanation. I have to report to our president."

The insectoid suddenly shook from head to toe, then said, "According to what your 'engineer' said, these Indian consumables are indeed fragile, and their divination effectiveness is low."

"When they enter the spiritual realm known as 'spiritual consciousness' or 'inner vision', they often die due to their own spiritual weakness."

"But conversely, when their minds are stacked together through the [Physical Connection] and their spirits amplify each other, that kind of sudden death can be avoided."

"In this case, the only thing that could cause their immediate death while they're linked together is a divination—that is, requiring them to shatter the [question] and obtain the [answer]."

Having said that, the 'insectoid' paused, then continued, "But perhaps you don't know that the last time I applied to use the [Prometheus] system to divine the creator of 'Iron Man'..."

"I haven't given the order to crush the [question] yet. Simply by asking the question, those consumables died immediately."

"According to the Engineer's interpretation, this unprecedented situation can only mean that the creator of Iron Man has already had an excessive influence on your planet."

"And the impact is so great that even the mental fluctuations caused by simply asking questions can cause the consumables to die."

The insectoid rubbed its arthropod hands together for a while and said, "Now, after discussing with your 'engineer', I have decided to take advantage of this."

"Currently, the questions asked in the 'divination system' are all centered around the 'extended body' and are indirect safety issues that won't cause the consumables to die."

"For example, questions like 'Who is around Kinoshita Hirojuro right now?'"

Having said that, the 'insect-like man' began to lean forward, and the entire insect head pressed down, and one of its arthropod arms pointed at the life-support tanks displayed in the projection.

It said: "This very vague question should have been very safe, but now it will cause the consumable to die without obtaining an [answer], and it is a special alternate death."

"This only means that the heretic is indeed at the edge of the Divination Extension's range, but not close enough. Using your metaphor, he's just barely 'skirting the edge'."

"Since the method is correct, now... all we need to do is use the life of those consumables as 'biological radar'."

After saying this, the insectoid's mouthparts moved slightly, and then he continued, "If your analysis is correct, the creator of Iron Man is a 'hero' person..."

"Then when a 'monster' that... ordinary people can't deal with is placed before him, he will most likely take the bait."

"Now, all we have to do is wait. Wait for our extension to find him, or for him to show up himself, or...the other party will just attack directly."

"When those consumables begin to die in large numbers, it means that the [heretic] has arrived."

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but just as the 'insectoid' finished speaking...

In the projector's 'live broadcast', the data bar representing the prophet's 'inventory' was rapidly decreasing, and Kinoshita Hirojuro's live broadcast perspective also changed.

He was being pushed into the air by an old man with a Taoist appearance, long beard and eyebrows, and wearing a Taoist robe, and was moving quickly because of this.

The Insectoid glanced at the nearly empty supplies and said loudly, "That's him!"

Just as it finished shouting this sentence, the live broadcast signal from Kinoshita Hirojuro was cut off, making the two people in the white house "blind".

James also saw the last scene. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help but ask in surprise, "This old man? I seem to remember him."

"This old man... let me think, his name should be Zhang Zhiwei. Is he the leader of the Taoists in Longhu Mountain?"

"Well, first of all, I think your screening method does make sense. But, I still want to ask..."

"So, according to you, you're saying that he... a Taoist priest over a hundred years old, a believer in religion, with a status equal to that of the Pope, is the kind of scientist who can create armor?"

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Liu Ke, who had promised not to wear armor for a walk easily, ended up breaking his promise and put on his beloved steel armor.

It had been almost a month since he last fought in his Iron Armor. That time, he had caused considerable damage in Myanmar, but he had also saved a number of lives, which was considered a good deed.

At that time, he was still wearing the Mark II, which was an experimental model of armor among Tony's many armor designs.

But now, he is wearing the Mark 6, which can be said to be a upgrade and looks very majestic.

Let’s put it this way, even if he were placed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe today, he would still be a good player in the Battle of New York.

Having said that, Longhu Mountain is neither big nor small. With just one push, Liu Ke pulled Kinoshita Hirojuro hundreds of meters away and brought him to the middle of the mountain road in the back mountain.

As he was pushing the Japanese man away, he accidentally glanced at him and discovered the source of the abnormal signal...

Liu Ke, who now attaches great importance to "confidentiality", subconsciously hacked all the communication methods of the other party, including the "live broadcast" equipment.

……

Bang!

Looking at the Japanese man in his hand and the four flesh blades rushing towards him, Liu Ke, who was still transformed into the appearance of an 'old Taoist priest', stopped suddenly and let go, letting him fall freely.

Then, he raised his hands and fired a palm cannon, knocking Kinoshita Hirojuro to the ground.

He had already known from the drone's vision that Kinoshita had a strong recovery ability. Seeing that the granulation tissue on the other party's body showed signs of spreading and growing again, he simply raised his left hand and began to rotate the wrist armor module.

Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!

Twelve rounds of [Hand-mounted Armor-Piercing Rocket-Propelled Grenade] were launched at Kinoshita, directly piercing and scraping his flesh, and even sweeping away a large area of ​​granulation tissue.

"It feels a little weird..."

After muttering a few words to himself inside the armor, Liu Ke no longer wanted to use the [Phantom] system to pretend to be the old Taoist priest.

"Anyway... this Japanese guy can't be kept here, and there's no one around."

Thinking of this, Liu Ke raised his right hand, double-clicked the chest reactor with his fingers, and then took off his disguise, restoring his original appearance of the iron armor.

Afterwards, feeling a little more comfortable, he controlled the steel armor floating in the air, raised his hands, and fired the charged palm cannon from his palms again!

boom! boom! boom!

The repulsive ray from the palm cannon exploded directly on the Japanese man, blowing the temporary flesh and bone shield formed by his hands into pieces, and finally passed through his chest, causing him to collapse directly to the ground.

Seeing this, Liu Ke did not approach blindly, but landed on the ground and used scanning equipment to observe the other party.

"...What on earth is this thing? Can it even be considered a living thing?"

It must be said that these Japanese methods were extremely bizarre. Although Liu Ke's firepower seemed to have severely damaged the enemy, during the "scan", the opponent's vitality was still strong and was recovering at an accelerated rate.

"Qi? No! This... is pure life force. Could it be the legendary Fukushima people?"

Although Liu Ke hadn't practiced any orthodox techniques, he had learned a few skills from watching and hearing during the Luotian Dajiao competitions over the past few days...

For example, he could now clearly distinguish the Qi of aliens. While the Japanese man before him was definitely an alien, his tentacles, flesh, and many other "biochemical-level" abilities had absolutely nothing to do with Qi or alien methods.

"Master, the opponent still has vital signs. I recommend you use the miniature Jericho missile."

Listening to the prompt given by the black wall, Liu Ke in the armor frowned, but still raised his right arm and summoned "Jericho".

"I really don't want to bomb our motherland's beautiful mountains and rivers at random. It would be a sin..."

Although he spoke with hesitation, he still launched the missile directly.

call out!

Chapter 136 Old Heavenly Master (4000)

Just as Liu Ke used this 'Japanese tourist' who came from afar as a 'target' for his firepower test, a fierce battle broke out in front of the Taoist temple complex, with shouts of killing deafening the sky.

Although due to the "alliance" seven or eight minutes ago, the fight between Longhushan, Nadutong, and Quanxing was inevitably filled with a sense of restraint among the swords, fists, and feet, but...

A mission is a mission after all. The instruction received by this group of people on the mountain is to make a big fuss to attract attention.

Therefore, even if... we just had a small fight together, we still have to fight.

Bang!

It seemed that after punching the Japanese, Quan Xing's - the bald guy wearing strange arm armor and a lower half mask on his head - had his spirit sublimated a lot, and his every move was full of heroic spirit.

Even the fist he swung at the two Taoist masters of Longhu Mountain now showed the style of a "great hero". It opened and closed vigorously, and the Qi circulated as he wished, with considerable power.

Look, it was just an ordinary straight punch, and he hadn't used his arm armor magic weapon yet, but the momentum shattered the golden light spell used by the Taoist priest opposite him.

"Brother!"

The younger Taoist priest next to him saw that his senior brother was beaten all over and was knocked against the wall, so he hurried over to show concern for his condition.

As for that senior brother, although he was in great pain, he held his chest and only used the Qi Transformation Palace to open up the blood stasis for a while. Then he was helped to stand up and said, "I'm fine!"

Seeing this, the man in the arm armor had no intention of pursuing the victory. Instead, he laughed strangely like a big boss in the story.

He laughed arrogantly for a long time before saying, "I've seen it just now. The Golden Light Curse, the signature of the Tianshi Mansion, is indeed powerful. It can be called a thousand-year-old secret technique."

"But, how come you two are so mediocre at training? I haven't even put in any effort yet and you both collapsed! You're such losers!"

With that, the man in the arm armor took a horse stance, twisted his hips, and activated his specially made arm armor, causing smoke and dust to blast out of it. He said, "Taoists fear wine, sex, wealth, anger, joy, anger, sorrow, and longing like a tiger. Actually, it's not that they don't fear them."

"But if you practice so diligently and observe the strict rules and precepts for decades, only to end up turning yourself into garbage, what's the point?"

"Instead of living a seemingly carefree but actually suffocating life like you do now, haha, I think you two should join us, Quan Xing!"