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I looked up and saw the giant blue crayfish.

If it tastes good… no, even if it’s as bland as the original crawfish, this is still a large piece of high-quality reserve food.

0017

I sent a text message to my family using my "mobile phone".

Yang Sheng was riding on Hu Niu's back and running wildly in the mountains and forests. The figures of the man and the cat were quickly fading.

Hu Niu is wearing a set of tiger-shaped armor, with a head guard, shoulder guards and claw gloves made of matte metal. She looks very cool both from the front and from the side.

There is a saddle with stirrups at the waist. Although the waist structure of cats is generally fragile, Hu Niu's waist strength is enough to carry several tons of weight. It is no problem to use it as a single or double mount.

The tail is perfect

The layered armor is designed to fit the shape of Huniu's hips, and there are mechanical mechanisms between the layers of armor, which can adapt to her stretching within a certain range according to her movements.

Hu Niu even has her own exclusive [Attribute Panel], which is the same as the 3.0 version used by all the forces in Guanying Mountain. She even has her own [Luggage] space, so it makes sense for her to have such a dedicated set of magic armor.

"Invisibility" is one of the abilities of this magic armor, which can also cover Yang Sheng riding on her back. In addition, there is a sound-absorbing barrier and an air barrier to offset resistance and air circulation.

When Hu Niu was moving, the various parts of this metal armor would inevitably make some collision noises. The silencer barrier was prepared for covert operations like this one. Anyway, for a "hidden monster" like Yang Sheng, it was also one of the common abilities.

Offsetting resistance can greatly increase Hu Niu's running speed and reduce her physical consumption. It is a very practical function whether it is a long-distance attack or a short-distance sprint. Moreover, when used in conjunction with [Light Feather Technique], Hu Niu can perform some operations that would overturn Newton's coffin.

For example, like the heroes in martial arts movies, running and jumping on leaves or grass tips, or running directly on the water.

As for the air circulation barrier, although Hu Niu's maximum speed has not been tested, it should be over 300 kilometers, which is not much different from a supercar. Isn't it normal for a supercar to have an air conditioner?...Okay, just a joke. The main point is that Hu Niu suddenly became a magical beast commonly known as "World of Warcraft" with Yang Sheng's investment, but except for her relatively strong physical abilities, she did not evolve any special abilities.

The air circulation barrier not only ensures riding comfort, but also serves as an additional means of survival in case you encounter an opponent that can use [Poison Cloud Spell] or [Stink Spell].

……

This is a valley located in the other direction of the comprehensive university town, about 40 kilometers away from the university town and about 50 kilometers away from the lake.

Except for some unusually tall and sturdy trees, the vegetation in the valley is extremely sparse, and most of the ground is exposed, showing a texture that has been trampled and compacted over the years.

Because in the past, this was a place where the earth element gathered. The earth element is a pun, referring to both natural elements such as wind, fire, water and earth, and also earth element creatures.

Few plants can grow under the crushing of the wheel-like biological structure of the rock grunts, which are generally 4 to 5 meters tall and weigh several tons or even more than ten tons. As for the mountain giants that are 10 meters tall and weigh dozens of tons, they are natural plant killers. In addition, there are some small bipedal stone elemental creatures and earth elemental creatures.

However, the earth elemental creatures that once spread throughout the valley have now disappeared. After the interaction between time and space, a large number of mechanical monsters that descended were attracted by the relatively dry natural environment here, and a conflict that did not last long broke out with the various earth elemental creatures entrenched here. In the end, the earth elemental creatures were no match for them. A few may have escaped into the vast mountain jungles and wandered there, while the vast majority of the rest were destroyed by the mechanical monsters. Not only did the earth element cores and earth element enrichment points in the valley become the power source of the mechanical monsters, but even their remains were used as the mechanical monsters' buildings or certain materials.

The entrance on one side of the valley has been built with defensive fortifications by mechanical monsters. Unless one is able to climb walls and fly over rooftops, the only way to get in is through the passage built by them.

Several heavy tracked mechanical creatures were cruising back and forth at the entrance of the passage. It was unclear what style this was... uh, Yang Sheng couldn't really tell. Steampunk? Magic heavy industry? Anyway, it was a little bit of both.

Since monsters do not have [attribute panels] and their information cannot be "read" through the panel, Elton Elves and Zhang Xiaowu's team call them all kinds of names, such as tanks, tractors, siege vehicles, alchemical puppets, etc.

The weapon of this heavy tracked mechanical monster is a retractable battering ram... It's quite strange, but it seems to be just the right weapon to restrain earth elemental creatures.

There are usually three to five humanoid mechanical creatures on board. There are generally three categories of humanoid mechanical creatures. The first category is the style seen in early movies. For details, you can refer to the round head and brain in Star Wars, but with long and thin limbs, and usually an antenna on the head.

It is made of primary metal color and is usually decorated with round metal rivets.

There are no facial features, usually only two eyes, which are made up of round lenses with metal frames.

The second largest category is the large dwarf form, the large ones are more than 2 meters tall, and the small ones are less than 1 meters tall. The appearance is much more optimized than the first category, but it is not a technological optimization. They have more beautiful limb proportions. Although they have the short stature of a dwarf, the proportions do not look ugly.

The mechanical dwarfs here have obvious facial features, their eyes usually emit red or yellow light, and they have relatively delicate palms, consisting of a thumb and three other fingers. Their joints also have relatively sophisticated mechanical structures, and there is a smooth protective structure on the outer edge.

The last category is functional robots, which have no fixed shape, and the proportions of the head, body or limbs are quite random and capricious. Sometimes the head is a square box, the hands are sometimes in a pincer structure, sometimes they are just a metal ball, and sometimes they are just a relatively primitive large-caliber musket or metal saw blade.

As mentioned above, these mechanical monsters have many forms, including four-legged dog-like, six-legged or spider-like.

However, only the humanoid ones have the ability to build. They also seem to be the commanders among the mechanical monsters. Other types of mechanical monsters are offensive or defensive combat models.

……

The equipment that Yang Sheng made for Hu Niu has a very high level of stealth.

In addition, as a cat, Hu Niu is good at climbing walls and running on rooftops, and she has various enhancements of magic armor, so it is easy for her to sneak into the depths of the valley.

Yang Sheng had only heard reports from Elton Elf and Zhang Xiaowu's team about what was happening here before. This was his first time to visit the place in person, so he didn't know what it looked like before.

However, at this moment, this "Earth Element Valley" was like a huge construction site. Three types of humanoid mechanical creatures could be seen everywhere, making clanging sounds and building things.

Some were digging the ground, some were grinding stones and the corpses of earth elemental creatures, and some were carrying supplies. At this time, one could already see the prototypes of the buildings they were building - a complex of buildings in the style of a military fortress.

Simply put, these mechanical monsters are turning the entire valley into a fortress.

Watchtowers, gun towers, bunkers, pillboxes… are next to each other, but from a professional perspective, the configuration of their fortifications is very unreasonable. Could it be due to lack of intelligence?

No one knew what the underlying logic was that drove these mechanical creatures. Anyway, Yang Sheng walked around inside and didn't understand their behavior until he discovered a new type of humanoid machine.

They were humanoid machines with smoother or sleeker appearances, some large and some small. The largest one was over 4 meters tall, and the smallest was still 1 meters tall. However, compared to the dwarf appearance, the proportions of the torso and limbs of the new type had been strengthened, but they were still short and stocky.

Yang Sheng secretly took out a few [Identification Techniques].

The result is that the new type is a half-elemental, half-mechanical creature.

They have steel skeletons, and their muscles and other organ structures are made of smooth marble or jade materials. The body surface of many individuals is covered with a layer of "coat" made of several different demon-friendly materials, like Yang Sheng's black tight protective suit.

These "outerwear" fit the body shape of the new humanoid machines, just like Yang Sheng wearing protective clothing, giving the impression of a great figure. Of course, they are short and stocky with big muscles, so there's nothing to talk about in terms of figure.

And because the "outer coat" is made of magic-friendly material, no one knows whether it is formed naturally or set according to some rules or laws. The surface of the new humanoid creatures often has "patterns" of various shapes, and these "patterns" are full of magic power and most of them can glow. The patterns formed by different magic-friendly materials have different colors and brightness, so the appearance of these new humanoid creatures is very cool.

As a person with a lot of magical knowledge in his head, Yang Sheng also recognized that these "patterns" not only have luminous and decorative functions, but depending on the shape and combination, they also have some effects similar to magic runes.

"It's a bit like the totems tattooed on the bodies of barbarians or wizards in the DND world in novels, which can provide a lot of combat attribute bonuses, such as defense, resistance, or certain abilities, such as spell strength, casting speed, or affinity with a certain type of spell..."

"The crayfish descended into another world and turned into a giant crayfish, with seven colors."

"These conceptual robots descended into another world and evolved into new life forms?"

While thinking, Yang Sheng rode on Hu Niu and sneaked to the core area of ​​​​the "Earth Element Valley".

It was a building similar to a natural spring. Under a rock wall that sheltered from wind and rain, there were rock columns supporting the rock strata above, forming a large space. There were several naturally formed pits on the site, but what gushed out of the spring was not water, but thick liquefied "earth element" similar to petroleum.

In other special worlds, the form and name may be different. For example, in the world of Final Fantasy 7, it is called "Mako" or "Planet Blood".

This was originally a natural enrichment point for the natural element earth, a bit like a magical building like the Moon Well, but it was formed naturally and can provide additional "supplies" for other earth element creatures. It can also randomly give birth to new earth element cores and transform into several categories of earth element creatures.

However, after being occupied by mechanical monsters, this place was transformed into an energy supply station for mechanical creatures, or a "mechanical energy" generation point.

Several strange mechanical devices with huge rivets stood in the surging dark brown pool water. No one knew how the mechanical monsters mastered this technology and knowledge. Yang Sheng saw that the function of this mechanical device was to collect and transform the earth element magic in the pool.

There are three to four first-category humanoid robots beside each pool. One of their mechanical arms is open horizontally to draw energy from the "mechanical energy" collector, and the other mechanical arm is open diagonally upward. The "mechanical energy" that is further transformed through the circuits in their bodies flows out from the palm of their palms and gathers on a "mechanical core" with gears and law structures in mid-air.

Some of the surrounding workbenches were filled with various mechanical biological parts. Yang Sheng also witnessed with his own eyes a fully charged "mechanical core" being placed into a mechanical biological body composed of parts. After a moment, the eyes of this mechanical creature lit up, and it turned from a cold creature into a moving "mechanical life" body.

On the workbench, Yang Sheng also saw

There are steel skeletons similar to human skeletons, as well as dwarf-like mechanical monsters, which are constantly manufacturing various parts and components including steel skeletons.

It is not known what methods and techniques they used. Yang Sheng speculated that they might have used the magic of the "earth element" to produce an effect similar to the magic [Alchemy], which can smelt ore and refine metals. In short, the mechanical dwarfs can complete a series of tasks on the workbench, from metallurgy to forging, to assembly and final assembly.

"Hmm, there are only dwarf-type mechanical creatures on the workbench, so this is the craftsman among the mechanical monsters?"

"The first type of humanoid machine is a technician? Or a spellcaster?"

"I know about the infusion of earth elemental magic, but the "mechanical core" that uses gears and springs to bring the mechanical structure to life, damn, are you serious?"

"At least if you can extract silicon elements and make a few memory sticks, I can accept it. But how do you make those mechanical structures have intelligence and subjective behavior just by using a bunch of mechanical mechanisms?"

"Well, never mind Newton, Faraday, or Edison. In this world, they will probably be summoned by a necromancy spell and dance on Darwin's grave with you metal gurus..."

"So, these mechanical monsters no longer rely on "adventure" to be born. They have found a way to proliferate themselves. So... unless they also develop advanced intelligence and the humanistic care of mechanical civilization, conflicts with us... or at least intelligent creatures of flesh and blood are inevitable."

"I wonder if they will develop a culture of free factory screwing... But if the European and American Angsa were here, there would be no need to develop artificial intelligence on their own. All they would have to do is replace the slave trade of hundreds of years ago with these humanoid mechanical life forms..."

"Well, no wonder their construction progress is so fast. The toilet over there hasn't been renovated yet, but the prototype of their fortress is almost completed. Just like the undead creatures, as long as they have energy supply, they can work and build without sleep..."

"Fortunately, their weapons are still very primitive, otherwise it would really be Barbie Q, and an omnic crisis would occur."

0018

In the afternoon, Yang Sheng returned from outside with the sun scorching hot above his head.

He did not ride Hu Niu at a gallop, but slowed down a few hundred meters away from the university town and walked along a road that had descended into another world along with the terrain.

Due to the frequent attacks of the "jungle team", the area within a few kilometers around the university town is relatively safe. Now, every day, some ordinary students who are strong and have excellent results in assassination training are arranged to carry spears equipped with steel gun heads and tools to cut down trees and collect resources in the surrounding mountains and forests.

From time to time, you can see students lining up on the road, escorting two-wheeled carts to transport items to school.

The school originally had a small number of these two-wheeled carts, and some of them were modified some time ago using steel pipes and bicycles to meet usage needs.

Because of a series of measures taken by Yang Sheng after the change, he is very popular among students and even most teachers... In fact, he is also well-reputed among the school leadership. Maizhou University is a national university that only receives funding from the Ministry of Finance every year, and all management are employees.

Although everyone would have some emotions when their power was taken away, firstly, the change was too big, too sudden, and too beyond imagination. The school management from top to bottom was at a loss, and Yang Sheng's strong rise just gave them a backbone. Secondly, there was the "magic knowledge textbook" that Yang Sheng gave them in the morning.

The school management and core teaching teams of each college are still holding meetings to study the contents of the textbooks.

"salute"

"Thank you for your hard work, students"

Seeing Yang Sheng, the student team on the road saluted him at the command of the team leader.

Yang Sheng responded to them with a smile.

Occasionally, there would be teachers coming out with the team, usually physical education teachers. When they saw Yang Sheng, no matter how old or young he was, they would take the initiative to greet him.

Behind Yang Sheng followed Hu Niu, who was wearing cool armor. After saying hello, both students and teachers focused their eyes on Da Nao Axe. Some were in admiration, some were surprised, and more were envious.

A young PE teacher with a buzz cut asked Yang Sheng a question:

"Mr. Yang, why are you outside the school today? And, you..."

He pointed at Hu Niu, "...Is this your summoned beast? Was it given by the rare treasure among the advent treasures?"

There were twenty or thirty students pushing carts and escorting the children around, and when they heard this, they all pricked up their ears.

Yang Sheng smiled and shook his head. "We received intelligence from our investigation team. We went outside today to confirm the situation with our own eyes to see if it poses a threat to our comprehensive university. This is not a gift from the Advent Treasure. Her name is Hu Niu. She was my pet from this age... until she is this big now."

He gestured the length of a Pekingese.

"what?"

The physical education teacher and the students around were all surprised. "There are tigers like this in our world? Why have we never seen them on TV?"

"Your world doesn't have that..." Yang Sheng smiled and didn't answer the question. Instead, he patted him on the shoulder:

"You will know later..."

He changed the subject, turned around and said loudly to everyone: "I have a good harvest outside today, everyone work hard, I will treat you to a big dinner tonight"

"Feast?"

"What a feast

? ”

"As long as it's not canned luncheon meat, I really want to eat a plate of vegetables now."

"Just be happy that you have luncheon meat to eat"

"..."

The atmosphere suddenly became lively, and everyone started talking and kept asking Yang Sheng what the feast was.

He smiled but said nothing and continued to play the riddle.

……

Emily was still moving when she received the text message from Yang Sheng's "cell phone".

The vacant room in the apartment building was not next to their residence, so they needed to replace it. It was more troublesome for ordinary people to move, and in order to settle down this morning, they had been helping neighbors who agreed to switch houses to move their things.

After saying something to Zhuo Yisi and Lily, she rushed to the cafeteria because Yang Sheng asked her to meet there.

When she arrived at the cafeteria, she understood why Yang Sheng asked her to come here.

The floor and counter in the kitchen were filled with giant blue crayfish.

Their shells were too thick, and ordinary knives and even the magical weapons in the advent treasures were not very effective in dealing with them. Even a crowbar could not open their shells, so she needed her two daggers with special armor-piercing properties.

In the morning, Yang Sheng used flame magic to roast a small piece of lobster meat. After tasting it and feeling that it tasted good, this determined the fate of these crayfish that had descended into another world, with cool colors and bodies a thousand times larger - they were still to be used as food. However, this time they seemed to have accidentally made the meat more delicious, and they also had some characteristics of low-level magic food, turning them directly from ordinary low-level ingredients into low-level magic ingredients with top-notch taste.

However, their efforts are still worthy of recognition. It's not that they make themselves more delicious, but their enlarged bodies and tough shells make it difficult to kill them in a few shots even with a gun. Ordinary people and low-level professionals may have a headache dealing with them.