Please be my partner.

After settling the dogs, Melen came to the valley again. The power of fantasy condensed into several illusory tentacles, which went deep into the space and began to explore in different directions.

This kind of penetration does not extend power beyond the world. Even with the help of the power of the fairy tale kingdom, Melen cannot achieve this level at present. He just goes deep into the space of the world and looks for the part that blends with the secret space.

If this method is used to explore free space in other places, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, there is indeed a link to the secret space here, which is equivalent to defining a range. Although it is still difficult, at least it is not a blind exploration with no hope at all.

Time passed little by little, and the night gradually became darker.

Exploration is not only extremely exhausting, but also boring, but Mellen is very patient.

Just when a bright light appeared in the east and Melen thought he would get nothing today...

A strange wave flashed in his perception and disappeared. When he concentrated his attention to look for it again, he couldn't find it anymore.

That strange fluctuation belonged to the fluctuation of space. If he was not lucky enough to have a piece of free space descend nearby during this period of time, then this would most likely be the secret space he was looking for.

Melen withdrew his strength and fell into deep thought.

He had some guesses about the situation, but couldn't come to a conclusion immediately.

After the usual rest and play, a new round of exploration began in the evening.

In the second half of the night, Melen once again caught sight of that strange fluctuation, which made his eyes light up. He could basically confirm that the secret space was approaching the world.

Although due to the fluidity of space itself, this approach may not necessarily complete the connection in the end, but the closer the distance, the lower the consumption and danger will be when Mellen breaks through the space and heads to that secret space.

Here, Melen had to sigh at Nomi's good luck. He was able to enter the secret space several times under such circumstances. Unfortunately, his strength was a little lacking and he failed to seize the opportunity.

In the next few days, Melen had basically figured out the general rules of the secret space. It seemed that because of the operation of the space, the secret space could not be sensed during the day, but only at night.

When the time came to the fifth day, the secret space was no longer approaching, and even showed a tendency to move away. This made Melen realize that he could not wait any longer, so he began to mobilize a large amount of dream power to build a relatively stable transmission channel.

This process took several hours, and combined with the previous exploration, there were less than three hours left until dawn.

Melen understood that this was the time for him to explore the secret space.

Because he came down by force through the constructed space channel, he would not be like Nomi in the beginning, who was naturally expelled after the connection between the secret space and the world was disconnected. Therefore, he needed to control the time by himself to avoid being trapped in the secret space and unable to come back.

He looked back at the fairy tale cottage. That was the coordinate he left in reality, just in case.

Then, enter the space channel without hesitation.

Chapter 170 Iron Puppet

Staggering and dazed.

Both the body and mind tend to be out of control, somewhat similar to the feeling of being drunk.

This is the state Mellen was in when he passed through the space channel.

The reason for this is, firstly, that the temporary space channel he constructed was not very stable; secondly, his own physical fitness was too poor.

Space is fluid, and this is especially true for the world and free space.

Generally speaking, people who are in the world or stable space cannot perceive this flow. Only by leaving the shelter of the world can they understand the vastness contained in it.

After a journey that seemed to last a long time but actually took only more than ten seconds, Mellen passed through the space channel.

When he left the space channel, he suddenly felt that the space around him became stable again.

Then, Mellen immediately scanned the surrounding environment, and after confirming that there was no danger, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Sitting down on the ground, holding his still spinning head, he had now come out of the 'drunken' state of spatial flow, replaced by the feeling similar to that of spinning in circles as a child, after several minutes of continuous spinning.

The brain is shaking!

The world is spinning!

After a while, the dizziness gradually disappeared.

Only then did Mellen have time to carefully look at his surroundings.

This is an extremely desolate valley with gravel everywhere on the ground. However, if you look closely, you will find that these gravels should have been a whole. It’s just that due to the passage of time, this space has undergone some deformation, which has triggered a series of devastating changes to the terrain.

There was no sun in the sky, but there was light shining down, preventing the valley from falling into darkness.

There are some faint signs of greenery in the valley, but there are no plants.

Because the travel space itself is not suitable for life, those forces will only carry out specific transformations after turning it into a secret realm.

Today, the spiritual tide has dried up for thousands of years, and the original plants here have long been extinct.

The reason why Melen and even Nomi back then could survive normally in the secret space was because after this secret space intersected with the real world, air and other media suitable for survival were reintroduced.

Melen walked slowly in the valley and soon saw a collapsed stone house. In the ruins of the stone house, a slightly rusty steel puppet was half buried.

There was a huge crack on the chest of the iron puppet, revealing a fist-sized groove with a sophisticated connection interface inside. This immediately reminded Melen of the damaged energy core in his hand.

I think it is very likely that Nomi got the source energy core from here.

The broken stone house showed signs of being moved, but these signs were only small pieces of stone. Obviously, ordinary people in Nomi had no way to deal with the ruins.

But this certainly did not pose a problem for Mellen. He simply snapped his fingers lightly, and colorful light flowed like mercury, spreading across the entire stone ruins.

The broken stones floated up as if time was going backwards, and in just a few breaths, they returned to their original intact state.

Melen first looked at the iron puppet, which was a three-meter-tall giant with a very heavy body, a bit like a knight wearing full body armor.

You can vaguely see exquisitely carved patterns on the outside of the body, but it is not known whether they are for decoration or for other purposes.

Through the huge crack on the iron puppet's chest, you can see the internal mechanical and gear structure.

This big guy is quite similar to the iron golem created by the wizard in the novels of the previous life.

After putting this important material away, Melen entered the stone house and after a brief search, he found nothing like books. He didn't know whether they were lost over time, or found and taken away by Nomi, or whether such things simply did not exist in this stone house.

Mellen was not disappointed and continued to move forward.

As Melen continued to explore, he also discovered the pattern of this secret space. There was basically a similar stone house at regular intervals, but the ones he saw at this time had basically collapsed or been destroyed, and no intact ones had been seen so far.

In addition, many traces of battles can be seen. It seems that in that era when the extraordinary was about to run out, this secret space had experienced a great war before it was disconnected from the world.

After more than ten minutes, he finished exploring the outer area and found a total of four broken steel puppets, including the first one.

Then he fixed his gaze on the inner area.

This so-called 'outer circle' and 'inner circle' were all divided by Mellen himself, and the basis for the division was...

In Melen's sight, a huge palace building appeared. The style of the palace was a bit rough, but some sophisticated metal structures could also be seen in it.

More importantly, outside the palace, there are two steel puppets, one on the left and one on the right, they are in a half-kneeling posture, guarding the palace.

Unlike their broken counterparts, these two steel puppets were still glowing with the brilliance of source energy.

Under the shining light of source energy, they are as clean as new and can still function after thousands of years.

At this moment, Spike walked out of the void, looking eager to try.

Mellen shook his head. He actually had a better way to deal with the two iron puppets, but... he said helplessly, "Go if you want."

Mellen didn't say anything about leaving behind a complete Iron Golem. After all, compared to getting two complete Iron Golems, he didn't want to see Spike get hurt because of being tied up.

Spike roared and leaped forward. When he was close enough, some mechanism seemed to be activated. The eyes of the two steel puppets suddenly lit up, and the source energy that had been flowing steadily in their bodies also surged rapidly. A dazzling light began to flow around them.

The Iron Golem may appear bulky, but its movements are actually simple and efficient.

Then two steel puppets stood up, drew the long swords in front of them, and then swung them.

The seemingly random attacks were actually a result of precise coordination that had been honed through thousands of trials and tribulations, forming a combined attack that blocked all of Spike's attack paths.

Spike naturally saw the danger of this joint attack. His eyes flashed with golden light condensed from the fighting spirit. Relying on the powerful control of his body, he completed the transition from extreme stillness to extreme movement in an instant, and dodged the attack of the steel puppet in the nick of time.

"Woof!~"

Spike roared, and suddenly used [Heavy Mountain] to make the two already extremely heavy steel puppets suddenly stop moving. Then his own body rapidly grew larger under the effect of [Giant Engine], and the huge shadow directly enveloped the steel puppets.

At this moment, Spike looks like a ferocious beast, while the two steel puppets look more like weak children.

"Boom! ~"

Spike slapped the steel puppet on the left with his claws, and the huge force directly knocked it away.

Although it was an advantageous attack, the dog's eyes suddenly froze because the attack did not achieve the effect it wanted.

Spike's attack was clearly aimed at the Iron Golem's head, but the Iron Golem that was knocked away slid straight out, as if it was loaded with a powerful stabilization system, and its feet never left the ground.

Although huge claw marks and dents appeared on the part of the body attacked by Spike, the claw marks did not heal directly under the effect of source energy, but the dents recovered quickly.

Through those claw marks, it can be clearly seen that its internal structure is still operating stably and is not affected at all.

While Spike was attacking the steel puppet on the left, the source energy surging in the other steel puppet suddenly boiled over and quickly concentrated on its arms, waist, and sword.

This seemed to be an explosive state that required a large amount of source energy to enter, allowing the Iron Golem to break through the limitations of physical inertia, directly twist the sword, and stab Spike fiercely.

At the same time, the iron puppet that was knocked away also had its source energy boiling, and the ground under its feet suddenly exploded, launching a jump slash that seemed to have the power to split mountains and rocks.

In this state of source energy explosion, the two steel puppets simply ignored the impact of [Heavy Mountains] and moved without any delay.

An intense sense of danger enveloped Spike's mind. He had not expected that these two iron lumps would be so difficult to deal with. Just a slight wrong choice could make the battle situation become so dangerous.

However, this kind of fierce battle is exactly what Spike desires!

The golden light in the eyes suddenly became more intense, dyeing the dog's pupils pure gold.

This isn't a skill, nor is it a natural ability of a fighting dog. Instead, it's the application of fighting spirit that Spike learned from a higher level of evolved bloodline instinct after multiple [soul interactions]!

After condensing the boiling illusory fighting spirit into substance, although it did not reach the level of evolving into golden armor, the blessing it brought to Spike was still unimaginable.

At this moment, all of Spike's abilities, including the Branded Knight's [Heavy Mountain] and [Giant Engine], and the Fighting Dog's [Hidden Edge], [War-loving], and [Fighting Formation], all experienced an overall improvement.

With the support of this series of abilities, Spike's strength has undergone a qualitative change, which almost makes it reach the limit of what the third level can achieve, and it is all-round.

The claws swung out at an incredible speed. The powerful force contained in them made the air in front become sticky and distorted. It slashed through the arm of the steel puppet and cut it off directly.

Although the giant sword still stabbed towards Spike due to inertia because the distance was too close, the power attached to it was less than one tenth after rapidly decaying. After stabbing the dog, it only splashed a few golden light and fell to the ground.

Spike was already too late to avoid the other Iron Golem's leaping attack, but he didn't even think about dodging. After all, in battle, who wouldn't get hurt?!

"Boom!~Buzz!~"

A dull sound like the clashing of metal was heard, and the giant sword with source energy slashed on Spike's skin, which was shining with golden light, but only left a half-meter long wound.

This injury was just like a tickle to Spike, who was nearly eight meters tall at that time.

Even when the source energy attached to the giant sword tried to erode Spike's body, it was directly defeated by the concentrated fighting spirit.

The Iron Golem was still in the air when Spike's claws swung down from above, leaving a huge claw mark on its energy core. When the Iron Golem landed on the ground, it had stopped moving.

During this time, the source energy of the iron puppet with the severed arm surged and connected with the broken arm on the ground, and it seemed as if it was about to be reconnected.

Of course Spike would not give it a chance. He waved his claws to disperse the source energy, and then directly pressed the broken-armed steel puppet to the ground.

Gouzi was also a little embarrassed. Although the battle was short, it was unexpectedly exciting.

However, the price was that one iron puppet was destroyed and part of the other one was also damaged.

At this time, Melen walked up, and colorful light surged. It didn't take much effort to defeat the iron puppet's source energy defense and cut off the connection to the source energy core.

Melen was somewhat delighted. Both the iron puppet and its energy core gave him a big surprise.

The Iron Golem possesses strength and speed close to the third-order limit. In terms of defense, its iron skin and source energy protection almost surpass the third-order limit.

Moreover, they seem to have sophisticated structures, but they are not as easily damaged as ordinary machines. In other words, these sophisticated structures themselves are the guarantee that they can continue to fight even after their bodies are severely damaged.

As for why Melen could easily defeat the Iron Golem's energy defense and cut off the connection to its energy core?

Of course, after thousands of years of consumption, although the energy core of the iron puppet has not been damaged, the energy contained in it has almost dried up, and it has long lost its original powerful protective ability.

From this perspective, the technology of the source energy core is also quite amazing. As long as it is not damaged, it can still maintain a certain power after thousands of years.

Melen smiled and put the iron puppet into his pocket. He believed that with so many material samples, it would not be an unattainable dream for him to have an army of iron puppets under his command in the future.

Of course, the premise of all this is that he needs to obtain relevant information about the special energy source "source energy".

Although Melen could explore and research on his own through the source energy core, just like Nomi did in the beginning, it would save him a lot of effort if there was ready-made information to learn from.

Mellen looked at the palace in front of him. Whether he could find relevant information about source energy, or even gain more, depended on what this force that had been destroyed in the long river of history left for him as a latecomer.

Thinking of this, Melen came to the palace gate, and then was blocked by the gate.

Melen looked at the completely covered metal door speechlessly, not knowing where to start.

At this time, Little Red Lotus jumped in front of Mellen's eyes. He immediately understood, chuckled and nodded the little guy's head.

Xiao Honglian suddenly turned into wisps of blood mist and squeezed in through the gap in the metal door.