Please be my partner.

……

Perhaps because the [Mechanical Megastructure (Dark Purple)] is originally the ultimate in-depth version of the [Mechanical Construct (Blue)], the racial skills have not changed in essence after evolution, but it has gained new characteristics. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a brand new skill after sublimation.

[Swallowed Metal (Dimension)] In addition to its original ability to transform metal into special energy, it also creates multiple dimensions within the body's particles, which can be stored indefinitely. In addition, these metal energies will continue to be purified in multiple dimensions, and the metal properties will be further enhanced. At the same time, it can also greatly increase the growth rate of the body. The more metals absorbed and the more precious the types, the faster the improvement.

[Mechanical Transformation (Space)] While its transformation ability is enhanced, it can also generate a morphological space within the body, allowing the concepts of "big and small" to completely overlap. By devouring the completed form of mechanical creations, it can gain the corresponding transformation ability.

[Characteristic Reconstruction (Fusion)] has been essentially improved on the original basis. It can analyze and absorb metal characteristics more freely, disassemble and fuse them, and even accumulate the advantages of many metals to strengthen itself.

Seeing these three new racial skills, Melen's eyes gradually lit up, especially [Devouring Metal (Dimension)]. The more metal you devour and the more precious it is, the faster Garuru's strength will increase. This is simply an 'AFK' plug-in.

Mellen was about to contact Linette immediately, but he stopped immediately. After a little thought, he gave up the idea of contacting Linette and instead conveyed his needs to Carl.

After receiving the order, Carl immediately summoned the navigators of the King's Right Wing and began to mark on the drawn nautical charts those ocean mineral veins that had been discovered but could not be mined for various reasons.

Mellen nodded slightly. No matter what, the mineral resources on land are easier to mine than those in the ocean, but for him, there is no difference in the difficulty of mining between the two. Moreover, relatively speaking, the mineral resources in the ocean are often richer than those on land, so there is no need to waste the few resources on land.

After seeing [Mechanical Transformation (Space)], the first thing Mellen thought of was the Titan Fortress that was under construction. If Garuru used his ability to swallow the Titan Fortress, it would be equivalent to putting that huge mechanical creation into the small body of the mechanical dog, and the flexibility would be maximized. In the future, even if Mellen travels to other worlds, as long as he brings Garuru with him, he can enjoy the powerful firepower support of the Titan Fortress at any time.

The last [Feature Reconstruction (Fusion)] seems to be quite standard. It is an ability with extremely high growth potential, but it requires a long period of accumulation before it can gradually show its edge.

Chapter 238 'Eat'!

While Carl hadn't sent the sea mineral vein map yet, Melen began to let Garuru try to use the ability of [Mechanical Transformation (Space)].

Garuru's [Mechanical Transformation (Space)] ability has a wide range of applications. As long as there is a mechanical creation with a blueprint, it can be easily transformed. Even if there is no blueprint, but some mechanical creations that have been seen or heard of can also be transformed through its mechanical knowledge. Of course, the latter point cannot be perfectly replicated.

In addition, if it is a mechanical creation like the Void Energy Light Tower or the Titan Fortress, which requires specific materials to build, Garuru cannot directly transform.

The first thing Mellen asked Garuru to try was the basic version of the Titan. Although this large mechanical creation was complicated to manufacture, the basic version was made of simple materials, and even the energy furnace was ready.

After consuming some of the reserved metal, Garuru began to build the template of the basic version of the Titan Colossus. Since it was the first time, it took some time.

A few minutes later, light began to flicker on Garuru's small mechanical body, and it expanded and deformed rapidly in an unscientific but magical way. In less than a second, a basic version of the Titan appeared in front of Merlen.

Ga Titan Golem Lulu looked very surprised and looked at his new form carefully, which was completely different from the feeling when he was controlling the Titan Golem.

Garuru flexed his muscles and conducted various tests, and soon discovered that when it transformed into a Titan, its attributes in all aspects were improved by about 30% compared to when it was driving.

Garuru soon realized something. The source energy was flowing through the body, causing subtle adjustments and changes in the body from the inside out. After all, controlling a body and being the body itself are two completely different concepts.

With the optimization and blessing of source energy, the attributes of the Titan Colossus' body have been improved again, directly exceeding twice the basic level.

Moreover, this is not the end, because the Titan Colossus at this time is the real body of Garuru, so it can be blessed by [Source Energy Resonance], which makes the Titan Colossus's body be improved again on the current basis.

Although Garuru's transformed Titan Colossus is only a basic version, after layers of blessings and improvements, it is no less powerful than the customized versions made of rare metals in all aspects.

Then, Melen let Garuru devour a basic version of the Titan. This time there was no accident. The Titan after Garuru's transformation still maintained its previous highest strength.

However, what surprised Mellen was that the basic version of the Titan Colossus was not without room for improvement. Based on the ability of [Swallowing Metal (Dimension)], any metal or mechanical creation swallowed by Garuru can be gradually improved under the influence of the power of the dimension.

In other words, after waiting for a while, the basic version of the Titan Colossus swallowed by Garuru will become... the basic version of the Titan Colossus strengthened by +1.

As time goes by, it is equivalent to a continuous increase in the number of reinforcements.

Moreover, the mechanical creations swallowed by Garuru actually always maintain their complete form, which means that it can spit out the same thing as it swallows.

Of course, strengthening the swallowed mechanical creation requires consuming the metal energy in Garuru's body. Melen certainly cannot use it on the basic version of the Titan Colossus. He immediately asked Garuru to "spit out" the basic version of the Titan Colossus, and then swallowed a newly built limited edition Titan Colossus, which was made of Black Abyss Iron as the main body and added with many rare materials purchased during the exchange meeting.

With the 'new toy', Garuru had a lot of fun playing with it, running wildly on the ground and roaring in the sky.

Looking at this scene, Melen couldn't help but sigh at the power of the Deep Purple Lord-level extraordinary race. Garuru is obviously only at the third level now, but after devouring a powerful mechanical creation and undergoing various blessings, it can be said that it is not weak at the legendary level.

However, this is not the first time that Melen has expressed similar feelings. Whether it is Xiao Honglian's blood sea rebellion [Septic Demon], or Spike's [Golden War Dog] that has not yet evolved, they all possess unimaginable power.

To be honest, the only one that is a bit disappointing is the golden retriever.

Golden Retriever in the form of Dark Prison Dragon Dog is also a deep purple lord race. Although it can easily overwhelm those of the same level, it is a bit too conventional compared to Spike, Little Red Lotus, Garuru and other super-level beings.

Of course, Melen also understood the reason. Firstly, it was because Golden Hair had not yet completely digested the blood of the Dark Prison Demon Dragon and could only exert part of his strength. Secondly, Golden Hair's Dark Prison Demon Dragon blood came from a dragon egg. Even though it had amazing potential after being nurtured, it was far from being truly mature.

These two reasons greatly limit the strength of Golden Retriever.

When Garuru was almost done playing, Mellen waved his hand, and the mechanical dog came with a gust of wind, shrank instantly on the way, and then landed lightly in his arms.

Ride on the Golden Retriever...

There was also a small episode here. After knowing that Merlen was ready to set off, Garuru volunteered to transform into a Titan and carry his master on the road, but was pressed back by the expressionless golden retriever with a claw.

Mellen and his party moved quickly towards the sea, and soon he arrived at a pre-agreed location on the sea. Carl had been waiting for a long time on the ghost ship.

After taking the nautical chart respectfully handed over by the latter, Mellen did not leave immediately, but chatted with the other party for a while.

During this period, Melen also learned about the main task of the King's Right Wing, which is to deter the forces on the sea and the coastal countries and ensure the safety of materials sent to the Sunset Mountains from other continents.

The only one who can now compete with the King's Right Wing on the sea is the powerful man known as the King of the North Sea. Carl has also met him and his evaluation of him seems quite complicated.

The King of the North Sea is a character that is both good and evil, but fortunately he understands the situation.

Although he was wanted by many countries and did not believe their promises, so he was unwilling to land, but he used almost coercive methods to force the coastal countries to provide greater support. This approach undoubtedly made the countries regard the King of the North Sea as a serious thorn in their flesh, and they hated him to the core, but the latter did not care at all.

When Melen learned that the way the King of the North Sea threatened the coastal countries was to make a statement in various coastal cities, saying that if they could not make up for his share of the effort, he would massacre these coastal cities one by one, he was speechless.

Perhaps the King of the North Sea was just talking, or perhaps he really intended to do so. The coastal countries were unwilling to gamble on a pirate's idea, so even though they hated him, they still increased their resource investment in the name of justice.

After saying goodbye to Carl, Mellen unfolded the sea chart and headed towards the nearest seabed mineral vein.

Somewhere in the open sea, after Melen spent some time confirming that the location was correct, Golden Hair first used dragon language magic to open a protective shield, then dived into the sea, and soon they reached a depth of about two thousand meters under the sea.

There is a red sand mine on the seabed, which was sensed by the extraordinary professionals on the ship who were responsible for the search when a fleet passed by here.

After evaluation, it was found that both mining and transportation here were quite difficult. More importantly, there lived a group of extraordinary red-scaled fish in the trench not far away. Although red sand ore was not their staple food, they needed to occasionally devour this metal to strengthen their scales, so they regarded it as a forbidden delicacy, and any outsider who approached would be attacked by them.

Just like now, after sensing the arrival of Golden Hair, hundreds of red-scaled fish rushed out from the trench and surrounded Melen with a fierce look in their eyes. Although these red-scaled fish did not dare to get too close due to the might of Golden Hair, their long experience of running rampant in this sea area also made them unwilling to give up the red sand mine easily because of a strange-looking big fish they had never seen before. They kept wandering in a farther place, and even occasionally made provocative sounds.

The golden retriever looked indifferent and did not directly scare the little bugs, which made it feel a little embarrassed. However, it did not move, but waited for further orders from its master.

To some extent, the dragon is a fairly perfect life form. Under normal circumstances, it can exert its full strength in the sky, the earth, and the ocean. However, Jinmao's current means are still a bit too weak. It can easily defeat these schools of red-scaled fish, but it is still difficult to kill them all.

But it didn't matter. Mellen was only here to mine, not to hunt. He gently stroked the golden retriever's head and said, "Go, don't let them disturb Garuru."

"Roar!~"

The golden-haired man let out a dragon roar and began to chase the red-scaled fish.

Although Melen was no longer protected by the dragon language magic, he was wrapped in a layer of blood light, so he could still move freely in the sea.

Garuru was called out. The mechanical dog itself was an iron lump. The moment it came out, it began to sink with bubbles. It immediately transformed into a fish-like form, swam around Mellen several times, and then headed towards the red sand mine below.

When it was about to reach the bottom of the sea, Garuru transformed again, becoming a giant drill. At the same time, sharp metal wires extended from its body. As it drilled deeper, it cut the red sand ore into small pieces to facilitate its conversion and absorption.

Wherever Garuru passed, the seabed quickly cracked and disappeared in large chunks. The red sand gold contained in the red sand mines was directly transformed into metal energy and absorbed by the mechanical dog.

As more and more red sand gold was absorbed, red spots appeared on the metal drill that Garuru transformed into, and it also became larger.

Thanks to this kind of aggressive excavation, large deep pits soon appeared on the seabed.

The large-scale fragmentation and disappearance of the seabed seemed to have caused a chain reaction. The nearby sea area began to vibrate, and the turbulence caused by the vibration was transmitted to the sea surface, forming huge waves.

At the same time, in the sea, some fragile marine life was crushed by the sweeping ocean currents, and even the powerful marine supernatural life quickly fled from this sea area in anxiety.

A few hours later…

"Boom!~"

An underwater volcano erupted, forming a raised sea hill, and lava flowed into a nearby trench, partially filling it.

Golden Retriever broke through the sea with Melen, holding a huge red-scaled fish in its claws. According to it, it had tasted this kind of fish before and it tasted really good, so it caught a big one for its owner to try.

After a while, they came to a vein called purple tungsten ore. This time, Melen did not go down with them. He just let Garuru mine by himself, and Golden Retriever went to escort him.

Melen started grilling fish on a small island not far away.

The scales and skin of the red-scaled fish are inedible to Melen, but after cooking, the fish meat makes Melen praise it highly. It is not only chewy but also tastes extremely delicious.

The only drawback is that the heavy metal content in the fish meat exceeds the standard, which is probably equivalent to eating wire for ordinary people.

A few more hours later, they rushed to the next mine.

They would change locations every two or three hours, or five or six hours at most. During this time, Garuru would only devour most of a vein of minerals before stopping.

Firstly, swallowing up all the mineral veins may cause natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. Secondly, it also leaves a root for these mineral veins that contain extraordinary power.

Five days later, Mellen stopped his frantic mining.

At this time, Garuru was swaying as he walked, feeling a little light and fluttery. It was nothing, it was just because he ate too much!

It is roughly estimated that the various metals it devoured during these five days amounted to more than one million tons!

You know, what we are talking about here is not ordinary iron ore, but metals with extraordinary properties.

There are also several ordinary iron mines marked on the nautical chart. Mellen and his team once passed by one of the submarine iron ore veins. After a rough exploration by Garuru, they found that the iron ore reserves there exceeded one billion tons, and the actual amount may be much higher than that.

Garuru only used iron ore as a basic resource and slightly supplemented it.

This is...a mechanical megastructure!

When it was a mechanical construct, swallowing a few tons of metal was already the limit for Garuru. In comparison, the crushing at this time is more than an order of magnitude!

Looking at Garuru, whose metal energy was dissipating to the point where it was almost unable to control its body, Melen knew that it would take some time to adapt, and it was also time to set off for the Sunset Mountains.

Judging from the news he has been receiving recently, the situation over there has become increasingly worse.

Having made up his mind, Mellen no longer hesitated. He took the dogs into the Fairy Tale Kingdom and rode his golden retriever towards the Sunset Mountains.

Because of the mining along the way, Mellen was already very far away from the Western Continent. He rode the Golden Retriever at full speed along the way, and he did not avoid it deliberately. With his current strength, he was already strong enough to roam the Blue and Green Realm, so his concerns naturally became fewer and fewer.

As the golden retriever sped along, especially the faint dragon aura it exuded along the way, it caused countless people to be shocked and ponder.

After nearly a day's journey, the Sunset Mountains appeared at the end of Mellen's sight. What made him feel depressed was that the demonic aura rising into the sky had actually occupied a small half of the entire mountain range.

Even at his current distance, he could occasionally detect scattered traces of humans and demons fighting below.

These scattered demons all rushed out from the Sunset Mountains, and humans also organized layers of defense to hunt them down to prevent the demons from spreading and causing greater losses.

With Melen's return, the legendary strongmen of the human side were immediately alarmed, and Dal even came to greet him in person.

Dahl looked at Mellen, showing his usual gentle smile, and said: "Welcome back, Mellen, you came at the right time."

Mellen looked at Dahl, his expression gradually becoming complicated. After a long silence, he said, "Is it worth it?"

"You, figured it out? I can't hide it from you." Dahl's gentle smile faded slowly, his eyes becoming indifferent as he said, "Of course it's worth it. This is the price I must pay for victory."

Chapter 239: The Price and the New Path

Melen and Dahl looked at each other in silence for a long time.

Dahl returned to his usual gentle self, seemingly unchanged, and said, "Let's go. The current situation is not optimistic, and we still need you to contribute to the Blue and Green Realm."

Following behind Dahl, Mellen sighed in his heart. He had always been wary of Dahl because many things happened too coincidentally to be explained.

But after these days of contact, Melen could feel that Dahl was an extremely pure person. He really regarded resisting demons and saving the Blue and Green World as his mission, even if it cost a heavy price.

When he first met Dalmeren, he realized that he had the ability to gather the hopes of all living beings and use them to strengthen himself.

A few days ago, Melen returned to the Blue and Green Realm. When he heard that the deeds of the Knight of Dawn began to spread widely, he felt something was wrong. When he saw Dal at this time, he naturally understood everything. The latter was surprisingly ready to use himself to carry the wishes of all living beings in the entire Blue and Green Realm.

However, it was originally okay if it was just a small area within the Dusk Knights, but how could the wishes of all living beings in the entire Blue and Green World be so easily endured!

Melen could clearly sense that Dal's humanity had been worn away a lot. If this continued, one day Dal would completely lose himself and become a puppet of the wishes of all living beings.

Of course, with such a heavy price paid, the rewards are naturally huge. In this short period of time, Dal's strength has reached the late legendary stage, and he is moving firmly towards the legendary peak.

At this moment, from Melen's perspective, Dal was in a huge vortex of pure light, surrounded by countless dense silk threads. These threads represented the sentient beings in the Blue and Green Realm, and a huge amount of wish power was transmitted to them every moment.

Enshrouded in light and silk threads, Dal looked like a god.

However, if we look at it from another angle, these threads are like a heavy shackle, a bondage that is difficult to break free from.

Finally, Melen couldn't help but say, "Dal, you don't have to be like this. We still have time. Besides, the reason I left for so long this time was to prepare for the battle against the demons. Now I have a certain degree of confidence."

Dahl looked at Mellen, the indifference in his eyes melting slightly. He shook his head and said gently, "Remember when we first met, you asked about the strength of the Abyss World? Actually, I didn't tell you everything at the time, and I was still hiding something."

"There are indeed three demon lords on the other side of the space-time rift. They are actually hostile to each other. They only unite when facing the problems of the Blue and Green Realm. It is because of their obstruction that more covetous demon lords are unable to enter. Our Blue and Green Realm has been able to remain stable until now."

"The true strength of the Abyss World is more than ten times, or even dozens of times, greater than that of the Blue and Green World. Given this magnitude gap, if a full-scale war were to break out between the two worlds, we wouldn't have a single chance of winning. Unless..."

Dahl looked at Melen and said seriously: "The Blue and Green Realm can give birth to a saint!"

"Merlen, answer me, can you become a saint in the next ten years?"

"I……"

Melen hesitated. Although he had confidence in himself, at present, the Wolf Tamer profession did have big problems. He was still groping for his own legendary path, let alone the future realm of saints.