Please be my partner.

Lucas said, "Although the core intelligence will definitely notice me once I begin analyzing it, we must at least try to avoid detection before then. Listen carefully to all my commands when we act, and don't do anything unnecessary."

Mellen and the others nodded slightly to show that they understood.

Lucas fell silent, and Mellen and the others waited patiently.

More than ten minutes later, slight vibrations were heard along with several explosions, and a lot of biological weapons and mechanical creations in the arsenal were diverted out.

Originally, this was nothing, because those who left were only the reserve forces in the arsenal, and the normal patrols and garrisons were not affected at all, and the place was still airtight.

But at this moment, the routes of several patrol teams conflicted, and they seemed to have received wrong instructions, but they quickly completed the adjustment through the self-correction of the intelligent computer attached to the arsenal.

Lucas suddenly pushed open the metal grid of the pipe and said, "5.3 seconds!"

Everyone immediately understood that they had 5.3 seconds of free time to sneak into the arsenal. They did not dare to delay and followed Lucas towards the arsenal. Tiana, who was walking at the end, did not forget to use her roots to put the metal grid back in place.

It took 1.3 seconds to reach the metal wall outside the arsenal from the pipe mouth, 0.8 seconds for Lucas to crack the secret door on the metal wall, 1 second for the secret door to open, 0.3 seconds for everyone to enter, and 1 second for the secret door to close.

Total time: 4.2 seconds.

More than a second later, a team of patrolling biological weapons turned the corner and saw this place. Then a small aircraft flew over at low altitude. Naturally, they found nothing.

Chapter 266 Arrangement and Analysis

In the passage, several people waited calmly, waiting for the noise from the outside world to fade away.

Mellen looked at the environment of the channel. It was covered with dense lines, most of which circulated energy and matter, and a small part was used to transmit information.

Since entering, Lucas has been quietly groping around on those lines, as if making adjustments, and occasionally injecting something into them.

Mellen looked at it for a moment, still confused. Xinke, however, asked curiously, "Lucas, what did you inject into those lines and pipes?"

Lucas kept moving his hands and said casually, "Nanoworms are one of the cheapest mechanical creations used for invasion."

Xinke blinked and was about to ask something else, but Lucas stopped and said, "Let's go."

Then he glanced at Xin Ke and added, "Don't make any unnecessary noise."

Xin Ke stopped talking in disappointment and swallowed the question he wanted to ask.

They moved forward along the passage. The passages here were interconnected and of different sizes. In some places, they even had to bend down to move forward. It was like a maze. However, Lucas seemed to know the place well and did not hesitate at all in choosing the route.

More than ten minutes later, when he arrived at a certain point in the passage, Lucas stopped and remained silent for about three minutes before continuing to move forward.

Although they were puzzled, they did not ask any more questions after learning from Xin Ke's previous experience.

After passing the node and turning an intersection, the scene that appeared made everyone except Lucas nervous. There were more than a dozen spider-like mechanical creatures in front of them. Their four slender metal legs could move freely in the passage, and various tools could be extended from parts of their bodies.

Lucas said calmly, "These are the maintenance machines in the arsenal, specializing in maintenance and repairs in narrow passages."

Xin Ke asked curiously, "They can't see us?"

Lucas said: "I hacked into them individually, and their detection system automatically filtered out our information."

"But don't touch them. They have tactile sensor systems. If triggered for no reason, it might alert the Arsenal's intelligent computer, exposing us prematurely."

Xinke froze for a moment, then withdrew his hand that was about to touch the mechanical spider with a normal expression.

As the metal walls were opened, they entered the interior of the arsenal.

This seems to be a large cabin specially used for cultivating biological weapons. The cultivation cabins are neatly arranged, and inside are biological weapons that look like orcs and are three meters tall. They are all soaked in light green liquid.

After fiddling with one of the incubators for a while, Lucas concluded, "Yes, the biotechnology here is better than I imagined."

He told Mellen and the others to continue forward while saying, "The biotechnology here has capabilities like biological cloning, gene manipulation, and plasticity extension. If we can find enough raw materials, mass-producing legendary biological weapons won't be a problem at all. We can even create legendary biological weapons with different talents."

"But biological weapons are just biological weapons. They still have significant side effects. For example, these biological weapons have a limited lifespan and lack intelligence."

"Well, the latter point isn't entirely a flaw. The built-in mechanical creations allow these creatures to wield weapons with ease. Furthermore, without intelligence, they naturally lack fear. In the previous battle, normal creatures would have been scared away, but they didn't retreat just because their companions died."

Mellen's mind moved. After a brief thought, he asked, "Can the biotechnology here change the appearance of living things?"

Afraid Lucas didn't understand, he added, "What I mean is, if I have a creature's egg, can I modify it so that it hatches the way I want it to, without changing its species?"

Lucas shook his head and said, "Not changing the innate race, but changing the form? First of all, this is meaningless. Moreover, the form of an organism depends on many factors. If you want to completely change it, you can only start from the most basic genetic bloodline. The simplest way is to insert the bloodline of another creature into the organism and then modulate it based on this."

"As for changing appearance without changing race, that method certainly exists, but it's fraught with difficulty, almost as difficult as creating a whole new life."

Mellen was a little disappointed. He had once caught a Void Behemoth egg in the Fisherman's Realm. He had always wanted to use this egg, but he was too busy recently, and his dog was still crying for food, so he put it aside for the time being.

After arriving at the arsenal, Melen suddenly had an idea: could he perform a prenatal transformation on the egg of the Void Beast in his hand and turn it directly into a dog form? You know, his Wolf Tamer profession allows him to control all beings with the race, form, and concept of wolves (dogs?), that is, as long as they look like wolves (dogs!!), they will do.

Now it seems that things are not that simple.

As for what Lucas said, adding a dog's bloodline to the Void Behemoth Egg and then changing its appearance?

Melen wanted to get a pure Void Behemoth dog. After all, the Void Behemoth itself is a complex ethnic lineage.

If all you want is a dog with the blood of a Void Beast, using the wolf-shaped pendant's ability to extract the blood of the Void Beast and then impart it to a dog, isn't that much better than biological modulation with side effects?!

Just as Melen shook his head, lamenting that the Void Giant Beast Egg in his hand could not escape the fate of being chopped...

Lucas said, "Unless..."

Mellen: ???

"...The organism you wish to adjust possesses a strong degree of morphological plasticity."

Melen asked blankly, "What kind of creature has morphological plasticity?"

Before Lucas could speak, Xin Ke smiled and said, "I know the answer to this question. I learned it in academy... All life forms with the gift of shapeshifting abilities fall into this category, such as the Thousand Changes Bug, the Invisible Lizard, and the Phantom Linglong. The same goes for Void Behemoths. When they are in egg form, they are essentially a mass of chaotic void energy. Void Behemoth eggs can hatch into completely different forms of Void Behemoths depending on the void energy they are baptized with and their various experiences. The same is true for dimensional life forms... and the spiritual life born in chaotic areas..."

While Xinko was talking about some knowledge, Mellen silently took out a Void Giant Beast Egg, and Xinko's words suddenly stopped.

Melen asked directly: "Well, if I want to hatch a dog-like void beast, can it be successful?"

Lucas glanced at Mellen, but didn't ask why he was so obsessed with the dog. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Sure, I can use the materials readily available in the arsenal to make a modulation device. If it only changes the form without adding other bloodline genes, there's no need to worry about side effects. It will just take some time."

Mellen frowned and asked, "Will this delay..."

Vic interrupted directly: "We are a team, a whole. No matter who is in need, we should try our best to help. It's the same for you, me, and everyone else!"

Xin Ke also smiled and said, "That's right!"

Tiana waved her petals in agreement. In the first area, it discovered a green liquid that was beneficial to its growth, and it was also a risk that everyone fought together.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the entire team became more harmonious.

Melen was a little moved. At that moment, he even understood why the father in his memory was so keen on adventure.

At this moment, Lucas said calmly: "Although it will take some time, it will not delay the plan I have determined before."

Everyone:...

Everyone calmed down and began to dismantle the incubator on the spot under Lucas's command.

Lucas said, "These culture chambers are readily available materials. Once I analyze the biotechnology at the Arsenal, they'll be ready for use, eliminating the need to collect additional materials."

They didn't stop until they had dismantled thirty incubators.

Lucas said, "These materials should be enough. Let's go. I've temporarily blocked the Arsenal's intelligent computer's surveillance of this area, as well as the mechanical creations that will come here for maintenance after the invasion. This will buy us about half an hour. During this time, we need to complete all the preparations, and then we can focus on dealing with the final trouble."

Everyone nodded and followed Lucas out of the cultivation room quickly.

Next, they wandered around the arsenal, sometimes passing through empty corridors, sometimes entering culture rooms with only experimental subjects, and most of the time they were walking through the numerous passages.

They managed to make the heavily guarded huge arsenal feel like an escape room, and the employees who were supposed to accompany the 'ghosts' were not at work, so they were just hanging out in the single-player mode.

At this stage, Mellen and the others could not help much and could only watch Lucas busy making various arrangements.

When the time came to the 20th minute, Lucas stopped what he was doing and said, "Done, let's move on to the last step."

Xin Ke said subconsciously: "Is it done already? Didn't they say it would take half an hour..."

Xin Ke stopped talking halfway because he had a premonition of what was going to happen next.

Sure enough, Lucas glanced at him and said, "Half an hour is just the theoretical limit. Everything should be done in advance. There's no need to wait until the last minute."

Melen and the others held back their laughter and followed Lucas into a laboratory filled with various instruments.

Although the degree of automation in the laboratory is already quite high, there are still many mechanical creatures operating it.

Without seeing Lucas make any movement, the mechanical objects made crisp sounds from inside their bodies, and then fell to the ground and stopped moving.

Lucas quickly walked to the center of the room, his hands transforming into dozens of metal wires that he inserted into various instruments. He spoke, "Although I have disrupted the communications of the mechanical creations in the Arsenal, blocked and segmented all areas, disrupted the command programs of the biological weapons, created multiple false intrusion sources, and transmitted erroneous signals to the outside world... these are only minor inconveniences. The Arsenal's intelligent computer will react quickly and resolve them one by one."

"It will take me three hours to analyze these biotechnologies. You cannot be disturbed during this time. I'll leave security to you."

Looking at Lucas, who started to analyze on his own after finishing the explanation, Melen and others looked at each other in confusion.

Xin Ke complained: "Everything is so well prepared, is there really anything left for us?"

Vic also said with a rare sigh: "It turns out that Lucas made so many preparations during that period of time."

Several people said it lightly, but they did not really take it lightly. At the same time, they could clearly feel slight vibrations coming from the outside world, as if a fierce battle was taking place.

Mellen looked around the laboratory and found that all the structures including the walls and doors were made of hard alloy. As long as the doors were locked, it would not be easy for outsiders to break in.

Time passed little by little, and soon an hour had passed. Melen and the others soon heard movement coming from outside, which was the sound of a large army marching.

Xin Ke stretched his arms and legs and said, "Is it finally going to start? I can't wait."

Melen and the others also perked up.

then……

"Boom!~"

There was a violent vibration, and a small dent appeared on the metal door, followed by more vibrations.

Mellen laughed and said, "This Arsenal AI didn't even attempt to open the door directly. It just used brute force to crack it. It seems they've suffered losses elsewhere."

After the metal door was severely deformed due to continuous impact, the vibration sound suddenly stopped, and then two sharp and huge claws suddenly pierced through the broken metal door and pulled it to both sides.

With the harsh sound of metal friction, the metal door was quickly opened a gap.

“Hiss!~Roar!~”

Some smaller biological weapons squeezed in, but before they could see the situation in the room clearly, they saw several light threads wrapped around their necks. With a pull, their heads fell off.

Seeing that Xinko had already taken action, Vic, Tiana and Spike rushed towards the enemy without giving in.

The claws of the giant biological weapon were cut off, and densely packed enemies fell to the ground, with roars and wails filling the air.

Melen naturally did not rush forward, but stood in front of the broken metal gate as the last line of defense. Garuru was beside Melen, protecting his master while also devoting long-range firepower.

Outside the laboratory was a spacious metal corridor, but no matter how spacious it was, the amount of biological weapons it could accommodate was limited. In this battlefield arranged in advance by Lucas, Mellen and his men could easily deal with the enemy.

The corridor was soon filled with the corpses of biological weapons, and then these corpses were shattered and annihilated in the aftermath of the battle between the two sides. Even the metal corridor gradually collapsed under the increasingly fierce and rapid offensive.

The expansion of the vertical space means that more enemies can launch attacks at the same time, and the pressure on Mellen and others is gradually increasing.

But Mellen and the others didn't seem to be worried at all, because before they knew it, the agreed three hours were almost up.

Chapter 267: The Dog Cultivation Chamber and Spike's Opportunity

In fact, Lucas did not let Mellen and the others wait for three full hours. When the time reached about two hours and twenty minutes, a violent vibration sound was heard in the laboratory.

Melen looked back and saw that Lucas had woken up and was quickly and easily dismantling the various instruments in the laboratory and putting them into the dimensional space.

Noticing Mellen's gaze, Lucas nodded and said, "Our previous arrangements have paid off. The Arsenal's AI hasn't received support from the Mechanical Area's core AI. Breaking through it and getting the data we need is easier than we thought."

Then, Lucas said to Vic and the others who were fighting fiercely outside, "We should leave."

Upon hearing this, Vic and the others immediately unleashed a powerful force to clear the area...

For a moment, crystal weapons shuttled back and forth, light threads swept across, roots danced wildly, and claw shadows filled the sky.

After briefly clearing out the enemies, several people gathered together and, led by Lucas, quickly left along the route planned at the beginning.

Another half an hour passed before the core intelligent computer in the mechanical area reacted and launched a massive mechanical army to encircle and suppress them.

But at this time, Mellen and the others had already reached the edge of the extreme area and had time to leisurely think about the next route.

Xin Ke, with his hands clasped behind his head, looked at the distant army of machines and said with a smile, "Lucas, you really have the demeanor of a wise man who can plan everything out. This time, the mechanical area is too easy."

The others also smiled in agreement. This time it was indeed easy. Although they had experienced a long battle, the intensity was just a drop in the bucket for them, just enough for a warm-up.

Compared with the endless mechanical army in the distance, it is simply a dwarf.

Hearing Xinke's words, Lucas shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm completely prepared. Honestly, in terms of intelligence, I'm only one in a million. Even compared to the core intelligence in the mechanical area, I don't have an advantage. It's simply that the enemy is in the open while I'm in the dark, and I've outmaneuvered many of its tactics, allowing me to be a half-step ahead, albeit unintentionally."

After a brief chat, Vic said, "Okay, let's take a look at the next route. Although we're almost halfway through the Broken Land, I think the surrounding spirit worlds should have noticed. Maybe some of them have already entered the Broken Land. We should speed up and maintain our lead."

Everyone turned their attention back and looked at the two areas ahead.