Team Zero returned to the main city of the Spirit Realm battlefield in a state of disarray from the Chaos Region. As soon as they entered the city gates, Shadow Killer (Ning Yuge) plopped down on the ground, his expression distraught and distraught.
"It's over, it's over! My mech exploded again!" Ning Yuge wailed, holding his head in his hands, his tone filled with despair. "I'm afraid the repair costs will bankrupt me again! Boss, you have to compensate me for my mental damages to comfort my wounded heart!"
Ling Ruochen immediately teased, "Cousin, you're not hurt, you're just being too rude, aren't you? The other party prioritized you right from the start, clearly because they thought you were too aggressive."
Ning Yuge immediately sat up straight, patted his chest and loudly retorted: "Nonsense! I am obviously handsome, so handsome that it infuriates both humans and gods, which is why they couldn't help but kill me!"
Ling Ruoxi was debugging her mech while laughing so hard she couldn't straighten her back. "Cousin, I think you deserved it. At the beginning, you were posing on the treasure chest and kept trash-talking in the team channel. The other mechs looked very experienced. Who could resist sending you away first?"
Everyone burst into laughter. The Gu Master (Bai Zang) checked the system logs and said nonchalantly, "Alright, alright, stop laughing. Shadow Killer was truly the worst this time. Let the boss cover some of the repair costs."
Zero (Xiang Fan) waved his hands helplessly: "Alright, I'll give you more this time. But next time, take it easy and don't dance on the treasure chest anymore."
Ning Yuge clutched his chest, a look of deep sorrow on his face. "Boss, you misunderstood me! That wasn't a dance, it was a tactical deterrent!"
"Yes, it threatens your own wallet." Ling Ruoxi added with a smile.
After the laughter, Luo Tiangang (the Black Tortoise Guard) regained his composure and looked at Zero with a steady gaze: "Boss, what on earth were those giant mechas just now? I've never seen anything like that before."
"Yes." Ling Ruoxi nodded in agreement, frowning slightly. "The firing rate and power of that rune laser cannon are completely abnormal. Ling Ruochen and I both have top-tier Jindan-grade mecha shields. Under normal circumstances, a Jindan-grade mecha's rune cannon might not be able to penetrate it even after hundreds of consecutive bombardments. But the firepower of that giant mecha just now almost destroyed Lao Luo's shield with just a few shots."
Zero tapped the table and said in a low voice, "Indeed, the performance of those mechas far exceeds the Jindan-class mechas we are currently familiar with. I discovered many anomalies when I hacked into the system. Their core circuits and psychic control systems are extremely complex, far exceeding the technical level of the Jindan-class mechas we are aware of."
Luo Tiangang pondered for a moment, his brow furrowed. "Could it be a Nascent Soul-level mecha? Isn't it said that the technical limitations of the psychic engine have always been stuck at the Golden Core level? There is no way it can break through to the Nascent Soul level."
Ling Ruoxi crossed her arms, a puzzled look in her eyes. "Nascent Soul mecha? That sounds unrealistic. We've paid attention to the technological advances released by those R&D departments, but we've never heard of anyone actually building a Nascent Soul-level mecha."
Zero nodded slowly, his tone solemn, "Nothing is impossible. Technology is constantly innovating, and the information we have access to may only be the tip of the iceberg. Perhaps they want more than just a Nascent Soul-level mecha."
When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.
Ling Ruochen frowned: "Not just the Nascent Soul? Are you saying that those giant mechas have deeper secrets?"
Zero pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "Do you remember that strange blueprint we found in the Chaos Region?"
"Of course I remember." Ling Ruoxi nodded immediately. "You later used that blueprint to improve our mecha. You even said its design concept was so advanced that it didn't even fit the scope of a Jindan-level mecha."
Zero's eyes darkened slightly as he spoke slowly, "That's right. When I hacked into Ye Tiandi's mecha system just now, I discovered that many of its circuits were identical to the designs on that blueprint. In other words, that blueprint is most likely an abandoned design for their early Nascent Soul mecha. And now... they may have succeeded."
Luo Tiangang gasped, his voice trembling. "Nascent Soul-class mechas...if they really did it, it would be a completely different battle dimension. A Jindan-class mecha wouldn't even stand a chance against a Nascent Soul-class mecha."
Ling Ruoxi frowned slightly, her expression solemn: "Boss Zero, who do you think they are? Moreover, what is their real purpose in building these mechas?"
Zero pondered for a moment, then shook his head gently, his gaze penetrating. "It's hard to say right now, but there's no doubt they're no ordinary force. Those giant mechas are just experiments; their true goal is probably far greater than that... They might be pursuing a realm we can't even imagine."
Ling Ruoxi sighed softly, a hint of unease in her tone: "Too horrifying! This has already gone beyond the scope of the Spirit Realm battlefield. Could it be that they want to use mechas to rewrite the landscape of the cultivation world?"
Ling Ruochen was silent for a moment. He gritted his teeth and patted the mecha's control panel, his eyes determined. "No matter what they want to do, we can't just sit there and wait for death. Boss, if we encounter this situation again, I suggest evacuating immediately. We must not fight them head-on."
Zero nodded in agreement. "You're right. Our strength is far from enough. We have no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation. If we encounter this situation again, we should run if we can. But at the same time, we must also find ways to gather more intelligence and find out their details. Only then can we find a real solution."
After the team disbanded, Zero sat alone in the virtual conference room, lost in thought for a long time. He retrieved the data he had copied from Ye Tiandi's mecha system and analyzed the details line by line.
"Nascent Soul-class mecha..." Zero murmured, his eyes gradually becoming sharper. "If they really succeed, the entire world will be completely rewritten."
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Chaos Realm, Ye Tiandi stood quietly beside a massive Tiandi mecha, his hands clasped behind his back, his cold gaze fixed on the distant virtual battlefield. A slight sneer played on his lips as he whispered, "Zero, you're certainly quite amusing. But next time, I won't give you another chance."
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