Under the night sky of the chaotic region, light and shadow intertwined, and strong winds blew up yellow sand. Among the countless ruins and broken mecha fragments, a huge quasi-Nascent Soul-level mecha stood quietly, like a silent steel fortress.
Inside the mecha, Li Yuanxiu stared intently at the data screen before him. All around him, the virtual control console projected various complex psychic computing models, and data streams flowed like a waterfall.
"Current psychic compression rate: 79.6%."
"Engine stability: 84.2%."
"Shield endurance: 2.3 times that of a peak-level Jindan mecha."
"Weapon psionic energy transfer rate: still 15% loss, not up to standard."
Li Yuanxiu took a deep breath and frowned slightly.
This mecha is the latest quasi-Nascent Soul-level model developed by Taicang Company. It is equipped with a brand-new psychic compression engine. Its performance far exceeds the Jindan-level mecha currently on the market, and is a whole realm higher.
But this is far from enough.
“More combat testing is necessary.”
He muttered softly, his eyes scanning the surroundings, searching for a suitable opponent to verify the mecha's true performance in battle.
At this moment, the AI system suddenly sounded an alarm——
"Warning! Unknown unit detected and locked onto target!"
Li Yuanxiu's heart tightened, and he quickly switched his perspective. What came into view was a streamlined silver-blue mecha—small in size, but incredibly agile, charging towards him at an astonishing speed!
"What model is this?"
He narrowed his eyes slightly and was about to adjust the system analysis, but the next second, the opponent's attack swept in!
"Wow, this mecha is quite interesting."
Xiang Fan (No. 0) sat in the cockpit, his lips slightly raised, his hands operating quickly, the mecha shuttled across the battlefield like a cheetah, step by step approaching Li Yuanxiu's quasi-Nascent Soul-level mecha.
He was just strolling around when he accidentally sensed an unusually powerful spiritual energy fluctuation. He casually scanned the data and found that the parameters of this mecha far exceeded the scope of the Jindan-level mecha.
"High-tech mecha? A new model?"
“Can’t miss it, have to give it a try!”
So he rushed forward without hesitation!
"call out--!"
Number Zero controlled the mecha to quickly close the distance, and a blue-green sword energy broke through the air and pierced the shield of Li Yuanxiu's mecha!
Li Yuanxiu reacted quickly and the shield was deployed instantly. With a "bang", the sword energy exploded on the surface of the shield, but only left a shallow ripple.
"The shield's durability is so high?"
Xiang Fan raised his eyebrows and immediately accelerated his attack, trying to find the opponent's loopholes.
Li Yuanxiu was not willing to be outdone. He spread out the arms of his mecha, the rune muzzles on his shoulders lit up, and a crimson beam of psychic energy burst out!
"boom--!"
Xiang Fan instantly controlled the mecha to roll rapidly, sliding close to the ground to avoid the attack, and at the same time launched a counterattack. A silver-blue rune beam went straight to Li Yuanxiu's joints!
Li Yuanxiu responded calmly, precisely manipulating his shield to meet the attack, and smiled faintly: "Thinking of using data analysis to find flaws? Interesting."
He quickly adjusted the mecha's psychic energy transmission mode to increase the energy output. The mecha's speed suddenly soared, and it instantly appeared on Xiang Fan's flank, smashing down with a heavy punch!
Xiang Fan was startled and quickly controlled the mecha to dodge sideways, but was still hit by the fist wind. The body vibrated violently and the shield value dropped by 5%.
"Wow, this guy is fast, has a thick shield, and has explosive attack power... He's like a small battlefield boss!"
Xiang Fan's eyes lit up slightly, and his fighting spirit grew stronger.
"However, no matter how strong it is, the data will not lie."
He keenly captured the 0.12-second delay when the opponent's mecha's psychic circuit switched, and with a thought, he quickly distanced himself and prepared to launch a precise attack.
At this moment, he subconsciously activated his network intrusion program, wanting to analyze the opponent's mecha data...
As a result, the next second, the system popped up a prompt——
"Authorization breach! External server firewall detected...invasion of the core network!"
Xiang Fan: “???”
He looked at the hacker interface that popped up in confusion. He had just wanted to check some data, but how did he accidentally hack into someone else's company's server?
"I just wanted to see the mecha data, didn't I? Why did I hack into someone else's company?"
At the same time, the alarm sounded in the network security center within Taicang Company!
"Warning! Warning!"
"Highest level hacking!"
"The other party has bypassed all firewalls and entered the company's server!"
"System permissions have been tampered with, and the intruder cannot be blocked!"
The network security experts on duty were instantly in a state of panic, typing frantically on their keyboards, trying to locate the source of the intruder.
At this moment, inside Li Yuanxiu's mecha control room, the system automatically connected to the company's security channel, and through the headset came the horrified reports from his men—
"Young Master! The company's server was attacked by unknown hackers!"
"They've already accessed our mecha R&D database and are... just browsing."
Li Yuanxiu: ???
His eyes suddenly widened, and he quickly called up the security monitoring screen. He saw a user with the ID code "Zero" leisurely browsing the server, even browsing some public files and low-privilege mecha test data...
Li Yuanxiu: “…”
Is this guy here to blackmail the company, or is he here for sightseeing?!
The network security director of Taicang Company was sweating profusely and said anxiously, "Young Master, our security system is completely ineffective against him! Whether it's firewalls, isolation networks, or temporary network outages, he can easily bypass them! We... can't stop him!!"
Li Yuanxiu's expression was subtle. He originally thought that it was a hacker sent by a competitor, but it turned out that this guy didn't seem to be here to cause trouble at all. He was just bored and came in to take a look?
He narrowed his eyes and stared at the line of code on the screen - "Zero", and was shocked.
"...What kind of monster is this Zero?"
He always thought that he was one of the top technical talents in the world of immortal cultivation, but the existence of Zero completely overturned his cognition.
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