Ten days later, the pitch-black giant sphere approached the coastline and slowly descended.
The earth cracked open, all buildings within a radius of a thousand miles collapsed, countless people were thrown several meters into the air, and even the entire continent trembled!
Billions of pitch-black monsters split off from the giant sphere and poured into the continent from all directions, slaughtering in a frenzy to accumulate energy for a blood sacrifice, preparing for their earth-shattering next move to dominate the world.
——
It's still a steam city.
This is the end of the continent, the core of the world, and its mechanical technology is said to be a thousand years ahead of its time.
But once you actually arrive here, you'll realize that the claim of a thousand years is far too modest!
Steam computers with tens of millions of parts, and mechanical figures dancing in bottles—these are all considered low- to mid-range products. The truly high-end mechanical creations are things that ordinary people wouldn't even dare to dream of!
For example, mechanical maids that require regular replacement of fuel stones and only need to be injected with one liter of water to work for three minutes are almost indistinguishable from real people in appearance and work level, and are quite convenient to operate or use.
What, you're asking why it's only three minutes?
Because mechanics work under high pressure year-round, assembling various mechanical constructs, operating specialized machine tools, converting between different types of energy, and analyzing radioactive ores...
This makes their physical condition even weaker than that of normal people, so three minutes is already very impressive, and there is even room for improvement!
As for others who think the usage time is too short... what does that have to do with them?
The prosperity of the steam city attracted a large influx of outsiders, many of whom wanted to learn from its methods or infiltrate its ranks.
For this group of people, mechanics developed steam cards, which were issued as identification cards.
The card has an extremely complex pattern that can be matched with the corresponding card reader, thus preventing counterfeiting.
In the Steam City, Steam Cards are essential. You can lack anything else, but you can't lack Steam Cards!
For example, Huo Yang had just been teleported by his younger brother to a small alley in the Steam City. Although he was heartbroken, he knew that grief couldn't fill his stomach, so he decided to go and get a meal.
After finishing his meal, he took out his silver coins to pay.
Shop owner: "We don't accept cash, dear."
So Huoyang took out his magic book again, preparing to transfer money on the magic network.
Shop owner: "We only accept credit cards here."
"...What if I forget to bring my card?"
"That's alright, we can use technology as collateral. As long as you help us assemble a level 3 mechanical object from the parts, it can be used as collateral."
Huo Yang stared blankly at the pile of gears, metal rods, springs, machine tools, and various metal parts in front of him.
"Guest, you're not thinking of dining and dashing... or are you just some country bumpkin who snuck in from out of town?"
The waiter pressed a sensor, summoning the mechanical guards on standby 24 hours a day on the street.
Huo Yang was imprisoned.
This also leads to another point: many customers have angrily complained to the mechanics: why can the guard robot run continuously for a whole day, while the maid robot can only run for three minutes with one liter of water?
Furthermore, it needs to cool down for 30 minutes after three minutes before it can be used again!
The mechanics explained it was due to the materials; in short, it couldn't be extended by even a second. Take it or leave it!
...
Huo Yang was imprisoned in the Steam City's jail, in a standby state where he couldn't do anything.
Huo Lan was sealed beside the once beautiful goddess, to be used as a sacrificial offering.
Meanwhile, the global situation is in full swing.
Countless black monsters invaded cities, committing inhumane massacres.
In a very short time, they slaughtered more than 10% of the world's population, enough to complete the first wave of rituals.
So they began to converge from all corners of the world toward the center of the world, heading straight for the steam city.
They did it too skillfully; after all, this kind of bloodbath was not the first time they had done it.
How long does it take for life to emerge from a world formed from ashes, and how long will that life exist?
The time unit is measured in hundreds of millions of years.
The ancient gods in the Ghost Mountain Range have already ravaged the land countless times, constantly infusing life into their beloved mummified corpse. To them, the creatures on the earth are like grass, which can be harvested and then grow back.
But this harvest... is probably the last one.
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