With the weakened version of the territory shield protecting them, the starships were able to withdraw smoothly from the battlefield. The gap was filled by the other lords' families, while the ten starships returned to their territories to replenish their energy.
Despite the fact that they didn't fight for long before exhausting their energy, in just half an hour, the ten starships killed a number of dark creatures comparable to the total number killed by all the other clans combined. They managed to kill most of the dark creatures that had already left the space passage, and the remaining scattered ones were hunted down by the lord clans.
The appearance of the starship undoubtedly relieved a lot of pressure on many low-ranking clans. Although there was a gap for them to replenish their energy, the emergence of the dark creatures also took time, which gave them a chance to rest and catch their breath.
After several rounds of bombing, Fatty discovered that although the starship consumed a huge amount of energy, it was not a bottomless pit. The merit points brought back with each return voyage were actually profitable, and quite a lot of them.
If we add the corpses of those dark creatures in the starry sky and the benefits from the subsequent purification of dark energy, the energy consumed by a starship on a single trip can be exchanged for three to five times the return, which is quite astonishing.
It's important to understand that even if Ye Chen and his clansmen went out to fight normally, although they didn't need to carry energy crystals to replenish their energy, the energy potions, healing potions, logistical supplies, etc. consumed in battle were still considerable. Under normal circumstances, the actual gains would be about this much.
However, when a clan goes out to fight, what is needed is the strong individual strength of the clan members, while what does a starship need? It just needs someone who can skillfully operate the machines! It greatly lowers the threshold for fighting against the darkness, turning a war between a group of powerful individuals into a battle for resources.
"I overlooked this before. You should study this thing carefully; its value should be no less than that of a mecha!" Ye Chen said in a deep voice. He had been so focused on the mecha that he had neglected this most ordinary and common starship.
"This? Okay!" The fat man was stunned for a moment, then nodded. It's not that starships don't exist, but they are mainly used for low-level applications such as transportation. The cost-effectiveness of high-level starships is too low. But since Ye Chen and the others said so, he would do as they said. Over the years, it has been proven most of the time that Ye Chen's vision was not wrong.
"However, we still need to think carefully about the mecha. It feels like we're stuck at the sixth-tier mecha level. Even if we built one using the skeleton of a star beast, it wouldn't function properly, let alone give it intelligence and life! It's too difficult!" the fat man said with a bitter face.
On the path to becoming a seventh-tier demigod, without the development of intelligence, no matter how much material is added, it is difficult to create a true seventh-tier mecha. This is at the level of gods. If one succeeds, it will not be an ordinary mecha, but a divine artifact.
This is the biggest problem the fat man is currently facing. Unless he really has a bunch of divine materials to forge, how can he create a seventh-order demigod-level mecha? And even if he were given a bunch of divine materials, whether he could even smelt them is a question.
"Perhaps, I can have a little immature idea!" Ye Chen suddenly said, which startled Fatty and Raphael. Your immature little idea is too scary!
Shocked as he was, he still had to listen. Raphael didn't feel anything yet, but the fat man knew that these ideas often had great feasibility.
"You speak!" the fat man said, looking at Ye Chen.
"That's right. What we've always hoped for in mechs is autonomous consciousness, the ability to assist the user in combat. Only in this way can they truly achieve the unity of mind and body in the sense of cultivation, allowing them to truly reach the seventh tier and become the kind of mechs we originally envisioned, rather than just big iron boxes!"
"Then, you just mentioned divine artifacts, and it suddenly occurred to me that if life forms can become gods, what about soul forms? There seem to be quite a few vengeful spirits and liches among the dark gods, right? I have two of them here!"
"What if we integrate this kind of soul into the mecha? Wouldn't that mecha then have a soul? Would it have its own consciousness? Would it be possible for that mecha to become a demigod?"
"Going even deeper, if we put in a soul, the soul's self-awareness might affect the use of the mecha. What if we directly use pure soul energy to create a blank soul? Wouldn't the first owner of this mecha then be considered to have recognized its master? In the subsequent shaping of its consciousness, wouldn't it grow and change along with the user? Wouldn't the entire mecha then achieve a true spiritual connection with the user?"
"..."
The fat man was stunned by Ye Chen's long string of words, and even Raphael next to him couldn't help but be amazed. There was a reason why the other party could become such a powerful lord at such a young age. How many low-level lords could come up with such a series of ideas today, let alone implement them?
Of course, Raphael was unaware that Ye Chen had been inspired by the spirits and monsters in his territory.
Since the Gate of Essence and Qi opened, many spirits and monsters have been born on the Primordial Star every day. The spirits are relatively easy to understand, as most of them are evolutions of animal life forms. Monsters are different; they are mostly monsters formed from mountains, rivers, and the like. Since these things can develop intelligence, there's no reason why mechs can't. For this reason, Ye Chen specifically asked Fatty to get several peak sixth-tier mechs and placed them in his territory to see if they would also become spirits and monsters. Unfortunately, so far, not a single mech has shown any activity.
Besides spirits, there are also many artifact spirits on the primordial planet. This is a different attribute from spirits. They are still a type of artifact, but they have developed a powerful spirituality and can even communicate with their users.
For a mecha, having this level should be enough, but how to awaken the spirit of a treasure is a problem that gives Ye Chen a headache. After all, a mecha is not a sword, and the amount of Primordial Points required is extremely terrifying, which is obviously not a common method.
Moreover, in the meantime, I was busy helping Fatty search the Scripture Pavilion and looking for ways to help the goblins break through their lifespan, so I didn't have many Primordial Points to try this kind of thing.
"Now that we've found two breathing techniques, Mina's life should be safe. Maybe we can use the remaining Primordial Points to try something out? Maybe we can create an Optimus Prime or Iron Man?" Ye Chen thought to himself, his mind wandering.
Perhaps a Lightbringer would be a good choice?
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