Chapter 213-4: Tower of Eternity, Starnet Legion (4) |
In Alan’s view, this system was terrifyingly strong.
He even suspected that if Starnet were given sufficient resources and time, it had the ability to create a new calamity legion.
Just then, Starnet could not help but sigh.
“This war system still differs greatly from the calamity level. Reclamation cannot be unlimited like the Black Tide’s. Mechanical nanoworms still may be irretrievable once destroyed. The Black Tide’s energy particles are the most perfect base unit.”
“A nanomechanical legion would surely hold a systemic advantage against other races, but when facing the Black Tide, it would be completely countered. The effects demonstrated in the simulation cannot be applied in actual combat.”
“Why?” Alan could not help frowning.
“Because mechanical nanoworms do not have the Black Tide’s trait of growing stronger with battle. I can only achieve reclamation repairs, but cannot achieve devour-and-grow.”
As he spoke, Starnet pointed to the battlefield.
The black tide and the silver tide composed of mechanical nanoworms met.
In the confrontation between Black Tide particles and mechanical nanoworms, a one-sided decline was apparent.
“This is the gap. Before the Black Tide, a nanomechanical legion can only make up part of the shortcomings, but there remains an insurmountable distance.”
Hearing this, Alan, who had been excited, immediately calmed down.
“Is there a solution?”
“Yes.”
In an instant of thought, Starnet dismissed the virtual Black Tide and mechanical legion from the scene.
A mechanical colossus the size of a moon appeared in the image, floating in the starry sky, surrounded by countless mechanical lifeforms.
“This is a force recorded on the forum in the early days. It once suddenly descended in the Emperor’s Mound Mountain Range region and plundered a mining area. Players called it the Mechanical Overlord.”
“In Guide’s introduction, it possesses a world class rule power called Divine Metal, which can transmute metal into living metal. This is, in my eyes, a nearly perfect material. With the blessing of this world class rule, although the nanomechanical worms still cannot stop the Black Tide’s devouring, the battle losses can be significantly reduced, and the mechanical nanoworms can be granted the rule level ability to evolve by devouring metallic substances.”
As Starnet’s words fell, the virtual image on the wall switched to a scene of rolling mountain ranges.
In the pitch-black night sky, a silver cloud mass appeared, a vast swarm composed of several hundred million mechanical nanoworms.
Each nanoworm was smaller than dust, glinting with metallic luster in the moonlight, like a flowing river of stars.
As they approached the rolling mountains, the cloud suddenly dispersed into countless points of light, pouring down like a torrential rain.
The nanoworm swarm covered the mountain surfaces like a layer of flowing mercury, rapidly penetrating into rock crevices.
Any ore containing metallic substances, whether iron buried deep underground or copper exposed on the surface, swiftly vanished under the nanoworms’ devouring.
The rolling mountains collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Rock crumbled and soil loosened, as if an invisible giant hand hollowed them out bit by bit.
Where the nanoworm swarm passed, only gray-white residue remained, the waste left after ore had been completely stripped.
In Starnet’s simulation, the mechanical nanoworm swarm behaved like a ravenous locust horde, greedily devouring all metals, sparing not even trace metallic elements in the mountains.
In a short time, the once-majestic mountain range became riddled with holes, like a hollowed-out behemoth.
After finishing their devouring, the nanoworm swarm reconverged into a silver cloud and flew toward the next target.
All that remained was a dead, barren expanse and mountains gutted through, as if subjected to blanket ferocious firepower strikes.
Starnet continued at this moment.
“Although it cannot devour all substances like the Black Tide, Divine Metal can grant the mechanical nanoworms the rule level ability to grow by devouring metallic substances. The enemy’s weapons and armor, any metallic substance, can become nourishment for the mechanical legion to grow stronger the more it fights.”
“In theory, aside from calamity level forces like the Black Tide and the Swarm, I can generate a countering war system to confront any known force now.”
While Alan’s heart was incomparably shocked, his expression suddenly turned solemn.
“Starnet, it seems we have a clear target.”
As he spoke, Alan’s gaze swept to the Mechanical Overlord hovering in the starry sky within the image, a figure as massive as a moon.
“There is no need to rush. The gap in combat strength between us and the Mechanical Overlord is too great. It is a demigod level powerhouse. To challenge it, we still have a very long road ahead.”
“In the future, the development of the Lunar Eclipse race will still revolve around the three core systems of star vein combinations, body tempering levels, and Inherited souls. Even for me, who follows the single-strong model, I will still use these three core systems to create the mechanical legion in the future. I hope to combine the concept of the nanomechanical legion with Inherited soul traits, granting the mechanical nanoworms more possibilities. Relying only on the single world class rule blessing of Divine Metal, there remains an insurmountable gap between me and the Black Tide.”
“Only by adding the star vein system will I have the power to fight. But at this stage there is temporarily no function that allows external systems to be used in combination with the star vein system. Regardless, the concept of a mechanical legion will be one of my core growth directions in the future.”
After finishing, Starnet looked at Alan.
“In the future, there is no need to report to me. If you have ideas, you can communicate directly with me in the livestream. I am always there.”
“Mm.” Alan nodded respectfully. In his heart, Starnet was always the role of an elder, and also his mentor in growth.
Starnet’s projection dispersed at this moment, and the room returned to the virtual scene of surrounding starlight.
Alan now walked to the game pod, preparing to enter the game and continue striving.
After ending the conversation with Starnet, he already had a clear hunting target.
‘Mechanical Overlord, wait for us.’