Chapter 1 Downfall

Giant mechs rained down firepower from the sky.

Large buildings collapsed in flames and explosions.

Screams, escapes, despair.

Counterattacks, slaughter, blood...

When Li Ang opened his eyes again, he was back in the outer sea of Yin City, his body submerged beneath the surface.

Seawater surged from the side, and upon contacting the Deep Sea blood remaining on his body, it stimulated a "sizzling" corrosive sound.

Li Ang kicked off the seawater and leaped out, nonchalantly flicking his palm. He released plant tentacles that pierced into the sea, drawing away a large chunk of water below to prevent the Deep Sea blood from spreading everywhere.

The Deep Sea civilization in this Deep Sea Behemoth script mission was highly developed, its Deep Sea people possessing a long evolutionary history no less than that of humans on Earth.

Their blood might carry pathogens that could cause biological harm to Earth's creatures.

Although Li Ang himself researched biological weapons, liked to raise, cultivate, and improve Zerg species, and frequently released weapons of mass biological destruction,

he was still an outstanding student representative.

The blackboard newspaper at the entrance of Yin City Experimental Middle School, themed "Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health," for the "2021 Yin City Vigilance Against Invasive Alien Species" campaign, was his work.

Oh right, it seems like the Experimental Middle School is already being demolished...

Li Ang shook his head with some regret.

His memories and commemorations of Yin City

were gradually dissipating with the advancement of the city's skyscraper project.

Li Ang sighed, not caring about the tens of thousands of "poor" Deep Sea people who had just died at his hands a few minutes ago.

He stepped on invisible stairs, boarded the Longqing cruise ship,

greeted Chychy who was watching dramas, and began to review the gains from this mission.

First was the script mission's clearance reward,

totaling 1000 experience points and 3300 game currency.

The former brought Li Ang's experience bar to Lv26, only a little over a hundred points away from leveling up to Lv27.

The latter, 3300 game currency, was better than nothing for him now.

The most crucial thing was the tangible reward,

that is, after completing the script mission, the player would be rewarded with a tool or scroll*1 of the same level as the highest quality item they carried.

Li Ang believed that he had completed this mission fairly satisfactorily, and the highest quality item he carried was the epic-level Shining Dice of Destiny.

Therefore, what he received in the end would also be an epic-level tool or scroll*1.

"I don't lack weapons or armor for the time being.

I have the Xinyuan Staff, the Colt Revolver, and the Mirage Dragon Red Mane Outerwear.

I also have the Swamp Divine Power and psionic power as my power systems.

So, the best and most cost-effective thing at this stage should be a consumable item or scroll, right?

Being of the same epic quality, a consumable must be stronger than a permanent one, and the restrictions will also be smaller..."

Li Ang muttered to himself as he moved his consciousness to the inventory and opened the treasure chest.

With a flash of light, an item appeared in the slot.

"Hmm? This is..."

Li Ang raised an eyebrow, his tone a bit surprised.

The object in the inventory was a rectangular, large metal cabinet.

The metal cabinet was matte black on the outside, with eight supporting feet below.

From the bottom of the back, a standard three-prong plug extended, the wire was 1 meter long, and the bottom of the plug was marked with "220v".

The front of the metal cabinet consisted of two parts.

On the right was a 24-inch high-definition LCD panel, below which was an English Qwerty keyboard. Next to the keyboard was an extremely complex 8-ring safe combination lock,

a coin slot, and a bill slot.

On the left side of the front was a bulletproof transparent glass panel that took up most of the area. Behind the glass, sloping metal plates divided it into five slots parallel to the ground.

Below the bulletproof glass was a long strip of metal that could be pushed inward.

"This is...a vending machine?"

Li Ang clicked his tongue.

What appeared in the inventory was a black vending machine more than two meters tall.

Except for the fact that it didn't have Coke, Sprite, orange juice, Yuanqi Forest, Nongfu Spring, or Lays potato chips inside,

it was no different from the vending machines on the street.

It even reminded Li Ang of when he and Wang Congshan went to the park to play and bought drinks from a vending machine.

Wang Congshan's Coke got stuck when it fell, and after Li Ang mocked the class monitor, he also bought a bottle, trying to push Wang Congshan's Coke down.

As a result, the second bottle of Coke also got stuck, and more and more got stuck.

Until the fifth bottle got stuck, the two, annoyed and embarrassed, punched and kicked the vending machine before finally taking all the Cokes away.

They almost attracted the attention of the park security guard.

"Hmm... this thing can also be of perfect quality..."

Li Ang focused his consciousness on the vending machine and opened the item description.

【Name: Terminal Vending Machine】

【Type: Anomalous Item】

【Quality: Epic】

【Effect: Peer-to-Peer E-Commerce. The terminal vending machine allows the user to conduct cross-border transactions. Transactions must follow the principle of equivalent exchange, with the user paying the extra circulation fees required for the cross-border transaction process in the form of their own energy.】

【Consumption: Depends on the frequency and intensity of cross-border transactions】

【Cooldown Time: Depends on the frequency and intensity of cross-border transactions】

【Equipment Condition: Level greater than or equal to Lv27】

【Note: The terminal vending machine can only have one bound active user at a time. Until the previous user dies and their soul dissipates, no other being can use the terminal vending machine.】

【Note: The 8-ring combination lock on the right side of the terminal vending machine is a world coordinate locator. The user can transmit the terminal vending machine to different worlds by rotating the combination lock. The transmission location is random. After the transmission is complete, there can be multiple passive users of the terminal vending machine (i.e., customers). The active user of the terminal vending machine can only communicate with customers through the LCD screen and keyboard, and negotiate transaction content. The transaction process must follow the principle of equivalent exchange and is restricted by the rules of the terminal vending machine.】

【Note: When the terminal vending machine performs a random transmission, it needs a standard one week of real-world time to record the local world coordinates. The user can also access previously visited worlds through personal binding.】

【Note: Using, retrieving, and deploying the terminal vending machine will consume the user's own energy.】

【Note: The terminal vending machine has a certain self-healing function. When the terminal vending machine is damaged, it will cause a certain amount of damage to the user.】

【Note: Current binder – None】

【Note: 60 cargo lanes, 300 bottles of extra-large capacity, intelligent, energy-saving, cooling, profitable! Enter the era of large-screen interactive vending! You missed the soaring stock market, missed 50 yuan a share Moutai, missed Bitcoin, you absolutely must not miss the terminal vending machine!!!】

"..."

Li Ang looked at the item description and couldn't help but blink.

The description of the [Terminal Vending Machine] was the longest and most wordy he had ever seen in the entire Killing Game. Even the Shining Dice of Destiny or the Cardinal Cube, which were also of epic quality,

were far less.

"Terminal Vending Machine..."

Li Ang tapped his forehead, his mind racing. "Judging from the item description, this seems to be a mobile store that can perform random pinpoint transmissions?

The user bound to the item can send the terminal vending machine to different worlds.

There, trade with the indigenous residents of the local world,

selling goods and buying items under the restriction of the principle of equivalent exchange.

The transaction process, like stargates, requires the user to spend their own energy to pay the 'toll' for the items.

If bound, you can also visit the worlds the player has visited before..."

Li Ang's eyes gradually lit up. The value contained in this item far exceeded his expectations.

It was no less valuable than the [Pseudo-God's Embers], which could help him ascend the long ladder to godhood.

"A mobile store leading to the infinite worlds.

If I teleport to a high-level world, such as a world with xianxia (immortal hero) or xuanhuan (mysterious fantasy) settings where people move mountains and fill seas or fight until the Great Dao is obliterated,

I can make a fortune by trading spirit stones, spirit veins, sword talismans, and magical artifacts.

Even if I teleport to a low-level world,

such as a doomsday where biochemical monsters are everywhere, I can trade with doomsday wanderers and collect special biological gene samples from the local area. No matter how you calculate it, I won't lose."

Li Ang rubbed his palms and immediately bound the [Terminal Vending Machine].

He lifted it up with one hand and, under Chychy's strange gaze, placed the vending machine against the wall of the yacht cabin.

He plugged the plug behind the vending machine into the socket.

After being powered on, the rectangular [Terminal Vending Machine]'s surface LCD screen immediately lit up,

displaying a line of white text on a black background.

【Welcome to the Terminal Vending Machine. Terminal Vending Machine, increased storage, no need for frequent restocking. Safe and anti-theft, easy restocking, convenient and fast, helping you become a new era cross-border rich man!】

However, whether it was because there were no goods inside or because it lacked world coordinates,

after the line of welcome appeared, the terminal vending machine did not provide any further prompts.

"The equipment conditions are not met?"

Li Ang thought that he was only Lv26, and still needed a little over a hundred experience points to reach Lv27. He shook his head with a bit of regret and put the vending machine away.

A little over a hundred experience points could be collected quickly, just by finding some regular missions in the real world – with the resources Li Ang currently had, he could completely entrust others to find regular missions that could be triggered for him, without having to run around himself.

Having just escaped from the script mission, there was no need to rush.

After putting away the vending machine, Li Ang turned around and took out the Automated Pet Feeder and the Alchemist's Magic Box from the inventory.

He moved the Automated Pet Feeder into the alchemy workshop.

Then, he personally entered the Pet Feeder and took out stacks of documents and a large number of bottles and jars containing Deep Sea creature samples.

The biggest gain from this script mission,

in addition to the rewarded [Terminal Vending Machine],

was the human mech data from the Deep Sea Behemoth world and the Deep Sea creature samples.

After Li Ang's observation and research, the PPDc mechs' combat power was actually not weak. Even without A.T. Fields, their mechs could serve as the main combat weapons in conventional warfare.

However, the PPDc mechs had a fatal problem. The metal raw materials used in their mechs were a relatively rare metal isotope, which was widely distributed in the human world of the Deep Sea Behemoth but did not exist on Earth.

Without this metal isotope, many important parts of large mechs would break and be damaged due to insufficient load-bearing capacity.

In other words, the PPDc mech construction blueprints and metal smelting flowcharts could only be used in the human world of the Deep Sea Behemoth script mission.

Their value was greatly reduced.

However, while large mechs could not be built, small mechs using less metal could be imitated.

Li Ang planned to hand over these data blueprints to the Zerg brainworms, so that the Zerg could also open up assembly line factories,

producing some semi-living, semi-mechanical mech units – the purpose of these units was to enhance the Zerg's combat capabilities in mining areas, adding icing to the cake.

In addition to the mech data, the Deep Sea creature samples were also a considerable fortune.

The Deep Sea civilization did, as Li Ang had thought, strictly adhered to several basic principles of civilized warfare all along,

only using different styles of technological creations to conduct interdimensional warfare with human civilization,

until it was accidentally bumped into by Li Ang, who suffered an incomprehensible dimensionality reduction strike.

However, the Deep Sea civilization did have some skill in biological modification technology.

The Deep Sea Behemoths they built were completely no less powerful than high-level players,

and after releasing the A.T. Field, they were immune to all laws and invulnerable to swords and guns.

Even a high-level player like Fuxiao could be suppressed and beaten by them.

"The prerequisite for generating an A.T. Field is to possess a psionic organ. And the prerequisite for producing a psionic organ is to have a large number of dead psionicists."

Li Ang silently thought, "Currently, only the brainworm sequence in the Zerg are all psionicists.

Below the brainworms, only a small number of units have psionic potential.

Killing the brainworms and making their brains into Deep Sea Behemoths would be too cruel and wasteful, and definitely cannot be implemented.

Then, there are only two paths left:

First, use the pineal gland organs seized from the Deep Sea world to create Zerg versions of Deep Sea Behemoths.

Second, let the Zerg Tyrant try to learn to release the A.T. Field.

The two plans do not conflict and can be handed over to the Zerg brainworms to carry them out simultaneously..."

Li Ang quickly finalized the ways to use all the gains.

As the creator of the Zerg, he was now able to hand over his plans to the brainworms under his command to complete.

In a sense, it was "the creator moving his mouth, and the brainworms breaking their legs."

There was no way around it.

No matter how energetic and all-rounder Li Ang was,

facing the fully unfolded Zerg development plan, it was impossible for him to do everything himself – letting the Zerg brainworms replace him and perform complex and mechanical repetitive labor was the most efficient model.

Moreover, Li Ang had to spend more time honing his Swamp Divine Power and psionic skills –

The special environment of the Killing Game determined that players must always think about strengthening themselves. Even if they could not be well-rounded in everything, they must never have particularly obvious shortcomings.

After completing the mission summary and planning,

Li Ang took the Automated Pet Feeder and the Alchemist's Magic Box to the bottom of the sea,

handed over the mech data and biological samples to the brainworms in the Door World,

and then returned to the real world to rest.