The Pacific base is under vigorous construction, with construction materials being secretly transported through the secret realm. A large number of professional talents are selected from the students for planning and construction.
Almost no external personnel are needed.
Four of the five 'ancient engineer puppets' remain at the Pacific base. They are incredibly strong, and their weapons can transform into various construction tools. One puppet can replace over a dozen awakened workers, and can also perform tasks that awakened individuals cannot.
The efficiency is high, and it's cost-effective.
The energy consumed by the ancient engineer puppets during operation is much lower than he imagined. These puppets can even operate at a lower capacity without consuming any crystal energy, relying solely on 'absorbing light energy.'
They are quite mature and excellent.
The last puppet was sent to the forging workshop for Master Wang Chui to dismantle and research. Even if they can't replicate a complete Kandara engineer puppet, developing a low-spec version would be great.
Master Wang Chui was reportedly delighted and immediately threw himself into it.
This kind of drive is excellent.
At this moment,
A faint white mist shrouded the sky, not obstructing the sunlight. Looking in from the outside, the entire island was hidden in the white mist.
It wasn't very dense, but it was impossible to see clearly from the outside.
Reconnaissance satellites couldn't capture anything.
This is the terrain anomaly 'White Mist Realm.' Two sets of these were installed at the base. These two sets can merge, enhancing the mist's obstruction effect, the combat power of the phantom mist beasts, and expanding the limit range of the white mist.
They covered the island and the surrounding sea.
The other two terrain anomalies, 'Storm Realm' and 'Wave Realm,' were also installed on this island.
The entire Pacific base is now almost impregnable. Ordinary three-star anomalies would struggle to get ashore.
Fang You traversed the air and arrived at another uninhabited island several hundred kilometers away from the base.
Dark clouds filled the sky, with lightning and thunder. Fierce winds howled, stirring up tremendous waves on the sea, as if the heavens were enraged. Large raindrops began to fall.
But as they fell to within a foot of Fang You, they were blocked by an invisible force, parting to the sides.
Within the curtain of rain, an oval outline was drawn, blocking out the torrential rain and strong winds.
Not a single hair was out of place.
This fully demonstrated the power of his mentor, 'Xinhuo.' Unfortunately, there were no spectators.
This move was 'Guardian Field,' a blue skill he had recently drawn and placed on the exchange list.
It was quickly bought by Yiluo Xi.
However, others still had a chance. Such a versatile skill was well worth using a skill seed to duplicate.
Upon arriving at the island, he cleared out the nearby anomalies. Then, from his 'Inventory,' he extracted the red item - God-Slaying Weapon · War Puppet · Light Red!
Hum—!
Lines intertwined and converged in the space between heaven and earth, outlining a giant puppet that pushed aside the surrounding trees.
With the completion of the final stroke, this war puppet truly manifested!
The muddy ground, washed by the rain, immediately sank. A light red figure, over ten meters tall, appeared before Fang You.
It was as tall as the flesh and blood giant and humanoid, resembling a massive mecha.
It had light red stripes, but upon closer inspection, the surface of the war puppet's body had many damages and was pitted.
Even so, it still stood like a colossal giant spanning heaven and earth.
It continued to be washed by the torrential rain, yet not a drop of water or a speck of mud clung to it.
It was like a god or demon resurrected from an ancient era. Waves of invisible aura emanated, making the winds and rain even fiercer. The howling winds and the crashing rain formed a natural symphony.
Standing nearby, gazing at the technological crystallization of a lost empire, Fang You felt as if he were enveloped by mountains, facing a mythical being. However, he did not have the 'Character Card' buff at this time.
"So strong!"
"This is an ultra-ancient god-slaying weapon?"
"No, this is merely a damaged god-slaying weapon!"
He had not forgotten the description of 'War Puppet · Light Red.'
- It is in a damaged state, causing its rank and combat power to significantly decline.
Its damage is not physical. The pits and scratches on its surface are not a major issue. The truly damaged part is the core of this war puppet.
The soul core!
Fang You carefully examined it, referring to the game panel's description.
"The War Puppet Light Red has actually surpassed the category of puppets. Puppets are machines, cold. However, this was created on the peak technology of the lost empire Kandara, by integrating many precious items, making it a unique puppet life!"
"It is both a weapon and a divine creature! Like humans, it possesses a soul and divine consciousness."
"However, it died in that god-slaying war tens of thousands of years ago."
"Its soul core was shattered, leaving only a shell."
What stood before him was that shell, unchanged even after tens of thousands of years of time.
However, having lost its soul core, the War Puppet Light Red had lost all its special abilities. It was now merely a super puppet made of high-end materials.
It had regressed from a puppet life to a true puppet.
"Regardless, let's try it out."
A complete God-Slaying Weapon Light Red might generate its own life energy like an awakened individual, but now, it was just a cold puppet... Fortunately, it was a puppet. At least it could use crystal energy as a power source for operation.
Fang You had the command authority over the God-Slaying Weapon Light Red and understood its operating mode.
He returned to the secret realm, filled 'Heavenly Net Hand' with a large amount of crystal energy, and then went to the puppet's mouth, pouring the crystal energy in with a "whoosh."
One hundred, three hundred, one thousand, three thousand.
Three thousand pieces of crystal energy were consumed, but the War Puppet Light Red's energy bar only lit up by half a segment...
Only half a segment!
It's a crystal-eating behemoth, damn it!
He issued the command, "Revive, Light Red."
*Beep—*
The giant puppet's eyes lit up with red light, as if returning from the river of time. The howling of the wind seemed to stop.
It took a step forward and slowly knelt before Fang You.
A mechanical voice, neither male nor female, emanated from the puppet.
"God-Slaying Weapon Number 09, Light Red, obeys your command."
Fang You nodded. "What abilities do you have now?"
The God-Slaying Weapon Light Red paused for a moment, as if recalling and organizing.
It still retained some intelligence. After a while, it presented its ability list.
Very few.
Normal attack.
Energy attack.
Only these two. After all, it was just a shell, which was not entirely unexpected for Fang You.
He ordered Light Red to demonstrate.
Its normal attack killed a three-star anomaly with a single slap. However, this couldn't explain much. The divine and demonic pressure emanating from it alone made the three-star anomaly tremble.
"Let's try the energy attack."
"As you command."
The over ten-meter-tall puppet extended its hand, palm facing outwards, and instantly condensed a pure white energy sphere. It shot out for thousands of meters, landing on the vast sea.
*Boom—*
A brilliant and dazzling light erupted, like a small sun rising from the sea. Rings of terrifying shockwaves spread outwards, stirring up monstrous waves. Even the Pacific base under construction hundreds of kilometers away saw the distant sun and was awestruck!
"This destructive power, a single shot can easily sink a small island, and this is not Light Red's highest output."
However, Fang You still frowned.
One reason was the excessive consumption. This shot alone consumed about 1000 pieces of crystal energy. It was truly a bottomless pit for resources!
If it were at full power, one energy cannon shot would probably consume 5000 pieces of crystal energy! Even a rich patron like Xinhuo now would find it hard to support.
Of course, if the power was strong enough to serve as Xinhuo's ultimate trump card, he wouldn't hesitate even if it cost 5000 or 10000 crystal energy.
"The destructive power is actually not weak."
"According to a rough estimate, a full-power energy cannon shot can rival the full power strike of a mythical being, but..."
It was merely pure energy destructive power.
A nuclear bomb's destructive power is immense, but it cannot reach a mythical being. Mythical beings can detonate a nuclear bomb from hundreds of kilometers away—Fang You, having experienced a half-mythical being, was certain of this. And even a direct hit, could it kill a mythical being? He thought probably not.
It would require life energy like light and fire to annihilate everything.
With Earth's technological weapons alone, it would be difficult to kill even a Throne-level existence.
The energy cannon of the God-Slaying Weapon Light Red was a pure burst of life energy, and its speed was fast. It could easily eliminate a Priest or anomaly of the Throne level.
But against mythical beings, it fell far short.
"The current God-Slaying Weapon is merely a puppet, unable to precisely control energy, nor can it lock onto enemies."
"At the same time, it has lost its original abilities, leaving it with only basic attacks. Overall, it's more than capable of dealing with weaker opponents but insufficient against stronger ones."
Calling Commander-level and Throne-level powerhouses 'weaker opponents' was a bit arrogant.
But Xinhuo already had many ways to deal with subordinates of Throne-level evil gods or anomalies, so the God-Slaying Weapon wasn't needed.
What he needed most was power that could contend with mythical beings.
Light Red was a little lacking, unless it could be resurrected. However, Xinhuo did not have the technological capability. But after communicating with Light Red, Fang You learned that it still possessed a certain self-repairing ability.
It just required energy and materials.
[God-Slaying Weapon · Light Red]
[Completeness: 44.6%]
[Repair Method: Unknown]
Repairing physical damage only required consuming precious materials, but how to repair the broken core, Light Red's simple intelligence could not answer.
Fang You pondered, opening his inventory and browsing through it.
After a moment, his gaze fell upon a treasure emanating a faint golden glow.
- Flawless Divinity!
It contained pure soul fragments and the mysteries of the Bloodline Sequence from the first to the seventh level.
At the same time, it was a strand of divinity!
A complete God-Slaying Weapon Light Red was a puppet life with divinity.
The Flawless Divinity possessed many overlaps with the incomplete parts of the God-Slaying Weapon.
It was worth a try.
He took out the Flawless Divinity and sent it into the War Puppet.
One second, two seconds, ten seconds, time ticked by.
The oppressive aura that had receded from the God-Slaying Weapon Light Red once again emanated, and it was even stronger than before. He seemed to see a sea of blood.
Blood-red patterns appeared on this humanoid puppet, one after another.
Wrapped in blood-red light, it ascended into the air.
Like a god or demon.