Light Spring Murmur
Chapter 321: The Shapeshifting Stone Machine
In this session of the National Competition, the national champion of the individual competition was taken by Shi Yu, and Shi Yu's name was widely discussed because of this.
The champion of the team competition was taken by Modu University.
Didu University was second, which was miserable, not only was it not the champion in the individual competition, but it wasn't the champion in the team competition either...
Of course, in the team competition, Gudu University was even more miserable, ranking seventh, which was the third from the bottom.
It verified the saying that the strong are really strong, and the weak are really weak.
However, for next year's National Competition, the audience has reason to believe that the overall performance of Gudu University will be even better.
At least the education funding for Gudu University will definitely increase next year. With more money, the school can invest more resources in its students.
"The competition should be over by this time."
Shi Yu came out of the house listlessly, his mind full of thoughts about mechanical pets.
He came out just in time, as Principal Feng also happened to be rushing over from the competition venue, accompanied by a lady wearing a black trench coat.
"Busy with things?"
From a distance, the old man asked with a smile. He had been very happy these past two days.
Although the team competition results of Gudu University were as disappointing as ever, the individual competition results this year were unexpectedly strong.
Apart from Lu Qingyi's session when Gudu University luckily got second place, it hadn't entered the top five in the past ten years!
This time it completely took off, directly taking first place with an absolute advantage.
"Busy with things." Shi Yu replied with a smile.
"Xiao Chuanqi."
Immediately afterwards, Shi Yu greeted the lady next to Principal Feng.
This person was none other than Xiao Shuang, the legendary mechanist and chief judge of this competition in the fourth round.
"Mm."
Xiao Shuang looked at Shi Yu and said, "You don't look very good. It's been so long since the competition ended, haven't you recovered yet?"
Could it be that Shi Yu's sword that shattered Gao Xuan's mecha in the National Competition also had huge side effects?
Xiao Shuang was silent. Indeed, after they finished, they seemed to have eaten a lot of supplements...
"Ah..."
Shi Yu shook his head. Did he?
He had clearly just finished eating Ginseng Baby's supplements, did he still look very weak?
Was Ginseng Baby getting weaker?
Or was he getting stronger?
"Maybe, we immediately started other training after the competition." Shi Yu said.
Whatever, if he's weak, he's weak, as long as he doesn't feel it himself.
Other people's weakness is 1/100, his weakness is 100/10000, it's different.
Legend Xiao Shuang nodded, geniuses were indeed unusual.
"Cough." Principal Feng didn't notice anything unusual about Shi Yu.
The old man said, "The competition is over. Legend Xiao Shuang is here specifically to give you the prizes in person."
There will be an award ceremony tonight.
However, the awards given then are just trophies symbolizing honor, not worth much.
What's really valuable are the monetary and physical rewards given by the competition organizers.
Other contestants might have to register themselves, but for Shi Yu, Legend Xiao Shuang chose to come and distribute them in person.
The main thing was to get in touch with Shi Yu personally.
Having only seen him in videos or from afar before, she really wanted to observe this abnormal young Beast Tamer up close.
Excellent Beast Tamers are always very attractive.
"There are three prizes in total."
Legend Xiao Shuang said, "A bonus card, Empty Crystal Stone, and Wind-type Morphing Stone with supporting basic mechanical materials."
As she spoke, a white light flashed in front of her.
Whether it was a relic space or other special space equipment, a large white suitcase-style box immediately appeared between Shi Yu and her.
On top of the big box, there was also a wooden box the size of a photo frame.
In addition, there was a black card that appeared out of thin air in Legend Xiao Shuang's hand.
She first handed the bonus card to Shi Yu, and then introduced, "The wooden box contains the Empty Crystal Stone, and the white mechanical box contains the Morphing Stone, the advanced intelligent chip, and various basic materials for the adaptability device."
"You can use the Empty Crystal Stone for your own cultivation. As for these mechanical materials, they are quite complete. With the existing materials, you can synthesize a mechanical life of a high-level monarch race. If you have any ideas, I can help you. Of course, the Mechanical Academy of Gudu University can also do it." Xiao Shuang said.
Shi Yu should be clear about these things, after all, the National Competition's rewards were introduced in sufficient detail when they were announced.
Although these were prepared for Gao Xuan, they certainly couldn't say that explicitly when they were announced.
So what was promoted to the outside world was a set of excellent mechanical materials sufficient to assemble a "mechanical life of a high-level monarch race."
It consists of the Morphing Stone (Wind), the advanced intelligent chip, and the adaptability device.
Among them, the Wind-type Morphing Stone determines the race, attribute, and core ability of the mechanical life.
Under normal circumstances, a mechanical life created with the Morphing Stone as the core will come with two skills.
One high-level, one super-level.
The high-level skill is the mechanical type's "Morph."
It is a very rare mechanical-type skill, mainly found on Morphing Stones.
Morph is divided into two abilities: decomposition and combination.
The effect is roughly that decomposition allows a Morphing Stone to decompose into countless small Morphing Stones, similar to the elementalization of elemental creatures, or similar to clones, but with physical entities. It is the direct splitting of the main body, not created out of thin air.
Combination, on the other hand, is the ability to perfectly reassemble the decomposed body parts. The relationship between the two is similar to the shrinking and enlargement in multiplication, and the connection is very deep.
Through "decomposition and combination," the Morphing Stone can achieve its Morphing ability. As long as the levels of these two skills are high enough, they can change in countless ways.
If a Rubik's Cube-shaped Morphing Stone wants to become a triangular shape, beginner-level Morph might be enough.
But if you want to change from a Rubik's Cube shape into a complex fighter jet or mecha, then you might need a higher level of proficiency in the skill.
Moreover, having only skill levels is not enough. After all, Morph only determines the appearance, it is just an empty shell. If you want matching abilities, the mechanical life must also be equipped with other mechanical equipment during the Morphing process to enhance its strength and complete the transformation.
Therefore, although the Morphing Stone is an excellent pet beast for novice mechanists, it still requires a certain degree of mechanical literacy to help the Morphing Stone create different mechanical forms.
The super-level skill is the element control of the corresponding attribute. The Wind-type Morphing Stone is "Wind Element Control," a very adaptable wind-type skill.
Similar to "Water Element Control" and "Plant Control," it is a higher-level skill of a bunch of basic wind-type skills.
If the Morphing Stone is the body of a mechanical life, then the intelligent chip is the brain of the mechanical life.
In the beginning, only Beast Tamers with "awakening talents" could create mechanical lives.
However, with the birth of the "intelligent chip," even ordinary people, with the corresponding mechanical knowledge, can create a mechanical life with wisdom and self-thinking ability with the intelligent chip.
It is the most critical part of a mechanical life, and it is related to whether a mechanical life can be called a "life."
Currently, there are "ordinary intelligent chips," "advanced intelligent chips," and "top intelligent chips" on the market.
The intelligent chip determines the talent of the mechanical life, that is, the ability to learn, the ability to comprehend, the ability to calculate, and so on.
Ordinary intelligent chips can give mechanical life the intermediate skill "basic intelligence."
Advanced intelligent chips can give mechanical life the high-level skill "advanced intelligence."
Of course, there are also low-level intelligent skills that can only execute fixed programs, but that is prepared for some special machines... such as forbidden machines.
In this National Competition's rewards, the mechanical material matched with the Morphing Stone is only an advanced intelligent chip.
This is very normal.
Because top-level intelligent chips cannot be created directly, they are upgraded later. Moreover, each top-level intelligence is difficult to copy, it is the result of the joint efforts and wisdom of the legendary mechanist and their mechanical pet, it is a super-level ability, and it is very rare.
As for the adaptability device, it is a device that allows the Morphing Stone, the intelligent chip, and other mechanical materials to adapt to each other quickly and can be perfectly assembled.
Don't underestimate the fact that there are only three major categories of mechanical materials, but they can just be assembled into a mechanical life, and it is a highly plastic Morphing mechanical life. This is the champion prize that was promoted to the outside world for this National Competition, and it is still very fatally attractive to most Beast Tamers.
Xiao Shuang looked at Shi Yu.
However, she felt that Shi Yu shouldn't be interested.
After all, Shi Yu has five Overlord race pets, and he is different from other contestants. His horizons must be very high... Even if he contracted a new pet, there is no need to be interested in the mechanical type that requires extremely high professional knowledge.
It's not enough for Beast Tamers to worry about.
Some Beast Tamers who don't have mechanical knowledge, have good talent and potential, and are ambitious, will definitely not choose mechanical lives, especially complex mechanical lives. The reason is simple, they are too troublesome to maintain, too troublesome to upgrade, everything is troublesome.
"Thank you." Shi Yu nodded and then said:
"I remember that your trump card, Legend Xiao, is a super machine created with the Morphing Stone as the core, right?" Shi Yu suddenly looked at Legend Xiao Shuang.
"Hmm?"
"If nothing else goes wrong, I should also create a mechanical life contract with the Morphing Stone as the core..."
"I wonder, before that... can I visit your mecha?"
Xiao Shuang was stunned.
Wait, what did you just say?
You really want to take this Morphing Stone to create a mechanical life contract?
No joke?
She quickly looked at Principal Feng.
The meaning is, Shi Yu's previous pets, Iron-eating Beast, Dream Butterfly, Ginseng Baby, Sword Spirit, and Water Slime, are all very "conventional" pets. Is it serious that the sixth one suddenly contracts a mechanical life?
Cultivating mechanical lives... is different from cultivating animals, plants, and elements. The professional knowledge required is massive.
"Ah, this." Principal Feng smiled bitterly beside him.
To be honest, he doesn't recommend it either.
There are generally two types of people who contract mechanical lives.
1. They really have no other choice. They buy a mechanical life with decent strength and let things take their course. They don't expect to reach the peak with the mechanical system. They just want to get by. Upgrades and repairs all depend on spending money to find a mechanist.
2. They are themselves professional mechanists with extremely strong professional skills, and they have the ability to modify, upgrade, assemble, and repair mechanical lives themselves.
He doesn't know if Shi Yu is the former, but he is definitely not the latter...
But he can't help it, Shi Yu just wants to contract one.
Principal Feng knows this too. He has heard Shi Yu talk about wanting to contract a handsome mechanical life more than once or twice... He is also very helpless about this playful idea.
"Is that okay, Legend Xiao?" Shi Yu still looked at Legend Xiao Shuang eagerly.
"Are you really planning to contract a mechanical life?" Although Legend Xiao Shuang thinks that the mechanical system is the strongest, that is in the hands of a mechanist. For someone who doesn't understand mechanical knowledge to contract a mechanical life, it is definitely a wrong path.
Although, at Shi Yu's age, it is not too late to learn mechanical knowledge now, if it were someone else, with a high-level monarch mechanical life, she would very much support the other party to enter the mechanical field, but, the problem is, Shi Yu, this beast, already has five Overlord race pets, what is he thinking about with a monarch race mechanical pet?
Even if a Morphing machine is highly plastic, it is not easy to upgrade to an Overlord race... because she knows very well that her own pet is based on a Morphing Stone as the core.
"I haven't made a decision yet, so I want to see your Overlord machine, Black Wing Demon..."
Shi Yu finished speaking, and Legend Xiao Shuang was silent.
After a long silence, she said, "Okay."
She doesn't care, anyway, she is not familiar with Shi Yu, so let Principal Feng persuade him.
Legend Xiao Shuang sighed, reached out her hand, and a cube-shaped prop resembling a "black Rubik's Cube" immediately appeared in her hand. Then, the black Rubik's Cube flew away by itself, splitting into countless smaller black squares, which combined in the sky.
In the blink of an eye, countless black Rubik's Cubes combined into a super humanoid machine that was more than ten meters tall, full of black rock texture, and had huge rock wings.
"This is Black Wing Demon, what do you want to see?" Legend Xiao Shuang asked Shi Yu after summoning the mecha.
This super mecha that masters dark, mechanical, space, and other powerful attribute skills is her masterpiece!
"Can I touch it..." Shi Yu looked at the Black Wing Demon mecha, which was a hundred times more handsome than Dean Hao's purple electric mecha, and his eyes sparkled.
Black Wing Demon: "..."
Xiao Shuang nodded and said, "Touch it..."
She could see that Shi Yu was just like those mechanical men from Xingdu University, more unable to move when seeing a mecha than when seeing a beauty. This kind of guy should be sent to Xingdu University, it's a pity to go to Gudu University.
Shi Yu quickly came to the Black Wing Demon mecha and asked, "Sister Xiao Shuang, is Black Wing Demon senior high-level intelligence or top-level intelligence?"
Legend Xiao Shuang said calmly, "Top-level intelligence, although Morphing Stone is known as the easiest mechanical material to control, in fact, complex Morphing Stones require extremely professional mechanical knowledge and the mechanical life itself to have extremely high computing power to perfectly exert its racial abilities. If you really treat Morphing Stone as a new mechanical material, then you are very wrong."
Black Wing Demon proudly nodded, able to instantly assemble into a huge mecha through countless fragments and various mechanical equipment in its body. Its computing power is not to be underestimated!
Shi Yu was surprised and asked, "How many results are there after arranging and combining the numbers 1~100?"
Black Wing Demon: ?
Xiao Shuang, Principal Feng: ?
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[Name]: Divine Net
[Attribute]: Mechanical, Spiritual
[Level]: Super
[Introduction]: It can split into multiple intelligent brain domains to form a complex neural network system to have computing, analysis, and learning abilities beyond supercomputers.
Shi Yu's heart stopped.
Skill Encyclopedia, forever God.
However, super skill, damn it, can a newborn mecha learn it!