SWDnovel Chapter 45 The War Between Giants and Machines
Chapter 45 The War Between Giants and Machines
Huang Hong ran across the Giant Beast Plain. Despite his high speed, he made little noise. Occasionally, a gust of wind would sweep past, cutting along his body as if there were no wind resistance.
The effects of his professional skill "Breathing and Returning to Origin" were also better than expected. Huang Hong hadn't felt much of the effect of accelerating the growth of "Qi" yet, but the ability to accelerate the recovery of "Qi" was already beginning to show.
Even after several significant improvements, Huang Hong's internal energy was still very weak. He used it carefully in battle, striving to use every bit of it effectively, let alone in daily activities.
With the "Breathing and Returning to Origin" technique, the recovery speed of "Qi" has been significantly improved. It may not be very noticeable when a short burst of intense energy is needed in battle, but it is sufficient for everyday running.
With the support of "Qi", Huang Hong not only ran faster, but also consumed less energy. This addition and subtraction made a huge difference.
After another two or three days of progress, Huang Hong finally realized the benefits of the mechanical mouse.
This is truly a reconnaissance-type mechanical creation. Not only does it possess considerable reconnaissance capabilities, but it can also travel underground, which alone is enough to avoid most of the dangers on the Giant Beast Plains.
Moreover, the mechanical mouse itself possesses rudimentary intelligence, can execute simple commands, and has basic judgment abilities.
Previously, even when resting, Huang Hong would always keep one ear perked up to avoid being ambushed by monsters, which caused him great pain when he first entered the Giant Beast Plains.
Now that we have mechanical rats, as long as we give them a warning, they can automatically patrol the vicinity and give us an early warning if a monster approaches.
In addition, the mechanical rats can detect underground monsters, which effectively prevents Huang Hong from being suddenly attacked by underground monsters such as pangolins and sandworms when he is digging a cave for rest.
That day, Huang Hong was still running wildly across the vast wilderness when suddenly, a faint but penetrating roar came from afar.
Huang Hong gazed into the distance, and at the edge of his vision, he could vaguely see some huge shadows swaying, occasionally accompanied by slight tremors, as if... a battle was taking place?
Huang Hong's tense expression relaxed slightly. He had been in the Giant Beast Plains for more than ten days, but all he could see was desolation. Even with the vague goal of finding a "treasure," he could not alleviate his increasingly lonely and anxious heart.
At this moment, regardless of whether the changes in the distance represent good or bad, they have at least broken the current stagnant state.
Slightly changing direction, Huang Hong ran towards the place where the incident had occurred.
When Huang Hong encountered a stone pillar on the road, he would conduct a decomposition test as usual. He found that the source energy he obtained was still increasing, which meant that he had not deviated from the right direction.
What Huang Hong found somewhat strange was that ever since he sensed sounds of battle coming from afar, the frequency of encountering monsters had decreased significantly, and the closer he got, the fewer the monsters he encountered.
Two days later, Huang Hong finally approached the site of the incident. A battle was indeed taking place there, and it was a battle far larger than he had imagined...
High in the sky, pterosaurs with wingspans of hundreds of meters soar freely, and every flap of their wings creates a storm of wind and dust.
Surrounding it was a dense swarm of mechanical bees, which released a barrage of energy attacks around the pterosaur. These attacks were blocked or deflected by an invisible force field surrounding the pterosaur before they even got close. A small portion of the attacks landed on the pterosaur, but the damage was negligible. On the other hand, the gale that the pterosaur stirred up each time was able to tear apart a large number of mechanical bees.
Besides pterosaurs, there are many other similar behemoths high in the sky, and without exception, they are all besieged by swarms of mechanical bees.
The Earth Bear Beast, which can reach a height of 100 meters when standing upright; the Thunder Tiger, which is hundreds of meters long and wrapped in lightning; and the Fierce Dragons, which, although only a dozen meters tall, travel in packs...
These behemoths on the ground are facing an overwhelming army of mechanical dogs.
The behemoths and the machines are fighting around a metal mountain that is three to four thousand meters high. It can be seen that the mechanical army wants to get closer to the metal mountain, while the behemoths are desperately trying to stop it.
Looking at the occasional fallen giant beast corpses and the massive destruction of the mechanical legion, Huang Hong was extremely envious. If he could dismantle them, he would take off on the spot.
Unfortunately, in a battle of this level, Huang Hong wasn't even cannon fodder, let alone joining in to snatch chestnuts from the fire.
Huang Hong observed and pondered for a long time from a distance where he would not be affected by the battle. Finally, he looked at the mechanical rat at his feet, which was on alert.
Although the mechanical mouse is very useful and can make up for his shortcomings, and strengthening it only requires 1100 source energy, Huang Hong had no intention of strengthening it before.
Because these mechanical rats are specially modified and are only suitable for the Giant Beast Plains environment.
Located on the Beast Plains, the mechanical rats can achieve perpetual energy by devouring the ubiquitous metal sand and absorbing the energy contained within it.
Indeed, the ground beneath Huang Hong's feet also contained a certain proportion of metal particles, but the energy contained in these metal particles was only a few hundredths or a thousandth of that in the stone pillar, and therefore had no value for Huang Hong to decompose.
Once removed from the environment of the Giant Beast Plains, the mechanical rats will lose their energy source and become scrap metal.
This is the fundamental reason why he doesn't enhance the mechanical rats.
But now, for the sake of that potential treasure, investing 1100 points of source energy is not unacceptable.
After calming his thoughts, Huang Hong placed his hand on the mechanical mouse and activated his enhanced ability.
The enhancement was completed quickly, and the quality of the mechanical mouse changed from rare to uncommon. There were no major changes in its panel attributes and loading ability. The biggest change was in the mechanical mouse's base attributes.
For example, a wider detection range, a more flexible and rapid excavation speed, and a greater distance for thought synchronization, etc.
Huang Hong said softly, "Go."
The mechanical mouse immediately plunged into the ground and sped away.
While watching the battle between the giant beasts and the machines, Huang Hong also focused some of his attention on the mechanical rats.
Half an hour later, Huang Hong frowned slightly as he looked at the information transmitted by the mechanical mouse.
It turns out that the battlefield is not only in the sky and on the ground, but also underground, where giant beasts and mechanical armies are fighting.
Moreover, the closer you get to the metal mountain, the harder the ground becomes, which naturally reduces the speed of digging.
The mechanical rat tried several times, but could not get close to the metal mountain without being seen by the behemoth and the machine.
Huang Hong thought for a moment and then sent a command to the mechanical mouse, instructing it to dig downwards on the spot.
The mechanical mouse quickly responded, digging downwards and also finding that the material was getting harder and harder.
Upon hearing this, Huang Hong was not discouraged at all; instead, his eyes lit up slightly. A vague plan appeared in his mind, but whether the plan would work still needed to be verified.