274: Monster Armor

"Charge, slash!"

The enormous wolf head was fiercely cut down by Gongye Shiyi, who wielded a greatsword.

The Mechanic Greatsword, after cutting off the wolf's head, still didn't stop, heavily striking the ground.

Overload Mode was also actively disengaged by Gongye Shiyi.

Now, after charging and overloading, Gongye Shiyi could disengage at will.

This method saved physical exertion.

Bang!

The headless wolf corpse fell to the ground with a loud thud.

Then, its massive body exploded into a cloud of black smoke, and a rhomboid monster crystal floated up.

Only the mechanical parts implanted in the monster's body remained, clattering to the ground.

[Killed E-rank monster, Light Energy +100]

Looking at the mechanical parts left after killing the monster, Gongye Shiyi keenly sensed a subtle incongruity.

This wolf-shaped monster, in combat, sometimes displayed intelligence and sometimes possessed powerful combat instincts.

"These monsters have mechanical parts implanted in their heads to control their actions."

"They aren't operating autonomously; someone is controlling them remotely."

"Someone will collect the mechanical parts; you should leave there first."

Inside the Machinist Armor, Shui Yuqianxi's voice sounded.

Summoners of armors could communicate remotely through their Summoners.

"Who will collect them?"

"We don't employ child labor."

Gongye Shiyi understood who would collect them.

"First, as a celebration of your training completion, for your first battle, let's go have a big meal!"

Actually, the two were already on their way to have a big meal after their training.

"Mm."

Gongye Shiyi said, completely disregarding the excited crowd of onlookers by the roadside.

He summoned the Machinist Motorcycle and directly charged into the crowd.

Amidst the screams of a group of people, he activated the motorcycle's teleportation ability and vanished.

...

"Very good, very good!"

"All the combat data for the Machinist and Sea Spirit have been collected."

"Machinist, Machinist!"

"What a beautiful armor, but it's a pity there's no combat data for the Fire Finch."

"Those idiots, after so many battles with the Fire Finch, they didn't even think to collect combat data."

Artisan Gate excitedly looked at the records transmitted back from the two monster terminals.

Because Hacker F could directly hack into the network and block all transmitted data.

To ensure that these mechanical parts implanted in the monsters could operate well and not be blocked, Artisan Gate had put in a lot of effort.

"How much longer?"

A sudden voice startled Artisan Gate.

"Can you stop appearing and disappearing like a stray dog?"

Looking at Mu Men Depei, who had suddenly appeared behind him, Artisan Gate couldn't help but complain.

"Are you telling me what to do?"

As the voice fell, one of Artisan Gate's eyeballs suddenly burst.

He was about to scream, but Mu Men Depei's hand instantly plunged into his mouth, grabbing his teeth and jaw, and slamming him onto the table, leaving him only able to make muffled sounds.

"Although you and I are both Doors."

"But there are strong and weak Doors; do you think a mongrel like you is worthy of being a Door?"

"Show some respect to the First Generation Door."

Artisan Gate nodded, tears streaming down his face, amidst his muffled sounds.

He wanted to be angry.

But he keenly sensed that Mu Men Depei's mood was not good at the moment.

"Take me to see the results. If I'm not satisfied, I don't know what I'll do right now."

Mu Men Depei withdrew his hand.

Artisan Gate then knelt on the ground, gasping for breath.

His exploded eye socket grew out tendrils of flesh, healing at a visible rate.

However, he endured the pain and forcibly tore off the growing tendrils of flesh in his eye socket.

From his understanding of Mu Men Depei, when the latter was in a bad mood, he was capable of seeing his eye grow back and then digging it out again.

He endured the pain, got up, and walked towards another tightly sealed door.

As he pressed a button, the door opened, revealing the scene within.

It was a half-completed armor set.

At the armor's waist, the core crystal, forged with Mu Men Depei's ring as its core, was embedded.

This armor was entirely black, with exposed silver metal parts at its edges; the torso, limbs, and head were not yet connected.

It was covered in metal conduits, and special energy continuously detected and maintained this armor.

"To complete this armor now, more experiments are needed."

"More armor data needs to be collected."

Artisan Gate wanted to say some harsh words, to mock Mu Men Depei.

But after what had just happened, he realized that Mu Men Depei was not in a good mood.

So he ultimately held back.

"More experiments?"

"Collect more data?"

Mu Men Depei looked at Artisan Gate, causing the latter to involuntarily take a step back.

"Is that why you keep sending out monsters to be sparring partners for that Machinist!"

Mu Men Depei's powerful aura erupted.

In an instant, Artisan Gate directly fell to the ground, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

'This power, after he retrieved all his strength, he actually became this strong!'

"I will give you a better data body. Whatever you want to do, just finish making this armor for me quickly."

"During this time, I allow you in Haizhou City..."

"At all costs."

After Mu Men Depei finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and looked at Artisan Gate.

"Oh, and this armor, it's mine now."

"..."

"Yes."

Artisan Gate was furious inside but dared not show the slightest bit of it.

At this moment, he also realized why Mu Men Depei was acting like he had eaten gunpowder.

The fourth armor had already appeared.

Unbeknownst to him, during Mu Men Depei's process of gathering power, the power of the armor had already become something he could not ignore.

Artisan Gate knew how long Mu Men Depei's life truly was.

In his sense of time, it might be like waking up, seeing a cockroach under the bed.

He wandered around, found his long-unused insecticide.

Just as he was about to turn back to kill the bug, he found that the cockroach had evolved into a cockroach man, carrying a baseball bat, looking at him with ill intent.

This feeling made him irritable.

However, neither Artisan Gate nor Wooden Door felt that the armor could pose a threat to the entire monster race.

Mu Men Depei's concern and impatience were only that he felt that an undesirable event had occurred during his tenure, which would affect his future.

Artisan Gate only felt that a good, worthy research subject had appeared.

"At all costs."

"Can I interpret that as, even if I directly destroy Haizhou City now, it doesn't matter?"