392: Chapter 392 Emptying the Underground Armory, Data Eyes in the Pure White Laboratory!

On the silver plaza, tens of thousands of fully armed Mechanical Imperial Guards knelt on one knee, their movements perfectly synchronized. The sound of metal clashing echoed through the vast space before falling into absolute silence.

The stunningly beautiful woman in the holographic projection bowed her head slightly, her attitude extremely respectful.

Su Yang walked toward the center of the plaza with his hands behind his back. His expression was calm, showing no surprise whatsoever.

"Introduce yourself," Su Yang commanded.

The holographic woman's voice was ethereal, with a distinct mechanical texture: "System Serial Number Zero. Responsible for managing all daily operations of the Divine Kingdom. You hold the Highest Authority Chip; all armed forces, production lines, and energy depots of the Divine Kingdom are at your disposal. Please provide your next instructions."

Without shedding a drop of blood, he had directly taken over a massive underground city.

Bai Li waved her silk fan, a hint of surprise in her purple eyes. Not having to fight saved a lot of effort.

Chu Ling put away her ice-blue longsword. Mary flapped her black bat wings and landed on the metal floor, her face full of boredom. Surrounded by cold lumps of iron with not a single living thing to drain blood from, she really couldn't find any excitement.

Qin Xueji's heart, however, was racing. As a female CEO in the business world, her keen eyes instantly recognized the true value of this mechanical city.

"Boss, the technology level of this city is hundreds of years ahead of the outside world. Cultivation Formations and high technology are perfectly integrated," Qin Xueji said as she walked to Su Yang's side, her voice filled with irrepressible excitement.

"If we move the arsenals and production lines here into the Inner World, we can continuously manufacture a loyal mechanical army. Liquid Metal technology and Psionic Batteries—if even one of these were released to the Secular World, it could turn the Qin Group into the world's top conglomerate. This is an inestimable amount of wealth."

Su Yang nodded in agreement. While killing monsters and leveling up was important, establishing a mechanical army that followed orders perfectly would save a lot of trivial trouble when crushing various Sects in the future.

"Zero, report the resource reserves of the Divine Kingdom," Su Yang said, looking at the holographic projection.

The holographic projection flickered, and a detailed 3D list materialized in mid-air.

"One hundred thousand High-grade Psionic Batteries. Eight thousand tons of Liquid Metal raw Materials. One hundred and twenty production lines for various mechanical battle armors. Thirty million Nano-repair Robots." Zero's voice was flat as she precisely reported the data.

Hearing the reported data, Qin Xueji's breathing became very rapid. This was simply an inexhaustible treasure trove.

"The Divine Kingdom's core energy, the 'Star Core,' is located in the bottom-most laboratory," Zero continued. "The Star Core supports the operation of the entire city. It requires the Dominator to personally perform dual verification of iris and Divine Soul before it can be transferred."

"Lead the way," Su Yang said succinctly.

A high-tech silver Anti-gravity Hovercar slid smoothly along its track and stopped in front of everyone. The doors slid upward automatically.

Everyone boarded the hovercar. Without the roar of an engine, the hovercar turned into a streak of silver light, descending rapidly toward the depths of the underground through a transparent glass tube.

Outside the windows, countless skyscrapers receded at high speed.

This underground city was perfectly orderly. There were no wandering Yao Beasts, nor piles of corpses. There were only tireless mechanical workers maintaining various glowing pieces of equipment. It was completely different from the blood-scented cultivation ruins they had seen before, filled instead with a cold sense of future technology.

Ten minutes later.

The hovercar stopped smoothly in front of a pure white metal door.

The door sensed the authority and automatically slid open to both sides.

There was no smell of decay, nor any cold wind. Behind the door was a spotless, pure white sterile laboratory. The lighting was soft and bright, and the walls were all made of white high-strength synthetic Materials.

The laboratory was vast, filled with hundreds of precision medical and scientific research instruments. Complex calculation formulas combining Formations and science pulsed on holographic screens.

Su Yang stepped into the laboratory, followed closely by the four women.

In the very center of the laboratory stood a tall, transparent hibernation pod.

Inside the hibernation pod, there were no cold mechanical parts, nor any nutrient solution for soaking a brain.

Lying quietly inside was a short-haired youth wearing a black, form-fitting combat suit.

The youth had regular features and pale skin, with no wounds on his body. Countless hair-thin transparent data lines connected to the back of his neck and spine. His chest rose and fell rhythmically, proving that the person lying inside was still alive.

"He's breathing." Chu Ling's ice-blue eyes flickered as she keenly sensed signs of life.

Bai Li walked to the hibernation pod and observed it carefully.

"There are no True Qi fluctuations of a cultivator. He is entirely a Mortal. However, the Mental Energy within him is as vast as a boundless ocean," Bai Li gave her assessment.

Zero's holographic projection appeared again beside the hibernation pod.

"Dominator. He is the founder of the Mechanical Ascension Project and the first generation leader of the Divine Kingdom. Fifty thousand years ago, he discovered that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was about to be exhausted, so he abandoned his identity as a cultivator and uploaded his consciousness to the Divine Kingdom's mainframe, becoming the first generation Intellectual Brain."

Su Yang stared at the short-haired youth in the hibernation pod.

"Since his consciousness has been uploaded, why is his physical body still kept?" Su Yang asked.

Zero replied: "To preserve the spark of human genes. The shell is in a state of absolute hibernation. The Star Core is hidden within the metal base at the bottom of the hibernation pod. Dominator, please perform verification to take control of the Star Core."

Su Yang walked to the control console of the hibernation pod.

A scanning device popped up from the console. A blue light beam swept across Su Yang's eyes.

Beep.

"Iris verification passed. Please infuse your Divine Soul imprint," the mechanical prompt sounded.

Su Yang separated a wisp of Divine Sense and probed into the core of the console's Formation.

The moment his Divine Sense touched the Formation...

A piercing red alarm suddenly blared within the pure white laboratory.

The light in the entire room instantly turned a dangerous blood-red. All the calculation formulas on the holographic screens disappeared, replaced by screens full of frantically scrolling garbled code.

"Warning! Non-First Generation Leader Divine Soul detected! Underlying Defense Protocol activated!"

Zero's holographic projection instantly distorted, and her originally ethereal voice became cold and harsh.

"Eliminate the intruder."

A muffled thud came from the bottom of the hibernation pod. The transparent glass cover lowered and instantly slid open.

The short-haired youth lying inside abruptly sat up.

The countless data lines connected to the back of his neck snapped one after another.

The short-haired youth opened his eyes.

There was no human emotion in his pupils. There were no whites, only a void of pitch black. Deep within those black sockets, two streams of green data code flowed rapidly like waterfalls.