74: Call of the Machine God

Chapter 74 The Call of the Machine God

After leaving the Play-in Tournament arena, the two headed straight for Yaoyang City’s Second High School.

During the summer vacation, the shops next to the school were a bit deserted.

The owner of the small restaurant recognized their two regular customers at a glance, “The usual three?”

Tang Tiaotiao replied familiarly, “And two more bottles of ice-cold beer.”

Time seemed to rewind to their campus life a little over a month ago. Before him was the familiar Sister Tiao, but some of her good friends were missing.

“Sister Tiao, do you still keep in touch with Er Pang and Wen Ming?” Wu Xian asked with a hint of sadness.

“Their families are both well-off, so they reported to the training camp a long time ago.” Tang Tiaotiao casually opened a beer and placed it in front of Wu Xian with a clink, “Heh—, it was more comfortable back when we used to skip class together.”

Wu Xian chuckled, “Actually, I’ve always been curious, why did Sister Tiao come to Second High in the first place?”

“Both my parents graduated from Second High, and they have deep feelings for the school, so both my brother and I attended Second High.” Tang Tiaotiao grinned lightly, “Of course, the main reason is that my family doesn’t get along with the principal of First High.”

“The principal of First High?” Wu Xian was puzzled.

“His surname is Pang, you know.”

Wu Xian suddenly understood.

“Speaking of which, I’ve been busy condensing my divine scroll lately, so I haven’t had a chance to annoy Pang Dahai for a while,” Tang Tiaotiao said with a serious expression, “I need to find an opportunity to show off to him.”

Wu Xian shook his head, caught between laughter and tears, “Aren’t you going to show off to me first?”

“Oh right~ I haven’t shown off to you yet.” Tang Tiaotiao suddenly slapped the table, putting on a mysterious and secretive look, “I’ll tell you a secret, when I was condensing my divine scroll, I felt the call of the Machine God.”

“Huh?!” Wu Xian was stunned in shock.

“How about that, impressive, right?” Tang Tiaotiao swayed her head proudly, “Sister Tiao, I am indeed the chosen one.”

Wu Xian was puzzled, “The call of the Machine God? Does that mean you heard the voice of the Machine God when you were condensing your divine scroll?”

“That’s right, Machine God said I have a lot of potential and told me to diligently study my Twelve Heavenly Riders.” Tang Tiaotiao’s face was filled with admiration and excitement.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian only felt his scalp tingle.

Good heavens, a Machine God actually exists?

And this Machine God even connected and sensed Tang Tiaotiao’s Soul divine scroll through some means.

If that’s the case, then is it possible for him to connect to the Chinese gods as well?

“Are you sure it’s not some kind of Evil God?”

Wu Xian was faintly worried, after all, he had just learned a couple of days ago that various strange Evil Gods existed in this world.

“How could it be, you’ll know when you see my divine scroll later.” Tang Tiaotiao said with certainty, then suddenly asked, “By the way, what’s an Evil God?”

“Uh, that’s a bit complicated to explain.”

Wu Xian stood up seriously, quickly paid the bill, and pulled Tang Tiaotiao towards the Dimensional Port.

His Natal Flying Sword rode the wind, and two people standing on it felt a bit crowded.

“Oh, what a cool ride!” Tang Tiaotiao’s attention was drawn to the Laurel Branch, “Is it a special-shaped power skateboard? Strange, why doesn’t it have a power System?”

“…” Wu Xian thought to himself that this girl was truly carefree, “Do Brother Tang and your father know about this?”

“I haven’t had time to tell them yet.”

Wu Xian was speechless again and sped up with all his might.

Soon after, they arrived at the foot of the Mechanical Dimensional Gate and directly entered the Elementary copy area.

After rushing out of the Dimensional Defense Fortress, he immediately had Tang Tiaotiao release her Soul divine scroll for confirmation.

Buzz~!

Mental Energy surged from within Tang Tiaotiao, and a golden scroll phantom appeared above her head. The scroll slowly unfolded, revealing a somewhat incomplete divine scroll.

Two mysterious and cool mecha figures shone within the divine scroll. One was the Moon God Sky Rider, and the other, a dark and wild-looking phantom holding a mechanical scythe, should be the Death God Sky Knight.

However, the figures of these two Mechanical Sky Knights only occupied a very small part of the entire divine scroll.

The other areas of the divine scroll were basically in a blank state, awaiting completion.

The key point was the background of the entire divine scroll, where flowing golden lines full of mechanical sense vaguely outlined the silhouette of a giant mecha.

“This, this, this…” Wu Xian was stunned into silence.

She could condense a divine scroll even with an incomplete concept?

He had previously worried if Sister Tiao had been misled by an Evil God, but now it seemed he had overthought it.

“Is that mechanical outline in the background the Machine God you mentioned?”

“That’s right,” Tang Tiaotiao nodded proudly, “but Machine God seems a bit introverted; he doesn’t respond when I talk to him.”

Wu Xian couldn’t help but ask curiously, “How did you do it?”

“I just kept conceptualizing, kept conceptualizing, but I just couldn’t conceptualize the images of the other Sky Knights no matter what. Then, all of a sudden, a flash of light appeared deep in my mind, and then I heard the call of the Machine God, who helped me successfully condense the divine scroll.”

“…”

After listening to Tang Tiaotiao’s description, Wu Xian was at a loss for words.

Looking at the golden lines in the background of the divine scroll again, they clearly contained powerful and clear Law Veins.

Compared to the Heaven-Bestowed scroll conceptualization System, what’s the difference between this and cheating?

“So what about now? Do you have any ideas for the other Sky Knights?”

“Of course,” Tang Tiaotiao said without hesitation, “but it needs to be done slowly. It requires some opportunities and feelings to conceptualize the other Sky Knights more completely.”

As she spoke, a peculiar death Aura emanated from the divine scroll.

The Death God Sky Knight in the divine scroll stepped out of the painting. Its entire body was dark and cold, and despite being a steel body, it gave off an inexplicably illusory feeling, like… a phantom mecha?

Its overall appearance was fierce and handsome, full of Killing Intent, like a Death God.

The mechanical scythe in its hand was almost larger than its entire body.

“Let’s go, let’s go, harvest some mechanical monster Souls to upgrade the Death God Sky Knight!”

Tang Tiaotiao put away her divine scroll and leaped onto the Death God Sky Knight’s shoulder. The Death God Sky Knight flew through the air like a ghost, searching for prey in the Mechanical Wasteland.

Wu Xian followed behind, stepping on the Laurel Branch, marveling.

Although this Death God Sky Knight was only bronze scroll one and a half stars, ordinary second and third-tier mechanical monsters had no power to resist it.

Wherever it went, a unique death Aura permeated, and mechanical monsters, as if blind, couldn't see the presence of the Death God Sky Knight at all. Some mechanical monsters even experienced strange malfunctions of certain parts.

“This way, to Mine Area No. 3,” Tang Tiaotiao directed, “Since we’re here, we might as well visit my mother!”

Wu Xian was astonished, “Mine Area? Your aunt is in the Mine Area?”

“Didn’t my dad and brother tell you?” Tang Tiaotiao said without thinking, “My maternal grandfather worked his whole life to secure that mine, and now it’s the main source of raw materials for our Tang Group. My mother stays there year-round.”

Good heavens, so Sister Tiao’s mother is a mine owner?

But then again, aren’t mine owners usually rough and full of social Qi?

Let’s just say that in this world, people’s impression of mine owners is basically similar to that of coal bosses in his previous life.

It’s a stereotype, perhaps.

“Hehe, Mom will definitely be happy to see my divine scroll.” Tang Tiaotiao’s eyes gleamed with anticipation.

On the way to Mine Area No. 3, Wu Xian wasn’t idle either.

He released Brother Pillar to fight alongside the Death God Sky Knight. With Brother Pillar’s popularity, he had quietly reached four stars, and while his combat power greatly increased, his size also grew considerably.

However, standing next to the Death God Sky Knight, there was somewhat of a difference between a Mortal and a god.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A four-star elite mechanical monster ahead, under the Death God Sky Knight’s assault, had various parts malfunctioning, and its movements became stiff.

Then it was pinned to the ground and hammered by Brother Pillar.

It died a truly aggrieved death.

At the same time, the outline of Mine Area No. 3 was already visible ahead.

However, before the two could get close, they were blocked by a group of Spirit Masters patrolling nearby.

“Whose kids are these, how did they end up in an Elementary copy?” The middle-aged man leading the group grumbled, “Don’t you know that all the major Mine Areas are under martial Law lately?”

“Oh my, isn’t that Brother Pillar? And a four-star Brother Pillar!” A team member behind him quickly recognized Brother Pillar.

Facing the aggressive patrol team, Tang Tiaotiao calmly stated her identity, “Hello, Seniors. I’m here to see my mom.”

“Your mom?” The middle-aged man’s expression was strange, and he vaguely felt this girl looked familiar, “What’s your mom’s name?”

“Li Zhanying.”

“…” The middle-aged man’s mouth twitched, and he feigned composure, “Ahem, well… the Mine Area is under martial Law recently, and we are just following orders.”

Subsequently, this patrol team even escorted them for a certain distance.

“It seems your aunt has a lot of prestige in the Mine Area?” Wu Xian was surprised.

“Of course~ Mom is my idol!”

Tang Tiaotiao’s eyes were full of pride and admiration.