509: Cooperation

Facing Lin Tianwei's question, the Mechanical God-King chose to evade it.

Those who could achieve the rank of God-King were all ruthless individuals; how could they truly care much about their own clans?

In fact, the reason the Mechanical God-King used his own origin to nurture these Mech Clan members was so that one day he could find clues for a breakthrough from them.

At that time, he would simply devour all these Mech Clan members, just like recycling an Avatar.

Everything they possessed would naturally become the Mechanical God-King's property.

The price for obtaining a God-King's possession has always been astronomically high.

It was precisely because of this that the Mechanical God-King chose to turn the tables, answering Lin Tianwei's question with another question.

Facing the Mechanical God-King's inquiry, Lin Tianwei merely smiled noncommittally, not giving a precise answer.

Whether he answered this question or not was unimportant, because the Mechanical God-King had his own judgment.

The reason he asked was primarily to lead into the next topic.

Looking at the Body of Steel that Lin Tianwei had manifested using data, the Mechanical God-King murmured:

"I truly didn't expect that an idea I, the Mechanical God-King, spent a lifetime researching but never managed to experiment with, would be seen as a finished product on a Cosmic Beast like you."

"The conversion of data and flesh, just thinking about it fills me with anticipation."

"There's no need for us to waste time here. We both get what we need. If we can agree, we'll talk; if not, we'll go our separate ways."

"I need your ability to freely convert between data and flesh. In exchange, within a reasonable scope, you can name any price you wish."

Speaking of this, the Mechanical God-King instinctively clenched his right fist.

If it weren't for the rules of this Twin Universe, where only flesh-and-blood creatures could comprehend and integrate laws, how could he have had such a difficult time?

With the terrifying computational power of data, the Mechanical God-King's comprehension of laws was definitely stronger than most God-Kings.

But what made him was also what broke him.

Under the special restrictions of the Twin Universe, even if the Mechanical God-King barely achieved the rank of God-King, he could only be at the bottom among them.

In such a situation, how could the proud Mechanical God-King be content?

It was precisely because of his discontent that he tried his best to find a way to break through the barrier between data and flesh.

And now that this method was laid before him, he was naturally willing to pay a huge price for it.

Facing the Mechanical God-King's directness, Lin Tianwei was also not polite, saying:

"The conditions offered by the God-King are indeed generous, but unfortunately, I cannot achieve that point—allowing the God-King to gain the ability to freely convert between a body of flesh and data."

"However, if the God-King is willing to settle for less, merely wishing to complete the conversion from data to a body of flesh, I would be happy to oblige."

This was not Lin Tianwei deceiving the Mechanical God-King; the reason he could freely convert between a body of flesh and data was that his Body of Talents played a crucial role.

And the creation of the Body of Talents not only involved Lin Tianwei's fundamental secret but also contained many coincidences.

Even if Lin Tianwei were to retrace his steps, he might not be able to replicate the Body of Talents.

Furthermore, the Body of Talents concerned Lin Tianwei's foundation, his origin, so it was naturally impossible to use it as a bargaining chip in a trade with the Mechanical God-King.

Therefore, this was the limit of the bargaining chips Lin Tianwei could offer.

Facing the trade proposed by Lin Tianwei, the Mechanical God-King's expression flickered, and he delayed giving a response.

He had thought this was an opportunity that would allow him to soar, but he didn't expect the other party to reject his condition and instead offer a different mode of cooperation.

Was it that the other party truly didn't possess this ability, or was this merely a delaying tactic? The Mechanical God-King looked at the Body of Steel that Lin Tianwei had manifested and fell into contemplation.

Most importantly, whether to abandon the powerful Body of Steel and completely convert data into consciousness was also a difficult choice.

No Cosmic Beast could accurately tell the Mechanical God-King if he would become stronger after transforming himself into a body of flesh.

But facing this hard-won opportunity, the Mechanical God-King was unwilling to miss it, and finally, he spoke with difficulty:

"It seems I thought things were a bit too simple."

"A conversion that even I cannot achieve, it's unlikely you can truly achieve free conversion either."

"Especially since my data flow is stronger and more condensed than yours, what you can do doesn't necessarily mean I can do it too."

"In that case, the trade conditions can be changed, but I must inspect the goods first."

Speaking of this, the Mechanical God-King directly cut a segment of data from his body and presented it completely before Lin Tianwei.

Presenting data to other Cosmic Beasts, especially to Lin Tianwei, who seemed like the bane of the Mech Clan, carried a huge risk even for the Mechanical God-King.

This was a grand gamble; it was just unknown who would be the final winner.

Facing the data severed from the Mechanical God-King, Lin Tianwei did not refuse and directly received this segment of data.

In fact, this was also his envisioned method of cooperation; he could not, and did not possess the ability to completely acquire the Mechanical God-King's power all at once.

Since that was the case, adopting an installment payment method would be a satisfactory trade for both parties.

In fact, this was also a test of Lin Tianwei by the Mechanical God-King, a terrifying open scheme.

Accepting the data severed by the Mechanical God-King meant Lin Tianwei faced the danger of data invasion.

That was data severed by the Mechanical God-King; even if it seemed like a very small amount, it should not be underestimated.

Even the strongest of the original Mech Clan, such as Balota, would be invaded by the Mechanical God-King's data with just a tiny bit of contact.

This was the risk of accepting this data, and at the same time, refusing this data also carried risk.

That would be the best proof that Lin Tianwei was weak, and the Mechanical God-King would never hesitate to obliterate a weakling and seize what he wanted from his corpse.

However, facing such a terrifying open scheme, Lin Tianwei acted like an ignorant fool, unhesitatingly receiving this data belonging to the Mechanical God-King.

Lin Tianwei's method of reception was even exceptionally offensive, like enjoying food, he swallowed this data belonging to the Mechanical God-King in one gulp and slowly began to digest it.

In fact, the Mechanical God-King's data was indeed incredibly delicious food for Lin Tianwei.

As he continuously analyzed and understood the Mechanical God-King's data, Lin Tianwei might be able to find another path, like the Mechanical God-King, and achieve God-King status through the way of the Mech Clan.

However, how could the data severed by the Mechanical God-King be so easy to digest?

Even though Lin Tianwei tried very hard, his stomach experienced discomfort for the first time, and the speed of digesting the data slowed to its limit.

The true King of Ten Thousand Beasts is an existence capable of using the power of ten thousand beasts.

Within the Cyber Ranch, Lin Tianwei could naturally mobilize the power of all cyber souls.

Stepping on the ground, terrifying data streams surged madly into Lin Tianwei's body, continuously Reinforcement the data representing Lin Tianwei himself.

At this moment, Lin Tianwei and the entire Cyber Ranch were connected.

He was himself, and also this entire ranch.

Lin Tianwei even had a feeling that if he wished, he could completely materialize this entire Cyber Ranch and condense an even more powerful body—a God-King Body!

As long as he was here, as long as his Body of Talents was here, he could gather the will of the entire Mech Clan and ascend to a God-King!

Under the blessing of the entire Cyber Ranch, the Mechanical God-King even became insignificant in Lin Tianwei's eyes.

Perhaps he could completely crush the Mechanical God-King with just one punch!

Shaking his head slightly, Lin Tianwei's eyes immediately cleared, causing him to abandon such a ridiculous idea.

If the will of countless beings could ascend to become God-Kings, then God-Kings would be everywhere in the two great Universes.

This power of integrating the entire Cyber Ranch into himself was indeed very strong, but it was not strong enough.

At least, power of this level could not possibly deceive Lin Tianwei!

Under the blessing of the entire Cyber Ranch, Lin Tianwei's digestion speed was extremely fast.

The data severed by the Mechanical God-King was quickly devoured and digested, becoming part of Lin Tianwei's power.

Compression, frantic compression, this was the Mechanical God-King's path to God-King!

If one hundred million units of data could grant a Mech Clan member the strength of a peak Universe Master,

Then the Mechanical God-King compressed one hundred million trillion trillion units of data within his body, possessing even greater strength through a terrifying amount of data.

This action seemed to show great perseverance, but it was the Mechanical God-King's most helpless choice.

He also wanted to achieve God-King status by relying on one or several laws, like other God-Kings, but as a combination of steel and data, he simply could not normally integrate laws into himself.

Piling up power was his only option.

It was also fortunate that the Mechanical God-King was of the Mech Clan, his main body being data, relying on the special nature of data.

Otherwise, this simple accumulation of power would only lead to destruction for other Cosmic Beasts.

This was also why the Mechanical God-King was not afraid of Lin Tianwei's prying eyes and chose to sever his own data directly.

His method of achieving God-King status was known to all, but impossible for anyone to imitate.

Even the current Lin Tianwei could not, unless he could possess cyber souls far exceeding his current amount by a hundred million times.

This also indirectly proved that the scene Lin Tianwei saw earlier, when he was deceived by power, was completely an illusion.

This Cyber Ranch was still too weak, utterly insufficient to support Lin Tianwei's ascension to a Data God-King like the Mechanical God-King.

As Lin Tianwei completely absorbed a portion of the Mechanical God-King's body, a transformation was silently underway.

Reversal, reversal, frantic reversal!

Finally, Lin Tianwei opened his mouth and spat out a deformed ball of flesh, finally ending this reversal.

The moment the ball of flesh appeared, the Mechanical God-King's gaze immediately became fervent.

This seemingly ordinary, even somewhat deformed, ball of flesh completely captivated the Mechanical God-King's attention.

The fact that this ball of flesh could appear in this Cyber Ranch, entirely constructed from data, was enough to illustrate its uniqueness.

However, this was not the most important thing; a faint sensation emanated from the ball of flesh, causing the Mechanical God-King to suddenly have an idea: this is my ball of flesh!

Thinking of this, the Mechanical God-King instinctively reached out his hands towards this ball of flesh.

Perhaps the appearance of the ball of flesh was too easy, too dreamlike, as the Mechanical God-King's hands even trembled slightly.

Facing the Mechanical God-King's somewhat presumptuous action, Lin Tianwei did not stop him at all.

He had to let his collaborator inspect the goods.

Most importantly, he knew that once the Mechanical God-King accepted this ball of flesh, he would never be able to escape his grasp.

The Mechanical God-King's body at this time, though seemingly powerful, was ultimately composed of data, an illusory thing.

As soon as this ball of flesh was held in the Mechanical God-King's hand, it seemed to be pulled by some force, rapidly moving to the Mechanical God-King's core area.

Like a heart, it beat strangely within the Mechanical God-King's body.

Closing his eyes in contemplation, the Mechanical God-King began to sense the uniqueness of this ball of flesh, seemingly forgetting that he was still in Lin Tianwei's Cyber Ranch.

After a long while, the Mechanical God-King finally opened his eyes and sighed, saying:

"I searched for him a thousand times in my dreams, and suddenly, turning back, he was there where the lights were dim."

"This is indeed what I want. I think our cooperation can continue."

With that, another larger piece of data was severed by the Mechanical God-King and appeared before Lin Tianwei again, its meaning naturally self-evident.

However, this time, facing the Mechanical God-King's data, Lin Tianwei chose to remain unmoved, instead looking at the Mechanical God-King with interest, saying:

"The God-King's thick skin truly surprises even me."

"Clearly, we have a cooperative relationship, and I have already paid the advance, yet you still plan to freeload off me."

"If this is the God-King's attitude towards cooperation, then I think there's no need for us to continue cooperating."

Speaking of this, Lin Tianwei's right claw pressed down slightly, and the next moment, a feeling of palpitation suddenly came from the Mechanical God-King's chest.

It turned out that the ball of flesh was shrinking at an extremely fast rate.

Under normal circumstances, the Mechanical God-King would not feel palpitation at all.

However, after possessing this ball of flesh, he felt some sensations that only a body of flesh would have, just like a flesh-and-blood body.

Wanting to freeload off Lin Tianwei? No way. He was the only one who ever freeloaded off other Cosmic Beasts.

While reversing this piece of flesh, Lin Tianwei also added a little something to the Mechanical God-King's data.

This addition, already integrated into the data, was equivalent to being integrated into the DNA, and even the Mechanical God-King could not detect it for a while.

Of course, even if he detected it, the Mechanical God-King would have no way to deal with it, as these were embedded manipulations within the data. Unless the Mechanical God-King also possessed the ability to convert between flesh and data, he simply could not rewrite what was already etched into the flesh.

But clearly, the Mechanical God-King could not possess such an ability; he could only be manipulated by Lin Tianwei. (End of Chapter)