510: Control

“No, don’t! Let’s talk!”

“We can, we can talk properly.”

Feeling the flesh orb wither, the Mechanical God-King had long lost his composure from when he first met Lin Tianwei. His face was filled with panic, like a helpless young beast facing an insurmountable challenge.

No one would have connected the panicked Mechanical God-King at this moment with a God-King.

Lin Tianwei’s goal wasn’t to fall out with the Mechanical God-King. Since the Mechanical God-King was sincerely begging for mercy, he didn’t mind being merciful and letting him go.

As Lin Tianwei’s tightly clenched claw gradually relaxed, the Mechanical God-King’s heart-palpitating sensation slowly dissipated.

The flesh orb hidden in his chest returned to its former vibrant state.

Seeing this, the Mechanical God-King finally relaxed, retracting the data he had just cut off, and said: “A misunderstanding, it was all a misunderstanding just now. I am a God-King, how could I have the idea of freeloading?”

“Feel free to state any demands you have, and I will do my best to fulfill them.”

“However, I also have one condition: you must retract the methods within the flesh orb, and you cannot do similar things in future transactions.”

This repeated feeling of gaining and losing, then gaining again, was too much even for a God-King to bear.

He immediately started begging for mercy.

However, in a place imperceptible to any Cosmic Beast, countless data representing brutality began to accumulate within the Mechanical God-King’s data.

A God-King must not be humiliated!

Even a God-King could not humiliate the Mechanical God-King in such a way, let alone Lin Tianwei, a Cosmic Beast of unknown strength.

The Mechanical God-King planned to thoroughly research this piece of flesh once he returned.

Once his research bore fruit, he would immediately destroy Lin Tianwei’s Cyber Ranch and kill Lin Tianwei, this ungrateful Cosmic Beast.

However, at this moment, the situation was weaker than the beast, so even if the Mechanical God-King was furious, he could only suppress his temper and cautiously curry favor with Lin Tianwei.

Nodding slightly, Lin Tianwei smiled and said, “Since the God-King is willing to cooperate, I will naturally act as a cooperator.”

“Backup plans are only there to prevent situations like what just happened. I believe such things won’t happen again in the future, so I naturally have no need to keep any backup plans.”

With a snap of his fingers, certain things were directly removed from the flesh orb and transformed back into data.

Knowing that the flesh orb had issues, the Mechanical God-King was naturally not so easily fooled.

He quickly judged that Lin Tianwei had resolved the hidden dangers within the flesh orb by its state and the characteristics of the removed data. His expression then improved slightly.

Seeing this, Lin Tianwei unceremoniously stated his demands:

“Since these Mech Clan members are nothing more than expendable soldiers to the Mechanical God-King, then I ask for some Mech Clan members from the God-King. The God-King shouldn’t refuse me, right?”

“My ranch is really a bit too shabby. It would be excellent if it could be expanded by tens of millions of times.”

Asking the Mechanical God-King for cultivation resources or a God-King’s legacy would undoubtedly expose the fact of his own weakness.

Furthermore, Lin Tianwei didn’t trust the bargaining chips offered by the Mechanical God-King, so he could only settle for asking the Mechanical God-King for some Mech Clan members to fill his Cyber Ranch.

Mech Clan members modified by Lin Tianwei’s Cyber Virus could not possibly cause any harm to the Cyber Ranch.

This was a transaction that could both enhance Lin Tianwei’s strength and prevent the Mechanical God-King from tampering with it.

Tens of millions of times?

Scanning Lin Tianwei’s already infinitely vast Cyber Ranch, the Mechanical God-King almost laughed in anger.

It was the first time he had so clearly felt what it meant for a tiger to open its mouth wide; Lin Tianwei’s appetite was so huge that even he felt afraid.

Looking at the flesh orb deeply embedded in his chest, and then at the fearless Lin Tianwei, the Mechanical God-King ultimately chose to compromise.

Before everything was settled, he had to maintain his relationship with Lin Tianwei, even if it was such a humiliating one.

If Lin Tianwei knew the Mechanical God-King’s thoughts, he would definitely think the other party had a serious illness.

There was only a friendly trading relationship between them; where was the humiliation?

Of course, if the Mechanical God-King thought too highly of himself and believed that fair trade with Lin Tianwei was humiliation, then Lin Tianwei wouldn’t mind continuing this humiliation.

Perhaps not intending to fully honor the transaction, the Mechanical God-King agreed to Lin Tianwei’s conditions without a second thought, saying:

“Your condition is reasonable, and I agree to it.”

“However, you’ll have to go collect the Mech Clan members yourself. Go to the Chaos Universe and personally receive them.”

Door-to-door delivery was indeed simple for the Mechanical God-King, but it involved a matter of face.

Infinitely sending his own race to be slaughtered by Lin Tianwei—if other God-Kings knew, would his, the Mechanical God-King’s, face be preserved or not?

As soon as he finished speaking, the Mechanical God-King threw down two tokens and hurriedly left the Cyber Ranch.

He only wanted to go back and study the flesh orb that Lin Tianwei had transformed for him; he had no desire to stay here any longer.

One token was a high-authority Chaos Universe conscription token. Through this token, Lin Tianwei could easily travel between the Alien Battlefield and the Chaos Universe.

As for the other token, it was a teleportation token, and its target coordinates were naturally a core area within the Mech Clan’s territory.

The Mechanical God-King would not actively help Lin Tianwei fight the Mech Clan, but he believed that with Lin Tianwei’s terrifying Cyber Virus, the Mech Clan would be nothing more than souls to be harvested at will in his hands.

Although this transaction was somewhat convoluted, it was proceeding roughly at a pace satisfactory to both parties... On the Alien Battlefield, Fritz was somewhat bewildered, looking at the Mechanical God-King who had suddenly stopped moving.

Didn’t he say he was going to find trouble with the mastermind? Why had the Mechanical God-King suddenly gone silent? Could it be that he could endure such a great humiliation?

No, that’s impossible!

What kind of existence was the Mechanical God-King? How could he endure such humiliation?

Perhaps the reason the Mechanical God-King stopped was to destroy the culprit who caused all this disaster.

After all, a God-King’s attacks were unfathomable and could not be judged by common sense. Anticipating the enemy from a thousand miles away and killing them in an instant was perfectly normal.

Perhaps in that very instant, the Mechanical God-King had already completely annihilated the enemy, turning them to smoke and dust!

Just as Fritz suppressed the doubts in his heart and patiently waited for the Mechanical God-King, he found that the previously motionless Mechanical God-King suddenly stirred.

However, with this movement, the Mechanical God-King did something that left Fritz utterly bewildered.

The Mechanical God-King only exerted a slight force and instantly traveled countless meters away.

This wasn't the main point; the main point was the direction the Mechanical God-King was heading, which seemed a bit different from what Fritz had expected.

He wasn't heading towards the Alien Battlefield; instead, he was moving in the opposite direction. From the looks of it, he was preparing to return to the Awakening Era.

Seeing this, Fritz, not knowing what he had imagined, rejoiced wildly:

“Lord Mechanical God-King, could it be that the enemy has been eliminated?”

“Lord God-King is indeed Lord God-King, his divine power is unparalleled, capable of annihilating enemies in an instant, leaving no trace.”

After completing his imagination, the heavy stone hanging in Fritz’s heart finally fell.

Anyone who discovered a beast capable of easily devouring them in their territory would be so anxious.

Facing Fritz’s flattery, the Mechanical God-King not only showed no joy but felt incredibly annoyed.

Especially Fritz’s fawning face reminded him again of Lin Tianwei’s face, which was so indifferent that he didn’t even put him in his eyes.

Yet, it was this indifferent Lin Tianwei who possessed heaven-defying abilities and realized his long-cherished dream.

With such a comparison, the Mechanical God-King felt that Fritz was truly unreliable, useless except for flattery. His tone became increasingly cold, and he said:

“It’s merely the rise and fall of a mere Mech Clan; why make such a fuss?”

“As long as I, the Mechanical God-King, am alive, the Mech Clan cannot be destroyed.”

“Don’t bother me with such trivial matters in the future.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Mechanical God-King’s figure was gone, leaving only Fritz stunned in place, looking in the direction the Mechanical God-King had left with some disbelief.

If Fritz remembered correctly, before coming here, it was the Mechanical God-King who said that the Mech Clan was very important to him, and targeting the Mech Clan was targeting the Mechanical God-King.

How could the Mechanical God-King have changed his mind in just a few moments, and even said the exact opposite?

Could it be that something he didn’t know about happened in those few moments?

However, Fritz could not figure out what kind of miraculous event could have caused such a shift in the Mechanical God-King’s attitude.

Unable to understand or explain, and unable to question the Mechanical God-King again, Fritz ultimately gritted his teeth and also left.

Since the Mechanical God-King was so unreliable, even ignoring the impending annihilation of all Mech Clan members in the Alien Battlefield, then he could only place his hopes on the Blazing Sky God-King.

However, Fritz probably never dreamed that the Mechanical God-King not only ignored the Mech Clan in the Alien Battlefield, but he even sacrificed all the Mech Clan in the Chaos Universe to Lin Tianwei.

Compared to Lin Tianwei, who could enable his breakthrough, those Mech Clan members, who were originally born to pave the way for his own strengthening, were naturally irrelevant.

Let alone slaughtering the entire Mech Clan in the Alien Battlefield, even if Lin Tianwei wanted to eliminate all Mech Clan members, the Mechanical God-King would only praise Lin Tianwei for acting appropriately.

However, Fritz was completely unaware of these inside details. He could never have imagined that in those brief moments, something had happened in Lin Tianwei’s Cyber Ranch that was enough to change the entire pattern of the Alien Battlefield.

The flow rate of data is incredibly fast, and coupled with special Talent, although many things happened in the Cyber Ranch, only a few moments had actually passed in the real world.

This was also why Fritz was so bewildered.

But bewilderment aside, Fritz instantly felt relieved; after all, God-Kings were always so unfathomable.

He only hoped that the Blazing Sky God-King he was about to face would be easier to get along with, and not as inexplicably strange as the Mechanical God-King... Just as Fritz embarked on his journey to find the Blazing Sky God-King, Lin Tianwei also withdrew from the Cyber Ranch.

This transaction with the Mechanical God-King could be considered pleasant. Coupled with having already paid the Mechanical God-King the bargaining chips in advance, it was time to reap his spoils of victory.

Considering that Lin Tianwei still had the task of accumulating merit points on the Alien Battlefield, this matter could naturally only be entrusted to other subordinates.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei subconsciously sighed.

His strength had grown a bit too quickly, resulting in no Cosmic Beast being able to keep up with his pace of growth.

This easily led to a problem: Lin Tianwei simply had no suitable subordinates to use.

Aside from Kai, Lin Tianwei didn’t seem to have any other subordinates he could send to do this important task.

Although he possessed the Avatar Talent, using an Avatar in the current situation would only affect his main body’s strength.

Furthermore, the Mechanical God-King was not someone to be trifled with. Sending an Avatar that was too weak to handle the task might instead become a weakness for the other party to exploit.

In this situation, Kai, who had just completed a major upgrade, became the best choice.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei directly issued an order to Kai:

“Kai, I now have a more important task for you to do.”

“Here are two tokens. One will allow you free entry into the Chaos Universe, and the other will allow you free entry into the Mech Clan’s territory.”

“Go and spread the Cyber Virus. More Mech Clan members should respond to the call and join the great Cyber Ranch.”

Facing Lin Tianwei’s command, Kai didn’t hesitate and immediately accepted it.

Even if this might draw the attention of the Mechanical God-King and potentially lead to his demise at any moment, as long as he could bring more cyber souls into the Cyber Ranch, it was all worth it.

At this moment, Kai had no idea that Lin Tianwei had already reached a deal with the Mechanical God-King. He still thought this was an extremely dangerous assignment and had already resolved himself to die.

However, upon receiving the two tokens from Lin Tianwei, Kai instinctively froze, and then his body couldn’t stop trembling.

The moment he touched the two tokens, Kai felt a familiar yet strange aura.

His body seemed to react instinctively, beginning to tremble all over.

If his strength hadn't already reached the peak of a Universe Master, and if Lin Tianwei wasn't backing him, he would probably have stumbled and fallen long ago.

This aura was incredibly strange, at least it had never appeared in Kai’s memory bank, yet it was also incredibly familiar, as if he was destined to recognize it.

Not only that, but this aura was also incredibly powerful, making Kai unable to help but submit to it.

What kind of aura was this, and why did it make him feel so strange?

Just as Kai was extremely puzzled, a claw rested on Kai’s back, saying: “To be so afraid of a mere Mechanical God-King’s aura, you’re really making me lose face.” (End of this chapter)