185: Chapter 185 Ultimate Reforging

The Bladed Scavenger took its first step.

The entire corridor shook in response.

Its alloy sickle scraped across the floor, the tip tearing through the steel plating and throwing off blinding sparks.

Zhao Mengmeng pressed her shoulder tightly against the door panel.

She had forcibly jammed half of a bronze rod into the gap of the deformed gate.

"How long can this door hold?"

Lin Ye glanced at the edge of the gate.

The dilapidated guide rails were bent, and only half of the latch remained engaged in the lock module.

"Two minutes, at most."

"Good news, that's a nice round number."

"Bad news, it doesn't have any manners."

Bang!

The first strike slammed heavily against the outside of the gate.

The alloy door panel instantly buckled inward by half a foot.

Zhao Mengmeng was jolted, sliding back a step as her boot soles screeched harshly against the floor.

Gritting her teeth, she pushed back against it.

Outside the door, the Scavenger's mechanical body began to accelerate.

The mechanical frame did not pause.

Cleaning up unregistered lifeforms was the core, immutable command in its legacy programming.

The Great Xia Live Stream chat exploded instantly.

[A three-meter-tall mechanical monster! The two of them don't even have a complete weapon; how can they fight this?!]

[The door is already dented! They said two minutes, but it won't even last half a minute!]

[That machine has no power! Brother Eye can't repair equipment either!]

Lin Ye didn't even look at the teetering door.

He decisively unequipped the ruined Dark Weaver from his right arm and tossed it directly into the empty slot of the remolding machine.

The machine showed no reaction.

The bottom of the energy slot was pitch black.

Zhao Mengmeng pressed her back tightly against the door: "Brother Lin, the machine is playing dead!"

"It lacks power."

"Where are we supposed to find a power outlet right now?"

Lin Ye looked up.

His Left Eye instantly activated.

True Vision immediately pierced through the ceiling of the preparation room.

Inside the metal sandwich layer, wires of various thicknesses were arranged in a crisscross pattern.

The vast majority were dark red.

Self-destruct wires.

Anti-theft wires.

If he touched the wrong one, the preparation room would be instantly welded shut, and the remolding machine would burn out on the spot.

Deep in the ventilation duct, a thumb-sized module was wedged in the dust, emitting a pure green light.

[Micro Energy-Gathering Module]

Wrapped tightly around the module were three deep-red anti-theft self-destruct devices.

Lin Ye closed his eyes.

A sharp pain shot through his left temple.

"There's power up there."

Zhao Mengmeng's voice tightened: "Are there any monsters up there?"

"There are bombs."

"Your way of comforting people is truly terrible."

Boom!

The second strike landed.

Cracks spread rapidly across the gate.

Zhao Mengmeng groaned.

The half-bronze rod was bent on the spot, and blood burst from the web between her thumb and forefinger.

Outside the gap, half of the Scavenger's metal skull slowly pressed closer.

It had no eyes.

The red scanning aperture in the center of its skull swept coldly across Zhao Mengmeng's face through the gap in the door.

"It's looking at me."

"Don't let it in."

"That sounds about the same as telling me not to die."

Lin Ye picked up a discarded iron box nearby and stacked it against the wall.

The iron box was severely corroded and wobbled violently when stepped on.

Lin Ye inserted his horizontal saber into the gap in the ventilation duct grating on the ceiling.

The edges of the grating were extremely sharp, instantly slicing open the skin on the back of his hand.

He didn't stop moving his wrist.

His Left Eye instantly activated.

The first red wire was tucked against the underside of the module housing, connected to a micro-detonation point.

The second red wire was hidden behind the dust.

The third was the thinnest, wrapped around the base of the module; touching it would trigger an explosion.

Lin Ye's blade tip probed into the darkness.

Outside the door, the third strike slammed down with immense force.

The upper half of the gate was ripped open with a terrifying tear.

The tip of the alloy sickle pierced straight through, grazing past Zhao Mengmeng's ear and embedding firmly into the wall behind her.

Zhao Mengmeng swung the bronze rod backhanded, slamming it hard against the side of the sickle.

Clang!

The bronze rod chipped.

Her entire arm was jolted numb, but she managed to force the blade aside by half an inch.

"Brother Lin, the first minute was very fulfilling!"

"Be fulfilled for another minute."

Lin Ye's blade tip steadily hooked the first red wire.

He couldn't just cut it.

In his Left Eye's vision, next to the detonation point at the end of the red wire, there was only a very short dark green insulation sleeve.

He pressed his blade tip down precisely.

Click.

The first red wire snapped.

Safe.

The next second, Lin Ye's blade tip flicked away the dust.

The second red wire suddenly lit up with a warning.

The shell of the remolding machine lit up with red light simultaneously.

Outside the door, the Scavenger suddenly retracted its sickle.

It crossed its arms to build up power.

Zhao Mengmeng's expression changed drastically.

"It's going to use both blades to smash the door!"

The edges of Lin Ye's vision had begun to go black.

The green safety point on the second wire was swallowed by red light every half second.

Lin Ye steadied his blade tip.

He waited for a beat.

Boom!

Both sickles slashed down.

A half-meter-wide gap was cleaved into the center of the gate.

Zhao Mengmeng was knocked back half a step by the shockwave, but she immediately lunged forward, using her shoulder armor to push against it with all her might.

She ripped the bronze mechanism off her broken crossbow and shoved it into the gap in the door, using it as a wedge to jam it shut.

"Hurry! Its face is coming in!"

The Scavenger's metal skull forcibly squeezed into the gap.

At the same time, Lin Ye flicked his blade tip.

The second red wire broke.

The red warning light on the remolding machine went out.

Only the third wire remained.

There was no extra room beside the wire.

If the blade tip was too heavy, the module would shatter on the spot.

If it was too light, it wouldn't cut the fuse.

Lin Ye pushed his Left Eye to its limit.

He applied force to his wrist and made a downward cut.

Outside the door.

One of the Scavenger's sickles forced its way in through the gap in the door, the blade pressing down toward Zhao Mengmeng's neck and shoulders.

Zhao Mengmeng held the bronze rod horizontally with both hands to block it.

The edge of the sickle sliced right through the outer layer of the bronze rod, sparks spraying everywhere.

Blood streamed down her wrist toward her palms.

"Lin Ye!"

"It's done."

With an extremely slight flick of his blade tip, the third red wire snapped.

The Micro Energy-Gathering Module lit up completely green.

Lin Ye pried it loose with his blade tip.

Plop.

The module landed steadily in his palm.

Zhao Mengmeng had already been forced onto one knee by the Scavenger's immense strength.

The gap in the door burst open completely.

Lin Ye jumped off the iron box and strode to the front of the remolding machine in one step.

He pressed the Micro Energy-Gathering Module into the energy slot.

Hum!

The silent machine casing suddenly erupted with eerie blue electric arcs.

The nano-liquid film, dry for years, surged rapidly within the slot.

A light screen popped up.

[Energy connected]

[Nano-remolding machine starting]

[Damaged equipment and compatible materials can be inserted]

Without hesitation, Lin Ye emptied all his inventory from his outer bag.

Frost Armor core fragments.

Broken Star Crystal.

sand spider tendon bundle.

Red-scaled viper back scales.

Blind Wind Bat ear bones.

Along with the ruined Dark Weaver bracer, he dumped them all into the remolding slot.

Zhao Mengmeng's eyelids twitched as she watched.

"Are you repairing equipment or making a stew?"

"If it keeps us alive, it's a good dish."

The eerie blue electric arcs erupted violently.

The materials were swallowed by the high-energy nano-liquid film.

Outside the door.

The Scavenger launched its final strike.

Rumble!

The entire gate burst completely off its guide rails.

Zhao Mengmeng, along with the rod, was blown away by the violent shockwave and slammed heavily into the corner.

The three-meter-tall Bladed Scavenger forced its way into the preparation room.

Its left-arm sickle swept horizontally, instantly smashing the alloy cabinet in the corner.

The red scanning aperture locked tightly onto Lin Ye in front of it.

Its right-arm heavy sickle was raised high.

The edge bore down directly toward the top of Lin Ye's head.

The Great Xia Live Stream was drowned in boundless fear.

[It's over! There's no time left!]

[The remolding is still loading!]

The overseas audience hadn't even had time to type out mocking comments.

Lin Ye, on screen, moved.

He didn't wait for the machine to finish operating at all.

Facing the sickle slashing down toward his head, he thrust his right hand straight into the violently surging eerie blue liquid film.

Zhao Mengmeng screamed: "Are you crazy!"

Electric arcs immediately flooded into Lin Ye's entire right arm.

His flesh made direct contact with the high-energy metal liquid at over a thousand degrees.

The excruciating pain made the veins in Lin Ye's neck bulge.

The nano-liquid film surged up along his wrist.

The charred fragments were forcibly remolded by the Star Crystal energy.

The sand spider tendon bundle transformed into tougher black-blue Nano-wire.

The red-scaled back scales were forged into a matte black-gold defensive shell.

[Dark Weaver · Abyss Sting]

[Forced re-equipment complete]

Lin Ye raised his right arm.

Hiss!

Six strands of Nano-wire, laced with eerie blue electric light, burst forth.

The Nano-wire sought its targets on its own.

It pierced through the Scavenger's shoulder axis, elbow connector, cervical spine transmission gap, and waist core slot.

The wires pulled taut.

The extreme cold attribute of the Frost Armor core was instantly triggered along the Nano-wire.

An electromagnetic micro-burst raged crazily within the mechanical monster's nerve bundles.

The downward-slashing alloy sickle froze in mid-air.

The massive metal body locked up completely.

Lin Ye reversed his horizontal saber with his left hand.

He stepped forward half a step.

The blade tip precisely gouged into the green light gap beneath the monster's skull.

He twisted his wrist.

It completely shredded the remaining biological brain tissue.

The red scanning beam in the Scavenger's eyes flickered twice and then went out completely.

Bang.

The three-meter-tall monster fell heavily to its knees.

The alloy sickle slammed into the ground, grazing the tip of Lin Ye's boot.

Lin Ye pulled his blade out.

The blade flicked off a trail of charred, viscous fluid.