167: My sister is so cool! Use thunder to forge my divine body!

He had never imagined that someone could use such a barbaric and unreasonable method to contend with the mighty power of nature.

This wasn't avoiding the storm.

This was... conquering the storm!

However, the true crisis had only just begun.

The moment they broke through the wind shear's encirclement, below them, an even more terrifying, massive lightning net, woven from tens of thousands of golden lightning bolts, had silently enveloped them like the gaping maw of a predatory beast.

That was this planet's "immune system"!

It had awakened, attempting to purge them, these "viruses" daring to invade its body!

"It's over..."

For the first time, Old Ghost's eyes revealed pure, soul-deep despair.

Any spaceship's energy shield would be completely penetrated, overloaded, and then internally detonated into a cosmic fireworks display upon contact with such dense and massive lightning.

This was a forbidden zone of the gods; mortals who touched it would surely die!

"Hmph, so it's finally here?"

A clear, yet slightly trembling voice filled with excitement, echoed in the silent Bridge.

It was Gu Zhixia.

There was no trace of fear in her phoenix eyes; instead, an unprecedented, magma-hot, insane battle intent burned within them!

"Lin Mo!"

She called his name, her voice resolute.

"Channel all main cannon energy to 'Thunder Dragon'!"

Lin Mo's brow furrowed instantly.

"What are you doing?"

"Fight lightning with lightning!"

Gu Zhixia's lips curved into a beautiful arc, one of extreme pride and extreme madness.

"Since my target is the thunderstorm core, I must first make these wild 'little guys' acknowledge my qualification!"

Lin Mo looked at her resolute expression, as if she was about to burn her own soul, and fell silent for a second.

He did not dissuade her.

He simply uttered a single word.

"Good."

The next second, an unimaginably thick energy torrent, like a surging Milky Way, was forcibly drawn from the Natural Selection's main energy core and directly injected into the "Thunder Dragon" mech located in the Hangar!

Buzz—!!!

The entire "Thunder Dragon" mech instantly erupted with blinding silver-blue light!

Endless lightning power surged and roared within its body, as if it would completely burst its steel frame!

"Thunder Dragon, sortie!"

The Hangar hatch opened defiantly!

The silver-blue mech, bathed in infinite lightning, like a blue comet streaking across the night, charged without hesitation, actively heading towards the golden lightning net capable of destroying everything!

The moment the silver-blue "Thunder Dragon" mech detached from the mothership and charged alone into the golden lightning net, Old Ghost's brain completely crashed.

He had lived for decades, seen mad people, but never someone this mad!

To use a single mech to directly confront a planet's lightning?

This could no longer be described as "suicide"; this was practically fearing that one wouldn't die fast enough, or gloriously enough!

"Is... is she crazy?!"

Old Ghost's voice, made shrill by extreme shock, almost pierced one's eardrums.

"No."

Lin Mo's gaze was fixed on the silver-blue figure, incredibly tiny yet incredibly stubborn amidst the endless lightning.

His voice was calm, yet carried a hint of... expectation, which he himself hadn't even noticed.

"She is simply walking her own path."

...Inside the "Thunder Dragon" cockpit.

Gu Zhixia's senses had completely merged with this mech, bathed in infinite lightning.

She could clearly feel the immense, almost terrifying energy torrent from the Natural Selection surging wildly within her mech, making every cell in her body tremble with excitement from this power.

She could also feel the wild "sense of kinship" emanating from the golden lightning net outside, stemming from a shared attribute.

They were calling her.

And also... repelling her.

[Warning! Mech energy overload 120%! Outer armor showing signs of electrolytic melting!]

[Warning! Detecting ultra-high intensity electromagnetic pulse! Fire control system offline! Navigation system offline!]

The cold system alerts echoed wildly in the cockpit like a death knell.

But Gu Zhixia seemed not to hear them.

Her phoenix eyes, always burning with fire, now reflected the golden lightning across the sky, her gaze extremely focused, and extremely wild.

"Not enough... still not enough!"

She roared, suddenly pushing the joystick all the way down!

"Let me... devour them!"

She wasn't trying to resist the lightning net with her own strength, but to do something even crazier, even more incredible!

She wanted to turn this endless lightning, manifested by the planet's laws, into her own use!

Behind the "Thunder Dragon" mech, eight energy diffusers, like wings, roared open!

On the silver-blue mech's surface, countless intricate energy circuits lit up like living things, forming a profound and complex energy array, as if it could devour everything!

"Come on!"

The next second, the "Thunder Dragon," like a moth plunging into a sea of magma, resolutely dove into the golden, violent lightning net!

Crackle—!!!

Billions of volts of golden lightning snakes instantly found an outlet, rushing madly and greedily towards the "Thunder Dragon" mech like a school of sharks smelling blood!

In that instant, the "Thunder Dragon" was almost instantly burst by this terrifying energy!

The mech's armor was dissolving and vaporizing inch by inch!

Inside the cockpit, countless electrical sparks flew everywhere like dazzling fireworks, various instrument panels wildly maxed out, then exploded one after another!

Gu Zhixia felt as if her soul had been thrown into a lightning furnace, being repeatedly tempered and forged!

The intense pain almost made her faint.

But she clenched her teeth, that pride from the depths of her soul, refusing to admit defeat, supported her last conscious thoughts.

"I... am Gu Zhixia!"

"I... will never... lose here!"

Uncontrollably, her mind flashed back to the one hundred and eight times she was mercilessly crushed in the simulation cabin by the black "Yan Luo" demon god in various humiliating poses.

That deep-seated shame and unwillingness!

She also remembered her younger sister Gu Nianqiu's innocent and cheerful smile, and the "Fear No Electricity in the Charge" meal she brought.

She remembered Lin Mo's calm yet trusting gaze.

They were her everything!

"Ah ah ah ah ah—!!!"

She let out a hysterical roar, like a cuckoo crying blood!

That crazy will, named "unwillingness," which she had forcibly suppressed deep in her heart, completely erupted at this moment, between life and death!

Buzz—!!!

The "Thunder Dragon" mech, which was on the verge of collapse, under the drive of her will, actually erupted with a new, more powerful, and even more barbaric law fluctuation!

S-Rank Talent, "Weapon Master"!

At this moment, Gu Zhixia finally comprehended its true power!

Its true meaning was not to master weapons, but to... "dominate" weapons!

To turn all things into extensions of one's body and will!

And at this moment, for Gu Zhixia, this sky full of lightning was her strongest and most perfect weapon!

The energy array covering the mech body suddenly reversed!

From passive reception, it turned into... active plunder!

The golden lightning snakes that were originally surging wildly, as if throttled by an invisible hand, paused their offensive.

Immediately after, an even more incredible scene occurred!

Those wild, untamed golden lightning bolts actually began to be forcibly, little by little, drawn from the lightning net by the "Thunder Dragon" mech!

Then, they were greedily devoured, absorbed, and transformed!

The silver-blue mech, after devouring these higher-level lightning powers, not only did not collapse but instead began to undergo a strange and sacred evolution!

The electrolyzed armor re-condensed and reshaped amidst the intertwining golden and blue electric light!

The mech's lines became smoother and more... menacing!

Behind it, the eight energy diffusers even began to grow massive light wings made of pure lightning, like the wings of a giant dragon!

It was feeding on lightning, reforging its divine body!