86: The Iron Dragon, Fafnir!

The moment the metallic liquid touched the energy field, it rapidly cooled and solidified.

Huge, dark, metallic-lustered dragon bones were being 'printed' at a visible speed.

Spine.

Ribs.

Skull.

Limbs... a steel skeleton, full of primal wildness and a sense of cold order, took shape in just half an hour.

It stood silently in the center of the dock, like the skeleton of an ancient beast that had slept for ten thousand years, radiating a silent, soul-freezing oppressive aura.

Next came the muscles and tendons.

Rolls of terrifyingly elastic fiber bundles, made from high-molecular composite materials, were precisely wrapped around the skeleton by mechanical arms.

They mimicked the muscle texture of real creatures, bundle by bundle, constructing the dragon's sleek and agile physique.

Then, the nerves and blood vessels.

Countless energy conduits, flickering with blue arcs, spread out like living vines along the muscle fibers, finally converging at the reserved heart position in the chest cavity.

Finally, the armor.

The orange crystal core obtained from the dragon was carefully placed into the power furnace in the chest cavity by a mechanical arm.

“Buzz—”

As the crystal core activated, a surging, almost uncontrollable torrent of energy instantly spread throughout the dragon's entire body!

The blue energy conduits lit up simultaneously, as if injecting flowing lava into this steel body!

At the same time, mechanical arms grabbed a new, liquid alloy and began the final encapsulation of this massive body.

It was a deep, obsidian-like metallic liquid.

It covered the muscle fibers, rapidly solidifying into black dragon scales of varying sizes, seamlessly fitted, and imbued with a cold texture.

The surface of the dragon scales was not smooth, but had a matte, sandblasted texture that absorbed the surrounding light, making its massive body appear even more stable and ferocious.

When the last drop of metallic liquid was encapsulated, all the mechanical arms slowly retracted.

In the dock, only a massive, steel beast remained, quietly prostrate, its eyes tightly closed.

It was simply too large.

Its body length exceeded fifty meters, and its wingspan reached a terrifying eighty meters.

Compared to it, the three-meter-tall titan mecha was like a hound standing at the feet of an adult elephant.

Its entire body was pitch black, and powerful muscle lines were faintly visible beneath the matte dragon scales.

Its ferocious dragon head was slightly lowered, and its sharp teeth and curved dragon horns emitted a deadly cold light.

Its huge dragon wings, folded on its back, were like two black giant blades in their sheaths, ready to tear through the sky once drawn.

Bionic Mechanical Dragon 'Fafnir' construction complete.

Model: Fafnir-01.

Power Core: LV20 Elite-grade crystal core.

Armor Material: Obsidian composite armor.

Weapon System: 'Dragon King' plasma breath, 'Scale Blade' tracking missile array, 'titan's Claw' close-quarters combat system.

Driving Mode: Single-person drive / AI assist / Remote control.

Gu Zhixia stared blankly at the behemoth below, she could even smell the lingering hot scent of metal melted at high temperatures in the air.

“This... this thing...” Her voice carried a trace of an almost imperceptible tremor, “Can it really fly?”

“We'll know if we try.”

Lin Mo's lips curved into a playful arc.

With a thought, he issued the command directly through his Captain's authority.

Switch to 'Panoramic Ecological Simulation Deck' mode.

Generating simulated scene... Scene: 'Storm Canyon'.

The dome of the shipboard factory suddenly became transparent.

Immediately after, the clear blue sky and white clouds were replaced by a gloomy, storm-ridden sky with lightning and thunder.

The bottomless construction dock below was also covered by a huge, simulated rocky ground.

They seemed to have been instantly teleported into a treacherous canyon, riddled with cliffs and ravines, amidst a thunderstorm.

“Come on, let's go up.”

Lin Mo stepped forward, walking towards his flame dragon mecha, which had the dragon heart in its chest.

Gu Zhixia also immediately snapped back to attention and quickly walked towards her thunder dragon mecha.

The two titan Dragon Soul mechas activated one after another, taking heavy steps towards the still-slumbering steel beast.

On Fafnir's back, a piece of armor silently slid open, revealing a semi-open cockpit platform just large enough to accommodate a titan mecha.

Lin Mo piloted his flame dragon mecha, leaping up and landing steadily on the cockpit platform.

Detecting Captain's mecha access...

'Fafnir' control authority transferred.

Welcome, Captain Lin Mo.

A new, majestic electronic synthesized voice echoed in Lin Mo's cockpit.

On the holographic screen before him, Fafnir's entire field of vision appeared, along with its complex weapon control interface.

An unprecedented sense of absolute control, as if he had become one with an ancient beast, spread throughout his body.

“Hold on tight.”

Lin Mo said to Gu Zhixia below through the communication channel.

The next second.

He suddenly looked up.

The tightly closed eyes of the prostrate steel beast below instantly opened!

What lit up was not cold blue sensors.

But a pair of vertical pupils, burning with raging golden flames, full of tyranny and majesty!

“Roar—!!!!”

A terrifying roar, metallic yet imbued with endless dragon might, exploded from Fafnir's throat!

This roar was no longer merely a sound wave!

It was an energy tremor that could directly impact the soul!

The entire simulated Storm Canyon trembled violently with this roar! Even the simulated sky showed data corruption and static!

Immediately after.

Fafnir moved.

It slowly rose from its prostrate position. Its massive fifty-meter-long body exuded an unparalleled sense of power.

Its folded black dragon wings on its back suddenly unfurled!

“Boom—!”

The wind howled!

Fafnir's massive wings, with just a gentle flap, stirred up a terrifying storm of air, blowing away the loose rocks on the ground.

A glint of excitement flashed in Lin Mo's eyes.

He pushed the joystick.

“Take off!”

Fafnir's legs bent slightly, then it pushed off with immense force, its massive body launching upwards like a siege cannon!

The heavy mecha, however, showed no clumsiness in the air, but rather an agile and elegant grace like a bird of prey.

It maneuvered deftly through the lightning-ridden canyon, each beat of its huge dragon wings instantly covering hundreds of meters.

“Awesome!”

Lin Mo couldn't help but exclaim.

This feeling of wielding absolute power was something the steady flight of the Natural Selection could not compare to.

“Try its weapons!”

Gu Zhixia's voice echoed in the communication channel, full of anticipation.

“Alright!”

Lin Mo's gaze locked onto a simulated mountain peak, a thousand meters high, in the distance.

He pressed the red button representing 'Dragon Breath'.

Fafnir's movements paused for a moment.

Its massive dragon head lifted high, opening its maw filled with sharp teeth.

The orange crystal core in its chest cavity began to operate at an ultra-high frequency, and deep within its throat, a dazzling, scorching orange-red light, like the sun, was rapidly converging at an exponential rate!

The surrounding air became distorted due to the terrifying high temperature.

“Dragon King Plasma Breath, fire!”

Boom—!!!

A destructive orange-red energy torrent, over ten meters in diameter, erupted from Fafnir's mouth like a divine judgment!