199: Chapter 199 Come out, my masterpiece!

Su Xiaoxiao wiped the blood from her magic staff, her eyes resolute:

"Since we've already made it this far, let's drag that so-called Mechanist out and wipe them all out in one go!"

"Exactly!"

Ye Fei had recovered by this point. Feeling the souls of the fierce beasts still wailing in the factory, anger burned in her eyes:

"Those modified fierce beasts are too pitiful. I'm going to liberate them!"

"I'm going to destroy this hell!"

"Good!"

Chen Xi looked at his high-spirited teammates, a surge of heroic spirit rising in his heart.

He pulled several bottles of recovery potions from his backpack and distributed them to the group:

"Rest for five minutes to restore your state."

"After five minutes..."

Chen Xi pointed his finger toward the tightly closed gate, a flash of sharp light erupting in his eyes:

"We'll slaughter our way down!"

"Let's go meet that so-called 'Mechanist' and see if his pile of junk can stop us!"

"In this battle, we will completely pull out the roots of the Men in Black!!"

As the giant alloy gate leading to the depths of the underground rumbled open, a suffocating chill mixed with the smell of machine oil, like an invisible giant beast, lunged at the four members of the Nirvana Battle Team standing at the entrance.

"So cold..."

Li Murou couldn't help but shiver, subconsciously hugging the harp in her arms tighter. This cold wasn't a physical low temperature, but a shudder originating from the instinct of life—it was a warning signal sent by the body when facing an absolute death threat.

"Everyone be careful, the magnetic field here... is a complete mess."

Chen Xi narrowed his eyes and raised his hand to signal the team to slow down. In his perception, what lay ahead was no longer a dark basement, but a massive black hole filled with violent energy vortexes.

The four of them passed through a long corridor, and the scene before them suddenly opened up.

This was an underground space several times larger than the previous extraction factory. The dome was a hundred meters high, and the surrounding walls were embedded with countless glowing energy crystals, illuminating the entire space in an eerie, deep blue.

And in the center of the space stood a massive pyramid made entirely of an unknown black metal!

The pyramid was fifty meters high, with red energy circuits flowing across its surface, just like a giant mechanical heart that was beating "thump, thump." At the top of the pyramid, there was a suspended platform where a slender figure stood with their back to the group, hands behind their back.

"Clap, clap, clap."

The crisp sound of applause echoed in this vast space, appearing exceptionally jarring.

"Brilliant, truly brilliant."

The figure slowly turned around.

It was a man who looked to be only about thirty years old, wearing a pristine, spotless lab coat and a monocle. At first glance, he looked like a gentle and refined scholar.

But half of his face was cold metal bone, and that electronic prosthetic eye flashed with red light representing madness.

"To be able to break through the outer defenses and even destroy my three Mechanical Vajras..."

The man's voice, processed through electronic synthesis, carried a metallic texture, revealing no joy or anger:

"Chen Xi, and everyone from the Nirvana Battle Team, you have indeed given me quite a surprise."

"You are that 'Mechanist'?"

Chen Xi stepped forward. Although the [Miracle: Sublimation - Xing Tian] had been retracted, the card in his hand was still ready to be activated.

He stared coldly at this cyborg:

"Conducting so many unscrupulous experiments, even wanting to transform living creatures into machines... what is your purpose? Is it also for the so-called 'resurrection'?"

"Resurrection?"

The Mechanist seemed to have heard some hilarious joke, the corners of his mouth curling into a contemptuous arc:

"No, no, no. That kind of low-level emotional appeal is something only that idiot in the black robe would do."

"What I pursue is evolution! It is truth! It is—[Mechanical Ascension]!"

The Mechanist spread his arms, looking at the pyramid beneath his feet with fanatical eyes:

"Flesh is weak, mechanical ascension!"

"Biological bodies have limits; they get injured, they age, they die. Even so-called S-rank or SSS-rank talents cannot escape the corrosion of time."

"But machines do not!"

"As long as the most perfect biological soul is injected into the most durable mechanical shell, an eternal god can be created!!"

"Madman."

Su Xiaoxiao gripped her magic staff tightly, her eyes full of disgust:

"Treating life as spare parts, you don't even deserve to be called human!"

"Human?"

The Mechanist sneered and gently pushed up his monocle:

"In that lord's plan, old humanity will eventually be eliminated. And I will be the creator of the new world."

"Alright, small talk is over."

The Mechanist's finger tapped lightly in the void, and his eyes instantly became cold and ruthless:

"Since you destroyed my toys, then use your bodies to repay the debt."

"It just so happens that SSS-rank material is the best stuff for making the ultimate weapon."

"Come forth... my masterpiece!"

"Let this group of ants witness what true despair is!"

"Rumble—!!!"

As the Mechanist's voice fell, the massive metal pyramid suddenly vibrated violently.

The four walls of the pyramid slowly cracked open, revealing the deep darkness inside.

A terrifying, suffocating pressure gushed out from that darkness!

This aura was so strong that it far exceeded any fierce beast they had encountered before; even the fourth-order Sea Demon Emperor would be nothing more than a little brother in front of it!

"Hiss, hiss, hiss—"

Accompanied by a scalp-numbing hissing sound, eight giant black shadows slowly emerged from inside the pyramid.

Those were eight heads.

Eight ferocious snake heads, completely constructed of machinery and with varying designs!

Some heads spewed raging fire, some were wrapped in lightning, some emitted poisonous green mist, and others flickered with void-purple light...

And beneath those eight heads was a mechanical body as massive as a mountain range, a chassis combining tracks and sharp claws, as well as the nuclear reactor roaring incessantly behind it!

[Ultimate Biological Weapon · Mechanical Yamata no Orochi]

[Rank: Seventh-order (Pseudo-God level, corresponding to Lv.120+)]

[Status: Fully Awakened]

[Traits: Eight-attribute immunity / Devour / Regeneration]

"Sev... Seventh-order?!"

The moment Ye Fei saw this monster, her legs went weak, and she almost knelt to the ground.

A seventh-order fierce beast—that was a disaster-level existence legendary for being able to easily destroy a city!

What's more, this was a war fortress that had undergone mechanical modification and was armed to the teeth!

"Is this... his trump card?"

Chen Xi's pupils also suddenly contracted into pinpoints.

In front of this behemoth, humanity appeared so insignificant.

The eight mechanical snake heads looked down at the group from above, sixteen electronic red eyes locking onto them; the sense of oppression was just like having one's throat gripped by the Grim Reaper.