Chapter 900
Chapter 900 - 886: The Abandoner
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The mountain of gems was right before their eyes, but at this moment, it was clearly impossible to bypass it.
A vast number of Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers stood there, coiling around each other, entwined like a ball of snakes, but everyone knew that this was infinitely more dangerous than a real nest of snakes.
In front of their massive size, the plaza seemed far too cramped.
"Bait tactics?"
"It can’t be done... and besides, there’s no time left."
The message from the Reception Room informed them that the Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers had begun to return, and within a foreseeable future, at most ten minutes later, everyone’s retreat would be cut off.
Behind them was a path that was being sealed off once again, with no space left even for bait to move.
"The usual rules..."
The calm words conveyed determination as always.
The daily life of a Professional Warrior was simple and brutal, another Narrow Road Meeting by chance, another play where the Warrior emerged victorious.
But this time, something was a bit different...
"How do we fight? Just rely on Mumu? It’s still the first child..."
In front of the Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers, Abnormal Ability Users below Decree-level were like mortals, and those at Decree-level had the freedom to retreat and run away... Most abilities were instantly taken, and Taboo Weapons turned into blade-less massagers, making the battle seem utterly hopeless.
Lu Ping’an knew that relying solely on their own party was no longer enough... or rather, he did not intend to risk his life for this mission.
"... Prince His Highness."
"I understand..."
The Prince who had just signed a contract floated out. Casola, upon seeing the countless gems on the ground in that area, also made up his mind... the determination to never return to the normal life of the Luka people.
"Ghost Warriors, fall in."
Following Casola’s command, shadows one after another stepped out from the void into reality.
Those were the beaten-up dynamic armors that Lu Ping’an had recently spent a great deal of money on to buy—eleven second-hand dynamic armors from the Yika tribe (plus one that hadn’t been successfully repaired).
Even if only worn and refurbished, those standard armors of a strong cosmic Ethnic group still had significant tactical significance.
They could greatly enhance the wearer’s defense, survival, and basic capabilities; even a rookie could deliver combat power above 2-tier... However, they were purchased more for providing Lu Ping’an’s core members with a Combat platform capable of operating in extreme environments such as the void, space, and Volcanos.
"Ghost Warrior Team One has been deployed into position... Ghost Warrior Team Two, start."
But this time, those armors that landed were empty.
Were they like Animated Armors? But even Animated Armors, when this close to the Energy Devouring Field of the Evil Sunflower, would become immobile, turning into lifeless scrap metal (poor Zhi Xi).
"Ghost Warrior Team Two... Ghost Blade has been positioned."
This time, what lined up were "War Electric Saws."
These were also military supplies previously purchased by Lu Ping’an; this time, however, they moved on their own without wind and floated in mid-air as if they were Active Weapons.
And at their core, each held a pale yellow Crystal...
"My clansmen... attack our arch enemy, take back our brothers and sisters!"
The next moment, Casola issued an order.
The dynamic armor, still bearing its trade mark, exerted a fearful force, and that instant burst made Lu Ping’an, who was a witness, feel as if he saw a third-tier runner... and that was merely the aftermath of these armors.
"The Luka people huh... Heh, perhaps it’s time for a change in the name of the species."
Some things, when explained, are actually quite simple.
The precious mutation of the Royal Family wasn’t just about turning "clansmen" into "ethnic gem products," it was in fact a transformation from energy state to material state, which could be regarded as a kind of ethnic evolution, but could also be seen as... no, in the eyes of the orthodox Luka people, it must be a form of degeneration.
"This, is this the feeling of pain..."
"Fatigue, am I tired? Or is it the metallic shell that’s weary?"
At first, the communication was filled with the confusion of this Newborn ethnic group.
After obtaining the gems of these clansmen, Lu Ping’an’s engineers and logistics team immediately conducted experiments, and considering the "Energy Creature" nature, they started to use the gems as "batteries" in machinery on the nth experiment.
The result, however was pleasing. Those mechanisms lived... permanently alive!
The Luka people had acquired a new body, losing all features of an energy body and directly becoming a new silicon-based life form... without a trace of energy fluctuation, not a hint of supernatural power, profoundly a pure machine/metallic life form.
And the original mechanical Creations "ascended"... Previously they were just lumps of iron, but after obtaining the gems and completing the evolution, they easily performed several times their original output.
Most absurd was that this was not simply "energy parasitism." Beneath the original iron armor, new "muscle tissue" and "energy conduits" had grown, and the electric saws of Ghost Blade even evolved self-floating "power backpacks."
When most of the gems merged into this new body, the metallic beings started to compensate for their own material flaws on a physical level, and performance enhancement was merely incidental... As they transitioned from a tool to a life form, their bodies had to reach a self-sustaining standard that was logically consistent, optimization was comprehensive.
This was akin to an "evolution spell" that allowed these "tools" to complete what would normally be a very lengthy self-evolution.
Through testing, these "pure Iron Men" did not display supernatural "psychokinetic phenomena;" they were simply a "pure life form," rendering the Energy-devouring Evil Sunflower’s powers meaningless.
In a way, Fang Wen’s dream had been prematurely realized at this instant. The Luka people had also found a way to overcome their innate weakness, but could these new mechanical beings still be called Luka people?
"Fast, fast, fast!"
The calls of his comrades brought Lu Ping’an’s attention back.
It wasn’t that he was distracted on the battlefield, but rather, sharing the "Energy Devouring Field," simply maintaining the range of this ability, shielding energy fluctuations to avoid attracting more Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers, already stretched him to his limit.
Blood loss, hypothermia, it had been too long...
At this time, Lu Ping’an had no combat power left; his pupils had lost focus, and he might collapse at any moment...
"Go, Mumu, go help them."
Before completely losing consciousness, he issued his last command.
In front of him, Mumu transformed into a giant tree and charged to the forefront, and behind it were the eleven determined Ghost Knights and their eleven Ghost Blades.
Could the vanguard, having forsaken their original forms, achieve victory in this battle for survival?
Lu Ping’an, with hazy consciousness, couldn’t judge the outcome, but he had done everything he promised.
Neither side could use supernatural abilities, without energy Passives or supernatural combative tactics, they collided in an ugly and resolute manner.
— End of Chapter 900 —