King of Beasts.

Chapter 385 Reopening the Elemental Age!

Although the College Student Invention Competition does not seem to be so high-end because of the word "college student", it is not actually the case.

In addition to teaching tasks, universities also have scientific research tasks. Many excellent college mechanics can even reach level 5 or 6. Compared with the Republic’s top legendary mechanics, they are only 1 to 2 levels away.

Therefore, these elite students are also the core figures in many university scientific research projects. Due to their specialties and different research fields, sometimes even the legendary mechanics leading the team have to ask them some questions.

It is not true that their inventions are useless. Many elite university mechanics can even develop mechas and fighter planes...

The annual College Student Invention Competition attracts a lot of attention. This competition is also a competition among hundreds of universities with mechanical departments in the Xingyue Republic.

In order to help students achieve better results, many mechanical experts will even come on stage to give guidance to some of the more talented students. So although it may seem like an invention competition between college students, in fact, it is also a competition of the foundations of each university.

“The mechanical age is all about convenience.”

At the Orange Sky Research Institute, as the start time of the competition drew closer, Lu Ran and his team, who had completed their invention mission, took a short break.

These ten days or so have exhausted Rika, No. 18 and the others, even after Rika slowed down the flow of time and closed the Hell Path from time to time.

Obviously, even a legend like the Six Paths Flower cannot withstand the consumption of playing with time.

But fortunately, they succeeded in the end.

In addition, what makes Lu Ran feel more comfortable in the mechanical age is that the venue of the "College Student Invention Contest" is not in "reality".

But in the "Mechanical Secret Realm".

Moreover, the main "judge" is not "human mechanics" but "super artificial intelligence."

At that time, after the competition begins, all contestants can enter the Mechanical Secret Realm through the teleportation entrance of their own university. After entering the Mechanical Secret Realm, everyone will be assigned to a separate area.

In this area, there are only the contestants themselves.

At the same time, this area is monitored by super artificial intelligence and broadcast live on the Internet.

Contestants need to present their inventions "speaking to themselves" directly in this competition area.

Next, during the presentation, the super artificial intelligence will rank the contestants’ inventions in real time based on certain judging criteria, and everyone’s ranking will change every minute and every second.

Once everyone has presented their results, the final ranking will be locked.

This is the "initial ranking".

Then, it is the "audience voting" and "expert jury" sessions. The "top 100" inventions selected by artificial mechanical intelligence will be open to voting by viewers watching the live broadcast. In addition, the expert jury composed of 10 legendary mechanics will also stand from the human perspective and fine-tune some rankings based on the results of the "audience voting" and their own professional knowledge.

The ranking after this is the final ranking.

In other words, during this invention competition, there is no need to wait for contestants one by one to present their inventions. Instead, tens of thousands of contestants will present their inventions simultaneously, and the super artificial intelligence will summarize the rankings in real time for everyone to discuss.

Saves time greatly.

…………

The invention competition is getting closer and closer.

Capital University of Mechanical Engineering is considered to be one of the top five universities in the Xingyue Republic in terms of the level of its mechanical department.

Before the competition started, President Deng of Capital University of Mechanical Engineering and several other leaders held a pre-competition discussion meeting for the invention competition.

"Whether Capital University of Mechanical Engineering can achieve excellent results in this 'College Student Invention Competition' depends mainly on these three people."

"Yu Su, we have been improving the 'space jump device' for the past two years. This year, we have made great progress. After the improvement, even ordinary people without any weapons can use the space jump device to achieve a certain range of instant movement and withstand the load brought by mechanical space movement."

"If the cost can be reduced, it can be used in the field of disaster prevention to help ordinary people move around in disaster situations."

Everyone nodded. Although the strategic significance was not very great, and even the value of ordinary people was not as great as the cost of such a device, this was just a college student invention competition after all. An invention that could help the safety of ordinary people and make ordinary people feel "cared for" would definitely attract a lot of votes and affect the final ranking.

"Li Xingyao, Ke Chuanqi's favorite student, has participated in the invention competition for three consecutive years and has been ranked in the top ten for three consecutive years. This year, he developed the 'Hidden Dragon Suit', and it is predicted that he will also be ranked in the top ten!"

"The Stealth Dragon Suit is a special equipment developed based on the ability of the Tribe-Exterminating Dragon Clan to transform into a stealth dragon. Its greatest function is to conceal its own existence. It may seem like a very ordinary ability, but for equipment of this type, the Stealth Dragon Suit has achieved a breakthrough in cost and function. Not only has the cost been reduced to a level that a mid-level mechanic can afford, but during the experiment, the Stealth Dragon Suit is said to have allowed a Level 70 Beast Tamer to successfully evade the perception of a Level Overlord! He was able to steal resources from the other party's cave without being noticed!"

"And Ji Xie, her latest achievement, the 'Red Lotus Mecha' that uses the earth's core lava as energy, has finally achieved a breakthrough from 'King' to 'Overlord'..."

It's not just Capital University of Mechanical and Electrical. All schools are discussing the research results of their own students and how to "build momentum" and "canvass votes" for key contestants in the "publicity segment."

……

Xingyue University of Science and Technology.

A young man walked out of the research institute with great excitement and looked up at the starry sky.

"Death Gun boss, I made it!"

He is from the Star-Moon Federation and is a fourth-level mechanic in the Mechanical Department of Star-Moon University. He is very excited about entering the Mechanical Age. The Mechanical Age is the least explored era between the two worlds. This era hides countless wealth and is full of opportunities.

During these ten days, through his unremitting efforts, he successfully became an apprentice to a legendary mechanic.

The method of becoming an apprentice is to “steal ideas”.

"Death Gun, thank you so much. If we can suppress Blue Star's passerby this time, you will have made the greatest contribution. When I, Mark, return for an interview, I will definitely give you a licking."

As the first big man in the Star-Moon Federation to combine machinery and the undead, Death Gun's reputation in the field of machinery is no less than that of the legendary mechanic. He has also researched many black technologies related to the soul.

Among them, some black technologies have even disclosed their core technologies.

For example, the technology of the "soul massage device" has long been included in Xingyue University for the purpose of cultivating more talents.

It was at Star-Moon University that Mark experienced and learned the making of the "Soul Massage Device" developed by Death Gun. This soul massage device can massage humans like a massage chair to relax the soul of the Beastmaster. Then, over a period of time, his learning efficiency improved.

He simplified and imitated Death Gun's "soul massage device", which earned him the appreciation of a legendary mechanic. Although the level of machinery in later generations cannot compare to that of the mechanical age, there are some small exceptions. For example, Death Gun, who was favored by the God of the Underworld, combined soul and technology to create some epoch-making new gadgets.

This time, Mark felt that he was undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary of Death Gun Boss's invention.

In his opinion, even if the awesome Lu Ran from Blue Star successfully completed the mechanical transformation of the Overlord's pet, what would it matter? He imitated Death Gun's "soul massage device", and now it has been improved under the advice of the legendary mechanical teacher. For the development of the entire mechanical department, it is definitely more meaningful than the mechanical transformation of an Overlord!

……

"Although I have given up hope of completing the breakthrough mission and getting a good ranking, it's still good to have the chance to evolve a mechanical pet..."

"I have also learned a lot of knowledge about mechanics. After returning to Blue Star, if I stay in the country, I will definitely become a leader. After all, mechanics are so rare."

"If I were to make it to the Condor Federation, which is now vigorously developing the mechanical department, they would definitely be very happy to accept me! The Condor Country's treatment of talents is the best in the world!"

"Also, it's not bad to go to 'Xia Country'. Now that 'Xia Country' and 'Amazon God Country' have established diplomatic relations, there is unlimited potential. The most important thing is that Xia Country's Lu Ran is also here. We can contact 'Lu Ran' in advance when we break through the secret realm."

At this moment, several trial participants from the small country on Blue Star were also fantasizing about their bright future.

It can be said that no matter what their identity is, whether NPC or trial-taker, they have clearly found their own position within just over ten days and are ready to maximize their benefits.

As for Lu Ran, except for a few trial participants who knew how awesome he was, he seemed to be forgotten on the eve of this busy competition.

Dr. Orange Sora was busy with his project at the Divine Research Institute and had no idea that he was also participating in the invention contest.

Although Principal Fu signed him up for the invention competition, considering that Lu Ran was a novice in mechanics, Principal Fu thought that Lu Ran was just participating for fun.

Although Lu Ran confirmed that he would study with Dr. Cheng Kong, the problem was that it would be difficult to produce any results in just a dozen days. Moreover, due to Dr. Cheng Kong's busy work, the teaching had not officially started yet.

Therefore, on the day of the competition, Lu Ran was like an orphan, without anyone paying attention to him. At the specified time, he arrived at the Mechanical Secret Realm Transmission Hall of the Capital University of Mechanical Engineering.

No...it's not that I don't pay any attention to it.

"It's you!!" When Lu Ran was looking for a spot in the empty teleportation hall, he once again met the owner of the Xuan Ting mecha who was defeated by President Ha.

"Your name is... Ji Xieshi, right?" Lu Ran stopped and recalled.

"No! There is no poem!" Ji Xie looked at Lu Ran unkindly and said, "You actually came to participate in the invention competition. It just so happens that I was busy developing new mechas some time ago and didn't have time to challenge you in other ways. After the competition is over, you and I can have another battle, how about it?"

"No." Without the restrictions of the institute's rules, Lu Ran didn't want to waste time on weak NPCs. He directly found his own teleportation cabin and sat in it, which made Ji Xie furious.

When the contestants from Capital University of Technology saw this scene, they were also stunned.

Oh shit, even a random person is participating in the competition.

Didn’t the investigation say that this guy had never had any contact with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and was a freshman in the Department of Mechanical Engineering?
Could it be that in such a short time, the mechanical evolution of the lightsaber dog has been successfully developed?
Just as the students were speculating, a broadcast came from the hall:

[Please all contestants take their seats at the designated transfer locations as soon as possible...]

【Please everyone...】

After the system broadcast came out, the students began to walk around sparsely, and then sat down. Although Ji Xie was angry that Lu Ran ran away after winning and did not give her a chance for revenge and let her feel happy, it was obviously more important at the moment.

"Come on." At that moment, Lu Ran sat comfortably in the teleportation cabin, and the teleportation countdown sounded in his ears...

【300…299…298……】

five minutes later!

Lu Ran's whole body was covered in light and he disappeared directly into the teleportation hall.

At the same time, his figure appeared in an extremely large experimental field covered with dead grass.

In addition to the vast experimental site, there was also a huge eye in the sky, which almost made Lu Ran think it was the "Eye of the Evil God".

But the fact is...

[Race]: Ultimate Space
【Attribute】: Mechanical
[Racial Level]: Quasi-Legend

[Growth Level]: Level 92

[Introduction]: A space-type mechanical life form developed by the Star-Moon Republic. It has multiple functions such as combat and research, and can use its Ultimate Eye to monitor the every move of millions of lives in its body.

“A quasi-legendary creation… okay…” Lu Ran shrugged. This was indeed the era when humans were the most powerful.

…………

At the same time, tens of thousands of contestants entered the Mechanical Secret Realm, the Ultimate Space.

Through the live broadcast of the Ultimate Eye, their every move has also appeared on the official website of the "College Student Invention Competition", and tens of thousands of live broadcast rooms are simultaneously broadcasting the situation of each contestant.

The audience who had been waiting outside the live broadcast room for a long time put on mechanical glasses the moment the live broadcast room was opened. They felt as if they were there, like gods, and entered the ultimate space from a first-person perspective, paying close attention to the contestants.

The live broadcast rooms of the more popular contestants undoubtedly attracted a huge number of viewers, while some students who were not famous and were just there to make up the numbers had almost no attention.

Like Lu Ran, since there was no publicity before the competition, no one paid attention to this small role.

However, these are all unimportant matters, because "Super Artificial Intelligence: Ultimate Space Life" itself is paying attention to every contestant, and it will rank the inventions of each contestant absolutely fairly.

Even if no one has paid attention to it before, as long as the invention is powerful enough, it will sooner or later be ranked at the top of the Ultimate Space and attract a lot of attention.

Then, by simply replaying the live broadcast, viewers who had not paid attention to the dark horse contestant before can watch the performance process from beginning to end.

outside world.

The invention competition continues.

Mentors from major universities, mechanics from various companies, and expert juries selected from all walks of life did not enter a live broadcast room to watch from the beginning.

Instead, they all stare at a ranking that changes in real time, waiting for the judgment of the "Ultimate Space".

The ranking is blank at first.

After one or two minutes, some contestants who performed relatively quickly were already on the ranking list.

The time allowed for presentation of research results is 30 minutes, so after 30 minutes, the final ranking of the initial scoring stage will be made.

Although two minutes does not mean much, when some school leaders saw their students ranked in the top ten, they couldn't help but smile.

[Capital University of Mechanical Engineering, Li Xingyao, research invention: Transformation Dragon Suit, currently ranked 4th! Display status: Completed. ]

"4th place, 4th place, I don't know if I can keep it in the end!"

At Capital University of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, President Deng, President Fu and a number of other school leaders were immediately delighted when they saw Li Xingyao's ranking.

[Samsung University of Mechanical Engineering, Lian Se, Research and Invention: Blue-Eyes Black Dragon Mechanical Evolution Outer Armor, Evolution Failed, Contestant Eliminated! Display Status: Completed. ]

Of course, there are some who are happy and some who are sad. Some contestants who had their inventions were not able to display them smoothly and were directly eliminated by the Ultimate Space. Their names fell to the bottom and ranked last.

Time... passes by little by little.

The top-ranked contestants are nothing more than elite students from several prestigious universities such as Xingyue University of Science and Technology, Capital University of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and National University of Defense Machinery.

First place: National University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shi Yuhang, research invention: Void Battle Suit (A mechanic wearing this battle suit can move in the turbulence of space cracks for a period of time even without the assistance of any pet, and use the space ability of the battle suit to tear open the chaotic space and escape.)
In the universe, there are areas with space cracks and the most serious space turbulence. The process of exploring the universe is extremely dangerous. Currently, the value of this void suit is rated the highest by the Ultimate Space.

The audience also saw from the first perspective the whole process of Shi Yuhang risking his life, wearing a void battle suit, tearing open space, swimming like a fish in the turbulence of space, and then returning.

Second place: National Defense University, Ai Tan, research invention: Crystal energy protection device (only sixth-order water energy is needed to protect against seventh-order standard energy attacks.)
This device is also quite impressive. It is equivalent to a level 60 water pet and can defend against attacks from any level 70 pet. It is conceivable that some cities backed by the ocean may use this technology for arena protection and coastal defense.

Third place...

“These are all invented by college students???”

At this moment, all the trial participants on Blue Star have come out. Even if they succeed, their rankings will undoubtedly be hundreds or thousands of places away, and they cannot even reach the "top 100" that meets the mission standards.

After they came out, they saw the top-ranked inventions and their heads started buzzing. They could only sigh that this was indeed the most powerful era for mankind.

They have also investigated the research results of the invention competitions over the years, and they are equally amazing. Considering that the technological level of the Star-Moon Republic is rising at an extremely high speed every year, it is no wonder that they say that the mechanics of this era can challenge the legend.

In fact, for the local mechanics of the Star-Moon Republic, whether it is Shi Yuhang or Ai Tan, it is actually normal for them to have such research results.

Because they are the sons of legendary mechanics, or even the descendants of epic mechanics. Not only do they have legendary teachers to teach them, they may also have overlords researching intelligent assistance. With a year to prepare, it would be strange if they could not create rare inventions.

It can be said that a few years ago, those who ranked at the top were all a group of people.

Even before the competition started, the expert jury had roughly estimated who would be the top ten.

But this year, there were some surprises.

Sixth place: Xingyue University of Science and Technology, I am Miss Bailu’s dog, and my research invention is: Soul Massage Cabin!

Although the name of this student seemed a bit strange, it was the first time that leaders of major universities had heard of this student, so he could be considered a dark horse.

"Who is this 'I am Miss Bailu's dog'?"

"A device that improves learning efficiency by massaging the soul actually involves the soul realm? This student is really talented, but why is he only ranked sixth?"

"It may be that the improvement in efficiency is not significant, at most it is comparable to rare resources, but it is still precious."

"I found out. He is a new student of Leo Legend from Xingyue University of Science and Technology..."

All parties were surprised by this person, except for the Xingyue University of Science and Technology, which was grinning from ear to ear. Another genius appeared in their school, which was definitely a great thing.

The local NPCs of the Star-Moon Republic did not notice it, but when several other trial-takers came out and saw this outrageous name, they knew that the other party must also be a trial-taker of the Infinite City.

"Fuck, sixth place, you must be cheating."

"Bai Lu, isn't that the Star-Moon Federation's star beastmaster? This person is a fan of Bai Lu."

"How come this guy also worships a legendary master?" A trial participant was shocked after seeing the comments.

"By the way, where is Passerby A?"

"Wait a minute, I didn't see Passerby A in the first 10, no, the first 100. Where is he? I wonder if he has crashed this time."

At this time, Mark, the real person of the Infinite City ID "I am Miss Bailu's Dog", also withdrew from the ultimate space. When he saw his ranking, he also looked proud.

However, before he could finish boasting, the trial participants who were about to manually search for Passerby A's name to see Lu Ran's ranking status were suddenly stunned.

Because suddenly, the name of Passerby A appeared in the top ten.

Saves them the trouble of searching.

[Capital University of Mechanical Engineering, Passerby A, Research and Invention: Advanced Overlord Element Life Free Mechanical Evolution Item; Current Ranking: 7th. Display Status: Unfinished.]

This ranking popped up suddenly, surprising the personnel from major universities, led by Capital University of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, as well as the live broadcast audience and the trial participants.

"Who is Passerby A???"

"High-level Overlord Elemental Life Free Mechanical Evolution Item? What the hell?"

"What's going on? Why is the display status still not completed?"

"A passerby... I remember now. Isn't he the one who defeated Ji Xie from the Capital University of Mechanical Engineering some time ago and was suspected to be accepted as a student by the legendary mechanic Dr. Chengkong?"

“Oh my god!” Lu Ran suddenly jumped to seventh place, which scared Mark who stole the research results of Death Gun.

"It's okay, it's okay, I was scared to death."

"Hahaha, that was a close call, but it seems that I still beat this passerby. This time when I return, I will definitely make the federal headlines!"

"Maybe I can attract the attention of Goddess Bai Lu!"

However, when Mark from Xingyue University saw the display status: unfinished, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

He quickly entered Lu Ran's live broadcast room.

Except for him.

The school leaders of Capital University of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering were also confused.

High-level overlord elemental life free mechanical evolution props?

Principal Fu muttered, "Free Mechanical Evolution Item? Could it be that Dr. Chengkong has been guiding him remotely?"

"But what about the Overlord Elemental Life?"

The staff of the university also entered the live broadcast room.

This also includes Ji Xie, who had just come out and had a somewhat surprised expression on his face.

At the moment, most people were attracted by the eight words "Advanced Overlord Elemental Life" and couldn't help but enter Lu Ran's live broadcast room, even including the top ten legendary mechanics on the jury.

Even if a high-level dominant machine appeared in the mechanical invention competition, they would not be curious.

However, the appearance of high-level overlord-level elemental life really made them unable to resist their curiosity.

When they enter the live broadcast room, they watch it again from the beginning.

I saw.

Lu Ran stood on the experimental site and smiled at the Ultimate Eye in the sky.

"Hello everyone, I am Passerby A from Capital University of Mechanical Engineering. Next, I will introduce an invention that can rewrite the pattern of the mechanical field. It is even an epoch-making invention!!!"

Wow!
After Lu Ran finished speaking at the beginning, he entered the live broadcast room. The audience who were watching the replay just felt that Lu Ran was too crazy.

Although no one knows what happened, Lu Ran only ranked seventh. Although this is already very impressive, it is still far from being epoch-making and rewriting the landscape of the mechanical field!

Next, Lu Ran quickly unfolded the summoning array.

next moment.

A white cloud appeared on the experimental site.

[Life form]: Elemental life
[Attributes]: Water, Ice, Thunder, Wind
[Racial level]: High-level overlord!

【Growth Level】: Level 50!
The moment Rainbow Dash was summoned, the Ultimate Eye detected Rainbow Dash's information and synchronized it to the audience.

The audience... undoubtedly had solemn expressions.

"It is indeed a high-level overlord-level elemental life!!!"

"In the era of the Elemental Gods, the era of the Beast Taming Empire, the era of the Divine Tree... and now in the era of the Star-Moon Republic, elemental life has long been completely extinct, right?"

"No, it's not completely extinct. During archaeological activities, the country has excavated some sealed elemental life from ancient ruins of the Elemental Age."

"But even so, the number is very small. They have not even been contracted by anyone, but are protected by the National Institute of Paleontology."

"Where did this student get the elemental life form from? He is a high-level dominant race!"

The local mechanics of the Star-Moon Republic didn't know, but the trial participants knew that this must have been what Lu Ran brought out from the breakthrough secret realm.

"Damn it, he's fooled me again." The trial participants didn't expect that Lu Ran didn't choose animal transformation, but instead took out the elemental life transformation of his contract. Such a rare species transformation can be said to be able to attract enough attention, just like a soul machine.

Replaying. "As you can see, this is an elemental life form of a high-level overlord race."

"This elemental life was actually obtained by my parents from an ancient ruin and then given to me."

"Throughout my training, I have become very curious about elemental life and the elemental era, and have always longed for that era."

"But at the same time, I also have a great interest in the Department of Mechanics."

"I once thought that since the mechanical system can be combined with animals and plants to evolve through armed forces, then is it possible for the mechanical system to evolve through armed forces with elemental life?"

"This is one of the inventions I will bring next, the evolution of elemental mechanical weapons!!!"

As he spoke, Lu Ran took out an ordinary-looking black pistol.

He threw the black pistol directly into the air, and the cloud-shaped elemental life immediately wrapped its whole body around the gun.

Then, a scene that made the audience hold their breath happened, the dazzling light of evolution directly enveloped them, and then, accompanied by a powerful wave, the light disappeared, the clouds dissipated, and in their place, there was a black pistol with white stripes, floating in the air!
Simultaneously.

The Ultimate Eye provided new data through observation.

【Life form】: Mechanical life
[Attributes]: Mechanical (water, ice, thunder, wind)

[Racial level]: High-level overlord!

【Growth Level】: Level 50!
The elemental life that people see is now directly transformed into mechanical life through the combination with firearms!

It actually... worked!

"But..." Lu Ran's voice appeared again: "However, because the race level of my elemental pet is too high and it is limited by mechanical materials, it has not been able to surpass the high-level overlord race and reach the quasi-legendary race. It's a pity."

Everyone was silent.

Fuck, you still want to breed a quasi-legendary pet?
In an entire country, there aren't that many mechanical pets of quasi-legendary species!
"Although the racial level has not been upgraded, the combination of races has definitely brought a huge increase in its strength!"

"So this time, combined with evolution, it gained a new mechanical race talent!"

As he spoke, Lu Ran stepped forward, picked up the Calamity pistol, and pointed it forward.

next moment.

The violent natural elements began to gather inside the gun.

"If you are watching the replay, you can speed up now."

"Through mechanical weapon evolution, my elemental pet has gained the elemental mechanical talent: element accumulation!"

"You can increase the power of your moves by charging them. The longer you charge them, the greater the destructive power of your moves!"

"Due to the limited time for demonstration, I will only show you part of the destructive power..."

Lu Ran held the Scourge Pistol for several minutes. The audience's heartbeats quickened, and they followed Lu Ran's instructions to speed up the playback. In a flash, it was 5 minutes later when Lu Ran finished charging and used the Scourge Pistol to attack!!!
A blizzard bullet that was charged to the extreme turned into a dazzling icy light and flew out with a bang!
In an instant.

The entire ultimate space was filled with dazzling blue icy light.

Although they were just watching, for some unknown reason, the audience felt a bone-chilling chill.

And when the light dissipated, the environment of the ultimate space had completely changed.

The originally barren Ultimate Space was directly covered by ice fields and glaciers. The sky was full of blue ice clouds and cold ice crystals. The howling north wind blew, and the earth continued to freeze!!!

In front of the blizzard bullet, one iceberg after another reaching the sky sparkled in the sunlight, showing the endless charm of nature.

The ice field is like a huge mirror, reflecting the blue of the ice clouds, which is breathtakingly beautiful.

One strike directly changed the celestial phenomena and the landforms.

At the same time, people saw that the Ultimate Eye in the sky was even covered with a layer of frost.

At this moment, the data results of the Ultimate Eye also appeared.

"Area affected by ice and snow: 1024 square kilometers, energy level of the core frozen area: comparable to a serious attack from a level 60 high-level ice overlord..."

When this data came out, the audience gasped.

A level 50 high-level elemental overlord, through mechanical evolution, can actually deliver a serious attack comparable to that of a level 60 overlord?
No wonder it ranks so high.

Wait...it seems that this...is not the limit?

You know, I just accumulated energy for 5 minutes.

What if it's 50 minutes?

The audience shook their heads, thinking that it shouldn't be necessary and there must be a limit.

"Contestant Passerby A, have you completed the display of your invention?"

At this moment, Lu Ran was holding the Scourge Pistol, standing on the glacier, silent. Facing the question from the Ultimate Space, Lu Ran patted his frozen hands, then used the Flame Spirit to melt the ice, and said, "Not yet."

As he spoke, a cloud, accompanied by a ray of light, emerged from the Scourge pistol.

"My research results are the evolution of free mechanical weapons. Therefore, even if elemental life and mechanical equipment evolve after fusion, they can still be separated."

"I'm sure you've all seen that elemental life, as the first batch of creatures born in the world, can control the most primitive destructive power of nature. The power of their skills far exceeds that of animal and plant races."

"And when they combine with the crystallization of human wisdom and technology, and use the power of technology to help elemental life to master the power of nature to a greater extent, they will be no less than walking natural disasters!!!"

"In the Republic, there is already a group of technologies that can exert extreme destructive power by mobilizing natural energy. What if they are combined with elemental life on this basis?"

"I think it's not impossible to create technology that can kill gods by then."

Lu Ran’s cake was so big that the audience felt excited when they heard it.

But soon, everyone suddenly realized that Lu Ran’s invention was only ranked 7th, and this achievement did not receive perfect recognition from the Ultimate Space.

"By the way, the Elemental Age has already ended, and elemental life has become extinct. No matter how much Passerby brags, there simply aren't that many powerful elemental lives to study."

"Every research achievement is accompanied by a large number of failures. Without a steady supply of elemental life as experimental subjects, the influence of this invention direction will be severely limited."

"From this perspective, the seventh place given by the Ultimate Space is reasonable, because the elemental pet of Passerby A is already quite powerful. The destructive power it caused may be related to its own race."

"Even so, it's still amazing. This is the first time I've seen the combination of elements and machinery..."

The audience breathed a sigh of relief, finally understanding how Lu Ran climbed to seventh place.

"Awesome." President Fu and other leaders of Capital University of Mechanical Engineering also took a deep breath. They felt that Dr. Chengkong and Passerby A were amazing. They had achieved such research results in such a short time.

Especially Lu Ran, he actually hid an elemental life contract beast and kept it a secret from them.

"Haha, we have one more in the top ten from Capital University of Mechanical Engineering." The school leaders of Capital University of Mechanical Engineering were particularly excited. After all, this ranking was also related to the country's annual education funding.

“…As expected of him.”

At the same time, the trial participants from Blue Star and Star-Moon Federation were also convinced by Lu Ran. No matter how to say it, it was already quite good that Lu Ran could come up with such an invention in such a short time.

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Mark’s nervous heart also relaxed. It seemed that due to the issue of versatility, Lu Ran’s ranking would not be too high. Unlike Lu Ran’s elemental disaster weapon, the invention of the Death Gun he copied has now been used in various fields by the Star-Moon Federation, and its versatility is not on the same level.

In the long run, the impact of improving the learning efficiency of the country's geniuses will definitely be more valuable than natural disaster weapons...

"I won..." Just as Mark couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and announced his victory, suddenly, a voice stunned everyone.

"Contestant Passerby A, have you completed the demonstration of your invention?" Ultimate Space asked again.

“Not yet.” Lu Ran said as usual.

"Elemental Mechanical Evolution, Elemental Scourge Weapon, as I said, it's just one of my inventions, just a prelude."

"I know that the Elemental Age has ended and elemental life has become extinct. Affected by the world's environment, they are no longer born."

"Therefore, the versatility and practical influence of such inventions are destined to be small."

"However, all of this is based on the fact that there is no large amount of elemental life that can be invested in the mechanical field and combined with the mechanical field for experimentation..."

"But what if..."

"But what if I could reopen the Elemental Age and allow countless elemental lives to be reborn in this world?"

Lu Ran's deep black pupils stared at the Ultimate Eye.

"By then, with the changes in the mechanical field, there might be more than one natural disaster weapon."

"It's... a brand new track, a groundbreaking new field!"

More and more people were watching the live broadcast. At this time, everyone suddenly lost their voices and didn't understand what nonsense Lu Ran was talking about.

Playback continues.

As he spoke, Lu Ran took out a device that looked like a mechanical balance and placed it on the ground.

Then, under everyone's bewildered gaze, Lu Ran activated the mechanical balance. The next moment, countless ice elements gathered at one end of the balance. Then, at the other end of the balance, a palm-sized ice elf in the shape of an ice crystal hexagram slowly formed.

The ice elf slowly opened his eyes.

"Ning!!" It cried out in confusion, then shook its body, sending snowflakes all over the sky.

The elf is extremely lively.

Very cute.

The pupils of all the audience shrank.

"Here." Lu Ran said, "This is the real invention I want to show you, the elemental life creation device."

"The principle of this device is to absorb the corresponding attribute elements in nature, and then give them life, transforming them into 'real elemental life'."

"Ice elves are small creatures that live in glaciers and snow in the Elemental Age. They are good at ice-related skills... Their entire bodies are made of hard ice!"

[Racial Form]: Elemental Life
[Attribute]: Ice

[Racial Level]: Low-level Extraordinary
[Growth Level]: Level 1

At this moment, the Ultimate Space also silently gave the test results.

Seeing the data appearing before their eyes, the audience's eyes widened.

I just felt that this scene was even more bizarre than when Lu Ran summoned the advanced overlord elemental life just now, and even more bizarre than that elemental life and the evolution of mechanical weapons.

"In addition to ice, you can also create wind..."

"In addition to wind, light can also be created..."

Next, Lu Ran continued to operate the mechanical balance, and soon, a wind elemental elf was born.

Then, another light elemental elf was born.

Lu Ran seemed unsatisfied with this, and said: "In our private experiments, we have also created a lot of elemental spirits with other attributes..."

As he spoke, he opened the ruins space, and all kinds of cute elemental babies, such as dark elves, fire elves, water elves, rock elves, and grass elves, lined up to crawl out of the ruins space.

Looking at the elemental elves jumping and flying all over the ground and in the sky, countless legendary mechanics opened their mouths wide. They had never seen so many elemental lives before.

“Are you kidding me…are you serious???” The audiences were dumbfounded. Is this device serious?

"This..." The trial participants from Blue Star and Star Moon also had dazed expressions on their faces, not quite understanding what was going on.

As for the leaders of Capital University of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, they are the most confused at this moment.

"As you can see, as long as the elements still exist, we can use this device to create corresponding elemental life. Come, I'll let them arrange and combine the three words 'hello' for everyone." After Lu Ran finished speaking, the little elements quickly started to play in a queue.

"But unfortunately, due to limited research funds, the machine I have developed can only create elemental life of low-level extraordinary races. However, like other extraordinary life forms, they also have the potential for evolution!"

"If the direction of cultivation is correct, it is not impossible for it to evolve into an elemental overlord."

"At the same time, they can definitely be armed and evolved together with mechanical devices. Due to time constraints, I won't show you all one by one. After all, the demonstration time is almost up."

"In addition, we can also upgrade the elemental life creation device to try to create elemental life of a higher race level!"

"As long as the device continues to upgrade, I think it may be possible to create an 'elemental spirit'!"

"Compared to animal gods and plant gods, which are all acquired through cultivation, the first batch of elemental gods are innate gods born in nature. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the elemental race is the race closest to God!"

"Actually... my idea of ​​reopening the Elemental Age... also includes recreating history and creating innate elemental gods!"

"Okay, this time I have really completed my demonstration." Lu Ran looked at the Ultimate Eye with a smile.

At this moment, the replay ended, and the many viewers who were watching the live broadcast finally came to their senses and returned to reality. When they looked at the rankings again, it had completely changed.

Capital University of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Passerby A, Research and Invention: Elemental Life Creation Device, Display Status: Completed!
Ranking, first!

As Lu Ran reached the top, the rankings of all the people in front of him were pushed down one place.

Countless people stared at the screen, looking at that supreme name, their bodies almost suffocated.

"Am I special? Am I a human?"

"This is outrageous! Where did this creature come from? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"This... I don't understand. What's going on with this competition? Can I watch this?"

All kinds of vulgar words are prevalent among different groups.

Even the legendary mechanic had no idea how this machine was made.

This is god's method?

In the Capital University of Mechanical Engineering, in the Mechanical Secret Realm Teleportation Hall, the students who had already come out looked at Lu Ran, who was sitting in the teleportation cabin thinking about life, with eyes that were like those of a ghost.

“You, you you…” Ji Xie, who was defeated by Lu Ran’s lightsaber dog, felt extremely strange when looking at Lu Ran at this time.

Of course, the most shocked people at this moment were the trial-takers from Xingyue and Blue Star. They all began to doubt their lives at this moment.

Lu Ran, is he really the person who came in from outside with them?
The invention that this bastard just made...if they are not mistaken...has now plunged the entire mechanical age and the entire Star-Moon Republic into a brief silence.

In the Mechanical Age...reopening the lost Elemental Age?

You know, opening up an era is something that only legendary creatures can do.

The sacred tree wanted to start the plant age, but it only succeeded when it reached the main god level!

And Lu Ran...actually, with just a tiny machine, he recreated the extinct elemental creatures...

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!!!" Mark, who had plagiarized Death Gun's research results and thought he was foolproof, went crazy after seeing the ranking of Passerby A.

Boom boom boom! ! !
In a flash, the outside of Capital University of Mechanical and Electrical became bustling. The leaders of the school seemed to be going crazy and rushed here in their mechas.

"Where is Passerby A!!!"

Island of Gods.

The Institute of Divine Spirits.

This is the research center of the Star-Moon Republic.

The first-hand news of a college student invention competition would not be exaggerated to spread here. These people are the top mechanical researchers in the Star-Moon Republic. At most, they would pay attention to the results of the invention competition in their free time.

But this time, it's different.

Lin En, the mechanical assistant of the eighth-level mechanic who was stationed on the Island of Gods and the director of the Divine Research Institute, was shocked to hear the news:
"Master, something big has happened."

"At the College Student Invention Competition, a student came up with something extremely outrageous!!"

“How reckless.” Elder Lin En glanced at the mechanical assistant and said, “A college student invention competition can…”

The mechanical assistant interrupted him and said, "That student has developed an elemental life creation device! Its device has already created dozens of elemental life forms!!!"

"You have to know that since the extinction of the Elemental Age, no elemental life has been born for hundreds of millions of years!"

"Elemental life!!"

"According to legend, after the elemental gods were sealed by the four great creation dragons, elemental life could no longer be born, and the rules of the world could no longer accommodate elemental life..."

"This student's invention actually broke a rule that has been in place for hundreds of millions of years... Director, this person is a pervert!"

The director of the Divine Research Institute stood up suddenly and looked at his mechanical assistant. "What did you say? Say it again?"

"Elemental Life Creation Device? No, how is this kind of device made?"

"I don't know, but that's it... That college student seems to be a student of 'Dr. Orange Sky' in our institute. Otherwise, why don't we ask Dr. Orange Sky? She must know what's going on!"

The Institute of Divine Spirits.

It was also boiling at this moment.

If it were a simple invention, it would naturally not attract their attention.

However, the explosive news of the reopening of the Elemental Age was quickly captured by their mechanical assistants, who informed their mechanics.

"What's going on?" Dr. Chengkong just came out of the laboratory and found that a lot of people had gathered outside his laboratory.

"Dr. Orange Sky, Dr. Orange Sky!!!"

"Awesome, your student is really awesome, is he secretly guided by you?"

"student???"

"Capital University of Mechanical Engineering, that guy called Passerby A, is he your student? He won first place in the College Student Invention Competition, and the device he invented is a machine that can create elemental life!!! This guy has created dozens of elemental life forms. He is simply going to reopen the elemental age!"

"what???"

"Hurry up and contact the director. Make sure to bring your apprentice to our institute. I think elemental life that breaks the rules is an important track for our research on artificial gods!!"

Dr. Chengkong was confused: "???"

I feel like I'm still dreaming.

What the hell!!!
Her brain shut down.

A stranger? The guy he had thrown into the research institute and told to teach himself about mechanics? What on earth... had happened!
…………

At this moment, with the six words "reopening the elemental age", Lu Ran had undoubtedly completed an invention that even the epic mechanics were astonished. The entire Star-Moon Republic was shaken by this invention competition.

Major universities, consortiums and even government agencies are trying their best to contact Lu Ran.

Obviously, everyone knows how much potential this young man has.

At this moment, Lu Ran has been helplessly protected and hidden by the leadership of Capital University of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Lu Ran didn’t know whether the invention competition was still going on. He was waiting for the final reward for the breakthrough mission.

Finally, after a long wait.

It seems that the invention competition is still going on, and he won first place as expected.

【Congratulations on completing the breakthrough mission. 】

【College Student Invention Competition Ranking: First! 】

[Rating: SSS level! ]

【Congratulations on winning 2000 million crystal coins. 】

【Congratulations on obtaining the Contract Card (Binding). 】

[Congratulations on obtaining the epic mechanical weapon: Nature's Wrath (a bomb that condenses a large amount of elemental energy, capable of damaging "lower-level legendary life", a one-time weapon that does not distinguish between friend and foe, please use with caution.)]

[Congratulations on obtaining the special crystal: Mechanical Heart (A mechanical life with this special quality can visualize its structure, manufacturing method, control method, and defects by simply touching the mechanical product. Note: The higher the level of the mechanical product, the higher the proficiency of the Mechanical Heart required).]

[Congratulations on obtaining the Beast Taming Skill: Super Transformation (a special Beast Taming skill. After learning, the Beast Tamer can transform the physique of "himself" and "pet", making the physique extremely suitable for mechanical evolution, greatly improving the success rate of mechanical evolution and the strength of transformation). ]

[You have reached the promotion standard for 'Level 5 Beast Tamer'. Do you want to be promoted now? ]

(End of this chapter)