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Chapter 578. It seems that this time it is a special show of Xuanyuan Sword (578K chapter)

The abyss has a variety of environments, and some environments are so harsh that even abyss creatures are unwilling to stay there.

Even in some levels of the abyss, there is no life at all.

Whether it is a demon or an elemental creature, there is no life of any kind.

Although the Scorching Earth is not like the abyss layer where there is no life at all, due to the three suns, the abyss residents of this entire layer have a considerable degree of resistance to heat.

Ordinary people in such places would be cooked by the scorching heat in a few minutes. In some extreme environments, the temperature of the flames is not even higher than the surrounding air temperature.

Even if you are a demon, you can't live here without a certain level of resistance.

At the same time, because of the unusually high temperature environment of the scorching earth, Dr. Agumon built some factories in this place.

……

Malkas, the former demon city, has undergone several expansions.

Of course, the manpower for the expansion was drawn from the Heavenly Book World.

The reason is very simple. All the demons with sufficient strength have been assigned to fight by Mo Hao, and he does not agree with the aesthetic taste of demons themselves.

If the task of expansion was given to the devil, Mo Hao had no doubt that he would get an abstract thing.

In this city that conforms to the aesthetic tastes of most humans, a special place was set aside to build a factory.

It is not just one or two factories, but the entire area has become a supporting industrial production area.

And what is produced in this place...

"Well, the first phase of the mechanical troll's transformation has completed the planned goal."

“It’s almost time for the second phase of the renovation plan to go online.”

Dr. Agumon, dressed in a white coat, looked at the mechanical troll beside him. The huge demon body was filled with many metal parts, and one of its arms had been cut off and equipped with a barrel called the [Psycho Blast Cannon].

What Marcus's factory produces are these demons that have been modified with machines.

A pillager wearing armor, with shotgun shells hanging from his legs and a thermal axe in his hand.

A Tyrant who uses energy blades and launches rockets as weapons after his body was weaponized and cybernetically modified.

The Spider Lords are equipped with mechanical prostheses and high-rate turrets, but this type of soldier is not a combat soldier in the ordinary sense. Their brains are half the size of their own bodies.

Even among the demons of the abyss, the Spider Lords are demons with extremely high intelligence and mental power. Dr. Agumon wants them for no other reason than that he likes their mental power, which he wants to use to build the abyss network.

The demons coming out of this factory area began to triple their strength.

Because they are demons, their vitality is extremely strong, and Dr. Agumon directly used many transformations on them that could not pass moral and ethical tests.

During these transformations, Dr. Agumon also used technologies from many different worlds. As the technologies from many different worlds verified each other, his sparks of inspiration continued to burst forth.

When faced with a small yellow dinosaur less than two meters tall, these demons that are enough to scare people in the main material plane showed an attitude of respect beyond imagination.

Yes, respect, and with that respect there is also a certain fear.

Dr. Agumon, although not a demon, is the most favored being of the Black Sun Tyrant.

Once, a demon tried to express in front of the Black Sun Tyrant that Dr. Agumon was not doing a good job, in order to undermine Dr. Agumon's position in Mo Hao's heart.

After all, there are so many people around the Black Sun tyrant, and everyone wants to be in power, so naturally office politics and even palace fighting will arise.

These are not exclusive to the devil, let alone humans.

When faced with the incomparably powerful Black Sun Tyrant, the demons who wanted to join the first group would spontaneously realize this ability.

Unfortunately, their thoughts were misplaced. Mo Hao impatiently slaughtered all the demons who had such thoughts.

The reason why it was part was that Dr. Agumon stopped Mo Hao, because he needed many demons as materials for human experiments, so those demons could survive.

Since that time, the demons have been respectful enough when facing Dr. Agumon.

Because he is the person that the Black Sun Tyrant trusts the most, and he is also the only one who can make the Black Sun Tyrant stop killing.

In the eyes of some demons, Dr. Agumon is someone who must be pleased. Not only can he stop the tyrant's slaughter, but more importantly, the strength of the mechanical demons coming out of the factory has directly been raised to a higher level.

Strength and protection of life are undoubtedly the two things that demons care about most.

……

After compiling the data of each mechanical demon experiment subject, Dr. Agumon finally had time to sit down, pressing his claws on his neck.

The demons that can be transformed are at least five meters tall. Even if they squat or even kneel down, Dr. Agumon still needs to hold his head high to look at them.

At the end of the day, Dr. Agumon felt like his neck was no longer his own.

"Speaking of which, as the Lord of the Abyss, you have been sitting here for a whole day. Is that really okay?"

"If I remember correctly, the other Abyss Lords are already trying to join forces to deal with you."

Returning to his office, Dr. Agumon glanced at his friends who were happily playing Tetris, and his tone sounded somewhat helpless.

That Tetris game console was made by Dr. Agumon. It seems that Mo Hao has been playing it for the whole day.

"I would like to continue attacking other Abyss Lords, but I don't have enough troops."

Mo Hao spread his hands, "And the last time we killed Vapulal, all the tanks were scrapped."

It would be fine if we didn't talk about this. When we talked about this, Dr. Agumon was furious. "You destroyed several months of production in one go. Not many of the demons you brought out were alive. Why are you still leading an army? You can just massacre one layer of the Abyss by yourself."

Several months' output of the Heavenly Book World was scrapped all at once, and even the materials could not be recycled, which made Dr. Agumon somewhat uneasy.

That's why he gave up the plan to produce vehicles and directly started the demon transformation project.

One reason is to accumulate some relevant experience for the creation of [Chimaeramon].

On the other hand, he was too lazy to make some exquisite toys for Mo Haohuo. He could see that what was needed in the abyss was not other things, but the transformation of large quantities of mechanized demons.

Enhance survivability and combat effectiveness. As for other problems, let Mo Hao solve them himself.

Mo Hao had no intention of explaining this accusation.

Just as Dr. Agumon said, although he conquered the Crushed Stone Abyss, his battle with Vapral did cause great losses.

As a result, his pace of conquest had to slow down for a few days and he had to regroup his army before he could continue attacking other abysses.

But judging from the results, Mo Hao did not really suffer a loss.

[Kill the Abyss Lord Vaprall] [Complete milestone: What level are you at? Do you want to be a lord like me?]

【Kill an Abyss Lord.】

[Reward: Random "artifact" selection, 100000 experience]

……

【Complete Milestone: Blitzkrieg! 】

[Attack Shattered Abyss and gain sufficient results before Shattered Abyss and its allies can react.]

[Get rewards: "War" targeted entry extraction]

……

[Complete Milestone: Map Coloring]

【Conquer any level of the abyss. 】

[Get rewards: randomly selected once]

……

After killing Vapural and occupying the Shattered Rock Abyss, Mo Hao undoubtedly gained the hostility of all the abyss lords.

Not only the Lord of the Abyss, but even the gods are quite hostile towards the Black Sun Tyrant.

Because the Black Sun Tyrant's actions are so fast, people can't help but wonder what he will do next if he really conquers the entire abyss?
At least no god or person who knows something about the abyss would believe that after conquering the abyss, the Black Sun Tyrant would obediently farm in the abyss and develop peacefully with other planes.

But Mo Hao's harvest was also rich enough. The 100,000 experience points alone almost doubled the experience he had on hand.

As for those rewards that looked very powerful at first glance, Mo Hao drew them directly in Professor Agumon's office.

In line with the habit of saving the best food for the last bite, Mo Hao planned to draw the best reward last.

[Crazy Dave's Experimental Manuscript: Dr. Zombie King's lifelong enemy. Those green things have stopped the zombies from destroying everything. The reason for all this is the profiteer who wears an iron pot on his head, is crazy and has amnesia.

This manuscript records his methods and experience in inventing the plant, and even has some corn roll residue on it.

Trust me, that lunatic is going to let the whole world be eaten by those crazy plants more than zombies eating human brains.

by Dr. Zombie King.

——From: Plants vs. Zombies】

Mo Hao threw a knowledge-based reward directly to Dr. Agumon, "Here, take a look at this."

Dr. Agumon, who was thinking about how to carry out the second stage transformation of the demons, took the manuscript, looked up in surprise after reading a few pages, and asked, "Where did you get this?"

"Just tell me if this thing is useful or not?"

"Some of the conjectures may seem far-fetched, but in practice they have a high probability of success. The author of this manuscript is definitely a very good biologist and botanist."

From this manuscript, Dr. Agumon got some inspiration for the various limb grafting issues of Chimairamon.

The biggest problem with Chimaeramon is that the combination of the powerful parts of that Digimon can still form a complete and balanced whole.

This is the most critical step. The Steel Empire has thought about creating Chimaeramon, but it will eventually fail at the step where the data collapses after the limbs are combined.

Having said that, Dr. Agumon didn't wait for Mo Hao to reply. He took the manuscript and found a quiet place to read it.

Mo Hao shrugged. He knew that once Dr. Agumon was in this state, he would ignore anyone who came.

Continue to draw rewards. Since the previous reward was of no use to Mo Hao himself, this time he plans to pray to the god in charge of luck.

But considering that this is the abyss, a place where the eyes and power of gods cannot reach, he wisely gave up this idea.

[Vladimir's Sacrifice: A strange mask, entangled with the resentment of the dead vampire. ——From: DOTA2]

[Faith: Paladin attack aura, when activated, aura will reduce the enemy's defense and resistance. ——From: Diablo 2]

[Mecha General: Summon the ultimate mechanical soldiers from another world to help. ——From: Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7]

The things extracted from the [War] type entries did not surprise Mo Hao. They were either halo-type skills or summoning-type things.

Looking at several options, Mo Hao directly selected the second option [Belief].

Faith, an aura skill unlocked at level 30 of the Paladin, reduces the enemy's elemental resistance and defense.

The reason for not choosing the other two is simple, that is, he is now in the abyss.

The abyss, the environment of each layer is different. If you want to attack the abyss, the defender must have the home advantage.

That advantage often comes from the abyss environment at that level, which is like the high temperature environment of the scorching earth, making the demons that can survive in this layer of the abyss have extremely high resistance to high temperatures.

If Mo Hao activated [Faith] at this time and reduced the demons' resistance to high temperatures, the demons would most likely be burned to death by the high temperature in this place. Even if they did not die, they would be skinned alive, greatly reducing their combat effectiveness.

Although from a military point of view, Mo Hao would rather obtain an aura that improves various resistances, but since he cannot improve himself, reducing the resistance of others is also a good strategy.

The ability [Faith] is most suitable for the situation that Mo Hao is facing at this moment.

“Come to think of it, I don’t know if I can obtain Nephalem bloodline with this skill.”

This thought only turned over his mind twice before being discarded by Mo Hao into a corner.

The world of Sanctuary is the world where humans live in Diablo. The species that is a combination of angels and demons is called Nephalem. They have power far stronger than angels and demons, and even made angels and demons feel fear at one point.

The Nephalem only appear in Diablo 3, because the Worldstone has been suppressing the bloodline of the Nephalem, weakening them and turning them into humans.

It was not until Baal polluted the Worldstone that Tyrael had no choice but to shatter the Worldstone, allowing the bloodline of the Nephalem to begin to awaken.

But considering that even if he obtained [The Advent of the Demonic Dragon], he did not become an elemental dragon, Mo Hao speculated that he might not be so lucky.

After all, he is aware of his luck.

[Shennong Ding: One of the ten great artifacts of ancient times, it was called the World-Creating Ding in ancient times. In ancient times, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs for the common people and laid the foundation of medicine for later generations. The ancient cauldron that Shennong used to refine hundreds of medicines, because it has accumulated the energy of countless magical medicines for thousands of years, it is said that it can refine the world-class magical medicine that even gods cannot easily obtain, and it also hides other mysterious powers. ——From: Xuan-Yuan Sword IV: Black Dragon Dances and Clouds Fly]

[Kongtong Seal: One of the ten great artifacts of ancient times, the guardian artifact of the immortal dragon clan on the Kongtong Sea, it is engraved with the images of the Five Heavenly Emperors and has a jade dragon coiled around it. It has been said since ancient times that whoever obtains it can own the world, and some people also say that it can make people immortal. ——From: Xuanyuan Sword Gaiden: Scar of Sky]

[Fuxi Qin: One of the ten great artifacts of ancient times, this instrument was made by Fuxi using jade and silk. It emits a gentle white light, and its sound can make people feel peaceful and calm. It is said to have a mysterious power that can control the minds of all things. ——From: Xuan-Yuan Sword Gaiden: Blue Waves]

"Well, since the last Shenbing Xuanqi special, this time it's Xuanyuan Sword, right?!"

(End of this chapter)