Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 212 Starship Slayer! Skyward Ascent! (Part 1)

Underground nest city.

With the incarnation of the steel-cast angel dismembered by Duncan, the entire Mechanicus army on the platform level was utterly powerless to resist. However, the battle did not end there, as the mechanical guardians continued to fight desperately, though it was all in vain.

Causal deduction shows that the higher-ups of the Mechanicus have decided to erase everything here.

Rumble.

The Balancer opened a passage to the upper levels. Duncan removed the skull of the lich Kangus, whispered a few instructions, and then his figure transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the darkness.

At this moment, a pair of blood-red dragon wings had grown out of Duncan's back, and he entered the platform level of Area E as he walked.

The ferocious and terrifying Balancer of All Things also transformed again, turning into a polymer of countless vines, which, like a fleshy ball, entered the underground tracks connecting the lower areas of the Nest City.

Lady Fungus hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed.

With the departure of the three god-like beings, the intensity of the battle in Sector F46 decreased significantly, and some cultists abandoned their enemies and followed Duncan into the upper levels of the hive.

Dimensional space.

From God's perspective, Duncan had just entered Area E when he saw a blood-red marked unit.

——Crimson Girl (Goddess of the Spring) (Ancient Evil Creature) (Six-Star Gold)

—Molten Core Beast (Child of the Mountains) (Ancient Evil Creature) (Six-Star Silver Gray)

—Youmeng Blood Spirit (Swan Fairy) (Ancient Evil Creature) (Six-Star Silver Gray)

It is clear that extremely fierce battles have taken place here.

The first human host seemed to have gained the ability to see into the essence of their souls. After seeing Duncan's equally sinister and terrifying figure, all these blood-red marked units turned into neutral marks.

The marks on these monsters are merely representations of their former identities.

Take, for example, the girl whose entire body is blood red. She was once a goddess of springs, and may also have concepts of rivers and fairies. But she did not transform from a living deity, because she is a spirit-like life form.

In other words, after she died as a goddess of springs, her soul was twisted into an ancient evil creature.

As for the molten core beast on the other side of the platform, it is a hatred born from the remains of a god, and its original form should be a lower-level god with the concepts of earth, mountains, and rivers.

Strictly speaking, they are all remnants of hatred resurrected from dead gods of the old era.

"The Cult of Machines killed many gods from the old era!"

At this moment, the closest to Duncan was the Blood Dream, a twisted spirit-like being with the head of a black swan but the lower body of a fairy. It had a pair of large, blood-red wings on its back and seemed to be able to erode people's thoughts and dreams. The area it descended on showed a certain degree of spatial distortion.

It's an illusion overlapping with reality, laid bare from God's perspective.

"follow me!"

Duncan didn't care whether they followed or not, and went straight into the vertical elevator shaft. Behind him, the Balancer of All Things broke through the platform layer like a surging green tide, and Lady Fungus also released countless spores, her figure transforming into a huge fungal polymer.

Areas E, D, C, and B.

Duncan's figure broke through one platform after another, encountering a descending evil god monster at almost every other platform. From this, it can be inferred that this world once possessed a considerable number of gods, possibly even far more than one pantheon.

Some of these units lack the markings of the gods from the old era; those are the true void creatures.

They completely ignored Duncan, rampaging through the platform and devouring the souls of mortals in the real world. Some were dealt with by Duncan, while others were simply ignored.

On the platform level of Zone B, countless aggregates of flesh and blood have spread along the deck, absorbing nutrients from the corpses. Throughout the lower levels of the nest, countless fleshy organs have hatched, seemingly serving as vessels for the arrival of void monsters. Powerful void creatures are also attempting to tear through space, directly unleashing monsters from other dimensions.

"It's truly a chaotic mess!"

boom!
Amidst the exploding steel fragments, Duncan finally broke through the platform level of Area B. He saw a gray sky above him, the sun seemingly shrouded in smog, casting only a dim, yellowish glow. He soared into the sky, his gaze sweeping into the distance, where he could see a devastated, post-apocalyptic landscape.

Duncan had anticipated the terrible state of World Three, but when he actually saw it, he was still shocked.

This is no longer a typical post-apocalyptic planet.

Even in a nuclear apocalypse, there should normally be some other life forms, but at this moment, the entire planet was completely desertified, without a trace of green. In the distance were mountains of industrial waste, and murky asphalt-colored substances spread along the earth's veins. Cracks in the earth stretched to the horizon, like shocking scars, and some even revealed the surging magma layers in the deep underground abyss.

The Mechanicus's resource extraction has penetrated deep into the Earth's core, rendering the surface world completely uninhabitable for humans.

It's almost beyond saving.

Resources are exhausted.

The only option is to restart the earth, water, wind, and fire elements to rebuild the planet's crust, mantle, and core structure.

Colossal hives, each tens of thousands of meters tall, stand on the earth's surface. The upper levels of these hives are even smaller, housing countless temples of the Cult of the Machine God, with the data hub at the very top controlling the hives' operations.

The upper zone has numerous factories that produce synthetic starch for the lower-level inhabitants of the hive.

We don't know what materials were used, but we can't let the people below know.

The industrial farms in the distance have completely collapsed, and most of the crops there were supplied to the nobles of the upper echelons of the city.

The middle-level areas are generally populated by technical personnel, while the upper-level areas are occupied by administrative officials. Only they can enjoy fresh meat and vegetables. However, because maintaining farms requires a significant amount of energy, the Nest City's survival system only supplies a very small number of people.

On either side of the upper level of the hive city are docked ports, where thousands of spaceships have already taken off, seemingly as the wealthy and powerful residing there attempt to escape.

The Mechanicus's protectors were barely maintaining order, and it was clear that some well-dressed individuals were able to board the spaceships and escape first.

Rumble!
But the next second, countless vines burst forth from the ground, and the Balancer of All Things arrived on the surface. Those dark green vines, like sharp thorns, hatched and pierced through the spaceships in the port. As its huge and bloated figure squeezed out from underground, the entire port area collapsed rapidly. Thousands of elegantly dressed upper-class nobles fell into the abyss and disappeared directly into the darkness of the underground city.

In the face of death, all beings are equal.

The Balancer of All Things indiscriminately slaughters all life nearby. He is like a rolling aggregate of flesh and plant matter, with countless roots piercing into the flesh and gradually hatching more evil spirits from the sea of ​​trees.

Dimensional space.

From God's perspective, a dense formation of fighter jets appeared on the strategic map.

Even before they got close, they were bombarded with missiles. These fighter jets had huge and bulky bodies, exuding a heavy industrial style. They were marked as Archaeopteryx, Skyclaw, Valkyrie, etc. Unlike the fighter jets that Duncan knew, they relied more on anti-gravity engines for control.

In an instant, Lady Fungus sprayed out countless spore polymers, which covered everything like a canopy.

Thousands upon thousands of missiles exploded like fireworks!

About ten kilometers away from Duncan, the deck on the ground gradually bulged up, and then a huge fleshy tumor broke out of the ground. Instantly, tens of thousands of monsters flew out of it. They had sharp, fine teeth, were only a dozen centimeters tall, had pointed ears, exaggerated noses, and ferocious, bloodthirsty expressions. Their fleshy wings on their backs were dark red, and they surged out one after another like a swarm of bees.

These creatures, somewhat like a hybrid of fairies and imps, hatched extremely quickly, expanding to a scale of millions in the blink of an eye. They surged towards the aerial fighter jets, overwhelming everything with their sheer numbers.

"Adapting to the laws of the world!"

"Riding skills are transformed into driving skills! ... Adaptive vehicle knight mechs, Titan constructs, Archaeopteryx fighters, Glorious Starships, etc.!..."

"Adapting to the laws of the world!"

"Archery skills transformed into shooting skills! ... Adaptable to all kinds of firearms, cannons, missiles, railguns, etc.!..."

"Adapting to the laws of the world!"

"From military weapons master to melee weapons master! ...Adaptive force field sword, power hammer, plasma weapons, etc.!"

One by one, the laws began to transform.

In an instant, Duncan mastered the use of almost all the weapons of this era. This is a special ability unique to Heroic Spirits. Although they are the strongmen of the old era, they can master the tools of the new era by relying on the resonance of the world.

Normally, when a heroic spirit with superb riding skills is summoned, he is also a first-rate vehicle driver, able to control motorcycles, cars, airships, fighter jets, and even aircraft carriers with ease.

Because their vehicle capabilities are conceptual.

Duncan's figure transformed into a streak of crimson lightning, tearing the sky apart. His cursed spear flashed like a streak of light, and behind him, dozens of Archaeopteryx fighter jets exploded one after another. As he drew back the Norden Bow, raging wind power gathered wildly, forming a small-scale magical vortex.

—Multiple Arrows!

Rapid fire!
Hundreds upon hundreds of arrows shot out into the sky, and the fighter group in front of Duncan was directly blown into a sky full of smoke and fire. Hundreds of fighters crashed at the same time. Although these modern war machines have amazing destructive power, they will be quickly scrapped after being severely damaged.

Thunderstorm!
—The Eye of the Hurricane!
The Balancer of All Things transformed back into human form. He reached out and grabbed at the sky. The next second, the wind and clouds surged, and the sky above the entire Nest City turned pitch black. Rolling thunderbolts fell like dense electric snakes, and the terrifying eye of the hurricane appeared directly in the atmosphere.

Those members of the Mechanical God Cult were all mechanically modified, and under the endless bombardment of thunder, they were almost locked in place, suffering heavy blows one after another.

"Cataclysmic Hatred detected!"

"Hurricane eye detected in the upper atmosphere!" "Calling in orbital strike!"

"Call in orbital strike!"

At that moment, a hurried voice rang out from inside a warship tens of thousands of meters long in the upper atmosphere. A mechanical sage stared at the eye of the hurricane above the atmosphere with an extremely solemn expression and ordered, "Lock on the target!"

"Prepare for orbital bombardment!"

"Use the Apocalypse-class Prism Weapon!"

A dazzling beam of light descended from the sky, instantly vaporizing the area where the Balancer of All Things was located. The shockwave from the explosion caused the entire nest to tilt and collapse, and millions of lives vanished within the orbital bombardment's range.

When necessary, the upper-class nobles who manage the hive are merely a group of expendable resources.

Even in the eyes of the Cult of Machines, they were a bunch of parasites.

Because many of the upper-class nobles are the flesh and blood descendants left behind by a certain mechanical sage before he removed his genitals.

Some are even cloned offspring.

As long as the mechanical sages above live, they will live in the upper districts of the hive for generations to come.

They will be upper-class nobles for all eternity.

Aside from becoming a friar of the Mechanicus, there is no other way to advance to the Upper Zone through struggle.

hum.

Above the atmosphere, the majestic interstellar warship opened its hatches, unleashing a deluge of tens of thousands of missiles and artillery fire in an instant. Under such intense firepower, the entire port area of ​​the hive city was vaporized, leaving almost no survivors.

The Mechanicus is very experienced in dealing with this situation, and they don't care about casualties at all, and they will do anything to suppress the hatred of the old era.

This is also the time.

A blood-red figure pierced through the atmosphere and entered the planet's orbit.

He flew into space in his physical form.

boom!
The incredibly thick armor of the warship was forcibly broken open by brute force, and then the blood-red figure entered the interior of the warship.

"Alarm! Alarm!"

"Intruder detected! ...The armor of Sector H71 is breached! ...The outer protective force field is shattered! ...The energy deflection force field is damaged!..."

"Alarm! Alarm!"

"Cataclysmic intruder detected! ... Sector F41 breached! ... Sector E16 breached! ... Anti-gravity engine in Sector D damaged! ... Backup power activated! ... Backup anti-gravity engine activated! ... Currently calming the mechanical soul!..."

"Activate the bridge energy shield! ... The energy shield field in Sector C is damaged!..."

"Energy supply interrupted in Zone C17!..."

"The entire Insight Mobile Squad has been wiped out! ... The entire Steel Casting Special Operations Squad has been wiped out! ... Sector B6 has been invaded by an unknown enemy!..."

"Activate the Dauntless Battle Mechs!"

"Activate the Judgement Construct!"

"Activate the nanomechanical modifiers!"

"Data Sage - Tallinn activates Holy War Construct Legion! ... Intercepting enemy invasion! ...Data Sage loses signal connection!..."

"Steel Heart - Bestman, High Priest - Rafe are intercepting the enemy invasion!..."

"Live signal lost!..."

"Unknown target has entered area A3! ...Activate thermal laser matrix! ...Target disappeared!..."

boom!
Under the horrified gazes of a high-ranking church sage and dozens of data sages, one signal marker after another disappeared from the command center of this interstellar warship. The target's movement speed did not slow down at all, and it almost directly cut through most of the starship before finally stopping slightly in Area A.

"Is He dead?" a data sage asked hoarsely.

boom!
The voice just fell.

A massive humanoid silhouette, about six meters tall, appeared on the incredibly thick steel deck, which was twenty centimeters in diameter. The silhouette was somewhat square and was not an enemy invading the interstellar warship, but a Dreadnought battle suit that had been slammed against the gate by brute force.

What a terrifying existence this is!?
Even in the age of mythology, only those with godlike power from the direct bloodline of giants could kill a legendary combat mech created by the Mechanicus with their bare hands.

But the giant bloodline disappeared long ago.

Long before the age of elves, giants had already disappeared; their terrifying brute force, capable of moving mountains and filling seas, existed only in myths and legends.

The mythical giants of World Three are roughly at the level of Gaia or Kuafu, or at the very least, the two giants who moved mountains in the story of Yu Gong Moving Mountains. This level of brute force is already close to a conceptualized form of power.

In a true sense, they once relied on pure brute force to move mountains and fill seas!
Rumble!
The gates of the warship's command room burst open with a deafening roar, sending countless flying steel fragments flying like cannonballs. The blood-red figure twisted off the head of the fearless mech and slowly walked into the cockpit.

boom!
He casually tossed the half-meter-diameter steel head aside, then stretched his limbs and said indifferently, "Is that all?"

Sonorous!

The sword of victory was slowly drawn from its sheath.

The crimson figure shot out like lightning, slashing down in an instant, directly breaking through the energy deflection field of a Data Sage and severing his completely mechanized head. Immediately afterwards, the cursed spear pierced through the energy shield, penetrating the bodies of several people in succession, accurately hitting the source energy cores installed in their bodies. Amidst the continuous explosions, these Data Sages of the Cult of Machines were like exploding humanoid fireworks.

The entire battle ended in a very short time, with Duncan twisting off the mechanical skull of the Great Sage in front of him and pulling out a Saint-forged spine more than a meter long.

The tens of thousands of cannons on this interstellar warship slowly moved and aimed at a black obelisk on the ground!

next second.

A barrage of cannon fire!

Countless cannon fire roared, striking the towering obelisk directly above it. The air heated up rapidly, and an invisible energy field barrier appeared, visible to the naked eye, like a six-sided light curtain. Then, it gradually overloaded and shattered, until finally the obelisk collapsed with a crash, splintering into countless crystalline fragments.

If we rely solely on magical bombardment, it's unclear how long it would take to break through the force field shield of a mechanical wonder.

at the same time.

On the entire surface of the planet, nearly a thousand black obelisks instantly strengthened the energy field protecting the outer layer.

After Duncan shattered one of the mechanical wonders, time seemed to stand still in the vicinity, and countless lives were frozen at the moment the interstellar warship launched.

——Clock Angel (Construct Incarnation) (Guardian Angel) [Golden Skull Mark]!
—Angel of Insight (Construct Incarnation) (Guardian Angel) [Golden Skull Mark]!
—Steel-cast Angel (Construct Incarnation) (Guardian Angel) [Golden Skull Mark]!
The echoes of hundreds of millions of people chant the sacred words of the Mechanicus.

Within dimensional space.

Duncan stared at the projected image in front of him, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"Alarm! Alarm!"

"An anomaly detected in the flow of time! ...Unknown time magic detected!..."

"Spell analysis in progress!..."

"Detected the domain law of clocks and the concept of time! ... The target has cast an extremely large-scale time stasis spell!..."

Don't know when.

Above the atmosphere of this planet, the outline of an enormous clock appeared. In the pitch-black space torn apart by the central pointer, a mechanical figure with a humanoid silhouette emerged. Its head resembled an ancient sundial, and it had a humanoid mechanical body. As the inverted pointer on it moved, the anomaly in the flow of time began to spread continuously. In the end, all beings below the demigod level were frozen in the stagnant flow of time.

Another guardian angel I've never seen before.

Above the Data Temple, countless data processors converged into the air, extending into numerous mechanical pipes like blood vessels, connecting the Data Temple's processors. Then, hundreds of infant-like mechanical bodies whispered and chanted. The machinery within the Data Temple transformed into muscles, bones, and skin, and the gushing oil became blood. Countless gear-like machines converged like eyes.

A mechanical eye, about 300 meters in diameter, slowly emerged. From the mechanical patterns behind it, rapidly spinning fans roared, and wings like blade processors spread out, creating a shadow that blotted out the sky.

An invisible electromagnetic energy field spread out.

It's like a radar, scanning all life within its range.

The Angel of Insight, who descended into the real world in construct form, instantly located Duncan!

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(PS: Bonus chapter will be added tonight.)
(End of this chapter)