Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 400 Disassembling the Azure Dragon, the Black Relic

Inside its personal space, the mechanical Azure Dragon did not lie down as it had before, but instead changed its flight path, transforming from a lying-down flight posture to a standing one.

A pair of large but solid claws landed on the ground, and its body was in motion, no longer open, but in a contracted state.

"what?"

Zhou Ming was surprised. He suddenly realized that after the mechanical Azure Dragon took this form, it actually did look a bit like a dragon.

Two pairs of wings, tucked in, circled close to the body, forming a shield to protect the main body.

This posture, combined with the dragon head revealed at the very top, makes the entire mechanism resemble a coiled dragon.

Those wings had now transformed into a coiled dragon body, wrapped around the main body.

It is a single, coiled dragon pillar.

This dragon pillar is over a hundred meters high and several tens of meters thick.

"This appearance, called the Mechanical Azure Dragon, is quite fitting."

Zhou Ming nodded, then waved his hand: "Go, tear it down!"

A flash of light appeared, and suddenly another mechanical azure dragon materialized out of thin air next to the first one.

All around, Ai had already mobilized various machines, and upon seeing this, they immediately swarmed forward and dismantled the projected mechanical dragon.

After all, there's probably only one Azure Dragon Mechanism in the entire world.

Putting aside the secrets hidden within, its rarity alone is enough for Zhou Ming to treasure it.

Therefore, the only way to study it is to dissect its projection.

The Loulan base has already done the same thing many times regarding the projection of the Soldier Demon God.

To some extent, the rapid progress of Zhou Ming's subordinates in the technology of mechanisms and runes was entirely based on this kind of violent dismantling.

Those gathered at the Loulan base were all mechanics that Zhou Ming had specially searched for throughout the entire Kyushu and the four seas; each of them was an extraordinary genius.

With an almost unlimited number of soldiers, demons, and gods to dismantle at will, technological advancements were naturally extremely rapid.

In order to quickly dismantle the Demon God, these mechanics specially designed mechanisms that could quickly dismantle various mechanisms.

Similar to the Seven-Breaking Earth Creature created by Gongshu Chou, it was a mechanical beast specifically designed to break through mechanisms, capable of breaking through almost all mechanisms.

However, all mechanisms have their own principles, and so do the mechanical beasts that can break through them.

Gongshu Chou actually created Potu Qilang according to the current popular mechanical manufacturing style.

The Demon God of Soldiers is an ancient mechanism. Strictly speaking, it is not a purely mechanical creation, but a combination of mechanisms and runes.

Therefore, the Loulan base could not directly copy Po Tu Qi Lang, but instead, based on the situation of Bing Mo Shen, independently researched and developed new ways to break the mechanical beasts.

At this moment, what Ai is controlling are actually these mechanisms that were specifically developed to solve other mechanisms.

Gongshu Chou's Potu Qilang was specially made into the shape of a mechanical beast to make it easy to carry around, and was given the ability to move.

However, while it makes things more convenient, it also weakens the ability to solve puzzles.

Zhou Ming possesses the ability to project, so he naturally doesn't need this convenience. Therefore, most of the mechanisms that Xiao Ai currently controls are bizarre and unrecognizable. However, in terms of the ability to break through mechanisms, she can be said to be several times better than Shichiro Hato.

With the coordinated operation of these machines, in less than fifteen minutes, one of the legs of the mechanical dragon was completely disassembled.

The projected Azure Dragon mechanism immediately lost its balance and fell over.

But this actually makes disassembly easier.

Numerous mechanisms worked continuously from bottom to top, taking an hour to completely disassemble the lower half of the Azure Dragon mechanism.

The speed was so fast because of the inevitable violent dismantling, which caused many mechanisms to be directly damaged.

But since it's all just a projection, it doesn't matter if it gets damaged.

When they disassembled the Azure Dragon's chest cavity, they found a small room, which was probably the control room for the Azure Dragon.

The room was only half a meter in diameter, very small, and could probably only accommodate a few people.

There is a control panel in the very center, but its surface is blank except for a square notch.

"This shape and size..."

In Zhou Ming's mind, he waved his hand, and a black ruler flew from a distance.

Mo Mei is the symbol of the leader of the Mohist school!

Zhou Ming was a thief who would leave with nothing but scraps. When the Mo Family's mechanical city collapsed, what he gained was far more than just the mechanical Azure Dragon.

The real Mo Mei was also taken away by him.

What remains in the hands of the Mo family at this moment is actually a projection.

Zhou Ming inserted the black eyebrow into the gap in the control panel.

Not too big, not too small, fits perfectly.

Even the patterns on the surface of the dark eyebrows fit perfectly.

"Interesting... Demolish it!"

Numerous dismantling mechanisms rushed forward, while Zhou Ming carefully examined the ink-black eyebrow.

But an accident happened: the material used for this control panel was extremely hard.

Moreover, it is not an organization in itself, or rather, the organization is all inside.

The exterior was completely protected by the control panel, and despite numerous disassembly mechanisms, it was impossible to open the control panel.

"Then let's go to Jianyue."

Since it's just a projection anyway, Zhou Ming didn't care at all and gave the order.

Jian Yue walked in, and with a single slash of his Ancestral Sword, which resembled transparent crystal, he cleaved open the control panel, revealing countless intricate mechanisms inside.

At the very center of these mechanisms is a black stone that is spherical in shape but not very regular in shape.

On the upper part of the stone, there is a rectangular notch about one centimeter thick.

Its size is exactly the same as the front end of Mo Mei. It is likely that after Mo Mei is inserted into the control panel, it will connect with this stone to control the entire Azure Dragon mechanism.

"However, when Yan Dan died, I was in the central hall, and Mo Mei was directly handed over to Tianming. How did he control the mechanical Azure Dragon?"

Zhou Ming thought to himself, but his gaze was fixed on the ink-black eyebrows in his hand.

It's obvious that the answer lies in this thing.

After all, this black eyebrow is not only a symbol of the Mo family leader's status, but also the object controlled by the mechanical Azure Dragon.

Zhou Ming projected a black eyebrow sword and handed it, along with the black stone, to Jian Yue, asking him to study it carefully.

Meanwhile, Ai continued to take action, dismantling the mechanical Azure Dragon.

With numerous dismantling mechanisms and a brutal dismantling method that completely disregarded the damage, the entire Azure Dragon mechanism was quickly dismantled into pieces.

Even the final Azure Dragon Head, with its somewhat unique structure containing many powerful mechanisms, was easily dismantled with the help of the Demon Lord.

"It seems that the greatest secret of the Mohist school lies inside this black stone."

Zhou Ming thought to himself. Jian Yue lived up to expectations, and by the next day, he had roughly figured out the secrets of the black stone and Mo Mei.

"My lord, this stone should have the ability to absorb human essence, true energy, and spirit. However, this effect is only passive; someone must actively send their own essence, energy, and spirit into it for the stone to absorb and store them."

"So, this is a relic of an evil emperor?"

"The Evil Emperor's Relic?" Jian Yue was taken aback.

Zhou Ming explained, "That is a treasure passed down through generations of the Demonic Sect of the Great Sui Kingdom. It also has the ability to store essence and true energy. Before their death, each generation of Evil Emperors would store their power in it, which is called the Evil Emperor Relic."

Jian Yue nodded: "More or less, but this stone is even more powerful than the Evil Emperor's Relic. Moreover, it also stores a large amount of true energy, and its fluctuations are exactly the same as the true energy fluctuations on the Mo Family's leader. The storage capacity is about 1,600 years."

"Hmm? But what you have in your hand is actually a projection, only one-third the effect of the original. In other words, the original contains nearly five thousand years of power?"

Zhou Ming was also taken aback; this number was quite large.

Jian Yue said, "The true energy stored in this thing has a great similarity, and they all seem to come from the same cultivation method, but the spiritual imprints within them are completely different. I think that the way the Mo family ancestors used this thing was probably the same as those evil emperors of the demonic sect."

"So, in other words, all the great masters of the past would store their true energy in it before they died?"

Zhou Ming said, "Even so, nearly five thousand years of true energy is still an incredible number."

Jian Yue said, "You are treating me as an ordinary martial artist, but what if a Grandmaster emerged from among the ancestors of the Mo family?"

Zhou Ming suddenly realized: "I see. If there is a Grandmaster, then it is quite normal."

Grandmasters can directly absorb the power of heaven and earth and transform it into their own true energy.

However, the human body has its limits. If a grandmaster recklessly absorbs the power of heaven and earth and seals it within his body, the final result will be that he becomes a giant bomb and explodes to his death.

This is why, after reaching the Grandmaster level, those Grandmasters begin to study spiritual will.

It is precisely because the human body has its limits, while the spirit is limitless.

But let's call this thing the Giant's Relic.

This relic of the Great Master can store true energy and essence.

Therefore, the grandmaster of the Mohist school only needs to continuously absorb the power of heaven and earth, transform it into true qi, and then store it in this object.

The body is just a transit station, so naturally it won't have any impact.

In this way, a grandmaster, given enough time, could store up thousands of years' worth of true energy within it.

Then, he would have his descendants pour their true energy into it before they died, so that it would accumulate continuously.

Five thousand years of true energy have been accumulated in this way.

"No wonder Yan Dan passed on his power to others without hesitation before his death, and with such a low loss rate. It turns out that the Mo family has such a tradition. I'm afraid that the internal energy cultivation of the Mo family leader has also been changed because of this tradition."

Zhou Ming held the black stone ball, a look of joy appearing in his eyes.

"If we extract the true energy from this object and infuse it into other people's bodies, wouldn't we be able to quickly create a large number of grandmasters?"

"This... I'm afraid it won't work!"

Jian Yue said, "The martial arts of the Qin Kingdom, especially those of the Hundred Schools of Thought, generally inherited the ancient ways of gods and demons. Therefore, they contain some spiritual cultivation methods, which means that their true energy also contains fragments of their own spirit."

The true energy within this object was also intertwined with the fragments of their original owners' spirits. In particular, the fragments of that Grandmaster's spirit remained condensed within, refusing to dissipate, and still exist to this day!

"Oh?"

Zhou Ming quickly exited his personal space, then created a projection of himself, holding the relic, a silver mark appearing between his brows.

However, he directly opened his third eye.

A powerful spiritual force surged forth and poured into the relic.

In an instant, Zhou Ming felt as if he had entered a black ocean.

Every drop of seawater in this ocean is transformed from true qi.

Fish swam in the water.

Zhou Ming's spiritual power spread over and made contact with it. In a daze, he saw a dark room where a person was diligently cultivating.

Upon encountering another fish, he witnessed the creation of a small mechanical Vermilion Bird in his hands.

"These fish are probably fragments of the spirit of the Mohist masters throughout history, containing fragments of their memories..."

Zhou Ming's spiritual power roamed within it, discovering that these spiritual fragments truly lived up to their name as fragments.

Each one was severely damaged.

The accompanying memories range from one or two hours to just a few seconds, and are generally very fragmented, failing to form a coherent whole.

Zhou Ming quickly gave up exploring and swam towards the center of the entire black sea.

There, sitting cross-legged, was an old man dressed in black.

He was bald and barefoot, with dark and rough skin. The black clothes he wore were short linen garments, making him look like an old farmer who worked in the fields year-round.

However, the fact that this person could appear here clearly indicates that his identity is not simple.

Zhou Ming immediately thought of a possibility.

"Mozi?"

Zhou Ming suddenly changed his appearance, transforming into Wu Liangtian, and slowly approached the figure.

When they were about a hundred feet away from the figure, the figure suddenly opened its eyes and said coldly, "Outsider, leave this place!"

Zhou Ming clasped his hands in greeting: "Wu Liangtian, a disciple of the Mohist school, pays respects to our ancestor!"

The figure remained expressionless, still coldly declaring, "Outsider, leave!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire ocean surged, and the seawater coalesced into an immense force that pressed down on Zhou Ming's mind. Countless fish also swam together, forming a huge school of fish.

Zhou Ming was startled and quickly withdrew his power.

Even so, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

"It is Mozi, but to be precise, it should only be the memories and spirit left behind by Mozi, not the real Mozi!"

He has basically figured out how the Azure Dragon Mechanism works.

The core of the Azure Dragon Mechanism is undoubtedly this black relic.

To be more precise, it is the memory and spiritual fragments left behind by Mozi within the relic, which possess the ability to control all the true energy within the relic.

However, as a fragment that carries memories, it has no spirituality whatsoever; it can only receive commands and then execute them according to its own memories.

As for how to issue the order, that naturally depends on Mo Mei.

According to Jian Yue, the martial arts of the various schools of thought in the Qin state all contain ancient cultivation methods and spiritual techniques.

Therefore, a master must be able to transmit their spiritual will into the relic through the ink-black eyebrows.

Therefore, the most direct way to control the Azure Dragon mechanism is to insert Mo Mei directly into the control panel and give commands to Mozi inside the relic.

As for remote methods... a small piece is missing from this relic.

If I'm not mistaken, this missing piece should be hidden within the dark eyebrow!

(End of this chapter)