Gao Wu insists on cultivating immortality.

Ye Zhen was really angry just now. Gao Wu was arrogant and stupid, which cost him his life.

As a member of the close protection team, she had to write a detailed report on the matter and provide a reasonable explanation for this man's foolish choice.

When Gao Wu killed the mechanical giant wolf, Ye Zhen's anger was replaced by astonishment.

She spent two years training in the abyss and encountered mechanical giant wolves several times.

These giant wolf-like mechanical creations are products of a mechanical civilization. It is said that this mechanical civilization was controlled by a demon god and has been completely destroyed.

Humanity also discovered these products of mechanical civilization in the abyss, and made great strides in mechanical technology, which led to the creation of planetary armor and various mechanical organs.

Humans have learned a lesson from this: human mechanical modifications should not exceed 30%.

Excessive mechanical modification is considered a serious crime, and those who are modified are also deemed unnatural and denied all civil rights.

The rusted mountains are filled with creations of a mechanical civilization. These mechanical monsters and giants had lost their life and spirit, and their bodies had decayed and rotted.

Nourished by the negative energy of the abyss and blessed by the collective consciousness of darkness, it was then able to come back to life.

However, these strange machines have transformed into abyssal anomalies. Although their body frames are mechanical structures, they do not completely follow the rules of mechanical matter.

The mechanical giant wolf has a very high life level, and its collective dark consciousness is even more terrifying.

Ye Zhen witnessed Gao Wu kill the mechanical giant wolf, but he couldn't understand how Gao Wu did it.

When the collective consciousness of darkness collapses, it also releases a powerful mental magnetic field that can easily corrupt high-level star masters.

Judging from the communication status, Gao Wu was clearly very clear-headed, even relaxed, as if killing the mechanical giant wolf was effortless.

Gao Wu noticed Ye Zhen's silence and knew that the other party was still in a state of great shock.

He had actually overheard Ye Zhen's words and knew that the female star master meant well, even risking her life to follow him into the Rusty Mountains.

The map of the abyss clearly marks this area as a restricted zone.

Gao Wu naturally wouldn't hold a grudge against the female star's minor insults, but he also couldn't explain the process of the killing.

The mechanical giant wolf's consciousness is hidden deep within its brain, protected by an exceptionally sturdy metal shell.

Qingming's twin swords had little chance of breaking through the thick outer shell. He actually used the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Spell directly to destroy the mechanical giant wolf's consciousness through the metal shell.

Although his Yang spirit was restricted by the laws of this world, it was not something that the mechanical giant wolf could shake.

Without conscious control, the massive mechanical wolf collapsed with a crash, creating a deep crater in the ground, sending various broken metal fragments and parts flying everywhere.

Gao Wu entered the giant wolf's head and used his twin swords to forcefully rip off the wolf's metal brain.

It is a sealed metal ball about the size of a watermelon, but it weighs several hundred kilograms.

When stationary, it can be removed by breaking the metal connections. When the giant wolf is alive, it can even generate negative energy to form an energy field to protect itself.

The black metal ball was exceptionally smooth, without any scratches.

Gao Wu carried the metal ball to Zi Dian's side and said, "Thank you for coming to remind us to provide support."

"I don't know what to call it?"

"Guardian Team Ye Zhen." Ye Zhen established a direct dialogue with Gao Wu via video, revealing her beautiful face.

Ye Zhen looked at the metal ball in Qing Ming's hand and said, "This is a level 5 alloy, it's very valuable."

Qingming reached out and handed over the metal ball. Ye Zhen instinctively controlled her Star Armor to take it. She was a little surprised and embarrassed. Was Gao Wu really that generous?

The gift was too expensive, and she was too embarrassed to accept it.

As she was pondering how to politely refuse such an expensive gift, Gao Wu on the screen said, "Please take this back for me."

"Oh, okay." Ye Zhen quickly agreed, then smiled wryly to herself, thankful she hadn't been too modest, otherwise it would have been too awkward!
"I don't want to go back, so please make the trip."

Gao Wu said, "I can't let you work for nothing. How about I give you 5% of the profits?"

"It's just a small favor, there's no need to mention money." Although Ye Zhen was somewhat tempted, earning a delivery fee seemed reasonable; 5% was already a lot, even excessive. However, she couldn't earn that money; it was too shameful.

"That's right, I'll be cultivating here for a while."

Gao Wu said, "Every three days, you come and help me transport some spoils of war. Also, help me get some supplies."

He looked at Ye Zhen on the screen: "Is 5% not enough?"

Ye Zhen thought for a moment and nodded: "If that's the case, I can help. 5% is enough, or even more."

Although the Star Armor is large and has various metal mechanical structures inside, the only real personal storage space is in the upper thigh area. In reality, it can't hold much.

Generally speaking, Star Armor is not suitable for prolonged combat. Two or three days is usually the limit, and normally one should return to the dungeon to resupply and rest.

Ye Zhen didn't remind Gao Wu either; a powerful Star Master capable of slaying a mechanical giant wolf didn't need her to point out such details.

She was actually very curious about Gao Wu's abilities and wanted to see how he would fight, so she wasn't in a hurry to leave.

"You're busy, I'll just stay here and watch over things, is that alright?"

"fine."

Gao Wu didn't care. He waved to Ye Zhen and rode Qingming towards the depths of the rusted mountains.

Flying is too energy-consuming, and flying over rusty mountains is not a wise choice.

Through the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra, Gao Wu was able to faintly sense clusters of dark collective consciousness deep within the mountains.

After walking for more than half an hour, Gao Wu encountered the mechanical giant snake that was two hundred meters long. Its metal body segments were exposed at the joints, and its lens-like eyes shone with emerald green light.

The mechanical serpent also spews out negative energy black gas, which is highly corrosive. Wherever the black gas passes, it corrodes the various metal fragments on the ground, leaving deep pits.

Although Qingming's armor was quite good, it was mostly melted by the black mist. Fortunately, the mechanical serpent ultimately lacked true intelligence. Gao Wu seized an opportunity to leap onto its head, plunging his twin swords deep into its veins while simultaneously unleashing the Vermilion Bird Divine Light Mantra, killing the serpent's consciousness...

On the Book of Immeasurable Merit, countless merits flashed by, and in the blink of an eye, billions of merits were added.

Adding the merits from the mechanical giant wolf, his total merits are now close to six billion.

Slaying monsters in the real abyss is much more efficient than the Battle.net abyss!

Another major problem with Battle.net is that all data is monitored. Gao Wu is still quite wary of the powerful deity who controls the entrance to the Cyber ​​Abyss.

The large amount of merit also filled Gao Wu with motivation.

The giant snake's brain nucleus is nothing special; what's truly valuable is the special nerve bundle that runs through its spine. It's as soft as water and as fine as silk, but it's actually a special kind of metal.

Gao Wu rolled the nerve bundle into a ball and put it into the Azure Nether Storage Chamber, then continued forward...

Walking among mountains piled high with countless machines feels quite different.

Gao Wu found it hard to imagine what stage mechanical civilization had developed to create such a vast, multi-mile-long mountain range of metal.

As they delve deeper, they encounter more and more mechanical monsters, which become increasingly difficult to deal with.

Hundreds of mechanical bats flew in flocks across the sky, releasing ultrasonic waves that blasted away most of a metal mountain.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gao Wu burrowed ten meters underground to conceal his aura before escaping.

Having learned his lesson, Gao Wu became much more cautious. He probed twice to find the ultrasonic frequency of the mechanical bats, and then used his powerful mental strength to strike his twin swords, detonating the ultrasonic waves first and blasting hundreds of ultrasonic bats apart...

This was originally the Nine Sounds Meditation Method. Gao Wu had fought the bat several times and compared it with the changes of the Dragon's Roar in the Nine Heavens. With his extraordinary talent, he managed to comprehend the corresponding method on his own. He had also read a passage of the Nine Sounds Meditation Method manual, which, although lacking details, pointed him in the right direction.

The Nine Dragons Limitless Path inherently encompasses various martial arts variations. Gao Wu, having spent some time in this universe and learned advanced meditation techniques, found a suitable entry point.

Through this entry point, a portion of his martial arts realm from the Nine Dragons Limitless Path can also be transformed.

The Nine Sounds, Dragon Tiger, and Heavenly Net are said to be advanced meditation methods, but in terms of level, they are not considered high.

Gao Wu can be considered to have mastered one method and thus mastered all methods.

Then, mechanical monsters demonstrated their power. No matter how strange their consciousness was, the power they displayed was ultimately based on controlling the source force with a mental magnetic field, combined with their mechanical bodies.

In essence, it is exactly the same as Star Armor.

The only difference is that the Star Master's spiritual power is more stable and orderly, while the mechanical alien life form is abnormally chaotic and manic.

The various powers displayed by the mechanical lifeforms were real and authentic. Gao Wu could see many traces of Star Master secret techniques in them.

Clearly, human spiritual techniques also drew inspiration from mechanical civilization.

The reason these chaotic mechanical anomalies might have merit is likely because they once fought a great war against humans and were ultimately defeated by them.

These mechanical beings have accumulated a great deal of merit.

Gao Wu was only speculating. As for the truth, it has long been a thing of the past, and probably no one would care about it anymore.

Anyway, it's a great thing for him.

The mechanical alien life forms, or mechanical demons, that corrode the mountains can also provide various special and high-value materials.

Furthermore, the mechanical demons' changes were completely undisguised, and Gao Wu could directly see all the changes in their mental magnetic field through mental perception.

Of course, the changes in the mental magnetic field of mechanical demons are relatively crude and simple.

The Star Master's spiritual magnetic field resonates only with the Star Armor, and then the Star Armor controls the energy center and the source power. This is actually a closed and precise system.

Although Gao Wu's spiritual power is strong, it is actually very difficult for him to observe the specific and subtle changes in the spiritual magnetic field of a Star Master.

On one hand, it can accumulate merit; on the other hand, it can acquire high-value materials; and on yet another hand, it can learn and comprehend various spiritual mystical arts.

This can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

On the third day, Gao Wu realized that something was wrong. He could hold on, but Qing Ming could not.

The prolonged battles and marches had left this metal-mechanical star armor extremely fatigued, with some parts severely worn and requiring repairs.

Although Gao Wu was mentally prepared for this, seeing Qing Ming's condition, he understood why the alliance could easily control a high-level star master.

Unlike divine weapons, which can grow stronger with each battle, star armor is a consumable item.

Like guns and cannons, they have a limited lifespan and require extremely high logistical support.

Without logistical support, Star Masters can only dominate temporarily by relying on their Star Armor, but they will be easily wiped out in a day or two.

Ye Ning once said that the master could communicate with the Source Sea and place the Star Armor in the Source Sea for tempering.

However, this kind of tempering should not be able to replace logistical support. Only in this way can the organization keep the Star Armor Masters in check.

As for the Divine General, Gao Wu had not seen any relevant information, so he had no way of speculating on the Divine General's condition.

On the third day, Ye Zhen indeed arrived. Gao Wu handed a pile of materials to Ye Zhen, and he also brought a large pile of materials with him. The two returned together to the underground security base.

With Ye Zhen as the introducer, exchanging materials and repairing the Star Armor became very simple.

Gao Wu didn't care much about this world either. He was able to quickly get closer to Ye Zhen with a 5% return, saving him a lot of social time.

It's obvious that Ye Zhen is a member of the Ye family. And as a level 15 Star Master, he must have status and power within the support base.

Gao Wu wasn't after Ye Zhen for anything; it was all out of a pursuit of maximum efficiency.

The various materials were valued at 300 million, but Ye Zhen intervened and raised the price by 20%. This alone makes the 5% investment extremely worthwhile.

Ye Zhen exchanged over three thousand contribution points. It doesn't seem like much, but in reality, he only earned four thousand contribution points during his two years of cultivation in the underground cave.

The main reason is that Gao Wu ventured deep into the rusted mountains and killed mechanical aliens with very high life levels. This resulted in a higher exchange rate for contribution points.

Such a huge profit in just three days surprised Gao Wu. The Abyss truly is a treasure trove!
It would take several days to adjust and repair Qingming. Seeing that Gao Wu was in a hurry to go to the Abyss, Ye Zhen suggested that he use Qingming as collateral to temporarily rent a Star Armor.

Gao Wu naturally wouldn't refuse such a good thing, and Ye Zhen helped him coordinate the best-performing sword and star armor: Seven Star.

The deep blue seven-star armor is very beautiful, and its performance is about 20% better than that of the Azure Darkness.

Gao Wu, having acquired a replacement Star Armor, immediately re-entered the Abyss...

As time went by, Gao Wu's reputation at the security base grew stronger and stronger.

Even Master Xu Shiqiang, the Star Armor Master, was impressed by Gao Wu and considered him a once-in-a-century genius in Qingcheng!
As time went on, Ye Ning began to hear rumors.

Calculating the time, Gao Wu has been in the abyss for two months. He hasn't returned since.

Ye Ning couldn't help but contact Ye Zhen to inquire about Gao Wu's recent situation.

The Ye family is a large family. Ye Ning and Ye Zhen have only met a few times and are not very familiar with each other. If it weren't for the high martial arts, Ye Ning would not have contacted Ye Zhen.

"Sister Zhen, may I ask what's going on with Gao Wu?" Ye Ning asked politely.

"We've accumulated 200,000 contribution points. Various material costs have totaled tens of billions..."

"Huh?" Ye Ning was greatly shocked. Although the abyss could yield various precious materials, the risks were extremely high.

The support base will repair Star Masters' Star Armor free of charge, and the cost of materials will also be greatly reduced.

For Star Masters, the Abyss is primarily a place to hone their combat awareness and skills. It's difficult to gain much significant experience there.

Gao Wu earned 200,000 contribution points in two months, which is a staggering 10 billion in revenue!
Ye Ning closed the video and fell into deep thought. She sent Gao Wu to the Abyss for training, not expecting him to gain a lot of contribution points in a short time. She just thought the Abyss was a good place for training.

As a result, Gao Wu spent two months there and gained a great deal. Two hundred thousand contribution points, according to the rules, were enough to exchange for a master-level meditation technique.

However, Gao Wu's situation is too abnormal...

After much consideration, Ye Ning finally contacted her grandfather, Ye Qianren.

On the screen appeared a gaunt old man with a wrinkled face, white hair tied in a Taoist bun, wearing a wide blue robe. He was tall and thin, dressed like a Taoist with an air of otherworldly grace. He was none other than the divine general Ye Qianren.

"Grandfather," Ye Ning said, feeling close to his grandfather and very relaxed and at ease in front of the divine general.

"Ning'er, what brings you here to chat?" Ye Qianren knew Ye Ning well; now that the child was grown up, he had his own things to do, so his sudden contact meant there must be something on his mind.

Ye Ning didn't beat around the bush. She recounted Gao Wu's situation and concluded by saying, "Isn't Gao Wu acting a bit too strangely?"

Ye Qianren smiled kindly: "Geniuses are all prodigies. It's only reasonable for them to be abnormal."

"Since Qingcheng has produced such a talented person, bring him over so I can take a look at him."

"If there are no major problems, grant him entry to the Source Sea. It's just another master; even if problems arise later, it won't be a big deal..."

As a peerless general, Ye Qianren possessed his own magnanimity and didn't care much about these things. Instead, he developed some interest in high-level martial arts... (End of this chapter)