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Chapter 221 Deus Ex: The End of Science is Theology! [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets]

What is Ivan's trump card?
There's no need for the Heavenly Dao to speak; the audience in the dimensional world can immediately provide the answer.

This is what is known as the 'Intelligent Machine Star Source'.

As a standard Iron Dome family mecha envoy, Ivan has been fighting solely with his own mecha since the start of the battle.

He has never revealed what his 'Star Source' actually is.

Therefore, amidst the curious gazes of the dimensional audience, Ivan unleashed his Star Source—the Quantum Hive.

After a strong surge of stellar energy, the chest cavity of Ivan's pale gold mech suddenly opened, and countless nanomechanical bees poured out from the opening.

These mechanical creations, smaller than dust, shimmered with a faint golden light and emitted a muffled humming sound as they flapped their wings in the air.

At the same time, the star source effects related to Ivan were clearly presented to the audience in the dimensional world.

【Name: Quantum Hive】

[Type: Mechanic]

【Effect 1. Nanobee Swarm: Star energy is converted into nanomechanical bees, possessing information collection/transmission/interference/self-destruction capabilities】

【Effect 2. Queen Bee Computation: Distributed bee colony network, computing power increased by 1700%】

[Second Awakening Nanobee: Sacrificing the colony for 'ultra-fast' intelligent mechanical repair, significantly enhancing the effect and duration of 'overlimit state']

The viewers in the dimensional world initially thought that Ivan released these swarms of nanobees to launch some kind of special attack on the Heavenly Dao.

Unexpectedly, the massive swarm of nanobees immediately changed direction after appearing, flowing like a golden river and burrowing into his mech.

Under the repair of the nano-swarm, the cracks on the surface of Ivan's mech began to heal rapidly.

"Intelligent mechanical technique activated beyond limits".

As a cold, electronic voice fell, the mechanical patterns on Ivan's pale gold mech were quickly replaced by more complex quantum circuits.

Meanwhile, under the reconstruction of the nano swarm, the entire mech first visibly expanded by nearly 30%, then a long, narrow, sharp metal blade popped out from the elbow, and four powerful thrusters appeared on the back.

"Combat mode switch: Swarm coordinated combat."

The next second, amidst the sonic booms from all four thrusters, Ivan suddenly vanished from his spot.

A golden afterimage tore through the air and appeared behind the Heavenly Dao in an instant.

The reconstructed AI blade, wrapped in a special energy stream composed of golden bees, fiercely slashed towards the back of the Heavenly Dao's neck with the force of a decapitation strike!
clang!
The instant Tiandao parried, Ivan's mechanical blade suddenly split into dozens of special blades composed of tiny bee swarms.

These blades seemed to possess their own consciousness, bypassing the Heavenly Dao's arm and slashing at his vital points from various tricky angles.

"It's the same old thing in a new guise, but it's still somewhat original."

The azure light in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao intensified, and the vector force field expanded instantly, deflecting all the sharp blades formed by the swarm of bees.

But in this brief stalemate, Ivan's heavy fist slammed into Tiandao's chest.

boom!
Before Chen Kong's incredulous eyes, the Heavenly Dao was actually 'flying backward' on the spot.

What's puzzling is that while it was Tiandao who was blasted away, it was Ivan who was standing there motionless.

He lowered his head, and the camera of the anime focused on his arm that had slammed into Tendou's chest.

"Vector storage..."

Ivan stared down at his damaged mech arm, his brain's quantum data rapidly updating.

A moment later, he looked up at the Heavenly Dao in the distance, which had landed lightly as if nothing had happened, and said with a serious expression, "When did you master it?"

Without hiding anything, Heaven directly gave the answer with a smile.

"I learned it a long time ago, but my body wasn't fully developed back then, and a large part of my brain's computing power was sealed, so I never used it."

[Vector Control - Storage] [Effect: Stores vector damage received proportionally, which can be stacked and released at any time]

For the Heavenly Dao, 'Vector Control and Storage' is not a particularly difficult technique.

The principle behind this technique is essentially to absorb and store the 'vector damage' that would otherwise be returned to the enemy.

But this seemingly simple operation is actually very dangerous.

This is tantamount to having a time bomb that could explode at any moment within the body of the Heavenly Dao.

One wrong move and it could backfire.

However, if this ability is used well, the results can be quite amazing.

This is because it means the stronger the enemy's attack, the more attacks they will launch.

The more the Way of Heaven is, the more likely it is to inflict sufficient harm on the other party at a specific time.

This kind of damage can be stacked with various star energy techniques and moves of the Heavenly Dao itself, making it stronger when facing stronger opponents.

After learning all this, Ivan's perpetually icy expression finally changed.

He frowned, and the red light from his electronic eyes flickered on and off, clearly indicating that he had encountered some tricky problem.

His calculations contain the Heavenly Dao, which includes multiple techniques such as 'Vector Control - Myriad Phenomena Repulsion', 'Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye - Star Eclipse Liberation', and 'Vector Control - Storage'.

It's practically a terrifying monster from every angle.

To harm the Heavenly Dao, one must first break the Heavenly Dao's 'Repulsion of All Things'.

However, if he wants to break through the Heavenly Dao's 'Repulsion of All Things', his attack will definitely be 'stored' by the Heavenly Dao and returned to him at a critical moment.

This creates a very unsolvable phenomenon.

That means the stronger and more frequent his attacks on the Heavenly Dao are.

The attacks he receives afterward will become increasingly intense, until he can no longer withstand them.

For this situation, Ivan could only think of two solutions for the time being.

One method is to engage in pure stellar energy consumption with the Heavenly Dao until the Heavenly Dao's stellar energy is exhausted.

Secondly, by using an absolutely overwhelming attack, the Heavenly Dao's 'Myriad Phenomena Repulsion' cannot be completely neutralized, thus causing real damage to it.

But neither of these options is something Ivan can do at this moment.

Thinking this through, Ivan realized that conventional methods were no longer a viable option, and he had to take a risk.

As if guessing his thoughts, Heaven suddenly spoke.

“If I remember correctly, as a high priest of the Mechanic Cult, you should be able to communicate with your so-called ‘God of Myriad Machines’.”

"What, even now, aren't you going to pray to your exalted god?"

Upon hearing the words of the Heavenly Dao, Ivan remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking.

"as you wish."

As soon as the words were spoken, a ritual called Deus Ex began.

Upon witnessing this scene, the anime/manga audience couldn't hold back their excitement.

Ivan's prayers and invocations suggest that in this world of stars, the end of science is theology!

PS: That concludes today's update. I won't be asking for monthly votes today, as I only added one extra chapter.

Although, I've actually written quite a bit already.

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