Star Iron: I, who forged my own armor by hand, ascended to the cycle of reincarnation.

"They're inherently contradictory; what an interesting vicious cycle!"

"Unfortunately, only four models of armor were made here; the last model, the so-called Royal Guard model for protecting the Queen, is not included."

As time went on, the more he looked at Chen Jie, the more alarmed he became. He increasingly felt how inferior the imitation of the Flame Dragon Armor he had created was; it could practically be described as garbage.

"Resources determine the upper limit; much of this knowledge can be applied to this inferior product."

"No wonder there aren't many people at this experimental base. It's even more absurd than 'a master leads you through the door, but the rest is up to you to figure it out.' They give you the data, and the rest is up to you to understand."

Lifting his head, Chen Jie looked at the replica standing there. This thing wasn't transformed by molten ore; rather, it was powered by molten ore, which made the replica appear quite bulky.

Both the Light and Shadow Armor and the Molten Knight use transformation devices to transform. However, the Light and Shadow Armor relies on bloodline, while the Molten Knight needs to replenish its energy through molten ore.

Pushing up his glasses, Chen Jie's eyes were filled with excitement.

"I think this experiment will be very interesting."

Just as Chen Jie placed the documents on the table to look at them, a USB drive suddenly fell out. Chen Jie raised an eyebrow in surprise, then plugged in the USB drive and took out its contents.

Soon, as a video opened, Dust Blade understood what a Molten Knight was and what a swarm of insects was.

Boom! Bang!

The video showed flames and explosions simultaneously at the moment it played; the video was shot from a first-person perspective and also included an electronic display screen.

"Is this a first-person perspective from inside the Molten Knight, filmed by the cyborg controlling the Molten Knight, or by the Molten Knight's system to collect data?"

Dust Tribulation, having reached a conclusion, carefully watched the video.

The video begins normally, with flames and explosions sweeping across the land, accompanied by the sounds of insects and machinery. But soon, Dust Calamity's pupils widen.

Blackness—a vast expanse of black appeared at incredible speed above the land, plunging the entire sky into darkness, devoid of any light.

There was nothing there just a second ago, but the next second it seemed to suddenly appear and cover the entire sky!

"No, the insect swarm is too large. Request scorched earth tactics."

"allow"

"Permission granted," came a female voice, undoubtedly that of Empress Titania. The command "Permission" was followed by...

All the Molten Knights within sight were erupting with crimson flames; this was mentioned in the previous document.

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That's a suicidal attack that unleashes all the energy within the Molten Knights' armor; once activated, they become like human bombs.

The extremely hot flames that spewed from the gaps in the armor before the explosion could still kill a batch of true stinging insects.

Although they were not meant to live long, this self-destruction was so powerful that it completely changed Chen Jie's understanding of armor.

This was nothing like the armor he remembered; at the very least, it wasn't something that looked like a bomb.

Within their field of vision, the Molten Knights took flight like fireflies drawn to a flame, then charged straight toward the swarm of insects!

The crimson flames and the self-destruction of the true stinging insects left nothing but barren land in their wake. One of the true stinging insects suddenly attacked the person who posted the video.

The opponent casually threw a punch, and a powerful burst of flames engulfed the True Stinging Insect, along with all the True Stinging Insects within hundreds of meters behind it, annihilating them all.

The Molten Knights plunged into the abdomen of the swarm like spears, their flames erupting completely in a final, frenzied burst of power, as if in the last moments of their lives.

He wasn't the only one doing this; many flames lit up the battlefield. One, two, his comrades responded, the powerful energy of the molten ore displaying itself to its fullest extent at that moment.

The swarm of insects, which had brought fear and despair to all life across the universe, began to be annihilated as if thrown into a meat grinder. The Molten Knight's self-destruct mode transformed him into a nuclear bomb that could explode at any moment.

Every punch and kick they delivered created a terrifying burning and explosive effect, with crimson flames scraping away layers of the ground. Ordinary true stinging insects were quickly wiped out, but the war was far from over.

A giant stinging insect, as large as a truck, fell from the sky, its sharp claws piercing through the wound. Fluorescent green blood and electronic sparks gushed from the wound before it exploded with a deafening roar.

At this moment, Dust Calamity felt as if he were present at the scene, able to clearly hear the Molten Knight's alarm and the muffled voice of its controller.

"For Her Majesty the Queen"

Flames shot into the sky, engulfing an area of ​​several kilometers in flames.

As the video ended, Chen Jie stared at the scorched red earth and the ever-growing, more powerful True-Hibernating Insects appearing in the video, lost in deep thought.

Chapter 5 Thought Seal

Time flies like an arrow; before they knew it, Dust Tribulation had been in this base for a year.

At this moment, Chen Jie was still in that familiar laboratory, where he had already skillfully crafted the four different models of the [Firefly] armor.

The video from a year ago not only had a tremendous cognitive and sensory impact on him, but also instilled in him a vibrant spirit.

For example, at this moment he is making the mold for the second set of Light and Shadow Armor, a replica of the Snow Mastiff Armor.

All you need to do is replicate the appearance, then you can dismantle it and remelt it into materials for crafting the Molten Knight.

[Phase Two of the mission is complete; rewards are now being distributed]

With the Golden Shadow Village bloodline and the Golden Shadow Stone now fully integrated, a familiar sensation emanated from within him. The Golden Shadow Stone appeared in his hand and merged into Chen Jie's body the very next second. The pain wasn't as intense as the first time, but it wasn't much better either.

After taking a shower, Chen Jie began to dismantle the replica.

"Alphs Dust, follow me."

Suddenly, the lab door wouldn't open, and Liley saw Dustbolt operating the robotic arm to melt materials. "Let's pause production for now, come with me."

Chen Jie adjusted his glasses, a meaningful smile playing on his lips, and followed.

This time, Lillard led Dust to a cluster of petri dishes—yes, a cluster, because there was a vast expanse of petri dishes, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Furthermore, each petri dish contained a "person," both male and female, all naked. Due to the genetically engineered nature of these artificial humans, their facial features were remarkably similar.

Similarly, there were many empty petri dishes. Besides him and Lillie, there were about forty other researchers in this space, each kept quite far apart.

"Alphs Dust, the current situation in Grammer is that there are more Molten Knights than genetically modified humans. After all, Molten Knights can be remade, but genetically modified humans cannot. Therefore, the production of Molten Knights can be slowed down, and some people can be assigned to the production and modification of them."

"The current sequence number starts from AR-. Since this is your first time creating one, to avoid any unexpected situations, I, as your teacher, will demonstrate this independent experiment first."

“AR- number?” Dust Calamity murmured. Wasn’t that the number before Firefly’s?

"Any questions?"

Chen Jie shook his head, "No problem, teacher."

Over the past six months, his talent has been gradually developed, and Lirei has grown to like him more and more. Four months ago, he even broke with tradition and began to personally teach him about the knowledge of the Molten Knight.

Otherwise, no matter how hard Chen Jie studied, he couldn't possibly have mastered the data files for four different [Firefly] armors within a year by himself. It can be said that Li Lei helped him a lot and was a responsible teacher.

Lire's reason for this was that when Alph Dust managed to master the first-model [Firefly] armor entirely on his own, relying solely on data analysis, in just four months, he felt that Alph Dust had been sent by heaven specifically to succeed him.

Lire nodded slightly, his expression serious.

"The underlying genetic code of genetically modified humans is altered, which causes the physical structure of these modified humans to undergo irreversible, slow disintegration until they disappear."

"The purpose of doing this is also to prevent the leakage of information about our Grammer Knights, also known as the Molten Knights."

"And I call this symptom entropy disorder."

Dust Calamity's pupils contracted slightly. So, besides the Molten Knights, you also developed genetically modified humans?

"I'm giving you this code now. Most programs are pre-designed; you just need to input this code into the split screen on the console."

"I'll only teach you once, so watch carefully and memorize it."

Dust Tribulation watched silently as a humanoid embryo slowly emerged from an empty petri dish, its tubes beginning to twitch.

"The purpose of this underlying code is to prevent the leakage of information about genetically modified humans and Molten Knights. To save time, other codes do not need to be entered manually; the machine will input and operate them automatically."

"What we need to do is input that string of underlying genetic code while the petri dish is running."

"And all the differentiations among cyborgs are due to this automatic reason, but this difference is not important."

"See that clearly? This is how cyborgs are made."

"Remember, you can only create the next cyborg after the previous one is completed. The creation time for each cyborg is approximately two system hours."

"I just made the AR-, yours is the next one."

Dustfall agreed with Lire's words and understood why automated manufacturing only required inputting the final underlying code.

Since all genetically modified humans can be considered replicas of Empress Titania, they all share the same white hair and similar appearance.

After Grammer and the Queen who linked to her disappeared, when she was the only genetically modified human left, Firefly awakened her self-awareness and began to ponder the meaning of her existence.

Ultimately, she underwent a power surge strikingly similar to that of the Insect King, becoming the Empress of the Molten Knights, a position of equal rank to the Insect King, and then destroyed the planet Grammer.

And AR- is the firefly.

As for why the Republic of Grammer and the Queen disappeared in front of the Fireflies, Dust Calamity doesn't understand why yet. After all, the Molten Knights were blocking the front line, so how did the main camp get blown up?

Returning to his train of thought, Chen Jie nodded silently, his hands mimicking Li Lei's actions on the control panel with incredible speed, far exceeding what one would expect from a novice. Li Lei nodded in satisfaction.

As the tube inside the petri dish twitched, an embryo began to emerge in the empty petri dish beside it; this moment of tribulation was somber.

Am I being a father in an unconventional way?

During the next two system sessions, neither of them spoke; only Liley operated the console.

Dust Tribulation silently watched the embryo form, a process that astonished it.

The embryo grew at a visible rate, and he witnessed her growth firsthand until that familiar face appeared before him. Only two systemic periods had passed from the beginning until now.

"It's time to awaken her, Dust Calamity."

Under Lire's guidance, Dustfall once again operated the control panel, performing the tasks that Lire had done during the embryonic formation process.

Once everything was done, the tubes in the petri dish began to twitch, then plunged hard into AR-'s back.

The tube turned red, as if something was being injected. AR-'s expression contorted in pain, and he let out a silent scream.

The insect-wing-like patterns began to climb up her cheeks, a sight that made Chen Jie frown.

Chapter 6 Your name is Firefly

"Dust Calamity, they are all genetically modified humans, not human."

Lire's sudden words caused Chen Jie's expression to change slightly, then he silently nodded without saying a word.

Seeing that Chen Jie seemed to have taken his words to heart, Li Lei's wary heart began to calm down.

In the past, someone developed a deep emotional attachment to genetically modified humans and directly altered their underlying genetic code, almost causing irreversible and terrifying consequences. Fortunately, this was discovered and stopped.