Star Forge Titan

"That's right. Although it's just the sublimated and transformed power of the immortal treasure itself transformed from external magic power, the total amount is also quite limited." At this point, the activation adjutant's tone became very solemn.

"But according to the research of the first Giant King, the earliest use of Black Hammer Lemnos was likely to transform all individuals within a wide ecosystem into shells."

"This wide area...how big is it exactly?" Ivan's voice was a little dry. He probably had guessed what the other party's reply would be.

The animated adjutant was silent for a moment, then gave a very Titan-like answer.

"The whole planet."

Chapter 145: Racing Against Time

The Ship of Theseus, I am not myself, what is the essence of consciousness?

After hearing about the transformation of such an outrageous scale of large life forms, a large number of related questions popped up in Ivan's mind one after another like a warehouse of fireworks being ignited.

The Titan's brain was working at such a high speed that it was almost smoking, but when he looked down at the Mountain King running happily with his head covered, he immediately put all those questions behind him.

No matter what, the Uranus civilization and the Sky Dynasty have the most technological power in the universe!

At least from the looks of it, Sanwang doesn't seem to have any issues with self-awareness. After all, it was just a weird horse to begin with, so it's no big deal that it's now a mechanical monster horse from another world.

"Black Hammer Lemnos has such exaggerated abilities." Alvin sighed sincerely.

Indeed, immortal treasures have the ability to create miracles.

The Crown of Time, which he had previously come into close contact with, even allowed Alvin to directly experience the power of the future that could rival that of a god, crossing the long river of time.

But a power like Black Hammer Lemnos, which can directly and fundamentally transform and reshape the entire planet's ecosystem, is definitely one of the best even among the "Immortal Treasures".

If it is obtained by a hybrid insect beast, the other party may even tamper with the transformation process of the Black Hammer and directly turn all creatures in the material world of Palladia into super beast derivatives infected by pure color power.

At the thought of this, cold sweat broke out on Ivan's forehead. With his current physical condition, the heat energy was just an additional supplement to be absorbed. If he hadn't been really shocked, he wouldn't have sweated even if he was thrown into a fire.

Patting the Mountain King's neck, Alvin signaled it to speed up again.

Shanwang, who was running happily and furiously with his tongue hanging out, turned his head with a surprised look. At this time, the sound of the wind around him had drowned out the volume of his loud voice. If he increased his speed any further, he would not be running fast on the ground, but would be flying low on the ground.

"We're in a hurry." Without any hesitation, Ivan's expression made Shanwang realize that he was serious.

"Pululu!" With a strange roar, the tall horse, which was three meters high at normal height, jumped up from the spot.

In less than a second, glowing lines appeared on the surface of the bionic skin, replaced by a cold, hard metallic texture.

Immediately afterwards, the four slender horse legs and the mountain king's head began to transform and change. The soft and flowing horse mane twisted together, turning into rows of neatly distributed dark red spiral spikes.

The complex and sturdy metal machinery flipped out from the inner space. The special fluid metal gathered into liquid wheels with extremely strong grip. The skeleton turned into a solid steel frame and towering handles. Bionic metal muscles formed the front and rear flexible suspension. The horse's back and saddle formed a low cushion, and there were four silver exhaust pipes as thick as rocket thrusters popping out arrogantly at the rear.

After a series of dazzling transformations, the black horse that Alvin was riding turned into an ultra-heavy cruise motorcycle with a front wheel diameter larger than the rear wheel, a silver exhaust pipe, dark gold exposed mechanical components, and a body as black as the night!

The mechanized horse head is even thinner than normal, so the resulting front of the vehicle resembles a horse skull. Spiral spikes made from twisted horsehair are densely distributed on the front of the vehicle and on the outer side of the protective armor covering the front wheels, adding a touch of unabashed violence to the already overflowing wildness of this heavy motorcycle.

hum!

The roar of the engine replaced the neighing of the horse, and the fluid metal tires with dual properties of liquid and solid directly turned into a semi-melted gel state, thereby gaining extremely strong grip, thereby converting the extremely surging engine power of the steel galloping horse in the chassis into forward speed as much as possible!

Bah!

A crisp explosion was heard, and a white ring-shaped cloud suddenly exploded in front of the horse-headed skull with two red glowing headlights embedded in the eyeballs. Alvin only felt a silence shrouding his ears.

All the noisy sounds were left behind, and the lights on both sides of the road formed two bright lines. The edge of the hemispherical barrier in front rubbed against the air to produce red light, which dragged backwards into a cone-shaped structure similar to a meteor.

Despite being in an unprecedentedly high-speed movement, Ivan's mind remained as calm as ice. This allowed him to clearly consider his next move and deduce new facts based on the intelligence he had just received.

Considering that there was no one else here, he could use all his equipment to deal with the hybrid insect beasts, including the soul-made weapon Karlbant, which had been locked in the small dark room for a long time and was probably going crazy, and the sealed magic armor - Thirteen Curses (Unfinished) - Deep Despair Armor.

After Ivan's soul ability is further developed, he can transform matter into light and then integrate it into his own light-forged armor, thereby permanently enhancing the defense strength and various properties of the light-forged armor.

This gave him new ways to deal with the Deep Despair Armor and the Free Blessing.

You know, feeding something tricky like "dog food" to growth-enhancing equipment or skills is a very basic operation. At least in Virtual Paladin, this is how players deal with cursed equipment.

Thinking about his experiences before the time travel, combined with the information he had just heard about Black Hammer Lemnos, this reminded Alvin of another very important thing.

There is no doubt that in the virtual world of Palladia, the world reshaper who originally shouted "Flesh and blood are weak, steel is eternal" and intended to reshape the entire material world - the Star-Forging Titan Avonarian, must have also been to this underworld city located a million meters deep underground.

The future of the real Palladio has already been changed by Ivan's arrival, so the experience of the original body in the virtual Palladio must be very different from his own.

But he undoubtedly gained the power of the Black Hammer Lemnos through this adventure, which is why he later came up with the "Machine World Sublimation" plan to transform all life in the world into machine-types.

Could it be that the original body made such an extreme decision because of the threat from the pure-colored super beast?

Is this some kind of unchangeable inevitability?

This weak idea similar to fatalism was randomly knocked away by Alvin's punch.

Are you kidding me? I wouldn't set the whole house on fire just to kill a cockroach! Not even southern cockroaches!

Although he had joking thoughts in his mind, his will became more and more firm.

It would be such a pity if such a beautiful world, such beautiful people and things all turned into cold metal.

Presumably, the ancient Titans who toiled on this planet wouldn't want to see something like this happen. For this reason, even with terrifying ecosystem-reshaping weapons like the Black Hammer Lemnos, and facing terrifying monsters like the Pure-Colored Ultra Beast that threatened the entire universe, they never resorted to such a drastic measure.

Times are progressing. Even if I have lost a lot, as a younger generation, I cannot embarrass myself to this extent.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and an extremely huge black pyramid suddenly appeared before his eyes.

The third heritage management agency has arrived!

Chapter 146: Lobby Elevator

The building where the third heritage management agency is located is an extra-large pyramid that is very consistent with the style of the ancient giant kingdom.

The pitch-black building, taller than any other structure around it, stood tall, exuding unparalleled solemnity, and was exceptionally silent, like a gigantic mausoleum.

This regular tetrahedron building, with a quadrilateral base and sides made up of multiple triangles, has an extremely stable mechanical structure. It also possesses special abilities in the magical field, such as gathering environmental magic.

After rushing all the way to the destination, Alvin found that there was no sign of invasion.

I think with the technological strength of the Giant Kingdom, even if the entire city is empty, such an important department will arrange very powerful automatic security, such as puppet golems.

Thinking of this, Alvin couldn't help but look at the square in front of the pyramid.

After all, the city of the underworld, Abyss, is essentially a fortress city. Although the overall area is very impressive, the distances between the buildings are quite narrow and they are distributed extremely compactly.

However, in front of the super-large pyramid where the third heritage management agency is located, there is a wide square, where nine large statues of unknown significance are scattered.

These statues are exaggeratedly tall, exceeding ten stories, with upright and sturdy figures resembling human forms, while also possessing a heavy mass that matches their height.

Each statue has a gorgeous crown inlaid with large blue and red crystals on its head, and each of its ten fingers, as thick as a man's arm, wears a gold ring of different shapes, which are either inlaid with dark gems in the shape of scarabs or engraved with a strange golden eye and a flying eagle. In addition to these complicated ornaments, the obsidian surface of the statue is decorated with a large number of golden patterns with rich meanings, and the whole is full of strong exotic style.

Looking at the movable structures revealed at the joints of the statues and the heavy scepters made entirely of metal in their hands, Alvin secretly confirmed his previous guess.

If nothing unexpected happens, these large statues, which appear to be just decorations, will show invaders what overwhelming power and might mean when they appear.

Even if the hybrid insect beast's special abilities were extremely bizarre, it would be impossible to enter such a heavily guarded area without leaving any trace.

Obviously, either the other party's primary target was not the third heritage management agency, or I arrived there before the other party.

Considering that the spirit particle terminal accidentally obtained a map from the city management system, the latter possibility was relatively high. However, this city was built by giants after all, and even with the spirit particle terminal, it would be impossible for him to fully understand what was inside in a short period of time.

Therefore, the first possibility cannot be ruled out.

No matter what, ensure the safety of Black Hammer Lemnos first.

"Praise to the Nine Pillars King." The words of praise recited by the revitalized adjutant Chen Ken came from the side.

Even though it had become a cold man-made object made of fluid metal, its words were still filled with reverence.

"Nine Pillars...Honorable King?" Alvin repeated in a low voice. If he remembered correctly, the primitive belief in the Silent Desert area was called the Nine Pillars God.

Is there some connection between the two?

“Ah, these are the nine greatest Giant Kings in the history of the kingdom. They possess the power of their ancestors that comes directly from the Ice and Fire Kings, and have inherited the apocalypse from the ancient Lords. They are wise kings who can independently perfect the laws and make the entire kingdom prosperous.” Then, the activation adjutant began to introduce the life of each of the Giant Kings.

Ivan did not interrupt his story, but new guesses gradually emerged in his mind.

Directly inheriting the ancestral power of the Ice and Fire Kings clearly meant that the Giant Royal Family at the time were at least second-generation ancient Giants, and they must have possessed a hundred-meter-long combat physique that matched their bloodline rating. As for the ancestral power inherited from the first-generation Ice Giant King and Fire Giant King, it indicated that the Nine Pillars King might even be a Super Giant comparable to the first-generation.

Ivan once used his [Telepathy] talent to resonate with the fragments of a powerful second-generation giant, and thus read the memory fragments left by the ancient giant warrior named Frostland Arcade who broke free from the constraints of matter with his extremely strong will.

That second-generation giant warrior possessed the power to change the terrain over a wide area. The unique wall-like mountain range in the northern part of the Demon Kingdom of Elrond is the powerful landform left behind by his last battle.

The second generation of giant warriors is already so powerful, and the first generation of super giants, who are the closest to the Titans, will only be more powerful. Considering that the royal family also has the inheritance of Titan genes...

It is very reasonable that a strong man of this level would be praised as a god thousands of years later.

"If we enter the square, will we be attacked by them?" After the activation adjutant finished introducing the Nine Pillar Kings, Alvin immediately asked.

"My lord, are you kidding me?" There was no expression on the iron-gray face of the activated adjutant, which was condensed from liquid metal, but the tone of his voice was very subtle.

“…”Suddenly realizing something, Alvin couldn’t help but raise his hands to cover his face.

How stupid! Even if those nine statues were powerful defensive golems made during the Giant Kingdom period, he possessed the highest level of administrator authority. How could he be attacked by these defensive mechanisms deployed at the outermost perimeter of the 'Third Heritage Management Agency'?

He drove (rode) forward directly. He was now just thankful that Sanwang had not learned to laugh at this highly human-like behavior, otherwise the Yin-Yang Master who jumped out when he was stupid just now would have become two.

"Pululu?" Shanwang quickly crossed the square. Apart from the lit lights, the man, the horse and the other animal did not encounter any obstacles.

When he arrived at the edge of the black pyramid, Alvin did not see any structure similar to a door, and there was not even a crack on the side wall.

However, when he got close enough, a small square area outlined with light immediately appeared on the smooth wall.

"Please put your hand on it." The activation adjutant reminded.

Considering the issue of authority, it did not hover independently at this moment but hung obediently on Ivan's lower back. Otherwise, it would probably not be able to enter as a personal item.

Following his adjutant's instructions, Alvin raised his hand and pressed the square area outlined by the light. As the message prompt sounded from the lepton terminal, the wall in front quickly split into countless parallel metal strips and pushed open to both sides, revealing a huge door that was ten meters high.

As expected, it's a gate for giants to enter...

Ivan sighed in his heart, but without any hesitation, he walked directly through the door and into the third heritage management agency.

The interior of this pitch-black, super-large pyramid is very bright. The faint white light emanating from the walls and ceiling completely illuminates the entire space. The interior structure of the building is decorated in the style of the Giant Kingdom period, and gorgeous golden ornaments can be seen everywhere.

However, what is surprising is that this area serving as the lobby does not contain any items other than decorations, and there is not even a seat for visitors to rest, yet it is only the size of an ordinary room.

It's hard to imagine that the lobby of a building so large from the outside could be so narrow.

Then, an idea quickly popped up in Ivan's mind.

Unless this isn't a lobby at all...

Just as he was thinking about it, a soft female voice sounded in his ears.

"Dear guest, welcome to the Third Heritage Management Agency. Please state the area you are planning to visit next. This machine will be responsible for the subsequent expedited transportation."

So, this is actually... an elevator?

Chapter 147: Abyssal Ship

The speaking voice should be that of an automatic thinking machine similar to the Activated Adjutant. The Giant Kingdom's technological accumulation in this area is no less than the various civilian artificial intelligences that Ivan had seen in his previous life. He could even hear some changes in tone that imitated emotions.

However, Ivan's attention was now completely drawn to the function of the room before him. More precisely, it was drawn to the profound meaning hidden within it.

A fully modular building. Although he didn't know what this room, which functioned like an elevator, was called during the Giant Kingdom era.

But from this point alone, it can be seen that the entire building is most likely to be completely filled with various modular functional rooms, and the conversion and movement between modules can be achieved by relying on some unknown technology.

So, every visitor who has permission to enter the building goes into a separate movable room and is transported there after stating their destination.

Such a design not only improves efficiency, but also greatly enhances the confidentiality and defense capabilities inside the building.

After all, if you don't even know the location of the room you want to invade, then there is no point in invading it itself.

"Send me to the place where Black Hammer Lemnos exists." Ivan said bluntly:

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding lights suddenly turned red, and the gentle female voice that originally greeted guests was replaced by a hard and deep male voice.

"Top secret keywords detected. Activating comprehensive review mode. Please cooperate!"

The luxuriously decorated walls revealed their true appearance after a flash. They were armored barriers made entirely of metal. Even if a transcendent attacked with all their might, it would take a considerable amount of time to break through them.

Sure enough, this is what a highly confidential agency should look like.

Alvin nodded calmly, and even had the leisure to evaluate the security measures of the Third Heritage Management Agency.

For him, this was an unprecedented experience. Recalling his own experiences exploring ruins in the virtual world of Palladia, it was a chaotic jumble of traps, monsters, competitors, and so on. It required not only a battle of courage but also of wits, even luck. It was a truly unbearable memory.

Looking at it now, it seems that all problems can be solved with just a few words.

Is this how privileged people are treated? Love it.