novelsite Chapter 142 Mechanical Race Spaceship
Chapter 142 Mechanical Race Spaceship
A year of immersive and arduous training brought about a tremendous change in Lin Yun's strength.
In the cultivation room of Mingyue Residential Area, he sat cross-legged, suspended in mid-air, surrounded by seven-colored light. The auras of the seven primordial laws—metal, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and light—intertwined, forming a strange rhythm. His cultivation level remained at the peak of the ninth rank of the Hengxing level, but the depth of his understanding of the laws had far surpassed that of a year ago.
Just then, his communication watch suddenly vibrated.
Lin Yun looked down and saw that it was a call from Luo Feng.
"Ah Feng? What's up?"
"Lin Yun, something's happened." Luo Feng's voice was grave. "Someone has intruded into Earth and been captured by your slave guards."
Lin Yun frowned slightly. Since becoming the ruler of Earth, he had established a tight defense system around the planet. Any unidentified flying object entering a one-million-kilometer radius around Earth would be detected immediately. Coupled with his cosmic-level ninth-tier slave guard, Earth's defenses were virtually impregnable.
"Who is it?"
"He's from the Norlan Mountain family, a ninth-tier cosmic-level expert named Baikaluo," Luo Feng said. "He's here to steal something."
"Steal something?" Lin Yun was taken aback. "Steal what?"
"A mechanical race spaceship." Luo Feng's voice carried a hint of excitement. "Deep in the Bermuda Triangle off Earth, there's a spaceship left behind by an immortal mechanical race member. That guy came here specifically for that spaceship."
Lin Yun's heart skipped a beat.
The Mechanical Race's spaceship—he remembered. Deep in the Bermuda Triangle, there indeed lay a Mechanical Race's immortal spaceship. It was one of Luo Feng's fortuitous encounters in the original story, priceless indeed. For the past two years, he had been so engrossed in cultivation that he had completely forgotten about it.
"I'll be right there." Lin Yun stood up and walked out of the cultivation room.
In the basement of the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy headquarters, Baika Luo was chained to a chair by energy shackles, unable to move.
He was a burly middle-aged man with bronze skin, a resolute face, and a hint of resentment in his eyes. His cultivation level was at the ninth rank of the Universe level, already considered high-level in the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield, but on this tiny Earth, he didn't even have a chance to resist—the slaves who captured him were at least at the ninth rank of the Universe level, and some were even at the Domain Lord level. He simply couldn't understand how an undeveloped life-bearing planet could possess such terrifying defensive power.
Lin Yun and Luo Feng went into the basement and sat down opposite Bai Kalu.
"Bai Carlo, a member of the Noranshan family?" Lin Yun asked directly.
Baikalu raised his head, looking at the young man before him, a hint of shock flashing in his eyes. He could sense an aura emanating from this young man that made his heart tremble—the aura of primordial laws, and more than one of them.
"Who...who are you?" Baikalu's voice trembled slightly.
"Earth Lord, Lin Yun," Lin Yun said calmly, "what brings you to Earth?"
Baikalu gritted his teeth and did not answer.
"Even if you don't tell me, I have ways of finding out." Lin Yun raised his right hand, and an invisible soul force probed into Bai Kaluo's mind. It was a soul search technique he had comprehended from the rules of death. Although it was not as direct as the Soul Searching Secret Technique, it was enough to render a ninth-level cosmic-level martial artist helpless.
Baikalu's consciousness began to blur, and his mouth opened involuntarily.
"I...I came to Earth on the orders of the Norlan Mountain family...to steal the Machine Race's spaceship." His voice was broken. "That spaceship...sunk deep in the Bermuda Triangle, it was...left behind by an immortal of the Machine Race. The family received information...that the spaceship was at least D-class, priceless...so they sent me..."
"The immortality of the mechanical race?" A glint of light flashed in Lin Yun's eyes.
"Yes... the owner of that spaceship was an immortal of the mechanical race... He was severely damaged in the extraterrestrial battlefield, and his spaceship crashed on Earth... It took the family many years to find its exact location..."
Lin Yun withdrew his soul power, and Baika Luo slumped into a chair, panting heavily.
"The Machine Race's immortal spaceship..." Luo Feng's voice carried a hint of excitement, "Lin Yun, we're rich now!"
Lin Yun nodded, but his mind was racing. The mechanical race's immortal spaceship was at least a peak E-rank, worth at least several hundred Chaos Units. For ordinary martial artists, this was an astronomical sum. But for him—the treasure left behind by the Lord of Guanglan Realm was worth nearly ten million Chaos Units, including several E-rank spaceships, though not as advanced as the mechanical race's.
However, one can never have too much good stuff. Moreover, the technology of the machine race is indeed more advanced than that of humans in some aspects, making this spaceship worth acquiring.
"Bai Carlo, where exactly is that spaceship located?" Lin Yun asked.
"It's...deep in the Bermuda Triangle, the coordinates are..." Baikaro recited a string of numbers.
Lin Yun stood up and looked at Luo Feng: "Ah Feng, you stay here and watch over him. I'll go get the spaceship."
"Be careful," Luo Feng said.
Lin Yun stepped out of the basement, transformed into a streak of light, and flew towards the Bermuda Triangle.
The Bermuda Triangle, deep in the ocean.
In the cold, dark sea, a gigantic white shadow was faintly visible. As Lin Yunfei approached, he saw an enormous, silvery-white pyramid floating in the water. The pyramid reached an astonishing height of 1200 meters, far taller than any skyscraper on Earth. Its smooth, mirror-like surface, without a single seam, emitted a faint, fluorescent glow in the dark water. The entire pyramid, suspended there, completely distorted the surrounding magnetic field.
"A mechanical race spaceship." Lin Yun's eyes lit up.
"Master, this spaceship is of a high level." Xiao Lan's voice rang in his mind. "It cannot be accurately judged from its appearance, but given the technological level of the mechanical race, this spaceship is at least at the peak of E-class."
Lin Yun slowly circled the pyramid-shaped spaceship, carefully observing every detail. The spaceship's overall structure was a standard pyramid shape, with its four sloping sides gleaming silvery-white under the underwater light. At the lower part of the pyramid, there was an open triangular passage; the interior was pitch black, its depth unknown.
"Xiao Lan, can you detect the situation inside the spaceship?" Lin Yun asked.
"Master, the spaceship's energy shield is still operational, and my detectors can't penetrate it," Xiao Lan said. "However, judging from the open state of the passage, the spaceship's control system should be blank. The mechanical immortals are intelligent life forms, and they don't need to be equipped with intelligent quantum computers when they travel on spaceships. After Master's fall, the spaceship lost its control core."
Lin Yun nodded. This is consistent with the description in the original work.
He donned the Radiant Armor and unleashed the full power of the Cloud Vine, causing 108 main vines to emerge from beneath his skin, forming an impenetrable protective layer. With everything prepared, he flew towards the entrance passage of the pyramid-shaped spaceship.
The passageway was tens of meters wide, its edges smooth as a mirror. The moment Lin Yun flew into the passageway, the tri-colored lights on the walls immediately lit up and shot towards him. That was the spaceship's defense system, which would automatically attack upon detecting an intruder.
Lin Yun did not dodge. He activated the Law of Light, and his body became blurred. The three-colored rays of light grazed past him, none of them able to hit him. At the same time, the main vine of the Moyun Vine also formed a barrier around his body, blocking all the rays that slipped through.
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
The three-colored rays shot out continuously, but none could hit their target. Lin Yun darted through the passageway, flying deeper into the spaceship.
The interior layout of the entire pyramid-shaped spaceship is quite unique. Unlike the layered structure of human spaceships, the machine race's spaceship has a main, circular passageway that spirals upwards, much like a mountain road. This circular passageway is a full 30 meters wide, winding around the central core of the pyramid-shaped spaceship and extending ever upwards. The walls of the passageway are made of silvery-white metal with intricate patterns—the unique technological patterns of the machine race.
"Master, the control room is located in the center, about 600 meters above the ground," Xiao Lan said.
Lin Yun flew upwards along the circular passage. The passage was long, but at his speed, he reached the designated altitude in less than a minute. Ahead appeared a large, silver-white door, tightly closed, its surface completely unmarked.
"The door is closed." Lin Yun stopped in his tracks.
"Master, this door requires authorization to open," Xiao Lan said. "However, with your current strength, you can simply blast it open."
Lin Yun raised his right hand, and a purple lightning bolt condensed in his palm—a lightning-based secret technique, Heavenly Profound Lightning Break. He compressed his power to its limit and then unleashed it with a vengeance.
"boom--"
The lightning struck the gate with a deafening roar. The silver-white gate trembled violently, and fine cracks appeared on its surface. The cracks multiplied and became increasingly dense until it finally shattered with a deafening crash, scattering into countless fragments.
Behind the door was a circular room.
The room was about 100 meters in diameter, with a crystal-clear floor, as if paved with crystal. Countless luminous crystals were embedded in the ceiling, illuminating the entire room as if it were daytime. In the center of the room, a huge crystal ball, about two meters in diameter, was suspended, completely transparent, with countless tiny points of light flowing inside.
"Control core." Lin Yun's eyes lit up.
He flew to the crystal ball and took out a smart chip from his spatial ring. This chip was made by Xiao Lan based on the data left by the Lord of Guanglan Realm, and was specifically designed to hack into the control system of the mechanical race's spaceships.
"Xiao Lan, it's up to you now." Lin Yun inserted the chip into a groove at the bottom of the crystal ball.
The crystal ball lit up the moment the chip was inserted.
Countless points of light surged from the crystal ball, dancing in the room like fireflies. These points of light multiplied and became increasingly dense, eventually converging to form a phantom-like figure.
It was the image of a mechanical being—entirely silver-white, with a slender figure and an exquisitely beautiful face, but without any emotion in its eyes, only a cold, mechanical light.
"Intruder." The machine's voice was cold and mechanical. "Unauthorized access detected. Activate defense procedures."
"Master, it's fighting back!" Xiao Lan's voice became urgent. "I need time to break through its defense system. Please help me block its attacks!"
As soon as he finished speaking, countless tiny holes appeared on the walls of the room. Beams of energy shot out from these holes, heading straight for Lin Yun. These beams were extremely fast and dense, almost completely sealing off any space for escape.
Lin Yun remained calm. He activated the Law of Light, causing his body to blur. Beams of energy grazed past him, some brushing against his ears, others grazing his sides, but none struck him. Simultaneously, the main vine of the Moyun Vine formed an impenetrable barrier around his body, blocking all the stray beams.
"Master, hold on a little longer!" Xiao Lan cried out, "Its defense system is collapsing!"
Lin Yun gritted his teeth and pushed the Law of Light to its limit. His body weaved through the sea of beams of light like a nimble bird. The main vines of the Cloud-Piercing Vine were constantly struck by the beams, but each main vine had extremely strong defenses, and the beams could only leave shallow scorch marks on them.
The beam lasted for about three minutes, then suddenly stopped.
The phantom of the mechanical race flickered violently a few times before vanishing completely. The points of light within the crystal ball calmed down, no longer agitated.
"It's a success!" Xiao Lan's voice was filled with excitement. "Master, I have completely taken over the spaceship's control system!"
A dense array of data appeared on the crystal ball—the spaceship's various parameters. Lin Yunfei approached the crystal ball and carefully examined the data.
"Energy shield, intact. Level... E9!" Xiao Lan reported.
"Offensive weaponry, intact. All three Star Destroyer main cannons and nine E3-class laser cannons are intact!"
"Propulsion system, intact! A spaceship 1200 meters tall, with over two-thirds of its spacecraft dedicated to the propulsion system!"
"The alloy used in the spaceship itself reaches the peak of E-class and possesses self-repairing capabilities!"
Lin Yun listened to these figures, but his heart remained largely unmoved.
"Xiao Lan, how much is this spaceship worth?" he asked.
"Master, an ordinary E-class spaceship used by a Realm Lord is worth about one Chaos Unit," Xiao Lan said. "A peak E-class spaceship used by an Immortal Being can generally reach several hundred Chaos Units. But this one—a 1200-meter-tall mechanical race spaceship, plus weapons like the Star Destroyer Cannon—is worth at least over 1000 Chaos Units!"
"More than 1000 mixed units." Lin Yun nodded.
This number is astronomical for ordinary martial artists. But for him, the treasure left behind by the Lord of Guanglan Realm is worth nearly ten million Hunyuan, including several E-class spaceships, just not as advanced as the spaceships of the Mechanical Race.
"However, the technology of the machine race is indeed more advanced than that of humans in some aspects," Lin Yun thought to himself. "The maneuverability and energy shield of this spaceship should be stronger than those E-class spaceships left behind by the Lord of Guanglan Realm."
"Master, what do you plan to do with this spaceship?" Xiao Lan asked.
"Give it to Luo Feng, I don't have any use for it," Lin Yun said, then put the spaceship into his spatial ring.
"clear."