Stars, Players and Immortals

Chapter 37: The Martian Version of the Heavy Hammer!

Meanwhile, while the players and the strongholds outside were locked in fierce battle, Zhang Qiming had already entered the inner ring of the special lockdown zone.

He wore the metal mask of the One-Horned Knight, with a sharp horn pointing upwards on the forehead, its edge as if cut by a cold knife. His entire face was covered by silver-black metal, with only his eyes hidden behind dark goggles.

His [mental disguise] was at its maximum level, and his presence was suppressed to an extremely low level, so that ordinary people could not detect his existence at all.

He infiltrated the inner ring road, quickly deciphering all the access control and traps along the way.

Soon, Zhang Qiming arrived at the computing cluster center of the wetware network, carrying a black briefcase. Before entering, he first put down the briefcase containing the targeted weapons. The surface of the briefcase had no markings, but the inside contained layers of armor-piercing rounds, prosthetic body destruction rounds, electromagnetic interference mines, short-time EMP pulse nails, and high-frequency heat dissipation destruction rounds.

He took out some of the portable equipment and inserted it one by one into his tactical vest and waist buckle.

Equipment that cannot be carried is linked through [Magnetic Traction] + [Weapon Resonance] + [Mechanical Armament] + [Battlefield Mechanic Network].

These four skills work together to establish a temporary battlefield network using [Battlefield Mechanism Network], connect the machine soul circuit using [Weapon Resonance], grant equipment short-term control using [Mechanical Armament], and complete remote retrieval and deployment using [Magnetic Traction], enabling Zhang Qiming to control myriad machine creations within a designated range.

After doing all that, he walked into the computing cluster center. What came into view were rows of upright culture tanks, taller than an adult, filled with pale yellow nutrient solution. Brains, separated from the body, were suspended in the center of the liquid, with fine silver nerve lines attached to the outside of the meninges. Cables emerged from the bottom of the tanks, merged into metal tanks on the ground, and then extended all the way to the wet component host in the center.

These brains are still alive, but not quite alive.

Some nerve bundles twitch slightly with the electric current, and some brain sulci shimmer with faint bioelectric light. The outer side of the canister is labeled with serial numbers, origins, batch numbers, and service status. The cold words transform each person who once lived into a warm asset in the eyes of the church.

As Zhang Qiming watched all this, his gaze slowly darkened. He activated the recording function on his personal terminal and began recording the church's terrifying human brain computing cluster network.

At the same time, he raised his hand to awaken the sleeping White Night Eagle in the weapon station.

[Weaponized - Summon!]

A flash of silver-black light appeared in his palm, and the [White Night Eagle - Day Death] fell into his hand. The platinum patterns on the gun body lit up along the interface of the Machine Soul Contract, and the magazine was loaded with White Night Eagle-compatible armor-piercing rounds.

The fourth attack deals an additional 137 points of piercing damage!

The left shoulder armor of the Blood Tank Gatekeeper was blown outward by the fourth Hunter munition. The thick armor pieces spun and smashed a nearby neural cable. The nutrient solution in the culture tank shook violently, and several silver lines broke. A series of sharp warnings immediately sounded from the wet component host.

Ignoring the alarm behind him, he planted his thick right leg on the ground to stabilize himself and continued firing the arm-mounted smart machine gun. At the same time, his left arm spread its five fingers, and a short, thick miniature grenade launcher popped out from his palm.

[The Blood Tank Gatekeeper activates [Heavy Firepower Adaptation]!]

[Current Armament: Arm-mounted Smart Machine Gun/Miniature Grenade Launcher]

[The Blood Jar Gatekeeper activates [Suppressive Fire Net]!]

[The Blood Tank Gatekeeper activates [Close-Range Fragmentation Grenade]!]

Three grenades were fired from his palm in quick succession, tracing a low arc as they hurtled towards the passage where Zhang Qiming was located.

Zhang Qiming's gaze turned cold. He raised his left hand, and the mechanical force instantly spread into a magnetic field, forcibly holding the metal casings of the three grenades and pulling their trajectories several meters to the side.

You have activated [magnetic traction]!

[Target being pulled: Short-range fragmentation grenade]

[Trajectory shift successful!]

boom--!!!

The first grenade exploded to Zhang Qiming's right, its fragments forcibly deflected by the residual field of the magnetic energy deflection shield. The second grenade grazed behind him and shattered the ground. The third grenade was deflected and crashed into the base of the incubation tank, its explosion severing a row of wet component cables.

Taking advantage of the explosion smoke, Zhang Qiming activated [Nose Dash] again, rushing out from the edge of the flames. The White Night Eagle's gun muzzle steadily locked onto the chest reactor plate of the Blood Tank Gatekeeper as it moved.

You have initiated [calibration fire]!

Instead of firing in bursts, he unleashed a continuous barrage of short shots.

Bang bang bang bang bang-! ! ! ! !

You dealt 97 armor penetration damage to the "Blood Jar Gatekeeper"!

You dealt 105 armor penetration damage to the "Blood Jar Gatekeeper"!

You dealt 99 armor penetration damage to the "Blood Jar Gatekeeper"!

[A crack has appeared in the outer armor of the target's chest cavity!]

[White Night Eagle Armor-Piercing Rounds] Trigger additional structure damage: 31 points!

The Blood Jar Guardian was repeatedly struck in the chest and thrown backward, his scarlet prosthetic eye locked onto Zhang Qiming, and a roar filled with electrical noise squeezed out from the face synthesizer.

"You damned rat—!"

Zhang Qiming couldn't help but curse, "This guy's still the same as before, his shell is damn hard!"

Having just delivered a series of attacks to the opponent, he had already successfully obtained some information through Gaia. With the addition of [target location], he has now successfully obtained the opponent's complete data template.

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[Target: Valentin Cronin]

[Alternative name: Blood Jar Guardian]

Overall Level: LV40

[Career Path: Sacred Body Forger]

Main Class: Cyborg LV10 (MAX), Mutant Mecha Warrior LV20 (MAX); Sub-Class: Soldier LV10 (MAX)

[BOSS Module: 96% Cybernetics Ratio]

[Survival Attributes (Fully Equipped Blue Tank)]

Health: 4425/5200 (equipment +3744)

{Status: Damaged/Shield Broken/Armor Damaged/High-Frequency Thermal Turbulence/Mechanical Overheating}

Stamina: 5400/5400 (Equipment +3376)

Mechanical Strength: 1096/1097

Physical defense: 2100

Energy Defense: 1200

【属性栏（含义体装备加成）】：力量88、敏捷62、耐力84、智力78、神秘6、魅力1、幸运4

Specialty:

① Steel Body | Significantly increases health, physical defense, and blast resistance. The higher the cybernetic percentage, the stronger the tankiness modifier. Currently at 96% cybernetic percentage, this perk is close to being fully utilized.

② Heavy firepower adaptation｜One person can stably operate heavy machine guns, arm-mounted machine guns, shoulder-mounted rocket launchers, grenade launchers and other heavy firepower modules, with significantly reduced recoil and improved sustained suppression capability.

③ Flesh and Blood Cut-off Circuit | The duration of control effects such as pain, fear, dizziness, and mental shock is reduced; when health drops below 50%, the combat prosthetic body can temporarily detach from physiological feedback and continue to execute attack commands.

④ Cybernetic Overload Core | Automatically activates when health drops below 35%, increasing strength, agility, and melee damage, granting immunity to low-level knockback and stun, and drastically increasing heat dissipation load.

[Skills]: Heavy Energy Shield, Heavy Prosthetic Charge, Arm-mounted Smart Machine Gun Barrage, Close-range Fragmentation Grenade, Hydraulic Heavy Punch, Concussion Burst, Tactical Prosthetic Eye Lock-on, Armament Deployment, Shoulder-mounted Rocket Nest, Overload Crushing.

[Cyborgs]: Judgment-type Military Operation Core (Blue+), Battlefield Reaction Enhancement Module (Blue), Composite Tactical Cybernetic Eye - Crimson Judgment Type (Blue+)... {All twelve cybernetic parts are blue, triggering the special cybernetic equipment package bonus effect}

[Note: The Blood Jar Guardian has long since transcended the realm of normal humans. He mortgaged his flesh, soul, and future to the church, and through 96% cybernetic modification and special professional modules, he gained power far exceeding the normal LV40 limit.]

The price was that the path of the Myriad Machines was completely sealed off; he was forever trapped on the deformed side of the mutant mechanical warrior path, becoming the heaviest, most loyal, and most pathetic war machine before the gates of Project Blackwall.

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Tsk, even though he had already beaten up Mars Hammer in his previous life, seeing the guy's prosthetic body full of blue gear and terrifying stats again, Zhang Qiming still felt that this guy was really a monster—a monster in every sense of the word.

Fortunately, I was prepared in advance. I not only leveled up my skills, but also prepared a series of special attack equipment for my beloved Martian Hammer.

"Chiseirou, prepare the mechanical techniques and activate them at maximum output efficiency!"

Next, he's going to have some fun with that Martian Hammer guy!