owlsbooks Chapter 43 Mechanical Creations?
Chapter 43 Mechanical Creations?
The wind and sand are endless in all directions, and stone pillars stand tall in all directions.
After leaving the second stone pillar, Huang Hong had been advancing continuously for almost a week. Every time he reached a new stone pillar, he would use his decomposition ability to confirm the extraordinary power content of the stone pillar, and then he would immediately set off to continue his journey without stopping.
As long as the extraordinary power contained within the stone pillar increases, it means that he is on the right track; otherwise, he will readjust his direction.
Using this method, Huang Hong didn't have to worry about getting lost at all.
The journey was not without its challenges. Huang Hong encountered many gigantic monsters, but without exception, they all became his experience and energy points.
Two of them were the most dangerous...
On one occasion, they encountered the same bluish-gray giant wolves they had met before, but not one, but three. When wolves form a pack, the strength they can unleash is far beyond what a single wolf can match, and one of these three bluish-gray giant wolves was clearly much stronger than the other two.
After a fierce battle, Huang Hong barely managed to kill them. He was not only seriously injured, but also used up most of his energy and recharge items. He had to dig a hole on the spot and rest for seven or eight hours before he could barely recover.
Another time, shortly after he arrived at a new stone pillar, he planned to rest for a while before setting off again. Just as he was using the decomposition positioning method as usual, a stone tortoise, five or six meters high and more than ten meters long, fell from the sky and shattered the ground within a radius of ten meters with a single blow. Even though Huang Hong reacted quickly and dodged the attack, he was still blown off balance by the aftershocks.
Huang Hong didn't even have the thought of testing the waters; he turned and ran. Fortunately, the stone tortoise didn't intend to kill him; it just wanted to get rid of this uninvited guest. After Huang Hong left the area of the stone pillar, the stone tortoise slowly climbed to the top of the pillar.
Huang Hong has now walked past twenty stone pillars. After testing them, he discovered that each stone pillar can provide 300 points of source energy per hour.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Huang Hong reached out and a gourd fell into his hand; it was the [Old Gourd (Rare Item)].
Once the long journey truly began, Huang Hongcai discovered that of all the props, the one that helped him the most was this gourd.
Putting everything else aside, the fact that it can continuously generate an inexhaustible source of water is already irreplaceable.
Not to mention, these springs also have the effect of restoring physical strength and healing injuries. Furthermore, when the gourd is filled with spring water, the overflowing spring water will continuously replenish his body.
Huang Hong actually wanted to enhance the [Old Gourd (Rare)], but enhancing this item required 10000 source energy points. If he were to 'idle' it, it would take him three or four days, and that was assuming no unforeseen circumstances.
Thinking about it carefully, the current attributes of the [Old Gourd (Rare)] are sufficient. Further enhancement will most likely result in restoring more stamina or improving the fixed medicine.
The former has already overflowed, and the latter has no corresponding medicine to solidify it. Neither is a necessity, so let's leave it for now.
Shaking his head, Huang Hong put away the gourd and got up to head towards the next stone pillar.
Huang Hong hadn't walked far when he keenly sensed something was wrong and looked at the ground not far away.
Suddenly, a small bulge appeared and quickly approached.
"Pfft!"
A mouse the size of a cat burst out of the ground and pounced on Huang Hong.
Huang Hong suddenly exerted force with his feet to dodge slightly. In the instant he passed the rat, his right fist was wrapped with wisps of "qi" and he struck out.
With a "bang," the rat was knocked to the ground by Huang Hong.
Only then did Huang Hong have time to carefully examine the rat that attacked him. The rat had grayish-black fur, a pointed head, and limbs and claws that resembled those of a pangolin, making it look like it was well-suited for digging holes.
The mouse only stiffened briefly after landing, then immediately became lively and alert, showing a wary attitude towards Huang Hong.
This surprised Huang Hong. He hadn't held back his attack, and the rat seemed completely unharmed after taking the blow, proving to be more resilient than he had imagined.
Although this rat was quite large, it was still one of the smallest monsters Huang Hong encountered on the Giant Beast Plains.
Just as Huang Hong was about to deal with the rat, suddenly, subtle but dense vibrations sounded all around him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a large number of raised bulges appearing on the ground in all directions, rapidly approaching him.
Huang Hong was startled, a bad premonition rising within him.
next moment……
"Pfft! ~" "Pfft! ~" "Pfft! ~" ...
One after another, rats rushed out from underground and attacked Huang Hong. At a rough estimate, there were more than a hundred of them.
Without hesitation, Huang Hong immediately donned his steel armor, flames erupting from his steel fists as he unleashed a crimson curtain of fire.
The battle between man and rats was intense from the very beginning, and strangely enough, the rats never made a sound. They just stared at Huang Hong with a cold, menacing light, as if they wanted to devour him.
"Buzz!~"
The tiger's claws swept across, cutting several rats into pieces. What Huang Hong saw next almost left him stunned.
Because those broken rats were not normal living beings.
These rats are merely covered in a bionic skin, while their internal bodies contain extremely sophisticated mechanical structures.
Without time for further observation, Huang Hong threw himself back into the battle.
Thanks to the thick skin of his steel armor, Huang Hong remained undefeated, and the rats' teeth and claws could only cause minor scratches when they attacked him.
On the other hand, Huang Hong's tiger claws, capable of cleaving rats in two, could only withstand two or three blows from the rats at most before causing serious damage.
When the Iron Man armor's energy was nearing its critical point, Huang Hong went all out, using his Tiger Claws without regard for consumption to inflict massive casualties on the rat swarm in a short period, causing their attack to stall.
In the end, Huang Hong naturally won the battle, and the rat horde, having lost more than half its members, chose to retreat.
During the retreat, the rats tried to take the damaged rats with them, but Huang Hong immediately stopped them. Even so, a small portion of the spoils were still taken away.
Huang Hong exhaled and deactivated his Iron Man armor. At this point, the Iron Man armor only had enough energy left to last for three minutes. If the rat swarm did not retreat, he would have to risk exhausting his internal energy to forcibly kill all the remaining rats.
Without time to rest, Huang Hong immediately selected a rat that looked relatively intact and then used violent means to disassemble it. The intricate mechanical parts made Huang Hong realize that this was not what life could look like after being metallized, but a true mechanical creation.
Huang Hong couldn't understand the structure of a rat, but what puzzled him was that he didn't find anything resembling energy within it.
After a moment's thought, Huang Hong found another rat that appeared intact and activated his Myriad Enhancement Infection Ability on it.
To his surprise, this operation actually worked!
But soon, Huang Hong's expression turned serious, because compared to infecting other extraordinary items, infecting this rat was undoubtedly much slower.
Based on the current progress, it will take about two or three hours. During this process, not only will the source energy be continuously consumed, but his physical strength and energy will also be depleted.
Huang Hong temporarily put away the rat in his hand, and then decomposed the other rats. The more than 30 rats provided him with more than 300 source energy.
After doing all this, Huang Hong quickly left the area.