Chapter 621 - Mechanical Microcosm

“Die, you bastard!” the ninth guard roared as he raised his fist and attacked.

Han Wu didn’t dodge. Instead, he reached out to catch it with his bare hand. Drawing on the Machine God’s knowledge, a specialized mech gauntlet formed around his hand.

With a powerful crash, Han Wu caught the ninth guard’s fist. A huge amount of steam burst from the gauntlet, yet Han Wu didn’t move an inch. In fact, he didn’t feel the impact at all. The gauntlet diverted the punch’s impact, diverting it completely.

Fury twisted the ninth guard’s face. Empowered by the Runic Lexicon, his strikes could shatter mountains, yet he couldn’t even break Han Wu’s hand. He tried again, convinced that Han Wu couldn’t block it again.

Han Wu wouldn’t give him the chance to do so. Mechanical armor flowed over him, transforming him into a living suit of armor.

A peculiar Divine Ring appeared behind him. It was the Mechanical Divine Ring, and under its influence, every mechanical part of Han Wu surged in power, their effects amplified a thousandfold.

Han Wu raised his left arm and activated Cable Form. Five thousand cables erupted outward, each one triggering Lightning Whip independently. A sea of electrically charged cables surged forward.

The ninth guard had no room to evade and threw his arms up to shield his face. At the same time, he covered the rest of his body with the Runic Lexicon to defend against the attack.

Han Wu grabbed him with the cables and unleashed an electric discharge.

The current coursed over the ninth guard, and he felt his flesh charring. Unfortunately for him, the assault did not end there. Han Wu raised his right arm and turned it into a massive laser cannon. Boundless energy converged, compressing to its limit before he fired.

“Condensed Laser Cannon: Starfall!” he shouted.

Even with the Runic Lexicon, the ninth guard couldn’t withstand the strike. The laser engulfed him and reduced him to dust. Only his Runic Ring remained, silent proof that he had ever existed.

When the beam faded, a ravine 10,000 meters deep appeared before Han Wu. Molten rock splattered down its scorched walls. Han Wu was the artist who had painted the apocalyptic scene in front of him.

Kerry was slack-jawed. She realized that her caution around Han Wu had been meaningless. He could have ended her life with a single attack.

Even Han Wu was shocked by his laser cannon’s destructive power. Its strength had reached a terrifying level. None of his peers could stop him now. The Machine God’s infamy for firepower was no exaggeration!

He retrieved the ninth guard’s Runic Ring and merged it with his own. Its influence amplified one of Han Wu’s Divine Powers, Famine. Upon activation, he could affect everything within a 500-kilometer radius.

Han Wu also obtained the combination of runes to form the Boundary Breaker Runic Lexicon. With the necessary runes, collected, combined, and mastered, he could shatter barriers like the ninth guard once had.

Han Wu and the others traveled for several more days before they finally returned to the Divine Civilization. Once they arrived, Kerry immediately notified the college and requested a full screening for Han Wu.

As the Wisdom God King, Xu Hai conducted the investigation and confirmed that Han Wu was fine. Kerry was relieved. She then took the Nanite Mythril and returned to her divine realm to construct the chip for him.

Han Wu returned to his divine realm and distributed the spoils he had obtained from the Lawless Civilization among his units. Afterward, he noticed something that left him stunned. In addition to his divine realm’s Microcosm, another one existed now. It was the Mechanical Microcosm of the Machine God. Under its governing Laws, every biological life form within it would slowly transform into an automaton.

Han Wu recalled how the automatons in the Lawless Civilization had self-destructed once they sustained lethal damage. Their self detonations appeared to be more powerful than those of his locusts.

Han Wu decided to move some of the locusts to the Mechanical Microcosm. Soon, one realm-year passed, and every locust in that Microcosm had transformed into an automaton. He then put them to the test. The mechanical locusts weren’t just stronger, but their explosions were more powerful too.

The result captured his interest, especially since his journey had started with the exploding locusts. As his number of Microcosms increased, so did the size of his divine realm. Nurturing the locusts within the Mechanical Microcosm appeared to be a sound strategy, so he proceeded with his plan to nurture even more mechanical locusts.

From his vault, he selected two suitable Laws: Iron Body and Ultra Explosion. He embedded both Laws into the Mechanical Microcosm and anticipated the rise of powerful mechanical locusts.

He also ensured that his divine realm did not suffer neglect. After using the medal, his Microcosm became invulnerable to damage from an external source. At this point, it was effectively indestructible.

Three days later, Kerry finally completed the chip. They had initially planned to install the chip directly into Han Wu, but he had since found a better solution. He would install it directly into the Machine God.

Once the installation was complete, Han Wu mastered Stellar Plunder and was now able to plunder an opponent’s Microcosm.

Ten realm-years later, within a grassy field of Han Wu’s divine realm, an Epistian child sat with his back against the Mechmouse King and stared at the white clouds overhead.

The child suddenly asked the Mechmouse King, “My father and I have always called you

old friend

or

brother

. Should I give you a name?”

The child was none other than Ji Zhongyi. Han Wu had reincarnated his soul with his previous memories intact, granting him unparalleled learning ability. Though still young, the Epistians already regarded him as a genius.

The Mechmouse King shook its head lightly.

“You don’t want a name? Do you already have one?” Ji Zhongyi was puzzled. He had known the Mechmouse King for forty years, yet he had been unaware that it had a name.

“What’s your name then?” he pressed.

The Mechmouse King used its claws to write on a boulder.

Ji Zhongyi tried to read the words. “What are you writing? Pi... Ka?”

The Mechmouse King continued without pause, adding two final strokes.

“Pika V!” Ji Zhongyi exclaimed.

The Mechmouse King nodded, its eyes shimmering with a fragmented red dot.