Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 666 - 192: Fighting Poison with Poison

Not only is the Martial God a title, but it also represents a cutting-edge technological direction.

For instance, the Single God, who was called the ’Gear Martial God’ back then, even comprehended constructs with his own power. The main reason was the ’new gear engine system’ installed within him, which had an efficiency of 500% compared to the average human engine on the market.

Similarly, Xiao Yu’s Omen Machine represents another biological research direction—the ’Bio-Fusion System’s Biological Virus Cultivation Vessel.’

Through the Life System of the Bio-Fusion Armor, dangerous viruses are actively cultivated and evolved. At the same time, with the help of viruses, the Bio-Fusion Armor grows in reverse.

The Bio-Fusion Armor itself is a kind of ’parasite’ on the human body.

Viruses are also a kind of ’parasite.’

And now, another ’parasite’ is attached to the ’parasite.’

It must be said, this is a wild operation.

"Old Dan, what impact does a biological virus weapon have on you? After all, you’ve become a robot," Black Python asked curiously.

"It’s hard to describe. When I was fighting him, I just felt the air was crawling with mosquitoes invisible to the naked eye. These mosquitoes combined to form indescribable illusions, whispering and screaming by my ear. I felt my mechanical arm was melting, my energy gun was crawling with human centipedes, and I—"

Single God’s eyes once again filled with blood, his face twisted with rage. Gao Gong quickly held him down, gesturing for him to calm down.

"Don’t say any more."

Gao Gong paused, decisively saying, "This isn’t a psychological problem, it’s definitely a virus problem. The virus that was in you at the time hasn’t been completely eradicated until now."

Just like neuropathy isn’t a psychological issue, but a disease of the nervous system.

Judging by the current behavior, Gao Gong was certain it wasn’t the so-called ’Heart Demon,’ but a genuine biological virus infection.

Most importantly, Gao Gong sensed a familiar aura from it.

"But Boss, is there any part of Old Dan left that can still be infected?" Black Python was quite persistent about this issue.

Gao Gong rolled his eyes, "Does the soul count?"

"The... the soul?"

"Don’t believe it? I’ll show you."

The next moment, under the astonished eyes of the three, Gao Gong’s body emitted a torrent of code and numbers, directly enveloping the entire battle center, so vast that it submerged the three present.

"Boss, help! I can’t swim!"

The sensation of sinking suddenly began.

Continuously sinking

Sinking

And sinking further

When the feeling of suffocation disappeared, Black Python suddenly sat up, looking around to find himself in the midst of a black starry sky.

The black stars emitted a subtle radiance, the size of a fist, revolving around him.

At this moment, Gao Gong and Professor Han came over.

"Wow, Boss, you look even more youthful than my daughter!"

"Old man, weren’t you just in a wheelchair? How are you walking now?"

Rich Lady Love Prototype ignored the startled Black Python and instead looked at Professor Han, explaining:

"I have created a virtual space and brought the three of you into it. The data node I used is Single God’s neural system, which I modified into the Source Code and embedded in this space."

"Simply put, you can understand it as Single God’s mindscape."

Professor Han was also quite amazed, "Your methods are becoming more and more unthinkable, directly pulling people from the material world into the virtual level, truly powerful."

Then he questioned:

"But do humans really have a mindscape?"

"Yes," Gao Gong nodded:

"The so-called mindscape isn’t a specific idea, but an information stream interfering with some brain organs during the neural system’s transmission, affecting sight and hearing, creating a fabricated illusion linked to what a person thinks and feels. This leads some to truly believe in the existence of a soul, reflection, or mental monsters."

"Then, Boss, why is Old Dan’s mindscape a black starry sky? Honestly, these stars are a bit disgusting."

Black Python approached a star, which suddenly grew countless mouths due to its rotation and snapped at him, startling him to punch it, smashing the star into black smoke.

And a layer of black slime smeared onto Black Python’s fist.

Gao Gong already had some guesses in his mind.

"Let’s go, let’s take a deeper look."

The further they went in, the more disgusting the stars became. Some squeezed out eyeballs covered in pustules, while others directly dripped, turning into a liquid resembling ’gutter oil.’

"Are these his ’neural circuits’?" Professor Han asked.

"No, the mindscape is born from the neural system but unrelated to specific human physiology. It can be understood as a metaphysical thought."

"Truly odd."

Black Python mumbled in the back, forcefully wiping his hand on his clothes, only to find it impossible to clean. The dark oil stain instead continued spreading upwards and, for some reason, a sudden urge to tear things apart surged in Black Python’s heart.

As he delved deeper into his mind, the ’black star’ was no longer just an entity but interlinked, forming indescribable shapes. Moreover, various murmurs sounded in Gao Gong’s ears, and small translucent tadpoles began to ooze out of his skin.

Professor Han beside him was in a worse condition, with various sizes of black bulges squeezing out from under his skin, appearing as if batch after batch of ’black stars’ were trying to crawl out.

"Biological virus mentioned by the Single God?" Professor Han asked calmly.

"It should be."

"Then this Single God is quite impressive, being able to maintain sanity until now."

"I’ve heard that one of the conditions to become a Martial God is to fully suppress cyber psychosis. His strong mental resistance allows him to maintain consciousness up to now, but without us, I doubt he would last much longer."

"Heh heh, heh heh heh."

A strange, frenetic laughter suddenly echoed from behind. Rich Lady Love Prototype turned her head and discovered that at an unknown point in time, Black Python’s already robust body had grown larger, and his limbs disappeared, replaced by four colossal serpents that seemed both dragon-like and python-like. At the serpents’ heads was a cross hook symbol that looked like two fish hooks intertwined, one securing humanity and the other divinity.

Turing Sect?

Rich Lady Love Prototype was very familiar with that symbol and with a frown said:

"So you’re saying, you’re conducting large-scale blood sacrifices in the Other Shore of Freedom, with the backing of the Turing Sect?"

"Boss, your words pierce my heart. I’m Black Python, not Black Dragon," Black Python laughed.

"Stop joking; would the simpleton Black Python turn into something like you?"

Black Python—no, Black Dragon—continuously stretched its body, elevating itself into mid-air, his eyes flashing black light. A terrifying biological magnetic field enveloped the four large serpents with a thick illusion, allowing them to switch between the virtual and the real.

This intricate operation is beyond the capacity of the unsophisticated Black Python.

"Turing Sect, humph, those idiots with their ’Ark of Tomorrow,’ paved ways for the world—who cares what they do? As long as I can enhance my power, become the true monarch of the Free Realm, it’s worth it—forget blood sacrifices, even world destruction would be acceptable!!"

Black Dragon laughed heartily, with a terrifying biological aura transforming into black waves, each higher than the last.

Gao Gong surprisingly witnessed a counter-tide evolution of the beast tide within it.

Besides its limbs, even Black Dragon’s torso, in its waving motion, transformed into a gigantic black dragon with eyes like copper bells and claws and teeth like sharp knives. Every scale gap emitted a massive amount of biological energy radiance.

"Heh, secondary carbon-based fusion can actually artificially create an S-Level bloodline; impressive."

Gao Gong squinted, his smile growing more dangerous.

It was then that Black Dragon noticed that not just he had returned to his ’prototype,’ but even his ’boss’ had transformed from the Unparalleled Shota into his real appearance, awkwardly standing amidst the black night sky.

His palm flipped over, revealing a complexly patterned civilized stick. In the next moment, a dazzling white light burst out, dividing the entire night sky in two.

Stars shattered, darkness fragmented!

The code is being rewritten, the bottom logic reconstructed.

As if the entire world reopened under the power of this stick.

In a gaze of disbelief, Black Dragon was directly pulverized into an explosion by the swing of this stick.

This move, divided the heavens and earth, rebooting the user space.

"Fool, as an artificially created virtual realm by a biological computer, don’t you know I possess the ability to reboot with a single click? You better go ask your programmer wife about it."

In the next instant, Gao Gong, Professor Han, and Black Python were once again present at the heart of the battle.

Black Python twisted his neck, muttering to himself, "It’s strange, why do I suddenly feel particularly tired, though it feels pretty great, like having gone through a marvelous massage. Boss, have we returned to reality?"

"No," Gao Gong replied.

Black Python skimmed his gaze around and indeed, the originally battle-scarred ground was now perfectly intact, and even the fallen Single God had stood up, without a trace of injury, staring blankly in one direction.

Following his line of sight, Black Python saw a cluster of black, viscous, constantly squirming and transforming countless small particles lingering in his vision.

With just a few glances, Black Python couldn’t help but feel nauseated and quickly averted his eyes.

"So that’s how it is," Professor Han and Gao Gong exchanged a glance, muttering, "The opponent is simulating that ’monster’ through a biological virus."

"Only the chaotic information from a ’Memory Mother’ could bring a Martial God to such a state."

"Fortunately, the opponent is only using the biological virus for the shallowest level of simulation; otherwise, even a Martial God would see their consciousness instantly collapse."

"So, how do we solve this now?" Professor Han asked.

"Simple enough."

In Gao Gong’s hand, a point of white light suddenly appeared.

Name: High-tier Information Mist (Fragment)

Category: Information Carrier

Quality: ??

Danger Level: Planet-level

Weight: 0

Note: Materials involved in ascension are extremely dangerous; what you might be holding is the information of a civilization that failed to ascend.

"Fight poison with poison, then."