Chapter 805: Aerospace Battleship Mercury
"It won't take long?"
"Heh, you robotic blockhead sure know how to spout pretty words~"
The woman's voice was laced with a sneer and disdain. That kind of mockery from a young girl always carried a sharp, sarcastic undertone. However, "undertones" were something the Cybertronian could not yet personally experience.
He merely stood up from the bridge, looking at the golden trident jammed into his communicator. The Spark within his body burned fiercely. The mechanical components on the surface of his body perfectly interlocked and began to move. The scene of thousands of components neatly and uniformly beginning to transform possessed a unique aesthetic.
Ritsu, however, had absolutely no interest in such things. She only knew that the robot before her was probably very strong. But that didn't matter at all. No matter how strong it was, could it be stronger than the King of Monsters behind her?!
Ritsu sneered and stepped aside, revealing the long-haired man who seemed to have been standing behind her all along.
The optical detection instruments on [Mercury]'s head and the special sensors within his body immediately clashed. The two different senses provided completely different answers.
The specially modified sensors, capable of completely quantifying and detecting energy, Authorities, and various offensive indicators, showed absolutely no reaction.
They indicated that the human woman, whose combat power could probably be considered passable among Elites, was the sole enemy currently invading the aerospace battleship.
But the more primitive optical detectors clearly indicated that behind the woman stood a human male with long black hair, wearing a dark green trench coat.
Furthermore, judging by the woman's demeanor, this human male was the true formidable enemy.
Zzt~
Electric currents continuously shuttled through the air. Kaito Shirogane unbridledly surveyed the aerospace battleship. He suddenly realized that not shattering the battleship directly from the outside just now was a very good start.
He suddenly couldn't wait to see the reactions of those people in the real world when they saw this kind of thing appear in the sky above their cities.
The pace of change in the real world, in Kaito Shirogane's view, was still far too slow. Most Reincarnators, out of concern for their friends and families, completely lacked the courage to undertake overly drastic reforms.
Zzt, clack.
A single thought from Mercury instantly translated into countless commands. Multiple ports inside the aerospace battleship lit up simultaneously, and high-energy laser beams condensed in an instant.
The next moment, countless lasers erupted within the battleship, forming a net of death that enveloped the two.
Ritsu moved extremely fast, turning into an afterimage as she charged fiercely at Mercury. But Mercury simply stood in place, and a sudden, intense burst of psionic energy erupted.
Hum~
Like an indiscriminate ring-shaped shockwave, Ritsu was struck directly in mid-air. She coughed up blood, her figure pausing for an instant before being pierced by the high-energy laser beams the next moment.
Pfft pfft pfft pfft...
A massive number of laser beams almost instantly burned Ritsu's body completely. The woman let out a mournful shriek before turning into black IBM particles.
Mercury was not a Cybertronian robot entirely dependent on a Spark. He had also been enhanced with other technologies. In fact, his most fundamental ability was electronics...
It was electrons...
Screech~ BOOM!
Mercury's cognitive module suddenly seemed to stutter, becoming unable to continue operating.
His electronic eyes flickered a few times before re-imaging. And since the life force granted by the Spark hadn't vanished, but the cognitive module had malfunctioned, it began to partition the cognitive module.
At the cost of losing the capacity for deep thought, he temporarily regained control of his body. Because the special perception modules had failed, he could only rely on primitive optical instruments to perceive the enemy.
Yet he found that the figure had already appeared behind him, dropping an electronic component still sparking with electricity.
"Don't do such dangerous things inside my aerospace battleship."
Kaito Shirogane realized the enemy before him fundamentally lacked the strength a true Authority-level unit should possess.
That level of psionic and technological attacks was, at best, only at the level of a high-tier Reincarnator.
He quickly deduced that this type of enemy from the Machina Court likely relied heavily on the mechanical body they used for their strength. Because the possibility of digital life existed, their lives were highly likely not strongly tied to their physical bodies.
Hum~
The laser beams lit up again, but Kaito Shirogane merely took a step. Under the combination of Tier 9 Setsuna and the Martial God's Ultimate Intent, Kaito Shirogane's speed was like a phantom's.
The lasers pierced through an afterimage. Kaito Shirogane had already appeared behind Mercury. He reached out his hand, appearing in front of Mercury's chest, his thumb and index finger rubbing together to exert force.
Snap!
A snap of the fingers sounded.
But the sound was extremely terrifying. An instant blazing white shockwave in the air erupted alongside an infrasonic wave imperceptible to ordinary humans.
The twisted kinetic force even formed a small shockwave.
BOOM!
The complex and precise mechanical components in Mercury's chest were instantly thrown into disarray. Once overly precise components are displaced, colliding with each other produces a domino-like effect.
Mercury's chest instantly burst open.
Kaito Shirogane extended his left hand, grabbing directly at the core inside that emitted the strongest energy fluctuations. It was a module resembling a semi-transparent cube, with constantly shifting lights and shadows inside, like a flame.
Screech~
The moment Kaito Shirogane's right hand reached in, intense high-energy laser beams and psionic energy immediately erupted from the core in Mercury's chest.
But on the surface of Kaito Shirogane's body, a distinct barrier manifested. It was a regular hexagonal barrier that was usually almost invisible, emitting a faint golden luster.
What appeared to be an extremely faint barrier directly blocked all the high-energy laser beams and psionic energy outside, as if they were two untouchable worlds.
With a casual pull from Kaito Shirogane, the massive robot lost its ability to move the next moment.
[You have obtained Special Creation: Spark Bionic Core]
[Spark Bionic Core]
[Type: Special Creation, Technological Cybernetics]
[Usage Requirements: Technological Cybernetics faction Reincarnator (Body modification ratio no less than 40%); Mechanical Body]
[Effect 1: Technological Cybernetics faction Reincarnators can implant it into their own bodies, substantially enhancing all bodily functions.]
[Effect 2: Can be integrated into any mechanical body, bestowing life upon the mechanical body.]
Kaito Shirogane didn't see a kill prompt, but the numerous laser beams inside the battleship indeed stopped attacking. This meant the other party had highly likely lost this body, but the true digital life was stored elsewhere.
Kaito Shirogane wasn't adept at controlling machinery, but he possessed power over electricity and lightning.
He began to slowly release electricity toward the surrounding instruments, and the power of Magnetic Field Rotation activated along with it.
Kaito Shirogane strolled through the interior of the aerospace battleship. Ritsu had also resurrected by now. She watched Lord Mercenary Tao merely tap lightly on the battleship's internal bulkheads, and rings of electric current expanded like ripples.
This scene also perfectly aligned with her understanding of a strong individual. The pain of her previous death seemed insignificant in the face of the joy of witnessing true power.
Ritsu quickened her pace and followed behind Mercenary Tao, soon finding a special compartment with him.
Here, plugged into something resembling a crystal panel, were seven or eight rather uniquely shaped boxes.
Kaito Shirogane casually tapped them. The alloy outer shells of the boxes caved in directly, and the insides crackled and burst apart.
[You have killed Machina Court Elite-level unit: Ous]
[You have obtained C-Rank Singularity Point * 1, Dimensional Points * 3,000]
[Faction Score +1. Current: -14]
A distinct smile appeared on the corners of Kaito Shirogane's mouth. These mechanical lifeforms of the Machina Court actually put so many data modules together.
"Too careless, isn't it?"
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
A series of explosions rang out. Kaito Shirogane detonated all the data modules, including the one belonging to the Authority-level unit, Mercury.
However, Kaito Shirogane noticed that compared to the Thunder God he killed, these guys provided fewer Singularity Points and Dimensional Points.
Probably because a significant portion of these guys' abilities resided in those different mechanical bodies. For the Infinite Dimensional Space, what allowed it to obtain high-tier information was also those various mechanical bodies.
And destroying these things now ultimately meant a portion of the content was missing.
From this perspective, these things from the Machina Court were quite annoying. Their combat style wasn't direct and clean enough, leaning more towards ultra-long-range attacks.
Even when defeated, they were hard to kill.
Even when killed, the spoils were discounted.
"Tsk, truly a bunch of bugs~"
Kaito Shirogane turned to leave. Ritsu watched as the Faction Score jumped from -15 to -6 almost instantly. Before Yoko and Mercenary Tao descended, the Reincarnator faction had almost been on the verge of collapse.
Not only had they suffered heavy losses in frontal combat, but the Faction Score gap had been widened to over twenty points. Even if one could survive the battles, such a massive score difference would inevitably cause the survivors to suffer unacceptable losses.
But to think that less than half a day after those two descended, the score was already close to being tied.
Of course, Ritsu knew very well that her and Mercenary Tao finding the aerospace battleship hiding the Machina Court members' database was, after all, a highly improbable lucky event.
It couldn't be replicated in the short term.
But this massive influx of points would indeed allow most Reincarnators to regain their confidence.
Kaito Shirogane returned to the bridge in the cockpit. Looking at the complex panels and completely incomprehensible symbols, he finally realized a relatively major flaw he currently had.
He possessed powerful adaptation and learning abilities for various powers, but in the domain of [Knowledge], he lacked that trait.
After a moment of thought, intense magical energy accompanied by extreme malice manifested in the air. The entity recognized by the Space as Kaito Shirogane's subordinate creature was summoned by him.
Ritsu was also astounded seeing Mercenary Tao's move. Although she had heard from Moss that Mercenary Tao highly likely possessed some powerful summoning skill...
She hadn't expected the summon Mercenary Tao casually brought forth to actually be a powerful Servant from the Fate world, Alter Saber!
"You know how to pilot this thing too, right?"
Artoria looked at the complex panels and various symbols before her. She naturally didn't recognize them either, but inherently possessing the [Riding] skill, any vehicle could be mastered by her.
Saber Alter put away her pitch-black longsword and began to casually operate the panels. The next moment, the massive aerospace battleship shuddered and began to float upwards from the deep sea.
The air pressure inside the battleship automatically adjusted, and the terrifying pressure generated by the rapid ascent from the deep sea was also neutralized.
BOOM!
A moment later, the massive aerospace battleship, over a thousand meters long, rose from the ocean. Although there was some slight damage on the surface, it didn't affect the operation of this massive battleship at all.
Accompanied by the roar of sea beasts, the battleship took to the sky.
"Saber, go find out where other battleships like this are."
[You have occupied Special Creation: Aerospace Battleship Mercury]
[When you completely control the battleship for more than 24 hours, you will gain ownership of the Special Creation: Mercury]
Kaito Shirogane sat on the bridge, quite satisfied with this special vehicle.
This thing wasn't just a vehicle transcending the era; it concentrated a vast amount of technology. Once it appeared in the real world, it would highly likely trigger a technological revolution.
He decided to go find a few more.
"Empress Yoko, based on the information currently obtained, we still cannot determine where the Faction Score that suddenly increased just now came from." Fenrir truthfully reported the information. In his heart, he knew that the only ones capable of gaining so many points in an instant were definitely Mercenary Tao and Yoko.
Yoko was also aware of this. She wasn't surprised that her younger sister chose to follow Mercenary Tao.
Just as Ritsu understood Yoko very well, Yoko also knew very well that her rebellious sister was probably ecstatic right now due to coming into contact with a Reincarnator no weaker than herself.
Her sister... was constantly searching for a power capable of killing her.
This thought flashed past. Yoko had too many things weighing on her heart; she didn't care about a bit of insignificant family drama.
If one day Ritsu could gain the power to kill her, it would be an even better thing for humanity.
"Report! The Golden Sunny has been sighted approximately 6,000 nautical miles in the southwest sea area!"
"Should we attempt contact?!"
Soon, another Reincarnator sent a communication. Because all Reincarnators probably knew the difficulty of this world by now, they had begun consolidating information and cooperating under Yoko's unification.
Yoko frowned. Before she could speak, Fenrir also received the information source.
"Report! The team codenamed [Dark Sky] directly chose to contact the Golden Sunny. But as they approached, they were suspected of being attacked by enemies and lost contact."
[Faction Score -1. Current: -7]
[Faction Score -1. Current: -8]
[Faction Score -1. Current: -11]
"Dark Sky has been annihilated."
Fenrir cursed them as idiots in his heart. Everyone in this world knew the greatest sources of power were the later-entering Son Goku and the Toriko protagonist group.
So how could the Void Paradise and Machina Court not know?
Compared to Reincarnators, those two Spaces had much more convenient means of acquiring information.
Therefore, rashly making contact with plot characters would inevitably invite a lightning-fast strike.
Aka also looked at Yoko at this moment.
Yoko thought for a moment and said, "Everyone, advance towards the target sea area with me!"
She wanted to make contact with the Straw Hat Pirates openly and squarely.
Yoko knew very well that her and Mercenary Tao's deployment into this world constituted an information gap. If they acted swiftly enough, they could leave the other two Spaces unable to react.
At this moment, those two Spaces probably hadn't had time to deploy higher-tier combatants.
Therefore, by making a direct appearance now, she could actually force those two Spaces to act.
And based on her understanding of her sister, Mercenary Tao's current objective was highly likely to have her draw out the enemies from the front, while he would eliminate all the revealing enemies one by one from the rear...
She had to admit, cooperating with such a cruel guy did save a lot of trouble sometimes. A faint smile appeared on Yoko's lips.