A farm that breeds gods and demons
Chapter 296 - 241: Strange Instrument

Chapter 296: Chapter 241: Strange Instrument

"Yes, that’s No.18, I’m No.17, we were produced in the same batch and there are 18 of us in total, but the difference between each of us is quite significant. However, No.18 is luckier than me... Because it doesn’t have emotions... While I... I have feelings I’m not supposed to have..."

While saying this, a helpless bitter smile appears on No.17’s face. Suddenly, his metallic body flashed, a slight humming sound resounded, and a glow began to rise from his metallic surface. His fist tightly clenched and was already directed towards Su Yu’s face. The speed of his punch and the terrifying strength ripping through the wind far exceeded Su Yu’s expectations.

Su Yu was greatly startled, hurriedly raising his left arm in defence. At the same moment, black scales surfaced on his arm.

With a soft "poof", Su Yu let out a stifled moan and staggered backwards. The black scales that appeared on his arm were peeled away one by one, flying off due to the terrifying power. His left arm was drenched in blood in an instant, looking much like a fish whose scales had been forcefully stripped away.

The raw power of the punch thrown by this semi-finished No.17 was comparable to that of a true sixth-order powerhouse.

Looking at his left arm, stripped and bloody like a descaled fish, Su Yu was stunned. The semi-finished artificial human No.17 was launching another attack, his fists were raining down like a violent storm.

Su Yu had no choice but to call upon the thunder power in his body. With a loud roar, tens of thousands of volts of golden electricity burst forth, "hissing" as it wrapped No.17’s semi-finished artificial human within the terrifying golden lightning.

Tens of thousands of volts of discharge, the resulting voltage was unimaginable. Instantly, the unfinished artificial human No.17 began to shake all over, letting out a hoarse scream. Su Yu snarled, his right hand brightened, the Golden Claw glittering with dazzling light, grabbed at the fist that No.17 had swung.

There was a crisp "crack" as their claws and fists collided. Su Yu’s Golden Claw tightened, instantly shattering the metallic fist of No.17. With a fierce tug, he threw No.17 to the side, his left hand raised high, the Tearing Storm activated, bringing with it the terrifying golden electricity, and slammed down heavily.

With an explosive "pop" sound, the Tearing Storm, supplemented by tens of thousands of volts of lightning, generated unimaginable power. In an instant, it heavily struck the chest of the semi-finished artificial human No.17. The harsh "pop" of metal friction echoed, sparks were flying everywhere.

"Hyah–" Su Yu roared, his left fist plummeted, sending No.17 crashing heavily to the ground, causing a booming echo.

The Tearing Storm scraped against the metal machine, tearing through the metal. Su Yu looked at the semi-finished artificial human’s distorted face, riddled with electric pain. His right hand’s Golden Claw slammed down.

At that moment, he saw a look of relief and gratitude in the eyes of the semi-finished artificial human No.17.

Without missing a beat, Su Yu’s right hand’s Golden Claw still brought down, a loud "pop" echoed as it smashed No.17’s head.

The golden lightning gradually subsided. Su Yu slowly exhaled a breath, slowly stood up and looked at the artificial human, whose head he had smashed. After its head shattered, there was no blood flowing out, only a lot of circuitry and devices like Crystal that kept making a slight hissing sound.

"Semi-finished artificial human..." Ada jumped down and rummaged through the semi-finished artificial human’s body for a while, gained nothing, and said with a sigh, "No wonder... artificial humans are much more precise than robots. The Atlanteans are really amazing. They have completely integrated their Mag-Eu Stone into their bodies, which is completely different from the principle inside a robot. Killing these artificial humans is of no benefit, although this guy is not a perfect artificial human yet."

It was only then that Su Yu understood why there was no Mag-Eu Stone left when he killed the artificial human "Sky Eye". Because artificial humans almost perfectly replicate human beings, the Mag-Eu Stone inside them has also been perfectly integrated into their bodies, no longer distinguishable from each other. When an artificial human dies, its Mag-Eu Stone cannot be removed, just like the life force in a normal human body. After death, the life force will also fade and return to nature.

"No.17 showed a look of relief before his death, I think maybe he was tired of living here a long time ago. For him, death might be a relief."

Thinking about the look in No.17’s eyes before his death, Su Yu sighed a little, slowly understanding why No.17 envied No.18 for being so lucky. Because once you have human emotions, living in such a desolate and dark world is a terrible thing, let alone the days without sunlight, which can almost drive people mad.

"Ada, you keep saying there’s some treasure here, do you have any idea what it is yet? What kind of treasure will it be?" Su Yu stood up and looked at the metal door just opened by the semi-finished artificial human No.17. He wondered if there really was a treasure here, with No.17’s wisdom which no less than a human’s, he would have taken it for his own use long ago, would he still be here waiting for him to come and get it?

Ada’s nose twitched heavily, incessantly sniffing for something. Finally, she said, "Move forward, then upward! We’re close, very close. Ada can sense... a very unique presence. It has to be something special, I cannot be wrong."

"Okay." Su Yu had faith in Ada and followed her through the metal door, diving deeper into the structure.

No other obstacles stood in their path as they proceeded deeper. They quickly entered another spacious stone room. The room was empty except for the winding staircase that led upwards.

"Let’s go to the third floor." Ada pointed upwards with her little claw.

Without another word, Su Yu followed the stairs, pushed open another metal door, and entered the third floor. What met his eyes was a mass of entangled wires of different gauges and numerous metal instruments, crystal devices, and parts piled up like a mountain. These wires, of all lengths and thicknesses, converging and intertwining, led to a giant screen positioned at the center of the room.

The screen was adorned with many buttons, but Su Yu had no idea what they were for. Aside from the room space, the pile of wires, parts, and the screen, there seemed to be nothing else in the room or any exit. It was obvious that this was the topmost floor of this pyramid-like building.

Su Yu was dumbfounded. Looking at the seemingly worthless pile of wiring and screen equipment, he had no idea where the treasure Ada had mentioned was supposed to be. Puzzled, he turned to Ada.

In Ada’s deep black eyes, a strange light flashed. She jumped off Su Yu’s shoulder onto the floor, walking to the front of the large screen. She reached out and grabbed one of the wires, appearing to be deep in thought. Eventually, she said, "Su Yu, slowly release your lightning power into these wires. There’s something odd about this screen. Maybe we’ll discover something. It seems, however, that there is no power source. Your electricity might be exactly what we need."

Su Yu nodded, picked up several wires, and gradually released golden lightning into them.

Su Yu was careful not to release too much power at once, fearing that it might burn out the wires. He only released a few hundred volts. As his golden lightning passed into them, a humming sound immediately began to echo from the surrounding devices. Powered again, this pile of objects that looked like junk started operating once more.

Su Yu looked up to see an expanding device directly above his head. Following that, a spinning metal sheet the size of a giant fan started turning. Seemingly antennae-like metal pipes extended out from it. The entire third floor seemed to come to life all at once.

But more astonishingly, the central screen made a fizzling noise and then started flickering, like a giant television that had just been switched on. Ada jumped onto it, constantly twisting various knobs, seemingly making some adjustments. All the while, she cried out, "Su Yu, apply a little more electricity."

"Alright." Su Yu held onto the wires and immediately increased the voltage to a thousand volts. Amidst the sizzling sound, a large amount of golden lightning was released. Traveling through the wires, the lightning converged on the screen. The screen, originally filled with white noise, seemed to gradually produce faint images.

Su Yu saw it and was taken aback. He looked up, but the images were too blurry to make sense of.

"Fast, increase the voltage... It’s going to work... almost there..." Ada whispered in anticipation.

Su Yu continued to increase the electrical output from the back, quickly raising the voltage from one thousand volts to two thousand volts. The images on the colossal screen in the center of the room gradually began to clear as countless devices buzzing overhead operated continuously.

At that moment, Su Yu suddenly realized that this pile of objects resembling junk was all part of a whole. These devices and wires were part of a unique, even unimaginable piece of equipment.

The images on the screen gradually clarified. Amid the intermittent ’fizzing’, faint human voices could be heard.

"... Once in a thousand years... coldest winter..." Then a mass of white noise and a clutter of sounds followed, forcing Su Yu to increase the power output again. As he did, the machines overhead worked even faster, the surrounding buzzing sound growing more unsettling. (Story to be continued... To find out what happens, please visit www.qidian.com. There are more Chapters there. Support the author, support legitimate reading!)