Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 149 - 123. Imprint

Chapter 149: 123. Imprint

Li Aozi was a very simple person who rarely considered things unrelated to himself.

This simple personality could help avoid a lot of pain for a person, even if they suffered a huge blow, they could quickly recover and face tomorrow again with calm optimism.

Smart people, such as philosophers, spent their whole lives contemplating: What is the meaning of life?

Is it to become strong? To unravel the mysteries of the cosmos? Or is life itself a coincidence, a phenomenon; is the fundamental logic of life just a piece of code and numbers?

But overall, the conclusion most people came to was essentially one point: Life, in itself, had no meaning.

Meaning was given by people, not critiqued by the natural world.

To want to survive, no matter facing natural disasters or the disappearance of the sun, was still the desire to live on.

Even if enduring countless hardships and pains, they would chew on grass roots, gnaw on tree bark, and eat Guanyin soil just to stay alive.

Whatever it took, they wanted to live on—this challenger-like courage, perhaps with the development of civilization, gradually became the meaning of life.

Although people couldn’t find the meaning of life, the meaning of death—i.e., living was for the sake of dying—was easily found.

A life lived with effort and brilliance would finally make that period of life someone else’s memory, remembered by descendants, remembered by history and civilization forever. That was the meaning of death.

Death was not for the sake of dying but for living in eternal memory.

As a successor, they could imprint it.

"Eh, suddenly feeling smart—could I be growing a brain?"

Li Aozi casually said,

"Still indifferent, Professor? Your arrogance is going to destroy you."

"It doesn’t matter, you are already mad."

"Don’t say that, your fondness for me has dropped to rock bottom—did I hit a nerve?"

Li Aozi spat a mouthful of blood, kneeling on one knee, his eyes also sprayed with blood.

"Ugh—pff—cough cough cough—ugh—"

He knelt in Bayo Kong’s flesh and blood. The professor suddenly moved, preventing him from standing up straight. He had to barely support his body, continuing to draw Arcane Energy and life force, constantly upgrading Nomi’s Arcane Energy.

"You say you come from the Starry Abyss? How ridiculous... like a phony trying to leech off popularity, pitiable, you will never reach the realm of truly strong individuals."

Bayo Kong lifted his hand and easily slapped the wall, instantly sweeping Du Zexin along with a whole area of aberrants out.

"And you, this humble insect, the mechanical path is meaningless, you’ve gone astray—flesh is the endpoint of everything!"

Whoosh—ding!

As if a bolt of lightning skimmed his forehead, Du Zexin, as if under some divine inspiration, seemed to predict the opponent’s action. His reaction speed for a moment surpassed AI calculations; he lightly pushed his thruster. The anti-gravity system at maximum output immediately dodged this supersonic attack.

Boom!

Thick smoke billowed, broken concrete fragments scattered, and swiftly flying out from within was a pale armored figure, its exposed alloy frame shedding crimson light.

[Peak Moment Military—Overclock]

"You damned beast, what a joke! [Mechanic] has benefited countless people throughout history, helping humans accomplish the industrial revolution, reaching today’s level. Who are you, a fanatical madman, to say otherwise!"

Du Zexin’s eyes glared with fury, electromagnetically charged blue light swirling in his gaze, continuously pulling the trigger of his Magnum Burst Energy Gun, shooting at the enemy.

[Mechanical Overload]—Mechanized creations’ attributes temporarily increased by 20%;

"You, this beast, inhumane scum, you defiled science, and your occupation as well!"

Bayo Kong silently endured the onslaught of Magnum’s metal and laser streams. Even though the high heat damage was mitigated by Gamma Rank [Extraordinary Physique], the thermal energy could still effectively cause damage.

But what of it, with a Health Points of up to twenty thousand, even hard tackling one hundred kiloton nuclear weapons might not entirely annihilate him.

"Not over yet!"

Du Zexin fired a barrage of missiles, pulling back to widen the gap, rapidly depleting his Mana, no longer conserving his strength.

[Magnetic Erosion]—mechanized creations’ attacks deal 3% magic damage based on the target’s max Health Points;

[Beautiful Wish BETA—Mode Shift]

The blade-shaped antenna on his head immediately split in half, forming two dark gold V-shaped antennas on either side, and the sealed face armor split open, exposing a heat vent.

"Our country being in this state, it’s all because of calamities like you!"

Built-in needles pierced into blood vessels in the machine, injecting inhibitors and stimulants into Du Zexin’s body, allowing him to bear the load of high-performance mode.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The electronic muscles throughout his body charged, the reactor operated at full power, and a mass of light blue particles radiated around the machine.

"Li Aozi—if you’re a man, then don’t die in there!"

Du Zexin took a deep breath, his voice adopted a raspy metallic mechanical tone,

"I’ve heard that Red Arrow had a saying: The men who stayed in Frost Plated were wimps, those who escaped became legends."

"They got it wrong, I’m willing to be the exception."

Bayo Kong’s body suddenly shot out countless lasers, sweeping in all directions, walls disintegrating and evaporating, the blood sea boiling away. As the lasers were about to focus on Du Zexin, he slowly said,

"Core conversion—Wish to Curse!"

The mechanical components scattered around, damaged drones, firearms, and metals were immediately driven by the magnetic field, instantly merging with [Beautiful Wish]’s armored suit under the control of [Mechanic]. The original pale coating was enveloped by a black magnetic fluid, transforming into a nearly five-meter-tall heavy armored suit.

[Vicious Curse BETA]

Pssst—

Du Zexin raised his thick mechanical hand, the black heavy armor effortlessly blocking the beams, plugins overclocked, reactor overloaded, instantly propelling the heavy armor, dragging out a series of afterimages in the air, soaring up and slamming a punch into Bayo Kong’s ugly face!

Pssst—Boom—

As ferocious as a detonating explosive, electric light burst, the colossal giant tilted his head slightly, seemingly unable to believe what had just happened.

"How could this be—this punch’s impact is less than 50 tons, how could it hurt Bayo Kong!?"

The professor was stunned, suddenly realizing something, looking down at his chest,

"Li Aozi?! How is he still alive? And even drew 291 units of my Arcane Energy—impossible! He’s only human!?"

"You talk too much!"

Pale blue particles scattered through the air, negating air friction, instantly propelling the black giant armor to three times its original speed.

Blood gushed from Du Zexin’s nose and mouth. Each second his Mana burned away, and [Mechanic]’s fragile body was compressed shorter by four centimeters from the high-G sharp turns.

"Pff! Ah!"

Du Zexin spat a mouthful of blood, splattering across the display screen, fortunately not affecting the retinal projection. He grinned, human ferocity igniting, his eyes crazy,

"Tch—just spitting blood!"

He lifted the Magnum Burst Energy Gun, switching it to welding mode, circled around to Bayo Kong’s back, and fiercely stabbed it into Bayo Kong’s spine.

Bayo Kong just started to dodge, flipping his wrist. He froze in place.

"Even the Teleportation Arcane Energy is—"

Pssst!

The welding beam pierced the spine, Bayo Kong’s flesh splattered, the professor screamed in pain, retaliating in fury, punching towards Du Zexin.

"Li Aozi, do whatever it takes, I’ll handle the time needed."

Blood oozed from Du Zexin’s pupils as he completely unleashed himself, the pain making him roar out in agony,

"Raaaaaaaarrr—"

[Computing Power Unlocked]

[Peak Moment Military—Triple Overclock!]