Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 304 - 119. I don’t want to die

Chapter 304: 119. I don’t want to die

Whoosh————!

A dark red beam of light converged instantaneously, and a violent stream of heat engulfed the White Knight entirely in an instant. In the blazing rays, his armored suit was continually destroyed and melted. Roaring loudly, he eventually could not stand in place and was pushed across the sky by the high thermal metal ions and their powerful kinetic energy.

Hiss!

Li Aozi quickly activated the "Blood of Eternity", his body rapidly healed. Due to multiple uses of this arcane energy, his lifespan was significantly reduced. Staggering, he tried to rise, but it was to no avail. His hands, covered with age spots, completely failed to support his Beta Rank body.

"Du Zexin... Meibei..."

Li Aozi’s aged voice echoed across the land. Because of severe aging of his implant gear, his eyes grew dim, unable to clearly see the path ahead; he could only crawl vaguely towards the huge white mech.

Hum...

The hydraulic rods slowly transmitted motion, and the massive white palm opened up, gently scooping Li Aozi into its palm and carefully bringing him to the front.

"Ah-ha... Meibei, I knew you weren’t dead..."

Before Li Aozi could finish speaking, he saw neat, smooth cracks on the cockpit.

"... Meibei?"

He slowly crawled towards the cockpit and immediately saw a headless corpse, with blood sprayed all over the cockpit. Du Zexin’s head rested on the keyboard, his eyes still filled with anger.

"Meibei... you, what’s this... just now?"

The broadcast system turned on, and a synthesized electronic voice sounded:

"Mechanics... is not the wrong path."

"You?"

"Idiot, are you fucking stupid?" the voice said irritably through the broadcast: "I am a Mechanic, and just as a Biochemist can backup consciousness, we Mechanics can naturally upload our consciousness into a mechanical body."

"Are you saying you uploaded your brain’s consciousness into this machine?"

"Yep, this ’Future Sentinel GAMMA’ is a masterpiece that I spent a great deal of effort tuning."

Du Zexin cursed:

"Are you looking down on us Mechanics? Even Mingji Professor, that beast, managed to create several incarnations. I naturally had my preparations too. This machine’s computer is linked to my brain interface, and my consciousness, soul, and thoughts will be completely recorded by it."

"Just like the Infant Eater, Bayo Kong."

Du Zexin appeared to take a deep breath, then spoke using the electronic synthesized voice:

"My air filtration system was directly damaged by an unknown toxin. When that Slash attacked me, I had actually already inhaled that poison gas. I need to check my body, don’t disturb me."

"Damn, and here I was worried about you!" Li Aozi gave the middle finger: "You should have told me earlier about your ability... but seriously, good on you. With your body torn apart like this, can you still be saved?"

"It’s just beheading for now. As long as it’s timely, it can be reattached for continued use. I need to check the integrity of my body; if it’s not possible, I’ll just use a prosthetic body instead. After all, I am a Mechanic, and my adaptability to prosthetic bodies is much stronger than that of a Martial Artist."

Du Zexin’s remarks gradually restored Li Aozi’s sense of security.

"You really cover all bases, don’t you?"

Li Aozi teased.

"Isn’t it because you are as dumb as a graduate student? If only you had a bit of doctoral-level intelligence, you might have thought of my professional ability."

Du Zexin retorted dissatisfiedly, grumbling with disdain:

"Attractive people always lack brains. I’m so smart and yet I look so average, what’s that about? Do I need to consider getting plastic surgery?"

"Didn’t I tell you? People with high intelligence don’t have free will; they get absorbed by society."

"Speaking of society." The synthesized voice in the broadcast changed the subject: "That guy claims to be a citizen of the ’Secret Society’. Do you know about them? You should know something, being an alien and all."

This question had always lent Li Aozi an air of mystery, yet he shook his head rarely:

"I don’t know."

"Never heard of it? Such a powerful force... mysterious toxins, and with one slash damaging this alloy ceramic composite armor—his sword must be able to cut through chemical bonds as well."

Du Zexin’s complaint made Li Aozi shake his head all the more.

"There are many infamous societies in the cosmos—the citizens of the Outer Society Perjalai are called ’Demons’, and they have become a calamity to the universe and the top-tier society."

"What else?"

"Nothing else matches. If it were from Forged Society, it wouldn’t be so powerful. Even the Speaker couldn’t do it."

Li Aozi didn’t finish his sentence.

’Besides, the "Eye of Truth" is arcane energy specifically designed to counter the Forged Society... that kind of secret effect, there’s no way it’s something the Forged Society could achieve.’’

So who was it?

Secret Society, Gaia... This wasn’t information that had appeared in the game before.

"Anyway, at least we repelled him. We could never have defeated the White Knight; he is much stronger than Gamma Rank... he must be an alien like you."

"He might be considered an alien now, at least."

Li Aozi lay in the palm, his gaze vacant.

"Li Aozi?"

"Hmm?"

"Why aren’t you confident anymore?" Du Zexin, while checking his body, spoke: "This isn’t like you usually."

"Cut it out, how many times have you seen me to say what I’m usually like?"