This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 492 - 260: Everyone’s Reaction, Azure Dragon’s Apology

Chapter 492: Chapter 260: Everyone’s Reaction, Azure Dragon’s Apology

On the crystallized mechanical pupils of the Tank Guard, the fiery afterglow of the explosion was reflected; from the distant orbit, the massive trenches spread out from the explosion center clearly visible, resembled spider webs.

The combined bombardment of five main ship energy cannons unleashed power beyond imagination.

If a few more strikes were launched, this small asteroid might just disintegrate.

"It’s said that formidable S-level life forms can truly shatter a planet," Li Ming mused.

A developed 100% A-level life form, although adept at large-scale destruction, finds it hard to cause significant damage to conventional planets.

S-level life forms, however, differ in that they can truly influence the direction of a major interstellar war; a highly developed S-level life form can indeed shatter a planet.

Of course, that refers to conventional planets; as for stars, or even supergiant celestial bodies, they remain powerless.

The planet where the Torch Organization base is located is also just a small asteroid, far from the conventions set by the Interstellar Alliance for standard planets.

"The path of evolution is truly mesmerizing..." Li Ming couldn’t help but fantasize.

Meanwhile, the residual energy waves below gradually dissipated, leaving a large crater surrounded by a circular mountain formed by extreme energy compression.

The surface layer of the ground had crystallized, with various materials smelted by the energy hidden in the sand now cooling from the high temperatures, forming dark brown chunky congealed masses.

The Tank Guard Mecha landed on the ground, the surrounding earth hissing continuously, the intermittent noises traveling through the thin air.

White flames rolled, releasing a sulfur-like stench; the basic combat AI of the Tank Guard Mecha issued an alarm, indicating the toxic air and high-temperature surface were unsuitable for life form activity.

"Those blasts were quite satisfying, though costly in terms of time and energy," Li Ming muttered silently, realizing that charging those few main cannons depleted a lot of energy.

Each cannon drained him three to five times, and with five cannons, it needed over twenty draughts.

Being drained was distressing, but firing was indeed exhilarating.

Li Ming wandered aimlessly, gradually approaching the center of the strike zone, then suddenly halted.

Not far away, right at the explosion center, lay a dark figure.

If not for the faintly visible red flesh under the charred skin, it was genuinely hard to distinguish it from the surrounding terrain.

Brother lay face-up, the metal armor on the back of his mecha completely melted, with various materials’ molten iron flowing around still displaying shades of red and even dazzling gold.

Some even seeped into his flesh from the surface of his skin, issuing a hissing sound.

"He’s still not dead." His eyebrows lightly raised as the Tank Guard’s basic life detector scanned the faint life signs from the other party.

"The defense of this mecha is not to be underestimated."

This Ape Bone Heavy Mecha belonged to Des himself, naturally prioritizing defense.

It was indeed because of his mecha’s buffer that Brother managed to hang on to a breath.

Brother’s face was deeply embedded into the nearly molten metal helmet; his mind was in chaos, his eyeballs had shattered, his vision entirely dark, and agonizing pain shot through his body.

"What on earth... is going on..." He couldn’t maintain his thoughts, his back head charred, remembering only a blank whiteness.

His body uncontrollably rolled over, the almost integrated unknown black shell making a cracking noise with the surrounding environment.

"Living is also painful..." Seeing this, Li Ming shook his head.

Hearing these vaguely familiar words, Brother’s mind suddenly exploded.

He remembered he was following Des’ idea, making a move under Azure Dragon’s two mechanical bodies.

Those two mechanical bodies were no match for him, being severely beaten, and he was about to take his revenge.

But...how...

His thoughts halted there and fell into complete darkness as Li Ming cut off his last lifeline.

Li Ming felt no ripples in his heart and touched the mecha lightly.

[Ape Bone—A-Level (Damaged): Heavy defense mecha constructed from porcelain crystal alloy as the primary material.

Control Conditions: Two million metal energy

Control Effect: 500% Defense Buff.

Control Ability—Defense Mode: Activate deep defense mode of the mecha, obtaining 1000% defense buff.]

A standard A-level mecha, due to high damage levels, needed only two million metal energy for control, and data augmentation was severely diminished.

But he didn’t lack A-level mechas, whether for control or materialization; this mecha looked too redundant.

Moreover, metal energy would be needed for repairs; after some thought, he decided to directly absorb it as metal material.

After all, being an A-level mecha, it was made of high-quality materials, which should be substantially recoverable.

He touched Brother’s robust metal fist armor again.

[Fierce Tiger Fist—A-Level (Damaged): Customized combat fist armor fitted with a mini hot nuclear reaction engine.

Control Conditions: Five million metal energy

Control Effect: Power Amplification—600%

Control Ability—Fierce Tiger Power: Activate the hot nuclear engine, obtaining 1200% power amplification.]

This item was also damaged, but due to its angle underground, it did not endure the full brunt of the explosion’s energy, and its damage level was not significant.

Upon repair, data augmentation could possibly be increased.

"This is good, but my main battle control has formed a system, and it’s not as good as my [Justice Fist], hmm... maybe it can be used in materialization..."