Chapter 786 - 142: Eric’s Mechanical Heart
Su Changxing certainly did not die; his body had long lost any fatal weaknesses due to his position, and if one wished to kill him through normal means, they would have to destroy every part of his body.
Even if he couldn’t regenerate from a drop of blood, he could survive with just one hand and one leg and rely on his self-repair ability to recover.
This is also because of his powerful Physique.
Although he did not appear as tall and robust as Mi, the numerical value of his Physique shouldn’t be much different, just focused on different aspects.
His pure physical defense was certainly not as good as Mi’s, but Mi’s recovery ability was not as strong as his.
However, this time he did suffer quite a trauma; his entire head was blasted away, and the intense pain almost knocked him unconscious.
Therefore, he simply lay underground pretending to be dead to prevent the High-Sequence Insect Race from continuing to strike him.
After all, as long as he could buy enough time for the plague to corrode it, the winner would definitely be him.
He had great confidence in the plague, which itself existed as a bug that even the Doomsday Game couldn’t define. He originally wanted to advance this Ability earlier but found it impossible.
"Damn the Titan Humans, why haven’t you died out yet!"
A hoarse, heavy voice rose from underground, targeting Mi.
Mi’s face changed drastically, her eyes full of rage, she began chanting the Spell once more, and surging Energy flowed around her.
Both races were originally ancient feuds, destined never to dissolve, even with the Titan Humans nearly extinct.
Moreover, she already suspected the fall of Titan Humans had something to do with these damned insects; they conspired with the evil beings of the Marginal World, setting the stage for the destruction of Titan Humans.
Like the Spirit Race, it was a sudden demise, as if everything was planned, while weaker human races benefited and rose from it.
This pertained to the fundamental rules of the world, their altered rules turning Titan Humans into a virus-like existence for all worlds needing to be repelled.
All powerful Titan Humans suddenly died in this process, completely unguarded.
"Remaining souls are nothing to worry about, and you are just a weak Half-blood Titan Human." the voice carried a mocking tone, seemingly deriving great pleasure from Mi’s discomfort.
"Is that so?" Mi said coldly, chanting the Spell again, a gigantic dark Magic Array appeared around, spinning at an accelerated rate.
"Titan Humans actually learning Magic, what a great irony." the voice came again from underground.
Simultaneously.
Another sharp bolt shot out from beneath the bloody flesh carpet.
The next moment, Mi’s figure disappeared and then reappeared on a high slope to the left, evading the spike with a strategic prediction and continuing to construct the Magic.
Waves of dark purple Energy appeared in the space, carrying deadly intent.
The underground High-Sequence Structure felt that this Magic posed a great threat to him; if Mi managed to cast it, his flesh might sustain considerable damage, compounded by his current infection with this strange plague, the damage could be fatal.
However, Mi’s process of constructing Magic was ultimately too long; after evading the first flying spike.
The second flying spike immediately shot out from underground, turning into a black streak, piercing through his wounds, creating a massive blood hole, crushing the heart along with it.
Mi’s mouth filled with blood but did not cease chanting the Spell.
As the Magic was about to be completed, the third spike emerged from underground.
Mi’s face showed a solemn expression, realizing that he was unlikely to withstand this strike, and thus the constructed Magic would be interrupted.
Meanwhile.
A gunshot rang from the side, a silver bullet took an arc, impacting the third spike just as it was about to strike, causing a violent explosion, the spike’s trajectory shifted slightly, grazing past Mi, leaving him unharmed.
At this moment.
Su Changxing had already risen from the ground, headless, only a body remained, hands holding a black and white Sniper Rifle aimed in this direction.
The spike carried a certain rule of power, transcending speed, his bullet wasn’t fast enough.
He judged the timing and angle of the third spike’s flight by the frequency and timing of the High-Sequence Insect Race’s previous attacks, firing in advance so the bullet landed just in time to intersect the spike.
Mi saw Su Changxing suddenly stand up from the ground and was not surprised at all, knowing Su Changxing’s strength wouldn’t lead him to die so easily, at least not in this manner.
She didn’t dodge, betting that Su Chang would block this spike.
The third spike grazed past her; he simultaneously completed the construction of the Magic.
A small-range purple wave formed around, rushing towards the underground High-Sequence Insect Race’s location, carrying wind howls. Striking the
Under the wave, a massive purple claw suddenly broke, causing the entire earth to tremble, and the whole flesh carpet to crack, forming numerous large and small rubble.
Dark purple blood oozed from the ground, emitting a tempting fragrance, like some extremely delicious food.
"Disappeared?"
Su Changxing frowned.
Within his perception range, the gigantic insect race had vanished underground, as if it had used some method to escape, just as Mi’s magic struck it.
Mi half-kneeled on the ground, panting heavily, with a large hole in her chest constantly oozing bright red blood, her eyes full of bloodshot.
Her body had been pierced by flying spikes, suffering severe injuries.
"In the previous war, both its body and soul were gravely injured but not completely dead, and had been sleeping here."
"We forced it to awaken, and I’m afraid its injuries are far from healed."
"My last strike should have inflicted significant damage on it, yet it managed to escape. High-sequence insect races generally understand space and have the ability to traverse between spaces."
She knelt on the ground, looked up at Su Changxing, and calmly said.
Su Changxing looked at her and sighed, "Actually, you don’t have to be so desperate. I have a way to deal with it, you should know that."
Mi held one hand over the large hole in her chest, but couldn’t stop the blood from oozing continuously through her fingers, "You can’t kill it... I want to kill it. You didn’t make it feel danger, it’ll only escape."
Su Changxing stared at her and slowly said, "You are close to dying now... your situation is similar to Kelsey and the others. Do you need me to save you?"
Mi’s physical condition was deteriorating rapidly, with her spirit’s contamination far exceeding Kelsey and the others, because she had been directly controlled by the divine spirit before, which was equivalent to indirectly contacting the divine spirit.
Her body and spirit were very strong, so her status seemed better.
Mi shook her head and decisively refused, "Titan humans will never yield to any divine spirit, nor will they become any divine spirit’s follower."
"That’s what’s left of our Titan humans’ pride, you should be able to understand."
Su Changxing thought for a moment and said, "But you might be the last Titan human, once you die, it’s all over."
"Titan humans have long been gone."
"But do you truly have no desire to survive?"
Mi appeared very rational and calmly said:
"Yes, but as I said, Titan humans won’t yield to any divine spirit, even a half god. That way would turn me into your follower, and I’m not willing to do so, so it’s bound to fail."
Su Changxing found Mi very stubborn and wanted her to survive, after all, this place was dangerous, and Mi was a powerful ally:
"But you were controlled by that divine spirit before."
Mi responded with annoyance, "That wasn’t voluntary, it’s completely different. Of course, if you want to forcibly make me your follower, feel free to try."
"But the outcome is uncertain, as divine spirits are always scheming creatures, and I have no doubt you would do so."
"Or perhaps everything you’ve done is designed to make me your follower, that might be your plan!"
Su Changxing appeared overly mysterious and unknowable in her heart, casting suspicion on Su Changxing’s intentions.
Su Changxing replied helplessly, "Fine then, it’s like I really want to make you my follower...which would only add to my mental burden, especially with you twisted-minded followers."
"However, I have a way to let you survive temporarily, though uncertain how long that might be, more like barely hanging on."
Mi showed a surprised expression and asked, "What way?"
Su Changxing took out a mechanical iron box from the Pocket Galaxy, something brought from Eric, one of his research achievements:
"You lost your heart, the most serious injury. Restoring it through treatment would lead to physical collapse and distortion."
"This thing can replace your heart, it’s a mechanical rune mechanism, that might cause rejection, inflicting continuous damage to your body."
"But it’s better than dying outright. Although you don’t care about life or death, we currently need your strength."
"For the sake of friendship, I hope you can accept this request."
[Eric’s Mechanical Heart: B crown, Lower Rank, Eric noticed his body was gradually aging, so he pondered how to solve the aging problem and made a simulated heart using rune mechanism technology, hoping to create a new body for himself in the future.
This heart probably suits Eric only, as others would experience severe rejection and various discomforts when using it.
Additionally, it’s a powerful heart, capable of providing strong power to the person installing it.
This is one of Eric’s proudest inventions, yet he never had the chance to use it or showcase it to the world.]
Su Changxing’s first thought upon seeing this was of the old monk at Magpie Mountain Temple.