Chapter 719: Chapter 363: The Ghost Emperor’s Plot! Su Yu’s Research Results, the Secret of Transformation!
Boom!
The guys who had just taken out loans for the Seven-Star Battle Armor were incredibly excited and immediately launched an attack on the two Seven-Star City Lords!
Although they didn’t use the Tactical Support System, they quickly overwhelmed the two city lords with sheer numbers.
The two city lords swiftly retracted their abilities and focused on defense, but they could only barely hold on.
They were not like Su Yu, who could fight ten or even a hundred opponents of the same level by himself.
They had lived for hundreds of years and could rely on experience to fight two or even three opponents.
But now, there were more than a dozen opponents all at once, and others were eager to join in.
In just a moment, both city lords were injured by the people of the Mechanical City and were suppressed using Spiritual Energy.
The cards they had previously prepared for mutual destruction were naturally no longer of use.
"Phew, finally done!"
"Haha, our armor should be reimbursed, right?"
"We hit the jackpot this time; not only can we bring back so many people and earn energy currency rewards, but we can also get a month’s worth of Seven-Star Battle Armor reimbursed. It’s truly exhilarating!"
"Damn it! You guys beat us to it!"
Everyone was excitedly discussing.
Those who had taken out loans for the armor were naturally overjoyed.
Others were very regretful for being slow and getting outpaced by these guys.
This group of guys was really cunning, clearly thinking it was a critical moment, yet they saw it as a golden opportunity to "freeload" a month’s worth of Seven-Star Battle Armor.
Su Yu, in the distance, listened to their conversation with a mixture of amusement and frustration.
He even had the impulse not to reimburse them, just to see what they would do.
But after thinking it over, Su Yu decided against it; he wasn’t that petty. They had taken out the armor loans to complete the tasks Su Yu had assigned.
Moreover, these temporary battle armors could only be used for a month.
Once these guys got a taste of the Seven-Star Battle Armor’s benefits, and the armor expired, how could they resist? They’d probably sell everything they had to scrape together a down payment for a permanent set of armor.
The costs of these temporary battle armors would be recovered sooner or later, with interest.
And honestly, the energy costs for these temporary battle armors were really nothing to Su Yu now.
He had already advanced to the Fourth Rank, and the Mechanical Spirit was in dormant advancement, requiring much less energy and computing power to maintain a temporary Seven-Star Battle Armor than before.
His energy reserve had also increased more than tenfold, making his overall capability a hundredfold greater than before.
If not for this, the numerous temporary Seven-Star Battle Armors from before would indeed have been a bit burdensome.
"Temporary battle armor is temporary after all. Once the real Seven-Star Battle Armor is forged, forming a true Seven-Star Army..."
Su Yu thought to himself.
Having returned as a Fourth Rank, bringing back millions of Mechanic descendants and resources from recent global developments, it wouldn’t be long before he could start forging the Seven-Star Battle Armor army.
While the temporary armors were usable, the Data Manifestation was ultimately an Extraordinary Ability, which might be countered by powerful enemies.
Also, maintaining the existence of temporary armors consumed a large amount of energy currency every moment and had a quantity limit.
Ultimately, they’re not as reliable as forging real armor.
"Once those Mechanic descendants settle in, we’ll start forging."
"For now, I’ll focus on researching the secret of transforming into the Light-Cast Giant..."
After thinking for a while, Su Yu refocused on his own body.
He needed to understand the secret of this transformation before it ended.
In fact, even Su Yu himself didn’t know how long this transformation could last if not undone; this too needed research...
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Meanwhile, outside of Rock Cave City and Sky Sea City.
The two city lords were subdued but hadn’t lost consciousness. Hearing the conversation of the people from the Mechanical City, they were even more shocked.
It sounded like many of these strange people from the Mechanical City could also burst out with Seven-Star power!
But it seemed to require taking out "loans" as the cost.
The word "loan" was familiar to the two Seven-Star City Lords, simply meaning borrowing money.
But how could a loan give a Transcendent the power of seven stars out of nowhere?
Unless... you replace "loan" with a word like sacrifice or divine gift.
Thinking about it this way, it suddenly made sense.
There was no loan; it was just asking the Evil God for power!
And the cost for seeking power?
At that thought, the two Seven-Star City Lords felt chills all over.
They had lived long enough to know a bit about such things as Evil Gods.
In tales, asking an Evil God for power always required a huge price.
The stronger the power, the greater the price.
Such prices almost always involved flesh, life, and soul...
And these strange people from the Mechanical City capturing their entire population, could it be just to appease the Evil God...
It had to be said, their line of thinking was all too similar.
They all thought that the Mechanical City was capturing them for sacrifice to the Evil God.
Otherwise, what? Were they supposed to believe that the Mechanical City came with peaceful and benevolent intentions, inviting them to join and live a good life?
Only a fool would believe that!
However, strangely enough, some people actually did believe it.
Some communities didn’t resist the people from the Mechanical City and cheerfully followed them on their journey.
These human communities were relatively small, entirely unaware of any Evil Gods, and since their nearby Radiation Beasts were low rank and not very threatening, they remained somewhat naive.