MTL - Start a Core Pod-Chapter 562 Reaper's Trail

  Chapter 562 Traces of the Reapers

  After evading the Foundation's frantic hunt, Duanmuhuai opened the portal, slipped back to the battleship, and began to study this card carefully.

   "Hmm... Mechanic Fall, what kind of card is this?"

  Looking at the soul card in front of him, Duanmuhuai felt a little bit heartbroken. He knew the meaning of mechanical descending. To put it simply, it’s like many stories where the protagonist group fights the final BOSS at a disadvantage, and then on the verge of annihilation, the protagonist’s courage and love moved the heavens or something, and then suddenly the heavens sent divine power to the protagonist group. Player resurrection + BUFF, then weaken the BOSS, and then the protagonist group Jedi comeback.

  This kind of behavior is called "Mechanical Desperation". Simply put, at the last moment, an unreasonable and illogical thing suddenly appeared inexplicably, forcibly changing the final ending of the story.

  So when Duanmu Huai first heard about the mechanical descendant, he always thought it might be some kind of mechanical device or relic.

  But I didn't expect...

   Is it actually a Servant card?

  That's right, this is what Duanmu Huai is worried about. The behavior of [Mechanical Goddess] itself is not a big deal, but as a Servant card, it means that she has self-awareness, which is troublesome.

  Because this way, it is completely impossible for you to know who she will help!

  If she helps the protagonist, it will be a successful comeback under the pressure of the boss.

  If she helps the BOSS, it will be the BOSS that is about to be destroyed under the siege of the protagonist group, "Hahahaha, this is my escape route", and then turn the tables.

   It can be seen that the Mechanic Dementia is a double-edged sword, if it is simply a relic or some kind of technology, it will be fine.

  But to be a Servant... This is very troublesome.

   No wonder there is a sealed word below. It seems that even the Foundation is obviously worried about letting this kind of self-aware killer out to run around.

  Do you want to lift the seal?

   Staring at the card in front of him, Duanmu Huai hesitated for a moment.

   Let’s cancel it, after all... she still has to be the reality anchor!

  【Release the seal】

As Duanmu Huai's thoughts turned, the next moment, the soul card in his hand trembled instantly, and the next moment, the original black and white card was dyed with colorful colors. At the same time, the card in Duanmu Huai's eyes The card effect has also changed again.

  【Mechanical Goddess (Legendary)】

  【Consumption: 5】

  【Attack: 4】

  【Defense: 5】

  【Effect: (entrance song) Give your main fighter the special effect of "Whenever you use a creation card, reduce the heat consumption of subspace by 10%"]

  【I am the God of Mechanics who controls cause and effect. If you want to make the world more stable, or bring about greater chaos, everything is your freedom...Come on, what do you want? 】

   "I rely on?!"

  Seeing the effect of this card, Duanmu Huai was shocked.

  Although the effect of this card seems very simple, only a short sentence, but in Duanmu Huai's view, it is simply... rape!

   At this time, I need to review again. As a soul walker, Duanmuhuai has an upper limit on subspace calories, and most of the summoned objects he summons will consume calories. It's just that because of the effect of [subspace armor], Duanmuhuai's subspace heat consumption of all summons is halved, so he can maintain enough soul card activities most of the time.

The cards that Duanmu Huai owns and has been on the field all the time are [Ojis (6-3)] [Lorena (3-2)] [Ann (8-4)] [Guleya (8-4)] 【Feline (3-2)】【Mia (2-1)】【Kukulu (3-2)】【Audrey (6-3)】, as for the permanent dolls on the mothership, Since it belongs to the scope of subspace debris, it is not included in the consumption. These are the permanent ones, which occupy about 40% of Duanmuhuai's subspace heat limit, and the remaining 60% are Duanmuhuai's. It is mainly reserved for summoning some soul cards or releasing magic during special periods.

   After all, [Sky City] + [Shenwei's Relic] is indeed a magic tool for clearing the field, but it consumes a lot of heat in the subspace, so some must be set aside in advance.

  However, with the effect of [Mechanical Deity], it's completely different!

Duanmuhuai's puppet cards are all zero consumption, and according to the effect of [Mechanical Gods], each time Duanmuhuai plays a creation card, it will reduce 10% of subspace heat consumption, which means that as long as Duanmu Huai played a bunch of creation cards with zero consumption, then he could directly reduce his subspace heat to zero!

   This also means that he can summon a large number of cards with high consumption and high damage!

   After all, no matter how many high-consumption soul cards are played, as long as the effect of [Mechanical Goddess] is on, Duanmuhuai's subspace calorie consumption can basically be zero forever! This is simply equivalent to the fact that the mage can keep zooming in without consuming MP. Such a cool ability——fuck, it really deserves to be a mechanical descendant. Any boss hit by this move will have to overturn!

  In the game, the biggest headache for Soulwalker players is not that they don’t have enough soul cards, but that it is difficult to play out all the expensive cards at once. After all, the more powerful the card, the higher the consumption. Like the [Dimension Transcendence] held by Duanmu Huai, if it weren't for the special feature that can reduce consumption through magic power increase, he would not be able to play at all. Moreover, those powerful cards have high consumption, and the consumption is in the upper double digits at every turn—it is directly three digits in the subspace heat conversion, and players have to weigh it before playing.

   This is the same as a mage casting magic. MP is limited. If you cast explosion magic all at once, you will be lying on the ground and being picked up by someone.

  But now, with this effect, Duanmuhuai can directly play [Sword Rain] or [Frozen Storm] at the beginning without worrying about consumption.

  The so-called "opening the Jiaotong University to show friendship", anyway, my consumption is zero, so I can amplify my moves.

   "Call!"

  Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai chose to summon without hesitation. Immediately after that, the soul card in his hand disappeared instantly, and then, a huge steel coffin slowly emerged out of thin air and landed in front of Duanmuhuai, and then... there was no more.

   "???"

what's the situation?

  Looking at the coffin in front of him, Duanmuhuai looked confused, obviously the card was a beautiful woman, why did you give me a coffin?

   Do I have to open it myself?

  Duanmuhuai also did what he said, and stretched out his hand, grabbed the coffin lid, and then pulled it hard—it couldn't be pulled.

  【Titre——】

   At the same time, Duanmuhuai also had a system notification sound in front of him.

  【Warning: The conditions are not met, do not wake up】

   “………???”

what's going on?

  I have lifted the seal, you tell me that I cannot be awakened? ? ?

   And what the **** is not eligible? ? ?

   But having said that, the so-called [Mechanical Desperation] was originally a product that would appear at the end of the drama—well, you won’t tell me that this guy will only wake up when I challenge the four peddlers, right?

  Then what use do I need her now.

  Looking at this, Duanmu Huai was speechless.

   Finally got a **** card, but in the end it couldn't be used because it didn't meet the requirements, maybe the foundation is actually like this. If it's what I think, then the Mechagod will only wake up in the Foundation when the world is destroyed...

  Hey, forget it, at least this card is in your hand, right?

  Duanmuhuai comforted himself, and silently put away the [Mechanical Demention], it's better than nothing.

"Owner."

   Just then, Augis walked in.

   "Hey, Augis, have you been free recently?"

   "I'm very free, so I've been reading."

   After all, Duanmuhuai didn't take her to the new instance, and Augis was really free.

   "Sorry, this copy is a bit troublesome, let's talk about it next time."

   "Yes... Mia has sent a message that the Reaper fleet has been discovered."

"oh?"

  Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's face became serious.

  When Duanmuhuai came to the combat command room, Mia and others were already waiting there.

   "Have you discovered the Reaper fleet?"

   "Yes, the current preliminary estimate should be 15,000, which should be the early-stage troops."

   "Oh, the number is quite a lot... How many warships are there in the Inquisition's fleet?"

   "Currently about 8,500 ships."

   "Time is a little tight, but there is no way."

  Hearing Miya's answer, Duanmu Huai frowned, but there was no way to do it. After all, building a battleship in reality is not as simple and convenient as in the game, and it can be generated directly with one click. If it weren't for Maria's optimization of the manufacturing process, the time would probably have been even longer. Fortunately, there are not many galaxies currently occupied by the Star Federation. As long as the Inquisition takes action, it is still enough to protect most of the human galaxies.

  As for those extraterrestrial aliens...then I'm sorry, everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, and don't care about others.

   "How long before they arrive?"

   "As far as the current situation is concerned, it is expected to be three months."

"very good."

  Duanmuhuai snapped his fingers, then looked at the curly-haired little girl standing beside her.

   "Lumière, prepare for the first step of the battle plan."

   "... really want to do this?"

  Hearing Duanmu Huai's order, Lumière looked a bit embarrassed. In fact, Duanmuhuai has already made a plan to deal with the Reapers. One of the first steps is to let Lumiel hack into the Starlink network, and then send invitation letters to those influential aliens among humans to "invite" them Go to the land of those alien aliens, and use the hand of the Reaper to wipe them out.

"The Inquisition has always been, and will always be, human supremacist. We must not allow any heretic **** who dare to sell human interests to trade with alien aliens to survive. If there is no such plan, I would have asked the night guards to hang them at the street lamp Come on, let's do it."

"………I see."

  Lumière nodded slightly. Although she was also a little uneasy, Duan Muhuai had already talked about this matter with her, and Lumière herself knew which was more important.

  Anyway, from a human point of view, she really doesn't need to feel sympathy for those traitors who are close to aliens.

   "Connect me to Starlink."

  After Duan Muhuai gave the order, he spoke to Mia again, and soon, Li Longcheng's face appeared on the screen in front of him.

   "It's been a long time, Mr. Duanmu, what have you been up to these days?"

   "Busy about what I should be busy with, but then again, you're also busy now."

"what do you mean………?"

   "There are still three months, and the Reaper is coming."

"……………Why?"

   I have to say that Li Longcheng was shocked when he heard this.

   "Are you sure?"

   "My scouting fleet has found traces of the Reapers. I will send you the intelligence information later, and you should be ready."

   "However, three months, this is too short..."

   It's no wonder that Li Longcheng panicked, after all... the news was too sudden.

   "At the moment we don't have enough warships..."

   "It's useless for you to tell me this, talk to the reaper and see if they will give you a fair chance to compete."

   "Uh... I know that, is there no other way to delay their progress?"

   "Of course there is a way."

   Duan Muhuai said indifferently, Li Longcheng's eyes lit up when he heard Duanmu Huai's words.

   "Do you have a way?"

   "Of course, just blow up the mass relays leading to other galaxies."

  That's right, this is what Duanmuhuai came up with. The quality repeater and the castle were originally placed here by the harvesters to facilitate their own harvesting. As long as the mass relay is blown up, the Reapers will not be able to travel to other galaxies by high-speed rail, and can only rely on walking. This will naturally slow down their speed to some extent and buy more time for the Star Alliance.

   "This... I understand."

  Li Longcheng was not a fool either, he just froze for a moment, and immediately understood what Duanmu Huai meant. Indeed, although the emergence of mass repeaters facilitates the expansion of human territory, but in turn falls into the hands of the enemy, which becomes a sharp knife inserted into the heart of one's own people.

   "Don't worry, without the quality repeater, I can provide you with better ones."

  What Duanmu Huai said was naturally the Star Gate, and Li Longcheng was also relieved to hear this.

   "I see, the Star Federation will act immediately... Regarding this matter, should we notify the Citadel of God?"

   "Notice."

   Having said this, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly.

"So what can they do if they know? Could it be that they can still create warships against the Reapers within three months? Besides, didn't Shepard warn them about the Reapers long ago? They didn't believe it, so You can’t say we’re lying.”

"I see."

Li Longcheng nodded, and then cut off the communication—after all, the arrival of the Reapers is a big event. Although the Star Alliance made preparations for it after Duanmu Huai reminded it at the beginning, when the last moment came, they still felt that they were ready. insufficient.

"alright."

  Watching Li Longcheng cut off the communication, Duanmu Huai also rubbed his hands and returned to his room.

I originally planned to put it away again, but now that [Machinarium] is available (although it can’t be used yet), it’s almost time to settle this dungeon to see if I can get some good things out for use. It's time to deal with the incoming Reaper army.

  (end of this chapter)