Starting as a Mechanical Hunter-Chapter 336 - 108: Three Master’s Certificates

The three types of Human Mechanical Systems: Mad Dragon follows the orthodox path, like a certain Optimus Prime, naturally carrying a grand mechanical aura.

The Transformer has a broader range of applications, capable of integrating with anyone, and leans towards a supportive role. As for the Mechanical Body Killer, it follows a standard heterodox route, very much aligned with the Decepticons Faction.

If serving as a leader, the Mad Dragon is definitely more suitable.

But for the Fusion Route, the Transformer can better leverage its advantages.

"Let’s choose the Transformer."

"I will follow your every command, boss."

...

Just as Gao Gong was preparing to max out his Mechanical Body Transformation Rate, an unexpected event occurred.

In the forum, within Sister Ji’s small group.

’I got disconnected’ I Love Eating Buns

’???’ I am a Big Muscle Dominator

’Hohoho’ Cross-dressing Guy

’What’s going on?’ Sister Ji

’I’m not sure—’ Baozi sent a confused emoji, ’I just blacked out and suddenly got disconnected, even the system panel wouldn’t open.’

’@Red Flower Demon, you’re the closest selling ramen, go have a look’ Sister Ji

’Got it!’

After a while, the Red Flower Demon comes online again.

’@I Love Eating Buns, there’s no one at your shop, not a single person or body in sight.’

’That’s odd, am I being controlled by someone?’

’...’ Rich Lady’s Little Wolf Dog

Meanwhile, in the game, a figure shot like a rocket across the sea, quickly reaching Mach 10.

That figure was Miller.

This person maintained an arrogant smile on his face, still holding another person in his hand. At Mach 10, the person’s skin rapidly cracked, and their blood volume plummeted.

The one captured was Baozi.

...

"Baozi was disconnected?" Gao Gong muttered to himself, "Little A, help me check, any recent news in Nightless City?"

’Reporting to the master, the Upper Midtown District of Nightless City was attacked; the Goddess of the Mechanic valiantly repelled the invaders.’

"The Mechanic was attacked! By whom?"

"Not sure, there are currently twenty-six interview programs discussing this issue. The only confirmed information is that the attacker is a humanoid creature, and the satellite surveillance system captured a blurry image."

In the holographic projection, a blurry figure stood with arms akimbo, floating arrogantly in the air.

Below him was the ruins of the Welfare Institute.

’With this reckless pose and arrogant aura, it’s 100% a member of the Cloud Nobility, and nine times out of ten, they’re here for me.’

’It’s a bit troublesome, I’m in the middle of surgery.’

On the operating table, a body was cut into pieces, its internal mechanical system being transformed by dozens of mechanical arms.

With a thought, the chunks of flesh slid together, reassembled into human form, developed facial features, and became Gao Gong.

"Dr. Rong, how much longer until the surgery is complete?"

"About an hour and a half."

"Activate all the defensive systems on the island," Gao Gong decisively ordered.

"Yes, boss."

"Little A, call back Xiao Yu and the Mechanical Armor Soldiers, the enemy is dangerous, and they are not equipped to handle it right now."

"Yes, master."

Simultaneously, Gao Gong appeared in the Brain Disc, where Gao Yuanyuan remained in her Sleeping Beauty state, though her pristine little face now bore an expression of pain.

"Are they people from Cloud City?" Paradise Bird asked seriously.

"It’s the Cloud Nobility, though it’s probably not about you. That person’s target is my sister."

"According to the news, didn’t you and Parrot kill all those people in the sky?" Ahong couldn’t help but interject.

"We didn’t kill them all; there wasn’t enough time," Paradise Bird said coldly, "We only hacked into that orbital space station’s sublight engine and exiled that trash to the universe."

"And another point, although most of the Cloud Nobility are extravagant and waste away their lives, some are super strong; they grasp the heritage of the old era in one hand, and the technology of the new era in the other. These are the backbone of the Cloud Nobility, and they are the ones who actually don’t live in Cloud City."

Gao Gong added a point.

"Do you want me to take action?" Paradise Bird asked.

"No, with the personality of that kind of people, the moment you show up, they’ll surely file a report, and at that time, we’ll have to face the overwhelming army of the Mother City."

The more critical the moment, the calmer Gao Gong appeared.

The enemy who could escape unscathed from the Mechanic is likely a level 60 player, and given the route of the Cloud Nobility, there’s a 90% chance they follow a Forbidden Transformation route, embedding all sorts of alien bloodlines.

"A bit troublesome, but not particularly so."

Glancing at the game panel, Experience Value just crossed ten million.

Gao Gong thought for a moment, invested two Specialization Points and 100,000 Experience to upgrade ’Bullet Time’ to Expert, then invested 5 Specialization Points and 300,000 Experience to upgrade the entire skill to Master-level.

The Expert-level ’Bullet Time’ offered two choices: one was the ’Artificial Electromagnetic Barrier’ to defend against Kinetic Energy Weapons attacks, the other was the ’Artificial Particle Barrier’ to defend against Energy Weapons attacks.

Gao Gong chose the second option.

And the Master-level ’Artificial Particle Barrier’ directly upgraded to ’Particle Disruption Field.’

Particle Disruption Field (Master): Creates a large particle interference field, in which all energy structures are disrupted, and all conventional particle activities are subject to disturbance.

[You upgraded Particle Disruption Field (Master) to Full Level, obtaining Master’s Certificate (Level 2 Civilization)]

Master’s Certificate (Level 2 Civilization): Your exceptional skills have been recognized by the world; no one can defeat you in your field of expertise.

Particle Disruption Field max: You do not merely interfere with the energy flow but cause extensive entropy increase in particles; this is the way of the universe.

The same operation was used to upgrade Gun Fighting Skill to Expert, then invested 5 Specialization Points and 500,000 Experience to upgrade the skill to Master.

The Experience needed to upgrade close combat skills exceeds that for long-range.

The Expert-level ’Gun Fighting Skill’ offered three options: one was Ancient Gun Spirit, another was Possession Energy Gun, and the third was Locking Thunder Spear.

’Ancient Gun Spirit’ is the Great Perfection of melee weapons; if one were to describe it, it resembles the gun in Lio Ruohai’s hand—silent until unleashed, then sweeping across with a prairie fire momentum.

’Solidification Energy Gun’ is an energy membrane overlay on melee weapons but limited to pole-arm class weapons.

True melee Energy Weapons can only become widespread at Level 3 Civilization.

As for ’Locking Thunder Spear,’ it’s akin to the Crimson Empress’ energy super move, increasing Attack Power by 1.5~2 times over ordinary Energy Weapons base, with inherent ’locking’ effects.

Aside from consuming energy heavily, it has virtually no drawbacks.

Quickly, Gao Gong made his choice.

He chose ’Locking Thunder Spear,’ and the Master version of Locking Thunder Spear upgraded to ’2-Stage Locking Thunder Spear.’

In simple terms, it evolved from one stage attack to two-stage attack, thereby increasing damage.

[You upgraded 2-Stage Locking Thunder Spear (Master) to Full Level, obtaining Master’s Certificate (Level 2 Civilization)]

Master’s Certificate (Level 2 Civilization): Your exceptional skills have been recognized by the world; no one can defeat you in your field of expertise.

2-Stage Locking Thunder Spear max: You will be the real-life version of Zeus, the inheritor of the old stallion.

Again using the same operation, Gao Gong upgraded Snake King Blade to Master-level; Snake King Blade is similar to Gun Fighting Skill (Close Combat), even the upgrade routes are similar.

However, at Master-level, a new option emerged, ’Pheromone Poison Serpent.’

Pheromone Poison Serpent max: The human body is a lair, the Genetic Chain is the serpent body; through reverse pheromone secretion, you will continually produce biochemical viruses, with as many types of advanced genes, you’ll produce as many ’Pheromone Viruses.’

This skill is a cross between ’AOE’ and domain skills, akin to the single-user version of ’Exocrine Network.’

The strength of the ’serpent’ is determined by the cell strength and gene danger level within your body.

Speaking of which, Gao Gong doesn’t feel sleepy now; his body contains numerous chaotic and exceptionally powerful genes—a blend of Duke of Radiation, Crimson Empress, Brain-in-a-Vat, Volcanic Bacteria, and Sister Rose.

Oh, why has Sister Rose appeared? That’s not the point; the point is, this move is very suitable for Gao Gong.

Thus, spending 21 Specialization Points and two million Experience, Gao Gong successfully upgraded all ordinary skills to Master-level, obtaining three Master’s Certificates.

The remaining skills are either inherent in the Prosthetic Body, Bloodline inherent, or Profession inherent, all cannot be upgraded via Experience.

After upgrading, Gao Gong appeared before the Robot Corps, using ’Reverse Symbiosis,’ and in the next moment, his organism transformed into a large mass of flesh, spraying countless ’raindrops’ upon the robots. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Simultaneously, Gao Gong’s tentacles, flesh membranes, and flesh buds appeared all over Research Station No. 7, focusing especially on the monitoring system and energy system.

Reverse Symbiosis (Bloodline Talent): The greatest ability of a symbiote is to consume the other’s body to gain their powers, but as an artificial symbiote, you’re able to separate part of your ’body’ and let the other gain your abilities.

"Perfect, so perfect! This is evolution, this is the future!!"

Seeing this terrifying scene, Dr. Rong’s eyes burned as if about to ignite.

"The owner said before, abnormality is the precondition for Transformation; it seems you qualify to become one of us."

Professor Rong’s abnormality successfully earned Little A’s approval.

"Boss, boss, I want to go to the frontline too!!" Xiao Yu eagerly volunteered.

"You can forget it, with your current Whiteboard self, going up is just delivering food; and Dr. Rong, focus on your human transformation, if my Mechanical Body lacks any parts, I guarantee I’ll dismantle you."

In the Brain Disc, Gao Yuanyuan’s expression became increasingly pained, visibly flushing and feverish.

"What’s the matter with her, is she feverish?"

Aidolu placed a hand on her forehead, at the next moment, amid sizzling sounds, Aidolu screamed in pain as the data in her palm melted, soon her entire arm melted away.

"Oh crap!"

Ahong jumped in shock, hurriedly performing data reconstruction, but in his poor state, could barely curb the melting trend.

"Senior Sister, help!"

"You’re getting worse," Paradise Bird discontentedly glanced at the other, covering Aidolu’s arm with dense code flames, and amid the flames, the melted arm regrew.

"What the heck is this?" Ahong felt a lingering fear.

Paradise Bird pondered for a moment, "This should be hacking techniques from other planets."