Chapter 6: Mechanical Spaceship

"A metal plate of mechanical life?"

Gunie squinted, gazing at the metal plate that radiated a breath of life.

After a careful look, Gunie put away the metal plate.

Then he turned his hand again, and another palm-sized metal plate appeared, of the same material as the large life-metal plate just now.

Then Gunie, like a magician,

produced twisted metal tubes, shattered metal glass, source power transmission lines, and some other small metal parts.

This big fellow had devoured no small amount—a great many things, varied and complex in form.

It was as if it had swallowed the wreckage of a crashed machine.

After scanning these many parts back and forth, Gunie frowned more deeply.

Then Gunie looked toward the depths of the passage, the strange place that Senior Muland had mentioned.

"If this metal plate were smaller, it would be one thing, but its size is so enormous, and the corresponding parts are very numerous."

"Earlier, I guessed it might be a meteorite that fell deep in the void-source space."

"Now it seems that the strange place is most likely a mechanical lifeform, or even a mechanical spaceship of a mechanical lifeform from an alien starry sky."

"Mechanical lifeforms are beings called 'calamities.'"

"Their sole purpose is survival, reproduction, and expansion, and they have developed a mechanical civilization that terrifies countless supernatural beings."

"Countless supernatural worlds, under the fire of their mechanical bodies and mechanical technological civilization, have been reduced to ruins, and then the entire world becomes a mechanical nest."

"If this is an exploration and positioning mechanical spaceship from an alien starry sky..."

With this thought, Gunie's expression changed slightly.

"That means our world may have been discovered by mechanical life."

"Huh..."

With a gentle exhale, Gunie tried to calm his mind.

"But there are other possibilities, after all..."

"What I obtained are only metal plate fragments; even if it is a mechanical spaceship, it is most likely a crashed one."

"It might not be a mechanical invasion; it could also be a mechanical fall that happened to land here."

"Regardless... I need to go over and examine it carefully."

Then Gunie moved, quickening his pace forward.

As Gunie hurried toward the strange core area teeming with aberrant creatures, he simultaneously collected many of them.

The farther he went, the more Gunie found that the number of aberrant creatures was enormous.

They densely packed the passage, almost filling it.

If someone else were to clear them, even after killing these aberrant creatures, their corpses could not be disposed of.

After all, the quantity was too great.

And the corpses that could not be cleared would only serve as abundant food for subsequent aberrant creatures to strengthen themselves.

Instead, it would create even more aberrant creatures.

But Gunie, clearing them alone while absorbing them, was far more effective.

At the same time, during the clearing process, Gunie discovered many other parts.

Faced with so many aberrant creatures,

Gunie spent a full three or four hours clearing them.

...

Deep in the passage.

Boom, boom...

Roar, roar...

Bang, bang...

Bang, bang, bang...

The sounds of rumbling, explosions, and roars rose and fell one after another.

A fierce battle was underway.

On one side was Gunie, and on the other were fifteen exceptionally powerful aberrant creatures.

Four Wailing Stitchfiends.

Five Shadow Stitchfiends.

Four Queen Bee Stitchfiends.

And three winged, strange octopus-shaped aberrant creatures.

These dozen or so aberrant creatures all had auras at the peak of the sixth rank.

If that were all, under the powerful piercing might of the Demon Blade Cursed Spell, they would easily be cut into minced flesh and then devoured by Gunie.

But the problem was that these aberrant creatures could actually use this life metal.

That life metal, using their own stitching talent, they had stitched into parts of their bodies, forming metal armor on their surfaces.

At this moment, these fifteen aberrant creatures all had a set of highly sealed life-metal armor on the surface of their bodies.

Although because it was patched together from scraps, the style was not beautiful—in fact, it could be called quite ugly—

the defensive power of this life metal was quite strong, making the sharp demon blades of Gunie's Demon Blade Cursed Spell somewhat unable to find a purchase.

Gunie had tested the strength of this life metal during his spare time in the previous clearing.

Even on magic-gold-grade metal tank armor, Gunie's Demon Blade Cursed Spell could leave relatively obvious marks.

But on this life metal, Gunie could only leave faint marks, and this life metal could also absorb source power to recover quickly.

The ability to self-recover was also a unique supernatural characteristic of life metal.

This life metal, of unknown material, had a basic strength reaching that of top-tier magic-gold-grade tank armor.

This made it somewhat difficult for Gunie's Demon Blade Cursed Spell to kill these creatures.

"This metal has quite good defensive strength; the mechanical life's forging ability is indeed not something ordinary supernatural industrial systems can match."

While attacking, Gunie pondered inwardly.

"I've experimented enough; it's time to finish these fellows off."

The Demon Blade Cursed Spell was, of course, a very ordinary means for Gunie.

To kill these creatures wearing life-metal armor, Gunie had plenty of ways.

With a thought,

Zzzzz...

Dense black lightning wildly erupted.

The seventh-level high-rank spell Little Thunderflame Curse, infused with the principles of darkness and destruction,

with one strike made a Shadow Stitchfiend that was trying to close in let out a wail, its aura plummeting sharply.

With another Little Thunderflame Curse, this Shadow Stitchfiend died on the spot.

Then, a large number of Little Thunderflame Curses erupted wildly.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

At the same time, cries of pain and wails rose and fell.

This kind of penetrating attack was very effective against these aberrant creatures.

A few seconds later,

All fifteen aberrant stitchfiends around had been killed by Gunie.

Gunie lightly waved his hand.

These aberrant stitchfiends were easily collected into the Blood Sea.

The corpses beneath their armor would be digested by the Blood Sea, while the life metal would be preserved.

Then Gunie looked around.

There were no more aberrant creatures nearby.

The aberrant creatures in this area had been mostly cleared by Gunie.

With a slight exhale,

Gunie, in the corner, looked solemnly at the core of this area.

In a void-source space where the source passage had been twisted and cracked by the collision, even the internal space had opened up,

a damaged mechanical spaceship of matte silver-gray metal lay quietly.

The main outline and framework were basically intact, with a large amount of mechanical wreckage scattered over a range of two to three hundred meters.

The entire mechanical spaceship radiated a strong life aura, no wonder the aberrant creatures had swarmed here.

But precisely because of this rich life aura, Gunie was unsure whether there was danger inside the mechanical spaceship.

Even using the Eye of Fate, Gunie could only see a vast and dense life aura. The metal of this mechanical life was indeed very peculiar.

Gunie did not approach rashly.

What if something like a 'planet destroyer cannon,' 'magic cannon,' or 'source power cannon' was aimed at him? Rushing in would surely result in being executed by cannon fire.

With a thought, Gunie opened his system.