Bai Yuhan's room.
The style of the room surprised Li Xiang.
Bai Yuhan, who was called "White Demoness" by others, was actually a machine fanatic!
Her temporary room on the airship was filled with various mechanical devices and parts, as well as a few old metal workstations.
Bai Yuhan had just come out of the bathroom with only a loose towel draped over her. She was drying her hair as she gestured for Li Xiang to sit down.
Li Xiang looked at the rusty mechanical sofa and sat down helplessly. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Bai Yuhan's body — a large portion of it was emitting a mechanical luster.
A mechanized human!?
"Are you very surprised?" Bai Yuhan ignored his gaze and threw the towel to the side. She walked towards the freezer and bent down to ask, "What do you want to drink? Alcohol or soft drinks?"
"Drink … soft drinks, I guess." Li Xiang looked away. The scene was too exciting.
Bai Yuhan threw a can of iced fruit juice over as she opened a can of cold beer and downed it in one gulp. She then crushed the metal can into a thin metal pancake.
The strength of her fingers and astounding control immediately attracted Li Xiang's attention.
To perfectly crush the metal can into a thin piece required very strong control. It was also a new direction he was preparing to delve into after his strength reached a bottleneck.
Bai Yuhan's fingers were long and slender. After using Machinery Proficiency, Li Xiang was surprised to discover that it was not a skeleton inside, but a mechanical skeleton!
She walked over naked and sat beside Li Xiang casually. She opened another can of cold beer as her face slowly blushed. She heaved a sigh of relief and leaned against the sofa cushion.
"I heard from Julie that you have a strong mechanical talent, and I was shocked at that time. Ever since you left Marquis City and we took Xintong away, I did not pay much attention to you. Later on, I noticed you again because of the commotion you caused at the ultimate trial. "
Bai Yuhan turned her head to look at him.
"When I heard that you went to the Sky Arena, I was worried that you might have seen through my identity. I was really scared for a while. Fortunately, it seems like you just found out about my body not too long ago."
"Yes, if it wasn't for the evolution of my mechanical ability, I really wouldn't have been able to tell." Li Xiang nodded and admitted. He could only see Bai Yuhan's body clearly after the evolution of his Mechanical Heart.
Even so, the material of the clothes she usually wore should be specially made to block her mechanical body.
Like Cecilia, part of Bai Yuhan's body was mechanized, but it was not as precise as Cecilia's.
The latter had already become a new species that was a combination of machines and humans. After all, the one who made the blade was Duke Silo, the man who stood at the pinnacle of machinery in this world.
"About ten years ago, I was in pain because of the awakening of the death magic circuit. I was talented, but I didn't have the slightest chance to become a player, which made me give up on myself. In one mission, I made a mistake and the team I led was completely wiped out. I also fell off a cliff and broke all my limbs. "
Bai Yuhan gently rubbed the beer can in her hand and whispered.
"Just when I thought I was going to die and could finally be free, someone suddenly appeared. He moved me onto the machine and saved me, and I became like this."
"At first, I couldn't accept this fact at all! Who can tolerate having mechanical parts in their body? What am I? A human or a machine? Do I still need to be oiled and checked regularly? That's ridiculous. But over time, I found that my strength had increased again, and my control over my body had reached an unbelievable level. Only then did I realize that he saved me. "
Bai Yuhan suddenly approached him, and her hot breath made Li Xiang a little confused.
"Even a peak Level-3 Magician is no match for a borderline mutant. That's an ironclad rule."
"Yes, I tried before, but I lost." Li Xiang nodded and admitted. Now, he had a new breakthrough, and his body had reached the theoretical limit of a human in all aspects. Even so, he was not absolutely confident that he could defeat a borderline mutant.
If he could go one step further, it would not be a problem.
"But I broke this eternal truth."
Bai Yuhan smiled sweetly and pointed at her heart. "Not only have I killed a borderline mutant, but I have also defeated a Level-1 player. Only a very small number of people know why I can become a branch family councilor as a Magician and be valued so much by the family. Because at present, I am actually the strongest Magician in the world. "
"Magic and machinery go hand in hand. My control over my body has reached a level that humans cannot reach. At the same time, my consumption is lower than humans, and my defense is higher. Even if I face a player, I have the power to fight."
"Mechanized soldiers!" A phrase suddenly appeared in Li Xiang's mind.
This was a very big idea, and it was also the direction that Duke Silo had worked hard in these years. He had always insisted that in the future, machines could replace humans to fight against the disaster, so that humans could preserve their strength and continue to improve.
Or another way of saying it was that mechanized humans could mass produce a large number of soldiers with combat power quickly.
However, this research was rejected in the end. It was inhumane, and there were too many uncertainties.
Later on, he only created a few failed mechanical creatures and one that could be considered a masterpiece, but that was the only one, Cecilia.
After that, Duke Silo lived in seclusion for many years, focusing on the creation of Bai Lili's doppelgangers. This research fell to Cecilia, and it became the core mission of the Church of Machinery that she founded.
Unfortunately, it was never able to take another step forward.
And now, the perfect product that they had been looking forward to was right in front of Li Xiang's eyes!
"I was once very lost. After that person saved me, he only told me that one day, someone would come to guide me. I have been waiting. Fortunately, you have finally come, Li Xiang. "
Bai Yuhan sighed, feeling as if she had been released.
"Could the person who saved you be …"
"Lancelot Wessex, your father. As early as ten years ago, he had already reached the level that countless Mechanics dreamed of, and created me, this product. "
Ten years ago.
Li Xiang was still in the orphanage.
"Didn't he die twenty years ago?" Li Xiang suddenly looked up.
If he did not die, why did he not come to the orphanage to take him and Ye Tong away?
Did Lancelot not die in the Eternal Gate?
"To most people, he did die twenty years ago. However, in reality, Lancelot has always been alive. He came out of the Eternal Gate, and with revenge and hatred, he came back to life in a new way. "
Bai Yuhan looked at him and slowly revealed a shocking truth.
"What happened?" Li Xiang felt that things were getting more and more complicated and strange.
According to Master Polar night and Venus' explanation, Lancelot should have died in the Eternal Gate long ago.
Bai Yuhan explained softly, telling him the secret that had been buried for a long time.
This was the mark that Lancelot had planted in her body. He had used her to tell Li Xiang at the right time.
It was also the olive branch that he had extended.
Li Xiang was completely dumbfounded. He was stunned for a long time before he slowly understood the cause and effect of the matter.
Back then, the Five Kings, Lancelot, Helo, Polar night, the Night King, and Bai Lili had crossed the Eternal River and entered the Eternal Gate. No one knew what had happened, but Lancelot had stayed there forever.
Those who came out were also forcibly 'refreshed' by the Emperor family using the Goddess of Calamity. Bai Lili had died because of this, but a year after her death, the effect of the respawn had mysteriously weakened.
Not only did the Goddess of Calamity have intermittent spasms, but their memories were gradually reconstructed. Lancelot had also returned from the Eternal Gate.
In other words, the Eternal Gate had never really closed.
According to Lancelot, he had returned for revenge. At the same time, he wanted to bring his new ideas to humans and the entire world.
"He successfully integrated machinery into my genes, and this." Bai Yuhan picked up Li Xiang's hand and pressed it against her chest. Other than the violent beating of her heart, there was also a blazing warmth.
There were flames burning inside.
"Origin fire!" Li Xiang exclaimed.
That feeling was all too familiar.
"Yes, he gave a part of his Origin fire to me. This is also one of the fundamental reasons why I can fight with players. However, other than you, no one else knows about this." Bai Yuhan's chest was warm, rising and falling slightly. However, Li Xiang was not in the mood to feel the warmth.
This was too shocking.
Furthermore, the integration of machinery and human genes. Was this not the reason why he had the Mechanical Heart in his body?
"He's already a Disaster through and through. He has decided to take revenge for what happened back then. At the same time, he plans to transform the entire world into a brand new one," Bai Yuhan said softly. "Humans and Disasters coexist."
"He told me that he hopes that one day, after you've mastered the Mechanical Heart, you can choose to join his camp. The great war is coming, Li Xiang." Bai Yuhan's voice became fainter and fainter. "Do you understand? He and Bai Lili are walking in an even more mysterious direction. Bai Lili plans to combine Disaster and human genes to create a brand new species and create what she calls a new world. Meanwhile, Lancelot plans to combine humans and machinery with the intention of standing at the top of the world. "
Humans and Disasters, both camps were not the most perfect creatures in their ideologies. To rule the new world, they had to choose a new species.
"No matter who wins, you have to choose a side in advance. You're the only one with multiple choices. Both Bai Lili and Lancelot are willing to extend an olive branch to you." Bai Yuhan looked at him and suddenly sighed. "To be honest, when I received this information as if it was engraved in my body, I almost broke down.
"In his eyes, I'm probably just a mouthpiece, a test subject for him to confirm whether it's feasible to combine machinery and human genes. Lancelot wants to create a new species while Duke Xiluo has always wanted to personify machinery. No matter which theory becomes reality, or if both succeed, it'll be a revolution and catastrophe for humans. "
Bai Yuhan was only passing on Lancelot's message. She did not stand on any side, or rather, she did not even have the right to make such a choice.
After saying all this, she felt more than half of her body empty. The depression that she had been feeling for a long time finally disappeared.
She had completed her mission, and Lancelot had removed the mark he had left behind.
"Combining machinery and humans to create a new world?" Li Xiang could not understand, nor was he willing to understand. "Whether it's him or Bai Lili, what exactly did they see at the Eternal Gate that made them so resolutely choose to walk a new path? Why did they have to destroy the human world and rebuild it?! "
"I don't know. I only know that Lancelot's idea has succeeded. Look at me, I've retained both human and machinery characteristics at the same time. Moreover, there's a huge difference between me and the so-called mechanized humans — I have hereditary traits. "
Bai Yuhan lay next to him tiredly.
"Hereditary traits?"
"That's right. As I said earlier, my genes have been combined with machinery elements. In other words, I've retained both human characteristics and machinery genes. In the future, I can combine with humans and give birth to children with the same characteristics! "
"They'll inherit this part of the genes and be born with certain mechanical characteristics. At the same time, they'll have the same thinking and characteristics as humans. Each generation will become more perfect." Bai Yuhan nodded. "Until the perfect individual that Lancelot predicted is produced — a species like you."
Li Xiang was horrified.
He was the perfect amalgamation of human, Disaster, and machine. This was something he had slowly realized as he continued to grow stronger.
Even though he had broken through the limits of a human, he was still growing.
This was because he was not human at all.
The Mechanical Heart was not a simple mechanical device. It was an endless mechanical gene bank. It was modifying Li Xiang's body. That was why he had such amazing mechanical abilities.
However, the gene bank had long been perfectly integrated with everything in his body!
In other words, be it Lancelot or Bai Lili, they had used their son as a test subject to carry out the final experiment.
However, both of them had never thought that they would choose the same person and secretly place all their experiments on Li Xiang!
Lancelot did not know that Bai Lili had given Li Xiang such a powerful Disaster ability, and so did Bai Lili.
Both of them had reservations about each other, unknowingly creating a more perfect individual than they had expected.
At the moment, only Li Xiang himself knew this.
"Not only that, Lancelot is also conducting experiments on Disasters and mutants, mechanizing them as well." Bai Yuhan felt a headache coming on. A person like this was too terrifying.
Li Xiang recalled the little girl.
She had recovered from King Loulan's stomach, obtained the Origin Fire again, and was resurrected.
Moreover, she had a human personality.
Could she be Bai Lili's test subject as well?
She had humanized the Disasters!
Not only had she tried to humanize the Disasters, but she had also tried to humanize the Disasters. However, like Lancelot, she had not waited for natural evolution. Instead, she had forcefully pushed through the process.
She had used their abilities and technology to carry out research and experiments ahead of time.
These two people were using themselves, humans, Disasters, and machines to try and create new species and new individuals, and then create a new world that they were satisfied with!
After realizing this, he felt that there would be a catastrophe that would sweep across the entire world in the future.
It would not just be a fight against the Disasters.
"What's your position?"
Li Xiang raised his head and looked at her.
He answered word by word.
"I won't join any of them. I am me. I've accepted the concept of Polar night and Lighthouse. Naturally, I'll carry them out and guide humanity."
Polar night was coming. Dawn was just around the corner.
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