Volume 8: The Fourth Impact Chapter 70: Buying a new item instead of repairing it is a vicious trap of consumerism
"Bang"
The prefabricated modules were thrown out from the special engineering bag like a magnified magic, allowing a classic BFG10000 star destroyer tower to be quickly and automatically assembled and rise from the ground in the ruins of the city.
Countless bionic soldiers wearing Tao Kang military uniforms, under coordinated command, began to connect energy to this giant weapon transferred to the Isu world and perform target calibration.
But in fact, this process can be completely ignored, because at this time you just need to raise your head to see the shooting target of the Star Destroyer Tower.
It's said that when a planet-sized robot appears at the end of the sky and is ready to devour the world you live in, it would be difficult to miss if you have a weapon in your hand that can aim at it.
But even if the Resistance Alliance transferred the Star Destroyer Towers reserved in other worlds here as quickly as possible, there was indeed not much time left for the Isu world.
"Unicron is exerting gravitational pull on this world. The star has left its orbit. The estimated contact time is 13 minutes!"
Barbara had already lowered the priority of reporting information from other worlds, and two-thirds of the computing power of the entire Exile spacecraft had been preset to emergency situations in the Isu world.
She constantly measures the current stellar conditions in the Isu world and reports them as combat information to the various rebels who have entered the world to help resist.
"The transfer and delivery of SHIELD World Star Destroyer Tower 3-5 has been completed! But please give us a specific method."
Captain Marvel's voice rang out . She asked:
"How exactly are you going to deal with this cosmic-level disaster monster in front of me that makes my neck cramp just by looking at it? Although I haven't fought it yet, my combat experience tells me that conventional or unconventional tactics are completely useless against this thing.
Its extreme size is its invincible defense. I guess even the energy blast I unleashed with all my strength wouldn't be able to break through its armor."
"Mason's instructions were to delay as much time as possible and wait for him to return with special attack reinforcements. He said he would be back in this world in 30 minutes at most.
And the advice he leaves us with is not to try to attack Unicron head-on.
The mechanical planet is filled with all the weapons we can think of and cannot imagine, and although the latter is still in a shutdown state, its defense program will automatically rise according to the threat of the intruder.
Therefore, close-range killing is likely to cause you to fall into an irreversible crisis."
Batgirl reminds:
"The current evacuation work in the Isu world is extremely stressful. If you need to find something to do, please follow my instructions and immediately enter the shelter on the front of the planet to guide and help the lives in the first impact zone to retreat to a temporarily safe area.
The second batch of transfer gates are on the way, please receive them at the designated location!"
"receive!"
Hundreds of responses rang out one after another.
The helpers from various worlds all received the coordinates sent by Barbara at the same time. The second batch of transfer gates launched by the Star Society could not be accurately delivered to the shelter, so they could only adopt this "relay" rescue mode.
However, Mason's advice to "avoid war" does not work for everyone. There are always some people who cannot be easily convinced by common theories and can break through their limits to observe the amazing destructive body of the Unicron up close.
For example, the three big bosses of the Ultimate K Team.
They have now appeared on the surface of the metal planet and are discussing how to calm down this big guy who is ready to feast.
"I just tried Planar Exile, and it didn't work."
The usually arrogant Black Qiyi was a little worried when he saw the iron lump under his feet. He said to Frog and Perfect Ultron:
"This mechanical life form should have some kind of advanced energy immunity device inside it, which makes all space and time magic meaningless to it."
“It’s symbolic!”
Watu gave a more accurate summary. The bald man stamped his feet and said:
"This guy is already the most powerful top-level life that can be born in the parallel world system we are in. Its existence has reached the level of eternal immortality. We can't even use the word 'transcendence' to describe it.
Even if the entire parallel world system is really destroyed by the impact, it can enter the next era safely.
Any action of such a being is unstoppable.
The only good thing is that it is still dormant. Perhaps we can tamper with the mind of this Unicron and save the Isu world from being devoured."
"Or I can eat the Isu world right now. I can't let the enemy taste this delicacy."
On the surface of the metal world, Black Strange looked back at the Isu world being pulled towards the material entrance bit by bit by Unicron's gravity. He said expressionlessly:
"At least I can give Mason's allies a quiet and painless death."
"I can tap into Unicron's data logic."
The six Infinity Stones on Perfect Ultron's chest continued to shine. The powerful robot said to Frog:
"Although such data intrusion cannot affect its actions, it can allow us to enter the body of this super-mechanical life and cause some damage.
I noticed that its self-healing system takes effect in real time!
So theoretically, as long as we destroy it fast enough, we can consume its computing power and energy storage to a certain extent, slowing down the speed at which it devours the Isu world.
Mason said he would need thirty minutes, and with the number of Star Destroyer Towers they had transferred to the Isu world, it was impossible to delay the time to that extent."
“I will not participate in this operation.”
Hei Qiyi shook his head and refused:
“This big guy’s resistance to energy attacks is ridiculously high. My destructive power in this situation is even less than that of a Kryptonian who has not grown up.
I will go to the Isu world and help them defend against Unicron's planetary bombardment."
"Then recruit the commando squad, or in their familiar terms, a 'suicide squad'."
The big bald frog figure's body was shining with light and covered with the observer armor. He also sent an invitation to the warriors he selected through the communication system that Barbara was responsible for.
A few minutes later, Lord Superman, Gotham Superman, Krypton Trio, as well as Party Thor, Kind Thanos and other strong men who were good at physical attacks were gathered together and sent to the surface of the metal planet by Black's strange and precise teleportation.
Just as they completed the teleportation, the second round of planetary bombardment arrived.
The entire sky was covered with densely packed missiles, rays and energy weapons. Just like last time, this was a super firepower projection that could wipe out everything on the surface in an instant.
If it weren't for Unicron's desire to devour stars, the destructive power it possessed could have crushed the world in a single attack.
Hei Qi, hanging high in the sky, looked expressionlessly at the fire covering the sky in front of him. The burning sky was reflected in his calm eyes.
Without looking back, this big guy could clearly feel the fear, regret and despair conveyed by countless lives in the world behind him. If no one else came to help, today would be the day they turned into stardust.
"But not now!"
Someone in black began to cast a spell.
The Spirit King's cloak behind him fluttered, like a black curtain covering the world, or like a pitch-black blue Doraemon's time wrapper, covering the surface of the planet in an instant, forming a planetary shield forged by magic.
Arcs of dark magic danced on the flickering and rotating mysterious formation, like a solid wall blocking the end of the world, keeping the despair of destruction out of the spreading shadow.
"Bang"
Hei Qiyi was knocked into the ground from great height. The ground beneath his feet shattered into an impact pit. Amid the flying dirt and rocks, this true evil god had bloodshot eyes when he looked up.
"Protecting is indeed much more difficult than destroying."
The boss sighed and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
He looked up at the sky; his own black magic shield had been shattered by Unicron's bombardment. However, the thirteen Star Destroyer Towers in position also launched a counterattack at this moment. The green energy that penetrated the sky pierced into the sky, representing the world's unwilling rage and smashed heavily on the body of the Star Emperor.
More mechanical debris flew out, forming a larger star ring outside the still intact body of Unicron.
"Observation ended! Gravitational traction efficiency dropped to 93%, and the bombardment was confirmed to be effective!"
Barbara's hoarse voice was heard throughout every remaining battle line in the Isu world at this moment. She said:
"The star is still closing in, and the contact time between the two sides is expected to be 15 minutes! Prepare for the second round of bombardment, don't stop! Keep firing until the core overheats!"
…
"Block the Isu front's communications. It's too noisy over there. I need a quieter environment right now."
In the office of the Afterlife Bar in Gotham World, Mason rushed back and opened the suitcase factory while resetting the command on his watch terminal.
In his hands, he held two pieces of twisted and broken leadership module wreckage, one of which was stained with Sister Ka's blood.
Even for a god-killing hero, it is impossible for him to remain unscathed after defeating Galvatron, who was transformed by Unicron, within a few minutes. But what makes Sister Ka so amazing is that she killed seven Decepticons in and out of the group and only suffered minor injuries.
Now, he is still alive and well and has joined the Universe Emperor destruction team of the Watu organization, going deep into the stellar mechanical body to cause destruction.
"Shua"
The moment Mason jumped into the pocket factory, he immediately felt the difference in the speed of time flow here. The Isu bloodline could sense the pulse of time. After a few seconds, he confirmed that the time gem he had given to the jeweler had been properly used. At least the speed of time flow in this suitcase factory had been reduced to one tenth.
That's good!
Although Mason couldn't conjure up more emergency time out of thin air in the current situation, fast and slow have always been relative concepts.
“Get to work!”
He rushed into the engineering lab, where all the Mason clones had gathered.
Everyone knew that the situation at this point did not require much explanation from the main body. The engineer took the two pieces of wreckage from Mason and placed them on the workbench. The other clones leaned over to take a look and then fell into silence, looking at each other in bewilderment.
"There's no way to fix this thing. It's completely damaged."
The blacksmith Mason looked at the two rusted fragments with disdain, feeling that they were just scraps that the master had picked up from some garbage dump.
“I know it cannot be repaired. It is impossible for the Unicron to leave this only divine object that can restrain it to continue to be effective, but broken does not mean it has lost its value!
If we threw away everything that was broken, the craftsman profession would have been extinct eight hundred years ago."
The subject Mason looked at the time, tapped the table and said:
“These two fragments are so damaged that even the character cards cannot identify their information labels, but their material and symbolism cannot be forged. They still have the ability to suppress Unicron, so we need to reshape them!
Don't try to repair it as a leadership module, that's wishful thinking. I need you to transform it into a 'signal repeater' in the next 300 minutes.
Or call it a 'data portal'.
The production indicator is that once this thing is turned on near the neural control center of the Emperor of the Universe, it can form a stable and indestructible data connection and allow extremely large amounts of data to pass through in a short period of time.
The specific indicators are made according to the specifications of the core processor on the Exile spacecraft multiplied by at least three times redundancy. "
“Two questions!”
Mason, an engineer whose craftsmanship was becoming increasingly sophisticated, did not say yes or no. Instead, he held up two fingers and said:
"First, the material of this thing I just tested is an unknown energy alloy. We lack experience in handling this thing and don't even know its physical properties.
We lack the tools needed to reprocess it.
Second, transforming this energy alloy requires enormous amounts of energy.
Its material itself comes from the mortal enemy of Unicron, so the energy required to deform it sufficiently must be an astronomical figure.
And if you want it to be effective within Unicron's body, you must give it the same level of energy.
We are short of this kind of…”
"Bang"
The subject Mason slammed the energy fish tank given by Uncle 2149 Universe Swallow on the table, pointed at the purple crystal-like light flashing in the fish tank and said:
"We have no shortage of energy! The symbolic power of the cosmic spirit Devouring Star is no less than that of Unicron, so feel free to use it. As for the processing tools..."
The subject turned around and winked at the jeweler Mason, who sighed and reluctantly took out the real gem brought back from the 2149 universe from his jewelry tool box and placed it on the table.
"We can use this."
The Jeweler Mason took off his monocle and said to the other Masons:
"Shaping the Reality Stone into a special manufacturing tool will cause severe wear and tear on it and is an irreversible change, but it seems there is no better way now.
Forger, Enchanter, and Scribe, I need the three of you to help me create this set of tools that can rewrite reality."
The main Mason reached out and placed his hand on the engineer Mason's shoulder. He said to all his water clones:
“You are the most powerful craftsmen I can find right now. I believe that there will be no other manufacturing group as outstanding as you in this parallel world system.
Now the fate of a world and billions of people rests in our hands, waiting to see this tragic day through.
I don't want to brag to you that I am confident, but the fact is that apart from seeking your help, I can't think of any other way to save this sudden disaster.
We've won a lot of challenges, guys.
It turns out that as long as we join hands, nothing can stop us.
I can't stay here with you yet, but I know that when I come back, you will give me a sufficiently outstanding finished product, and I will use the weapon we have created to win us another glorious victory.
In the name of the Mason Manufacturing Group!
I don't know how long it would take other great heroes to save a world, but we have 295 minutes left..."
"It's just work, why are you making it so emotional? Get out of here!"
Engineer Mason pushed the main body, rolled up his sleeves, picked up his engineering wrench, and said:
"We have our mission, and you have yours. Let's go to the conceptual world of Metal Spirit and negotiate with Bartmos. We can't make the tools without users.
Judging from the current circumstances, only that guy has the potential to change his fate.
But I doubt whether you can convince him. First of all, you have already found him once in Utopia. Secondly, you want him to fight against a character like Unicron with a level 11 intelligence...
Tsk, it's almost like committing suicide.
I don't know how long it would take you to convince a superintelligence to run off and die, but you have less than 28 minutes."
"That's what I need to think about."
Mason looked at the busy water clones. He pushed his glasses and exited the pocket factory. With the strange perception of the changing flow of time, Mason glanced at his watch again and set a 28-minute deadline for himself.
"The Mewtwo connection equipment you need is ready, Master Mason."
Miss Huazi pushed open the office door and brought in various equipment and placed them in front of Mason.
She helped Mason connect the equipment and watched the captain's consciousness enter the data world a minute later. Then the once noble secretary drew her weapon and stood beside Mason like the most loyal guard.
She knew that a figure like Lord Mason did not need her protection, but she also had her responsibilities in this operation that affected several worlds.
Even if it's just to block a bullet that won't appear...
This is the creed that Miss Huazi believes in.
Outstanding leaders bring hope to their followers, and the followers who enjoy the hope must offer loyalty, so that they, the dust and sand of the dark ages, can also share the sun-like glory.
What an honor that would be.
