Chapter 16: Explosive Upgrade! New Skill [Mechanical Cells]

Having worked all night, not only had he leveled up himself, but he had also managed to bring out the T-800 Bionic Humanoid Combat Robot.

Zheng Mu couldn't help but show a look of delight on his face.

Then, looking at the surrounding zombies and corpse-poison mutants, an evil grin spread across Zheng Mu's face.

Rotting Corpse Town, defined as a "Dark Creature Zone" by the Celestial Dao, experienced weakened monsters of varying degrees during daylight hours.

As a result, Zheng Mu could clearly sense that the monster in front of him was somewhat weaker.

Moreover, he thought, "If I remember correctly, dark creatures in an electrified state should have a significant reduction in defense, right?"

Without needing Zheng Mu's command, the ruthless-looking T-800 quickly unfastened several electrifying grenades from its waist and threw them into the densest area of monsters.

"Boom! Crack!"

The enormous explosion, accompanied by the crackling of lightning, burst forth from the center of the monsters.

Lightning snakes connected to the creatures, and in an instant, a cacophony of wailing screams filled the air.

Along with the sizzling sounds akin to squid being grilled on a hot plate.

Optimus Prime, under Zheng Mu's feet, promptly raised its loaded hand cannon.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

.....

[You killed a 50-Year-Old Hopping Corpse (lv20), gained 390 experience points, a green lv15 Poison-Infused Heavy Sword]

[You killed a 50-Year-Old Hopping Corpse (lv19), gained 372 experience points]

[You killed a Corpse-Poison Mutant (lv16), gained 110 experience points, green material "Corpse-Poison Gallbladder"]

[You killed a Corpse-Poison Mutant....]

Zheng Mu had only recently leveled up to 11 and was at least five or six levels lower than the surrounding monsters.

Although his experience points had decreased a lot compared to before, it was still quite substantial for him alone.

As the intense explosions occupied Zheng Mu's view, his experience points skyrocketed like a shot of adrenaline.

The dead monsters around him erupted in white, green, and blue lights, casting a galaxy-like reflection on the ground.

[You leveled up, current level: lv12]

[You leveled up, current level: lv13]

....

[You leveled up, current level: lv15]

[You have new skills to learn!]

Optimus Prime ran out of cannon ammunition.

The T-800 had used all ten electrifying grenades, and now, taking advantage of the monsters still being electrified, the quadruple-barreled shotgun in its hand fired bullets relentlessly.

Zombies hit squarely in the heart were killed on the spot without exception.

Once the 200 rounds of ammunition were depleted and no more monsters were in sight, Zheng Mu snapped his fingers.

The skill [Firepower Reset] activated.

The next moment, the previously empty Optimus Prime and T-800 were once again fully loaded.

Zheng Mu looked at the mysterious tomb in front of him, his face full of smiles.

"Hehe, I should really thank you. If it weren't for you, these monsters wouldn't have gathered here, and it would be quite impossible for me to eradicate them on such a large scale."

However, even so, Zheng Mu didn't rush in just yet.

He opened the skill tree.

Two new skills were already flashing.

To his surprise, one of them was positioned at a massive branch in the skill tree, which meant that after learning this skill, a new skill system would be unlocked.

[Mechanical Cell Lv1: Modify the Mechanic's body cells, transforming biological cells into mechanical life cells from scratch. Note: Mechanical cells still possess all the host's genetic traits and have normal reproductive abilities, but when the host encounters a life-threatening situation, they can partially divide and reassemble on other mechanical constructs. Computational power occupancy: 40 (50% reduction due to computational power enhancement)]

Initially, Zheng Mu hesitated at the prospect of modifying himself. Although he was a Mechanic and had gained terrifying combat capabilities through his mechanical constructs, it didn't mean he wanted to become a cold, emotionless machine.

However, after carefully reading the skill description, Zheng Mu discovered that the so-called mechanical life wasn't like the existence of Optimus Prime he had imagined. Instead, it maintained human vital signs and abilities while changing the essence of one's life.

In other words, after becoming a mechanical life form, he would still be the human Zheng Mu but would possess the ability to divide.

This ability reminded Zheng Mu of a certain scientist from a popular anime in his previous life.

As Zheng Mu looked beyond the [Mechanical Cell] skill, several unlit skills appeared:

[Mechanical Cell Modification], [Life Source Cell Modification], essentially transforming Zheng Mu's body cells and reproductive cells.

The subsequent, more detailed mechanical modification skills were even more terrifying.

After all, the human body contains at least 60 different types of tissues, over 100 types of major cell categories, and over 800 subcategories of cells. To complete the transformation, Zheng Mu would need to unlock hundreds of skills.

These skills, even if calculated as 10 points per skill, would add up to a terrifying number.

Bear in mind that Zheng Mu had now reached Level 15, and his computational power had only reached 340.

After learning the [Mechanical Cell] skill, his computational power usage reached 230.

"Damn, no wonder the Mechanic is considered a double-edged sword. My mechanical constructs don't even use computational power, yet I still feel like my computational power is stretched thin..."

Zheng Mu complained and then looked at the other skill.

[Nano-Magnetic Field Scan Lv1: After use, the Mechanic and mechanical constructs will completely ignore the approach effects of stealth and invisibility skills. Cooldown time: 1 hour. Computational power occupancy: 20 (50% reduction due to computational power enhancement)]

Without any hesitation, Zheng Mu chose to learn the skill.

Now, Zheng Mu finally turned his attention to the secret tomb before him.

He stepped forward.

The moment he approached the tomb, he was sucked in by a powerful force, and the three mechanical constructs behind him disappeared on the spot.

(to be continued)