Chapter 245 Let's Set Off, Mechanical City!_2
"This is only the Fourth Mechanical Apostle..."
Su Yu understood how the Profession Panel was calculated.
The Mechanical Spirit is the Second Mechanical Apostle.
Whereas the Mechanical City itself, possessing life, is the Fourth Mechanical Apostle.
However, although the Mechanical City has life, it has no intelligence, only the instinct of life.
Therefore, it requires the Mechanical Spirit's intelligence as its core of thought.
The Mechanical City itself cannot think; its thoughts resemble those of some primitive single-celled organisms.
Although lacking wisdom, its vitality is exceedingly strong.
Su Yu felt that the life essence of the Mechanical City is contained in every corner of its space, every gram of material.
Even if the entire city is completely destroyed, as long as not all materials and spaces are obliterated, its life will not perish but slowly absorb materials and recover.
If the Mechanical Spirit, capable of data materialization, is added, the Mechanical City can immediately restore, being almost undying and indestructible.
No wonder it's known as the [Unyielding City of Machines].
"However, letting it absorb materials this way is indeed too slow."
"At least it would take a decade or so..."
Su Yu watched the Mechanical City as it fed, pondering in his heart.
At this moment, this Mechanical City is just like a newborn "baby," needing "nutrition" to grow, and in its faint consciousness, it only knows how to eat.
Poor thing, most of the "food" it eats after being born is fake, and even its body is fake.
So this "baby" is now so hungry that it can only "eat dirt."
This situation really is troubling...
There's no way around it. For the moment, Su Yu couldn't find resources to "satisfy its hunger."
This creature is quite "finicky," refusing common resources and requiring extremely precious minerals and metals.
After all, its body is too colossal.
Supporting such a body requires extremely high material strength.
If the strength isn't enough, it will collapse under its own weight.
So, despite the appearance of joy while the Mechanical City feeds underground, devouring tens of thousands of tons of material every second,
most of what it eats is regurgitated, only a small amount of precious resources are refined and absorbed, filling itself.
By consuming this way, even estimating ten years would be conservative.
"How about letting the residents of the city go help it gather resources?"
Su Yu thought to himself.
However, he shook his head. The tens of thousands of residents in the Mechanical City were too few to accomplish much.
The current Mechanical City has expanded a hundredfold and requires advanced resources.
Relying on these tens of thousands of residents to gather resources might not be faster than the Mechanical City itself eating.
Wait for the millions from Wind City and Holy Hidden City to migrate over? Have those residents help?
This was feasible, but it would take some time for those people to migrate over.
Moreover, to make them labor as soon as they arrive from afar seemed somewhat unfair...
Su Yu pondered for a moment and then suddenly had a spark of inspiration.
"The populations of Wind City and Holy Hidden City have evacuated, so keeping the cities is useless."
"How about..."
"Taking the Mechanical City over there to consume those two cities!"
Su Yu had a bold idea.
The Mechanical City was designed to be mobile from the start.
As long as the Mechanical City is set in motion, it could head to Wind City and Holy Hidden City to consume their resources, which would be far better than now "eating dirt."
The resources in the land are too scarce. After consuming, the Mechanical City requires screening and refining to obtain a tiny bit of resources.
Yet, cities like Wind City and Holy Hidden City utilize already extracted and refined materials.
To the Mechanical City, those two cities represent ready-made feasts, just walk over and eat.
"Ha ha, Holy Hidden City and Wind City are centuries-old cities, leaving them to waste is a pity."
"Oh, and Heavenly Punishment City, it can be consumed too!"
"Illusion City... see what Xie Yitian thinks."
"War City depends on Tie Long's opinion!"
"Sadly, Beihan City is all ice, likely not to Mechanical City's taste. Sun City has already been destroyed..."
The more Su Yu thought, the more excited he became.
It wasn't just Wind City and Holy Hidden City; Su Yu also eyed Heavenly Punishment City, Illusion City, and War City.
However, it's clear Wind City and Holy Hidden City have been abandoned.
Heavenly Punishment City is Su Yu's trophy.
Illusion City and War City still have residents.
But Tie Long is now Su Yu's believer, and Xie Yitian has long been Su Yu's loyal subordinate, so it shouldn't be an issue.
If these cities are all devoured, the Mechanical City could fill its gaps and truly achieve a nine-star level of power!
By then, Su Yu could confidently go to the Giant God Soldiers' base!
Having considered these matters clearly, Su Yu smiled slightly, emitted a mental wave, and issued a command.
Upon receiving the command, the Mechanical Spirit was slightly surprised, but immediately responded: "Yes, Master!"
Then, a massive amount of data began to move, centered around the Mechanical Spirit!
This data spread throughout the Mechanical City at the speed of light, akin to a human's nerve signals.
Upon receiving this data, the city's central powerhouse roared and ramped its power to 100%!
Boiling energy surged through each pipeline and then concentrated in the city's underground.
Underground, tens of thousands of gigantic mechanical arms absorbed this energy and began to operate.
As those mechanical arms moved, the entire city vibrated.
The residents in the city initially mistook it for an earthquake, rushing out into open spaces.
As they considered returning indoors, the ground quaked again, causing them to stagger.
However, fortunately, the tremors weren't severe, only akin to jolts experienced while riding a vehicle, which they could tolerate.
Still, they couldn't help but exclaim:
"Another... another earthquake?"
"What earthquake? This must be something else Su Yu, our lord, is doing!"
"It can't be, right? The Mechanical City just expanded a hundredfold, and here we go again?"
These residents assumed Su Yu was executing another grand skill to expand the Mechanical City yet again.
They felt their scalps tingle.
What kind of Giant City would it be if the Mechanical City expanded another hundredfold?
But fortunately for them, their concerns were unfounded.
The city remained the same size, without any expansion, revealing no visible changes.
This puzzled the crowd. What was going on? Could it really be just an ordinary earthquake?
However, soon they noticed something unusual.
They felt a sense of being overweight, similar to rapidly ascending in an elevator.
"We're clearly on level ground, how can this be?"
Most people were in a fog of confusion.
Yet some sharp-minded ones suddenly widened their eyes, realizing something.
They quickly headed towards the city's outer walls.
The others, clueless, followed behind.
Eventually, these tens of thousands of residents all gathered atop the city walls.
Standing on the tall walls, they could clearly view the scenery outside.
And these tens of thousands were standing there stunned, like a group of statues.
"The Mechanical City... is flying?"
Indeed, they saw the Mechanical City slowly ascending!
From the walls looking down, there was a deep, dark pit.
From their vantage point, they couldn't even see the mechanical arms and perceived the Mechanical City as flying!
The sight of such a large city taking flight from the ground was indescribably visually stunning.
Those residents were all dumbfounded at this point.
"Su Yu, sir, is the Mechanical City your Divine Kingdom, about to ascend to the heavens?..."
Some residents couldn't help but murmur.
...
Meanwhile, on Su Yu's end, he was smiling at a holographic projection before him.
The projection displayed the entire view of the Mechanical City.
He could clearly enjoy this awe-inspiring scene from a third-person perspective.
"Truly majestic!"
Su Yu couldn't help but admire.
Thinking that this magnificent scene was crafted by his own hands, Su Yu couldn't help but feel a touch of self-satisfaction.
"Let's go, Mechanical City!"