Chapter 247 Swallow! Mechanical City at 3% Capacity!_2
Su Yu was momentarily dumbfounded upon hearing Tie Long's words.
He had originally thought that Tie Long was turned into a fanatical believer due to the influence of faith on his mind.
As it turned out, Tie Long was simply excited because the Mechanical City perfectly suited his aesthetic tastes?
This… seems reasonable enough.
After all, the current Mechanical City was indeed spectacular beyond imagination for many people.
Perhaps Tie Long had always had a fondness for such massive Mechanical Creations but lacked the ability to create one.
So when he saw the magnificent Mechanical City, it was as if an old lecher had seen a beauty, his eyes nearly popped out.
It was literally his eyes physically popping out.
After receiving the Mechanical Blessing, Tie Long's body became semi-mechanized, gaining many new functions, including popping his eyes out as high-performance cameras, though it looked quite odd.
"I thought Tie Long had lost his mind under the Power of Faith, but it turns out he's just being foolish..."
Su Yu was utterly speechless, having worried over Tie Long for nothing.
He calmed his impulse to scold and then reprimanded, "The residents of the War City are terrified, can't you at least reassure them?"
If Tie Long hadn't gone mad, it was puzzling why he ignored the residents of the War City, even attacking his own subordinates earlier.
Tie Long, however, responded carelessly, "No worries, Mr. Su Yu, these folks are just scaredy-cats."
"As residents of the War City, they must be prepared for battle at all times. Frightening them a bit is also a way to build their psychological resilience."
"These guys, being so shocked by the sight of the Mechanical City, it's really disgraceful; they don't recognize the marvelousness of it."
"It's also good to give them a lesson, Mr. Su Yu, no need to worry about them."
As it turned out, Tie Long intentionally neglected those residents.
Su Yu was completely speechless this time.
Tie Long's treatment of the War City's residents wasn't exactly filled with compassion like a father; instead, it carried a soldier's cruelty.
This city being called War City, even if not everyone was conscripted, it was nearly the case.
Tie Long deliberately not consoling the residents seemed like he wanted to "train" them, instilling courage.
Since this was the case, Su Yu refrained from saying more, choosing to respect Tie Long's way of governing the residents.
Su Yu withdrew his Spirit, not minding the affairs of War City anymore.
After all, if Tie Long wasn't truly insane, there wouldn't be any major issue in War City; let it be.
After Su Yu retracted his Spirit, the Mechanical City continued descending.
Both Su Yu and Tie Long were eight-star Transcendents; their exchange took place in the mind, extremely quick, the entire process not exceeding one second, so the Mechanical City hadn't descended to a sufficient height yet.
After a while, the base of the Mechanical City finally touched the buildings of War City.
The first to be contacted was the tallest building in War City, the Steel Hall, also called the War Throne.
This hall was Tie Long's residence, built entirely of high-performance alloy, extremely sturdy, serving as the best "food" for the Mechanical City.
You could see those "mouthparts" of the Mechanical City swallowing the top layer of the Steel Hall.
Instantly, drills, sanders, and grinding knives within the mouthparts activated with full force, acting like the Mechanical City's teeth, biting fiercely into the Steel Hall.
Zzzz!
Sparks flew from the entire Steel Hall, and in an instant, an entire layer was "bitten off".
This layer of the hall was composed entirely of high-performance alloy.
After the Mechanical City swallowed it, a bit of refinement made it usable as resources to fill itself.
After swallowing this layer of the hall, the Mechanical City paused slightly, seemingly shivering a bit.
Su Yu sensed a joyful emotion emanating from the simple consciousness of the Mechanical City.
The Mechanical City seemed to have tasted something delicious, putting it in a good mood.
Su Yu couldn't help but smile slightly.
This "baby" Mechanical City had never had anything good to eat since birth, always consuming dirt.
Now, finally, it's having a "hard dish," seeing how delighted this "child" is.
After pausing for a moment, the Mechanical City began descending again.
After descending a few more meters, its base had already contacted other high-rise buildings in War City.
ZZZzzz...
In War City, dozens of high-rise buildings were simultaneously devoured by one layer.
Then the Mechanical City continued descending, launching devour on more buildings.
With every descent of four or five meters, another layer of building was swallowed.
On the ground below, residents looked up at the sky, watching their homes being devoured.
Their faces of despair gradually transformed into expressions of anger.
"That's my house! I spent a lot of points to buy it!"
"This bastard! I haven't even finished paying off the loan!"
"Where is the Commander?"
"Don't mention it; the Commander has already gone mad! Probably controlled by this monster."
"Fight it! Don't let it devour our homes!"
"Avenge the Commander!"
The residents of War City were brave at the moment, especially when witnessing their homes being devoured, their eyes reddened.
They shook off their despairing emotions and picked up weapons, firing at the sky.
Some Transcendents even jumped onto rooftops, using fists and Extraordinary Abilities to attack the Mechanical City.
However, these attacks were not even equivalent to scratching an itch for the Mechanical City; they were directly ignored.
The Transcendents who jumped to attack were blown back by the hot winds generated by the rotating sanders and drills before even reaching the Mechanical City.
"How can it be like this..."
The crowd let out relentless roars of fury.
Yet they were still unwilling to give up, continuously attacking.
And the Mechanical City continued to descend.
"No wonder Tie Long doesn't care about them; indeed, there's no need to take care of them."
Su Yu watched those residents attacking the Mechanical City, nodding slightly.
Facing such a terrifying Mechanical City, these people didn't cower but chose to fight back.
Even if hope was non-existent.
These people were true warriors, although a bit weak in strength.
In the end, nearly the entire War City was devoured, leaving only a two-meter-high remnant.
The crowd in War City gathered in the city square, looking up, entirely unable to see any sky, only pitch darkness with faint reddish glowing spots from friction of drills and sanders.
As for Tie Long, who knows where he ran off to.
Then, with the next descent of the Mechanical City, even this last two meters of space vanished.
All residents of War City were ruthlessly devoured!
After devouring all buildings of War City, the Mechanical City didn't stop and continued to devour downwards, even clearing the basements and foundations of War City until it was "satisfied," starting to ascend slowly.
By now, War City resembled the original site of the Mechanical City—no buildings or inhabitants remaining, just a thoroughly devoured pit.
As the Mechanical City ascended, new openings appeared in its base.
From those openings, it scattered many dust particles, fragments, and bricks.
That was the Mechanical City discarding the unusable waste it couldn't absorb.
"Is this some sort of excretion?"
Seeing this, Su Yu couldn't help but make a snide remark, feeling a bit strange.
Though the waste ejected by the Mechanical City was inorganic metal, bricks, and stones, very clean without any odor.
Still, Su Yu felt that the pit couldn't be kept…
Finally, the Mechanical City rose to its highest point, completely discharging those wastes.
"Only 3% fill rate?'
Su Yu, looking at the Attribute Panel of the Mechanical City, shook his head slightly.
Even after devouring the entire War City, it only filled the Mechanical City by such a small fraction.
Considering the Mechanical City's size is more than ten times that of War City, even swallowing the whole War City wouldn't reach 10%.
With the Mechanical City ejecting some of it, only 3% remained.
However, though only 3%, the enhancement to the Mechanical City's strength was significant.
Because this 3% fill wasn't for ordinary buildings.
It was used to fill those giant cannons and heavy weapons.
Originally, those weapons were conjured by the Mechanical Spirit using the Data Materialization ability, with limited power.
But now, they had a substantial material foundation, able to exert full power!
"So now, the Mechanical City can essentially exert nine-star power!"