Master of Monster Synthesis

Northern Dragon Island.

Snow-covered landscape, blizzards raging, an endless world of white.

This was Qin Shou's first time setting foot on the Northern Dragon Island.

On the stormy snow-covered summit, as soon as he landed, his feet sank deep into the snow.

"Ka ka..."

Beneath the thick snow, something seemed to be sliding, icy tendrils silently locking onto his legs.

Qin Shou furrowed his brow, and blazing light energy surged under his feet. Mist spread out, and within moments, the snow in a hundred-meter radius had melted away completely.

The metallic tree branches tangled around his legs retreated in panic as the snow melted.

Qin Shou stroked his chin, eyeing the metallic mutated plant monster...

Mist swirled, snow evaporated, and the sudden rise in temperature discomforted the nearby monsters, who harnessed the storm and flew toward the summit, roaring as they approached.

With a sweeping motion of his hand, two intertwined dragon shadows, one black and one red, burst from the water's reflective surface beneath the melted snow, soaring upward to confront the approaching ice-attribute mechanical monsters.

"Aong..."

"Roar..."

The Unrivaled Dragon and the Dark Dragon carried the blizzard down the mountainside, shifting the battlefield and leaving Qin Shou in peace.

Standing high above, Qin Shou gazed at the desolate landscape below, deep in thought.

In order to locate Big Black Face, I can't search aimlessly; I'll start with the communicator signals.

"Galatron..."

Qin Shou paused mid-sentence, chuckled, and shook his head.

Almost forgot, Galatron isn't by my side.

Currently, Brother Monkey, Gagura, and Hundred-Eyed Demon are still on Monster Planet; who knows when they'll return. I really miss them.

"Buzz..."

With two fingers, he held a silver card that gradually dissolved into countless light particles, merging into his body.

Galatron Transformation Card!

"Ka ka..."

In an instant, Qin Shou transformed into Galatron, gaining an identical intelligent system!

With Galatron, the intelligent system fully replaces its original consciousness.

However, in Qin Shou's case, his consciousness and the intelligent system are separate entities; at most, the system could be considered a component of his mind, never rendering him coldly mechanical.

The moment he transformed into Galatron, Qin Shou decisively severed the system's link to an unknown mechanical life form, concealing the system's existence.

Immediately, he began scanning for residual communication signals nearby.

...

Night fell, yet the earth remained shrouded in white.

Amidst a steel forest buried beneath snow, a giant steel tiger collapsed with a wail, crushing countless iron trees as half its skull billowed thick, black smoke.

Qin Shou landed nearby, calmly dusting off his hands.

Not far away, three Beast Cultivation Main City trainee instructors caught sight of Qin Shou and exclaimed in surprise.

"Is... is that Qin Shou?"

Qin Shou waved his hand, saying, "That's right. Are you all okay, teachers?"

The three hurried forward, glancing at the steel northeastern tiger that Qin Shou had effortlessly taken down, then waved their hands repeatedly.

"Qin Shou, since you've already advanced to the Unbreakable Realm, we're colleagues now. No need to call us teachers..."

"Right, right, it makes us feel awkward..."

"So true—honestly, it's a bit embarrassing..."

Though they spoke carefully, Qin Shou didn't mind.

"Have any of you seen Big Black Face... encountered Mr. Su?" he asked.

The three shook their heads.

"Ever since the ionosphere cut off Dragon Island and mass mechanicalization of monsters ensued, we were separated by waves of mechanical monster armies. As for Mr. Su, we're not sure of his status either."

They couldn't help but admire Su Liang, who was lucky enough to have such an extraordinarily gifted student like Qin Shou.

Qin Shou, a "Famous Person" of the Four Main Cities, stirred up so much trouble in the Earth Core World yet faced no consequences—something even these trainee instructors were aware of.

Advancing from the Newborn Realm to the Unbreakable Realm in just a few short years—such talent had never been seen on Earth!

Su Liang, being Qin Shou's teacher, was surely destined for great success in the future.

Seeing Qin Shou now tirelessly searching for Su Liang was proof enough of their bond.

But seeing as the three truly had no information about Su Liang, Qin Shou shook his head and didn't waste further words.

He couldn't be bothered to explain. Instead, he directly sent the three into the System Space, escorting them out of the ionosphere surrounding Dragon Island so they could find their own way back.

Afterward, Qin Shou resumed searching for traces of Big Black Face.

Over the course of the next week, he nearly circled the Northern Dragon Island but found nothing about Su Liang despite encountering instructors from the Beast Cultivation Main City.

Qin Shou began to feel uneasy.

"Boom..."

Suddenly, the sound of energy roaring reached his ears, and a familiar figure streaked across the sky before landing on the snow.

"Galatron, why are you here?" Qin Shou froze in surprise.

With its intelligent system, Galatron could easily locate Qin Shou.

Red light flickered in Galatron's eyes, as its cold synthetic voice replied.

"Beep... Honorable Master, a few days ago, the Light Giant appeared on the Southern Dragon Island and destroyed numerous mechanical monsters, which has drawn their attention.

Thus, I have been dispatched to track the Light Giant's whereabouts."

"Oh?"

Qin Shou raised an eyebrow. "What did you discover there?"

"Honorable Master, deep within Eastern Dragon Island's underground lies a dimension space where they hide. Whenever a mighty figure arrives, they immediately relocate."

Qin Shou pondered. Presumably, Qin Long had tried visiting Dragon Island previously, but the dimension space prevented locating the masterminds.

No wonder the task fell to someone with moderate strength... ahem, actually, my strength isn't that bad.

"What are they?" he inquired.

"Honorable Master, the anomalies on Dragon Island were not triggered by the mechanical life forms that initially descended to Earth, but rather by artificial intelligent life forms Earth once created!"