Mech: Shattering of the Galaxy

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"Mu Fan? Mu Fan?"

"Hey, wake up, great host."

"Fan!"

Black's desperate shouting finally brought a bit of focus back to Mu Fan's eyes.

"I'm here…"

Hearing this slightly bewildered tone, Black urgently asked, "What did that tin can Shura say to you? Your heart rate was extremely abnormal just now, and there was abnormal neuron discharge in your brain. What exactly happened?"

The tin can Shura was definitely brainwashing the great host, something Lord Black could not tolerate!

"I think… I might have touched the truth."

Mu Fan murmured.

"The truth? What truth could shock you so much, almost like the scene when you first saw me."

"Shura doesn't belong to this universe… then I… I probably don't belong to this universe either."

Mu Fan lifted his head, his eyes staring straight at the ceiling.

This news, it would take him a long time to digest.

Black was also dumbfounded.

Its voice stuttered.

"Wait, it's a bit messy, let's go through it from the beginning again, are you saying you likely come from the same place as me!?" Black's logic module was about to explode at this point.

"I don't know if I do, I only know that in that space, Shura wasn't in its current form, it could quickly heal after being damaged. I couldn't see any scenery in that space, I only knew it was very dark, darker than the color of ink." Mu Fan's mind was as chaotic as Black's.

"My database has lost 91%, I cannot effectively search the data of the original cosmic plane. Based on the information you revealed, Shura might very likely come from the same plane as me, or even from another plane."

"This is… intense."

Black also muttered to itself.

It finally understood why, despite Lord Black's noble origins, that blockhead, that tin can lacked basic respect for it, even being dismissive.

It turned out that Shura, like it, was not indigenous to this universe, and even now, it's impossible to determine if Shura comes from those unknown void planes.

Since Shura's origin was confirmed, Mu Fan naturally couldn't be presumed to be indigenous to this world either.

The universe really is awe-inspiring, just when you think you've reached the edge, the truth often shows you what it means to be a frog at the bottom of a well.

Mu Fan took a few deep breaths, clenching and unclenching his fists.

"Black, record the following content, set it as high priority, and prepare to search for related information within the coverage of the Star Network."

"What content?"

"Look for information on all abnormal events from seventeen years ago, summarize the locations where they occurred, and pinpoint high-incidence abnormal event sites."

"You're trying to start from Shura's background, recorded," Black agreed.

"Secondly, the saber Shura carries is a replica." Mu Fan rubbed his face, revealing a shocking piece of news.

In the cockpit emitting a faint red light, a flash of light passed, as if responding to Mu Fan's statement.

And Black was once again stunned by this bombshell news.

"What! Shura is carrying a fake saber!!??"

Black's exclamation came, how was this possible?

The energy reaction when this saber was drawn, Shura had calculated before, it was something that instantly exceeded the ten-thousand-energy level threshold.

Warships, mecha, buildings…

There's practically nothing this saber couldn't cut through.

And now Mu Fan was telling it this was a replica!

Hearing Black's sudden outcry, Mu Fan quietly wiped off his sweat.

"No, it can't be definitively called a fake weapon, it's just a replica." Mu Fan frowned as he spoke, trying hard to recall the scenes he had seen in the mental world, "The real saber, in Shura's synchronous information, I vaguely saw it, it seemed only the hilt was real, the entire blade was completely shrouded in black mist, I couldn't see clearly at all."

"Shura's current third mission is exactly to find that missing weapon!"

"The current Shura is in a state of incompleteness, not physically, but the entire mecha body is shrunken due to the lack of pure energy, causing the incompleteness. So its energy consumption is always in a state of overexertion."

"This flaw is particularly pronounced after Shura enters the sword-drawing state, so Shura has always been looking for its missing genuine weapon!"

Mu Fan finally finished speaking; this was all the information he had summarized from Shura's shared thought fragments.

This time Black didn't immediately respond, but was silent for a moment, seemingly analyzing the implications of this statement.

"Recorded, the train of thought regarding this matter has been compiled and synchronized to the Shadow Base's Central Light Computer. If there's nothing else, you should come out and take a look."

Mu Fan nodded, indicating for Shura to open the hatch, then jumped down from the cockpit.

Behind him, the black mecha body not only didn't dissipate the mist around it, but it also became increasingly thick.

Shura's anomalous behavior this time revealed information that once again pulled at the threads of Mu Fan's heritage.

Guided by Black, Mu Fan entered a laboratory enclosed by triple metal walls.

The massive light computer core stood in front, like a towering tree.

"This is a light computer planted by the Federation on Planet 131, which I have transformed into the central core of the Shadow Base. Now the development of the Shadow Base is limited by the quantity of light computers; the normal enterprise-level light computer purchase price starts at one billion Star Coins, and these mechanical processing equipment cannot conduct chip-level semiconductor processing production. Once these matters are over, you must earn money to purchase materials for the Shadow Base's expansion."

"Understood." Yet another task pressed down, the more Mu Fan knew, the heavier he felt the burden on his shoulders.

In front of Mu Fan, Black directly projected a three-dimensional light screen, listing Shura's 3D scanned line diagram.

"Mu Fan, regarding the last matter you mentioned, the tracing method can effectively find Shura's clues."

The three-dimensional image of the blood-red and black interwoven "Blood Prison Blade" was separately placed in the center of the light screen, as Black's mechanical electronic voice rang out: "Based on the findings from your communication with Shura, the following conclusions can be drawn."

"First, Shura's memory carrier is in a state of chaos and incompleteness, with limited data acquisition."

"Second, the material composition of Shura exhibits atomic-level regeneration traits, which we temporarily name Life Metal, and it's incompatible with other metals."

"Third, Shura's energy source has yet to be discovered in this cosmic plane, which can be inferred from the experiences of the past seventeen years."

"Fourth, the Blood Prison Blade is a replica! And the source of the replica is… natives of this cosmic plane!"

"Fifth, this awesome mecha is the first I've ever seen."

"Alright, summary complete!"

Mu Fan twitched his mouth; what was that fifth point about?

But clearly, Black, upon entering full work mode, didn't leave room for Mu Fan to ask questions, continuing to analyze as per Mu Fan's requests.

"Searching for the true weapon is Shura's third mission, meaning that in its recognition permissions, it's a supremely senior-level requirement second only to protecting the host and self-preservation. From this, we can infer, the genuine weapon plays an irreplaceable role in Shura's ability development or survival, in other words, the true weapon might be unimaginably powerful."

"According to the current technological level, the force capable of forging a replication of the Blood Prison Blade like this one is definitely not a small force."

"Setting filter conditions, possessing advanced metallurgy, having a wealth of technical storage data, possessing advanced forging workshops."

"Hence, I'll be searching the Pan-interstellar Network for all information regarding mecha weapon smelting, then primarily targeting large forces, the Gardot Empire and the Galaxy Federation, the correlation of these two superforces exceeds 80%."

"Outside the interstellar network, there are certainly many unknown data sealed away!"

"Mu Fan, you must be prepared. Once you touch the truth, it's very possible that what you're seeing now is just the surface of this universe…"

"I also made a fatal error, which was genuinely underestimating the profundity of this cosmic plane."

Black said in a complex tone, revealing that it's hard for the proud Lord Black to bow down.

"Moreover, regarding your request to find the location of the true weapon, I seem to have some ideas…"

Upon hearing this, Mu Fan's eyes lit up.