The King of Black Fog

Li Changzhou stretched out his hand and grabbed the smoothbore cannon.

The spine, permanently charged with lightning, glowed faintly, muscles tensed and arms transformed from flesh and blood into steel and iron.

He kicked with his feet and with a pull, the smoothbore cannon was torn off, and the Scorpion Mecha was kicked flying away.

Li Changzhou tensed his waist and abdomen lightly and stood up.

In his view lay the scattered mechanical wreckage, the lingering flames of explosions, the charred earth that had been scourged by shells, still retaining temperature.

Traces of battle stretched from the plains where Li Changzhou was located to the forests in the northwest direction.

{Lestein Duchy... Third Division, Sixth Regiment, First Battalion, Third Company, Second Platoon Commander... Zhou Weisi}

"Szz... Szz..."

Sparks flew from the scorpion mecha's back-mounted cannon rack, and its eyes flickered with warning red lights, attempting to rise.

Li Changzhou swung his arm and threw away the smoothbore cannon like trash.

Boom!

The smoothbore cannon landed back on the scorpion mecha's back, crushing the six legs that were almost able to stand upright.

Oil leaked from within the scorpion mecha, tracing letters on the ground.

[Time: 1678, Early Summer]

[Location: The border line between 'Lestein Duchy' and the 'Isolde Empire']

[Background: The war between the Empire and the Duchy is coming to an end, the Duchy's princess is to marry the imperial heir, for your bravery on the battlefield, you were chosen to be one of the bridal escort guard team, but at the border line, you were ambushed by an unknown mecha unit, you are the only one from the rearguard who survived]

[Main Mission: Revenge!]

[Mission Content: Destroy the 'Judgement', 'Burning', 'Red Lotus' three Imperial Mecha]

[Note: No one can provoke you and live! Unless you're dead (crossed out)]

Li Changzhou raised his left hand and spread his fingers toward the void.

"Hm?"

The void did not open its eyes.

On the Identity Card, the colors for 'Twin·Bond Summon' and 'Photo Transmission' had turned grey, just like in the 'Honey Pot World' back in 1928.

Concentrating his mind, he received a prompt—teleportation and spatial skills are prohibited in this world.

"Contract·King Cobra."

Four meters long, with a body of black and gold and hissing tongue, the King Cobra slid out from the void.

"Summoning doesn't count as teleportation and spatial, does it?"

Li Changzhou lifted his head, his gaze resting on the remnants of the scorpion mecha, whose red lights in its eyes had gone out.

"This doesn't seem like a world that would have Visualization."

At this moment, the 'Snow Mountain Water Bottle' was taken from his backpack; he breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that Li Qianxia was safe and with Yang Qinglan.

Li Changzhou spread out his hand, took out the Blood-colored Steel Spear, and then put it back.

Once he confirmed their safety, Li Changzhou opened his palm, and the Emerald Bee Sword slid into it.

"Ding!"

The blade, thin enough to slide between the gaps of fingertips, stabbed into a piece of mechanical wreckage at his feet, producing a clang of metal on metal.

Li Changzhou frowned slightly—not even able to cleave this roadside mecha, how was he supposed to deal with the ace Imperial Mecha?

He tried on another piece, and despite some difficulty, it managed to scrape in.

Turning back to the first one, the tip of the sword went in a little further.

Using this method, Li Changzhou became a swordsmith, using the wreckage on the battlefield to continually improve the hardness and sharpness of the Emerald Bee Sword.

If it wasn't for the 'One Device Through' which could only enhance the weapon's own hardness and sharpness, and not able to damage the 'Desert Eagle', which was undamagable, the Desert Eagle would be more appropriate for this skill—it had a flaw; it was too short.

When Li Changzhou left the small battlefield with King Cobra on alert, the Emerald Bee Sword was already able to easily chop down all the mechas behind him.

Although these things were just "roadside mechas," they were quite strong; on one side was the princess's Guard Team, and the other side dared to ambush the Guard Team. They were not top-tier but at least first and second-tier.

Li Changzhou was heading towards the forest in the northwest direction.

According to the game prompts, it was easy to infer that "he" was attacked by the 'Judgement', 'Burning', 'Red Lotus' three Imperial Mecha while guarding the princess.

With that in mind, all he needed to do was to follow the princess, using her as bait, and he would naturally see those three mecha again.

The princess was also a key figure, perhaps triggering a side mission.

"Sigh." Li Changzhou, shooting through the forest like a cannonball, couldn't help but sigh again.

No matter how many missions he completed, what could this world give him? An Imperial Mecha?

...That might not be too bad.

What if he took the subway back to the past, with an Imperial Mecha + an unlimited ammo Heavy Machine Gun, could he annihilate a country on his own?

He slowed, and with his legs slightly bent, straightened out.

The ground caved in like it had been hit by a meteorite, cracked, and burst open!

"Boom!"

With a powerful burst of muscle strength, his speed instantly picked up, and the surrounding trees turned into a blur of afterimages.

Even at such high speeds, Li Changzhou could easily dodge the trees that were mere inches away.

Could a mecha achieve this level?

Just toys.

Worthless critters, all chopped down.

The next moment, almost instinctively, Li Changzhou twisted his body, shedding all momentum and then laying flat on the ground as if squeezing himself into the earth.

"Szz!"

Boom!

A high-temperature red light wave swept over his head, and amidst the thunderous rumble, tree trunks rained down like rain.

Li Changzhou stood up from the leaves, ahead of him, half the forest had been cleared, leaving only tree trunks and stumps on the ground.

A glimpse of a figure caught his eye, and turning his head to see.

[You have found your mission target: Red Lotus]

...You call this a mecha? Are you sure it's not Ultraman or a monster?