Chapter 337: Southern Heavenly Gate Puppet Mecha? What Is Going On?
【Demonic Puppet Modification Stone: this is a kind of puppet technique of the demonic path. It is a treasure refined by a demonic path magnate using special materials combined with several spirit stones. It can be used to modify a special demonic path puppet, which not only has extremely strong martial power, but can also accomplish many tasks.
Usage conditions: A complete and flexibly movable puppet body with sufficient material quality. （Materials can be wood, stone, or metal）. A sacrifice of the resentful energy generated at the moment of death of ten thousand people is required to converge into the puppet’s demonic heart. Current resentful energy: （0/10,000）】
Seeing this remark information, Chen Han truly felt numb for a moment.
He understood the first condition.
After all, everyone knows about the puppet technique of the ancient craftsman Lu Ban.
Now it is even simpler: robots, that is the best kind of puppet.
Absolutely complete, and flexibly movable.
To what degree have today’s robots developed? In just half a year, they have evolved from previously clumsy steps to being able to dance and perform wushu routines.
Videos posted on Douyin are truly shocking to watch.
It really feels like technology has suddenly leaped forward. Some people even think that in the near future, we might see these robots in military parades.
So, for this first condition, buying robots would do.
But the second condition really left him numb.
The resentful energy generated by the death of ten thousand people… this damn near means he has to kill ten thousand people himself in order to gather that much resentful energy?
What a joke.
This is truly a demonic path item?
He has entered the demon extermination instance several times, and he has never killed that many people.
Back in the Wu Tai Sect demon extermination dungeon, when those two thousand soldiers came out, that was already the most he had ever killed.
But at that time he was inside the game’s demon extermination dungeon, with the game system cleaning up behind the scenes to ensure he could complete the dungeon and exit it, absolutely impossible to expose his real identity.
Without the protection of the game system, if he went there himself he would definitely expose his real identity, even if he disguised himself as an old daoist priest.
Do not underestimate the strength the higher-ups have in this regard.
Most crucially, last time there was another general who took responsibility for the matter; otherwise, with so many people dead, it would have caused a sensation.
Now to have ten thousand people die just to gather enough resentful energy, tell him, is that excessive or not?
Where is he supposed to find so many people to kill?
Even if all those demon extermination instances refreshed for him and he went in to kill through them all, he still would not complete it; plus, the demon extermination instances have not even refreshed yet.
Facing such conditions, he could not help but wonder whether the game system had lost its mind and forgotten that he has not fully transmigrated and is still in modern society.
However, since he had obtained the item, he would have to fulfill the conditions sooner or later. At worst, he could wait for the demon extermination dungeons to refresh and slowly collect resentful energy there.
Once he opened his spiritual meridians and stepped into the liquid condensation realm, he would have a lifespan of two hundred years.
With such a long time frame, collecting the resentful energy from the deaths of ten thousand people did not seem that difficult.
So, he planned to first settle the first condition.
Robot development has indeed become quite awesome now.
He took out his mobile phone and searched online. There were many types of robots available now, but they were a bit expensive. The humanoid robots that can twirl a handkerchief, even second-hand ones, had been driven up to over one hundred thousand.
And the latest models, with more flexible limbs, able to dance and perform wushu routines, already cost more than one hundred fifty thousand.
Chen Han planned to buy a few of these robots to study.
But just as he made his decision, he suddenly saw a surprising video, also selling robots, except their robot was different from the ones he had seen before.
《Imitation Southern Heavenly Gate Plan mecha scaled replica model!》
Opening the video, he saw an introduction to this mecha.
This mecha was recreated to a certain scale based on the Southern Heavenly Gate Plan mecha, and they had even paid copyright fees.
The mecha was about two meters tall. It had the appearance of the Southern Heavenly Gate Plan mecha J-16 and really looked very domineering.
Seeing this mecha, he instantly lost interest in those previous robots.
But what exactly was the Southern Heavenly Gate Plan?
Chen Han had not really followed news in this area.
Southern Heavenly Gate, this should be related to 《Journey to the West》, right?
But when he searched it on his phone, he was clearly stunned.
Because it actually turned out to be a science fiction IP project developed by the national aviation group, something like building orbital stations, mecha warriors and the like.
Wasn’t this very similar to that old anime about mechas fighting aliens?
The key is, anime is just anime, but now this is something being done at a national level.
They even proposed space-based kinetic energy weapons and so on.
Looking through the comment section, he felt a bit confused.
It all felt very familiar, somewhat similar to that previous video released by the emergency management department, telling people to take “waterproof raincoats, high-capacity power banks, bandages for stopping bleeding…” when going out.
It seemed tied to that video issued by the emergency department as one and the same matter.
Looking at this, Chen Han suddenly felt whether the higher-ups really were hiding something significant, and now they could no longer conceal it, so they had to give everyone some early precautions.
Could it really be like a certain foreign celebrity said, that someone up there used a cigarette butt to burn an alien’s backside?
However, that was obviously nonsense.
There was one thing he could be sure of though: there must be some reason behind this. Otherwise, they would not repeatedly publish such news that easily leads to misunderstanding.
Saying it is preliminary psychological preparation might be possible.
Chen Han did not dwell on this issue. The most important thing for him now was to check the details of this mecha.
The company selling the mecha was quite capable. The replica used special aluminum alloy, and the key point was how flexible the mecha model was: limbs, components, joints were all highly articulated.
The only shortcoming was that this thing was truly just a model and could not move like those earlier robots.
But that did not matter. What he needed was not a robotic unit that already moved. Plus, those that move only do so using fixed programs.
Just like the robots that can perform wushu routines: they only have a pre-set program and can only perform that one routine, without any real liveliness.
He had the demonic puppet modification stone, so he did not need that kind of function at all; he only needed a puppet shell.
The real key was still the demonic heart formed from the resentful energy generated by the deaths of ten thousand people.
So in this situation, it was natural to choose the good-looking, domineering J-
Although it was only a model, its price was not cheap. One unit cost tens of thousands, but Chen Han did not hesitate and directly ordered three J-16s.
After all, he did not know if the materials of this mecha could meet the requirements. If not, since it was aluminum alloy, he could still put it into the artifact refining furnace for refinement.
But the artifact refining furnace always had a chance of failure, so buying two extra could guard against this risk.
After Chen Han placed the order, he immediately received a message from the seller company. It happened that this company had a branch in the provincial capital of Min Province, so they could deliver very quickly.
However, the message indicated that shipping would be arranged immediately and that delivery would be guaranteed within the next day. Was this service not a bit too fast?
Chen Han thought such speed might be the company’s normal practice, until that night he saw a video posted by the company: 《Three mecha models have been boxed and are being sent to the Chen Clan in Shangyuan Village. We wonder what the Chen Clan plans to do with these mecha models…》
Once this video was released, it immediately attracted countless attention. The popularity surged, and the likes went through the roof.
So their lightning-fast arrangement was actually to shoot this video and ride on the Chen Clan’s popularity, and most importantly, to hope the Chen Clan would quickly put these mecha models to use.
Even if they had no idea what the mecha models were going to be used for.
In any case, as long as the items arrived at the Chen Clan, they would definitely bring them traffic and attention.
It was all business. Just say it: could any company really be that fast for no reason?
When Xiao Yu saw this news, she hurriedly ran over to him. “Senior brother, were those mecha models you bought? Why did you buy those things?”
“To fight aliens,” Chen Han joked with a smile.
Xiao Yu could not help rolling her eyes at him. “Senior brother, you are treating me like a child, still telling such fibs that only fool kids.”
Chen Han only smiled without arguing. Teasing his junior sister was already a habit.
But he also knew that after teasing his junior sister, giving her a candy would keep her happy for a long time.
So he took out a primary spirit stone and handed it to her.
“Senior brother, what is this?” Xiao Yu asked in confusion.
Chen Han smiled and instructed her, “Feel it. This is a spirit stone. It contains spiritual energy that can speed up your cultivation. Go secretly use it in the family cave mansion. There is not much of this stuff.”
“Thank you, senior brother.” Xiao Yu’s eyes lit up, as happy as anyone receiving a gift.
When she sensed the spiritual energy contained in the spirit stone, her eyes shone even brighter. She could not wait to head to the family cave mansion to try cultivating.
Seeing that nothing else was urgent, Chen Han also took a stroll around the Chen Clan.
The Chen Clan was thriving. In a short while, he saw You Fu leading several astonished tourists toward the reception hall.
The Chen Clan’s spiritual cattle drawing in guests had become a feature, but there was always someone watching the cattle from the side, which made many tourists feel uncomfortable.
After all, when taking pictures or videos of the cattle leading the way, there was always a Chen Clan person following beside them.
Many tourists had already complained that they should remove the Chen Clan person, as the cattle did not really need to be watched.
Sometimes a situation is just this bizarre. In the past, because of You Fu and the others, they even made it onto trending searches due to that female internet celebrity. Many people thought that with no one watching, there would be safety risks around You Fu and the others.
So afterwards, the Chen Clan had no choice but to assign people to “watch” the cattle, so that people online would feel a sense of security.
But now more and more tourists felt that having someone watching the cattle was unnecessary.
Yet it was easy to imagine: if they really removed the watcher, people online would jump out and complain again.
This is what it means that there is no way to make everyone happy in any matter.
After that, Chen Han also saw the sight of the doggy You Cai leading a group of younger brothers on patrol.
…
A night passed.
The next afternoon, Chen Han received a punctual message that the J-16 mecha models had been delivered.
Soon after, someone from the Demon Subduing Hall called. He knew what it was about and pressed accept.
The person from the Demon Subduing Hall immediately reported, “Patriarch, the mecha models you ordered have arrived. Should we send them to your courtyard?”
“Send them to the third floor of the Affairs Hall,” Chen Han directly instructed, then left his courtyard and walked toward the Affairs Hall.
Not long after he arrived at the Affairs Hall, the people from the Demon Subduing Hall also came, carrying three special boxes upstairs.
It was obvious that the boxes were very heavy; even with two people from the Demon Subduing Hall carrying each one, they were struggling.
“Patriarch!”
“Patriarch!”
“…”
The people from the Demon Subduing Hall greeted him respectfully, then put the items down and left without asking any questions.
Chen Han also checked the three boxes. The mecha models inside were not complete forms, but individual components.
That was part of the fun for people who buy these models: assembling the parts into a complete model gave them a strong sense of achievement.
Although many people might not understand that sense of achievement, for those who love it, the feeling is indeed very real.
Chen Han directly stored the three boxes into the game warehouse, then went into the room where the entrance to the family cave mansion was located, and with one thought entered the family cave mansion.
Inside, he saw his junior sister sitting cross-legged, holding a primary spirit stone and cultivating.
He did not disturb her and walked straight to the artifact refining furnace, then took out the three boxes containing the mecha models.
Opening one of the boxes, he took out a mecha model part, grabbed one piece, and then retrieved that special demonic puppet modification stone from the game warehouse.
With a thought, he immediately received a game prompt:
《The current puppet component does not meet the quality requirements of the demonic puppet modification stone.》
Sure enough, it needed to be refined in the artifact refining furnace first.
He examined the mecha model components. For a two-meter-tall model, there were quite a lot of parts.
Fortunately, this artifact refining furnace was originally built by stacking Chen Clan bricks and cement, then moved as is into the family cave mansion. Although its exterior skin had changed, its internal space was the same.
So it was still big enough.
It could refine one full mecha model set at a time.
Chen Han loaded one full set of the mecha model into the artifact refining furnace, closed the lid, and activated the furnace.
As the runes on the artifact refining furnace lit up, the furnace’s flames burst forth, and a game prompt sounded:
【Artifact refining furnace spiritual markings activated. Samadhi True Fire burning. Refinement in progress…】
This refinement was clearly not going to be completed immediately. However, due to the special skin of the artifact refining furnace, it had a screen that could display the refinement progress.
Chen Han checked the progress and estimated it would be finished by evening.
So he simply took out an intermediate spirit stone, circulated the 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture advanced qi cultivation method》, and began cultivating.
He stayed that way until the game prompt appeared again, then rose from his cross-legged position and walked to the artifact refining furnace.
The furnace had stopped refining, and the flames had gone out.
Opening the furnace, he could clearly see that the mecha model parts looked different: each one had noticeably better texture.
As he stored each mecha component into the game warehouse, he saw the remark information for the parts:
【Puppet component: hand. This is the arm part of a puppet component. After special refinement, it has acquired special attributes: lightness +1, hardness +1, toughness +1, flexibility +】
This really surprised him. With just one refinement, four attributes appeared.
He quickly checked the other parts. Two in a row had the same attributes.
It seemed that after the Chen Clan’s artifact refining furnace had been upgraded by +1, the attributes and effects of the refined items had improved as well.
When he saw the remark information for the mecha model’s helmet part, his expression turned to astonishment.
【Puppet component: head. This is the head part of a puppet component. After special refinement, it has acquired special attributes: lightness +2, hardness +2, toughness +2, flexibility +】
All four attributes were +
Chen Han could only call it awesome. With parts like these, even without using the demonic puppet modification stone, they were already insanely powerful.
If he gave them to the higher-ups to study, they might really help push forward the Southern Heavenly Gate Plan.
Seeing this information, Chen Han thought further. Since there was a chance for +2 parts, he definitely had to assemble a complete set of +2 J-16 mecha.
Looking through the components one by one, he found there were only two pieces lucky enough to be +
With such probabilities, even if he refined the remaining two mecha models, it would be impossible to gather a full set.
He would need to buy more J-16 mecha models.
Thinking of this, Chen Han walked toward the family cave mansion portal.
His junior sister was still sitting quietly, cultivating with full focus. He did not disturb her and directly exited the family cave mansion.
Outside, as he walked out of the Affairs Hall, he placed another order for J-16 mecha models. This time he directly ordered twenty units, spending over one million.
With that many, he would certainly be able to create one full +2 puppet, then modify it with the demonic puppet modification stone.
At that point, the puppet’s power would definitely be much greater.
That was beyond doubt.
Compared to lightness +1, with +2, under the same power, it would jump higher and move faster.
Compared to hardness +1, under the same conditions, +2 would give much stronger defense.
As for flexibility +1 compared to +2, one would clearly be clumsier and unable to hit the +2 one.
You could say this was a crushing difference.
After confirming the order quantity, Chen Han filled in his details again.
And just as he submitted the order, he suddenly froze, staring at a new game prompt that appeared:
【Congratulations. The special demonic puppet modification stone has absorbed the resentful energy generated by one person’s death. Current resentful energy collection progress: 1/10,】
“???” Chen Han was instantly stunned.
What happened?
Did he kill someone?
No, he did not!
……
（Tickets, tickets, tickets）
