Chapter 74: The Call Of The Machine God
From the bubble match venue, the two headed straight to Yaoyang City Second High School.
During the summer vacation, the shops beside the school were slightly deserted.
The small diner boss recognized the two regular customers at a glance, “The usual three?”
Tang Tiaotiao responded familiarly, “Add two bottles of chilled beer.”
Time seemed to rewind in an instant to campus life more than a month ago. The familiar Sister Tiao was still in front of them, but some good partners were missing from her side.
“How about Er Pang and Wen Ming? Does Sister Tiao still keep in touch with them?” Wu Xian asked somewhat sadly.
“Their family conditions are both good. They’ve already gone to report to the training team.” Tang Tiaotiao casually opened the beer with a bang and placed it in front of Wu Xian, “Here— those days of skipping class together were still the most comfortable.”
Wu Xian smiled speechlessly, “Actually, I’ve always been curious why Sister Tiao came to Second High School back then?”
“My parents both graduated from Second High School. The old couple has deep feelings for Second High School, so my brother and I both attended Second High School.” Tang Tiaotiao grinned lightly, “Of course, mainly because my family doesn’t get along with the principal of First High School.”
“The principal of First High School?” Wu Xian was puzzled.
“Surname Pang, you know.”
Wu Xian suddenly understood.
“Speaking of which, I’ve been busy condensing the divine diagram recently and haven’t disgusted Pang Dahai for a long time,” Tang Tiaotiao said seriously, “I need to find an opportunity to show off to him.”
Wu Xian shook his head with a wry smile, “Won’t you show off to me first?”
“Right~ I haven’t shown off to you yet.” Tang Tiaotiao suddenly patted the table, putting on a mysterious and sneaky appearance, “Let me tell you a secret. When I was condensing the divine diagram, I felt the call of the God of Mechanics.”
“Hm?!” Wu Xian was shocked and stunned.
“How about it, impressive, right?” Tang Tiaotiao shook her head proudly, “Sister Tiao is indeed the chosen one.”
Wu Xian was baffled, “The call of the God of Mechanics? You mean when you were condensing the divine diagram, you heard the voice of the God of Mechanics?”
“That’s right. Lord God of Mechanics said I have a lot of potential and told me to diligently study my【Twelve Heavenly Riders】.” Tang Tiaotiao had a face full of worship and excitement.
Upon hearing this, Wu Xian only felt his scalp go numb.
Good grief, the God of Mechanics really exists?
Moreover, this God of Mechanics had connected to and sensed Tang Tiaotiao’s soul divine diagram through some method.
If that’s the case, could he also possibly connect to the gods of Huaxia?
“Are you sure it’s not some evil god or something?”
Wu Xian was vaguely worried. After all, he had just learned a couple of days ago that this world also had all sorts of bizarre evil gods.
“How could it be? You’ll know when you see my divine diagram later.” Tang Tiaotiao was full of certainty, then suddenly asked, “By the way, what is an evil god?”
“Uh, that’s a bit complicated to explain.”
Wu Xian stood up seriously, quickly settled the bill, then pulled Tang Tiaotiao and hurried toward the dimensional port.
The natal flying sword rose with the wind, but it was a bit cramped standing two people on it.
“Wow, what a cool vehicle!” Tang Tiaotiao’s attention was drawn to the【Laurel Branch】, “A power skateboard with a special shape? Strange, why is there no power system?”
“…” Wu Xian thought to himself that this young lady had a big heart, “Does Tang Brother and Uncle know about this?”
“I haven’t had a chance to tell them yet.”
Wu Xian was speechless again and sped up with full power.
Soon after, they arrived at the foot of the Mechanical Dimension Gate and went straight into the beginner instance area.
After rushing out of the【Dimensional Defense Fortress】, he immediately had Tang Tiaotiao release her soul divine diagram for confirmation.
Buzz~!
Mental power surged from within Tang Tiaotiao’s body, and a golden scroll phantom emerged above her head. The scroll slowly unfolded, presenting an incomplete divine diagram.
Two mysterious and cool mecha figures shone in the divine diagram: one was the Moon God Heavenly Rider, and the other was a shadowy, wild silhouette holding a mechanical war scythe, which should be the Death God Heavenly Rider.
However, these two mechanical heavenly rider figures only occupied a very small part of the entire divine diagram.
The other areas of the divine diagram were basically in a state of awaiting completion.
The key was the background of the entire divine diagram, flowing with strips of gold lines full of mechanical sense, vaguely outlining the contour of a giant mecha.
“This this this…” Wu Xian was shocked speechless.
She could condense a divine diagram even with an incomplete concept?
He had been worried earlier that Sister Tiao might have been bewitched by an evil god, but now it seemed he was overthinking it.
“The mechanical contour in the background, is that the God of Mechanics you mentioned?”
“That’s right,” Tang Tiaotiao nodded proudly, “But Lord God of Mechanics seems a bit introverted. He doesn’t even respond when I talk to him.”
Wu Xian couldn’t help but ask curiously, “How did you do it?”
“I just kept conceiving and conceiving, but I just couldn’t come up with images for the other heavenly riders no matter what. Then suddenly, a flash of light appeared in the depths of my mind, and then I heard the call of the God of Mechanics, who helped me successfully condense the divine diagram.”
“…”
After hearing Tang Tiaotiao’s description, Wu Xian didn’t know what to say for a moment.
Looking again at the golden lines in the background of the divine diagram, they clearly contained powerful and clear law networks.
This was equivalent to a heaven-bestowed scroll painting concept system—what difference did it have from cheating?
“So what about now? Do you have ideas for the other heavenly riders?”
“Of course,” Tang Tiaotiao replied without thinking, “But it has to be done slowly. I need some opportunities and sensations to more perfectly conceive the other heavenly riders.”
As she spoke, a strange aura of death emerged from the divine diagram.
The【Death God Heavenly Rider】 in the divine diagram stepped out from the painting. The entire machine body had a dark and cold tone. Though it was a steel body, it gave an inexplicable sense of illusion, just like… an illusion mecha?
The overall shape also looked fierce and handsome, full of killing intent, like the God of Death.
The mechanical war scythe in its hand was almost bigger than the entire machine body.
“Let’s go, harvest some mechanical monster souls to upgrade the Death God Heavenly Rider!”
Tang Tiaotiao withdrew the divine diagram, leaped onto the shoulder of the Death God Heavenly Rider. The Death God Heavenly Rider flew through the air like a ghost, searching for prey in the mechanical wasteland.
Wu Xian followed behind on the【Laurel Branch】, clicking his tongue in wonder.
Although this Death God Heavenly Rider was only half a Copper Scroll One-Star, ordinary second- and third-order mechanical monsters had no power to resist in front of it.
Wherever it went, a unique aura of death permeated, and the mechanical monsters acted as if they were blind, unable to see the Death God Heavenly Rider at all. Some mechanical monsters even had parts mysteriously malfunctioning.
“This way, to Mining Area No. 3,” Tang Tiaotiao led the direction, “It’s rare to come here. Perfect time to visit Mom!”
Wu Xian was stunned, “Mining area? Aunt is in the mining area?”
“Didn’t my dad or brother tell you?” Tang Tiaotiao replied without thinking, “My grandfather struggled his whole life to secure that mine. Now it’s also the main source of mineral raw materials for our Tang’s Group. Mom guards it there year-round.”
Good grief, so Sister Tiao’s mother is a mine boss?
But come to think of it, aren’t mine bosses all rough, socially savvy big shots?
To put it this way, people’s impression of mine bosses in this world is basically the same as coal bosses from his previous life.
It’s a kind of stereotype.
“Hee hee, Mom will definitely be happy to see my divine diagram.” Expectation shone in Tang Tiaotiao’s eyes.
On the way to Mining Area No. 3, Wu Xian wasn’t idle either.
He released Brother Pillar to fight side by side with the Death God Heavenly Rider. With Brother Pillar’s explosive growth, Brother Pillar had quietly reached four-star now. While his combat power had surged, his size had also increased quite a bit.
But standing next to the【Death God Heavenly Rider】, there was still somewhat of a difference between a mortal and a god.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Ahead, a fourth-order elite mechanical monster had all its parts malfunction under the assault of the Death God Heavenly Rider, its movements becoming stiff.
Then it was pinned to the ground and hammered wildly by Brother Pillar.
It died in such a miserable way.
At the same time, the outline of Mining Area No. 3 was already visible ahead.
But before the two could get close, they were blocked by a group of spirit tamers patrolling nearby.
“Whose kids are these, running into the beginner instance?” The leading middle-aged man grumbled, “Don’t you know all the major mining areas are under lockdown recently?”
“Whoa, isn’t that Brother Pillar? Four-star Brother Pillar!” The team members behind quickly recognized Brother Pillar.
Facing the aggressive patrol team, Tang Tiaotiao calmly stated her identity, “Hello, seniors. I’m here to find my mom.”
“Your mom?” The middle-aged man’s expression was odd. He vaguely felt this girl looked familiar, “What’s your mom’s name?”
“Li Zhanying.”
“…” The middle-aged man twitched at the corner of his mouth and pretended to be calm, “Ahem, well… the mining area is under lockdown recently. We’re just following orders.”
Afterward, this patrol team even specially escorted them for a distance.
“It seems Aunt has a lot of prestige in the mining area?” Wu Xian was surprised.
“Of course~ Mom is my idol!”
Tang Tiaotiao’s eyes were full of pride and worship.
