This time, Fangwen did not look down on him. He glanced at him and smiled faintly.
"Because I know divine arts."
"Divine spell?"
Zhou Chong was stunned for a moment. Then, he looked at the ground and saw that the mechanical monster's eyes were emitting a distorted red light.
The gears covered in rust on their bodies kept spinning, and even the surrounding environment was filled with copper rust, as if the world had been polluted.
Copper rust?
"Could it be…"
Zhou Chong's mind seemed to have been struck by lightning. He seemed to have understood something and looked at Fangwen's feet.
The place where his feet stepped on was still normal, forming a completely different color contrast with the area covered in bronze rust. It was as if they were two different worlds.
And Fangwen was the person who divided this world!
"They reacted quite quickly. In fact, they should only be able to move around in the bronze rust area.”
Fang Wen explained. In fact, he had discovered a problem after watching the battle for a while.
Even though he wasn't far away, these mechanical monsters only attacked Zhou Chong and ignored him.
The only difference between the two was that he was standing in a place that was not corroded by the bronze rust, while Zhou Chong was in the area covered by the bronze rust.
In other words, these mechanical monsters could only move around within the range of these strange red rust?
And Fangwen's actions just now were to verify the authenticity of this guess.
Sure enough, everything was as he had expected.
However, Zhou Chong was shocked by Fangwen's terrifying intelligence. He had actually figured out the pattern of these mechanical monsters in a short period of time.
Was he still human?
"Just can't move? But what if we launch an attack?"
Thinking of this, Fangwen condensed a fire blade and beheaded the nearest mechanical monsters, turning them into a large number of gears that scattered on the ground.
Even so, although these monsters were crazy, they did not have any fortuitous encounters. They seemed to be limited to the range of the bronze rust.
However, when Fangwen looked at this rust, it seemed to be a kind of domain.
Could this be the domain of some expert?
It directly contaminated all humans and used gears to devour flesh and blood, turning them into mechanical monsters. Could it be that the ancient king's ruins had been leaked?
But the lizard monster didn't have such a mechanical mutation, right?
Could it be another relic? Or was it the Machinery Emperor they were talking about?
Just as Fang Wen was thinking, the noise of gears sounded again.
Kakaka!
The corpses of the mechanical monsters scattered on the ground began to disintegrate. The remaining flesh was swallowed by the rusty gears, and the frequency of rotation began to change.
Crack! Kakaka! Kaka!
Countless rotating sounds were transmitted over, as if they had entered a world of gears. It even formed a spiritual pollution, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.
The surrounding houses, cars, and street lamps also showed this mechanical gear state. Moreover, these gears actually began to disintegrate, turning into a large amount of bronze rust that began to spread.
It was like a giant mouth of an ancient demon that wanted to devour the entire city.
Fangwen looked at the strange bronze rust that was spreading continuously. The flaming saber in his hand pierced into the ground, only to discover that gears had also appeared under the ground.
This strange bronze rust could even transform an organic substance like stone. In just a few minutes, it had spread dozens of meters.
This made Fangwen frown.
"It's still spreading? What the hell is this?"
If it continued to spread like this, not to mention Hang City, even the entire human territory might be swallowed up.
Zhou Chong was also slightly shocked. His expression was ugly as he said,
"You ask me, who should I ask? This is also my first time seeing it.”
Even so, Zhou Chong still pondered for a moment. A possibility appeared in his mind and he exclaimed,
"Copper rust? Mechanical life? Could it be…impossible…"
"What exactly do you know?"
Fang Wen frowned as he spoke. He watched as the bronze rust that was beginning to spread began to retreat.
He had already discovered that if he continued to kill these monsters, it might cause the spread of the bronze rust. It was even likely to quickly cover the entire Hang City. At that time, everyone might be swallowed by this strange bronze rust.
Zhou Chong was also absent-minded for a moment. He knew that he had lost his composure, so he quickly said,
"Actually, I don't know much. I only saw a similar life form in an ancient travel book in the family's library. It seems to be called the automaton race.
Legend had it that it was a race born from an ancient existence called the Ancient Machine Emperor. They could spread a special bronze rust to pollute living beings, turning other flesh and blood species into the lives of the machine race, turning them into machines, and thus expanding their population.
Moreover, they would undergo mechanical evolution, advocating the ancient mechanical emperor and mechanical tools. They were extremely resistant to flesh and blood life, and were a species with extremely advanced technology.
However, after the Lost Era, it went extinct for some unknown reason. The current human technology seemed to have developed from the foundation of the automaton ruins.”
"The automaton race, since they are extinct, they can still be revived?”
Fang Wen was also shocked by this strange creature. It was simply a template creature of technological civilization. Moreover, it could spread like zombies and expand its own race. It could be said to be a bug-level race.
If it was in the Interstellar Era, it could even be compared to the Insect Race and become a new Calamity Race.
However, such a terrifying race had actually buried the Ancient Emperor, who had far surpassed the Conferred Kings, in the Lost Era. After that, they were researched and developed by the human race, and only reappeared today.
What happened in that lost era?
So many utmost powerful beings were buried?
And why had the human race been able to survive?
All kinds of doubts swirled in Fangwen's heart, but he did not forget the terrifying bronze rust world that was gradually spreading in front of him.
As Fang Wen retreated, he asked,"
"Then how should we deal with them?"
Zhou Cheng thought for a moment and quickly replied,"
"Generally speaking, the pollution of the automaton race requires a source of pollution. If we can find the source of pollution, we might be able to solve it.”
"Pollution source…"
Fangwen glanced at the terrifying mechanical monster tide. Forget about finding the source of the pollution, even entering the bronze rust pollution was very dangerous. He would be surrounded by countless mechanical monsters.
Fang Wen said helplessly,"
"Then it seems that we can only wait for the army or the Department of Mysteries to return. With our strength, it will be difficult to clean them up.”
" It's a little difficult. The military is all stationed at the defense line this time, and this incident happened when the military experts left. The Department of Mysteries is also suppressing it…It's nothing. I think there's definitely something wrong with this incident…"
The more Zhou Chong thought about it, the uglier his expression became. It was as if he felt an invisible black hand spreading towards him, and its target was the entire Hang City.
So he said to Fangwen beside him,"
" Since they still need to be active in the bronze rust area, I'll inform the military and the Department of Mysteries to rush back first. Then, I'll alienate the crowd. You should take the opportunity to escape as far away as possible.”
After saying that, Zhou Chong left in a hurry. After all, if he didn't solve the pollution of this mysterious ancient race as soon as possible, millions of people in Hang City might be swallowed up.
Therefore, he had to inform the experts of the Department of Mysteries who were guarding Hang City and evacuate the people as much as possible.
Protect the human race!
This was the oath that every member of the Department of Mysteries took when they joined. It was also a rule that they had to follow for the rest of their lives, and Zhou Chong was no exception.
No matter how decadent or negligent they were, they would still choose to stand up when faced with a situation.
"Looks like this guy will still be serious.”
Fang Wen looked at Zhou Chong's departing back and smiled. However, he did not leave. Instead, he turned his head and walked towards the mechanical monsters that were approaching as the bronze rust spread.
The reason why Zhou Chong was in a hurry to escape was because he did not have the ability to solve the problem. He could only rely on other experts to solve the problem.
However, Fangwen was different. He had the Stealing System. No matter how powerful these monsters were, they were all targets that he could steal. They were moving treasures.
Moreover, the special pollution type talent of the Machinery race did make him a little curious.
Therefore, Fangwen stood outside the rust and slashed out with the fire blade in his hand. He beheaded a mechanical monster and its head fell to the ground. Before it turned into rust and dissipated, Fangwen chose to steal the talent.
Compared to living things, it was faster to steal dead things.
"Ding…target locked…stealing talent…"
Following the sound of the system notification, an invisible black hand descended, but it landed on the fallen head.
Kakaka!
With a violent sound, the falling head suddenly began to roll. The gears on it began to shatter, revealing the parts inside.
This time, Fangwen saw a strange creature with a spider-like body but a cogwheel head crawling out of the component.
Kaka!
Its body twisted as if it wanted to resist, but its talent was mercilessly stripped away by the system.
As the system stripped away the talent, the strange creature turned into ashes and disappeared. A talent module floated in front of Fangwen.
However, before he could touch the talent module, the system's voice sounded again.
" I've come into contact with the aura of an Ancient Emperor. System identifying…Mission system activated. New mission activated…"
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