Chapter 1921 Super Machine
Reality is not a game. Killing monsters will not drop equipment, but PK can drop a full set of equipment.
A large number of stone men from the outer domain have become the main spoils of this battle, but how to digest them specifically requires the work of professionals.
The extraordinary races have more or less "treasures", while intelligent creatures are weak in this aspect. Monsters and other powerful creatures that rely on talent to make a living can really "drop materials".
In fact, the auxiliary materials required for the advancement of many extraordinary professions are the materials of designated extraordinary magic plants and monsters, and even require professional potion masters to mix and blend.
The materials in each world are different, and professionals are required to test them repeatedly.
That is why potion masters are better at analyzing the performance and uses of extraordinary materials than people in materials science.
"These stone men are very high-quality building materials and weapon materials."
This kind of life seems to have no records before, but there is a god above the god, who should be their source.
And until now, these things have not shown their language ability, and they are completely unable to communicate. The middle and high-level ones among them should be intelligent, and their intelligence is not low, but there is no record of communication at all.
Some people have proposed that these stone men may be the cells of the god above. But it has been denied. Those creatures do not have the "commonality" they should have, and the high-level stone men and metal creatures have a clear self. They should be special individuals and tribes.
Lu Ping'an himself has actually come into contact with many similar metal lives, and there are even two tribes of metal humanoids and living armor inside the courtyard.
But what impressed him the most were two examples.
One is the powerful cosmic race Luka people, who are also called hammer people because of their metal shells. They gild their tribe and say that they are descendants of the "Lord of Ten Thousand Changes (Twelve Pillars)", but considering that that person is actually the source of countless energy biological tribes, this statement is really a bit too much.
Another one is Old Liu, who sometimes makes me feel sad when I think of him. He merged the entire island and turned into a giant beast, becoming the outpost in the plane war, and undoubtedly the first hero of the defense war.
"This kind of life is completely different from our previous records."
After flipping through the information, Lu Ping'an understood the difference between such existences.
Old Liu is a top gardener. In the end, his "spirit" can merge with external objects. His essence is still his soul, and it doesn't matter if the external objects are replaced. The metal shell of Luca Hammer Man is just a shell, and the true existence is still "energy existence".
The living armor and metal humanoids on Lu Ping'an's side are also the same. In fact, they are all some "invisible objects" floating on metal and rock, and their essence is still "spiritual body".
This is the structural pattern of normal organisms. The body is the foundation, and the soul is born on it. The latter is the foundation.
"This is a whole big stone, without mental power fluctuations."
According to the past concept, no mental power means dead things, but those stones are clearly moving.
Many research departments are very interested in this thing and try to find the secrets. Although everything can be explained by the power of "God above God", if something is really found, it can produce quite interesting results.
"Have you ever recorded extraordinary life without soul fluctuations and mental power?"
"No, even elemental creatures have mental fluctuations. In fact, even dead people still have subtle mental fluctuations, and their bodies also have soul fragments."
Chris's judgment is authoritative, and she is also very interested in this life form. But the craziest one is Fang Wen, who is very interested in expanding her "metal life family".
The level of the researchers on Lu Ping'an's side is very good, and as long as there are more people, they dare to think of anything.
Soon, an "answer" came out.
"Perhaps, they are not life"
Although it is ridiculous, if it is regarded as a premise of the hypothesis, it seems that it can be formed completely.
"AI? Or a logical judgment machine?"
Although this answer is a bit subtle, it is very simple to verify it.
And since the report has been sent to Lu Ping'an's level, it means that this possibility has been confirmed.
"Sure enough, they are all 'pseudo-humans'."
These metal life forms are real logical creatures, and their basic logical judgment is the simple cycle of "killing-nesting-reproduction".
What makes Lu Ping'an a little puzzled is that the local "pollution source" can also mass-produce these stone creatures.
"They can convert souls into entities or energy. This is terrible."
The answer is worse than expected.
A long sword was made, and after testing, it did have quite bad characteristics.
I found a correct version in the 16-9 book and 1 forum!
[Soul-eating Stone Sword (lower black iron): a magic sword that absorbs souls and can strengthen itself by hunting life]
After actual testing, it has increased not only the volume, but also the hardness and toughness.
This is a "stone virus" that is constantly increasing, turning life into building materials for the expansion of its own race.
"A self-propelled biological extinction device? Uh, why does it feel a bit familiar? Could it be that another civilization has gone too far and made its own biological weapons become spirits?"
Although it is a guess, Lu Ping'an feels that this possibility is not low.
The entire race is made up of biological weapons. They have no life to begin with, but they can turn the "soul" into their own material.
"Those extraordinary powers are probably created by external soul materials. It's very subtle. We use metal to make armor and shape weapons, and they use souls to strengthen their bodies and shape offensive weapons."
In the data, these monsters are merciless predators. It seems that they are real "soul hunters."
Soul-eating pseudo-humans are a name given by someone. Because it is too close to its essence, it was quickly recognized.
"But they are also very good materials. After removing the logical components, they are very high-quality building materials."
Most of the materials are used to strengthen the walls of the Silver City. After it is determined that it is a self-repairing building material, it is used very naturally.
The other part is used as a weapon material for the "Soul-eating Demon Sword". The arms business is always highly profitable. Although this kind of weapon material that can be mass-produced is generally too heavy and has no extraordinary characteristics to bless the power, it has a very high cost-effectiveness.
"Uh, it seems to be our natural enemy."
Just having the characteristic of "immortality", it seems to have encountered a natural enemy here.
Even if there is "life insurance" after death, a large number of spirits will be lost. If the soul is damaged by a soul-devouring weapon, it may be revived as a remnant soul. In some metaphysical terms, if the three souls and seven spirits are incomplete, the person will appear stupid.
"The bad news is that high-level soul-devouring weapons, after our processing, should be able to destroy our immortality. The good news is that those rock monsters, on the contrary, cannot do it. They have no access to soul-devouring abilities and can only destroy and swallow the flesh to extract the soul."
"However, mid-to-high-level stone men are another matter. It seems that we have to be careful in dealing with them."