The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 963 - 380: Mechanical Chimera Cub

"Quack! xiaolan, Xiaoqi, Xiaoxiong, are they still alive?!"

Instantly, GuaGua’s sorrow dissipated, replaced by boundless surprise that sprang to his brows.

He had thought he arrived too late, failing the trust of the Chimera mother and felt extremely guilty in his heart.

Seeing that Lan Qixiong were still alive meant there was still hope, and that was a different matter entirely!

"You old fart, hand over xiaolan, Xiaoqi, Xiaoxiong!"

Little GuaGua, his sadness turning to joy and then immediately to anger, darted in front of the scruffy old man and demanded loudly.

"Get out of the way! You’re blocking my view!"

The old man pushed him aside and stared fixedly ahead with his bright, spirited eyes.

It was as if there was some treasure ahead, and if missed, there would no longer be another chance to obtain it.

"You commit evil deeds and still talk reason?!"

GuaGua, cheeks puffed up, spewed a mouthful of water, drenching the old man.

However, the old man remained unmoved. His pupils, filled with age and fervor, were eternally fixed on the central cabin door.

"Plop!"

Not far off, a mechanical gazelle king stood in a corner.

More than ten charging tentacles extended from a large machine, plugging themselves into the switches on its back to repair its damaged right leg.

Next to it stood an even larger and more complex machine.

The panel on it opened slowly, and a metal scarecrow was raised up.

Its features were striking, its skin silver and white, its entire body cold to the touch.

It resembled a human being hung up for judgment, its whole body propped up on a cross of metal, with its base completely fixed, seemingly unable to move by itself.

"Welcome, visitor."

The "Mechanical Scarecrow" emitted a clear robotic speech.

Ye Hanjun activated Talent Identification, and this guy turned out to be a completely mechanical body, too, but only at the Minor Saintly Perfection Rank, not as high as the Mechanical Gazelle King.

Suppressing a hint of surprise deep inside, he turned his head to scrutinize the interior of the laboratory more closely.

A metal workbench over a hundred meters long, hundreds of small and medium-sized machines, and large pieces of machinery with unknown functions—Ye Hanjun felt as if he had arrived at a temple dedicated to craftsmen, where everything was available and the luxury was beyond imagination.

"Pfffft!!"

GuaGua grew angry, and if a mouthful of water was ineffective, then perhaps a wave would do the trick.

However, on the wrist of the scruffy old man shone a black metal bracelet.

Before the wave could hit him, a spatial barrier opened from the bracelet, sucking away all the water, not letting a single drop splatter on him.

"Chimera cub, you should wake up now..."

"You were born with three heads, part of a top-tier Savage Holy bloodline, with a constitution so strong you rarely have any adversaries..."

"This experiment has also gone on for three hundred years, nearly draining my life’s fortune, consuming all my wits, it just cannot fail..."

"But... why are you still sleeping? Why won’t you come out?!"

"I long for your awakening, if I could see the Androecium Machinery reborn in this world, I would die without regrets!"

The scruffy old man scratched his ears and cheeks as though covered in lice, madness seizing him.

"What is Androecium Machinery?"

Ye Hanjun parted his lips to ask seriously.

"Androecium Machinery is Androecium Machinery, even this you don’t understand, go back and study the "Mechanism Canon" again!"

The scruffy old man suddenly became furious, picked up a wrench from the table, and swung it as if to hit him, lamenting like he had a tough nut to crack:

"Dimwit, how many years have you been with me? Why are you still so dumb?"

"Even though we were expelled, never forget where we came from!"

"We are Scholars from Mechanic God Mountain, dedicated our lives to scientific research, to tarnish the inheritance is to spoil the hard work of our predecessors!"

"Uhm..."

Mu Shoucong scratched the scallion on his head, half embarrassed and half speechless, and said:

"Hey, old man, you might be insane, eh?"

"Take a good look, it’s our first time meeting you, what dimwit? If you are sick, get treated early, don’t infect us too!"

"If not a dimwit, then who are you?"

The scruffy old man’s tightly clenched arm relaxed a little; his gaze slightly lost, flitting between Ye Hanjun, Ye Liuying, and Mu Shoucong, he suddenly realized:

"I know now, you are the grandsons and granddaughters of the dimwit!"

"In the blink of an eye, you’ve all grown up so much, eh?"

"Come, come, take a look at grandpa’s scientific achievements, this will be an indelible mark in the history of mechanical development, my name, Xiahou Danxin, will definitely be passed down through the ages!"

The scruffy old man, setting down the "Supreme Wrench" from Supreme Saintly Perfection.

Instead, he used his greasy, black hands to take Ye Hanjun and Ye Liuying by the shoulders, affectionately pushing them in front of the central cabin door:

"I have exerted my utmost effort to find creatures with robust constitutions!"

"Finally, I caught a pure-blood Mechancial Chimera cub, perfectly meeting the prerequisites for the experiment!"

"It has three heads, one loves to sleep, one loves to frolic, and one loves to bite; but none of that really matters."

"It has all sorts of Holy Beast powers sealed within, I put more than half my life’s work into it, and it surely ate me out of house and home!"

Xiahou Danxin—introduced himself with a face full of pride.

GuaGua blinked, his irritation inexplicably lessened by a third, and he couldn’t help muttering:

"I knew it, xiaolan, Xiaoqi, Xiaoxiong, they still had unused Marks within them, how could they have been easily captured.

"It turns out you took it all on, not bad for skills, but not so bright in the head..."

"Cough, cough."

Xiahou Danxin waved his hand and spat out blood twice, speaking to the uncomprehending:

"A mere grave injury is of no concern!"

"My experiment must have succeeded! But this guy refuses to come out, surely it’s that Lion Head being lazy, sneaking in there for a big sleep!"

"Perfect, you’re young, small but clever."

"Do you have any ideas to help me, if they work, grandpa will buy you candy later!"