It's so painful! So hard! So difficult!

Holding the furry, lively, and playful cat in her arms, Bai Lin felt a soft sensation all over her body, even when she was just leaning against the cold, hard wall and floor. She slowly closed her eyes, and the gray cloak automatically flew out from behind her, covering both of them.

"I'll rest for a while. If anything happens, wake me up. At least don't make too much noise while I'm sleeping."

Miyu didn't answer, but just pressed her cheek against Bai Lin's skin, buried her head deeper and closed her eyes. Bai Lin also slowly closed his eyes, thinking in his heart:

"cnm Klonostia, what are you doing? Can you just die completely? Why do you have to come out and disgust me at a time like this? What? You really want me to sink this broken gun of yours into the ocean? Try doing this to me again?"

Clearly, in Bai Lin's eyes, Kronos had a significant share of the credit for the sudden situation. The evil dragon, formed from the confluence of all the malice in the world, had finally found an opportunity to exploit his weakness and viciously attack him.

Although Bai Lin did not take out her dragon spear, Kronos responded to her call. The evil and heavy echoing voice rang out, shaking Bai Lin's spirit.

"That wasn't my own initiative; it was merely a receipt for an outstanding debt. You relied on the characteristics of your vampire body to endure my dragon flames. Even if your body can be repaired, your soul and spirit will inevitably be affected."

"What's wrong? Didn't you say you weren't afraid of turning evil? As the Son of Man, isn't it normal for you to kill some aliens because of your evil transformation?"

The somewhat playful tone was the only amusement this dead dragon had. Bai Lin curled his lips and replied,

"Go ahead and scream, but it better not be you. I'm certainly hostile to all foreign races, but that doesn't give me any reason to trample on the lives of these peaceful people. I'll show no mercy to those who provoke me, but if I kill someone like this... what's the difference between me and a beast?"

The evil dragon sneered again without comment.

"Do you know why we've been fighting the Dragon Blood Village for countless years? Sometimes, conflicts between races can't be reconciled simply by your simple thoughts. Even among you humans, if someone makes a joke simply because of the difference in skin color, they could be hanged."

"It's hard to understand with common sense, isn't it? But race is such an absurd concept. I've lived for thousands of years, and the so-called methods humans use to reconcile conflicts between different races are either fleeting or contain hidden secrets. That's an extremely naive idea. Do you really think you can come up with a reasonable solution in the short lifespan of humankind?"

This time, Bai Lin didn't seem to mock Kronos in his heart. He was so smart and so old, but he was still beaten to pieces by him. He didn't question why it suddenly acted like a senior, but just replied,

"Resolving these conflicts within humanity is one of my jobs. As for other races... I can't guarantee anything about them, but I will treat them impartially. Whether they are friends or enemies depends on their behavior. The reason I killed you is because you wanted to sacrifice your daughter."

What's there to understand? This kind of thing defies common sense. All I have to do is shoulder everything, use extreme tactics to balance out the still-distant, dark side of Camitran. I won't stay in this world long anyway, so even if I'm accused of something, it doesn't matter.

But... to these alien races, she was indeed their enemy. Even in a war designed to minimize casualties, the alien race would still suffer losses, and sorrow would still permeate the air. But Bai Lin had no choice. She would hold her shield tightly, using her body as a path, forging ahead, and watching over everyone behind her.

Kill them all... wipe out all evil.

-

"Are you ready?"

The lizardman's resolute and deep voice awakened Bai Lin, who was in a trance. She tilted her head back, gazing at the massive machine that was over ten stories tall, and fell into a state of bewilderment.

The feeling of actually seeing this thing was far more dramatic than looking at the components in the basement. Its backbone was a pure steel color, radiating a sense of solidity and steady strength. The outer shell, a slightly aged bronze, bore no traces of age, but if you gently touched it, you could hear the blood and sweat of the craftsmen in its humming sound, and feel the perfection hammered out by time.

Certain metal pipes were tangled and exposed on the exterior of the casing, as were a few seemingly reliable mechanisms. After all, this wasn't a complete, perfect machine with a fixed purpose; it was simply the creation of a group of men, driven by a dream, driven by concrete action. Perhaps these were minor flaws, insignificant in nature, or perhaps witnessing these structures roaring in action was even more thrilling.

At first glance, the Vesta appears humanoid, but its proportions are vastly different: its torso isn't overly broad, and even appears somewhat frail compared to its simple, yet somewhat oversized, nearly round head. Yet, it still manages to evoke a sense of solid security. Its arms extend directly from the sphere that serves as the cockpit, their length even surpassing the legs beneath the torso, supporting the entire machine.

There are some metal ridges on the back of the torso. They are some mechanical structures with the color of black steel and look extremely heavy. Their length even reaches Vesta's thigh. Although its purpose is unknown, its streamlined appearance looks very cool.

Simply put, compared to the "mechanical fantasy works" Bai Lin had seen in the past, this Vesta did not fully meet the human aesthetic. Perhaps, for the lizard people, this was the coolest appearance.

Chapter 483: Always on standby!

But no matter what, this was a living, breathing machine that appeared before Bai Lin. How could Bai Lin not be excited at the thought of driving it? Her dazed expression was the inevitable reaction of anyone with a mechanical romance.

"A cow...cow cup."

Bai Lin, with his appearance and the image of "keep away from strangers" he had always shown before, could be said to have somewhat collapsed in this involuntary sigh. But the lizardmen were also excited and impatient at the moment, so why would they care about such a small detail? Ziqiang hurriedly shouted in his anxious voice,

"Sister, are you okay? Why don't you go and rest for a while?"

He'd been waiting for decades, so a little while longer wasn't a big deal. If Bai Lin really couldn't recover because of the previous mental resonance, he would definitely spend the rest of his life in regret. Besides Bai Lin, who else could drive this behemoth for him?

Bai Lin quickly shook his head, stretched out his hands and patted his cheeks to cheer himself up, then replied,

"That's fine. I'll just jump on it then."

Given the quality of the materials used by Vesta, and Bai Lin's own power control skills, simply applying some force from above wouldn't cause any problems. With a few leaps, she landed inside the spherical cockpit.

The cockpit's design was quite unexpected; it was clearly not as large as the outer sphere. It was a dark-colored affair, with seemingly simple curved lines on the inside. Besides a few safety restraints and four bottomless holes, there were no joysticks or anything like that.

Just when Bai Lin was confused, a voice came from above her head.

"Hey, hey, hey, big sister, can you hear me?"

"Yeah, I can hear you clearly."

Bai Lin replied calmly.

Ziqiang and Xiaoli had already told Bai Lin that this device had a communication function, so Bai Lin didn't show any surprise. She waited quietly while the lizardmen taught her how to operate Vesta.

"See that padded black backrest behind you? Align the part of your neck that's touching the neural resonance device with the silver strip on the backrest. Then some devices will activate inside the cabin. Please don't panic."

"The four holes above and below your body are for you to put your hands and feet in. Don't worry about stepping on empty space. They will adjust to a certain extent according to your body size and wrap you tightly inside. After that, the safety equipment will restrain your body. After that, you can officially begin."

After hearing the lizardmen's instructions, Bai Lin took a deep breath, then turned around and looked outside the cabin. He put the metal tool on his neck. Just as they said, he raised his hands high, reached into the holes on both sides, and stepped on solid ground.

A gentle vibration and the whirring of a small instrument echoed behind Bai Lin. Several curved, rusty-looking metal pipes emerged from either side of her body, connecting to the backrest behind her. A stream of light also flowed along the lines of the inner wall, toward Bai Lin in the center.

In an instant, Bai Lin felt as if her whole body was electrocuted. A large amount of knowledge about Vesta tore a hole in her brain and then jumped in.

The soft black inner wall almost completely enveloped Bai Lin's limbs, and then the metal outer shell also emerged, adding another layer of protection to the soft inner wall. Bai Lin's waist was also wrapped with a steel-colored metal track.

After all this happened, Bai Lin felt a sense of heaviness, but nothing unusual, as if her body had been thrown into the depths of the sea. She tried to gently raise her arm, and the metal arm on the outside of her body shook, stirring up a gust of wind that could be described as fierce.

"Oh my god, big sister, please don't move. We are still close to each other. If you play like this, we might die."

Ziqiang's voice rang out immediately, and Bai Lin admitted his mistake, but his face showed unconcealable excitement.

Now she finally understood why the lizardmen demanded such strength from her. It was clear that this robot required a power source and mechanical structure to function properly. Without Bai Lin's strength, it would be impossible to get this giant moving.

After being indoctrinated with this knowledge, Bai Lin felt as if Vesta's body were her own. This method of controlling it through neural connections and direct manipulation was incredibly simple. So, she was incredibly happy.

Doesn't this mean that she doesn't have to learn anything and can experience the feeling of being an ace pilot just by relying on her past experience!

After a while, the lizardmen retreated to a safe location not too far away. Ziqiang coughed twice and said,

"Are you ready?"

"Always on standby." Bai Lin answered very confidently. Her tone was obviously much more lively than before, revealing a little excitement.

"Well, let's do a basic test first. I'd like to take five steps forward and see."

The lizardmen assembled the mecha in a relatively flat area on the mountain above the tunnel. Normally, no one came and went here, and the scorched black patches of grass were traces left by the lizardmen themselves when they borrowed the land.

Bai Lin couldn't wait and raised her front foot very naturally, but she felt her center of gravity sway for a moment. However, she still easily stepped the heavy metal limb back deeply on the ground, leaving a very deep footprint.

Operating the Vesta wasn't as simple as Bai Lin had imagined. The weight distribution on it differed fundamentally from that on the human body. After lifting one of the lower limbs, balancing it was a bit more difficult than with a human. It was like someone walking on stilts for the first time—the unfamiliarity made it a bit tricky.

But Bai Lin was already an expert at controlling her center of gravity, and she was confident in her ability to adapt. After preparing herself mentally, she took large steps forward. The metallic sound of her joints turning shook the earth, and birds and beasts were scattered.

Chapter 484 What is Big Shield?

Soon, Bai Lin easily landed on one foot, drew a low arc in the air with her back foot, and spun Vesta's body back like a dancer. She seemed like a child, showing off the skills she had just mastered.

This is only natural. Who wouldn’t want to show off?

Bai Lin looked down at the plains beneath him, feeling an unprecedented surge of emotion. For those who weren't afraid of heights, gazing down at the shrunken world beneath them from a height above was undoubtedly a thrilling experience. It was a commanding feeling, as if one had escaped from that world and leaped into a new height.

It's not like she hadn't climbed higher peaks before; dozens of floors were never the limit for a modern city dweller. But compared to standing atop a tall building, gazing down, Bai Lin now grasped and felt far more. Every step she took was imbued with power, awe-inspiring, towering above the earth. Looking up, the sky seemed within reach, akin to... towering above her former human self.

Although she hadn't yet experienced the Vesta's combat capabilities, Bai Lin already felt a vague sense of excitement. She probably understood the line, "Do you dare to defy me, who possesses Bayeh's power?" The carrot Bai Lin piloted wasn't some incredibly advanced device, but in this world, it was undoubtedly a groundbreaking masterpiece.

"Hmm...it seems you've adapted well. It seems you don't need to move your arms anymore, right? Well, use your brain and activate Vesta's shield!"

Ziqiang, who had entered the working state, sounded less impatient when speaking, but his calm and official language was still mixed with an excitement that was hard to conceal.

Bai Lin, receiving the prompt, quickly raised her arms. She imagined her arms becoming even stronger, like a stingray stretching across the world. Then, she violently slammed Vesta's hands into the ground.

Vesta's waist leaned forward slightly in sync with Bai Lin's movements, and corresponding changes occurred throughout its body: the thirty-six metal tubes between its arms and core torso rapidly deformed, rapidly condensing together like long ropes. Several assembled metal shells behind its shoulders also dispersed from the back toward its arms and began to move.

A warm feeling emanated from Bai Lin's waist and abdomen. The corresponding engine part of Vesta's body also rumbled and devoured the vast amount of heat energy stored in the body, sucking it in like a greedy mouth of the abyss. This consumed heat also drove Vesta's body to further change.

The previously shifting metal shells instantly formed two massive barriers, standing before Bai Lin. On either side of each arm, a wall of incredibly thick metal, each as long as an arm, sprouted, leaving a deep semicircular indentation in the ground.

Two massive shields joined together, completely shielding the slightly lowered Vesta's entire body. On the smooth shields, there was barely a trace of joints, not even the slightest flaw. The gleaming bronze-colored metal shell, its old color, shone with a new light.

Like a city wall...? Oh no, perhaps I should go back to the word from before, "impenetrable sky sting," that's more appropriate. Though only tens of meters wide and long, Vesta simply stood there with the shield raised, transforming it into a mobile fortress. The aura emanating from this massive device was far more than just a generic, inert object like a city wall.

"Wow, that's awesome, Duan Hao Meng. The design you came up with looks pretty cool."

Ziqiang rarely let go of his praise, his mouth was filled with foul language, but the group of lizardmen obviously didn't care. The lizardman known as the brave sturdy man patted Ziqiang's shoulder heavily, then rudely snatched the communication device from his hand and said,

"You were the only one who disagreed at the time, saying that as long as the firepower was strong enough, there was no need for a protective wall. What? Now you know what's going on. I have to take charge of this."

"You little bastard, you're so proud of yourself after hearing a few compliments..."

Hao Meng didn't care about Zi Qiang's cursing at all. He was as excited as his brothers and politely shouted into the communicator that looked like a small black ball,

"Sister, can you try to use the Land Domination function to make these two shields take root underground?"

"I've already used them. The ten mechanical grappling hooks used for fixing are buried twenty meters deep underground. But I don't have any way to fix my hind legs. This won't increase the impact force I can withstand much, right?"

Bai Lin's response was a little doubtful, but Hao Meng responded very proudly and directly,

"Don't worry. Did you notice the length of our Vesta's arms? We designed it with four-legged grounding in mind. When maintaining shield mode, you can clearly feel the weight on your back leaning forward slightly."

Bai Lin nodded in sudden realization. She realized that something similar seemed to be weighing her down, shifting its position without her noticing. According to this design, when the shield was struck from the front, the force would be evenly distributed across the shield and then flow into the ground, eliminating the need to worry about the hind legs becoming unstable.

Clearly, they'd also considered the overall structure with considerable care. Cast upon the cold metal was agility and wisdom, and even more so, the fiery perseverance of the Lizardmen.

"Next, deactivate the Land Tyrant function and advance forward with the shield raised!"

"it is good!"

Bai Lin's response was also quite bold. A moment later, she immediately moved her back foot, effortlessly moving her entire body. The shield in her front hand was like a harvester, rumbling and tearing a gaping hole in the earth. The entire Vesta, truly a "moving fortress," drove the fantasy of the meshing gears and set foot on the real earth.

Chapter 485: Spraying Fire

"Great...Great! Big sis, can you still move at high speed?"

"Of course! But I have to change direction, otherwise I'll hurt you guys, right?"

Given Bai Lin's strength and speed, it wouldn't be too difficult to propel this large shield at hundreds of kilometers per hour in a short period of time. With just this one person and this one machine, he could easily withstand the charge of a massive army.

"Come on, come on, don't tell him that. He's dying to have you help him achieve a Creation 4. Let's move on to the next one."

Xiaoli said with a smile, taking back the communication function from Hao Meng's hand, and then handed it to another lizard man who looked a little short and had an unusually dark complexion. The latter also laughed and said,

"Next, please stand up and turn to the side so we can test the flamethrower function!"

"understand!"

Bai Lin's answer was also very powerful. After spreading her hands, the metal pipes under her arms naturally dispersed and then intertwined together to form a net-like transmission channel.

The dark barrel on the left arm, previously hidden by a metal shell in shield mode, was moved to the back of the arm. Then, three or two hexagonal metal shells tightly clamped onto the sides and back of the barrel, completely exposing its front while securing and protecting the massive weapon that was about to reveal its sharp edge.

The spindle-shaped mechanical structures on the back also deformed. Like nimble wings, they spread out slightly, leaving the necessary space between them.

"Are you ready? Then show us your continuous fire breathing!"

This time, Bai Lin didn't respond. Standing proudly on the ground, Vesta's body had already prepared herself mentally for anything. She simply bent her back leg and placed her right hand under her left arm to secure it. Instantly, a massive wave of heat erupted from behind Vesta's body, and the next moment, the cannon in front of Bai Lin erupted with an incomparable radiance.

As if consuming the heavens and earth, a brilliant crimson flame swirled and erupted from the majestic mechanical shell. All the weeds before Bai Lin were instantly reduced to ash. Even those hundreds of meters away could clearly feel the sudden rise in temperature around them, their vision becoming blurred.

The flames swayed randomly, and gradually, Bai Lin began to try to move the spray gun slightly. Then, she stopped the heat waves gushing out from behind her, released her right hand for support, and waved her left hand slightly in front of her. The twisted heat waves were also continuously output towards the front.

"It seems like I can easily use this power without a boost. Does this save some energy?"

"Yes! Big sis, you're amazing! When I was designing this mobile turret, I was really worried about the balance between mobility and firepower. In the end, I simply leaned towards firepower within a safe range. I didn't expect that a driver as amazing as you would appear!"

Bai Lin smiled a little embarrassedly and replied modestly,

"It's nothing, your design is really amazing. If there's no problem, I'll try something else--"

"Ok!"

Bai Lin, as if he had long been accustomed to this body, stopped the flame gushing from his left hand with ease. A stream of hot steam also gushed out from between the shuttle-shaped metal wings behind him, probably to dissipate heat.

He flapped the metal shell on his right waist, and from it ejected a series of polyhedrons that looked like large gemstones, yet were so crystal clear that they seemed not real. Bai Lin spread out his left hand, and from the outside of the skeleton structure, a compartment engraved with strange cultural relics popped out, just enough to fit the polyhedron Bai Lin was holding.

Pushing one of the pink polyhedrons inside, the chamber immediately retracted, pushing it back onto the skeleton. However, Vesta's body reacted with a much more agitated agitation. Bai Lin could clearly feel the heat source deep within his body being transported in large quantities, all of which was compressed into the part of his limbs near his left hand.

Deep within the gun barrel on his left hand, the ingenious mechanical structure began to move, bringing together the already arranged tiny parts. From the polyhedron, an extremely tiny prismatic crystal erupted, surrounded by dozens of tiny parts and then pushed into the interior of the turret.

The outside of the arm naturally remained silent as well. The metal shell surrounding the turret gradually began to press forward, as if squeezing the front end of the barrel. The arched metal pipe also took on a completely different posture from before, evenly distributed around the approximate location where the arm connected to the shoulder.

"It seems I have to make good use of the boost function this time." Bai Lin said to himself, then squatted down a little more, and then, with the roar of metal wings, he urged the weapon in his hand.

The thermal energy was gathered into a thick laser, and in an instant it was like a meteor streaking across the sky, flashing before everyone's eyes, and piercing through the air in front of Bai Lin with great force, as if it was going to tear the world apart.

Although it was just a laser darting through the air, the heat it generated affected a much wider area than light. Within a ten-meter radius, the laser left behind only a handful of scorched earth.

The laser didn't last long before Bai Lin's left hand felt an unusually scorching heat. She realized that the continued output had pushed her hand's heat capacity to its limit. She released her hand and stood up again. Without pausing, she snatched the polyhedron from the ejected chamber and quickly replaced it with a second one.

Then, Bai Lin played with all kinds of fire-related functions, such as "high-temperature heat waves forming a cyclone shield", "aggregating combustible materials, dividing them into shells and launching them, and highly rekindling incendiary bombs", and "high-temperature chopping axes", which were extremely aggressive and destructive, and also had various functional flame-related functions.

To put it bluntly, Bai Lin was like a child who had just gotten a new toy, except that both this toy and she were quite significant. Furthermore, this wasn't just a toy for her to play with, it was also something that excited everyone.