#636Chapter 636: If the Machine Soul is unhappy, then change it to a pleasant oneAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 636: If the Machine Spirit is Displeased, Then Get a Pleased One
As a dedicated mothership for the Martian race, this vessel inherently lacked the 'cockpit' function typically recognized by humans. However, the successful construction of the laboratory indirectly provided a corresponding capability.
The main computer within the laboratory offered the possibility for a pilot to operate it manually, yet at the same time, its most fundamental control method was not overwritten.
That is, the entire Martian Mothership could be controlled via psychic power.
Root of Mars had previously relied on its own power to globally control the entire spaceship. Only certain technologies involving Earth's absorbed tech required other Martian elite units to directly operate offline terminals.
Although Root of Mars had proactively detached from the core control room's base to survive, this was still its mothership—a Martian battle fortress permeated by its own psychic power. Nearly all of its possessions were on the mothership, so it naturally had a contingency plan.
Cheng Tian's actions, which were clearly an attempt to seize control of the mothership, directly triggered a backdoor left by Root of Mars, or rather, a mothership Machine Spirit cultivated based on its own psychic imprint.
What Cheng Tian now faced was a psychic confrontation with this Machine Spirit, which was almost equivalent to a psychic clone of Root of Mars.
Cheng Tian's 'Chariot Master' had a natural attraction to most vehicles, even including the Steel Souls that might be born within them. However, Root of Mars's imprint within the Mothership Machine Spirit was simply too strong. Coupled with Cheng Tian's past actions, which were comparable to an enemy of Mars, it instead caused the Machine Spirit to develop a very strong hostile emotion towards Cheng Tian. So, as soon as the backdoor was triggered, Cheng Tian was directly drawn into it.
In terms of data, the Mothership Machine Spirit's psychic power matched its main body, reaching 100 points. This was Root of Mars's capital for being able to control the entire battle fortress by itself.
Cheng Tian's psychic power currently reached 82 points, a difference of 18 points from Root of Mars, but it was not enough to be completely overwhelmed.
Cheng Tian's figure appeared in a pure white psychic space, and the Mothership Machine Spirit also appeared not far opposite him, in the fixed form of Root of Mars still within the mothership's core.
However, Cheng Tian, who was forced into a psychic confrontation, wasn't panicked at all, because he had already experienced an indirect psychic battle with the "Main Brain" in the Armor Warrior instance. He already had an understanding of his current situation.
"Damn human! This time you definitely won't escape! I'll melt you into part of the fungal fluid!"
Even though the Mothership Machine Spirit's main body had already fled, it issued a death threat to Cheng Tian in a posture of absolute dominance.
At the same time, numerous Martians emerged from around it, simultaneously drawing their small pistols and firing at Cheng Tian.
These were not mere psychic imitations of miscellaneous soldiers. Instead, the Mothership Machine Spirit, retaining some characteristics of its main body, had also linked in the psychic power of other surviving Martian kin scattered throughout the ship. This meant it was directly launching a psychic siege against Cheng Tian, who was alone, as a collective.
If the siege ultimately succeeded, Cheng Tian's physical body would still live, but his spirit would die, turning him into a living dead person with a perpetually stagnant mind.
Then, Cheng Tian's physical body would be used as a genetic template for subsequent fungal fluid clone cultivation, continuing the plan to conquer Earth.
Root of Mars's idea was excellent, and Cheng Tian's act of putting on the helmet and entering the mothership's psychic control system was equivalent to him willingly walking into a trap, truly making escape impossible… But Cheng Tian was not fighting alone!
Facing the charging Martian fodder, Cheng Tian, however, shouted such lines.
"Too slow, too slow! Your speed is no different from standing still in my eyes!"
As Cheng Tian's words fell, an orange-gold figure, essentially a fusion of psychic power and soul, appeared before him. Without any command from Cheng Tian, its fists began to weave an impenetrable curtain of punches, shattering all Martian projectiles in mid-air.
Cheng Tian, possessing The World, wasn't just making empty threats; he could genuinely make the opposing psychic entities enter a state of stasis.
The range of time that The World could stop was not limited to the real world.
However, at this moment, Cheng Tian wanted to try something else.
The world of psychic power is the world of imagination, and the strength of one's core psychic power directly influences the power that can be displayed in the psychic world.
Purely in terms of raw numbers, Cheng Tian couldn't contend with a 100-point monster, but when it came to unleashing imagination... Cheng Tian had never feared anyone!
With a thought, a monster, larger than an adult human, with an alien-like but more bloated and corpulent head, gradually materialized beside Cheng Tian.
And when Cheng Tian completed a series of operations such as line art, coloring, final draft, and 3D rendering, allowing the monster to fully take shape, the crazily firing Martian units on the opposite side suddenly froze.
Then, these Martians, as if terrified, dropped their weapons, their trembling tentacles directly embracing their comrades, and their human-like eyes showed fear.
Their reaction was exactly like a dog being taken to the vet for an injection.
Not only the ordinary Martians, but even the Mothership Machine Spirit, with its strong main body imprint, also showed expressions of shock and anger.
Because the monster Cheng Tian had temporarily replicated with psychic power was a Venusian invader, which preyed on Martians!
This psychic illusion possessed almost no offensive capabilities, as it wasn't part of Cheng Tian's summon system... However, it didn't actually need offensive power.
As predators of Martians at the food chain level, the Venusians' suppressive power over Martians was ingrained in their spores, much like small animals encountering fierce beasts; their mere form and scent were enough to make the small animals faint, let alone resist.
And the only entity in the entire race capable of confronting Venusians, and even fighting back against them, was Root of Mars.
In Metal Slug 6, players could even pilot the revived Root to fight against the Venusians.
Initially, I thought Cheng Tian had only learned relevant information through some channel and was just talking big, but I didn't expect you to have actually seen Venusians!
Does this mean that Venusians have already appeared in some area of Earth!?
The Mothership Machine Spirit began to brainstorm, however, this information could not be immediately transmitted to Root of Mars's main body, which had already detached from the mothership.
Meanwhile, Cheng Tian, who had psychically constructed the Venusian to intimidate his opponents, had six silver-glowing psychic crystals appear beside him, clearly imbued with the characteristics of the Silver Surfer.
"I believe The World is also a ranged attack skill."
As Cheng Tian's words fell, the six silver wingmen began to deform on the spot, rapidly expanding and reshaping, ultimately transforming into six silver entities identical to The World.
The real-world Cheng Tian might not yet be able to do this, but in the psychic world, where belief was enough to make things happen, there were far fewer restrictions.
Under the Mothership Machine Spirit's disbelieving gaze, six silver and one orange—a total of seven Worlds—all charged towards it!
The extended duration in the psychic world corresponded to merely an instant in the real world.
And the moment Cheng Tian reopened his eyes signified that the entire Martian Mothership had officially changed hands!
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