Another research direction of war puppets is miniaturization, human-machine integration, such as Aladdin's lamp god.

It can be made very, very small, like wearing a piece of armor on your body. Looks like an ordinary hoplite. But its power should not be underestimated.

Its mech, made of refined alloy, is light and strong, and its defenses are stronger than those of a war golem. And, because it's small and not as striking as a war puppet, it tends to be the most terrifying killer on the battlefield. By the time the enemy commander found that the defensive line was pierced like paper and tried to adjust the deployment, it had already rushed in front of it.

High attack power and mobility are the advantages of miniaturized golems.

Its disadvantages are equally obvious.

The cost of a miniaturized puppet is more than ten times that of a regular war puppet. But that's not the biggest headache.

In order to ensure that every movement of the Emperor can be perfectly placed, a large number of magical energy wires made of precious alchemy materials are laid on the inner layer, each of which must be closely attached to the Emperor's body. This makes it take a long time to prepare, and every time you attack, you have to conduct a comprehensive physical examination of the emperor.

Therefore, every Lantern God Guardian has to undergo surgery, under the skin, is implanted with dense metal electrodes, in order to ensure the transmission and transformation of nerve and muscle signals, when summoning the puppet armor, the magic energy wires in the inner lining of the armor pass through the skin and pierce the electrodes in the muscles, in this cruel way to complete the integration of the emperor and the armor.

Brutal physical examinations, massive bleeding and infections from dangerous surgeries, permanent damage to muscles and brains from post-battle scars and magical disorders...... All of this has led to the fact that to this day, only the lucky Aladdin is left among the Lamp God Masters.

Aladdin smiled and stretched out his arm to Mansour, who gently squeezed his arm with a trembling hand.

His skin was dark blue, and in some places it was blue and cold, and underneath it was a layer of tough metal. Above the shoulders, there are thin scars like cobwebs, which are the marks left by countless surgeries.

"Metal electrodes don't grow on their own, and every six months since I had surgery at the age of six, I had to cut my skin and rearrange the electrodes. ”

Mansour's breath became short, he never thought that behind the powerful strength, it would be so bloody!

"There is a drug that can inhibit the growth of people and keep them in the shape of children, which was originally invented to satisfy the special habits of some perverted princes, but this has the advantage of making the emperor suffer less, so my group of people accepted this drug, and I, as the control group, continued to undergo surgery. The result—"

Mansour listened with bated breath.

Half a year later, the partner who received the drug died, and the drug caused his brain and body to be out of sync, and finally the electrodes in his whole body exploded, and all of them burned out, leaving only one head. I'll never forget that. All attempts to modify the body to increase the synergy rate with the Lamp God have failed. Some say that it was the punishment of the Holy Lord Kara for trying to offend humanity against his dignity. I think it's right, if man can be perfectly integrated with the machine, wouldn't that mean eternal life?"

"I refused all the drugs, gritted my teeth and survived the half-year operation, it really hurts, hehe. But I survived. ”

Mansour looked at him sympathetically: "Do you still do it now, and how long have you held on?"

"From the age of six until I was twenty-two, the doctor thought that my development had basically stopped, especially that my height and weight had not increased significantly, and the surgery was stopped, and now, I have lived a stable life for four years. I don't dare to think about it, I don't want to think about it, maybe when my body begins to weaken, it's the time of death, right?" Aladdin laughed self-deprecatingly, "The sun of my life does not see the sunset, but suddenly goes out at noon. My only wish is to make the city less harmed while I live. In addition, the god of lights has a fatal heel. ”

Mansour felt his voice tremble a little, "What?"

"Every time I attacked, I had to start from a fixed location in the city, because I had to drag a long supply line of magical energy behind my back. ”

"Magical energy supply line?"

"Yes, the city is the mother, and I am like a baby dragging an umbilical cord. Because the lamp god's magic energy consumption is too large, limited by body size, and can't bring a large amount of magic energy crystals like your war puppet, you must fight in this stupid way. ”

"Once the line is cut......"

"It's not a big problem with the god of lights, I'll explode because the output power of magic energy is unstable. The electrodes would 'pop' and burst and turn my body into piles of char. ”

Mansur exclaimed, "If the thread is broken......, you will die?

Aladdin was silent for a long time, then smiled, "So, I don't have a choice, obey, or die." ”

Then there was a long silence between the two.

"Hey, man, me, I just scolded you lackey, it's really ......"

"It's nothing, let's swap things, maybe the scolding is worse than yours. Again, I won't force you to change your position, but if the xenomorphs attack, be sure to give me a hand. ”

"I used to naively think that after a few victories against xenos, I would become a hero, but today, man, compared to you, I realize that I am nothing. ”

"No, you have something I can't do. I can't handle a bulky puppet like an arm, and besides, you can move freely, so you're the shield and I'm the spear. If a xenomorph is coming, be sure to lure it near the city and we'll surround it!"

"That's it!" Mansour shook Aladdin's hand excitedly, "Don't forget to call me then!"

"Well done," Aladdin held out his hand to Mansour, "Alliance." ”

"Alliance!"

Mansour looked left and right, and pointed to the sand slime shaking his head next to him: "It's a witness!"

Aladdin laughed heartily, not so happy in a long time.

After laughing, Aladdin said: "Now let's analyze the situation, the town hall is temporarily soft, and then the Holy Mosque will cover the sky with one hand, now that the Great Burca and Cardinal Berka were killed in an accident, it is the four Burcas who are jointly in charge, I guess, there is likely to be a new round of relatively mild struggle for power." ”

"Then we ......"

"The Holy Army of the Apologetics is ineffective. If the alien invasion is to rely on us soldiers who are capable of fighting, we will most likely be the target of the four Burka. We have to have our own opinions. ”

"What do you mean—"

"One of the four Burkas, Burhan Berka, approached me and said that he would do his best to resist the xenomorph invasion and that he would do justice to the poor girls and the people who had been slaughtered. ”

Mansour has a natural distrust of all of Burka, but what path is there now, leaving his own and his allies' lives in the hands of others. As the saying goes, the world is as black as a crow, and we can only hope that this crow is not so shiny and shiny.

Aladdin nodded: "Then, I'll convince the Burcas to return the puppets to you." ”

Mansour sighed softly, "How can there be a lunch that doesn't cost money? I'm sorry for you. ”

"So this is your tragedy. ”

The two of them were so frightened that they screamed in unison, and the sound sounded behind Mansour, and he was caught off guard and fell on his ass and squatted in fright.

Aladdin roared in a deep voice: "Who is it, come out!"

Mansour quickly joined him back-to-back, clenched his fists, and whispered, "Will the enemy be invisible?"

"Eighty percent of them are. ”

"Where's the god of lights?"

"The nearest cable connection is above the dungeon. ”

"Damn it!"

The voice sounded again: "Why, you swore by me just now, and you forgot me? Hmph, ungrateful humans, sooner or later I will destroy you completely." ”

The gazes of the two men changed from shock to disbelief, and the voice came from the ground.

It was the bold Sand Slime that spoke.