After evading the Foundation's frenzied search, Duanmu opened the portal, slipped back to the battleship, and began to study the card carefully.

"Hmm......... Mechanical séance, what kind of card is this? ”

Looking at the soul card in front of him, Duanmu Huai was somewhat drumming in his heart, and he knew the meaning of mechanical séance. To put it simply, this is like in many stories, the protagonist group fights the final boss and plays a disadvantage, and then on the verge of annihilation, the protagonist's courage and love move the heavens or something, and then suddenly the sky descends divine power, resurrecting all the protagonists + BUFF, and then weakening the boss, and then the protagonist group Jedi turns over.

This kind of behavior is called "mechanical séance", which is simply the act of suddenly and inexplicably changing the final ending of the story at the last moment.

So when I first heard about the mechanical séance, Duanmu Huai always thought that it might be some kind of mechanical device or relic.

But I didn't expect it...............

It's actually a slave card?

That's right, that's what Duanmu Huai is worried about, the behavior of [Mechanical Séance] itself is nothing, but as a slave card, it means that she is self-aware, so it's troublesome.

Because then it's completely impossible to know who she's going to help!

If she helps the protagonist, it will be a successful comeback under the pressure of the boss.

If she helps the BOSS, it will be the BOSS who is about to be destroyed under the siege of the protagonist "Hahahaha, this is my escape route", and then turn the tables.

It can be seen that the séance of the machine is a double-edged sword, if it is simply a relic or some kind of technology.

But it's actually a servant......... That's troublesome.

It's no wonder that there is a sealed word underneath, it seems that even the Foundation is obviously not at ease to let this kind of self-aware big killer go around.

Do you want to break the seal?

Staring at the card in front of him, Duanmu Huai hesitated for a moment.

Lift it, after all......... It's up to her to be a reality anchor!

【Seal Lifted】

With Duanmu Huai's thoughts, the next moment, I saw the soul card in his hand tremble instantly, and then the next moment, the original black and white card was dyed with colorful colors, and at the same time, the card effect in Duanmu Huai's eyes also changed again.

【Ex Matu (Legendary)】

[Cost: 5]

[Attack: 4]

[Defense: 5]

[Effect: (Entrance Song) Gives the main fighter the special effect "Whenever you use a creation card, reduce the heat consumption of subspace by 10%"

[I am the god of machinery who governs cause and effect, and it is your freedom to bring the world to stability or chaos to the greater extent......... Come on, what do you wish for? 】

"Holy?!"

Seeing the effect of this card, Duanmu Huai was stunned.

Although the effect of this card seems very simple, only a short sentence, in Duanmu Huai's opinion, it is simply ......... Rape, okay!

At this time, it is necessary to review again, as a soul walker, Duanmu Huai's subspace heat has an upper limit, and most of the summons he summons will occupy the heat consumption. It's just that because of the effect of [Subspace Armor], the subspace heat consumption of all summons of Duanmu Huai is halved, so he can maintain enough soul card activities most of the time.

The cards that Duanmu Huai has and has always been present are [Ogis (6-3)], [Lorena (3-2)], [Ann (8-4)], [Gureya (8-4)], [Filine (3-2)], [Mia (2-1)], [Kukulu (3-2)], [Audrey (6-3)], as for the puppets that are resident on the mothership, because they belong to the scope of subspace debris, they are not included in the consumption, and the resident is basically these, accounting for about 40% of the subspace caloric limit of Duanmu Locust, The remaining 60 percent, Duanmu Huai, is mainly reserved for summoning some soul cards or releasing magic during special periods.

After all, although [Sky City] + [Shenwei's Relic] is indeed a clearing artifact, it consumes a lot of subspace heat, so you have to set aside some in advance.

However, with the effect of [Descent Mechanic], it is completely different!

Duanmu Huai's puppet cards are all zero consumption, and according to the effect of [Mechanical Séance], every time Duanmu Huai plays a creation card, it will reduce the subspace heat consumption by 10%, which means that as long as Duanmu Huai plays a bunch of creation cards that consume zero, then you can directly reduce your subspace heat to zero!

This means that he can summon a large number of cards with high cost and high damage!

After all, no matter how many high-cost soul cards are played, as long as the effect of [Mechanical Séance] is there, the subspace calorie consumption of Duanmu Huai can be said to be basically always zero! This is simply equivalent to the mage can be amplified without consuming MP, such a cool ability ————— reliable, it really deserves to be a mechanical séance, and any boss who plays this trick has to overturn!

In the game, the biggest headache for soul walker players is not that they don't have enough soul cards, but that it is difficult to play all the cards that are consumed at once. After all, the more powerful the card, the higher the consumption, like the [Dimensional Transcendence] held by Duanmu Huai, if it weren't for the particularity of reducing consumption through the increase of magic power, he wouldn't be able to play at all. And those powerful cards, one by one consumption is also high, the consumption is on the top two digits at every turn——— put in the subspace heat conversion is directly three digits, players have to weigh before playing.

It's the same as a mage casting magic, MP is limited, and if you release all the burst magic in one go, just wait for someone to pick up the corpse while lying on the ground.

But now, with this effect, the locust can directly open the [Sword Rain] or [Frozen Storm] without worrying about consumption.

The so-called "opening Jiaotong University to show friendship", anyway, Lao Tzu's consumption is zero, and you can enlarge the tricks no matter how you enlarge them.

"Summon!"

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai chose to summon without hesitation. Immediately after the next moment, I saw that the soul card in his hand disappeared instantly, and then, a huge steel coffin slowly appeared out of thin air and landed in front of Duanmu Huai, and then ......... There is no then.

“？？？”

What's the situation?

Looking at the coffin in front of him, Duanmu Huai looked confused, obviously there is a beauty on the card, why do you give me a coffin?

Do you have to open it myself?

Duanmu Huai also said that he would do it, directly stretched out his hand, grabbed the coffin lid, and then pulled it hard————— he couldn't pull it.

【Titer —————】

At the same time, the system's prompt sound also appeared in front of Duanmu Huai's eyes.

[Warning: Not eligible, cannot be woken up]

“…………………？？？”

What's going on?

I've lifted the seal, and you're telling me I can't wake up???

And what the hell is it that doesn't qualify???

But then again, the so-called [Descent of the Machine] was originally a product of the drama at the end——— well, you won't tell me, this guy will only wake up when Lao Tzu challenges the four vendors.

So what's the use of asking her now.

Looking at this, Duanmu Huai was speechless.

I finally got a god card, but I couldn't use it because I didn't meet the conditions. If that's what you think, then the séance will only wake up when the world is destroyed in the Foundation.........

Hey, forget it, this card is in your own hand, isn't it?

Duanmu Huai comforted himself and silently put away the [Mechanical Séance], it's better than nothing.

"Master."

Just then, Ogis walked in.

"Yo, Ogis, have you been idle lately?"

"I'm idle, so I've been reading books."

After all, Duanmu Huai didn't take her to the new dungeon, and Ogis was indeed very idle.

"Sorry, this copy is a bit of a hassle, let's talk about it next time."

"Yes......... Mia sent a message that the Reaper fleet had been spotted. ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's face turned pale.

When Duanmu Huai arrived at the combat command room, Mia and the others were already waiting there.

"The Reaper fleet has been discovered?"

"Yes, the current preliminary estimate should be fifteen thousand, and it should be the early troops."

"Oh, that's a lot......... How many warships does the Inquisition's fleet currently have? ”

"At the moment there are about 8,500 ships."

"It's a bit of a tight schedule, but there's no way around it."

Hearing Mia's answer, Duanmu Huai frowned, but there was no way, after all, building a battleship in reality is not as simple and convenient as in the game, just generate it with one click. If it weren't for Maria's optimization of the manufacturing process, I am afraid it would have taken much longer. Fortunately, there are not many galaxies occupied by the Star Federation at present, and as long as the Inquisition takes action, it is still enough to protect most of the human galaxies.

As for the aliens......... Then I'm sorry, everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, and doesn't care about the frost on the tiles of others.

"How long will it take for them to arrive?"

"For now, it's expected to be three months."

"Good."

Duanmu Huai snapped his fingers, then looked at the curly-haired little girl standing next to him.

"Rummy El, let's get ready for the first battle plan."

“…………… Do you really want to do this? ”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's order, Rumi Er's expression looked a little embarrassed. In fact, Duanmu Huai had already formulated a plan to deal with the Reapers, and one of the steps was to let Lumier Black join the Star Alliance network, and then send invitations to those influential pro-aliens among the human race, "inviting" them to go to the territory of those alien aliens, and then use the hands of the Reapers to hunt them down.

"The Inquisition has always been, and always will be, human supremacy, and we must not allow any heretical mongrel who dares to betray the interests of humanity to trade with alien aliens to survive. If it weren't for this plan, I would have had the Night Watch hang them on the streetlights, so let's do it. “

“…………… I understand. ”

Lumiel nodded slightly, although she was also a little uneasy, but Duanmuhuai had already talked to her about it, and Lumiel herself knew which was more important.

In any case, from a human perspective, she really didn't need to feel sympathy for those traitors who were close to the aliens.

"Pick up Starlink for me."

After Duanmu Huai gave the order, he spoke to Mia again, and soon, Li Longcheng's face appeared on the screen in front of him.

"It's been a long time, Mr. Duanmu, what have you been busy with all this time?"

"I'm busy with what I'm supposed to do, but then again, you're going to be busy now, too."

"You mean ...............?"

"In three months, the Reaper is coming."

“……………………… Ay? ”

I have to say that when he heard this, Li Longcheng was taken aback.

"Are you sure?"

"My reconnaissance fleet has spotted the Reaper, and I'll send you the information later, so you should be ready."

"But, three months, that's too short..............."

It's no wonder that Li Longcheng panicked, after all......... The news was also a bit too sudden.

"At the moment we do not have enough warships ........."

"It's useless for you to talk to me, talk to the reapers, and see if they will give you a chance to play fair."

"Uh......... I know that there is no other way to delay them? ”

"Of course there is a way."

Duanmu Huai said lightly, hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Li Longcheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Do you have a solution?"

"Of course, just blow up the mass repeaters to other galaxies."

That's right, this is the method that Duanmu Huai came up with, the quality repeater and the divine castle, which were originally put here by the reapers, to facilitate their own harvesting. As long as the mass repeater is blown up, then the Reaper will not be able to take the high-speed train to other galaxies, but can only rely on walking, which will naturally slow them down somewhat and buy more time for the Star Alliance.

"This ............... I understand. ”

Li Longcheng is not a fool, he was just stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the meaning of Duanmu Huai. Indeed, although the appearance of the mass repeater made it easier for humans to expand their territory, it fell into the hands of the enemy, which in turn became a sharp blade inserted into the heart of one's own people.

"Don't worry, without the quality repeater, I can provide you with a better one of them."

What Duanmu Huai said was naturally Xingmen, and hearing this, Li Longcheng was also relieved.

"I understand, the Star Alliance will act immediately............... Shall we inform the Citadel about this? ”

"Notice."

Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly.

"What can they do if they know? Could it be that they could still build a warship against the Reapers, in three months? Besides, hadn't Shepard warned them about the Reaper a long time ago? It's because they don't believe in it, so they can't say that we are deceiving. ”

"I see."

Li Longcheng nodded, and then cut off the communication——— after all, the arrival of the Reaper is a big deal, although the Star Alliance has prepared for this after Duanmu Huai reminded them at the beginning, but when the last moment came, they still felt that they were not prepared.

"Alright."

Seeing Li Longcheng cut off the communication, Duanmu Huai also rubbed his hands and returned to his room.

Originally, I was going to put it in again, but now that the [Descent of Mechanic] is in hand (although it can't be used yet), it's almost time to settle this quest and see if I can draw some good things to use against the upcoming army of Reapers.

(End of chapter)