Is the mecha just a limiter? Muscle Lock, Activate!

Dappled sunlight filtered through the towering trees, scattering in layers.

Wang Chu surveyed his surroundings, finding himself at the edge of a forest.

“A difficult-level Abyss Instance…”

“Not bad, the difficulty is moderate…!”

Abyss Instances differ from Spirit Realm Instances, as they are challenges every mech pilot must face when advancing!

Simply put, Abyss Instances are promotion matches, and promotion matches that can only be challenged alone!

Spirit Realm Instances, on the other hand, are ordinary instances for grinding experience, materials, and modules!

Whether it's a Spirit Realm Instance or an Abyss Instance, the difficulty is divided into Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare, and Hell.

Hard is the third tier, not too difficult, but not too easy either!

“Judging from the Abyss Instance's name, 'The Corrupted Primeval Forest,' and the main quest… this is likely an area corrupted by abyssal energy…”

“According to what the textbooks say, such corrupted areas usually have plant mutations… and animal mutations!”

Wang Chu immediately summoned his exoskeleton mech!

[Rank: Zero-Rank (Level 0 0/100)]

[Equipped Module: Absolute Overclock (Gold)]

[Strength: 200]

[Agility: 200]

[Defense: 200]

[Energy: 100 (In exoskeleton mech state, consumes 1 point of energy every 10 minutes)]

[Durability: 100 (Consumption speed +1000%)]

“The Zero-Type Mech's initial three stats are all 20 points…”

“Under [Absolute Overclock], my stats have reached 200 points… that’s already the stats of a first-rank mech pilot!”

“These stats… are simply explosive!”

Wang Chu clenched his right fist and punched a towering tree beside him!

The immense force instantly snapped the towering tree in half!

The tree slowly fell, then with a “bang,” the earth trembled!

Power!!

“This is… the power of a mech!”

“So cool!”

Then Wang Chu watched helplessly as the durability dropped from 100 points to 99.

Wang Chu: …

No wonder…

No wonder some mech pilots who drew [Absolute Overclock] died in the basic trials…

Losing 1 point of durability with one punch??

How can I play when the mech is damaged after only a few punches?

However, when the mech's durability is exhausted, the mech pilot's spirit纹 power will continuously repair the mech, and it can still be summoned normally after the mech is repaired.

It's just… during the repair period, only the mech pilot's own physical strength remains!

“Roar…”

Suddenly!

A low growl of a beast came from the surroundings.

It seemed to be attracted by the sound of the tree falling!

As the beast gradually approached, the ground vibrated continuously.

The next second!

A huge white tiger pounced out!

It had been crawling forward all along!

[Corrupted White Tiger]

[Rank: Zero-Rank (Level 5)]

[Strength: 25]

[Agility: 21]

[Defense: 15]

Level 5 Corrupted White Tiger!

Wang Chu clenched his right fist without hesitation!

The roar of the engine core sounded, and his right fist swung out violently with the support of mechanical power!

“Bang—”

A large area of the white tiger's soft abdomen instantly caved in!!

Its nearly three-meter-tall body flew straight out!

Foul-smelling red blood splattered on the surrounding trees!

Strangely, the blood was slowly absorbed into the trees!

“Huff—”

Wang Chu took a deep breath after killing a mutated beast for the first time!

As expected, stats are everything!

Instant kill!

A message appeared before his eyes!

[Successfully killed Corrupted White Tiger (Level 5), Spirit 纹 Experience +10.]

[Obtained Module: White Tiger Armor (Left Limb Module)]

“Holy crap?”

“It dropped a module already? I'm so lucky!”

Wang Chu excitedly rubbed his hands, then gently tapped the spirit 纹 on the back of his left hand!

A burst of light flashed.

A green chip appeared in his hand.

[White Tiger Armor (Left Limb Module)]

[Rank: Zero-Rank (Green)]

[Effect: Mech Strength Attribute +5, Mech Durability Consumption Speed +5%.]

[Introduction: The left arm of a Corrupted White Tiger!!]

Wang Chu directly inserted the chip into the chip slot on his left arm!

A surge of power rushed through him!

The strength stat on the panel reached 205 points!

“It seems that… the attribute bonus of the module is not affected by [Absolute Core]…”

“So… the direction of my mech's growth in the future should prioritize strengthening the mech's own attributes!”

After killing the Corrupted White Tiger, the surroundings became much quieter.

This area might belong to the Corrupted White Tiger's territory!

Wang Chu didn't stay here!

Surviving the 24-hour limited survival time is absolutely impossible!

The monsters in this Abyss Instance… are all walking ATMs to me!

They drop experience!

And they also drop modules!

When else would I grind materials like crazy?

Wang Chu went all the way north!

[Successfully killed Corrupted Vine (Level 7), Spirit 纹 Experience +14.]

[Successfully killed Corrupted Camphor Tree (Level 6), Spirit 纹 Experience +12.]

[......]

Along the way, Wang Chu punched all the strangely shaped flowers and plants that might be monsters!

He would rather waste durability than let them go!

Anyone who has played games knows… all attackable objects that refresh in the instance must be hit!

Who knows what good things might drop from wooden barrels or stones!

If possible, the ground would have to be turned over, and earthworms would have to be split in half!

Perhaps for other mech pilots, they need to reduce meaningless actions to avoid durability consumption…

But for Wang Chu!

Could the durability drop any faster?

After gaining 100 Spirit 纹 Experience, Wang Chu leveled up!

[Zero-Type Mech: Zero-Rank (Level 0→1)]

“Raising the Zero-Type Mech by 1 level will bring a 3-point increase to the three major attributes of Strength, Agility, and Defense…”

“At the same time, I can also get 5 free attribute points…”

“But for me, who has [Absolute Core], that means an increase of 30 points to each attribute! And 50 attribute points of my choice!”

“Without consuming any free attribute points, I already have 235 Strength, 230 Agility, and 230 Defense…”

“In this zero-rank Abyss Instance where the average monster stats are 20-30… I can completely walk sideways!”

“As expected of a golden core chip…”

“But…”

Wang Chu looked at the panel, the durability had already consumed 27 points!

[Successfully killed Corrupted Peach Tree (Level 7), Spirit 纹 Experience +14.]

[Obtained Module: Peach Tree Leg Armor (Left Foot Module)]

[Peach Tree Leg Armor (Left Foot Module)]

[Rank: Zero-Rank (Green)]

[Effect: Mech Defense Attribute +4, Mech Durability Consumption Speed -4%.]

[Introduction: To have peach blossom luck, you need to have thick skin!]

Reduces durability consumption speed?

Crap?

What garbage is this?

Get lost!!