[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-building-interstellar-empire-with-universal-synt":3,"chapter-building-interstellar-empire-with-universal-synt-building-interstellar-empire-with-universal-synt-chapter-46":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Building Interstellar Empire With Universal Synthesis",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1509114,1960,"Chapter 46: The Last Resort?","building-interstellar-empire-with-universal-synt-chapter-46",46,"\u003Cp>With heavy thuds, several metallic frames bio-engineered with various animals (dogs, cats, eagles, and more) surrounded Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"You want to know what I call these creatures?\" Dr. Clark cackled with a wide grin. \"Hunters. The apex predators of their species... and they all listen to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​As soon as he finished cackling, a metal frame with a dog’s head came crushing down on Neo with its metallic paws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo, having already activated his[Titanium Tempest Body], dodged. Though only barely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​The impact of its paws against the ship’s mainframe was so loud it could have shattered the eardrums of any ordinary Type-9 Beyonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Neo didn’t fall into that category. He judged their power rank to be Type-8 or above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Neo realized he had no choice but to get serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Atlas, protect my back! Undeads, form a perimeter!\" Neo commanded through the mechanical whirring of the \"hunters\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Atlas and six Undead humans did as he told, while his them skin took on a dull, metallic sheen as the Titanium Tempest Body reached full output.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around him began to hum with heat as he prepared to activate his new evolution’s gifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"You think these scrap heaps can stop an Emperor?\" Neo muttered, eyes flashing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​[Cinder Dash]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​In a burst of scorched air and embers, Neo vanished from his position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reappeared instantly beneath the dog-headed Hunter. His right arm, coated in the glowing orange of an[Ignited Blade], drove upward into the creature’s exposed neck joint where the biological tissue met the metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Let’s see how your apex predators handle a little heat,\" Neo growled as the blade sliced through the wiring and flesh like a hot knife through wax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grrrr..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​The creature let out a distorted howl before collapsing in a heap of sparking metal and burnt fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Elena, watching from the side with her hollow, creepy smile, didn’t seem bothered at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impressive, Neo. But Clark has dozens more. You’re just delaying the inevitable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Dr. Clark’s face flushed with a mix of rage and excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! Fight! Let me see more of that power before I harvest your core!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang. Bang. Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang. Clang. Clang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chamber descended into a chaotic symphony of clashing metal and guttural roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo was a blur of crimson light as his[Ignited Blades]carved through the mechanical monstrosities, but for every Hunter he disabled, two more emerged from the dark alcoves of the laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Hahaha, Is that all, ’Emperor’?\" Dr. Clark laughed over the din. \"Awh, but I barely started. My children are endless! You are just fuel for the furnace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Haaaah..\" Neo gasped for air, his lungs burning. The[Cinder Dash]skill was draining his Cosmic Force rapidly, and the cooldown was a death sentence in this confined space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Behind him, the situation was even worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six undead mercenaries, being weak, were being torn apart limb from limb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was pinned by a metal-winged Eagle-Hunter, its talons shredding the undead’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they tried to use[Undead Regeneration], the Hunters were equipped with high-vibration saws that shredded their flesh faster than it could knit back together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Boink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Atlas let out a pained cry as a Cat-Hunter, with sharp chrome plating and hydraulic claws, swiped across its gelatinous body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clamp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, a large chunk of Atlas’s dark-red mass was severed, dissolving into a sizzling puddle of necrotic acid on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Atlas!\" Neo yelled, but he couldn’t move to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Because a massive Bear-Hunter, nearly three meters tall and reinforced with thick titanium plating, swiped at Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blocked with his titanium forearms, but the sheer kinetic force sent him flying backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed into a row of data monitors, and the glass shattered behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​[Warning: Vitality Dropping... 14.5... 12.0]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​[Warning: Cosmic Force Low... 5.5\u002F22.0]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Neo coughed up a mouthful of metallic-tasting blood. His[Titanium Tempest Body]was fading as his cosmic energy reseve neared depletion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Elena walked slowly toward him, her movements jerky and unnatural. She looked down at him with malice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Look at you. So small, so fragile. You really thought you could build an empire in a graveyard? You’re just another corpse for the collection, Neo. You cannot be free. Never.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Dr. Clark danced a little jig near his control panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, I think I will keep the slime! I’ve never dissected an undead before! And the boy... oh, the things I’ll find inside that core! The secrets of the ’Supreme’ talent will be mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Neo looked at his trembling hands. The Hunters were closing in like a wall of cold steel and predatory instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the six undeads were now nothing more than piles of twitching meat, and Atlas was shrinking, losing too much mass to maintain its form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Hah... hahah...\" Neo started to chuckle, the sound raw and desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, what is this? Have you finally lost your mind, Emperor?\" Elena asked, tilting her head mockingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"No,\" Neo sighed. \"I just realized how weak I still am, and that I have no choice but to use my last resort.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Last resort?\" Elena snorted. \"Are you trying to scare us when you’re at the end of your rope? Then I must tell you, it will be futile.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Not really!\" Neo said, snapping the fingers of his left hand into position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Buzz!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Almost instantaneously, his fingers began to glow with an ethereal radiance so intense that Dr. Clark and Elena both felt something was deeply wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Stop him!\" Elena ordered the Hunters, simultaneously rushing forward herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​But it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Synthesis...Initiate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​This time, it wasn’t the small-scale synthesis he usually performed. This was far stronger, using every ounce of his Cosmic Force as fuel to draw the maximum power from the talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Let’s meet again, 707. Only if you stay alive, that is,\" Neo said to her one last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Flash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​The light burst out like an exploding star, engulfing every object and every creature within its ethereal radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Hum! Humm! Hummm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"Ahhh! What’s happening?! I’m melting...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​\"No! I don’t want to disappear... I will not be consumed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​Clark 708’s and Elena 707’s screams faded as the synthesis reached its boiling point. Within a thirty-meter radius, nothing remained except for a massive white globe of spinning mass and matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>​What the result of this desperate solution will be, no one knows. Not even Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>",1048,"2026-06-06T04:59:14.316Z",1,"novelbin.me","ee8f7a64fb216c185098e70ec679011e78ab451ad168b43d4b2e0e4a749eea28","building-interstellar-empire-with-universal-synt-chapter-47","building-interstellar-empire-with-universal-synt-chapter-45",102,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbuilding-interstellar-empire-with-universal-synt-cover.jpg"]