Chapter 245: Battlefield Princess Type II Test Machine

【A Supernatural Painting created by the Civilization Spreader, Painter, Yun Mu, capable of summoning a mech named 【Thor】 to participate in battle.】

"Thor? That name is truly interesting." —— God of War and Thunder Helington.

【You have created a Supernatural Painting, Path 【Oil Painting/Manga】 points +3.】 Peeking again, peeking again! Do you gods have nothing better to do all day or what?

How come I can see you guys no matter what I do! Although, that is true.

But being able to obtain a Supernatural Painting, and of purple quality at that, perhaps it is precisely because of the God of War and Thunder. Thinking about it this way, it seems, it is not entirely unacceptable.

Besides, the other party was likely just attracted by the name of her painting; it is not necessarily that they have nothing better to do than peek at her.

Yun Mu tapped on the folded-up attributes of the Thor mech beneath the painting.

【Thor (Purple)】

【Maximum HP 300】

【Attack 80 / Defense 105 / Tenacity 20 / Dodge 50 / Speed 25】

【Precision Correction 150 / Critical Hit 0%】

【Passive Skill: Steel Torso】

【Immune to Bleeding / Corrosion · Cold · Burning Resistance +120%】

【Passive Skill: Anti-Thermal/Kinetic Net】

【When receiving damage from laser or thermal weapons, damage taken -40%】

【Passive Skill: Zhi Neng Si Fu Qi】

【When unleashing ranged attacks: Damage +35% / Precision +40 / Critical Hit +15%】

【Active Skill: Medical Transport Support】

【Call a Medical Transport to replace damaged modules or swap it for a chassis with heavier armor】

【After swapping chassis: Defense +15 / Tenacity +5 / Dodge -10 / Speed -5】

【This skill can only be used once per battle】

【Active Skill: Gafulin Launcher】

【Fire four small FF fragmentation warheads at once】

【Damage Correction +35% / Armor Penetration 18】

【Active Skill: Punisher Cannon】

【Fire 250mm anti-air depleted uranium shells】

【Damage Correction +45% / Armor Penetration 40%】

【Active Skill: Thor's Hammer】

【Damage Correction +25% / Stun 120% / Damage to mechanical targets +25%】

【Thor is a massive and powerful Terran mechanical siege walker, and also one of the heaviest and most powerful mechanical units in the Raynor's Raiders armed forces, though no one knows the specific meaning of these settings.】

【But I think, when anyone sees its heroic posture appearing on the battlefield, they will not doubt whether it possesses the powerful strength matching its size.】

"Hiss."

These attributes, this panel, these skills! Yun Mu gasped, itching to summon the mech right now to test it out.

However, before that, she still had one problem to solve, which was... "The number of bindable Supernatural Paintings is full."

Hmm... although she had long anticipated that a day like this would come, how should she put it, the feeling was quite subtle.

She still remembered to this day, when she first met Sixin, the words the other party said to her about how Supernatural Paintings were quite rare.

Are they really that rare?

Looking at the five paintings floating behind her, plus the 【Thor】 she had just completed, Yun Mu fell into deep thought.

Aren't there plenty of them... *cough cough*, never mind, better not humble-brag, it's pointless.

The most important thing now is, which Supernatural Painting should she unbind?

【Falling】 【Sunset】 【Cold Crow】 【Mechanical Heart】 【Meow】

From the perspective of quality, 【Falling】, which she painted first, was undoubtedly the lowest quality.

Although it shared blue quality with the three paintings Sunset, Cold Crow, and Meow, it was significantly worse than the other three in both attributes and skills.

But as for utility... Yun Mu's gaze rested on the painting 【Sunset】.

The effect of the skill 【Explosive Flame】 felt like it conflicted with Cold Crow's 【Artillery Barrage】, and the latter's power was clearly much higher than the former.

The only thing that made her feel somewhat conflicted was that the attributes provided by the 【Sunset】 painting included a Critical Hit Rate +5% entry.

This was the noble critical hit entry, after all. Her base critical hit was 28%, and adding this 5% would make it 33%.

Uh, it doesn't seem that high, actually... As expected, let's just unbind 【Sunset】.

Having made up her mind, Yun Mu put away the other four Supernatural Paintings, then severed the connection between herself and the painting 【Sunset】.

"Ugh, it hurts, it hurts like hell!"

A sharp pain surged through her brain, as if one of her phantom limbs had been severed; Yun Mu's face twisted in pain, and two tears spilled from the corners of her eyes almost instantly.

At the same time, after losing the 5 points of Spell Strength provided by Sunset, there was also a feeling of inexplicable emptiness in her spirit.

Of course, the latter was just an illusion, but the former was truly painful.

She swore that before she promoted to the Expert level, she would absolutely never perform an unbinding operation on a painting again.

That feeling was truly not something a human could endure.

"Phew, next, bind Thor."

After resting for a moment, once the sharp pain in her brain gradually faded, Yun Mu spread her Spirituality outward, then slowly hooked into the Ether inside the 【Thor】 painting.

Hum! A vibration sound of some object seemed to come from her brain, and as the Spirituality fed back from the painting poured into her body, Yun Mu felt her spirit jolt.

Subsequently, the HP +50 entry took effect, and Yun Mu's cheeks, which had appeared somewhat pale from unbinding the painting, returned to their usual appearance almost instantly.

"Miss Yun?"

Brenna noticed the movement on her side at this moment, and upon seeing the painting beside Yun Mu, she immediately realized what was happening.

"Is your painting finished?"

"Mm." Yun Mu nodded, then looked at the Sunset with some distress: "I can't put this painting away."

Whether it is a Supernatural Painting or a Spiritual Painting, neither can be stored using the Encapsulation skill.

And the Painted World... the quality of her Cold Crow is a bit low; that it could give birth to a Painted World was entirely an accident.

The 【Sunset】, also being of blue quality, has a load that is a bit too high for the 【Cold Crow】; it cannot be stuffed inside, as she had already tried just now.

Actually, she could roll it up and carry it with her; as a Supernatural Painting, there is no need to worry about the issue of it not being able to recover after being rolled for too long.

It's just that carrying it with her carries some risks; if she were to perform movements like rolling, it would be very easy to damage the painting. "So that's what you're worried about." After hearing Yun Mu's explanation, Brenna laughed softly.

"I have high-quality spatial items; why don't you just hand it to me for the time being?" she said.

Oh, right!

Brenna's words awakened the dreamer; standing before her was the Third Princess of the Frost Kingdom! A bona fide rich woman, how could she have forgotten about this! "Hehehe, then I'll leave it to you." Yun Mu pressed her palms together and stuck out her tongue.

"... Mm."

Brenna suddenly blushed and looked away.

This left Yun Mu feeling somewhat confused.

Why are you blushing, you teapot! "Are we going to the place where the explosion happened next?" After resolving the problem with the painting, Yun Mu looked at Brenna and said seriously.

"Mm, I'm a bit concerned about what's happening over there." Brenna looked up at the sky.

"The Parasites have become much more restless than before, and they all seem to be rushing in that direction."

"Is there something attracting them..."

"Or is someone calling out to them?" Yun Mu immediately understood what the other party meant and continued.

"Mm."

Brenna nodded: "Those Parasites were researched by Bishop Land; he is likely the only one who can control them."

"Hmph, to think he hasn't died even after his body was subjected to such Cutting; he is completely no longer human." Speaking of this, Brenna couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Let's go, those Parasites shouldn't bother with us for now."

"Mm."

Yun Mu got up and followed behind Brenna.

The two had just stepped out of the Barrier set up by Dunn when, the very next second, the Scarlet Parasites nearby suddenly became restless, and the "buzzing" sound of wings flapping became incessant.

"..."

Brenna silently grabbed Yun Mu's hand and retreated back inside the Barrier.

I won't disturb you, I'm leaving now.

"Prepare to force our way through." After retreating back inside the Barrier, Brenna said to her.

"How are we going to force..." Before Yun Mu could finish her sentence, she saw Brenna take out a tall mecha from her spatial item that was entirely gray-black, holding a shield in its left hand and a sword in its right.

Behind this Steam Mecha, there were also four thick cannons that looked very ferocious.

Confirmed, it's a model she hasn't seen before.

She decisively asked Brenna: "What is this?"

"... Battle Princess Type II experimental machine." Hearing Yun Mu's question, the other party hesitated for a moment, her eyes darting away as she answered.

"What a cute name." Seeing her embarrassment, Yun Mu praised.

"Mm..." Brenna responded in a low voice, then began to explain.

"It is the key to my promotion to Master rank, but there are still many problems that haven't been solved, so it's just an experimental machine." She paused, then added:

"When I fought Natavia last time, this mecha wasn't finished yet; it wasn't that I was reluctant to use it."

"Mm-hmm, I know." Yun Mu leaned in slightly to observe the Steam Mecha; the coating and the outer shell were indeed brand new.

If she wasn't mistaken, this should be Brenna's first time using it.

"Miss Yun, please come aboard."

Opening the cockpit, Brenna stepped onto the extended ladder and reached out to Yun Mu.

"Mm..."

Yun Mu hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she chose to reach out and take Brenna's hand.

She probably understood her intention: to use the Steam Mecha's formidable defensive power to break directly through the siege of the Scarlet Parasites.

Although she could summon Thor now, Brenna had personally invited her to ride in the same mecha!

One must know that to ensure performance, the cockpit of a Steam Mecha is generally not designed with much space.

In other words, the two of them would be squeezed into a narrow, stuffy cockpit, where even each other's breathing could be heard clearly... *cough cough*, just kidding.

Of course, that wasn't the reason she chose to do this; the main reason was actually that using the painting 【Thor】 would continuously consume her Spirituality.

As a Ziyue Pinzhi painting, the Spirituality consumed by 【Thor】 is very high; she didn't need to try it to know that.

Rather than wasting her Spirituality on travel time, it was better to save it well and summon it when it was truly needed.

How could a normal person enjoy being squeezed into a narrow and stuffy cockpit with someone else!

*Click! * As the cockpit door closed, a soft yellow light shone from above their heads.

"Um, Miss Yun, could you sit behind me?" Yun Mu was sitting on Brenna's lap when she heard the person behind her say this.

With their current position, it was indeed difficult for Brenna to control the mecha.

Yun Mu realized this and immediately prepared to get up and switch positions with her.

However, upon seeing the control panel in front of her, a few urges to fiddle with it suddenly rose in her heart.

She knew Mecha Piloting too!

This mecha of Brenna's was clearly a top-tier configuration, and everything was brand new from the factory.

This was far stronger than the gunk-covered mecha she had controlled in the dream.

"Um, how about you let me try controlling it?" Yun Mu felt a sudden itch to try, rubbing her hands together in excitement.

"Don't mess around."

Brenna pinched the soft flesh at her waist, forcing her to stand up: "A Steam Mecha pilot requires at least a Third-tier Expert Transcendental, and you aren't from the Mechanic line, so you have no way to amplify the mecha."

"Fine."

Yun Mu realized this was true and could only abandon the thought of controlling the mecha herself, swapping seats with Brenna.

"Mmph."

Brenna had only just sat on Yun Mu's lap when her body suddenly stiffened.

Just as Yun Mu was feeling puzzled by this, the other girl quietly shifted her bottom, and she suddenly realized what was happening.

Setting this little interlude aside, after Brenna familiarized herself for a moment with the driving experience, which was at a different height than usual, she controlled the Battlefield Princess Mark II experimental unit and slipped out from within the Barrier set up by Dunn.

Hmm, the full name is a bit too long; I'll shorten it to Princess from now on!

Before the Scarlet Parasites nearby could react, Brenna controlled the Princess to perform a hundred-meter dash, running toward the direction where the explosion had sounded earlier.

Just then, a dull roar sounded once more from the nearby coastline, and solid cannonballs trailing ghostly green Ghost Fire pointed the way for the two of them in the night sky.

Strange, what is this sense of epicness suddenly welling up in my heart?

Yun Mu felt the temperature inside the cockpit gradually rising, and with her and Brenna pressed together,

it wasn't long before she was drenched in sweat.

"The temperature in this cockpit of yours isn't right!" Yun Mu recalled the temperature gauge readings on the Steam Mecha used by the Guard Hall and questioned Brenna.

"I already told you this is an experimental unit; naturally, the temperature goes up when performance is enhanced!"

"It's just a little high heat, just tough it out with your body!"

Hearing Brenna's excuse, Yun Mu felt her vision go black.

This Steam Mecha of yours has only been running for how long, and it's already this hot inside the cockpit.

By the time they reach the destination, she was afraid she would be dehydrated.

Are we really just going to tough it out relying on Third-rank Expert physical stats? Yun Mu reached into the lining of her coat to search, and after a moment, she pulled out two cards sealed with 【Frost Breath】 potions.

Perhaps some people have already forgotten about this thing; it was a potion recipe Yun Mu obtained in a game Dungeon last time.

The effect is that after drinking it, one can breathe out frost dragon breath—no, Frost Breath.

And the passive skill 【Ice Lung】, which can increase frost resistance and frost attribute damage with a certain probability.

These two were ones she had asked Lucy to refine; she hadn't expected her first time using them would be for this instead of dealing with enemies. (End of chapter)