Chapter 239

Barton had already controlled Tiga to attack the mechanical Demon God in front of him, but he really hadn't found the opponent's weakness.

Whether it was the joint parts or the head and chest that looked like core areas, the effect of the ray hitting them was the same as hitting the armor.

Moreover, this mechanical Demon God could also self-repair rapidly.

It was very easy for the Imaginary Space constructed by the entire Chitauri expeditionary force to function as a mechanical Demon God. After the airframe was damaged, the Imaginary Space turned from virtual to real, and mental power and matter transformed into each other, allowing all damaged parts to repair themselves.

The interval of repair was less than one millisecond. Even Tiga couldn't capture this gap, let alone cause enough damage that was difficult to repair to the mechanical Demon God within this extremely short time.

After exchanging hundreds of moves, the mechanical Demon God's super-speed learning ability recorded all of Tiga's moves and attack damage, generating a model with a fairly high matching rate.

The rapidly operating core relied on this model to predict behavior. In reality, it looked as if the mechanical Demon God had predicted the future.

An acid plasma bomb shot out from the right shoulder muzzle of the mechanical Demon God. Barton dodged to the flank, crossing his hands to prepare for a counterattack.

However, the mechanical Demon God's next attack had already arrived at the position he dodged to in advance, and the tachyon beam swept across Tiga's body with a 'whoosh'.

A series of sparks burst out. Barton hurriedly retreated, attempting to pull away the distance and slow down the rhythm.

But after retreating for only a few hundred meters, the cannon charging on the mechanical Demon God's chest roared, and a beam of light tens of meters wide directly bombarded the defensive shield that Tiga had temporarily propped up.

Sight and perception were blocked by the beam. Barton lost sight of the opponent. While holding his hands in front of his chest to maintain defense, Barton quickly observed the surroundings, attempting to find the opponent's position.

Suddenly, a black dot appeared on the right side. Barton was startled, increased energy output, swiped his right hand, and propped up a circular defensive shield with one hand.

Who would have thought that the small black dot was not the mechanical Demon God or any high-energy explosive, but just an energy disturbance bomb.

The fluctuations released in the energy disturbance bomb disrupted Tiga's energy output. The defensive shield on the right flickered twice and disappeared directly, and the defensive power of the defensive shield on the left also fell significantly.

The beam broke through the defense and hit Tiga's chest hard. The thrust generated by the explosion blew Tiga away directly. At the moment his body lost control, the mechanical Demon God appeared again at the landing point where Tiga lost his balance.

The solid laser long blade in his hand showed no mercy and slashed at Tiga. While the sharp blade melted the armor, it left a brown trace.

Dudu-dudu, the indicator light on Tiga's chest flashed rapidly.

As a Giant of Light, Tiga's "health bar" and "mana bar" were both energy particles ubiquitous in the universe.

After being hit hard continuously, the energy in Tiga's body had dropped to a very dangerous critical point. Even in the environment outside the planet, the depleted energy couldn't be replenished for a while.

Just when Barton didn't know what to do, the mechanical Demon God, which should have continued to press the attack, appeared to have a brief pause.

Such a one-second gap gave Tiga time to react, quickly breaking away from the continuous attacks.

On the asteroid, after watching Tiga break away, Yifan Vanko lowered his head. In front of him was the screen communicating with Ethan.

"The invasion of Imaginary Space is effective. What did you do?" Yifan Vanko asked.

"Didn't do anything, just changed the frequency of Sadako and Diping and threw them into that virtual space." Ethan replied quickly.

"What does it look like there?" Yifan Vanko continued to ask.

"Have you seen the movie The Matrix? A similar virtual space. The Chitauri possess virtual happiness inside, and the materials there are rich to the limit. Almost everyone can get everything they want." Ethan described simply. "It's like a dream."

"No wonder the Chitauri never resist the controllers on their bodies... How do you know so clearly? Did Sadako and the others come out? Or did you go in?" Yifan Vanko asked.

"I went in. The opponent's Imaginary Space strangulation ability is too strong. Without me propping up the domain, Sadako and the others were expelled in a few seconds..."

Ethan's reply paused. "By the way, do you know how to make computer viruses? Give me more, I'll throw them all in."

"None of what I know is useful. The operating principles and construction methods there are all unknown. You wouldn't expect those computer viruses on Earth to work, would you?"

Yifan Vanko was a clever woman who couldn't cook without rice. This is not a technical problem, but a problem of knowledge.

Ethan's words were like asking a medieval poison expert to make a poison that could kill a robot like Yifan Vanko. How could that succeed? The other party didn't even know the concept of what a robot was.

Only polymers of negative energy like Sadako and Diping could exert a certain virus effect in that Imaginary Space, because both sides didn't know much about each other.

"Alright, then I might not be able to contain it for too long..." Ethan was a bit disappointed. "The transmission channels of various fears are being blocked rapidly. In this space, the videotapes and the substitutes for the clock have completely disappeared."

"We are now limited to a very small area, and it is estimated that it won't be long before we are completely driven out."

"I understand, I'll find a way." After Yifan Vanko replied, he turned his gaze to the battlefield on Barton's side.

Even with Ethan leading the team to make a mess, the mechanical Demon God still occupied the upper hand. And Barton could discover that the mechanical Demon God's downtime was shortening every time, and the frequency of downtime was also decreasing rapidly.

Its adaptability was really too strong.

"Why don't you let your people retreat? Entangled together, we have no way to help." The staff officer said to Yifan Vanko. He was also paying attention to that battlefield.

News from the other two defensive bases had already been transmitted. Their firepower was already in a state of readiness, but it was not easy to hit.

In a situation where the rhythm was entirely in the hands of the mechanical Demon God, the most likely result of their firing was hitting friendly forces. Even if they avoided it when firing, it would be useless. The mechanical Demon God definitely had the ability to force Barton from a safe position to a dangerous area.

"If it stagnates for one minute, is it possible to destroy it in this time?" Yifan Vanko pointed to the mechanical Demon God and said to the staff officer.

"There is a high probability, the cruiser's armor-piercing ability is very strong." The staff officer replied. "But how to make it stay there without moving, and last for a whole minute?!"

"I can try." Yifan Vanko cut the communication line to Cobb's side. "Cobb, do you have a way to contact Barton?"

"Yes, using the Light Genetic Factor Converter, my matching degree is also not low. What are the instructions?" Cobb replied quickly.

"Tell him, don't fight in the real world. I will send you the energy resonance frequency tested by Ethan. Let Barton enter the Imaginary Space. That is the key to destruction. He only needs to contain it for one minute." Yifan Vanko quickly deployed the information obtained from all parties.

"Received."

Cobb took a deep breath, directly intercepted a part of his thoughts in his mind, and packed them into a mental fluctuation.

Immediately after, Cobb stood in front of the Light Genetic Factor Converter and remotely activated the equipment.

As a localization expert of this set of equipment and a former designer of the Team system, Cobb could still play some fancy tricks.

His sister, who was residing in Cobb's mind, helped him adjust that part of the mental fluctuation to the very surface of his thinking. Part of the converted "light" copied that fluctuation and then flew toward Barton outside the asteroid.

It was just that there was only one Ultraman, Tiga, in the vicinity now, otherwise Cobb wouldn't know how to let the "light" distinguish and find the target for a while.

After receiving the message from Cobb, Barton understood.

He understood Yifan Vanko's idea. He had done similar things before. The situation with Freddy was almost the same as it was now.

It is difficult to affect Freddy outside the dream, and it is difficult to affect the mechanical Demon God outside the Imaginary Space. This is a common point.

As for adjusting the fluctuations and the like, that was even more of a piece of cake. Barton logged in and out of so many game worlds, relying on his ability to find and dock with virtual game world fluctuations. And now, the relevant fluctuations had already been measured on Ethan's side.

When the mechanical Demon God rushed up again, Barton didn't retreat. The frequency of the light in his body began to change rapidly, and a phantom pulled out from his body and directly hit the mechanical Demon God.

"Didn't expect it! This is my attack route!"

With Barton's words, Tiga disappeared from the real universe and dived directly into the Imaginary Space.

The Chitauri's Imaginary Space was like a small world. Once entering here, Tiga's energy recovery was immediately cut off. Fortunately, if he only needed to contain it for a short minute, the existing energy was still enough.

Boom!

A giant fell from the heights of the Imaginary Space. Just a vibration destroyed an area under his feet. Countless Chitauri in the "dream" were forcibly taken over by the Imaginary Space, and the projection of the mechanical Demon God was quickly rebuilt.

After huge fluctuations appeared in the Imaginary Space, the mechanical Demon God in the real universe curled into a ball, and the sturdy armor blocked the outermost layer. He only needed to hold on now. After driving invaders like Tiga out of the Imaginary Space, this war could be considered to have gained a certain advantage.

Although the mechanical Demon God didn't stay stupidly in place without moving or defending as expected, the first and second defensive bases still decisively opened fire under the orders of the General Staff.

For a time, extremely fierce firepower fell from the flank of the mechanical Demon God. These attacks were like electric welding, attempting to pierce through the outer defense completely.

Inside the Imaginary Space, because the mechanical Demon God first adjusted itself to a defensive posture, the time for the projection to resume activity was slightly slower.

After Barton destroyed a part of this virtual city, the projection of the mechanical Demon God began to move.

Barton had also completely figured it out. Hard-hitting wouldn't work, so he would take a detour and fight guerrilla warfare. Anyway, the area he was in now was the enemy's territory, and there was no need to consider casualties.

Rays were emitted from Tiga's body, leaving serious wounds on the city at will. The stability of the Imaginary Space gradually fell as the area affected by the external energy became larger and larger.

Ethan, who was being chased by the Imaginary Space, felt it even more clearly, and the pressure on his body suddenly became smaller.

The number of characters similar to the agents in The Matrix decreased rapidly. The computing power of the entire Imaginary Space was used by the mechanical Demon God projection to suppress Tiga. Instead, they became people who were ignored for a while.

Clang~

Diping's skeleton bell rang, and Ethan and Sadako detached from the invisible state.

Ethan quickly changed modes, synchronization. His image in the Imaginary Space changed to be consistent with Sadako's. Two Sadakos began to haunt all display devices at the same time.

For a time, an ancient well appeared on the display screens of the entire city at the same time. The lens quickly shifted toward the inside of the ancient well, and a pair of scarlet eyes and slightly floating long hair appeared at the bottom of the valley.

The Chitauri mental bodies that "saw" this scene began to be in a trance. Sadako's curse was taking effect.

Ring-a-ling~

The sound of various communicators ringing came out. The Chitauri pressed the answer button in a daze.

"Seven days..."

A hoarse voice accompanied by a curse came out of the communication equipment. Before the Chitauri could make any reaction, the time in the phone went crazy fast forward.

"Six hours..."

The time for the curse to break out was quickly shortened under Ethan's artificial intervention. Although doing so would greatly reduce the power of the curse, that was not important.

"Five minutes..."

When the curse time was shortened across the board, the mechanical Demon God projection raised the priority of expelling Ethan and Sadako. Before this, Sadako followed the traditional curse, spreading in units of seven days. This was also the reason why the Imaginary Space put Sadako aside temporarily after other enemies appeared.

However, what the Imaginary Space processing center didn't expect was that this time could also be changed at will.

Barton saw that the mechanical Demon God was going to attack Ethan. His escaping body stopped immediately. Regardless of the shape of the red flashing indicator light on his chest, he crossed his hands in front of his chest, gathered energy, and emitted light blades from his hands.

Tiga Cutter!

The rotating light blade swept across the mechanical Demon God projection, successfully cutting off a piece of armor for the first time, and also delayed a few seconds for Ethan.

"Four seconds... three... two..."

When the countdown was about to end, on the Chitauri flagship, the server load pressure related to the Imaginary Space was soaring rapidly. The computing power required for every Chitauri to stabilize their mental body was now several times higher than normal.

In this situation, the Chitauri could only use the last method—restart!

With a 'drop', the Imaginary Space collapsed, and Tiga, Ethan, and the others were kicked out directly. Also kicked out were countless Chitauri.

In an instant, all Chitauri units in the entire battlefield appeared in chaos. The return of self-consciousness conflicted with the mental controller. Many spaceships hit the Asgardian attack under this situation and exploded into fireballs in space.

And when the Imaginary Space restarted, the armor with surface damage on the mechanical Demon God could not be repaired again, and even the originally set defensive mode began to disintegrate due to various center-of-gravity shifts and body damage caused by the attack.

The round spherical defensive shell appeared with one crack after another, and there was even a not-so-small gap at the connection point.

The main weapons of the two cruisers seized the opportunity. Asgardian Destruction Ray, fire!

Two rays like rainbows, one left and one right, arrived in the blink of an eye. Before the Imaginary Space finished restarting, they shot out from the gaps of the mechanical Demon God and shot out from behind.

Under the brilliant light of the rainbow, the mechanical Demon God, died!