Apocalypse Gachapon

Le Dayuan laughed heartily and stood up, taking out a key from his spatial ring.

It resembled both gold and silver, with a beautiful matte finish.

A pink heart-shaped crystal hung from it.

Le Dayuan was about to say something when he noticed the pendant, his expression stiffening awkwardly. He quickly removed it, muttering, “This Old Liu, still playing with such things.”

The others chuckled good-naturedly, with Xiao Hu and Candy—who were usually close to Le Dayuan—even teasing him.

“Ahem, you two, quiet down.”

Le Dayuan put on a stern face, pretending to scold Little Tiger, but it had no effect. Instead, Xia Lei shot the mischievous boy a glare, making him shrink like a mouse spotting a cat.

Little Tiger had no choice—aside from his usual fear of Xia Lei, he also felt guilty about some of the earlier issues, like the “factional mentalities.” While not entirely his intention, recent incidents had occurred partly due to his leniency.

“Remember that combat robot I built?”

That awe-inspiring mechanical warrior had left an indelible impression. Its diverse combat methods, dual energy systems, and unique control mechanisms had opened a new door, revealing an entirely different world.

Of course, its astronomical resource consumption was equally unforgettable—it was practically a money-devouring machine.

Le Dayuan had said back then that it was still in the refinement stage, and without solving certain issues, it couldn’t achieve optimal combat effectiveness.

“Solved?” Ye Zhongming’s eyes gleamed.

That creation had deeply shocked him, too. At the time, Sister Hong’s breakthrough in spatial equipment crafting and the emergence of this robot had given Ye Zhongming immense confidence, assuring him that he could stay ahead of the entire country, even the world.

Now, hearing Le Dayuan mention this secret weapon again, how could the King of Cloud Peak not be excited?

Le Dayuan smiled again. Though he didn’t immediately confirm, everyone could already guess the answer.

“To be honest, that earlier prototype was a failure.”

Except for Xia Lei, who already knew, Ye Zhongming and the others were stunned. A failure?

“No matter what solutions Old Liu and I tried, we couldn’t find a perfect design.” Le Dayuan’s tone carried obvious regret.

“If we prioritized energy efficiency to let the robot last a full battle, control became unstable. If we perfected control, energy consumption skyrocketed, drastically shortening operation time. Plus, even after Zhongming’s enhancements, some materials couldn’t withstand prolonged, high-intensity combat—they’d break too easily.”

Liu Zhenghong and Le Dayuan were arguably the top scientific minds on the planet, yet even they had their limits.

“Later, I changed my approach. Instead of pursuing one perfect machine with all advantages, I split them into two specialized models—melee and ranged.”

With that, Le Dayuan picked up the key and gestured for everyone to follow him to the open space behind Ye Zhongming’s villa, usually used for skill practice.

Pressing a button on the peculiar key, two beams of light shot out, landing on two spots in the clearing.

Two combat robots appeared before the group—one tall, one short.

At a glance, they shared similarities yet had stark differences.

Both had identical materials and design aesthetics, clearly from the same series. But one was tall, the other short, with distinctly different weapon configurations.

“The shorter one is the ranged combat robot, powered by demon crystal energy.”

Le Dayuan approached the “shorter” robot, still a behemoth at 3.5 meters tall and over 10 meters wide.

The others gathered around, examining this metal monstrosity up close.

This so-called “ranged combat robot” barely qualified as humanoid—it more closely resembled an armored vehicle.

Its 10-meter-wide torso supported three metal heads, faceless except for a smooth metal plate.

The body was an irregular rectangular block, engraved with energy-pulsing patterns. Certain sections stood out—likely weapon ports.

The base combined treads with wheeled mechanical legs.

“The ranged robot has several attack modes: micro-engraved machine guns in the heads, shoulder-mounted sniper cannons, a demon crystal blaster on the torso, and elemental projectors at the bottom and sides.”

As Le Dayuan spoke, the robot’s faceplates slid open under his control, revealing 15 firing ports per head—three rows of five each.

“Micro-engraved machine guns, as the name suggests, fire micro-engraved bullets. The three rows fire standard, armor-piercing, and elemental types respectively.”

Le Dayuan effortlessly leaped onto the robot’s shoulder, pointing out the head mechanisms.

“This design accounts for the structural needs of micro-engraved bullet firing. They don’t require much space, and their energy circuits are simple, so we placed them here.”

“Their power speaks for itself—you’ve all used micro-engraved bullets. These won’t match your individual shots, but their density compensates. They can unleash rapid, sustained high-intensity damage.”

*”Standard bullets fire fastest, armor-piercing next, elemental slowest. At full capacity, each head fires 480 rounds per minute—1,440 bullets collectively. With a full magazine, it can sustain this barrage for 20 minutes.”*

The listeners were dumbfounded.

These were micro-engraved bullets—ordinarily devastating in power. When Ye Zhongming loaded them into his purple-grade sniper rifle with gun skills, they could threaten level-nine lifeforms!

Though this machine couldn’t replicate Ye Zhongming’s personal firepower, even retaining 10% of that potency made its sustained attacks terrifying.

At full output, it could unleash nearly *30,000 micro-engraved bullets* in 20 minutes. The mere thought was spine-chilling.

*”The crystal blaster has nine ports. The top one here is the largest crystal cannon, one tier below the Annihilator’s ultimate model. Below it are three medium-caliber crystal cannons with slightly weaker power. Further down are five crystal machine gun ports with nearly 170-degree firing arcs. When all fires simultaneously, their placements ensure almost no blind spots except directly behind. As for rear attacks—the three heads rotate 360 degrees, and the robot itself moves agilely, so flanking isn’t an issue.”