Chapter 722: Chapter 505: The Angry Iron Plate Stands Firm Upon the Land (Broken) _3

And among them, the Steel Giant stood motionless, as if in hibernation, except for the smallest deployment of the Ethereal Shield to prevent the machine’s surface from directly contacting the magma.

However, a crystalline sheen seemed to start slowly spreading across the entire machine’s body, even at the deepest core.

"...What an incredible conversion rate!"

This time, True Master Zhang appeared shocked, as if he had realized something: "Although the Ether within the volcano is predominantly of the Fire Element, it contains quite a bit of other components as well."

"For such a mixed Ether to be rapidly converted into the machine’s energy reserves... I must admit, this machine’s technology in terms of energy conversion rate and reserves is indeed extremely advanced and powerful!"

Beside him, Qingwu’s eyes widened even more.

As a professor at Longteng University, he immediately thought of more things.

——Wait, this dark golden crystal, and this energy conversion rate...

Could it be?!

Is the pilot of this machine...

Unable to resist, he pulled up the data and scanned it with True Intent—on the competition entry for the Angry Iron Plate, there was only basic information of the Senran Studio, with no indication of the pilot’s identity.

But the thought had already taken root firmly in his mind.

...

Everyone was discussing the four major groups’ machines and the intruding fifth: the Angry Iron Plate.

There were sporadic, small-scale collisions among machines from other places.

Every machine was striving to gather resources.

Time passed slowly.

Before long, half an hour had already passed.

At this moment.

A cold system prompt echoed throughout the entire Secret Realm, wafting into the ears of every pilot.

[The first safe zone shrinkage has begun.]

[The "Fog of the Void" has been deployed.]

[The next stage safe zone has been generated. All contestants, please move immediately.]

At the instant the words fell, on the distant horizon of the "Lost Continent," a semi-transparent gray-green light curtain connecting heaven and earth rose.

It was not a traditional "fog"; it neither rolled nor had a fixed shape, but rather resembled a slowly moving massive spatial fracture.

It moved silently; where it passed, there was no wind, only an unsettling deathly silence.

Remyu, brimming with energy, began explaining.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, the first safe zone shrinkage has begun!"

"For those watching for the first time, let me explain: unlike traditional random shrinking, the Mechanical Spirit Cup’s shrinking rule uses a very user-friendly algorithm. It continuously scans the positions of all survivors and generates the next safe zone centered on the geometric center point of all contestants."

"In simple terms, no matter which corner of the map you hide in, the next safe zone won’t be far from you. This ensures fairness and forces everyone to keep moving toward the center of the ’main force’!"

She brought up the map, marking the next calculated safe zone at the top.

——less than half of the original area, near the central left of the map.

"The first shrinkage will be complete in just half an hour!"

At this very moment.

In other corners of the continent, as the "Fog of the Void" slowly approached from the map’s edge.

Most machines clinging to the edge were forced to start moving toward the newly appeared first safe zone on the map.

——Those were mostly machines that had drifted far to explore resource areas with little competition, which now had to move toward the circle.

And the four machines standing at the peak of this Mechanical Spirit Cup, occupying the first four purple resource zones...

At this moment, they finally began to reveal their respective fangs.

......

In the northern [Glacier].

A vast white world composed of countless towering ice cliffs and bottomless glacial crevices.

The central area was a purple resource zone, and the surrounding areas had many

There weren’t many contestants here, so after extensive calculations, the "Fog of the Void" wasn’t too far away.

But at this moment, the pursued could no longer think about which direction the safe zone was in.

Boom——

A slender white line over twenty meters long streaked through the air at incredible speed, like a white silk ribbon.

If you looked closely, you’d find it was a white machine fleeing in panic, resembling a large snake, flying quickly at low altitude to escape.

The pilot inside was wide-eyed, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, frantically activating Talent, as well as injecting all the Ether of the Spirit Beast in his Sea of Spirit into the machine’s energy core with all his might.

"...No...no!! How can it be so fast!"

"Weren’t there still three machines in his path before? How have they all already..."

At this moment, he deeply regretted not leaving immediately after landing and taking the treasure chest in the Blue resource area, but instead trying to continue scavenging here.

Because...

The predator was near.

His efforts were in vain.

In the next moment, it was as if he was targeted by a terrifying wave like a natural disaster.

A roar suddenly erupted from behind the machine.

Roar!!!

The [Frost Tiger] suddenly appeared in his rear view.

Under the desperate gaze of the mechanic

This twenty-meter-long, tiger-like machine lunged like a white lightning.

In an instant, enormous phantom fangs materialized out of thin air, effortlessly piercing through the opponent’s machine core!

Boom!!

The machine instantly became disabled and was converted to light and teleported away.

And after this elimination was completed, a peculiar scene unfolded.

——The two already fearsome Spirit Gold fangs of the [Frost Tiger], right before everyone’s eyes, visibly grew brighter and more ferocious, even lengthening just a little bit.

In an instant, the chill enveloping this machine became even more exaggerated, and the electric light entwining the surface became more intense and concentrated.

——After eliminating its opponent, it was getting stronger!

The black and white giant tiger showed no hesitation, turning toward another direction

And inside the massive cockpit at the head of the [Frost Tiger].

A tall man with unruly purple long hair gripped the control stick, his eyes shining with the brilliance of True Intent and Talent, his aura overflowing.

Six-Star Peak.

True Master Dan.

He slowly began counting.

"Four."