Zhang Chen retreated with all his might, observing the energy structures of these clones.
Er Pang was, after all, an animal, different from humans in construction. Directly observing the clones of infected beings was more straightforward.
Moreover, the Singer was an imitation skill, meaning it possessed an algorithm that could calculate and replicate the solidification skills of others.
This ability was crucial.
If Zhang Chen mastered this ability, his use of the meteorite core's energy would undoubtedly advance further.
As Zhang Chen's understanding of the meteorite's energy deepened, he increasingly discovered its infinite mysteries.
He had a premonition that if he could thoroughly understand the meteorite energy, not only could he end the apocalypse, but he might even unravel the origin of life!
However...
In front of him... under the siege of over a dozen Singers, Zhang Chen had no time to think.
"Your turn!"
Zhang Chen blinked away from the encirclement of the Singer clones, then the left hand wearing the ring swung out fiercely.
Over thirty gleaming silver metallic objects shot out instantly!
They were the puppet warriors!
These were the same ones Zhang Chen encountered in the underground tunnels connecting the interface city to the second walled city.
Super memory alloy, they were unkillable, and could even regenerate after being smashed.
They were like persistent stains.
In his helplessness, Zhang Chen had to store them all in the Progress faction's arsenal back then.
He never expected them to be useful now!
Before the Singer's main body could react, it was surrounded by a group of puppet warriors.
Facing over thirty puppet warriors simultaneously at close range.
No matter how fast the Singer was, fighting one against thirty, it was impossible not to get hit.
Before long, a piece of the Singer's clothes was torn, and its left shoulder suffered a large gash.
Although the damage was insignificant, it made the Singer appear extremely disheveled.
"This guy, after not seeing him for so long, his strength is still the same!"
Over a dozen Singers repeated Zhang Chen's words from a few minutes ago simultaneously, like a chorus, which was quite eerie.
The clones rushed towards the main body, attempting to drive away these puppet warriors.
While the thirty-plus puppet warriors had a slight advantage dogpiling on a single Singer,
facing so many clones, their strength was merely that of toys, and they would be defeated instantly.
"It's fine, there are other gifts!"
Zhang Chen smiled slightly and released two squads, a total of ten upgraded armed mechs.
Zhang Chen had collected all the upgraded armed mechs guarding the city when he entered the seventh walled city, to avoid making any noise.
Today was like a clearance sale.
"Detected infected beings and mutated creatures. Adjusting combat priority, activating beat-down mode!"
The upgraded armed mechs paused only briefly before immediately launching indiscriminate carpet bombing towards the Singer clones!
For a moment, the scene descended into chaos!
At this time, Zhang Chen jumped onto a nearby tree and activated Absolute Vision.
He began to earnestly study the energy flow and structure of the Singer's clones.
After a long while, Zhang Chen let out a sigh of relief and smiled faintly.
"So that's how it is..."
"A clone is created by forming an identical energy core, and then using energy solidification to create the body."
"Therefore, the essence of these clones is composed of energy!"
"This also explains a peculiar phenomenon: meteorite energy can create life!"
Zhang Chen murmured to himself.
Although at his current level of research, Zhang Chen could only theoretically understand creating puppets that obeyed him, not yet life with self-awareness, this was an epoch-making breakthrough in the application of meteorite energy!
At this moment, the battle on the ground against the Singers was nearing its end.
All ten upgraded armed mechs were scrapped.
Facing powerful infected beings like the Singers, the armed mechs' attacks, while appearing powerful, had very limited actual damage.
They were quickly dismantled into piles of scattered parts.
The puppet warriors were not faring much better.
Although in a fist-to-fist fight, the puppet warriors couldn't kill the Singers, the Singers also couldn't completely eliminate the puppet warriors.
Currently, over a dozen Singers were overpowering the puppet warriors.
Even though the super memory alloy could recover indefinitely,
the puppet warriors required energy to fight.
Zhang Chen could see that the energy within them was growing weaker.
Once depleted, the puppet warriors would simply become scrap metal that could be restored.
Seizing the time, continue researching!
While keeping an eye on the Singers' actions, Zhang Chen began to secretly imitate the construction of energy cores.
The concept of an energy core was far more complex than creating abilities.
After a while, finally, a qualified energy core was created.
Subsequently, a man who looked exactly like Zhang Chen slowly appeared beside him.
Zhang Chen only possessed the ability to create clones, not to bestow consciousness.
Therefore, the clone was a tool without its own thoughts.
It stood beside him, silent.
"Go and test how strong you are!"
Zhang Chen said slowly.
Whoosh!
The clone instantly activated [Soul Burn] and then charged towards one of the Singer's clones, unleashing a full-power punch.
Bang!
The Singer clone was instantly sent flying dozens of meters away, its entire body eventually embedding itself into the trunk of a large tree.
"Hiss... looks like I'm quite fierce..."
Zhang Chen nodded, a look of approval on his face.
Whoosh!
Upon seeing Zhang Chen's clone's Soul Burn, the Singers' bodies were instantly enveloped in a layer of energy flames.
Their speed surged.
Over a dozen figures converged on Zhang Chen's clone, unleashing a barrage of attacks.
"So that's how it is..."
Zhang Chen, observing the energy surrounding the Singers' bodies, suddenly understood.
He couldn't see the energy flow within his own body.
Even looking in a mirror wouldn't show it.
This was because mirrors could only reflect light, not energy flows.
Now, seeing the clone activate Soul Burn and observing the Singers imitating it,
Zhang Chen had a new perspective on the Soul Burn skill!
It was essentially burning the unused energy crystal cores within the ring instantaneously, channeling the energy into the energy core.
While this could temporarily boost combat power significantly, this excessive consumption would deplete the energy crystal cores.
Although Zhang Chen had now advanced to an Evolver, Soul Burn still consumed [Energy Crystal Cores].
It was just that the rate of consumption had greatly increased.
If that was the case...
Zhang Chen took out ten [Super Condensed Cores] from his ring.
What would happen if I burned these?!
One second later.
A soaring beam of light instantly illuminated the entire forest.
Dyeing everything in gold!
[Divine · Soul Burn]... Stage 1!