Lin Yu stared intently at the eyes glowing with an eerie red light in the darkness, his heart clenching as if an invisible hand had gripped it tightly.
Each beat was accompanied by immense pressure, as if it would burst through his chest the next second.
Just as his mind went blank and he was completely at a loss, with a 'whoosh,' like the darkness being torn apart, a group of shadows swarmed out from the dark corners like a tide.
The Great Clock's sharp alarm blared frantically in Lin Yu's mind, the sound like sharp blades piercing directly into his nerves: "Multiple life forms detected approaching, identity — Underhive gang members, highly aggressive, danger level: intermediate!"
Lin Yu's scalp instantly tingled, and all the blood in his body seemed to freeze at that moment.
He saw that these people's bodies were covered with various mechanical prosthetics, metal and flesh crudely combined, shimmering with a cold and eerie glow.
Some of these prosthetics were as thick as pillars, while others were slender and flexible, yet all exuded a dangerous aura.
They held crudely modified weapons in their hands, and in the faint light, the cold glint on the blades flickered like ghosts.
At the same time, they let out low growls and various unintelligible shouts, sending shivers down his spine.
They slowly surrounded Lin Yu like a pack of hungry wolves.
"Great Clock, quickly think of a solution!" Lin Yu cried out desperately in his mind, his voice filled with immense fear and anxiety.
The Great Clock immediately responded, its cold, mechanical electronic voice sounding somewhat pleasant in the tense atmosphere:
"Currently invading their electronic communication systems and prosthetics, interfering with their action commands... Successful, some members' actions are chaotic.
Simultaneously analyzing their movement patterns and planning escape routes."
Lin Yu dared not hesitate for a moment, and following the route instructions given by the Great Clock, he weaved left and right like an agile leopard.
He moved flexibly, skillfully avoiding the gang members' initial attack.
However, these gang members were clearly well-trained and quickly regrouped, once again swarming towards him like a tide, the encirclement growing smaller and smaller, making Lin Yu's situation increasingly perilous.
Lin Yu was extremely anxious, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
He shouted loudly in his mind: "Is there a more lethal method, or a way for me to hide?"
"Calculating solution, calculation successful, can use dark energy to convert into a localized high-intensity electromagnetic pulse to impact their brainwaves, and simultaneously interfere with the visible light spectrum electromagnetic waves received by their eyes, to deliver a visual blinding strike."
The Great Clock responded in an orderly fashion.
"Then do it, let their brains crash and go offline!" Lin Yu roared, a hint of determination flashing in his eyes.
In an instant, a circle of strong electromagnetic pulses, centered on him, spread outwards like an invisible storm.
The electromagnetic pulse, like surging waves, mercilessly impacted the gang members' brains.
More than a dozen gang members stiffened abruptly, then their eyes became dull as if they had lost their souls, and then they fell softly to the ground as if falling into an infant-like sleep.
Lin Yu finally had a moment of quiet respite.
He gasped for breath, his legs weak, almost unable to stand steady.
That life-and-death struggle had almost exhausted all his strength.
Under the Great Clock's guidance, he forced himself to cheer up, carefully rummaging through the pile of messy equipment and items of these gang members, selecting a few useful and modifiable things, and then ran towards the faint light in the distance.
Time flew by; today was the third day since he had transmigrated.
Lin Yu slightly calmed his nervous mood and began to seriously organize his current situation.
He was pleasantly surprised to find that, perhaps due to the miraculous reason of transmigrating through time and space, his physical condition was exceptionally healthy, as if he had been reshaped.
Moreover, he had an excellent affinity with this unfamiliar universe and spacetime.
Even without super genes at present, he could directly possess short-distance spatial jump ability through the Great Clock's magical spacetime algorithm.
Previously, with the help of the Great Clock, he used dark energy to conduct a detailed scan of the entire planet.
This exploration allowed him to collect a detailed map of the entire Hive City's complex structure, from the towering upper levels to the dark and damp Underhive, every detail clearly presented in his mind.
He also learned about the population distribution on the planet, knowing that the entire planet had a total population of only over 12 billion.
Most of the Hive Cities had been destroyed over the long passage of time, with only one remaining Hive City struggling to survive on this lost planet.
At the same time, he discovered some abandoned industrial areas that were not contended by gangs or other people, which should become his place of hope for development in this unfamiliar world.
During these three days, he fully utilized the Great Clock's foresight.
First, he broke into a mechanical prosthetic repair shop that was temporarily uninhabited.
Through dark information reading, he learned that the owner of the repair shop had gone to the suburbs to compete for resources but unfortunately met with disaster.
However, because the death occurred recently, others were not yet aware of this news, so the shop had not yet been taken over.
In this Underhive full of opportunities and dangers, with his own wisdom and the Great Clock's help, using the rudimentary equipment here, after countless attempts and failures, he finally manufactured 10ml of nano-scale robots.
Currently, these nano-robots are directly powered by dark energy mobilized by the Great Clock, but they can self-replicate, providing infinite possibilities for his future development.
Not only that, but he also used local materials and, with the Great Clock's hands-on guidance, successfully hand-crafted a set of exoskeleton armor, as well as a laser rifle and a boltgun.
He knew that his current location was by no means a place to stay long, and he could encounter danger again at any time.
His good spacetime affinity after transmigrating the universe allowed him to directly perform spatial wormhole transport with the weak dark energy allocated by the virtual Great Clock at the conscious level, even without super genes to mobilize dark energy.
Combined with the Great Clock's powerful global monitoring function, he could avoid various potential threats in advance.
Considering all factors, that abandoned industrial area was undoubtedly a more suitable place for his development.
There, he could restart various industries and build a safe and stable base for himself.
Thus, he methodically collected various equipment and supplies, took a deep breath, concentrated, and activated his spatial jump ability.
In an instant, a faint light flashed, and his figure disappeared from its original spot, appearing like a ghost in the industrial area.
The industrial area was eerily silent, the abandoned factories appearing particularly sinister in the dim light.
Lin Yu was not intimidated by the scene before him.
He used the Great Clock's analysis of the industrial area's power system to find places with lower power supply priority and cleverly diverted electricity as an initial energy supply.
Subsequently, he began to modify some industrial equipment, like a skilled craftsman, meticulously carving every detail that could be optimized.
He used advanced technology to synthesize starch from carbon dioxide in the air, replacing the repulsive corpse starch.
This synthetic starch was not only safe and harmless but also provided him with a stable food source.
At the same time, he also created a self-cleaning, high-grade filtered water device.
This device, like a magical box, could directly filter sewage into high-purity pure water, and crystal-clear water flowed out of the device, as if telling of his wisdom and creativity.
In this process, Lin Yu also gradually built up some basic industrial systems.
He worked tirelessly, from moving parts to debugging machines, personally handling every step.
As time passed, those originally abandoned machines gradually roared to life, as if revitalized.
Under his efforts, productivity was steadily increasing, and his foundation in this unfamiliar world was also gradually solidifying.