The apocalypse descended, and spiritual energy became corrupted.
Human civilization was forced to retreat to cities built around mineral veins.
Only by refining ore into pills could people cultivate.
Mineral veins were life itself.
And his family controlled a branch of a pure mineral vein.
So they were framed as traitors, stripped of their resources, and driven out of the city to fend for themselves in the wilderness.
The moment the city gates closed, everyone thought they were doomed.
But no one knew.
The core of an ancient civilization, long dormant, was slowly being awakened by him.
[Civilization Core activated.]
[Spiritual Energy Industrialization permissions unlocked.]
[Mutant Core Analysis System online.]
[Mech Puppet Manufacturing module available.]
While others risked their lives for a single pill, he was already refining spiritual energy on an industrial scale.
While others endured ten years of painstaking cultivation, he crushed opponents across entire cultivation tiers.
When a Lord-tier mutated beast had its head blown apart by a B-rank heavy mech.
When mutated beasts were dismantled one by one into modules.
When the Beast King advanced and countless beasts surrounded the city, an A-rank mech domain unfolded, and a towering steel giant wiped them out single-handedly.
Mutated beasts have five ranks: Common, Elite, Lord, Beast King, and Beast Emperor.
The higher their rank, the greater their intelligence, and the more naturally they overpower humans.
But they had never faced industrialized warfare.
The Five Great Cities stood high above the rest, while champions bearing the titles of the Four Sacred Beasts looked down on all living things.
But when mech legions formed ranks, spiritual energy towers pierced the heavens, and S-rank strategic puppets rewrote the rules, the Holy City felt fear for the first time.
Once the ultimate SS-rank mech was activated, even the Beast Emperor had to retreat.
Others cultivated to survive.
What he built was a civilization!!!
The author is very thoughtful and the framework is clear, good!