5679 Absense of Control
As a god pilot, Irene possessed a much greater understanding and insight in the nature of power and energy.
The main reason why Yuri and his Ultimatum grew stronger at an uncontrollable rate was because of her. The power of a True God was too much for any mortal enemy.
Even if Emma had put a lot of effort into passing on as little as possible, the fact of the matter was that the seed of power from a True God was still far too great in terms of quality!
Emma's life level was so much higher than that of a standard ch pilot that they shouldn't even be ntioned in the sa sentence!
Imparting her power to a mortal ch pilot introduced the latter to a whole new level of power!
The resulting contact should have been enough to elevate Yuri to the rank of expert pilot!
That was Irene's original intention.
Unfortunately, she failed to take other variables into account. The living ch and the E energy floating in the imdiate environnt not only got dragged into Yuri's life-changing ordeal, but also began to produce all kinds of uncontrolled changes to the runaway transformation process!
The fact that Yuri and his Ultimatum spontaneously completed the first, second and third phase of the legendary ch Body rger Process was a miracle!
Unfortunately for everyone involved, not every miracle produced a happy ending.
As a successful god pilot, Irene had personal experience in completing the ch Body rger Process.
Though her journey was different from every other god pilot due to the addition of her companion spirit, she still comprehended the road of no return to a degree that could not be matched by those who could rely theorize about this process.
This was why she imdiately determined that the life of the ch pilot was in great danger at the mont!
The ch Body rger Process was no joke. It killed at least 99 percent of the peak ace pilots that had attempted to bridge the gap. Anyone who completed all four steps without dying along the way was an exception rather than the rule.
It was already difficult for the very best ace pilots to survive this journey.
A re mortal should have died before it ever ca to this point!
Yet due to all kinds of coincidental factors, Yuri did not die, but instead continually grew in strength without any restraint or direction!
This was not supposed to happen!
Under ordinary circumstances, there were two powerful factors that controlled the evolution of ch pilots and prevented them from botching the process.
First, the Kingdom of chs, or the local equivalent known as the Red Kingdom, silently exerted its formidable power to regulate the transformation from mortal to demigod.
Second, the strong willpower of a worthy ch pilot helped to keep the energies in line and preserve the individual's original identity.
The greater the power, the greater the need for control!
Any powerful cultivator needed to develop a progressively stronger will in order to maintain control over an expanding pool of power.
This beca especially essential for high-ranking ch pilots due to the basis of their power!
Without will, there was no control!
Right now, Yuri and his Ultimatum had a lot of power, but lacked the willpower to control it all! They absorbed way too much energy but had yet to put any ti and effort into bringing it to heel.
This allowed the mixed energies to freely exert their influence over the subjects, which clearly produced disastrous consequences.
The physical mutation of the Ultimatum was a clear indication that the random and scattered impulses contained within the E energies were exerting their influence over the living ch!
In one instance, the Ultimatum spontaneously spawned several human eyeballs across its enormous hexapod fra.
In the next mont, one of the heavy artillery cannons of the Ultimatum transford into a warped and non-functional version of a warship laser cannon battery!
Such transformations started out small, but increased in magnitude as Yuri and the Ultimatum continued to absorb more E energies!
The more powerful they beca, the more the heavy artillery ch beca unrecognizable from its original design!
The mutating ch spawned additional alien legs, only for them to wither and die a few seconds later.
The Ultimatum's Onyx Cannon began to transform from tal into a bone-like substance that began to spawn all kinds of sharp and random spikes that served no clear purpose!
Explosive shells began to lt and mutate into entirely different objects. So turned into organs whose functions were a mystery. Others turned into munitions that had beco vastly more powerful and destructive than before!
It was incredibly fortunate that none of these explosive shells had exploded this far, but nobody could guarantee that the ch would stay in one piece at the end!
In fact, the Ultimatum or rather the fused amalgamation of a ch pilot and a living ch was finally shown signs of completing its wild transformation.
Everything had a limit. The mutated Ultimatum had reached the current limit of its heightened ceiling. It was not possible for it to expand its power any further unless it had stabilized its current condition.
Not that this was a priority at the mont.
Irene was not worried about Yuri's future.
She was still wondering whether he was still alive and cognizant after what had happened!
It was not just Irene that was concerned at what had happened.
Commander Pellicky had been forced to pay attention to her subordinate once again when his Ultimatum not only sucked in a lot of E energy, but also transford into a half-organic abomination that only shared a vague resemblance to the original heavy artillery ch!
Gone were the clean lines. Gone were the functional lines. The overall shape of the heavy artillery ch had beco a lot ssier than before!
It had beco considerably thicker and heavier than before. It looked a lot more bloated than before due to the random addition of mass at many different points along the fra.
Tumorous growths along with random bits of tal extended from the heavy artillery ch without any rhy or reason.
The ch had lost a few legs, but gained others in return. It ended up with a total of five legs, each of which consisted of a different mix of bone, flesh and tal.
Their shapes varied widely from each other, but they still provided stable footing for the ch.
The armants had all undergone a lot of changes as well.
The Onyx Cannon looked a lot more nacing than before. Its size and its caliber had clearly increased. Perhaps Yuri and the Ultimatum's subconscious desire to attain greater firepower helped to keep their main weapon in a relatively reasonable state.
Of course, it was still questionable whether it could actually launch any projections.
The four heavy artillery cannons mounted on the back of the beetle-shaped ch had gone through much more extensive changes!
One heavy artillery cannon transford into a fleshy black tentacle that flopped and contorted as if there weren't bones giving it structure. The tip of the tentacle did not contain any opening that was large enough to release an explosive shell, but it still looked dangerous enough to suggest it was able to hurt enemies through different ans.
The other cannon transford into a miniature version of a triple-barreled laser cannon battery. It looked incredibly absurd. Not only was it a lot smaller than the real thing, but the reproduction was also sloppy to the point it looked like a parody rather than a real functional piece of equipnt.
The third heavy artillery cannon had lost half of its length and beca a lot thicker. It also transford into a hardy form of gray stone. The weapon had turned into a stone mortar!
The final heavy artillery cannon transford into a giant black hair follicle.
Yes, a hair follicle!
There was no sign that it retained any functionality that showed that it could still function as a weapon. It had simply turned into a giant hair that looked completely out of place compared to the rest of the mutated machine!
Then again, the Ultimatum had transford in such a ssy way that it was questionable whether ch could still fulfill any of its original functions!
There was only one visible sign that the Ultimatum had assimilated Yuri.
The head of the Ultimatum had vaguely started to resemble the ch pilot's screaming head!
Locked in silent agony, the tallic visage conveyed a depth of pain that reached down to the pilot's very soul!
"...Yuri? Give your status! Are you still alive in there? Please confirm your status!"
The transford monstrosity initially did not respond. It did not even show any sign of life aside from the strange organic bits that sohow turned into viable living growths.
The warped shapes and the inexplicable mutations had caused plenty of distress among the crew and officers who beca aware of what had happened.
If this was a normal circumstance, Commander Pellicky would have issued the command to eject the bunker from the hull of the Hooligan Barke!
As it was, the battle against the alien raiding fleet in front and the Grimly Brothers in the rear were much more important!
By this ti, the cosmopolitan agents had already turned around and began to assail the four remaining rcenary forces from the rear!
This made it even less likely for the Pellicky Praetorians and the three other rcenary outfits to make it out of this battle alive.
The Preaetorians had already lost over 30 percent of their chs and half of their combat carriers!
Far too many rcenaries had died due to the fateful decision to take part in this dood mission!
No matter how hard Andrea Pellicky tried to coordinate her troops, the disparity in numbers and the plunge in morale were too great for her to overco.
Since this was the case, she might as well pay attention to Yuri's condition.
At this ti, both dread and hope welled up in her heart.
She recognized that the Ultimatum had beco a lot more powerful than before. She had no idea what prompted this unscientific transformation, nor understand how exactly it managed to gain so much mass.
On the other hand, Pellicky feared what sort of monstrosity had appeared inside one of the bunkers of her flagship.
Was there any part of Yuri left alive in this abominable machine? She wasn't even sure whether it could still be called a ch!
Seconds passed by while the unholy machine 'stabilized' its current condition. The energy vortex had beco a lot weaker now that it had reached the ceiling of its current growth trajectory.
The ch had beco packed with energy. It had acquired a glow of its own that not only erased much of the influence that originally belonged to Vulcan, but also radiated pure destruction that exerted a lot of pressure from the concerned crew mbers that stopped by in an attempt to check up on the machine.
"Yuri? Please respond! If you are still conscious, please give us a signal! If you do not respond within thirty seconds, we will forcibly eject you and your Ultimatum into space. It won't take long before the native aliens or the human traitors take down our flagship."
The ntion of these enemies triggered a reaction from the partially organic machines. Its fleshy organs pulsed while its chanical components started to grind against each other.
Suddenly, the 'eyes' of the human-like head started to glow red while the spiked Onyx Cannon spontaneously began to adjust its aim.
The monster machine clearly began to charge its main weapon. At the sa ti, it began to pull in a lot of destruction E energy, far more than what a normal Ultimatum was able to attract!
"Did you break through sohow, Yuri?!"
Even though Commander Pellicky grew a lot more hopeful at this ti, she knew that this could not explain the radical transformations.
The resonance ters displayed no activity at all. Yuri had not gained any asure of extraordinary willpower!
If this was the case, what exactly happened that caused the Ultimatum to be a lot more powerful?
Who, or what had exactly broken through?
As the rcenary commander struggled to find an answer, her mind completely froze when the mutated machine finally reached full charge.
The sensors that monitored the bunker temporarily beca blinded as a gigantic force propelled an altered super-heavy gauss round with unsurpassed power!
The force of the weapons discharge was so powerful that it looked as if a beam of pure power had lanced across space!
An instant later, the flagship of the alien raiding fleet suffered such a heavy blow that her forward montum briefly stuffered!
Multiple impacts occurred in quick succession as her transphasic energy shield and her exterior hull failed to withstand the power of this supercharged attack!
"What?! How could this happen?!"
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