Chapter 6

Aliens always have some fresh gadgets, like the car model Pose took out. This car model was extremely sci-fi, with a super streamlined exterior, exquisitely detailed interior that almost didn't look like a model, and four rather exaggerated wheels.

"Multi-functional sea, land, and air mechanical sentinel." Pose simply introduced the car model.

"What's it for?"

Su Mo looked at the car model, getting straight to the point. Multi-functional sea, land, and air—could this car run, fly, and dive, and even transform into a robot?

"It can run, fly, and dive, capable of anything from sky to earth. As long as there's enough metal and energy, turning it into an aircraft carrier is no problem. This is the high-tech crystallization product of our Goat Star, never sold to outsiders. Due to certain reasons, only one is left now."

Pose picked up the car model and placed it on the ground. A word similar to an English word came out of his mouth. In the next moment, the palm-sized car model suddenly expanded!

No! Not expanded! It was transforming like a Transformer!

Su Mo heard the sound of mechanical friction, which was simply amazing. He watched with his own eyes as the palm-sized model turned into a real car, now parked in his living room.

"Can this thing be driven?"

Su Mo got up and touched the car with a strong metallic feel. This wasn't a dream; the sports car in front of him was absolutely real. Driving it out would surely be very cool.

By some strange impulse, Su Mo grabbed the car and lifted it lightly. To his surprise, this light lift actually lifted the car with a strong metallic feel! The weight of this thing was the same as when it was in model form, less than one kilogram! A car weighing less than one kilogram—regardless of the license plate issue, could this thing really be driven?

It was cool, but a slight collision would destroy it. Alien brother, can you please not joke with the lives of Earthlings? Su Mo let go and sat back on the sofa, looking at Pose very seriously.

"Um, this is the most basic stage. Don't worry, our technology is far ahead of Earth's, and safety is not a concern. The mechanical sentinel has an upgrade function, and metal and titanium alloys are the best upgrade materials." Pose chuckled, "Su, to put it simply, the current sentinel is like a baby. Metal and energy are its nourishment, and it's better than a human baby. The more you feed it, the faster it grows and the more powerful it becomes."

"Everything is set in the sentinel's core system. As long as there's enough metal and energy, turning it into Optimus Prime would only take a few seconds!"

"Su, do you want to drive Optimus Prime to fight American planes?"

"Su, do you want to control Megatron to run wild in American cities?"

"Su, do you want to take one Optimus Prime and nine Megatrons to gawk at the Statue of Liberty?"

Pose said a lot, but it all boiled down to one point: metal and energy. Without metal and energy, the powerful mechanical sentinel was no different from an ordinary car model. This brought them back to the old problem with the flying saucer. Unfortunately, the two Goat Star aliens had such powerful technology but couldn't fully utilize it.

Su Mo looked at the car in the living room and sighed. It was like having a powerful weapon but no ammunition. Pose and Zeus could only teleport once a month. Was he really going to charge the alien product in China? If he did, it would undoubtedly cause a nationwide blackout, a century-long blackout! Su Mo shook his head, cutting off the thought. He could accept stealing energy from other countries but not from his own. He was, after all, a law-abiding citizen.

"Let's deal with the mental imprint in my body first."

"No problem, let's go to the outskirts today and look for treasure to make money."

"Next time, we'll go to America. Besides charging the flying saucer, we'll find a steel factory to let the sentinel devour. The sooner the sentinel grows, the more it will help us," Zeus added.

So, an hour and a half later, Su Mo took the two Goat Star aliens on a bus to the outskirts. The mental imprint in his body was left by the old monk from Mount Emei. Every time he left the city limits, the old monk would automatically appear, telling him about his connection to Buddhism.

In short, it was like the old monk was monitoring Su Mo, always keeping track of his movements! The old monk was like a nightmare, causing Su Mo to not travel with his parents for over five years. This wasn't the worst part; the worst part was that the old monk's mental imprint caused Su Mo significant psychological harm. He refused almost all extracurricular activities at school, even the invitation from that **.

"Damn old monk!"

Getting off the bus, Su Mo opened his umbrella and muttered, the old monk was as hateful as the scorching sun. Today, he was out to expel the mental imprint and to explore for treasure. So, Su Mo wore a set of outdoor gear, which was indeed a bit hot in the sweltering weather.

To be fair, he had bought this gear three years ago but had never worn it before due to the old monk's mental imprint.

"Based on past experience, the old monk will appear once we're 20 kilometers beyond the third ring road. When he appears, Pose and Zeus, you two help me get rid of it!"

Su Mo checked his phone map; the direction was correct, and he just needed to keep moving forward. He chatted with the two Goat Star aliens, and passersby, who couldn't see Pose and Zeus, thought Su Mo was a lunatic.

There!

The hallucination appeared! Su Mo suddenly stopped. As before, the hallucination appeared once he reached the distance! No, it wasn't a hallucination; it was the old monk's mental imprint! Indeed, the air rippled, and a kind and benevolent old monk appeared in front of Su Mo. Ordinary people couldn't see this old monk; only Su Mo could, a nightmare that had plagued him for five years!

Imagine, every time you left the city, an old monk would appear, telling you about your connection to Buddhism, and only you could see him. If you told others, they'd think you were crazy. Was this old monk hateful or not? If Su Mo weren't mentally strong, he would have become a lunatic long ago.

"Connection to Buddhism! I'm connected to aliens! Old monk, go play with your Buddha!"

Su Mo gave Pose a look, and Pose smiled reassuringly. Pose took out a cylindrical object from his pocket and pointed it at the energy body of the old monk.

With a "Pop," the old monk burst like a bubble.

Su Mo's body trembled, instantly feeling something missing inside. Seeing the ghostly old monk shatter, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Acting crazy!" Two women passing by, showing their thighs, also holding umbrellas, glanced at Su Mo, muttered, and quickly walked past.

"The nightmare is finally gone!"

After laughing, Su Mo chuckled, not paying attention to the women but curiously looking at the laser gun-like object in Pose's hand. "Laser gun?"

"Energy eliminator." Pose chuckled, didn't say more, and put away the eliminator.

Seeing Pose unwilling to say more, Su Mo didn't ask further. He took out his sunglasses from his backpack, put them on, straightened his back, and took a big step forward.

"Let's go, explore and dig for treasure!"

Without the old monk's mental imprint, Su Mo felt free, finally free from the old monk's torment. Old monk, go play with your Buddha!

Pose had specialized detection equipment that could detect buried metal objects. About half an hour later, Su Mo and the two Goat Star aliens stopped in front of a small hill. This place was very remote, with only occasional vehicles passing on the road a few hundred meters away, and no one within a few kilometers.

"Under the hill, there is yellow metal."

"Under the yellow metal, there is a bronze vessel."

Pose and Zeus spoke one after another, surprising Su Mo. This unremarkable hill contained gold and bronze, could it be an ancient tomb? Tomb raiding was a despicable act; Su Mo didn't want to do it and didn't dare to do it. Even in modern times, despicable acts should be avoided.

"It's not a tomb, just a lump of yellow metal and a bronze ding the size of a small stool." Pose explained, adding, "The detection equipment shows some lines inside. The bronze ding is in the center, and the metal is on top of it. These lines form an energy matrix, though a low-level one, it will take some time to unlock."

"We're not weak, but we're extremely weak now," Zeus added, meaning that if it were before, he could open the energy matrix in a blink.

Hearing the Goat Star aliens talk about the energy matrix, Su Mo was first stunned, then a word naturally popped into his head!

"Array!"

The array mentioned in cultivation novels!

Looking at the small hill, Su Mo felt a bit absurd. In this modern age, when humans were almost building bases on the moon, could such things as arrays really exist? Or were there still cultivators in China?

As the two aliens discussed the things under the hill, in a secluded temple on Mount Emei, an old monk suddenly opened his eyes. His gaze seemed to pierce through the fog, seeing Su Mo and the two Goat Star aliens hundreds of kilometers away.

"Evil!"

The old monk muttered, and the Buddha statue in the temple clearly trembled. The left half of the Buddha's face fell off, but the old monk seemed not to notice, falling silent again.