This Really Isn't Mechanical Ascension

Stranded in a hostile galaxy where predatory civilizations hunt the weak, Li Ming awakens with one advantage: the power to manipulate mysterious items for devastating bonuses. A D-Class Thunderclap Exoskeleton doubles his strength and grants him four mechanical combat arms. A simple engine evolves into a planet-devouring Stellar Forge. As he spreads crystalline wings across star systems and commands fleets with quantum precision, alien races worship him as the prophet of machine transcendence. Their battle cry echoes: "Abandon flesh, ascend as steel!" Li Ming can only protest weakly—this was n…