"Ahhhhhhh!" Amidst the roars and screams, the blood slaughterers began to deform.
All the blood-slaughterers below level 5, regardless of their strength, instantly reached the level 5 limit with their first breath. Most of them had bulging muscles, and tiny granulations and dead white eyeballs kept popping out of the bulging and coagulated muscles, but they could still barely maintain their human form.
The most terrifying are those who are originally at level five or above. They either lose control of their bodies and explode into meat paste, or completely lose their minds and their bodies become mysterious puppets. Their entire bodies, from the skeleton to the organs, begin to mutate infinitely, becoming completely different from the past every second.
Madness was spreading, and the demented monsters relied on distortion to advance to a higher level. Since cell division urgently required a large amount of energy, they set their sights on the refugee areas of the settlements, rushing in and wantonly harvesting flesh and blood and lives.
This cannot be stopped... Because before the order collapsed, the ruling class and defense forces of most settlements were mixed with blood-slaughterers. When corruption came, these people were the first to explode and deform. When these characters who should have been the main rescue force turned into monsters, they cooperated with the blood beasts to kill and devour. At least on the earth, under the dark clouds, there would be no hope of survival.
The only variables were the blood mages. Compared to the blood butchers, at least they would not be corrupted in the first place. Part of their power came from the blood seed condensed from the blood of salvation, and the other part came from the exploration of blood source knowledge. They could barely preserve themselves from this impact.
But as time went by - even counting seconds - the blood mages could no longer hold on.
It’s not that you can’t defeat the corrupted bloodslayers or high-level blood beasts. If you can’t defeat them, at least you can find a way to escape, either by running away or hiding. For those mages who have mastered the blood mud technique, there is always a way to survive.
It is the mysterious influence that is intensifying.
If the first breath alone caused the terrible changes mentioned above to occur in Aisha Continent, then when the third and fifth breaths came, many refugees with weak constitutions also mutated.
No monster found them, they just felt as if there was a voice calling them suddenly in the void, just like the promise made by the savior to the suffering people, that as long as they had faith, they could be liberated.
Refugees are the lowest creatures in this world. They don’t have enough food or warm clothes, and they don’t even have a fixed place to live. They have always placed part of their thoughts on the myth of the Savior Mother. So when this voice came, they didn’t hesitate at all and chose to believe in the voice of the “Savior Mother”. They gave their faith, their hearts, their bodies… everything they had and only had, without reservation.
Then, more terrifying and more widespread changes occurred... The refugees inhaled a large amount of mysterious factors in the air in a few breaths. The weakest among them could not withstand the force and exploded into bloody mud, while those who could withstand it directly mutated upwards in rank.
This often happens: many corrupted and demented blood-slaughtering monsters follow their remaining memories to come to the refugee zone in search of blood food, but all they encounter is blood mud all over the ground and their own kind eating crazily.
This is a disaster that affects heaven and earth.
The closer they were to Oujin City—to the area of the Nine Evil Gods, the more serious the corruption became. If they didn't stop and kill the nine monsters again as soon as possible, they would lose the right to breathe air, let alone fight against them.
If the situation on the ground is like this, one can imagine that the situation in Oujin City will be even more exaggerated.
Yinsel's rotten blood was activated before, and most of the more than 100,000 residents of Xinoujin were transformed into undead blood puppets. These blood puppets were very weak in combat, but they were difficult to kill because of their shapelessness and were very difficult to deal with. At this time, they were also affected by the mysterious influence and began to mutate. They had to regenerate muscles and bones from the rotten blood. In just a blink of an eye, all kinds of monsters with deformed outlines were everywhere in the city.
Some of them look like people with their bodies bent backwards, with their heads and upper bodies split in two, and they crawl around like spiders.
Some are flesh and blood giants formed by the fusion of multiple blood puppets. They wander aimlessly in the streets and kill all living people they see.
Some were simply mysteriously "enlightened". Some buildings came alive, with giant eyes and mouths growing on their bodies. They screamed in strange ways and used their tentacles to pull their bodies. Together with other enlightened vehicles, street lights, and furniture, they joined in this super carnival.
Captain Cassius of the guards occupied the high ground in front of the palace gates and stared at the scene in amazement.
He saw with his own eyes that the houses in the block below had come alive. A group of houses tore out huge and terrifying arms of flesh and blood, like a disabled person without legs, separated and supported and dragged forward. In the process, they collided with each other from time to time. The huge pustules and eyeballs growing from the pustules were squeezing together while gushing yellow liquid, as if accusing and cursing in an incomprehensible language. The whole street was like purgatory.
Not even he could escape.
For a creature with ears, detecting unusual movements and using ears to listen is an instinct, which is not something the creature can control.
Similarly, for a creature with eyes, using eyes to see is also an instinct, and it is also not something Cassius can control.
When something strange happened in the sky just now, he instinctively looked up.
With just one glance, his head began to ache severely. He didn't even have time to show any reaction to the pain before the feeling gathered around his eyes and another eyeball grew out of his eye sockets.
Yes...now there are two eyes squeezed in each of his eye sockets at the same time. The living area is too small so that part of them protrude outside, which looks extremely weird and terrifying.
But Cassius was already lucky.
After realizing that something was wrong, he immediately looked away. His habitual caution saved him - fortunately, the thing in the sky had not completely split into pieces.
The other soldiers were not so lucky. After noticing Cassius's change, almost all of them instinctively looked up.
With the same glance, they would either be deformed and have eyeballs growing out of them, or have sores bursting and pus splattering all over their bodies, or turn into a pool of blood mud with barely some life left in them... There would be very few who were still in human form.
The better the eyesight, the more polluted the environment is. Only a few special cases are qualified to "see".
Madeline was one of those who were qualified. She was surprised at first that nothing had happened to her, and then she suddenly remembered that she seemed to be a more orthodox descendant of the Neon people.
The silver-eyed seagull is a member of the sea god’s family. The god from the last era is protecting her so that she is not unable to even “see”.
On the other side, Hitzfeld was nervously discussing the situation with Xia Yibing.
If there is anyone who least wants the Nine Evil Gods to be reborn, her name must be added to that list. Because the rank of "Mysterious Lord" is a double-edged sword at this moment, and she is at risk of backlash at any time.
The Nine Evil Gods were like nine evil suns. Any living being that approached them would be interfered with and influenced by them, and the higher the rank, the closer they would get. The problem with the Mysterious Lord was that she was too high - she could be said to be just below them.
Although this mysterious path has been redefined by her, she has stripped herself of the influence of the evil god's will, and even proved herself to be able to fight against Sara's evil eye, determined to protect the eternal night one day.
But at that time she was only facing the evil eye.
Now there are three, plus the six-headed evil god which is no weaker at all.
The pressure was so great that even though she had divine eyes, she didn't dare stare at them for too long and had to seize every moment to set the stage.
"Xia...how's the situation over there?"
By descending, she conveyed her will to Xia Yibing.
"It went well!"
At the same time, Xia Yibing had led a team to dig near the core area of Xinoujin. "This is indeed all steel... No, strictly speaking, it is a material that is a combination of steel and flesh and blood... I can't say what it is. It is a bit similar to the mechanical horse mentioned by Cornerel - it is similar to using life and flesh to nourish the machine."
"Then the situation is even worse." Hitzfeld's mouth twitched.
It would be fine if it was a completely mechanical structure, even if she was not an expert in this field, but at least the chance of the machine being mysteriously interfered with was extremely low.
The palace was very high, and she could see some of the city from the platform outside the palace. It was only natural that those buildings were spiritualized - they were built by some secretion, and the biomass materials were activated by interference - this sounded very normal.
But machines are different. They are highly resistant to evil spirits, and curse pollution has no effect on them. If the core area of Xinoujin is completely mechanical, she will have a greater chance of using it to fight against the evil god.
However, Xia now said that it was "biological metal", which was not good news... because "biological organisms" were more likely to rebel in front of those things.
But this was the only way out now, and Hitzfeld couldn't care less. She continued, "Then you should hurry up...it will take time to familiarize yourself with the operating system."
The evil gods were now focusing all their attention and energy on the forging lighthouse. She was sure that they had noticed her, but they were just too lazy to care.
"No need!" Xia Yibing answered happily, "Because we have helpers here!"
"helper!?"
"Oh... Strictly speaking, it's all thanks to you."
As she spoke, the woman turned around and glanced at the several mechanical soldiers who had caught up with her.
Perhaps the battle that Oujin City had just experienced was too intense, and the vibrations produced were too frequent, so no one noticed that one of the vibrations was not caused by the war between gods.
It originated from the most primitive physical collision - a dilapidated, flaming mechanical floating city crashed into it and became one with the ruined Oujin City in mid-air.
With this opportunity, three mechanical apostles who had been reported by Leon and whom he had contacted in Goli traced her back. The reason why they were able to locate her accurately was because a mechanical signal had been implanted in Leon's body.
"I'm Luo Xin, this is Daryl, and this is Xinde. The three of us should be the only apostles left in the Kingdom of God."
After they appeared, the atmosphere was tense. Luo Xin introduced himself consciously: "We have no ill intentions. As the only apostle of the Kingdom of God who was on a mission outside and escaped Yin Seer's control, we only hope to find Her Highness and at least do something for her."
Xia Yibing actually didn't really want to trust these people. This was partly because she was naturally distrustful of others, and partly because she didn't want Hitzfeld to have anything to do with these guys.
"The Mechanical Kingdom has already betrayed us once. Strictly speaking, the concept of the Mechanical Kingdom does not exist at all!" Of course, she had to point a gun at them, "...How do you prove that this is true?"
"We don't need proof!" Daryl is also a very outspoken person and was very dissatisfied with her attitude: "It's you who need us now, not us who need you!"
The truth is indeed this.
They came here to help. The construction of the New Oujin was planned by Yinsel, who had obtained a large amount of sample data of mechanical experiments through Lengdis at that time. The craftsmanship and technology he used in this thing all had the shadow of the mechanical floating city. If anyone could get started with the operating system of the core area the fastest, it would undoubtedly be these mechanical apostles.
When every second counts, we can't do without them.
Xia Yibing quickly sorted out the relationships and after some thought, she decided to allow these people to join the team.
If it was before, she wouldn't dare to take the risk, but now... compared with the impact and destruction that the war of gods could cause, she felt that she could control just a few robots.
"Are you sure this isn't Yinsel's backup plan?" Hitzfeld also felt worried after hearing this.
The planning ability and forbearance displayed by this Eclipse leader in the Elsa God War are so frightening. Every time you think you have seen through his methods, you will find out that he has another conspiracy.
Even though Yinsel has given up on becoming a god, theoretically everything he has has been devoured by the evil gods and become nutrients for their revival, and he should be dead... but Hitzfeld is still nervous and not sure if he is dead.
"We are not complete robots." Luo Xin saw the doubt in the woman's eyes and added, "We have human hearts preserved in our bodies - the doctor also referred to the blood species technology before his death. This part of the biochemical organ will react to the power of the dead bone ice needle. She can completely control us."
"So that means 'believer'?" Xia Yibing nodded, "Then let's give it a try."
She condensed her ice blade and walked over, asking the three apostles to serve her as their master.
"...? Isn't it His Highness who is coming?"
"There are hierarchies between superiors and subordinates. I won't rashly let you come into contact with her before confirming your background."
The three apostles discussed it for a while and decided to accept it.
This was thanks to the information they had obtained from Leon - and this woman in this short period of time. She seemed to have an unusually close relationship with Her Royal Highness the Princess, and from what she had just said, she herself was even Her Royal Highness's "believer."
They all believed in the dead bone ice needle, so they were companions, right? So there was no need to hesitate. The three of them believed that this "lower position" was temporary, and sooner or later they would be on the same level as Xia Yibing.
In fact, it is impossible. Xia Yibing does not intend to let them be on the same level as herself in the system.
It would be best if I were the only one in this position.
Yes, I am the only one who can protect her. And I am the only one who is qualified to be her only confidant.
The rituals of worship are also very simple.
Just by touching these people's chests with the tip of the knife that contained the aura of icy needles, Xia Yibing felt that she had established an inexplicable connection with them.
Then they can be truly trusted.
“Why don’t other robots have this function?”
"We are the last batch of apostles." Luo Xin said, "The doctor may have realized at that time that Yin Seer is not someone who can be trusted."
After solving the most troublesome trust issue, they sped up and broke through to the core area in less than a minute, and found a spherical warehouse surrounded by biomass and steel.
The door here was locked. Xia Yibing forced it open and after entering, she saw a flickering yellow light, which seemed to be coming from a pile of thick pipes.
These pipes are like blood vessels, coming from all directions, with the thinnest ones less than half a meter in diameter and the thickest ones more than three meters in diameter. Even the ground is paved with them, converging together towards the mechanical tower in the middle.
There were some containers similar to biological culture dishes standing next to them, and many of the surface glass was broken and melted. But the liquid inside did not spill out, because the broken openings automatically formed a layer of translucent biomass film, which looked a bit like biological follicles.
There are hundreds of these follicles, and they are also glowing, glowing in unison with the cables.
“That’s its energy source.”
Luo Xin walked forward quickly, exclaiming in amazement: "Is he using bioenergy? This power is a bit like extracting bioelectric current to provide power... but this amount is not enough... unless he also counts the people in the city?"
"Yinsel, he is indeed a genius who is no less talented than the Doctor."
"I'm not here to listen to you praising the enemy."
Xia Yibing pushed him away with a dark face, untied her backpack from behind and took out the Apis Cube, "Tell me where is the best place to connect this thing?"
"It's in those things." Luo Xin pointed to the follicles in front.
"You can think of them as alternative energy storage tanks. Energy flows into them. When the floating city does not need to consume too much energy, some of them will enter a dormant state. They will only be activated when needed..."
"Just put it in there?"
“…Theoretically, that’s the case.”
Frowning, Xia Yibing felt that this suggestion was not very reliable.
Stuff it in, break it first?
To be on the safe side, she did not do so, but instead took the Apis Cube and pressed it on the surface of a follicle.
An extremely magical thing happened - the Rubik's Cube actually passed through the thin flesh membrane and fell into the solution bit by bit. After that, the surface of the flesh membrane re-aggregated and not even a drop of the liquid inside was spilled.
and then?
Ethan and the others were watching from behind, not daring to breathe.
That's it?
“It seems…”
Darent was about to say something when he was suddenly "blinded" by a strong light.
The Apis Cube began to emit an extremely bright light in the follicle, and the light quickly spread along the bottom of the follicle to all follicles and ducts, and transmitted this wave to the entire floating city in an instant.
"What exactly do you want to do...?"
Xena stared at the gray-haired girl, not understanding what she was trying to accomplish by giving orders for over a minute.
"What is the power of the Blood King?" asked Hitzfeld.
"Power?" Sheena was still confused.
"It's fusion." The girl gave the answer directly.
"The Apis Cube can solve the most troublesome power supply problem, and we now have two of the three bloods of salvation."
