Chapter 1264
Chapter 1264 - 1250: Chaos in the City
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"World Authority," or "World Origin," is a privilege of this world, as well as a fragment of the supreme Throne.
From the beginning, from the moment World Consciousness was betrayed by humans, It had already completed its calculations.
"...Mortals, I will eventually return..."
"The keystone of Ascension..."
"The ladder to the Throne..."
The captured "World Consciousness" fragments had already tested out such messages.
Some things are hard to hide, and in the midst of battle, the messages are leaked thoroughly.
Before falling into an assimilated slumber, World Consciousness tore off a part of its Personality Fragments and cast them down into the Human World...but just a "fall of the gods" meant little.
"Any Personality Fragment of World Consciousness is the number one priority for a bounty, jointly offered by various forces."
The fall of World Consciousness to the Mortal World is merely an "entity with malice" of extremely high status, the extent of Its strength is hard to say.
And It... Its return to the World Origin and the awakening of its true self is not a simple matter.
"To become a Deity, or a deity-like entity."
The answer lies here, the Gods of the world link with this world, and once their Personality Consciousness obtains the Authority of the Deity and links to the World Origin, it naturally might reawaken its own core consciousness.
However, the various forces of this world will not allow it to ascend to godhood easily.
Then, a simpler method exists, seizing the "World Authority" to become a deity-like entity.
At that point, whether it’s the standard procedure for Ascension or the simple approach of "World, I possess the Authority you need, let me ascend to godhood," it might forcibly return to the Origin.
Even without considering that far ahead, one needs "Authority" as a weapon to protect one’s shattered Personality Consciousness.
So, how to ensure that Its own Personality Consciousness obtains the Authority first, while humans are denied...
"Pieces of It hold malice towards nearly all living beings....."
It might be that World Consciousness has attached a small part of Itself there, or maybe Its hatred dwells within those Authorities, some of which are filled with enmity towards living beings, especially humans.
Lu Ping’an’s previous encounter with the "Wisdom" fragment was a clear example, if not dealt with early enough, the Spider Monkey would become a major enemy to all life in this world.
Even if it’s just a partial attachment body of only a fragment of energy, it is obsessed with hunting and slaughtering living beings..... in this way, they truly resemble their Original Owner, the "World Consciousness."
These are not harmless "Crystals," but super bombs with their Fuses lit.....
"Absolutely, cannot let that ’Monkey Hand’ succeed in making a wish."
Spiritual intuition as well as logical thinking are both warning Hua Xueyi that time is running out.
She, turned into a blade, is engaged in rapid slaughter, while endless Corpse Monsters are attacking her.
"...I have a bad feeling; we need to hurry."
Meanwhile, the steel Knight is charging at high speed, and Lu Ping’an also senses that the situation is progressively worsening.
Corpse Monsters constantly block the way; one can easily crush them, disassemble them, but soon they naturally re-fuse.
"What, exactly, is this power? This should not be an ability of the Life-Death system..."
Although seemingly playing with the lives of beings, the Life system, Lu Ping’an felt that these "revived from the dead" monsters had deviated far from the Authority related to life and death.
He used to pick on the weak, such "attachments" in the form of Authority were often easiest to deal with.
The few murder cases were also where Lu Ping’an underestimated its root... Even in the Eastern Country, such minor cases with fewer than ten deaths wouldn’t even provoke the Bureau of Anomaly Management’s headquarters to deploy,
But once truly involved, the escalating sense of crisis in Lu Ping’an’s heart signaled that the current situation was quite bad, his own life was at risk.
"Over here, over here!"
Eve had already floated up into the air, her Crystal Army was killing those obstructing corpse monsters.
At the same time, crystal beings carrying "torches" were fleeing in all directions.
It had been proven that, perhaps these torches could harm the "great fog," but in reality, they were more likely to infuriate the enemy, drawing in even more corpse monster interceptions.
Along the way, if not for these decoys continually drawing fire, they probably wouldn’t have been able to keep going.
The effectiveness of Eve’s Crystal Army was not good, as she couldn’t plunder life force from her opponents, naturally, she couldn’t perform "Infinite Troop Expansion," and against these fundamentally unkillable undead, her legion’s tactics of cutting, colliding, and assimilating were not effective, either.
The flames of Lu Ping’an were also quite poor.
Even if they burned off parts of the body, they would actively disintegrate, and the Purifying Holy Fire could only have the effect of ordinary flames.
Even when Lu Ping’an tried to set the surrounding buildings on fire, attacking the obstructing enemies with a sea of fire and high temperatures, the fire would not last long before eerily extinguishing.
What was bizarre was that the Eye of Truth also lost its long-range clairvoyance effect at this time. These "fragment" Authority Creations were obstructing Lu Ping’an’s probing.
To be precise, there was "life" everywhere, interfering with his observation,
"Damn, just as I thought..."
But being this close, his eyes still saw something highly abnormal.
The flames were not spread by the corpse monsters.
The burning planks disintegrated on their own, houses on fire separated themselves...
"...This damned city is starting to come alive."
At that moment, Lu Ping’an also felt a chill down his spine.
Actually, when you think about it, it makes sense. If this "fog" can turn lifeless corpse monsters into "puppets," then why couldn’t it do the same with the "earth," "houses"?
This city... or rather, this land, was becoming the vessel for this monster!
Realizing something was amiss, Lu Ping’an dared not stop...
"What kind of rules are these?"
This reality that made no sense seemed like it was made of "dreams" and "wishes coming true."
Gathering information about an opponent is for the purpose of defeating them, but obviously, Lu Ping’an didn’t have enough information.
Lu Ping’an shot fireballs and flares into the sky again, but just like before, there was no response.
Although he had somehow confirmed that Hua Xueyi should be close by, and she should still be alive, it feared that bumping around aimlessly like this would make it very difficult to encounter her, especially since...
"Not only is the fog interfering with visibility and sense of direction, but these buildings and the ground might even be stealthily changing your direction..."
Lu Ping’an realized that this "city" was probably stalling for time.
It not only had its own consciousness but likely a high level of intelligence, as it even concealed its capabilities.
It was not trying to fight a definitive battle, it was delaying the progress of all intruders.
"Lu Ping’an, there’s movement over there..."
At last, Eve’s Crystal Army brought Lu Ping’an some good news.
— End of Chapter 1264 —