Chapter 1274
Chapter 1274 - 1260: Wisher
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"I wish for us to fuse together," he whispered.
A huge roar proclaimed the "wish".
This wish was "the first wish of the second round," and it was also the wish that those controlled mercenaries had shouted out not long before.
Since it had already been granted once, there was no way it could be misinterpreted.
But this time, the one who shouted the wish was not Lu Ping’an.
The "giant God" was still struggling in agony, but this time, it could feel the Wisher was an enormous entity.
Nature, or rather "settings," were undeniable.
Most importantly, this time it had no reason to refuse.
Its instincts, its AI, would inform it that as the "highest-dimensional existence in this world," any Fusion with another life form would be dominated by it.
It was the master of desires, a conglomerate of thoughts and will, what reason could there be to refuse the offerings of other lives....
"Wish granted!"
The giant God fulfilled the wish, merging with the vast and powerful unknown life form before it.
But the next moment, it fell into confusion again.
"Why.....isn’t it Life..."
What had entered its body wasn’t any kind of "Life," but rather a massive pile of pure trash and scrap metal.
"Tsk tsk, my ’ship,’ how does it taste?"
That was the "Big Ship" created by Lu Ping’an using his abilities; in fact, its time had already expired, but he kept extending it using points.
This unmanned ship possessed its own will, and naturally could be considered an "Intelligent creature".
And the misfortunes of those unlucky mercenaries confirmed that even involuntary wishes made under control could be acknowledged directly.
This time, the Newborn’s body wasn’t like the "city’s" soil, corroded by life, but rather a truly meaningless "junk yard".
The Fusion was proceeding, but this time, it was like throwing trash into a pile of rotting flesh, making even stirring it together a difficult task.
When it rejected two wishes, when the third wish logically seemed "benign," it had no reason to refuse.
Perhaps it was strong and "intelligent," but still lacked true wisdom—the wisdom belonging to "Navigators" and "Civilizers".
"It lacked inherited experience, unaware of some abilities’ ’usage restrictions;’ it was simply calculating.....therefore, it could be easily fooled and deceived."
All along the way, Lu Ping’an had been testing it like this.
Testing the nature of its abilities, probing the habits of its thought processes, assessing whether it always followed the "optimal" principle.
Each wish was a step in this gradual probe.
The first "cancelation wish," which was misinterpreted, caused no harm to Lu Ping’an himself.
Once safety was confirmed, Lu Ping’an gradually increased the stakes, probing bit by bit...
At this moment, Lu Ping’an snapped his fingers, and the spirituality bestowed on the "Big Ship" was completely removed, turning it into nothing more than real scrap metal and garbage heap.
But such "miscellaneous items" still infiltrated its blood vessels and muscles.
Even though it had become a foul-smelling lump of flesh, it was still a "life form," but now, it was filled with a plethora of miscellaneous items.
They forcefully occupied its body, attempting to kickstart its functions, the harder it tried to operate, the more it amounted to suicide.....this was like injecting heavy metals, air, wood into the body of a Mortal; harmless externally, yet fatal when ingested in large amounts.
Since it had descended, and chosen to be a "life form," it had to follow the biological rules.
But this was only just the beginning.
"I wish....."
".....fusion....."
"...dedication.....together."
The eerie synthetic voice resonated in all directions, an abundance of sounds reverberating back and forth—these were the "Named Mannequins" mass-produced by Lu Ping’an.
They likewise possessed "divine intelligence," but that was about it... These inorganic substances, these poisonous creations, would become the deadly poison that would kill the monster before them.
It, the Lord of Desire, fell into a fit of rage, trying to kill the little man before it, even prepared to self-destruct.
But this time, it found that it could no longer find its opponent...
"Wishing, wishing..."
Only those "life forms" that kept shouting wishes walked up to it.
It tried to escape, only to find that unconsciously, its feet had turned into a pile of debris...... When each one filled with yearning desire loomed before it, it no longer had a choice.
".....fusion, fusion....."
Meanwhile, Lu Ping’an in the courtyard patiently awaited the arrival of the end.
"Scholar’s Taboo Three... Do not expose your own rules and information, otherwise, someone will always find a loophole." This time, it was something Lu Ping’an himself had written and then added to.
Lu Ping’an shook his head. The wisdom of the predecessors was universally acknowledged as faultless; the strongest "abilities" and "intelligence," if not guided, were merely ferocious beasts on the surface.
He waited patiently, for the moment the giant beast would be bled dry and fall, for the moment everything would come to an end.
It no longer had the material, no longer had the material for the evolution of wishes.
In the end, when life returned to matter, when the giant god returned to minced flesh, the powerful Lord of Desire was destroyed by its own "desire" and "greed."
What remained was merely for Lu Ping’an to personally deliver the coup de grâce.
When it could no longer evolve, unable to realize "wishes," it was merely a slightly tougher target.
"Phew, that was close, but it turned out easier than expected..."
When all the dust had settled, Lu Ping’an and his companions also breathed a sigh of relief.
The "fragments" had been retrieved and were directly tossed into the courtyard for absorption... Heaven only knew what sort of strange transformations could occur if they were left lying around.
The greatest fortune, perhaps, was arriving early enough..... Give this thing a month to develop, let it roll through several rounds of growth, possessing knowledge and wisdom, and it would have been much more difficult to deal with than it was now.
Even now, without the extraordinary abilities that should accompany its status, without normal intelligence and experience, it still took everything Lu Ping’an and his group had to take it down.
"It’s not that dire, if you hadn’t come, others would have managed it. There are daily world-ending crises, but actual world destruction is rare... And look, the most suitable person to deal with it—you—came, didn’t you?"
Big Cat seemed quite open-minded; in her view, in a sense, all this was quite ironic.
What was originally a part of the "world" as an authority of desire, had become an enemy of the world, and Lu Ping’an, a visitor from the Exotic Realm, had played the role of savior for a while.
It could well be that Lu Ping’an and his party were indeed led here by the "world."
"Ha, truly ironic..... If I didn’t have the characteristic of a Named Mannequin, I probably couldn’t have managed it even if I came," he said.
"No, without this trait, you could let the living make sacrifices....." Big Cat’s words were cruel and realistic, most likely the world-ending crisis could be quelled, it’s just a matter of how much it would cost.
But glancing at the battlefield that was now completely devoid of city, vegetation, and life forms, Lu Ping’an could only sigh.
When fate’s calamity descends upon you, perhaps it’s only by enduring and still being alive that one is qualified to discuss the cost.
— End of Chapter 1274 —