Free Web NovelChapter 290: Chapter 94: Arcas Versus 59
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Therefore, this particular battle will be quite different, as the protagonist, who should be able to cope, is not currently involved in the fighting at the front, but there are still several Chapters of buildup (
"I must find a cure for the Ulaga plague in the shortest time possible, but I don’t know how."
Said Little Bai, "That pitiable soul in the spirit world has thoroughly entered into the sorrowful realm of the fire carriage, reappearing in the consciousness."
"Time? What exactly do you mean by time?"
"I have this premonition, and it’s not just a feeling. I can’t afford to waste any time, there’s something about the zero time," said Little Bai, affirming the truth.
"Why are you thanking me? Did you just receive a data link? What do you need to do?"
"I need to proceed with the data link. You guys need to protect me," said Little Bai.
Little Bai, who had once faced Ulaga plague-infected individuals in the spirit world, might well also allow himself this chance, he speculated. However, it had been only one therapeutic session in the high heavens, and another on the ground, that had seen Jia Kai recover, not this mechanical man with the Ulaga plague—he had not cured him. "Homebody Little Mechanic" was what Little Bai had imagined himself to be at this moment.
Perhaps only by letting Zero take charge can Ulaga’s plague truly be cured, one might fear.
But Slokou had been startled from the very beginning as he entered Mechanism City, although his actions continued to shock Zheng You. This phrase from Little Bai was indeed rooted in fact.
"I really don’t like this kind of feeling, we are all under control, every move of ours," said Little Bai with a bad feeling, descended into the vile trap of a watery demise.
（）Inside, they chuckled, their faces a titter of glee. Naturally, if you lined up all the Ulaga plague-infected laughing as they advanced, by tomorrow morning you would likely see a great many of them. This event will unfold very soon~ Spiritual creatures of this sort are never lacking; in here, a new machine tribe will emerge, even as these twisted machine tribes are quickly buried. There are still ninja turtles, old rat leaders, abandoned babes, beautiful mermaids, and the list goes on in the underwater pathways.[
—and that’s not to say anything of the warning glances. Little Bai found no explanation.
Zheng You was starting to take a keen interest in Little Bai’s information.
"A twisted spirit treatment is also a spiritual look? Or maybe it’s evidence for speculations? There’s no need for such sinister plots, right?"
Unable to hold back, Little Bai shivered at these words, the idea of countless machine tribes buried here tormented his mind.
"They will ultimately be buried deep and sink as a part of the southern city district caves in, and quite soon a significant number of people will move in. This very place is, indeed, a city that has been settled underground," said Little Bai, looking out at the gargantuan underground city.
Zheng You felt something stirring.
"This underwater pathway feels grander than even the huge Pang might look, as if it could contain an entire subterranean city," said Zheng You, currently with Little Bai and Little Bai’s companion in the water.
Meanwhile, Wu Jiu and Zheng You had engaged in top-tier combat within the dark sector.
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The battle began again, it was over quickly, with a flash of silver light.
"We can’t delay, time is pressing," said Arcas, as Wu Jiu and Zheng You stared at him in amazement.
Then Zheng You woke up from the dream, the powerful dream summoning creatures vanished in an instant.
Arcas gently touched Zheng You’s forehead and went down in a swift motion.
"The method to escape the dream realm is quite simple for you, the dream guardian, but these dreams are very strong," said Arcas.
But this time, it was a complete disappearance, as if the flesh in his eye had lost its root and withered away.
Wu Jiu only caught a glimpse of Arcas’s figure disappearing again in the blink of an eye, right after the sound of the conversation dropped.
"But I’ve already figured out the two weak points in your core, although you have a very powerful sequence array, huh," Arcas said, frowning as he spoke.
Arcas frowned, a cross cut appeared on the ground where he stood, and thunderbolts began to cluster in the air above.
In an instant, the battle scene became congested as there were originally only three people.
In his dream, Zheng could summon very powerful beings, many of whom he had seen fall into evilness, beings who could be his allies in the fight. Ignoring how reckless it was, Zheng instantly healed Wu Jiu’s injuries, transforming the environment in the blink of an eye.
Zheng had taken medicine at this time, however...
Although his physical condition didn’t allow him to maintain a high level of fight, his consciousness was still clear as before, and Wu Jiu had collapsed onto the ground during the pause of the silver shadow.
In two exchanges, Wu Jiu’s left leg and right arm, both completely shattered to the bone from the pulverizing impact, clearly showing that even as a top-tier guardian of the Black Territory, he was not capable of resisting.
And Arcas, being from Mechanism City, which is one of the strongest below the zero number, had his own system of combat power that neither belonged to the evil nor the human class.
This kind of combat power was an absolute crushing force. Arcas’s speed was noticeably faster than Wu Jiu’s.
The more I need to sleep, the more I want to, and the clearer my consciousness becomes. This is how it feels to be a person like this," he thought.
"Look at you, popping pills! Taking stuff you shouldn’t early on! Damn it! Another doze! Another doze... I need to sleep..."
Although Arcas had just given a major push forward, Wu Jiu and Zheng You still had to face him in the end, but for what reason, they did not know.
With a touch of white light against silver, Wu Jiu and Arcas began their confrontation amid terrifying whirlwinds of air currents.
At this time, he only felt a strong surge pushing himself away, and Zheng You completely failed to see what was happening; it was utterly unclear.
Arcas disappeared.
"I’ve done my part, not much to decode," he said.
Having fully metamorphosized, the man who was a little shorter was the one to assist, it was certainly... to assist these two, he needed to access the fastest possible method according to the shrine’s inner sanctum calculation; he had to, without delay.
Arcas clearly had meticulous plans because of an external enemy intrusion, but there were still many things he had to do and he had no detailed solution to that yet.
"Of course, since you have managed to reach this level, it’s a given that I will present you with a few better opportunities; I need your bravery and ability to show itself at its best, and I will placate you, as I need your help with some affairs. Though the Tower Exterior has many restrictions, there are also many exclusive good positions; but you raising yourself to these heights is something you could do," Arcas said, as if bestowing upon them the Mechanical City.
Both Wu Jiu and Zheng You could feel this person’s breath-taking charisma, even to the extent that Arcas, who seemed too much like a Common People, was unlike any of the Mechanism race.
What exactly was he planning to do? Change? External enemy?
It was indeed a very complex conversation that Arcas was having with Wu Jiu and Zheng You.
"Don’t worry, even though you’re still originally human, this won’t change one bit; we are tragedy itself, the Mechanism race. I will only make minor alterations to you, and it has nothing to do with the past, it might sound a bit more complicated," Arcas reassured them.
"You only need to solve those little follow-alongs, and even though the strongest one that holds me back might still make you a bit weaker, I still need your help; however, I’m not yet able to drive them completely out of here, I have to use all my strength because they were the ones who attacked last time," Arcas explained.
Arcas seemed quite pleased with himself as he said this.
Zheng You was fearful, cautious, Wu Jiu was on guard, wary, according to their accurate information.
But both men’s eyes were even more alert.
Both Wu Jiu and Zheng You, being among the top fighters of the human encampment, could still feel heavy pressure dissipating, which was not insignificant.
This retreat was indeed vast and open as the sea and sky.
Arcas took a step back, showing that he was still a friend.
"I am not aiming to kill you; you should be able to guess that, since it’s quite easy to disguise and kill you," he said.
Even though they were much stronger than the ordinary defense squad members, each of the Mechanism City guardians had their power; Anti-disease Alarm Teams led by Arcas were no exception; they had to retain their full strength.
Each member of the team was a force to be reckoned with, whether the White Mist current stage could cope at all; each had their own unique strength, the core of them all being the fifth generation core.
Mechanism City, the mightiest, faced its fiercest battle yet with the anti-disease and poison armed force.
There are people so valiant, you have to believe in your own dreams, because not all can win.
He felt such an overwhelming aura for the first time, Zheng You was even stronger than his ancestor, Laoda Zheng.
Zheng Yue wanted to sleep but couldn’t. His eyes were fixed on Arcas, while Wu Jiu remained motionless.
Every hand he faced before this exploration... if this was indeed the enemy, it was of a completely different caliber...
Is this really the enemy?
But in an instant, Wu Jiu clearly felt an extremely strong aura approach him, yet he couldn’t sense it coming.
—how could he have arrived here? Both men had the same unimaginable thought at this time.
Both Wu Jiu and Zheng Yue’s pupils shrank simultaneously.
Out of nowhere, a silver-haired man appeared beside Wu Jiu, patting Wu Jiu and Zheng Yue’s shoulders silently.
"There’s no need to be so tense, people. I am Arcas, come from the heart of the city, the leader of the anti-disease and poison armed force," he said.
This level of psychic force was not even comparable to that of Dark Red.
When Wu Jiu opened his senses, he discovered his own abilities were blocked by a thick psychic force wall, with Zheng Yue’s fingers trembling slightly.
"Did you feel it too?"
"...What exactly is going on?"
Zheng Yue’s eyes sprung open, not out of fear but due to a sudden awareness.
He suddenly felt an overpowering aura, almost too fantastical to imagine, during the moment Wu Jiu took a step forward.
For Wu Jiu and Zheng Yue, this kind of battle was very straightforward to deal with, having faced countless factions before.
"Don’t forget, you haven’t even managed to handle the hitmen and mercenaries of this city during the past few days. There’s no point in discussing further if my life is endangered in a mere reflection of the water month. I’ve encountered assassination attempts these past few days," he said.
"Do you really need to bring me along for such a minor mission?"
Zheng Yue said:
Every weapon research factory, even the largest, had heightened their attack power and compressed their attack range to the extreme, down to zero.
But such a meaningless barrage of nuclear bullets would never appear, though the war against the Mechanized Clan was far beyond the peak of human scientific warfare technology.
In reality, the Mechanic Clan’s technology was very practical; purging their physical bodies to become the ultimate killing machines was the goal, not large explosive models.
By the time these two men had arrived at the Southern District, just beside the grand hall entrance, they had already witnessed many severed Mechanic Clan bodies.
Wu Jiu and Zheng Yue walked right out onto the main street, poised to immediately rush toward the South District and stem a chaotic battle.
The more data points they controlled, the more territory they could defend and more opportunities for plundering would arise.
The spoils of plundering have always been Blood Flow, from ancient times.
These data points are very significant; the four major weapon manufacturing companies wouldn’t believe in a single auction session from the Slokou if these were the stakes, always fighting over every scrap.
Right now, Wu Jiu and Zheng Yue were gathering as many data points as Slokou had.
This bodyguard was none other than Wu Jiu.
For the Mirror of Water Month, there were two kinds of use; the second essential requirement was a bodyguard.
Although within the dream realm, calling powerful monsters could alter reality, and if your true self is revealed by being startled awake, the dreamland would be destroyed. But this realm has its own weaknesses; Zheng You controlled the time and place to benefit himself in this reality.
Once Zheng Yue entered, a virtual dream realm could be created, perfectly pairing these two men for the past few days.
The deeper Wu Jiu and Zheng Yue delved, the more they understood this world.
In just a few short days, they had reached the pinnacle, becoming the most revered Dual Killers ...
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What could that be from outside?
Why do we need to go and see an outsider at this time? Chu Qing, the team isn’t growing such long queues.
If we don’t get ready now, by the time we have to transport something so huge from the core of the city outwards through the pipes, it will be too late; it’s a period of urgency, being just a thousand two hundred miles under the world’s surface.
"All we need to do is follow the same old procedures, maintain order as we’ve always done, and you guys won’t need me. Just a single wrong move and everything might go poof. I’ve just taken on an assignment. We’ll soon be relocating all the infected in the southern market area underground city to expedite the process. Everything is proceeding according to the original plan, without a hitch," he sighed heavily.
Arcas listened intently to the report from his subordinates before giving a slight nod.
It’s growing bigger and bigger, even more swollen—it’s like the nucleus at the heart of the city, like a cancer cell.
As new members of the mechanical race keep joining us, more and more infected will emerge in the coming year... but just after one year
Every surge of anger will clear away all those infected with the Ulaga disease, but unfortunately, despite our efforts, the number of people with Ulaga disease will only increase, which all the members of the anti-poison disease alert team deeply regret.
This kind of negative feeling can be quite frightening; it’s anger and rage.
Good people will turn bad, the rich will hit back at the poor, evil will be repaid by good, and the poor will retaliate against the rich - it will strike back.
And it is not the anger and rage of a crowd but of a single region that is the scariest—a vicious cycle of hatred will form and spread vengeance.
This kind of destructive desire will bring about no small grudge. Once transformed into insatiable destructive desire, these waves of rage will gradually spread and expand. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
An infected person with Ulaga disease can go from a smiling face to blazing anger in an instant; during a moment of happiness at the end of a season.
A tide of rage.
"The quarantine plan can be initiated at any time. There are less than three days remaining before the tide of rage descends and the quarantine market will start. The quarantine facility in the southern market area is already prepared," he said.
"We have already begun implementing the quarantine plan. This is only preliminary data, and in reality, the destruction will be more severe once the tide of rage actually hits. There are many more infected hiding, especially in the West District, which is the most affected. According to our estimates, both the North and West districts will suffer devastating attacks," said another team member, who had just started reporting to Arcas.
"One thousand six hundred and fifty-five confirmed cases of this infection, five hundred and nine from the lower-class poor, four hundred from the Common People, three hundred from the elite of the East Market district... these numbers are historical highs, despite being abnormal variations. The time is exactly twenty-two minutes and fifty-two seconds past five...," the team leader reported, having already lined up twenty members of the anti-poison disease alert team, ready to march out of Arcas’s temple.
Mechanism City
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"The entire city market will certainly taste very good at that time; we still have three days before the tide of rage arrives. Let’s go," said Well, seeming to look fondly at the bustling innards of the city.
Indeed, the iron craftsmen could be of some help to Well, since this weapon was a combination of high-end machinery and spiritual possessions. The tool in question was his target.
Although the true divine weapon was still at a distance, and even if the swordsmith still had to hold it as a mere handle, creating a piece that could arm Well was within his capabilities. The tool would finally fall into our hands. "It’s not that the iron craftsmen were really talented, but it came as rather too early a surprise," said the merchant who had just taken over the conversation, happy indeed but the iron craftsmen and the merchant were indifferently engaged.
The iron craftsmen are very good at creating many objects, particularly spiritual possessions—in fact, they specialize in it. Some of the spiritual possessions are very strong, and it’s something the creature has always wanted to create, a weapon born on the same day as Well.
"Ultimately, the tool will end up in our hands. It’s just a matter of time," he said.
"This object is on par with the strongest mechanical entity at the heart of the city, incomparable to anything else."
"The auction for the tool will start soon, and we should probably visit it. Zero seems to want to use the tool to raise the city’s technology to a higher level, and it feels like a premonition that we will touch it. I have already recognized its worth," said Chapter Fish with obvious delight.
"Hahahahaha, it must have no other solution but us. Ulaga disease is not such an easy problem to solve, of course," he said.
(And as for the Silver White Alliance, it might as well be put to no further use, having achieved a progress of 91/001).
