Free Web NovelChapter 449: Chapter 66: The False Mechanical Descending God
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The place that Zero needed Bai Wu to go to was in the central part of Meinan Country, an extremely bustling city—Sanchez City.
Before that, Bai Wu still greeted Wen Hao. He learned some things from Wen Hao.
"So I spent... thirteen days in the forbidden area?"
"Yes."
Bai Wu thought about it and seemed to find a clue.
To deal with The Pursuer, he had used the Power of the Well and Envy Greatsword; however, after The Pursuer left, Xiaoyugan opened a vortex that led into Jing San’s Memory World... When he regained consciousness, his body had already recovered combat ability.
Bai Wu realized there was a missing stage in this process of recovery.
It seemed to be Xiaoyugan’s doing, returning to him the memories he had lost about Liu Chengzi, while according to the rules, taking away the memories he had of recovering from his injuries.
Bai Wu always thought he was quite efficient, but he had still been delayed by about ten days.
Fortunately, during those ten days, several minor incidents occurred that were easily resolved.
Bai Wu then started to instruct Wen Hao on other matters.
Even though Wen Hao knew some things about the Memory World, Bai Wu was now the expert in this field.
After clarifying everything, he told Wen Hao not to lead people into the forbidden area lightly and also to protect the forbidden area well.
Not facing Xiaoyugan anymore, Bai Wu’s desire to deceive emerged again:
"There are a lot of secrets hidden here; in the future, they might be the key to saving the world and restoring Sheng Country to its place in the world."
Wen Hao’s trust in Bai Wu couldn’t be said to be complete, but he certainly held no doubts.
After that, Bai Wu left contentedly, ready to head towards Sanchez City in Meinan.
Wen Hao and the Ark were tremendous forces, and Bai Wu had a premonition that after more formidable enemies appeared... they would have the opportunity to cooperate again.
But before that, he had to deal with the vanguards of the farm.
What was interesting, though, was that when Bai Wu asked about the details regarding Mechanical Descending God, Zero didn’t reveal much.
During Bai Wu’s journey across the sea at high speed towards Meinan Country, the conversation went like this:
"Why am I supposed to go to Galaxy Plaza in Sanchez City?"
[That is not a question you need to know the answer to.]
"Why do you talk like someone who is evasive and secretive?"
[Because the question you asked is not good enough.]
Fine, it’s not that you don’t know how to answer; it’s just that the question is too crappy, and for a moment, Bai Wu found himself at a loss for words.
"Mechanical Descending God, is it because someone had the same idea as you?"
[It’s not the same idea, just the same direction; but due to the vast difference in quantity, it led to a qualitative difference. It’s roughly the difference between a family and a country.]
"Alright, alright, I get it; you are powerful. I just have to follow your plan, right?"
[Indeed, you should.]
Bai Wu was actually quite curious; technological development is reflected in the fields of information, high-level physics, and biochemistry.
Zero was supposed to be the god of the information field, but could it truly reverse this Mechanical Descending God?
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The significance of technology is vast, at least that’s how it seems within current human society.
Some also say that the fourth world war in the human world will be fought with sticks and stones, implying that current levels of technology are sufficient to destroy the world.
As for when exactly this war will come, no one knows,
What’s more regrettable is that before the technological war could break out, the apocalypse arrived.
In the face of heightened vigilance against Hei Wu from all countries, the nations were somewhat united. With an external enemy, humanity has always been like this. Thus, the third world war that could have destroyed the world never broke out.
Humanity unanimously began to study Hei Wu.
Hei Wu had intimidated nations for seven hundred years, and throughout those centuries, countries never ceased their exploration of Hei Wu. However, the results of these explorations were extremely limited, so limited that they could be summarized in a few words—without any result.
Therefore, if the various power fields inside Hei Wu were to spread outside of it, it could be said that the impact on the human world would be catastrophic.
At least in terms of technological civilization, it was an absolute suppression.
But suppression was not the most terrifying aspect. freēwebnovel.com
Just like killing a person, the fear of completely losing the breath of life brought to those around is far less than turning a person into a monster, to tear and persecute those around him.
In the time since Bai Wu entered the Memory World—thirteen days, the entire world, because of technology, began to feel fear.
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As early as seven hundred years ago, this world had already entered the era of the internet of things. Although there hadn’t been much progress in human technology, over the seven hundred years, many imperfect technologies had begun to improve.
Items closely related to people’s lives could almost all be controlled through the network, the closer to daily life, the more so.
If not for some mysterious impediment, human technology on the level of daily living would probably converge towards a "terminal," achieving regulation over various aspects of life through one device.
Although the technology of the World Beyond the Mist had not reached that step, when Mechanical Descending God arrived, people still experienced immense fear.
Thirteen days earlier, while people were keen on discussing the "Light Arrow Knight," and topics like giant cruise ships, strange occurrences happened.
It started with the eerie flickering of night lights.
It was as if a paranormal event was unfolding. At first, people found it amusing but later on, their expressions turned to horror.
Because gradually, some people realized... the frequency of the light flickers seemed to be expressing some terrifying message in Morse code.
And in those areas densely packed with neon lights, the message "The Day of Judgement is coming, the distortion is near" was directly conveyed through the arrangement of the lights.
People quickly realized that this might be some sort of prank.
But when they began to inquire or spread the news out of amusement, they were horrified to discover—
The lights all over the world seemed to have gone out of control.
The night passed in continual flickering. In the gaps between darkness and light, people felt that something bad was about to happen.
In the following days, more strange events occurred.
Some people used their phones to listen to music and found countless songs switching erratically, seeming chaotic and disorderly.
For instance, one second it was "Oh I love you, and you love me, honey-sweet, sweet as can be," and before the song could even finish, the next second it suddenly changed to "Today is a good day."
Of course, that was just an example.
In fact, the music was much more chaotic.
It was not just music, the television was the same; people turned on the TV only to find that the remote control had become meaningless.
All image devices continuously switched between various programs; one second it was "Approaching Science," and the next second it shifted to an actor in a drama reciting a line.
The chaos, however, had a pattern to it.
Because as the frequencies of switching music and programs increased, people noticed... whether it was music or programs, if the first word of each sentence in these switching channels was connected, it could form a sentence—
The Day of Judgement is coming, the distortion is near.
This time, humanity became even more panicked.
They watched the flickering lights at night, afraid to fall asleep.
What is fear?
Fear is when the things in reality that you are utterly familiar with...suddenly become unfamiliar.
The Day of Judgement is coming, the distortion is near. This fear from human technological civilization had just begun to spread!
On the seventh day, computers, cell phones, huge TV advertisement walls, the various tools people customarily used to obtain information, had already skipped the suggestive phase and started conveying a message loud and clear—
The Day of Judgement is coming, the distortion is near.
It was as if all the computers had been infected with a virus; all people could see was this one sentence.
On the ninth day, car accidents began to occur around the world. The transportation system had completely collapsed.
Because every system controlled by information had ceased functioning, their only purpose seemed to be telling humanity—the apocalypse was coming, and distortion was imminent.
With the paralysis of information networks, many companies could no longer operate normally, and a vast number of people realized that some overwhelmingly powerful force was controlling everything about humankind.
Therefore, those who previously relied on their own efforts for a comfortable life suddenly found themselves in a state where their everyday lives were constrained at every turn due to the abrupt loss of existing technological support.
Their majority of social behaviors, making friends, traveling, working, were all restricted.
An event that people had imagined but was simply impossible in reality had finally happened—
Humans used the internet to transmit messages, yet they were also "netted" by the internet.
Some realized that it seemed to be a terrifying power, making humanity abandon their current technology.
"Maybe we will go back to the eighteenth century?"
That was an extremely optimistic statement, "Technology" hadn’t died, it had just become the monster’s pawn.
It was only when every item in their lives began to be manipulated that they would understand—
It wasn’t that technology had forsaken them, but rather technology was toying with them.
Vacuuming robots started moving about for no reason, their signal lights blinking red in the darkness, like the eyes of a wolf.
Household vacuum cleaners suddenly began humming, bringing terrifying fears in the silence.
The food inside the refrigerator started to rot; when one opened the fridge, a wave of putrid smell and heat hit the face.
An old man woke from his sleep feeling hot, only to find the air conditioner at an absurd temperature; when he tried to get some water, even the water purifier had started playing tricks, filling the cup with muddy, dirty water.
People showering would suddenly scream because the showerhead aggressively started spewing out water at 74 degrees Celsius.
Talk of the end of the world began to spread, with everyone living in tremendous fear.
But don’t think that this minor disturbance was over.
On the twelfth day, at Sanchez’s Galaxy Plaza, the "Revelation" appeared on a super-giant screen that covered hundreds of square meters.
The proudest tool of humankind was intelligence.
With intelligence, the not-so-strong human physique became the dominator of the world.
But now, the crystallization of human wit had begun to turn against humankind.
This immense fear surpassed even the horror of the Ark smashing into islands and ugly monsters destroying cities.
Because it seemed to be stripping humanity of the advances they had strived for over thousands of years.
As night fell, the whole world plunged into darkness, and nations suffered from a calamity named "civilization" that was even more dreadful than "disease."
All the lights could no longer shine, but occasionally there were still lights, coming from various smart devices.
Without any street lights, the whole city was pitch-dark, and those faint points of light were insufficient to adorn the night, resembling more the sporadic glimmers in the endless darkness.
Countless people around the globe, through various smart devices, saw the content of the "Revelation" at Sanchez’s Galaxy Plaza.
[Humanity is ugly, selfish, greedy, fragile. God shall descend infinite fear to punish mankind, and the fear will not perish but will escalate layer by layer. Until humans achieve enlightenment amidst an eternity of fear—thus the Revelation.]
[The coming of doomsday is unstoppable, the spread of fear requires death. Next is the first spread.]
[Countdown: 12000s.]
The countdown of the Revelation began, twelve thousand seconds, just over three hours; the time was fleeting, and people didn’t know what would happen when the countdown ended.
But some places already knew in advance.
The defense departments of Meinan Country, Aulora, Fuyue New Island, Fuyue Old Island, and the defense department of Jin Ze Country all detected abnormalities.
Even though the computing systems of various countries had recently crashed, they hadn’t realized the seriousness of the matter, or perhaps they had, but the reality was more terrifying.
In Aulora’s defense department, the highest military official was listening to his subordinate’s report with sweat dripping down his forehead.
"Our intercontinental missiles, neutron bombs, and even... hydrogen bombs have been activated minutes ago and are now in a ready-to-launch state!"
"Stop them right now! Stop them right now!"
"Sorry, sir, we can’t stop it. Everything we do now... is meaningless."
"Where is the target?"
"The target is Johnson Island, judging by our current firepower, it’s enough to kill every resident of Johnson Island an average of seventeen thousand times over..."
"Nuclear radiation will render Johnson Island a forbidden zone for the next four hundred years. Our weapons... will destroy our ally by our own hands..."
The reporting officer spoke with a heavy tone.
At this moment, the same was true for all other countries, while the people of Johnson Island weren’t even aware of the catastrophe about to befall them.
Three hours is such a short time—
Soon, within the military bases of various countries, those enormous objects began to activate and enter a launch-ready state.
Finally, the countdown ended.
The content on the giant screen abruptly shifted from text to imagery.
In the image, countless missiles capable of annihilating the nation were rapidly descending upon Johnson Island from above.
Inside Mil Emperor Building in Sanchez City, Club Q revealed a triumphant expression.
In twenty seconds, beautiful mushroom clouds would continuously blossom over Johnson Island.
He silently counted the numbers, thinking that the whole world was watching this "Revelation," thinking how human fear would burst forth alongside the mushroom clouds, fueling his excitement.
Hearts Q and Spades Q had both failed, and Club Q thought it was because the Light Arrow Knight was indeed too powerful in combat.
That person probably came from Inside the Mist, a place his father forbade them to go.
But even if he was from Inside the Mist, he couldn’t be omnipotent. At least in the field of technology, no one from Inside or Outside the Mist could rival him.
The countdown he was silently keeping track of finally came to an end, and Club Q excitedly opened his eyes, awaiting the fear from all over the world.
Everything was as he imagined; before his eyes was the scene of Johnson Island being bombarded by missiles, humanity’s pride in their self-destructive creations.
"Hahaha... This is the true divine punishment, it’s so beautiful, the trajectory of the explosion’s spread is just too beautiful!"
Mass death had already arrived, and even if the Light Arrow Knight appeared at this time, what could he do?
The terrifying radiation would turn the entire Johnson Island into hell, millions of people would be vaporized in an instant, and no one could save this place!
And this scene had been seen by people all over the world... The "beautiful sight" would shock everyone!
Next, this fear would cascade further—after Johnson Island, Fuyue Old Island would be next. After Fuyue Old Island, Jin Ze Country, and then Meinan.
All of humanity’s escape tools, transportation systems, had already been paralyzed, and they could only deepen and distort the concentration in this despair and fear!
Ding.
As Club Q was indulging in his vision of the future, a strange notification sound suddenly emerged on Club Q’s computer, interrupting his train of thought.
"Video playback completed."
What should have been a live broadcast from satellite surveillance... suddenly froze.
And in the center of the screen, there appeared a large, symbolizing the pause of a video, a triangle icon.
Club Q was stunned on the spot; the abrupt change left him unable to respond. How could the live broadcast turn into a video?
This was supposed to be a continuous transmission of Johnson Island being completely bombarded, wasn’t it? What was this video about?
Fear would cascade further.
When Club Q tried to close the video on the supercomputer, he suddenly realized... he couldn’t do anything.
No matter what he did, the computer showed no response.
And on the giant screen, suddenly appeared a line of text—
[Revelation Chapter One, God said, ’Let there be light.’]
As this sentence appeared on Club Q’s computer screen, all of the lights in the world that had been turned off—in that instant, lit up again.
The nightscapes people hadn’t seen for several days reappeared all over the world.
On Galaxy Plaza, countless street lamps illuminated, lighting up the entire plaza.
Club Q’s body trembled slightly, his head involuntarily swaying, unable to believe what he was witnessing, a chill surging up from his spine.
The display on his monitor changed once more.
[Hi Rookie, I am Zero, are you ready to witness the true Mechanical Descending God?]
