40,000 Years of Cultivation

Chu Zhixiao watched the surroundings vigilantly.

She never believed that the motives and behavior patterns of the puppet king could be so simple.

Every time, the puppet king wrapped his true motives in a **** labyrinth.

There are only countless corpses smashed to pieces by the "Giant Spirit" yuan in the surroundings, and the reaction furnace that "buzzes".

Thankfully, this type of reactor has an extremely sturdy shell and a very tight protection device. Not to mention that it is difficult to damage from the outside with violence. Even if it is damaged, the energy input pipeline to the reactor will be cut off instantly, leaving the reactor inside. The high-energy response slowly decayed and stagnated, and there would never be a violent explosion, which would have an irreparable impact on the entire starship.

Otherwise, the puppet king only needs to control a batch of ghouls to detonate the entire starship.

"Detonate the starship..."

Chu Zhixiao squinted her eyes, and she smelled conspiracy.

Checking the ghoul's body back and forth, it's a pity that all the corpses have been blasted into mud, and there is no value for detection at all.

"Qixing, send me the three-dimensional image of the corpse outside, whether you want the ghoul or the victim's corpse, don't miss every detail!"

Chu Zhixiao sent orders to his companions outside through the spider chariot.

Suddenly, the indicator light on the back of the spider chariot flickered quickly, and bunches of invisible, transparent nerve-like thin wires connected to her temples. A lifelike and shocking picture appeared on her retina out of thin air. on.

Chu Zhixiao focused on scanning the corpses with sharp eyes.

After scanning dozens of corpses, she found something strange.

"Many corpses have lost their eyes and fingers."

This is a matter of course.

Since the whole body was bitten and riddled with holes, how could his eyes and fingers be spared.

Moreover, as far as ghouls are concerned, eyes are the most "delicious" food, and fingers are one of the easiest parts to chew.

Most victims of the "Ghoul Incident" bear the brunt of losing their eyes and fingers.

"Most of the photos of ghouls here are also missing eyeballs and fingers. Although they may have been gnawed off these parts before they were infected and transformed into ghouls, I still don't think it is right."

Chu Zhixiao groaned, "If we remove the limitations of our thinking from the'ghoul incident' and don't treat this case as an ordinary gluttonous virus outbreak, then how should we treat the disappearance of these eyes and fingers? the reason?"

"Major, what do you mean?"

"Black Dream" Yunhai said in his heart, "It's not the'Ghoul Incident', what is it then?"

"Assuming that the bloody'Ghoul Incident' is just a cover-up, and the real goal of the Puppet King is those eyes and fingers?"

Chu Zhixiao stared into the darkness and muttered to herself, “Snatching the eyes and fingers of dozens of key figures at once will be eye-catching anyway, unless you use the'gluttonous virus outbreak' as a cover up. The bodies of all the victims are mutilated, and the eyeballs and fingers are no longer visible. In fact, are these eyeballs and fingers eaten by someone or are they used elsewhere?"

"Other places?"

"Black Dream" Yun Haixin narrowed his eyes, "You mean, the control authority of the starship?"

"Yes, old-fashioned warships like the Chaser, except for the bridge, can be manually controlled with advanced permissions in many places, but the fingerprint, iris, blood, and brain scans of the permission holder must be required."

Chu Zhixiao said, "And the authority owner is often the highest priest on the old battleship, plus the supervisor who wants to control the area. On the Chasing, it is the high priest who was gnawed beyond recognition, and the power cabin. The supervisor, and perhaps the operator of the reactor, I think these people are already dead, and all their eyes and fingers are missing, right?"

"It's not just eyes and fingers."

"Black Dream" Yunhai said, "Many corpses have been sucked dry, so blood samples are also available, as well as brain scans. Uh, simulated brain waves are the strong point of the puppet king, and many key authority brains are also lacking. And flying, so now, fingerprints, iris, blood samples, and brain scanning procedures are not a problem."

"Seven stars—"

Chu Zhixiao's voice was as cold as it came from a vacuum, "Tell me, if the puppet king takes over the highest authority of the power cabin through manual control, what can he do?"

"... Whatever you want, do whatever you want, without taboos, do whatever you want."

After a long time, the "Seven Stars" trembling slightly came from the air.

Chu Zhixiao cursed lightly.

The whole person rose up, like an arrow from the string, shot into the darkness.

Before "Giant Ling" Yuan Kou and "Black Dream" Yun Haixin could keep up, she had disappeared in the deepest part of the power cabin.

Only the spider chariot "Porco Rosso" followed the owner's footsteps step by step. The slightly cumbersome figure also relied on the high-speed sliding wheels at the end of the six limbs and lost its way to the bottom of the power cabin.

"Huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The bottom of the power cabin is a space reserved for maintenance and modification. There are a large number of twisted pipes, abandoned reactors and various maintenance components, just like a dead metal cemetery.

There is no half of the ghoul here, but there is not even the slightest light and the breath of living beings. The dead silence is more frightening than the area where the ghouls patrolled just now.

Chu Zhixiao didn't feel any fear in her heart, and she still issued orders in an orderly manner: "Seven Stars, send me the original structure diagram of the bottom layer of the power cabin. Yes, it looks like before the last modification. I suspect there are a lot of them here. The hidden area is not displayed on the latest version of the map.

"Also, if you want to cut off the command of the bridge and force manual control, the operation room should be here. Pay attention to monitoring and tracking at any time.

"In addition, let the ‘Giant Spirit’ stay on it, and the same is true for the ‘Black Dream’, none of you should come down here, it’s too—"

Chu Zhixiao's voice stopped abruptly.

She suddenly realized that her ears were too quiet, Jing Nao and the tracking expert "Seven Stars" did not respond.

This is abnormal. With such a short distance, there should not be any barriers or shields between her and the "Seven Stars".

The only answer is that she fell into the illusion again and was invaded by the puppet king, hijacking her vision and hearing nerves.

This guy, as the "Seven Stars" said, is using evil emotions and desires to cultivate his soul, making him soar to an unimaginable state of horror in just a year and a half!

But...it would be ridiculous to want to trap her like this?

Chu Zhixiao's mind was clear and transparent, and his soul was condensed into a gorgeous and unparalleled sword. The sword raised thousands of silver lines, cutting the surrounding black space to pieces, and crashing.

In front of her eyes, a dark red gleam appeared again, that was the light emitted by the spider chariot "Porco Rosso".

And at the end of the light, a thin and tall figure, with his hands in his pockets casually, was looking at him grinningly.

This is a mediocre young man who has been expressionless for many years, making his face smooth like an egg, but now there are very deep smile lines on the egg.

He was wearing a raincoat for work that power cabin maintenance workers used to wear. It was covered with pockets, all of which were bulging and bleeding.

An indescribable sense of danger penetrated Chu Zhixiao's brain, making her instantly know: "Puppet King?"

"Major Chu, hello."

The young maintenance worker smiled, "This seems to be the closest you and me, doesn't it?"

"It seems to be, don't move, and don't stir up even the slightest brain wave, otherwise I will directly cut you into a blood mist, and burn the blood mist to ashes."

Chu Zhixiao held the arc long sword on her waist and approached the puppet king, "Who are you and what is your purpose?"

"Isn't my purpose all clarified in the purpose of the'Shenxinhui'? I pursue the liberation of human nature, and I want everyone to remember what a real human is like, even if I live as a human for just a second. Bells are better than living as a slave and a tool for a hundred years."

The puppet king squinted with a smile.

"Are those ghouls what you call "real humans"?"

Chu Zhixiao scoffed.

"The correction must be over-correct. The Saint Alliance members have been sunk in deceit and ignorance for too long. If it weren't for such a strong stimulus, how could they really awaken them--you?"

The puppet king blinked, "As for my name, I usually don’t tell others, but if it’s Major Chu, it’s a different matter. As long as you promise me one condition, you will never tell my name to the third party. I personally know that this is the secret between you and me."

"secret?"

Chu Zhixiao felt more and more absurd, "Do you believe my guarantee?"

"I don't really believe it, but why not give it a try. In order to "wake up" you, it is worth paying a small price."

King Puppet said, "Did you know that'secrets' constitute an extremely important part of life. If a person does not have any secrets and everything is exposed to others, then he is not a real person.

"So, starting with this little secret, build your true personality, Major Chu."

Chu Zhixiao snorted softly: "Why don't you talk about your name first."

"My name is Li Yao,'Vulture Li Yao'."

The puppet king smiled happily, "From the other side of the sea of ​​stars, very far away, we met for the first time, please take care of me, but now, see you soon!"

Chu Zhixiao heard the sound of "Giant Spirit" Yuan Kou and "Black Dream" Yun Haixin pounced behind him.

And the smile on the face of the puppet king was like the little sacrifice who turned into a ghoul just now, getting shallower and disappearing.

Her pupils shrank suddenly, and desperately rushed towards the puppet king.

However, before she threw down the puppet king, from behind the puppet king, an extremely dazzling ball of light burst from the depths of the darkness, sweeping the stern of the entire starship, swallowing everything.

The only thing Chu Zhixiao could do was to raise the psychic shield in time and adjust the crystal armor to the "explosion-proof mode" with the strongest defensive power.

But her spider chariot "Porco Rosso" rushed to the owner's face recklessly, waving awkwardly and ridiculously short legs, trying to protect the owner's safety, and finally shattered and almost melted under the impact of strong light and heat.

This is the last scene that Chu Zhixiao saw before falling into darkness.

"Li Yao..."

Chu Zhixiao chewed the name in the dark.

Then, he bit into pieces so hard that he didn't even spit out the dregs and swallowed them all into his stomach.