Chapter 349

A hundred miles away, the entire fishing boat was shrouded in silver mist.

And then, it was a slow infiltration and transformation, like boiling a frog in warm water; in just over half an hour, massive amounts of mercury re-condensed with the atomization, appearing in every corner of the fishing boat from the inside out...

Thousands of threads, entangled with each other, turned into an invisible giant net, bringing everything under control through slow, methodical erosion!

What's more, there was Ji Jue's assistance and support from the side.

Backed by the largest supercomputing center in Haizhou, the main body had already connected to the Nine-Phase Spiritual Quality Fire Integration Array that Ji Jue had recently swindled from the Lou family's workshop. The current Isis had long since exceeded the scope of an ordinary workshop spirit; not only was her multi-threaded processing capability superior to Ji Jue's, but her control in fine details was also jaw-dropping.

Controlling so many mercury threads simultaneously was merely a small test of her skills, and although it was complex and cumbersome, there were fixed patterns to follow.

Seeing such astonishing operations at this moment, a thought couldn't help but flash through Ji Jue's mind...

It's possible that Isis has the potential to become a Matrix Sacred Object!

Just like Brother Kunpeng, gradually adding bricks and tiles, maintaining and upgrading, she has such potential; even the high and distant realm of the Heavenly Human Matrix would be within reach, right?

As for the most suitable matrix... besides Non-Aggression, could there be any other?

Born from the secret ritual of Fluid Alchemy, Isis had an innate and excellent adaptability to the Mohist heritage, and matching her with Non-Aggression was a given.

Although recreating Non-Aggression was currently a bit distant, once he reached the Metamorphosis Rank, he would be able to bear the backlash brought by splitting the matrix and carry out a copy-based inheritance like plant grafting.

By then...

Ji Jue's eyes lit up.

Wouldn't he be equivalent to having recruited a free apprentice, allowing him to omit even the last bit of hands-on creation and throw all the troublesome things to her?

Imagine Isis, who could work 365 days a year, 12 months a year, 24 hours a day without rest, and who could do the work of dozens or hundreds of Niu Ma artisans—how much value could she create... just thinking about it is a sin; it's simply as beautiful as committing a crime!

Who said traditional master-apprentice inheritance is bad!

It's simply too good!

First, the grace of creation and birth, then the duty of master-apprentice reconstruction—shouldn't she work hard for me and help me in my cultivation?!

Ji Jue had already started rubbing his little hands in anticipation.

Until he was splashed awake by a bucket of cold water from Isis: "Sir, why is it that whenever I want to start respecting you, you always show such an expression?"

"What expression? Where is there an expression?!"

Ji Jue retorted loudly, stroking the ship's railing, laughing so hard his mouth couldn't close: "I was just thinking that our good days are still ahead, and I couldn't help but feel fascinated—hehehe!"

"..."

In the silence, besides the habitual dizziness that felt like high blood pressure, Isis experienced for the first time in her life a certain feeling that made her skin crawl and felt greasy and unbearable.

Should I just find a way to kill this dog thing for the sake of world peace and stability?!

But looking at that face filled with idiocy and retardation after he started giggling unconsciously, she always felt helpless...

And the surgery continued.

According to his own dog-thing creator, one must learn to be frugal, steady in "being a person," and it's best not to waste even a single grain of rice. Although they were all a bunch of incorrigible dog things, after a little washing and scrubbing, and after putting on collars and shackles, they could all be "re-made" into people on the assembly line.

Don't be like that group of Great Crowd guys, killing and setting fires at every turn—what a waste!

According to Ji Jue, he had seen in a comic before the Cataclysm Era—a true hero, even when facing heinous criminals and villains who broke out of prison repeatedly, would never kill!

Although that comic was relatively incomplete, fragmented, and had many contradictions, one could still imagine: how that merciful hero managed to accumulate such a massive family fortune in the City of Sin.

This is what it means to have good people get good rewards!

Although separated by more than forty nautical miles, no matter how powerful the force was, it would be impossible to act or descend across these thousands of mercury threads; even the strongest one among them probably couldn't even unscrew a single bolt.

But it was already enough.

Purely from the perspective of mechanical engineering, the structure of a human is simply too fragile; it only takes a little interference for it to fall apart on its own.

The first to suffer were the sentries patrolling and keeping watch on the deck.

Those fine mercury vapors that flowed into the lungs, eyes, eardrums, and nasal cavities with their breath condensed into threads, and amidst the tiny pain like a mosquito bite, they had already penetrated deep into the blood vessels through micro-wounds.

Soon, heavy metal poisoning, lethargy, dizziness, and sleepiness appeared for a moment; the moment the consciousness, weakened to the limit, fainted, a thread of mercury brought spiritual quality interference from a hundred miles away.

The new blessing rewarded by the Heart Pivot old iron who just sent it over tonight—【Ghostly Obsession】—had already acted upon their consciousness.

The incomplete blessing wouldn't have lasted long anyway, so it was better to just use it to exert its maximum remaining value. At the same time, it also allowed Ji Jue to fully experience the insidious nature of the Heart Pivot Heaven-Chosen.

Merely by consuming a bit of spiritual quality reserve, the vast majority of ordinary people on the entire ship had already fallen into a trance and dream, dazed and unaware of where they were.

With the first, there was the second, and then it spread geometrically.

All ordinary people were like puppets, under the command of the mercury threads, turning into walking corpses, no longer posing any threat.

And then, with the infusion of Sin-Tainted spiritual quality and various fierce ingredients, several deformed bodies had already been catalyzed, dragging Tu Sihai into hell...

It wasn't just here, and it wasn't just this place.

Amidst the dead silence, the nightmare, like a tide, silently dragged one person after another into hell.

In the gap of the dream, Baldwin the Golden Tooth in the cabin suddenly opened his eyes; before he could react, he saw wriggling, twisting flesh tentacles and deformed species that had gathered in the cabin at some unknown time. Suddenly, they lunged at him!

Baldwin wanted to struggle to get up, but he hadn't expected that the man sleeping soundly beside his pillow would suddenly have his eyes turn white, and his palms, like iron pincers, would grab his neck.

"Damn it, get lost!"

Suddenly, Baldwin no longer had the tenderness and affection of before; he rose violently and pinched the man's head until it exploded. Blood sprayed out, and amidst the wriggling scarlet, specks of silver light flickered, rushing toward his face.

The stench penetrated his nasal cavity.

Along with threads of mercury.

And at the same time, Ji Jue, a hundred miles away, extended his hand at just the right moment; the ring on his fingertip flashed a red light for an instant, and relying on the conduction of spiritual quality and the mercury medium, a wisp of scarlet shot out instantly, flowing like a sword, as if riding a fiber-optic cable, and penetrated Baldwin's head.

Instantly, the silent wailing within the Ring of Poisoned Heart erupted and exploded from within his soul.

Baldwin's whole body shook, stiffening in place; just a moment of delay was enough for his throat to be bitten through, and immediately after, amidst the hungry gnawing, he was torn to pieces.

Even the wailing and spiritual quality fluctuations were locked by the flowing mercury.

Then the next, and the next...

Like a silent massacre.

!

On the entire fishing boat, hundreds of pirates lost their ability to resist under Isis's erosion, or simply died on the spot; of the eleven Heaven-Chosen, two died confusedly, and three lost their ability to resist and were completely paralyzed... until the moment the Bai Lu known as Feng Ming woke up from his drunken stupor and screamed in terror!

【Cicada Knowledge】!

Among the many blessings of the Bai Lu, it was the most widespread and important early-stage blessing, a must-have for the Invocation Rank; even An Ran and An Ning could not escape it.

There was no other way; it was simply too useful.

The cicada knows before the autumn wind moves.

The effect of this passive ability is to maximize senses, intuition, and instinct.

As for how effective it is, it all depends on application and training.

Strong individuals in this field, after several qualitative leaps in blessings, can even perceive a wisp of malice directed at them from hundreds of kilometers away. Those with exceptional talent, like An Ning, can get a sense the moment they are peered at by a wolf. And as for little An, Ji Jue had already seen it; she could dodge the moment she was aimed at by a gun.

And no matter how trashy Feng Ming was, he wouldn't die confusedly in his sleep... although he wasn't far from death.

Under the influence of alcohol, after inhaling a large amount of mercury vapor, he was already covered all over by wriggling mercury threads, just like a silkworm cocoon.

The moment he woke up in shock, wanting to struggle, it was already too late.

The moment his resistance was detected, countless flexible fine threads had already pierced his body like needles, densely stitching, entangling; the mercury vapor in his blood vessels suddenly condensed, eroding his brain, breaking through the barriers, wriggling through, and churning it to pieces!

He only had time to pull out the short blade he never left behind from under his pillow.

Regardless of tearing his body.

With all his might, he threw it!

Boom!

Before his brain was completely turned into paste by the mercury, the last blade that left his hand erupted with a shrill whistle, breaking through the obstruction of mercury threads and the blockade on the wall, penetrating the cabin.

Suddenly, the dagger, which had no accuracy to speak of, spun and rolled, penetrating two layers of the cabin before wedging crookedly into the wall.

Erupting with a roar!

The echoing loud noise broke the dead silence, echoing continuously, shattering this fragile illusion of peace.

Under the blockade of layers of mercury, in the captain's cabin, amidst the embrace of many warm and fragrant beauties, the "Colonel," still immersed in the intoxication of flour, suddenly opened his eyes and sensed carefully.

And then, amidst his astonishment... he flew into a rage!

"What the hell is this!"

The Colonel roared: "Get out here!"

Boom!!!

In the thick night, the ship shook violently, as if a scarlet, dazzling blood-fire suddenly erupted, gushing out and shooting into the sky!

Violent spiritual quality tremors swept through, instantly waking up the other Heaven-Chosen who were still immersed in dreams; terrified shouts and screams followed one after another, and at the same time, countless mercury threads were burned to ashes amidst the Great Crowd's blood-fire.

"What a pity."

Ji Jue sighed lightly and shook his head.

I was originally going to deal with you last...

Since you don't know what's good for you, then, I'll just send you on your way.

At that moment, in the dissipating sea fog, countless mercury vapors gathered out of thin air, thousands of threads, reconstructing again, entangling with each other, turning into a mercury medium and spiritual quality carrier that spanned forty nautical miles.

Immediately after, Ji Jue extended his hand and ruthlessly triggered all the savings accumulated over these past few months in the Ring of Poisoned Heart.

Amidst the echoes of the tide, the tide of wailing descended from the sky!

(End of chapter)