Chapter 583: Conning, Conning Again

Regarding the origin of the Bloodlust Consciousness, he had two hypotheses.

The first was that it was created by that group of research maniacs, the Life Titans, under extremely accidental circumstances. This possibility wasn't non-existent.

After all... research maniacs just liked to touch upon certain taboo areas.

There was also another possibility: that it came from the unknown civilization that caused the destruction of the Titan Civilization.

If that was the case, then this Bloodlust Consciousness might be of the same nature as the Annihilation Device, both being some kind of attack method.

He pondered for a moment and had Anthony send the rest of the Black Mist to the Laboratory, preparing to let Peyton and the others research it.

As for himself, he accessed Returning Star's highly classified Database and input the current data model—

A large-scale cosmic disaster that erupted on the eve of a Titan Sanctuary's appearance.

The information in Returning Star's highly classified Database was extremely massive. One could only specifically retrieve it when needed; it was impossible to memorize all the information.

"S-Class Classified Data — Dance of War: On the eve of the discovery of the ninth Royal Blood Titan Sanctuary, a highly elusive Hertz Frequency affected fifteen Star Systems, causing all lifeforms within its range to fall into a state of tyrannical slaughter. It was impossible to lift, and these Star Systems could only be abandoned..."

"S-Class Classified Data — Flesh Aberrant Being: On the eve of the discovery of the twelfth Rage Blood Titan Sanctuary, a powerful single-entity lifeform appeared. It evolved by devouring lifeforms and was incomparably powerful."

"The pursuit agencies, led by the Star Glory Empire, spent over thirty years to completely annihilate it."

"S-Class Classified Data — Civilization's Demise..."

There was a lot of data like this. Out of the thirteen Titan Sanctuaries discovered so far, six of them had leaked something extremely deadly beforehand.

This represented that the appearance of the Titan Sanctuary had entered a countdown.

At the same time, these things were inextricably linked to the Titan Sanctuary.

Some even speculated that by finding the reason for the early appearance of these things, it might be possible to discover the Titan Sanctuary ahead of time.

"In that case, determining the other party's specific origin will be slightly troublesome..." Li Yu closed the Database and lowered his head in thought.

Subsequently, he prepared to verify a certain guess. Closing his eyes and relying on the faint Force Network, he found the target he had descended upon.

Previously, he had Anthony send over a group of people. Those were all guys guilty of Heinous Crimes, and at the same time, he had subjected them to Force Modification.

This meant he could remotely control those people's Corporeal Forms through the method of Force Descent.

It was just that those guys had now been eroded by the Black Mist and become a part of the Bloodlust Consciousness.

He didn't know if he could still remotely descend, but after all, Force Descent was an ability granted by the System. He believed that a mere Bloodlust Consciousness would probably find it difficult to block.

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At the same time, on the Lesteron Star System Main Planet, the Black Mist enveloping the planet blocked most detection equipment. Bloodlust Mutants wandered everywhere on the Ground.

The originally prosperous planet had turned into Dead Silence. The billboards on the streets flickered from time to time, shooting out electric sparks, and various holographic advertisements played intermittently.

These mutated lifeforms wandered aimlessly, and occasionally even broke out into large-scale slaughters, leaving flesh and blood mud everywhere.

Just observing like this, almost no one would be able to tell that they had actually become a part of a Unified Consciousness Entity.

Deep within the Black Market, Old Tree Monkey's Corporeal Form sat in a chair. This place was located deep Underground.

During construction, to avoid being accidentally affected, the thick wall interlayers were forged with special metals, almost shielding against all external detection methods, and at the same time making this a rare hiding place.

Compared to the chaos on the Surface, things here appeared orderly. All Smart Terminals and electronic devices had been gathered together.

A large number of mutants were working methodically, extracting information from the planet's already isolated Internal network.

Old Tree Monkey stared unblinking at the screen. His chest was deeply sunken, but he didn't care.

All infected Bloodlust Mutants could become vessels carrying his consciousness, and he could switch at any time.

"So it's already become like this. The new civilization era is far inferior to that... civilization they called Titan."

The corners of Old Tree Monkey's mouth split open into an exaggerated arc, almost tearing.

"This is truly wonderful!" He appeared exceptionally excited:

"Without that group of terrifying creatures called Titans, and without restrictions and constraints. Even those damned Creators are hiding somewhere unknown, licking their wounds."

"No one knows my origins either. They even thought I was just a virus and a plague, and even actively took my Sub-Bodies away from here. What a bunch of Idiots!"

"I will erode the entire Universe!"

He was almost frenzied. There were lifeforms of various Ethnic Groups throughout the entire Black Market, but at this moment, they all coincidentally let out frenzied laughter.

He was a cautious consciousness entity, which stemmed from an unforgettable experience.

Back when he was created and deployed into the Titan Civilization...

He had also thought about turning all those seemingly stupid big guys into his Sub-Bodies.

The result was that he was beaten up and locked in an iron box with no daylight, researched by those Titans all day long until now.

However, it was also thanks to those researches that he broke free from the Creators' shackles and even became stronger.

"Those Creators were also stupid. Knowing perfectly well it was during wartime and that those Titans would definitely be vigilant, they still told me to erode rapidly..." Thinking of this, he couldn't help Gnashing Her Teeth.

During the Titan Civilization era, he was locked up before he could even exert his rightful Strength.

He needed a large amount of time to infect enough lifeforms in order to make himself strong.

And this time he had learned to be smart. Before figuring out the background of this new Interstellar Era, he wasn't going to expose his special nature.

Anyway, some Idiots had already taken his Sub-Bodies and left, and those Sub-Bodies would let him bloom throughout the entire Universe.

The brutality and desire for destruction he carried since his creation constantly wanted him to destroy everything, yet he forcefully suppressed it himself.

Because in this Interstellar Era, as time passed, he would naturally become a cosmic disaster.

However, right at this moment, his excited expression suddenly paused, and the Bloodlust Sub-Bodies working around him also stagnated for a moment.

"How could this be!?" He abruptly stood up, as if something incomprehensible to him had happened.

Just now, a Mutant Sub-unit had broken free from his control!

No, it wasn't breaking free from control, but rather his own consciousness had been squeezed out.

The entire Bloodlust Consciousness was like a network, and those Sub-Bodies were the network nodes.

Although the network node was still there, the Controller inside was no longer him.

"How is this possible!?"

The infected Sub-Bodies had already been branded with his mark; it was impossible for them to break free from his control.

Even during the Titan Civilization era, those big guys couldn't achieve this.

Not to mention that this era was clearly inferior to the Titan Civilization.

This made him somewhat terrified. The Sub-Bodies across the entire planet seemed to feel this emotion and began to stir uneasily.

But this problem had to be resolved. In an instant... his consciousness entity returned to all the mutants, and at the same time found that Sub-Body whose control had been snatched away.

………

"So this is the mutant's body..." Li Yu lowered his head, looking at the completely distorted body.

Although he successfully descended into this body, he also felt an extremely awkward sensation.

It was like... wearing the left and right shoes on the wrong feet.

However, he could at least barely walk. He looked around; everywhere his eyes could see were these mutants.

Generally, their limbs were elongated, their skin turned grey-black, their bones twisted and extended into bone spurs.

Some mutants were even attacking each other, which gave Li Yu a strange look in his eyes.

Aren't these guys all one consciousness entity?

Why are they still attacking each other?

Is the left hand hitting the right hand?

Or is it because he is hiding himself, so he uses this method to disguise it.

"It's this guy..." Not far away, a tall Blue Spirit mutant looked over.

They had special circular patterns on their foreheads, which they could use to stimulate Mental Power and control energy states.

Bloodlust evaluated this guy, his consciousness entity trying to squeeze in.

But that Mutant Sub-unit seemed to have grown a ring of bronze walls and iron fortresses, making it completely impossible to control.

"He seems to be exploring the surroundings as well. Even if he took control of my Sub-Body, he probably doesn't know my origins."

Even during the Titan Civilization era, not many knew his origins. After all, back then... before he could even spread, he was hammered.

Bloodlust pondered secretly. He wasn't an Idiot; on the contrary... he possessed highly efficient learning abilities.

Directly destroying it definitely wouldn't work. He also wanted to know exactly how the other party controlled his Sub-Body; this was crucial to him.

Towards this guy whom he temporarily couldn't figure out what was going on, he decided to adopt another method.

But before he could start acting, he saw the other party walk straight towards a certain Mutant Sub-unit.

"What does he want to do?" Bloodlust's vigilance instantly peaked.

Li Yu patted the Sub-Body in front of him. This hideous and twisted guy immediately unleashed a bad-breath attack, and even let out meaningless roars.

"Bloodlust? Come out and chat..." The corners of Li Yu's mouth twitched slightly as he spoke.

As soon as his words fell, the Sub-Body Li Yu controlled was affected by an invisible force and directly exploded, flesh and blood flying everywhere.

How does he know my name!?

Tempestuous waves surged in Bloodlust's heart. The Mutant Sub-units across the entire planet fell into a state of stagnation, which invigorated the numerous Researchers constantly observing the planet.

What shocked him wasn't that the other party seemed to know he was a Unified Consciousness Entity, but that the other party actually knew his name or codename.

Even the Titan Civilization didn't know his name!

This was the name that group of Creators gave him in the beginning.

Even after being caught by the Titan Civilization later, those big guys gave it a new name.

Aside from that group of Creators, it was absolutely impossible for anyone to know this name.

Could it be... this guy is from that group!?

In the Jade Void Palace, Li Yu slowly opened his eyes and whispered: "Seems like I scared the little kid..."

Subsequently, he closed his eyes again.

Bloodlust suppressed his chaotic and strange emotions. Due to his loss of control and shock just now, he had accidentally killed that Mutant Sub-unit.

This made him somewhat regretful. After all... he also wanted to know the other party's origins and whether he would pose a threat to him.

As soon as this thought appeared, he suddenly noticed another one of his Sub-Bodies had broken free from his control.

This feeling made him very uneasy. He urgently wanted to know exactly how the other party achieved this.

Li Yu walked to the nearest Mutant Sub-unit again and said: "Control yourself a bit, I just want to talk with you."

This Mutant Sub-unit restrained its brutality and hideousness, calmed down, and said: "Who are you."

"You can call me..." Li Yu paused, and said: "Nurgle..."

"Nurgle?" Bloodlust chewed on this name, inexplicably feeling it suited him perfectly, so he asked suspiciously: "How do you know my name."

Li Yu's eyes flickered slightly. The thing this guy cared about the most was actually his name, and not how I knew he was a Unified Consciousness Entity.

Interesting... In his cognition, this point seemed very important.

"You have too many questions..." Li Yu shook his head and said: "I've already answered your question, now it's your turn to answer mine."

"One for each person, very fair." Bloodlust pondered and also nodded. After all, he also had many doubts that needed answering.

"How did you... leave..." Li Yu asked. This question was very obscure, because he didn't know the other party's specific origins.

He only knew the other party should be from the Titan Sanctuary. It was just that... whether the other party was a Guardian of the Titan Sanctuary or something else, he wasn't sure yet.

He could only use "leave", this ambiguous word.

Bloodlust thought for a moment. This question wasn't hard to answer, because he knew there were two people in that squad who weren't on this planet.

Based on his speculation, those two people must have been controlled by Outside Civilizations.

Since that was the case, his origins were basically not a secret anymore.

"I was taken away by a group of lifeforms. Something went wrong with the prison, and it lost its basic defensive functions."

Prison... Li Yu's mind turned. So he was originally locked in a prison by the Life Titans.

"Now, you can answer that question from just now." Bloodlust stared at the other party through the Mutant Sub-unit. He had to figure this out.

The Creators were the people he was most apprehensive of. Although the Life Titans had removed some of his restrictions during their research.

But he believed that those Creators definitely had methods to deal with him.

Perhaps, this Nurgle was also created by them.

(End of Chapter)