Chapter 368: I'm Going to Slay a God, Is That for Real?

The first cooperation with the Federation took place the very next morning; nothing worth noting happened during this time, so it is best to just skip it.

Thus, on the morning of January 3rd, Heral Calendar 4244, Yun Mu's Executors stood together with the Federation's Guards and the people from the City Defense Team.

The person in charge of leading the team was not the old man seen yesterday, but a middle-aged Wolf-kin wearing a City Defense Army combat uniform.

The other party had a ferocious scar over his left eye and stood at the very front of the formation with a straight posture, looking quite reliable.

As for Yun Mu's side, Airui Laya, who had removed her Mask, was the person ostensibly in charge of the team.

She had volunteered to come, and her reason was that there was no reason; Yun Mu also did not know what she was actually thinking.

After receiving the material aid provided by the Federation and ensuring there would be no shortage of Resource Points in the short term, Yun Mu's number of Executors had successfully exceeded 300 after a night of mass production.

Although it did not count as many, they could all be called Elite.

After all, as Executors with mechanical bodies, neither their physical strength nor their morale and loyalty were things the Federation's Guards could compare to.

Besides this, the Tank Factory that finished construction in the early morning also provided two Flash Silver Tanks for this trip—naturally, they were the modified versions.

Dark-colored armored shells, sloped armor that looked very sturdy, as well as paint applied to the armor plates with Scarlet pigment and the Joy Company logo.

Aside from the difference in appearance, in fact, even the performance was different from the Old Legion's Flash Silver Tanks.

At the cost of spending an extra three hundred Resource Points, the Flash Silver Tanks produced by Yun Mu possessed stronger armor, firepower, and range; furthermore, they could switch to 【Stationed】 mode on suitable ground.

In Stationed mode, the Flash Silver Tank would be unable to move, but it would gain higher defensive capabilities and range, and cause splash damage to the area being attacked.

Very powerful.

As for how this was achieved? It was very simple: just spend Research Points; any building or unit could be improved.

And after the Combat Laboratory finished construction, she could also research blueprints for new units or buildings.

However, it was better to save Research Points; after all, she still had to upgrade the Command Center.

It was only because the performance of the Flash Silver Tanks was somewhat insufficient that she had specifically improved them.

Looking at the final result of the improvement, Yun Mu was relatively satisfied.

Back to the main topic, Airui Laya was currently conversing with the Wolf-kin leading the team.

"We have a way to detect the locations of those Survivors, and the specific rescue can also be left to my company's employees. What you need to do is defeat those mechanical bodies that come over, can you do that?" Airui Laya explained her plan to the other party.

"Can do." The Wolf-kin officer nodded, and he added: "I will have people escort the rescued Survivors to the Temporary Shelter."

The Temporary Shelter referred to subway stations, shopping malls, and a series of other spaces built underground; the Federation had now converted them into temporary shelters.

Originally, the councilors in the Council Building had no interest in building shelters; they did not care about the casualties of the citizens at all, but under the strong demand of the Crocodile Scale Species councilor, the shelters were still built.

However, that was back when the Energy Shield had just been broken.

As of now, that old man would not pay any attention to the words of those councilors; in fact, all matters at the Council Building were currently managed by him alone.

"Let's stop the small talk here and start saving people quickly," the Wolf-kin officer urged.

Seeing this, Airui Laya stopped speaking and instead picked up the Communication Device to ask Yun Mu for the locations of the surrounding Survivors.

The bone marrow radiated out by that Spine earlier had pierced through a large number of buildings, resulting in the number of Survivors being far fewer than at the beginning.

Logically speaking, the workload of rescuing Survivors should have decreased quite a bit, yet those bones that had not been recycled became an obstacle blocking everyone.

"Tsk, this thing is really hard."

After pulling back and forth with a saw for a long time, he finally cut one of the bones into two pieces, and the Wolf-kin officer could not help but knit his brows.

Looking at the other side, the Executor squad had already advanced more than twice the distance they had.

After thinking for a moment, he threw the saw in his hand to the side: "Don't waste time on this, we'll follow behind them!"

Boom, boom!! "Spread out!"

"Anti-armor equipment, hurry up!"

"Flank to the back of those 【Maintenance Workers】!"

On the bustling street, facing a suddenly encountered squad of Old Legion mechanical bodies, the Wolf-kin officer roared as he gave commands.

The old men fighting side-by-side with him were fine; they could complete his orders quickly and accurately, but those rookies in the Guard who hadn't seen much blood—although he didn't hold expectations for the rookies' performance anyway, after all, who hadn't started as a new recruit—it was still infuriating.

Especially after comparing them with the Executors on the other side.

The company could actually cultivate such an Elite force? Watching the Executors and the Flash Silver Tanks cooperate tacitly to eliminate the Old Legion mechanical bodies, the Wolf-kin officer could not help but feel some emotion.

The company, huh... Is it really a good thing to let those big financial groups control power?

But he was just thinking about it; after all, the current reality was that they indeed needed help from the company's power.

"Phew, finally finished."

The battle lasted for about ten minutes, and when the last Old Legion mechanical body was destroyed, the Wolf-kin officer let out a long sigh of relief.

It was fortunate that they had the help of the Joy Company this time; if it were only them... although they wouldn't have lost, it certainly wouldn't have gone as smoothly as this.

Watching the Executors, who didn't even have a minute of rest after the battle ended and immediately began digging and rescuing Survivors, the Wolf-kin officer could not help but feel respect for those hidden inside the exoskeleton armor.

However, his respect was clearly directed at the wrong target; after all, the Executors were not human at all.

As mechanical bodies, naturally, there was no such thing as resting.

If Yun Mu knew the Wolf-kin officer's thoughts, she would probably be secretly laughing in her heart.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

"Can these bones also be recycled into Resource Points!?"

Hearing the words coming from the Communication Device, Yun Mu looked in shock at the bones covering the entire city.

"I had the Maintenance Workers appraise them; it should be possible, and there are quite a lot of Resource Points. Besides that, it seems there is also a probability of obtaining Research Points," Airui Laya said with a smile.

"There are also Research Points!"

Yun Mu's eyes shone as she looked at the bones on the screen; she had decided, she would build many, many Mining Vehicles and recycle all of these bones!

"Speaking of bones..." Yun Mu suddenly remembered something and could not help but feel a bit worried: "What exactly are those Beast God Cult guys up to? Do you know, Airui Laya?"

"Hmm... I know a little bit," Airui Laya pondered for a moment.

"You don't know? Wait, you actually know!" Yun Mu's words were somewhat surprised.

"Didn't I spend some time operating outside earlier? I went to take a look at the Beast God Cult back then." Airui Laya recounted the scenes she had witnessed one by one.

Things like Beast God Cult believers who could tear apart a Flash Silver Tank with their bare hands, or the blood-red light flowing within a Spine that seemed to be breathing. There were also a bunch of Beast God Cult Priests praying there, grabbing Survivors to perform sacrifices—of course, she had saved those living Survivors along the way.

"I originally wanted to investigate further, but for some reason, I felt a sense of danger that I might die, so I retreated."

The latter half of Airui Laya's words lacked her usual sense of disdain; instead, she was extremely serious.

Something that could make even Airui Laya feel danger?

What kind of situation must that be?

Hearing her words, Yun Mu couldn't help but feel some pressure.

In her view, that Spine summoned by the Beast God Cult had to be dealt with, but her current strength was insufficient, so she was leaving it be for the time being.

When she had discussed matters with that Crocodile Scale Species councilor earlier, the other party's thoughts were much the same as hers.

It just so happened that the thing had also attracted the attention of the Old Legion; taking advantage of this time to quickly unite with people from other companies, once the numbers were sufficient, they could consider a counterattack.

Yet Airui Laya actually said there was something there that could make her, at the Legendary rank, feel danger?

Was it Legendary-level power, or Epic? Let's be bolder—was it a god? After all, didn't the Beast God Cult worship the dead Beastkin god? Perhaps those guys were trying to find a way to bring about its Resurrection.

If that were truly the case, wouldn't they be facing the resurrected Beastkin god?

Me, a god-slayer? Is this for real? "It seems time cannot be dragged out too long." Yun Mu muttered with a grave expression.

Once the Combat Laboratory is finished, launch an attack on the Beast God Cult immediately; before that, she must speed up her actions!

Four hours after the mission to save Survivors began, Yun Mu and the others finally made contact with the first surviving faction.

It was not one of the top-ranked companies, but a family similar to the Fire Weaver Bird Family, only with much less energy than the Fire Weaver Bird Family.

After some negotiations, the other party expressed their willingness to join their cooperation and did not make any excessive demands.

This obviously made that Wolf-kin officer heave a sigh of relief.

As the saying goes, a good start is half the battle; in the subsequent rescues, Yun Mu and the others successively encountered several more local families and some company forces.

In the end, they all chose to cooperate to knock back the Old Legion mechanical bodies that had invaded the city.

And at the tenth hour of the rescue, Yun Mu and the others encountered something that lifted her spirits.

They had found people from the Fire Weaver Bird Family!

"Oh, oh, it's good that Iliyasi and Xiliya are okay."

"Cooperation? Of course, I've long wanted to drive those mechanical bodies out!"

"To dare to delay our Fire Weaver Bird Family from making money, they are simply tired of living. When do we start..."

Yun Mu felt a bit ashamed as she spoke with the head of the Fire Weaver Bird Family on the other end of the Communication Device.

It seemed things were going even more smoothly than she had anticipated, though how should she put it—the other party's thoughts were not quite what she had expected.

"Please calm down, our combat power here is not quite enough yet..."

After much persuasion, she finally got that family head to give up on the idea of launching a decisive battle immediately. Yun Mu let out a soft breath and then set the Communication Device aside.

For her, the fact that the people from the Fire Weaver Bird Family were safe counted as very good news.

And besides that, there was another piece of good news waiting for her.

That was... the repairman had finally opened the passage between her side and the shelter built by the Joy Company! This meant that Brenna and Lita could finally come to her side.

Although the group had not been separated for long, she had already started to miss them.

Just right, she could now tell Iliyasi and Xiliya the news that the Fire Weaver Bird Family was safe.

"Phew, no need to rush, just have the repairman bring Brenna and the others back; someone always needs to sit in the command room." Suppressing the urge to meet them immediately, Yun Mu leaned back slowly, and the command chair deformed along with her movement.

There were still many things to do; it was far from time to rest.

However, this series of good news still made the Young Girl's mood ease slightly.

Yun Mu squinted, picked up the water cup placed to the side, took a sip of water, and then looked at the sand table and screen, continuing to contact Airui Laya via the Communication Device.

And just as Yun Mu was executing the plan to save Survivors on her side.

Inside a street in Feiluoka.

"Truly miserable..."

Elena, in her soul form, passed through the wreckage of buildings and arrived underground, buried by building ruins.

At this moment, a young boy was lying on the ground, covered in cold sweat, with a sharp, long strip of metal piercing below his left chest.

Fresh blood kept flowing onto the ground; if no one intervened, it wouldn't be long before this young boy died.

Elena just stood quietly to the side watching him; she could feel the death aura on him, which grew thicker the closer he got to death.

Besides that, there was life energy dissipating into the Ether as his life faded away.

She had to prepare to Purify!

Elena mobilized the power of her soul, condensing the weapon she was most skilled at using during her lifetime—that peculiar Chain Blade with sickle-shaped Blades at both ends and a chain wrapped around the middle.

The souls of the dead must be Purified, because they cannot maintain their sanity for long.

After losing their humanity, souls will begin to slaughter based on instinct and devour other souls to obtain even greater power.

Until they can affect reality and become so-called ghosts; by that time, what the ghosts devour will not just be the souls of the dead.

However, ghosts do not count as a type of Undead or necromancy... because the latter are brand-new species born after death aura fosters a corpse; I won't go into detail here.

Elena speculated that that God of Death and Hunting was a type of ghost before becoming a god, though she had no evidence.

ROAR!!

Just at this moment, a roar interrupted her thoughts.

One could see ominous black-red aura surging from within the young boy's soul; not even half a second of sanity was retained, and the young boy's soul instantly turned into a violent monster!

I don't know why, but the difficulty of Purifying the souls of the living who die here in the Federation is much higher than in other regions.

At least during the time Elena followed the God of Death and Hunting, the souls in other regions were only at the level of ordinary people.

However, here in the Federation... Elena's expression was serious, and silver-white radiance flickered on the Chain Blade.

(End of chapter)