Chapter 568: Beginning the Disguise

Sixth Defense Zone Inner City.

Heertui was concentrating on creating his work inside a building mixed with flesh and blood; the pleasant screams made Heertui hum a little tune.

"La~ la~ di~......"

Just as Heertui was about to complete the final step and inject green energy into the body of the work, a shout came from outside.

"Lord Heertui, the Bishop wants you to go to the Main Hall to see him as soon as possible."

Heertui's hand trembled, the energy leaked, and the entire work began to distort, with every part swelling up.

"Tsk, of all times, it had to be now......"

Heertui had no choice but to painfully dispose of his failed product with his own hands.

Green energy surged in his hand, and upon contact with the failed product, it quickly caused it to shrink, eventually condensing it into a ball of flesh.

Heertui walked out of his room, saw the Hou guard outside the door, and spoke.

"Did Lord Bishop say anything?"

This Hou guard clearly felt the chill in Heertui's tone and immediately replied.

"Lord Bishop summoned you suddenly; this subordinate does not know."

Heertui took a deep breath, stroked his cheek with his scale-covered palm, and spoke slowly.

"Hoo, I understand, you may go."

After the Hou guard left, Heertui transformed into a streak of green light and headed to the Bishop's Main Hall.

When he arrived at the Main Hall, he found the Bishop already waiting for him on his seat.

"Lord Bishop, I wonder what business you have with me?"

Heertui hurriedly bowed to the Bishop, who was wearing white robes, and spoke.

"The Ninth Defense Zone has replied."

"The Ninth Defense Zone has replied! What did they say?"

The eye on the Bishop's right palm blinked, and he spoke.

"He agreed to our request and asked us to send a Transport Aircraft to the Ninth Defense Zone as soon as possible."

Seeing that the Bishop did not look very excited, Heertui tentatively asked.

"Lord Bishop, do you have any concerns?"

The Bishop nodded, pale green electric arcs flickering on his right hand.

"The Ninth Defense Zone agreed too readily; it always gives me a bad feeling."

"But, didn't you have the Diviner perform a divination before? Didn't Lord Diviner say that if we didn't respond to the Ninth Defense Zone's message, our situation would be dire?

Clearly, only by eliminating the power-holder of the Ninth Defense Zone can we escape this catastrophe."

Hearing Heertui's words, the Bishop did not answer.

He did not tell the others that the Diviner had died because he performed a divination on killing the Ninth Defense Zone's power-holder, as this would cause chaos within their ranks.

Moreover, the Diviner's death might not necessarily be related to killing the Ninth Defense Zone's power-holder; he decided to take a gamble and would no longer let the Diviner perform divinations regarding the Ninth Defense Zone's power-holder, as that was too costly for the Diviner.

"Lord Bishop, then did the Ninth Defense Zone say which power-holder is coming this time? We must be careful of that Human named Yingzhou; his ability is to summon soldiers, and in large numbers, so we must guard against this."

"Yingzhou? The Ninth Defense Zone seems to have said that a power-holder named Li Feiyu will come here, not the Human named Yingzhou you mentioned."

Hearing the Bishop's reply, Heertui nodded slowly and said.

"None? That's good. Li Feiyu? Why have I never heard of this name before?

Could it be a new Councilor after Ji Bu died?"

The Bishop shook his head slightly and looked at Heertui.

"I don't know. Ever since your plan failed that time, it has become very difficult for us to bewitch people from the Ninth Defense Zone; even ordinary residents are hard to bewitch.

Even when we finally succeed, the person dies mysteriously within two days, as if the Ninth Defense Zone knows exactly whom we have bewitched."

"Then Lord Bishop, what shall we do next? Should we eliminate them as soon as they get off the Transport Aircraft, or......"

"No rush. I intend to turn the incoming Ninth Defense Zone power-holder into one of our own; this way, we can take over the Ninth Defense Zone without any effort.

As long as this power-holder is reasonably controlled, it will be more valuable than killing him!"

"Lord Bishop is wise. However, the current Sixth Defense Zone does not look like Human Civilization at all; if we want to control the Ninth Defense Zone's power-holder, we must at least make him lower his guard the moment he steps off the Transport Aircraft."

The Bishop looked up at Heertui, a smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

"That is why I called you here. You have the deepest understanding of Human Civilization's architecture; this time, you are responsible for restoring the scene near where the Transport Aircraft lands to look like Human Civilization."

"Yes, Lord Bishop, I will definitely complete the Task you have entrusted to me as soon as possible! It is just that this Task requires too much manpower, and I need Lord Bishop to grant me some convenient authority."

The Bishop looked at Heertui and nodded slowly.

"No problem."

"Many thanks for your understanding, Lord Bishop."

After Heertui left the Main Hall, he looked at the current state of the Sixth Defense Zone—the once-lofty glass-curtain-wall buildings were now covered in biological tissue resembling wriggling blood vessels—and felt the urgency of time.

"Must hurry and complete Lord Bishop's Task as soon as possible."

The asphalt surface of the city's main road was replaced by translucent biological mucous membranes, which would ooze viscous, amber-colored tissue fluid when stepped on.

"This all must be dealt with! Human streets don't have this slime!"

Heertui stood on the wreckage of an abandoned car covered in slime, directing a group of Hou warriors to begin rectifying the area where the Transport Aircraft would land.

"Lord Heertui, if we disguise it like this, won't those Humans from the Ninth Defense Zone discover something?"

A Hou warrior picked up a piece of flesh-and-blood mixture and said to Heertui.

"They won't. Once the basic appearance is cleaned up, I will also make the distant scenery look like Human buildings."

"Move fast! Smash those flesh and blood in the northeast corner!"

He roared at the Hou warriors who were cutting the road surface.

The stripped-away biological tissues twisted frantically in the air, and some Hou warriors packed all these biological tissues into individual crates.

"Vending machines!"

He suddenly turned around, his gaze sweeping over the row of pulsating sarcomas at the street corner.

"Change the nutrient sac packaging to Human beverages, hmm, there should be a greater variety of beverages!"

Four warriors dragged over inflatable devices filled with green solution, and as they sprayed them onto the sarcomas, the surface skin immediately solidified into a metallic luster.

One by one, the sarcomas transformed into various kinds of beverages, placed inside the self-service vending machines.

These objects of Human Civilization were looking more and more like the real thing; Heertui nodded with satisfaction and shouted to the Hou warriors who were working.

"Warriors! Put in more effort! We don't have much time left!"

After this area was mostly cleared, Heertui gathered the nearby Hou warriors together.

"I am now going to disguise you as Humans, let's test the effect after the disguise is successful."

As he spoke, green energy swirled around Heertui, transforming the Hou warriors one by one into Humans; these Hou warriors who had transformed into Humans looked at each other's appearances and burst into loud laughter.

"Hahaha, you look like that, it's truly too imperfect!"

"Hahaha, aren't you the same? We are all just pieces of art that haven't begun to be carved yet."

Seeing this, Heertui raised his hand to signal these Hou warriors to stop the arguing.

"Quiet, everyone. Now, look at each other and attack simply to see if there are any flaws in the disguise."

Having received the order, the Hou warriors immediately began to attack their comrades beside them, and the scene became somewhat chaotic for a moment.

Heertui was very satisfied with his Human disguise; the force of normal strikes was simply insufficient to reveal his true form.

"Good! Very good! Stop! We are now going to clear the next area."