Chapter 3508: Blood of Fate

Concrete buildings of varying heights stood everywhere; this was a characteristic of the Platinum Capital. Because they had to shrink the defensive line and reduce the city's footprint, residents could only live in high-rise buildings of dozens or even a hundred stories.

The Company's alloy technology was 20 to 30 years ahead of this era. Because of this, the Platinum Capital had the "Strongest Wall." Before today, all residents of the Platinum Capital were proud of this.

On the empty streets, there were many pools of blood, but no corpses were to be seen, only many drag marks.

Inside a half-collapsed and dilapidated building, the furnishings were exceptionally old, black in color, pitted, and severely eroded.

Several survivors were hiding here. Everything had happened too fast. The morning news this morning was still broadcasting those pot-bellied Company executives on the screen, declaring passionately that the disaster had passed and that the Imperial citizens who could settle in the Platinum Capital were the lucky ones of the new era, and they should forget the old pain and look forward to the future.

The fragrant morning coffee, the beautiful female news anchor on the screen, and the aroma of freshly baked bread—everything seemed to linger between the sense of smell and taste. But following a series of roars and countless shrieks, all luck and beautiful aspirations were flushed away like toilet paper thrown into a bowl, shredded to pieces.

The entrance to the building was blocked by various decayed furniture. On the wall to the side, terrifyingly large claw marks were the only light source here. The gloomy weather outside made the light filtering in feel somewhat dim.

A total of eight people were hiding here: three students, a newlywed couple, a middle-aged Company employee, and a Company guard.

The last person was a beautiful woman with a perfect figure and silver earrings. Unlike the others, she sat on an overturned wardrobe, her expression calm, holding a can of orange slices, studying how to open it. Although, for her, this can was more fragile than paper, she wasn't prepared to open it violently.

That's right, this was an anomaly among the Zerg Mother Queens, Aisaia, who pursued individual strength. Recently, she had been in a mediocre mood, a bit melancholy, so she had been female for the past few days. If she wanted to find someone to fight, she would transform into a male.

Aisaia had indeed found people to fight a few times before, such as with the Hand of the Empire, Rhine Gold, and then she had a fight with the Sun Saint, Vager. After that, she encountered a girl in a big hat whose ability was very strange, capable of summoning endless undead creatures.

Besides that, Aisaia was also preparing to find Su Xiao for a fight. Her plan was to first go to the Platinum Capital to rest, and then go to the Sun Sacred Nest. Alas, before she could even go to the Sun Sacred Nest, the Platinum Capital was attacked by the Nether forces.

After witnessing the Nether forces' massive attack, Aisaia was very confused: why would the world consciousness of this world choose her as the savior? First of all, she wasn't strong; she had already encountered several people who were about the same as her.

This actually made Aisaia feel a bit discouraged. Originally, Aisaia thought that since she had been practicing privately for so long, she should be in the strongest tier. To save time, the Zerg under her command used to go to war under the command of her "Zerg Queens."

This also led to Aisaia being almost isolated from the world, but this was also what she wanted. The wonderful feeling of gradually becoming powerful was much more interesting than commanding the Zerg.

A few days ago, the "Zerg Queen" under Aisaia had died of old age. The look of worry and reluctance in her eyes before she died made Aisaia understand the two emotions of love and loss. Unfortunately, death was too powerful, and Aisaia couldn't reverse it, only watching as the "Zerg Queen" who had replaced her as the Mother Queen gradually lost her breath.

After that "Zerg Queen" died, Aisaia's original subordinates were stunned. It wasn't until they realized that their Mother Queen couldn't even recognize them all that they realized the severity of the matter and all went to seek refuge with the Crimson Queen.

Regarding this, Aisaia agreed. She didn't know how to manage the Zerg Hive, and over the years, those leader-level Zerg had sacrificed a lot. Leaving the nest now wasn't betrayal.

Aisaia raised her hand to touch her silver earrings, and the disappointment in her heart faded a bit. Compared to how strong she was, she was more confused about another thing: why did the world consciousness of this world choose her as the savior?

Before the Nether invasion, Aisaia's thought was that when the Nether attacked, she would stand alone in front. But after witnessing the Corruptors forming a black pillar several kilometers thick, pouring down from the sky onto the Platinum Capital, Aisaia immediately rushed into the building. Her thought at the time was: 'World, you set me up.'

Aisaia clearly realized that under that scale of human-sea tactics, if she went to block it, she would be like a firework, blooming with a brief brilliance, then extinguished in the sea of people, and finally disappearing completely.

Therefore, Aisaia was very confused: what was the use of the so-called world consciousness choosing her?

"Can't figure it out."

Aisaia, sitting on the wardrobe, crossed her legs and tossed the can in her hand. This image gave people a strong sense of contrast and beauty.

Aisaia's gaze swept around. Also taking refuge were three students, two boys and one girl, all aged seventeen or eighteen. She remained here mainly because of one of the boys. The other party gave her a sense of familiarity; that feeling of the same origin was too strong. The other party was also a savior, no, the other party's fluctuations in this regard were stronger than hers; the other party was more like a child of this world.

The remaining four were a middle-aged Company employee, a Company guard, and finally a young couple.

The guard, holding a rifle in his arms, leaned against the wall, his expression blank, his hands shaking uncontrollably.

"We should escape."

One of the three students, a short-haired boy, spoke. He was the target Aisaia had just been paying attention to, and also the Son of the World of this world. His name was Leslie.

As soon as Leslie said this, his two classmates and the nearby young couple all showed expressions of horror, looking at Leslie as if he were a lunatic.

"It's only a matter of time before we're found. According to my observations, after those monsters fall, a kind of dark green mist also appears. As long as you inhale that kind of mist, you will become the same kind as those monsters. I recommend that we take the initiative to inhale that green mist."

Leslie came up with a calm analysis, and then smiled. This made his two classmates subconsciously move away from him, as did the nearby young couple.

"That's the cold mist from the Nether. After inhaling it, you will be assimilated and become a Corruptor. Boy, are you crazy?"

The Company employee, whose white shirt was stained with blood and whose tie was loose, spoke.

"I know that will turn you into a monster. According to my observations, there is also a hierarchy within those monsters, just like animals. The elite individuals among them have high status, then those with complete bodies, then those with incomplete bodies, and finally those with particularly incomplete bodies.

After we living people are discovered by those monsters, we will first be gnawed on, and then become the monsters with the lowest status. Since we are going to become monsters anyway, why not become more complete monsters? Perhaps we can even get priority mating rights? If they have mating behavior."

Leslie's words left everyone present stunned. The Company guard even raised his rifle, aiming at Leslie's head, suspecting that this boy's thoughts had already been assimilated by the Nether.

Seeing the dark muzzle, Leslie raised his hands in surrender. His cowardice was so natural and fresh, without any of the "I'm going to cause trouble, I won't die" attitude that some Sons of the World had. If there were a competition for the most cowardly Son of the World this century, this guy would definitely be on the list.

"Hahahaha, priority mating rights, hahaha..."

The Company employee was amused. He pulled off the terminal at his waist and threw it toward Leslie. The terminal fell to the ground with a clatter.

"There is a structural map of the Platinum Capital in here. There are two ways to get out of the city: one is to take the underground drainage system, and the other is to go to the central area, which is Zone 0. Under the command post there, there are two spatial teleportation devices connecting to New Star City and the Sun Sacred Nest."

After saying this, the Company employee pulled out the pistol at his waist and pressed the muzzle against his chin, preparing to pull the trigger.

"Wait, brother."

Leslie spoke hurriedly. The Company employee turned his head to look at him, with an expression of "speak if you have something to say."

"Brother, how do you know this? These two spatial teleportation devices for big shots should be confidential, right?"

Leslie sat on the floor three meters away from the Company employee and even took out a cigarette he had just scavenged, throwing it to the Company employee.

Seeing the cigarette, the Company employee lowered the muzzle, lit one for himself, and prepared to smoke a cigarette before ending his own life.

"Spatial teleportation devices, what kind of secret is that? Those big shots are afraid of death; it's not just one or two days. The air defense system of the Platinum Capital was designed by the team I led."

"Ah?"

Leslie was a bit dumbfounded. He said with a pained expression: "Brother, you'd better end it quickly. The air defense system you designed doesn't work."

"Bullshit! We designed a Level 7 air defense. To save costs, the weapons department, in conjunction with the inspection department, replaced it with a Level 4 air defense standard."

"Why?"

The man in the young couple roared, almost questioning him.

"Why? To plug the financial hole they created when they built the Platinum Capital. If they didn't plug this hole, they wouldn't need the Nether invasion; Aitaqi Fuke would have slaughtered them first. What's more interesting is that after the weapons department and the inspection department blacked out this money, the money that was originally agreed to be used to plug the hole was divided up layer by layer."

Hearing the Company employee's words, the others were dazed. They really couldn't figure out why, at such a critical moment of disaster, they would still embezzle funds used for defense. Wasn't this courting death? In fact, they didn't know that greed had no boundaries. Moreover, the Empire's New Star City was a retreat.

Before everyone could recover, the Company employee had already pressed the muzzle against his chin again. Although he looked ordinary, he was definitely not a small character. Alas, now, the more one knew, the more despair one would feel.

Bang!

Brain matter splattered, and the skull flew off in a spiral. This bloody scene made the others turn pale.

Bang!

Another gunshot. It was the Company guard committing suicide. Compared to the others, he knew better what the sound of gunfire would attract.

Click, click~

Aisaia tapped the orange can in her hand with her fingertips, still not having figured out how to open it. She looked at Leslie and said: "Boy, you have extraordinary qualifications."

Rustling sounds came, followed by footsteps. The gunshot had attracted the surrounding Corruptors.

"All of us, let's rush out together, and then scatter and flee. Whether we can survive depends on luck."

Leslie began to breathe deeply. What made him strange was that his words received no response.

"Boy, who are you talking to?"

Aisaia easily tore open the metal seal of the can, looking enlightened, and secretly praised human wisdom.

Hearing Aisaia say this, Leslie, in front, stiffened. He turned his head to look at his two classmates and found that their eyes were dark green, and fine cracks appeared on their skin.

"In areas eroded by the Nether, all the dead will throw themselves into the Nether, even if they end their own lives. As for your friends, and the other two people, the four of them were just incidentally assimilated. It's a normal phenomenon."

Aisaia pinched an orange slice with her thumb and index finger. She tilted her head and opened her mouth. After releasing her fingers, the orange slice fell into her mouth. The sweet and sour taste made Aisaia narrow her eyes.

She was leisurely, but Leslie in front didn't dare to move. He could even hear the monster diagonally behind him following its instincts to breathe. Although this already had no meaning, the rough breathing sound made one think of a sense of power, a powerful sense of power that didn't match its body size.

"Boy, do you yearn to save the world?"

"Respected lady, at my age, I still yearn more for..."

Leslie, halfway through his sentence, coughed dryly and hurriedly changed his words: "I yearn to save this world."

Saying this, Leslie's face felt like it was burning. These words were too chuunibyou, especially saying such things to a lady who was beautiful to perfection.

"Sounds really silly, but... you'd better survive."

Aisaia's index finger, still stained with orange juice, pointed forward. Pop! The Corruptors rushing toward Leslie all exploded into golden-red fragments, rolling backward.

The pressure hit his face, and Leslie's short hair was blown backward. He felt a fear coming from his instincts. Where was the beautiful lady in front of him? She was an elegant predator at the top of the biological pyramid.

"Your name?"

"Leslie, 18 years old this year, studying at..."

Leslie's introduction wasn't finished when he found that Aisaia, sitting on the wardrobe opposite, was smiling. A subtle tearing sensation appeared all over his body.

Leslie's expression became serious. He confirmed one thing: the lady in front of him, who was a bit lazy and unconventional, was definitely not a kind person. Perhaps if she were slightly unhappy in her heart, she would make him drop dead on the spot.

"Leslie, do you yearn to become powerful?"

"I really yearn for this, but I don't have extraordinary qualifications, and my adaptability to implants isn't high..."

"I understand. You can just say you're a loser."

"I'm sorry, I'm a loser."

"I know someone who can help you master powerful strength."

"Who?"

"The lord of the Sun Sacred Nest, Kuku Lin Bai Ye."

"!"

Leslie took a big step back. Some time ago, the media and newspapers in the Platinum Capital reported on this person quite a bit. Of course, they were all negative.

This was natural. At that time, Su Xiao had hijacked the Company's transport ship, and the Company's three trump card employees were slaughtered in 3 seconds like chickens and dogs. The media in the Platinum Capital naturally spared no effort to smear Su Xiao.

"Lady, I'm actually not entirely a loser. I still have some talent in operating combat armor. Why don't we go to New Star City?"

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go."

Aisaia got up and walked out. She was suddenly a bit curious: when Su Xiao saw this Son of the World, would he be surprised? Thinking about it was interesting.

In fact, Aisaia thought too much. Su Xiao wouldn't be surprised, because he had already slaughtered several Sons of the World.

At noon, inside their base camp.

Five Titan Behemoths guarded the perimeter of the Hive, and further out were patrolling Demon Beasts. On the distant city walls, there were also many Demon Beasts on alert, and Sun Flame Dragons circled above.

Inside the wooden building, Su Xiao paused the screen on the terminal. The screen was frozen on the huge black hole above the Platinum Capital fully opening, leaking a black pillar composed of Corruptors. This feeling was like the sky leaking, and the disaster was pouring down.

Regarding the Nether forces and the cannon fodder unit, the Corruptors, Su Xiao had a better understanding.

First, talk about Nether energy. This was a "negative attribute energy" amplified by the power of the Abyss. What is "negative attribute energy"? Its scope is broad; for example, cold, death, erosion, filth, etc., can all be classified as "negative attribute energy." Conversely, life, recovery, light, etc., can be classified as "positive attribute energy."

Nether energy has two known characteristics: 1. Assimilating the dead, 2. Curbing death.

The former is easy to understand and is also the most unsolvable point of the Nether forces. As long as you go to war with them, as long as it is the dead, they will all throw themselves into the Nether. This also causes the Nether forces' cannon fodder to increase the more they fight.

And curbing death refers to the fact that all the cannon fodder units of the Nether forces have no weaknesses or vital points. Either blow them to pieces or burn them to ashes; otherwise, even if only one arm is left, mouths, eyes, etc., will mutate on it, and then it will pounce on the enemy. It is just that fierce and tenacious.

The Platinum Capital was defeated by this point. After the Corruptors falling from the sky were blown apart, no one cared about them. This led to the limbs and organs of the Corruptors mutating into small human-shaped Corruptors of various forms, tearing and biting civilians everywhere.

Once civilians were killed, or Nether energy invaded their bodies, it only took a few minutes to be assimilated.

For some reason, the air defense system of the Platinum Capital was unexpectedly weak. This should be a problem in the middle level. The high-level officials of the Platinum Capital wouldn't do anything in this regard. At their status, they considered the overall situation more, and money didn't have much practical significance to them.

The weakness of the air defense system led to the Platinum Capital, which had the strongest city wall, being swallowed up by the Corruptors. After that, the 30 million population in the city became the new source of soldiers for the Nether forces.

The whole process took 20 minutes. The Platinum Capital fell. On that strongest city wall, not even a dent appeared. From beginning to end, the city wall only played a counterproductive role, blocking the escape route of the civilians. It was very ironic.

During the first half of this battle, Su Xiao was watching. He discovered one point: the Nether forces should have a simple but perfect power system. At the very top is the Nether Great Emperor, and the composition below, Su Xiao didn't know for now.

He had previously seen an elite unit of the Nether faction. The other party's eyes were dark green, and their strength was not weak. The strange thing was that the other party's death was not curbed, and even, the other party had vital points.

Su Xiao estimated that Nether energy is a double-edged sword. If completely eroded, it is a Corruptor, which is cannon fodder. And those who can resist erosion and maintain reason and self are the elite units that have initially mastered Nether power.

Facing the Nether forces, Su Xiao only had one feeling: there were too many enemies. For the first time after developing a legion flow, he had the feeling of being unable to beat them because of the enemy's massive human-sea tactics.

Although Corruptors are called cannon fodder, supported by Nether energy, this cannon fodder is really not weak.

Next, it depends on whether the Nether forces attack New Star City or come to attack the Sun Sacred Nest. This is a major weakness of their side: they can only defend and cannot take the initiative to attack. The reason is that they don't know where the Nether's lair is at all. Attacking the occupied Platinum Capital doesn't make much sense.

Regarding where the Nether forces' lair is, Su Xiao already had a strategy. First, he basically determined that the Priest had joined the Nether forces. In this way, he only needed to locate the Priest's position to know where the Nether faction's lair was.

Regarding how to obtain the Priest's position, the Parasite he had given the Priest earlier could achieve this. Locating the Parasite = locating the Priest = finding the Nether forces' lair.

That side is the third-generation Parasite: Dark Sun. Regarding positioning, he could use the power of the sun within the Hive.

Su Xiao was just about to start setting it up when he received a mental message from Jila: the Spider Queen had retreated. The reason was that all their mineral veins outside had been attacked by the Nether forces. If the Spider Queen hadn't run fast, she would have been left behind.

This situation showed that the Nether forces not only had human-sea tactics that could be called unsolvable, but also perfect and wise command guidelines.

At first glance, what the Nether forces displayed was death, disaster, and chaos.

If you think carefully, you will find that every step of the Nether forces was very steady. Before invading this world, the Nether forces first carried out infiltration, contacted various cults or rebel organizations on each colony planet, and used their hatred for the Empire to complete the preparatory work.

Just when everyone thought that the Nether forces would only use conspiracies and tricks, the Nether army pressed over like a flood breaking a dam, directly pressing the Empire and the Company until they couldn't breathe, fleeing from their lair like stray dogs.

After that, the Nether forces were in no hurry to attack Pandora Star. First, they couldn't invade, and they had to infiltrate bit by bit. Second, the Nether forces began to develop local troops. Since your Empire abandoned you, then join the Nether. Here, there is no pain, no disease, and no need to worry about anything anymore.

At the current stage, the Nether forces' troops were terrifyingly numerous. And this was still without the Nether forces dispatching their core legions.

Half an hour later, the Spider Queen, under the protection of the guard team, fled back to the base camp in a somewhat embarrassed state. The subsequent war didn't need her to intervene; she just needed to manage the mining of the source ore well.

This also meant that their daily biological energy production was reduced to 5.1 million points per day.

Not long after the Spider Queen returned, Su Xiao received a warning from the sensor tower. Biological reactions were approaching rapidly.

A moment later, Su Xiao looked out from the window. A giant beast resembling a rhinoceros was running over quickly. A blonde woman sat on the rhinoceros's back, with a boy hanging on the side.

Su Xiao was somewhat familiar with the woman's facial contours. This seemed to be Aisaia. The last time they met, the other party was still in a male image.

Su Xiao ordered the Demon Beasts to let them pass. A moment later, Aisaia, carrying the boy, walked into the wooden building. She first let go of the boy she was carrying, then took a can from her backpack.

Seeing Aisaia about to eat the can, Baja took out a box of pastries made by Xia to entertain her. At first, Aisaia didn't want to eat; she had a special preference for orange cans, but after tasting a piece of pastry made by Xia, she was stunned. Her sense of taste couldn't understand what kind of fairy taste this was.

"This is?"

Su Xiao looked at the boy Aisaia brought. This boy always maintained a stiff smile, looking exceptionally nervous. As for other aspects, there shouldn't be anything abnormal.

"His name is Leslie. He is a person favored by the world, much more favored than me."

Aisaia's voice was a bit slurred, her mouth full of pastries.

Su Xiao was quite surprised. He carefully observed this boy named Leslie. After careful observation, he really found a trace of the feeling of a Son of the World. He hadn't felt it just now because of the world's protection mechanism.

This Son of the World hadn't appeared for long, and might even have appeared today. Considering that Kara hadn't been dead for long, all of this was easy to explain.

The Nether forces invaded today. Aisaia could only be considered a person favored by the world. In such a dangerous situation, it was not surprising that a genuine Son of the World appeared.

This Son of the World hadn't appeared for long, so his unique aura fluctuations in terms of luck and fate hadn't been revealed. Especially when encountering someone like Su Xiao who had killed Sons of the World, Leslie's unique aura as a Son of the World would naturally be accommodated and hidden by the power of the world to prevent Su Xiao from sensing it.

"A person favored by the world."

Su Xiao looked at Leslie. At this moment, Leslie's scalp exploded, and a chill rushed straight to the soles of his feet. His manifestation at this time was like facing a huge blood beast that could swallow him in one bite at any time. This was no longer a mouse seeing a cat, but a gap of several larger dimensions.

"Bai Ye, can he make changes to the current situation?"

Aisaia spoke. As she spoke, her aura enveloped Leslie to prevent the other party from having problems on the mental level.

Leslie was like receiving an amnesty. He discovered that the elegant predator he previously thought was dangerous was actually the most peaceful one with the lowest malicious aura when he arrived here.

"Yes."

Su Xiao sat down and lit a cigarette.

"What should we do next? Make him stronger?"

Aisaia became interested.

"Not necessarily. He is in his strongest state right now."

Su Xiao was in a good mood. The gloom of the Platinum Capital being breached had been swept away at this moment.

"He is clearly very weak. What does this 'strongest' refer to?"

Aisaia looked at Leslie as she spoke, confirming again that the other party wasn't hiding his strength.

"I have a friend who has killed several Sons of the World..."

"Pfft~"

Aisaia couldn't help but laugh out loud. The look she gave Su Xiao clearly meant: 'That friend of yours is yourself, right?'

"According to my friend's research, after a Son of the World appears, there will be blood of fate in their body. This is the main reason why the Son of the World can become stronger quickly and turn bad luck into good luck. As the Son of the World constantly consumes the blood of fate in their body, the Son of the World will become stronger and stronger. Whether they practice by burning their life or overdrawing their potential, in the end, they will all be smoothed out by the consumed blood of fate."

As Su Xiao spoke, he placed a small bottle on the table. This small bottle was almost solid, with only a hollow space the size of a grain of rice inside, containing golden blood.

Simply put, the reason why the Son of the World can do all kinds of things and still not die, and their strength can grow quickly as if they were cheating, and they can explode in battle, is actually relying on the blood of fate in their body. Without the blood of fate, there is no such thing as exploding. The body energy is just that much; even if you hold it in until you shit, you can't explode.

Interestingly, when the Son of the World first appears, the blood of fate in their body is the most. After they become very strong, the blood of fate is exhausted.

However, there is another kind of Son of the World. They don't have blood of fate in their bodies, but are directly poured with the power of the world. This kind of Son of the World is generally short-lived. They are either from the chaotic evil faction or the extreme evil faction. Su Xiao knows two of this kind of Son of the World: the Nameless Captain and the God King, Os Tobias.

Seeing the blood of fate in the bottle, Aisaia's look clearly said: 'Still saying that friend isn't yourself.'

Aisaia's gaze turned to Leslie and said: "Boy, you don't have to work hard to become stronger. In order to save the world, can you donate some blood?"

"Okay, I didn't expect that I could be so important. It seems that I am destined not to be the protagonist in the story. Those stories are indeed all lies."

Leslie showed a broad-mindedness that didn't match his age. He raised his arm, indicating his willingness to accept blood donation.

Boom!

A loud noise came. At the same time this loud noise appeared, Su Xiao received a strong warning from the sensor tower. He leaped out of the window and happened to land on the back armor of a Demon Beast.

Su Xiao looked up at the high sky. A black hole appeared above, and then this black hole expanded to a size of several kilometers, turning into a black hole. Dark green mucus dripped from it. This scene was exactly the same as that scene in the Platinum Capital.

PS: (Recommend a friend's book, title "Ninja World Arena"). ===== CHAPTER 3509 =====