Chapter 131: The Absolute Forbidden Zone

As the daughter born from that piece of "Wo God flesh," the First Undying Woman possesses terrifying authority within this Mystic Domain.

Following her rage, the entire Mystic Domain began to tremble.

A massive number of Mystic Objects Li Yu had seen before, such as giant snail-men, mammalian black birds, and giantesses, along with some unseen curse pollutions, surged from all directions simultaneously, stepping into the death barrier without hesitation.

And the so-called barrier is, in reality, a vast region.

Within that region are dense, countless black vortices, as if solidified in every inch of that space.

If the pollution concentration of the curse storm is ten, then inside the barrier, it is ten thousand.

Any life form that enters will have all its life force sucked dry in an instant, then transform into spiraling, extremely eerie, grayish-white "vortex meat pillars." Each meat pillar emits a horrifying, extremely dim light, attracting everyone to stare at it.

And the most terrifying part is the ground.

There is no gravel, no vegetation, no soil.

What exists is only people.

The ground of the entire death barrier area is composed entirely of human corpses and skulls. They are harmoniously intertwined without the slightest gap, forming vortices of various sizes that serve as the base for those meat pillars.

Everyone's gaze can only see this much; they still cannot see the scene in the deepest part of the ruins.

However, just this is shocking enough.

Because next, everyone saw the power of the death barrier.

The army led by Brother Brother Shang Yang is being melted and recycled.

That psionic flesh, modified and attached to mechanical shells, falls off with a rustle, merging into the vortices on the ground.

Soon, only dull, rigid mechanical shells remain.

Without flesh and nerves to link them, the shells are dead objects, no different from sand and stone, unable to move.

This includes "Brother Brother Shang Yang" himself.

Ninety percent of his body is metal, but his brain is still original biological brain matter.

Therefore, he cannot be exempted from the death barrier.

Beneath that iridescent special metal, vortices began to grow on the surface of his skull, about to decompose, flowing down through the metal gaps and merging into the earth.

The same scene!

Also appeared on the outskirts of the barrier, where Mystic Objects, summoned by the First Undying Woman, braved the forbidden zone without fear of death.

Without exception, they all met the same fate.

All turned into vortex meat pillars, standing there, unable to even struggle.

"Absolute Forbidden Zone!"

"Divine pollution; does a True God actually exist inside? At least a part of a True God."

"No flesh-and-blood life can pass through here. No wonder the previous eight rounds of conquest were all unsuccessful."

"Brother Brother Shang Yang is already very powerful, but he cannot remove his biological brain..."

"If he truly removed it, he would no longer be human."

"Look, Brother Brother Shang Yang has gone mad."

Just when everyone thought Brother Brother Shang Yang would also die in the forbidden zone.

Suddenly, someone exclaimed, and everyone immediately focused their eyes.

They saw Brother Brother Shang Yang, who was about to die, suddenly laugh, and a mechanical voice resounded from his mouth:

"Flesh is mysterious, machinery ascends."

"I follow the ancient holy oracle to open a new path. Today, I shall discard all flesh and enter the mechanical Dao alone."

"Please, Sacred Nest Secret Net, bless my body and assist my ascension."

Amidst this seemingly insane shouting, Brother Brother Shang Yang moved abruptly.

He took out a "metal short arrow" flickering with fine green light from somewhere unknown and, with a hiss, stabbed it directly from his mechanical ear canal into the depths of his brain.

Horrifying green light surged through his entire body in an instant.

Inside the skull, which had become empty due to the loss of brain matter, metal nerves immediately began to appear, densely building a brand new, incomparably pure "mechanical brain."

At this moment!

Even the dullest person could see what Brother Brother Shang Yang was doing.

He is abandoning his human racial identity; he wants to completely give up his flesh-and-blood body and thoroughly transform into a "mechanical life form" from now on.

In a sense, this behavior can indeed be called "ascension."

Everyone understands that although a flesh-and-blood body is mysterious and can enjoy various desires, its weaknesses are as numerous as cow hairs.

It ages, is easily injured, is disturbed by too many desires, gets tired, feels fear... but a mechanical body can avoid all of these.

Brother Brother Shang Yang, who was already at Sequence Six, once the transformation is complete.

His combat power might rival Sequence Five.

More importantly!

A pure mechanical body can completely exempt itself from the divine pollution targeting flesh-and-blood life.

His stalled footsteps moved again.

Seeing the scene in the forbidden zone, Li Yu understood more than anyone else what terrifying changes were happening; it was far more than just Brother Brother Shang Yang turning into a mechanical body.

Because the thing Brother Brother Shang Yang used to replace his biological brain made Li Yu feel unusually familiar.

Sacred Nest Secret Net!

This is clearly the "artificial intelligence freak" born after the combination of the Sacred Nest and the Tiangong Sect's heritage.

In other words, Brother Brother Shang Yang brought a part of the Secret Net's code inside?

He used this to ascend and transform into a mechanical life form with relevant authority.

Doesn't this mean his thinking and divine abilities will far exceed his human self? What can an artificial intelligence freak do?

One sign alone is enough to explain: when Brother Brother Shang Yang ascended mechanically, the transcendent mechanical soldiers behind him, who had originally died and stagnated, also flickered with green light, transformed along with him, and simultaneously recovered their ability to act.

In an instant, many terrifying associations arose in Li Yu's mind.

He hurriedly shouted:

"Senior, quickly, stop him."

"He is using some kind of strange object to thoroughly transform into another life form. Not only can he completely exempt himself from the death barrier, but he will also possess even more terrifying authority."

"He will possess wisdom far exceeding flesh-and-blood life... He will use those vortex meat pillars as materials to build a psionic soldier factory... He will ignore all curse pollution and break directly into the depths of the ruins to sacrifice your mother... Eventually, the entire Mystic Domain will be consumed and devoured by him..."

Every time Li Yu spat out a sentence, his anxiety intensified.

He originally thought Brother Brother Shang Yang's confidence in killing him within this Mystic Domain relied on his ability to advance to Sequence Six and spawn troops.

But who would have expected that he still underestimated this Wisdom Star Command Leader.

Brother Brother Shang Yang is too ruthless.

He simply stopped being human.

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He turned into a mechanical body and even borrowed a part of the Sacred Nest Secret Net's code.

This means that what Li Yu is about to face is actually a shrunken and weakened version of the Sacred Nest network.

In reality, even with Hong Dou by his side, he had to try every means to avoid it.

Now that he is alone, how can he be an opponent?

Before Li Yu finished shouting, he and the little nun were both taken by the First Undying Woman into the vortex portal.

The next breath!

The three of them appeared simultaneously in front of that death barrier.

Before the little nun Miaochang and the spirit bird priestess called Qingnv could happily reunite, the First Undying Woman waved her hand, and even more Mystic Objects than before surged over, filling the death barrier regardless of everything.

Alas, it was useless, only causing more vortex meat pillars to appear in the forbidden zone.

But even so, she kept summoning Mystic Objects to rush in and die.

Until this moment!

This First Undying Woman, whose combat power rivals 【Sequence Five】, finally saw the primitive malice on her face fade, replaced by anger filled with a sense of powerlessness.

"Although I was born of a mother, she does not love me."

"Both she and I possess the ability to devour each other. Worried about being backstabbed by me while sleeping, she instinctively released the death barrier that recycles all life forms."

"Even if I step inside, I will be assimilated and recycled."

Just as Li Yu heard another secret.

That "Brother Brother Shang Yang," who seemed to be finishing his transformation, had already crossed more than half of the forbidden zone and was about to touch the void black hole in the deepest part.

And he had thoroughly lost all emotions.

The mechanical voice he spat out was even more rigid than the plague-stricken bronze chicken in Li Yu's house.

The content, however, was of great terror.

"Biological brain matter has been dissolved... Psionic mechanical neural network under construction... Database opening..."

"Ascension progress... ten percent... twenty percent..."

"Pre-opening assessment of this Mystic Domain... Assessment complete!"

"There is strong divine residue in this Mystic Domain. The concentration has not reached the 【True God Level】. It is suspected to be derived from a portion of the flesh of an unknown evil god. Based on observation conditions, it is deduced that this evil god's flesh suffered severe damage at the end of the Warring States period and has entered a near-death slumber."

"Probability of successful sacrifice: one hundred percent."

"Probability of taking it out of the Mystic Domain as a trophy: one hundred percent, if prerequisites are met."

"Prerequisites initiating: build a psionic mechanical factory, refine the entire Mystic Domain, extract all divine source matter, and forge a Sacred Nest prison, which will prevent this evil god's flesh from waking up and breaking free, to be brought back to the Sacred Nest."

"Other life individuals present at the scene... Assessing... No threat... All can be wiped out."

When these mechanical voices drilled into everyone's ears.

Fear and anger arose together.

But, it was useless.

What was before them was clearly a dead end about to take shape.

What is certain is: once Brother Brother Shang Yang completes his mechanical ascension and transforms into an artificial intelligence life form, he can treat the entire Mystic Domain as nourishment, consume it dry, and forge a prison to take away a piece of the evil god's flesh.

Doing so will not complete the sacrifice mission, and he won't get many merit points.

But compared to a harvest of this level, a mere few thousand or ten thousand merits are simply not worth mentioning.

Brother Brother Shang Yang and the Sacred Nest are both too ruthless and greedy.

As for the group of Wisdom Star Command Leaders and reincarnators who survived because of Li Yu, they will be crushed and wiped out without exception.

What is incomparably painful is that, facing this impending ending, they cannot even resist or struggle.

If there were no life forbidden zone ahead, even if they weren't opponents, they could swarm up and beat Brother Brother Shang Yang.

Now, they can only watch helplessly.

Except for the only exception, Li Yu.

The moment he saw the dead end before him, he thought of the only existing, possible way to break it.

It is himself!

Including the "First Undying Woman," no one in the field can enter the forbidden zone.

Only Li Yu; his Truth Soul Body can be unaffected by any reality, including divine pollution.

(End of chapter)