Chapter 249: Fortune and the Exterminator Li Yu

At this very moment, Li Yu found it somewhat difficult to describe his own feelings.

He had now seen quite a few special races, such as the Mechanical Undead and the Celestial Demon clan.

Judging from their existing "displays," the strongest was undoubtedly the Celestial Demon clan, a heaven-defying race that conquered time.

Following closely behind was this race of Modifiers.

Although Li Yu had not yet seen the true form of this race, he had already sensed some of their characteristics.

Eerie, cruel, perverted, overbearing...

The evaluation of the last two words still came from the images Li Yu had seen on these graffiti-covered flesh bricks.

Several images explained why the Modifiers would commit such brutal and meaningless acts against the humans of this universe.

"The Modifiers believe that the 'modification' of the world and other living beings can only be done by them."

"The behavior of the humans in this universe, who transformed one planet after another into places suitable for human habitation during their space expansion, completely enraged them."

"Therefore, war broke out."

"The humans were no match and suffered a crushing defeat, with almost no survivors..."

"Winners and losers, there seems to be nothing more to say."

"However, these modified humans did not all admit defeat; taking advantage of the Modifiers' departure, they were still stubbornly evolving... such as the Maggot-man race."

"I wonder if a similar phenomenon has appeared among these flesh-brick people?"

Just as Li Yu was gaining insight into part of the truth, the prompt sound of the Demon Star Order finally rang out in his mind.

This time, it could be considered a real start.

"Congratulations to the Order Master for triggering the main quest 【Explore】, having learned part of the truth... the completion rate will be evaluated upon leaving the Eerie Domain."

"Triggered main quest 【Collect】, a brand-new sub-human species has been discovered, currently unnamed; the Order Master can possess command authority after offering a sacrifice."

When Li Yu heard these prompts, he also suddenly had another surprise.

On his eye membrane, that twenty-first truth bubble.

At this moment, it finally completed the last bit of progress and became perfectly full.

As the twenty-second bubble flickered in relay, it also meant that Li Yu's true reliance had once again returned to a reserve of two.

This surprise came just at the right time.

Although the exploration of the Desperate Dead Star had only just begun, this brief experience and what he had seen raised his vigilance to the highest level; having an extra layer of protection naturally made him feel more at ease.

Although the "flesh-brick people" before him were completely unable to move, Li Yu maintained his "invisible state" throughout, with no intention of revealing himself at all.

With extreme caution, he began to visit these purely artificial wonders one by one.

The purpose?

Naturally, it was those graffiti.

For the flesh-brick people, it was pain and humiliation.

But for Li Yu, it had extraordinary value; completing the main quest and charging the truth bubbles—killing two birds with one stone—he had to take a look.

Sure enough, as one piece of graffiti after another came into view, in addition to the rainbow radiance flickering on the bubbles, the prompt sound in his mind also came continuously.

"The flesh-brick people's situation is miserable, but in a sense, they have also been endowed with an extremely powerful divine ability, or rather, a capability, by the Modifiers."

"They filter and consume all nutrients through their 'skin,' and can even survive by devouring radiation."

"Consuming Qi to refine the spirit, with a lifespan reaching several thousand years."

"They can already be considered a long-lived species; well, a long-lived species that cannot move an inch but has self-awareness—an eternal torture."

When Li Yu's thoughts flickered to this point, his invisible body was already standing in front of a special flesh-brick obelisk.

The flesh-brick people here were shriveled and withered.

All their eyeballs were already closed.

They were the first generation of "flesh-brick people," and all had died of old age.

Li Yu had come here naturally eyeing the extraordinary characteristics precipitated after their deaths.

"According to those graffiti, after the flesh-brick people die, they will stick together completely, merging with each other, and because of the preservation of that special skin, the corpses will also remain for a long time."

"It takes a long time for the flesh bricks under the skin to turn into invisible particles bit by bit, or 'Qi-ify' and dissipate, finally leaving behind that skin which has undergone many transformations; this is the characteristic itself."

"This means: one wonder building will only precipitate one extraordinary characteristic, a huge Qi-consuming skin."

"Before me, there happens to be one."

While pondering, Li Yu also reached out and touched it.

This contact could be used for sacrifice, or it could allow Li Yu to use his own means as a Longevity Daoist to perceive the utility and mystery of this extraordinary characteristic.

Originally, he wanted to sacrifice it directly.

But this touch made him hesitate.

No, it should be said that he negated his original idea.

"Eh, this characteristic?"

"The strength is extremely high, it is difficult to be destroyed, it can filter and retain almost all Qi, it can hold living things, and it has spatial extensibility far beyond imagination..."

"How is this just a skin? It is clearly a wonder item, an extraordinary material for refining top-tier storage magic treasures."

"If this skin were to fall into the hands of those high-sequence powerhouses of the 【Haotian Sect】 or 【Buddhism】, a very good storage pouch would be born in a few days."

Li Yu's eyes suddenly became bright and sparkling.

Ten thousand merit points versus a top-tier storage pouch—how to choose was not difficult at all.

As for the fact that the storage pouch he was wearing was made of human skin or something...

As the dignified Disaster Star Order Master and the number one genius of Ten Thousand Blessings City, how could he mind such things?

His bottom line was very flexible.

In fact, as his sequence realm grew higher and higher.

The storage sachet given by the little nun Sister Miaochang back then was already somewhat unable to meet his needs.

For no other reason than that the storage space was too small.

For example, this shriveled skin obelisk in front of him—no matter how much it shrank, its volume was still there, and the sachet could not hold it at all.

"I could poke a hole to accelerate the Qi leakage, and then fold it up so it can be stuffed in."

"This skin, which has been modified many times by the 【Modifiers】 using technology akin to divine arts, although hard, should not be able to withstand my Calamity-Extinguishing Sword Radiance that has been crazily empowered, otherwise it would be too heaven-defying."

"As for whether I will be discovered when I take it away?"

With this thought, Li Yu nodded directly to confirm.

Regardless of whether he poked a hole or not, as long as he took this extraordinary characteristic, he would definitely be discovered.

Although those artificial wonders could not move, the eyeballs completely covered this area without any blind spots.

However, they could not move, so naturally, they could not stop Li Yu.

In fact, Li Yu doubted whether they would even care.

Having been modified into such a state, it was hard to say if they still had any territorial consciousness or consciousness of guarding their ancestors' corpses.

Even if he were discovered, it would not matter; he planned to flee immediately after taking the skin.

With his speed, those bat-people from before could not catch up at all, let alone a group of flesh-brick people who could not move.

After making up his mind!

Li Yu did not hesitate anymore and quietly took action the next moment.

A "Calamity-Extinguishing Sword Radiance of All Dharmas" poked silently onto the shriveled skin containing the magical characteristic.

Sure enough, there were no surprises.

With a soft pop, a small hole appeared.

Accompanied by a "hissing" sound, a large amount of Qi that Li Yu also found very strange leaked out.

It was a kind of gray Qi that seemed to be mixed with clear and turbid elements, as if it were wisps of dust carried by a clear breeze, carrying a faint smell of rotting flesh.

In the blink of an eye, the flesh-and-blood obelisk in front of him began to shrink rapidly.

Li Yu was already prepared to take action to fold it up and take it away.

But it was also at this moment that his high intuition began to sound an alarm.

A sense of crisis that had not appeared before suddenly emerged.

"Hmm?" Li Yu's face showed surprise; having a sense of crisis meant that the flesh-brick people could harm him.

This was too abrupt, without the slightest sign.

He did not do anything else and did not delay at all.

He struck directly, grabbing the skin in front of him quite roughly and beginning to fold it.

At the same time, he had already set up his invisible sword radiance, erupting with extreme speed, and swept toward the deeper parts of the desolate land.

This reaction was completed within half a breath, which could be said to be fast to the extreme.

However, it was still too slow.

On those artificial wonder buildings, a large number of eyeballs were awakened and opened, and then hundreds of thousands of "mind-soul consciousnesses" woke up.

They linked together to form a terrifying domain covering a thousand miles.

Within the domain, all life forms had to suffer their consciousness invasion.

No one could be missed, no one could be spared!

No matter how fast Li Yu's movements were, they could not be faster than consciousness.

And so, the next moment!

His escape movement stalled; in his skull, in his sea of consciousness, he was caught off guard by the attack of hundreds of thousands of frenzied consciousnesses.

That was a divine ability that was extremely overbearing and triggered almost by instinct.

A "tsunami flood" formed by hundreds of thousands of mental consciousnesses surged over, without the slightest restraint.

Within it, there was no rationality or order, let alone any wisdom.

What existed was madness, anger, and resentment.

It was as if they wanted to forcibly drag people into a "flesh-brick purgatory," compelling all life forms within the domain to experience everything they had endured.

The horrific process of being transformed... the agony of being unable to move... the pain of filtering rainwater, sunlight, and even radiation...

In this instant, Li Yu understood completely.

Why these flesh-brick people could remain motionless here for many years without being preyed upon by other demi-human species.

Besides their skin being very tough, there was also this ultimate weapon.

"This kind of mental-level domain kills all life forms indiscriminately."

"As long as you awaken them, death is certain."

"It should be a defensive ability they 'evolved' on their own after the transformer race left."

"Unfortunately, it is ineffective against me."

When this thought arose in Li Yu's mind, his face was full of pain.

Even though he was indeed fine.

What he feared least was this type of great divine ability.

He dared to face an evil god directly, let alone the mad consciousness pollution of hundreds of thousands of flesh-brick people.

Of course, during the process of resisting, he could not refuse the pain that was forcibly shoved into him.

He was passively turned into a flesh-brick person for a moment himself.

But precisely because of this!

Another stroke of good fortune arrived abruptly.

This tidal wave of mad, resentful consciousness suddenly produced some special emotions after the first wave of impact ended.

Surprise!

Joy!

Disbelief!

In the unknown history of many years past, hundreds of thousands of flesh-brick people had passively used this domain to kill all "intruders," without exception, even though they themselves did not wish to.

They, in fact, wanted to beg for help.

But for all these years, no life form had been able to endure their collective plea.

Hundreds of thousands of mad, painful consciousnesses could crush the skulls of many high-sequence powerhouses in an instant.

Even if they didn't die, they would be polluted and become lunatics.

But now, an exception had arrived.

Li Yu had withstood it.

However, because he had been forcibly intercepted, he also intended to release the 【Great Destruction of All Laws Longevity Sword Array】 to annihilate all the wonders in the vicinity.

Until the gap between the end of the first wave of impact and the start of the second, Li Yu felt the true emotions of the flesh-brick people.

"You didn't die?"

"That's great, help us."

"Quickly destroy us, destroy everything."

"End our pain, end all of this."

"As long as we can be killed, we are willing to pay everything."

Li Yu's feeling at this moment was extremely peculiar.

It was as if hundreds of thousands of people appeared before him, begging for help simultaneously; while bringing pain and torture, they also opened everything up to Li Yu.

All the mysteries regarding these "flesh-brick people" were fathomed by him.

Li Yu was tortured by pain, and as a bystander, he accelerated his viewing of the entire process of the birth of this miserable demi-human species.

At the same time, Li Yu also saw the true appearance of the transformer race for the first time:

It was as if they were an evil species from beyond the heavens; on their pale torsos were attached dozens of tentacles of various shapes, and on their backs grew six insect wings shimmering with starlight. The most striking feature on their heads was a pair of compound eyes that seemed capable of absorbing and refracting all light; any living being that met their gaze would feel that infinite malice rooted deep within the soul.

Of course, there was also wisdom—a wisdom that transcended all things, an extremely arrogant wisdom.

After resisting the invasion and knowing all the mysteries, trump cards, and pleas of the flesh-brick people, Li Yu could have directly moved to annihilate them.

He could grant them great liberation and also obtain one top-tier storage material after another.

But Li Yu did not act immediately.

Instead, he continued to hard-carry the ravaging torture of this terrifying mental domain and continued to accelerate his viewing.

The pain was immense and very real.

The benefits were also solid.

It not only satisfied his own intense curiosity, but on his eye membranes, the progress of the Truth Bubble was rising.

Inside his mind, the notification sounds of the Demon Star Order were also ringing continuously.

It was unknown how many times Li Yu had resisted the invasion!

Finally, after he had completely finished watching the entire "flesh-brick person transformation surgery," he made his move.

By this time, his own face was already twisted.

It seemed that to obtain the good fortune within this desperate dead star, one had to pay such a price.

"Good, good, good!"

"I will grant you liberation now."

Li Yu, having been bombarded and begged by the consciousness of hundreds of thousands of people for a long time.

At this moment, he released his current strongest divine ability.

Great Destruction of All Laws Longevity Sword Array!

In an instant, another domain unfolded.

Formless and intangible sword light spread out with Li Yu as the center, filling every inch of space.

Under Li Yu's deliberate control, these sword lights did not destroy a single Qi-consuming skin.

Instead, they were purely targeted at the souls and lifespans of the hundreds of thousands of flesh-brick people!

Longevity species that could not move and only had freedom of the soul... encountering Li Yu's sword array, they were simply destined to be countered to death.

Before long!

That terrifying mental tide began to recede.

The eyes on those man-made wonders saw the madness and resentment within them gradually dissipate, revealing a look of relief, and then they all began to close.

They were perishing.

Li Yu descended upon this dead star of desire, and upon his first move, he annihilated a demi-human species.

(End of chapter)