Chapter 356: Hongdou's Opportunity to Ascend to Godhood

At this moment, Li Yu perceived an invisible fluctuation clearly containing divinity, with the little robot as the center point, beginning to sweep in all directions.

Initially it was the Ancient God Camp, then it was the distant Wanfu City, and then the deeper Wanfu Frozen Plain.

Although that fluctuation was formless and qualityless, it was still perceived by Li Yu, and he immediately gave birth to a guess, realizing who the sudden visitor who occupied the little robot's body was.

Likely.

It is the little thing's creator!

That powerhouse of the Mechanical Undead Race who has titles such as 【The Endless One】, 【Owner of All Ownerless Things】, 【The First Collector of the Boundless】, etc.

It is said that he is a demigod.

But the strength he possesses makes even some divine entities fear him.

And at this moment in Li Yu's perception, this powerhouse who suddenly descended has strength that is probably far beyond the demigod level.

Of course, this does not prevent Li Yu from being unable to restrain his complaints after he speaks.

"A mysterious human practitioner wearing multiple veils... my practice work that has been repaired and transformed... an extraterrestrial flame essence... none of them are qualified to enter my museum."

"Hmm?"

"What an ugly and strange mechanical living body, ancient god corpses, divine machines, aberrant viruses... interesting, interesting, this thing is qualified to be collected by me."

"There is something more interesting, let me invade and see...?"

A few old mechanical sounds showed that this First Collector had discerned the changes and reasons here in the blink of an eye, and began to investigate deeply.

The means are indeed extraordinary.

However, Li Yu saw a bit of "same kind" taste from his way of speaking.

A style that treats rules as nothing and acts shamelessly.

"Scanning as soon as he comes, opening his mouth is whether it is qualified to be collected by him."

"Arrogant, overbearing, and treacherous. The so-called 'collection' is probably a synonym for stealing and direct robbery."

"The little robot's habit of taking without asking should have been learned from this guy."

"And he also left a backdoor in the little guy's body, which made the previous me unable to discover it, and even Hongdou was deceived."

"This 'Endless One's' strength has absolutely reached the level of a god."

"According to the information Hongdou secretly checked, this collector is notorious in the Boundless Spirit Realm and is hated by many races, forces, and even gods. However, his status in the Mechanical Undead Race is very special. He is both the shame of the Undead Race and a trump card."

"As for the reason for his notoriety, it is naturally the source of his title. In essence, he is equivalent to the 【Thief Saint】 in the Boundless Spirit Realm, the first thief."

"This guy loves to collect all kinds of priceless technologies, treasures, divine artifacts... and even individual living beings."

"He clearly stated: I dedicate everything I see to myself, and everything I see should be dedicated to me."

"Of course, he doesn't recognize the identity of a thief himself, but instead self-proclaimed as a witness and protector of all wonderful civilizations and history."

……

Li Yu did not act rashly, while complaining about this First Collector of the Boundless Spirit Realm, while pondering how to deal with the incomparably chaotic situation before him.

The latter spoke again, his tone clearly containing excitement and greed, as well as a kind of righteousness.

"A human who cultivates the 'Mechanical Path,' turns himself into a virtual life, swallows other virtual life bodies, and fuses with a void virus from an unknown place... a virus body that has already touched the divine realm, a newly born aberrant mechanical race."

"Too interesting, this 'Aberrant Daoist' can open a separate exhibition hall in my museum."

"The aberrant mechanical race He catalyzed, all are qualified to become my collection."

"It's really too beautiful."

"I also felt the malice of the believers of the gods towards this new race, wanting to exterminate them. They are all villains without brains, without creativity, and unable to appreciate beauty."

When the conversation reached here, the collector deliberately paused.

Subsequently, as if he didn't care about Li Yu beside him at all, he continued to speak.

But this time what he said was a plan, a feasible plan to collect the "Aberrant Mechanical Ancient God" transformed by the *Pioneer*, the Aberrant Daoist, and the newly born Aberrant Mech Race.

Without any concealment, he poured it all out:

"It's a pity that this place is too special, and my main fleet cannot arrive in a short time."

"I can only sacrifice this little thing, and this practice work, to set up as a spatial anchor, and then use 【Dimensional Transmission Technology】 to transmit an advance army over."

"Wait for that group of Aberrant Mech Races and that void virus to be beaten up by the believers of the gods, and then I will come out to clean up the mess... even if I can't snatch all of them, I can seize most of the spoils, enough to open a brand new exhibition hall."

"Such interesting living beings and new races, I absolutely do not allow them to be exterminated."

"Even if it means being an enemy of the gods, I have to snatch them over."

These sentences sound very arrogant.

Being an enemy of the gods!

Not everyone is qualified to say such words.

If it were said by other powerhouses in the Boundless Spirit Realm, even if they were also a demigod or a weak god, it would look like self-boasting without knowing one's own strength.

But the one speaking is the "First Collector," so it's different.

He indeed has this ability.

Whether He has already become a mechanical god, it is temporarily unknown.

But combat power, undoubtedly reached the True God level.

Besides mastering a large number of Mechanical Undead Race armies, he also possesses incredible supernatural technologies such as dimensional transmission, dimensional folding, stasis force field, and even "timeline interference."

Of course, what really makes him hated by almost all races, forces, and gods is his "infinite substitute" ability.

Literal meaning!

His substitutes are endless.

The collector can transmit his "consciousness" to any Mechanical Undead Race without hindrance, and directly cover the original personality, shaping it into himself.

If necessary, he can also combine dimensional transmission and molecular recombination technology to send his signature weapon 【Annihilation Scepter】 over together.

These means make all his enemies hate him to the bone, but helpless.

Every time they try their best to knock him down or behead him, the result is just a substitute.

It is rumored that a god chased Him from the first "substitute," and every time he thought he finally killed the main body, he was soon proven to be another substitute, crazy nesting dolls, one layer after another, simply endless.

"I originally thought that his 【Infinite Substitute】 was limited to other Mechanical Undead Races."

"Now it seems that it also includes his creations."

"Little Endless, this robot that doesn't look very conspicuous, is also one of his substitutes."

"It really doesn't waste anything."

"Calculating this way, this guy's substitutes are indeed endless. Even if it is a True God, it is very difficult to kill him. In fact, he has indeed been chased by more than one divine entity, but none succeeded. Some overly careless gods even fell because of this and became one of his collections."

"What's even more disgusting is that he is already so powerful, yet this guy is still so cautious. He wants to take advantage of every little bit. He actually didn't go out to rush and snatch directly, but wanted to get help from me. He probably also knew some of my background from the little thing's memory bank."

"Treacherous and shameless, even more than me."

……

The reason why Li Yu gave these evaluations and finally reached that conclusion.

Is because although the collector is incomparably greedy for the "Aberrant Daoist" and "Aberrant Mech Race," and shouts loudly, he has never taken action.

With his means, with one thought, the Immortal Fortress would instantly become an anchor and be exchanged for an advance army of the Mechanical Undead Race.

The little robot would also directly become the collector's substitute.

But Li Yu never saw the legendary Annihilation Scepter.

Coupled with the fact that the two are barely the same kind, it is natural to guess his thoughts.

This guy is safety first, wanting both.

A character who is truly terrifyingly strong but overly cautious.

Complaining is complaining!

After realizing this, Li Yu was angry, but also happy.

He was originally worried about how to deal with this disaster caused by Hongdou, but he didn't expect a helper to come.

As for using?

Who stipulates that they cannot be mutually beneficial?

With this thought set, Li Yu was about to confront this First Collector.

A spiritual response from Hongdou suddenly came to his heart and soul.

The master and servant have merged their hearts and souls many times, and even if they are far apart, they can communicate with their intentions, but they cannot see the appearance like on the screen.

What Hongdou transmitted was the war situation in Wanfu City, as well as some thoughts of the Aberrant Daoist.

"Master, all parties in Wanfu City, including the City Lord's Mansion and the four district hegemons, have suffered heavy losses."

"After this battle, regardless of the fate of the 【Aberrant Daoist】, Wanfu City will return to its 'primitive' state, and that highly mechanized scene that makes people look sideways will no longer be seen."

"The biggest loss is the 【Sacred Nest】. The mechanical lineage within the sect was all polluted, aberrated, and rebelled, and the middle and lower levels were slaughtered... its high-level members, the organization known as the 【Saint Council】, led by the 'First Saint,' totaling ten people, performed some powerful formation to temporarily suppress the Aberrant Daoist."

"Several saints have begun to burn themselves, sacrifice their bodies and souls, and summon the powerful avatar of the 'Ancient Sage' to descend."

"Besides this, the major sects in the city are also performing similar actions."

"It is estimated that in the near future, at least five or six True God avatars will descend in Wanfu City to eliminate this Tiangong Aberration disaster."

"The Aberrant Daoist is facing a choice!"

"Although He swallowed the Heavenly Net and possesses peerless computing power and wisdom, as a special god-spawn, He is deeply entangled in pollution and obsession, unable to make the most rational judgment."

"The correct approach, He should gather all Aberrant Mech Races, take several giant mech races as vanguards, and forcibly open spatial portals to flee to the Boundless Spirit Realm."

"Or seek the permission of the 【City Lord's Mansion】 and integrate into Wanfu City as a sect."

"But He is obsessed with destroying the 【Sacred Nest】, so He caused this disaster and is trapped without wanting to leave."

"I am now hiding in His mech army, and the 'Tiangong Seed Authority' I possess can still exert partial influence on Him, but degree-saving is temporarily impossible..."

Li Yu listened, and his eyes gradually lit up.

Suddenly, an inspiration emerged in his mind.

In an instant, the plan was determined.

The life and death of Wanfu City, whether the Sacred Nest is destroyed, and the interests of the major sects, naturally have nothing to do with him, Li Yu.

Even if part of the cause of this 【Tiangong Aberration】 disaster is Hongdou.

Li Yu's true core interest also lies in Hongdou.

From the path of the Dead Machine Daoist swallowing the Black Ghost virus, then fusing with the Nest Mother inheritance, and finally swallowing the Heavenly Net to transform into the Aberrant Daoist... it can be seen that the cultivation of the Mechanical Path has shortcuts.

Any secret medicine recipes, promotion rituals, have nothing to do with it.

Since this is the case!

Then naturally, Hongdou can also refer to it, quickly enhance her strength, and even ascend to Godhood.

"The Aberrant Daoist and the Aberrant Mech Race cannot be destroyed. They will be Hongdou's promotion provisions, future subordinates."

"After degree-saving, Hongdou will be promoted to 【Tiangong Goddess】 without any obstacles. This is a great opportunity that cannot be missed no matter what."

"So, they cannot be solidified by this First Collector in the museum as a collection. This means that the Boundless Spirit Realm is not where they should go for the time being. The newly born Aberrant Mech Race is simply not the opponent of the collector, one of the leaders of the Mechanical Undead Race, not to mention there are a large number of Evil Gods."

"The only solution is left there... deep in the borderland."

With the thoughts settled, a smile appeared on Li Yu's face.

He lowered his head again, without any intention of being polite with the "First Collector."

Since they are all the same kind of existence, it is better to be straightforward.

"Collector senior, your plan is destined to fail."

"Since you cannot gather a large army here now, and you cannot descend in person, you can at most share a little bit of the scraps."

"The Ancient Sage, together with the avatars of at least six divine entities, is descending into that city. There are many of your enemies in it. If you go, the advance army or this substitute will be lost."

"And here, this is the territory of the 【Lord of the Veil】."

"That huge aberrant ancient god, its predecessor was an important asset of the City Lord's Mansion, an ancient god train, which carried major God-Chosen kin to travel this world yesterday, and even possessed its own exclusive narrative domain. In the 'large-scale drama' that the Lord of the Veil is preparing, it is one of the named supporting roles."

"Do you think you can snatch it away?"

"If you have this ability, feel free to take action and try, maybe you can please the Lord of the Veil and let Him arrange a role for you too."

When Li Yu's words were spat out with reason and evidence.

The First Collector occupying the little robot's shell suddenly froze, and the miserable green radiance solidified for a short moment.

This is actually why He clearly came!

And saw the precious collection that He was incomparably greedy for, but never took action.

Lord of the Veil!

These four words, in Wanfu City, are only known to a few people like Li Yu.

But among the powerhouses of the Boundless Spirit Realm, He has an extremely terrifying reputation.

He is an incomparably powerful ancient god, regarding all living beings and gods as puppet pawns, and the whole world including the Boundless Spirit Realm and beyond the heavens is a stage of various sizes, loving to create various big scenes and big events to be presented as wonderful dramas.

The duration is long or short, long for tens of thousands or millions of years, short for hundreds or thousands of years.

However, after the end, He will also give some important actors and roles rewards, and allow rest and dispersal.

Sounds very tolerant?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 357 =====