Chapter 364: Did the Hundred-Armed Long Huang Manifest?

Dragon Nest Empire 18th Colony Planet, Capital, Lower City District.

The Lower City District, which has a large population gathering, although the living environment is very bad, the residents are also under high-pressure work all year round, and the average lifespan is very miserable, but it is not lacking in vitality. The human race is always excessively tenacious.

Li Yu had a deep understanding of this during the "one-day bottom-tier laborer experience" that had just ended not long ago.

No matter how miserable they lived, these consumables still tried every possible way to possess some entertainment; inferior tobacco and alcohol were just the basics.

And when Li Yu stepped into that vast and complex underground world, this impression was consolidated again.

Without a doubt!

The environment of this underground world was extremely dirty and terrifying.

Normal humans could not survive.

But here, it was the world of those "heteromorphs" and "mutants."

They could not see the sun full of toxic radiation above, but they could be like fish in water in this dark and complex world.

Li Yu was already a powerhouse starting to touch the Legendary level. It was too easy for him to hide himself in front of these creatures that could barely be considered transcendent.

He walked all the way, and no one noticed.

He himself, from the perspective of an onlooker, watched the scenes in this underground world, and made up for a link.

Although this was a purely strange exotic world, a Chaos star system incomparably far from the real world.

But Li Yu possessed the ability to peer into information and predict causality, so he became familiar with it extremely quickly.

Just one day and one night!

He no longer had any sense of strangeness or disharmony toward any eerie things and scenes here.

Sometimes he only needed to look at it once to know the reason:

"A group of 'heteromorphs' like Rat-men should be the pollution of flesh and blood, body fluids, etc., left over from the 【Rat-man Disaster】 here a long time ago, causing some humans to permanently mutate. In order not to be cleared and destroyed by the Empire, they had to hide in this infinitely dark underground world, feeding on various garbage... now running around everywhere, they should be controlled by some drug dealers in the surface world, engaged in some dangerous work such as theft and smuggling."

"Those 【Pus Lakes】 formed by various industrial waste liquids, nuclear sewage, and biological toxic water existing everywhere in the underground world, the group of eerie fish living in them seem to be the raw material for strong hallucinogens controlled by those drug dealers, and they even took a nice name 【Lake Fairy Tears】, which is expensive."

"That group of homeless people planting some fungi and flowers everywhere, the smell on their bodies is also too familiar; they are all believers of the Loving Father, stinking to high heaven."

"Hm, the shabby arenas everywhere are also casinos controlled by major gangs."

"Purely curious promiscuous places... no need to guess, Wicked God believers are doing it."

"Clearly it's the dead of night, but it's much livelier here than in the surface world."

If Li Yu was in the state of just arriving in Wanfu City, he would really be full of curiosity about this underground world that revealed deformed prosperity, and would want to get involved and explore the many novelties of this world.

But now, he just looks at it once.

His real goal:

Hundred-Armed Long Huang Sect!

Its prototype is the state religion of the Dragon Nest Third Empire, 【Long Huang Sect】, a monotheistic religion with no new ideas, purely used by the ruling class to maintain rule and enslave civilians. The so-called "Long Huang" worshipped refers to the first founder of the Dragon Nest Empire, a Demigod-tier powerhouse with the title of Long Huang.

It is unknown where he is. The Dragon Nest Imperial Clan claims that the ancestor has ascended to godhood and is protecting all humans in this star system.

While other star systems are spreading 【Humanity Sect】, the Dragon Nest star system has been unable to enter because it was occupied by this monotheistic religion in advance.

Of course, the status of the Hundred-Armed Long Huang Sect is much lower.

This is an evil cult used as a cover by Bug-Thieves to bewitch those believers who are deep in hallucinations.

But this evil cult has a little use for Li Yu, who has just arrived, so he came to receive it.

The further you go into the underground world, the more traces of this sect there are.

And their behavior is quite unexpected.

"Distributing nutrient paste to those poor people who are about to starve to death... dispatching bug-doctors with bird beaks and tentacles to patrol everywhere underground, providing free medical care... setting up orphanages, taking in those abandoned infants, no matter how deformed or how seriously ill they are..."

"Good guy, this sect is fully qualified to compete for the Dragon Nest's number one charity organization. No wonder it developed so rapidly."

"All believers have been deeply brainwashed, believing that the current Long Huang is a fake puppet, a heretic, and the true Long Huang has ascended to godhood as the 【Hundred-Armed Long Huang】. Only by believing in Him can one break free from the sea of suffering and enter the peaceful Dragon Homeland."

"If this story didn't play out a final tragic ending, it would really be not bad."

"Even if it's fake, even if it's a hallucination, living a little better is enough."

"It's a pity that the ending reverses everything."

"It's hard to imagine how collapsed they will be when they wake up from the 'hallucination' and see the truth. Their sanity value will probably be cleared in an instant... comparable to facing an Evil God directly."

When these thoughts emerged in Li Yu's mind.

His gaze was also fixed on a group of believers who had finished doing good deeds, passed through complex pipes, and were heading to the deepest part of the underground.

Tonight!

There is a big gathering!

The living divine messenger of the Hundred-Armed Long Huang, the powerful saintess, will appear.

And will announce the deadline for the "Great Miracle Day."

The believers are incomparably looking forward to it. On that day: the Hundred-Armed Long Huang will dispatch countless "Dragon Angels" to come and save the people from fire and water.

The days of suffering are about to end completely, so naturally, everyone is excited.

Unaware that Li Yu is silently following behind.

Soon, the gathering place arrived.

This is a core hub of pipes, which has undergone multiple transformations and looks like an open-air church. In the central area, in front of two giant scarlet curtains, stands a statue ten meters high, the appearance is exactly the ancestor Long Huang known to everyone in the Empire, but unlike the Long Huang statue in the surface world.

Behind this statue, there are hundreds of arms embedded, indeed possessing more divinity.

Believers coming from all directions are kneeling in front of the statue under the leadership of two great figures who are also stained with "divine light," chanting the sect's scripture "Long Huang Ode."

The above is the scene the believers think they are seeing.

However, in Li Yu's eyes, it is another horrifying scene:

Tens of thousands of believers, more than half do not have a proper human form, all are heteromorphs born from human-bug hybrids, with fanatical faces, thinking they are chanting, but the tone they make is like the rustling sound of a bug swarm, making people feel disgusted and uncomfortable when they hear it.

But what truly attracted Li Yu's attention were the two figures at the very front.

Crouching high under the statue, like a supreme sect leader, enjoying the kneeling of the believers, is actually a huge bug.

Covered with an exoskeleton, a bulbous head, an expanded skull, four arms, a distorted and malicious face, and a pair of eerie bug eyes, which are like bottomless abysses. Any living being who looks at them will face a part of the "Bug Hive Consciousness."

Chaos Bug Race!

Seems to be a race without faith, purely dominated by collective hive consciousness, with only three goals: reproduction, devouring, and invasion.

But their numbers are too terrifying, plus they have mastered extraordinary biological technology, and they are already one of the most terrifying races in the 【Chaos Universe】.

Even Li Yu now would not want to rashly face that "hive consciousness." It is not a god, but it is not much different.

Below the Demigod level, facing the hive consciousness directly, one will be controlled.

"Hive consciousness is troublesome, but as long as you don't actively fall into it, it's fine. That Bug-Thief ancestor, and a bunch of aberrant bodies, mutant tyrants, and other combat units, are all small fry to me."

"It's this so-called psychic sacrifice..."

Thoughts reached here, Li Yu's gaze fell on another figure under the statue.

Unlike the disgusting and horrifying big bug, this is a human woman.

At least, on the surface, it seems so.

She is also bald, wearing quite sacred and gorgeous bishop robes, her body is not deformed, but her appearance is a bit strange.

One can clearly see that she is a human woman, but the divinity exceeds the humanity.

Her pair of eyes possesses both wisdom and fanaticism, which is surprising.

"Psychic Saintess!"

"Indistinguishable from a human woman, but in fact, she is a natural psychic born after multiple human-bug hybrids."

"After transferring to a saintess priest, her psychic power can be developed, and she will be gifted with various Bug Race secret arts."

"The management level of the so-called Hundred-Armed Long Huang Sect is composed of the Bug-Thief ancestor, the psychic saintess, and the mutant tyrant leader. The ancestor hides behind the scenes, responsible for spreading transformation and grand strategy, and maintaining mystery, while the latter is responsible for all combat, so the psychic saintess is the true controller of the sect."

"Others can all be slaughtered, but this saintess can be forcibly 'seized'."

"As long as she is controlled, this sect, which has penetrated into every part of the colony planet, including high-ranking officials in the Upper City District, will directly become my power."

"At that time, not to mention ten days, I can stay for decades without being exposed."

"Occupying the magpie's nest is indeed the fastest way to integrate into the local area."

These thoughts were actually planned by Li Yu long ago.

As for how to execute?

It's not difficult at all.

Although the Hundred-Armed Long Huang Sect is already not weak, if the three management levels were to unite and fight Li Yu, plus a bunch of aberrant Bug-Thieves, Li Yu really wouldn't be able to kill them all in a short time.

But it's a pity that Li Yu knows himself and the enemy, and is in the dark.

The other party doesn't even know that a True Person of Food-Bait has come to their lair.

"If I don't intervene!"

"At dawn, the army responsible for clearing heretics, mechanical adjudicators, and battle nuns will arrive and slaughter these things cleanly."

"If that final ending plays out, these poor 'mixed-blood species' should indeed die and be eaten as food by the Chaos Bug Race in the end."

"But the ending hasn't come, so these guys count as Schrödinger's charity organization."

"So, it can be taken and transformed."

"Anyway, for you, the situation won't get any worse."

"And I, can take the opportunity to experience the addiction of being a 【God】."

When the thoughts fell, Li Yu moved.

He seemed to walk out openly, but in fact, he borrowed the power of the magic dog and walked between the time-space rifts.

In the blink of an eye, he had appeared under the 【Hundred-Armed Long Huang】 statue.

At this time, the "bait threads" overflowing from his body had already drilled into the bodies of every Bug-Thief believer, just waiting for an opportunity.

Staring at this mighty, domineering, and divine-meaning statue, a touch of mischievousness flashed in Li Yu's eyes, and he chuckled in his heart:

"Good creativity!"

"Stolen."

When the thought fell, Li Yu suddenly merged into the statue.

The next moment, continuous exclamations resounded through this underground church.

The evil cult's three giants looked up in surprise at the tens of thousands of believers kneeling in a large area.

What they saw was a face full of surprise and joy, and at the same time, they saw that the piety on the believers' faces was several times stronger than before, and their mouths began to roar like a mountain and a sea:

"Manifested, the great Long Huang has manifested."

"Hundred-Armed Long Huang, the only true god."

"Your devout believers are calling here..."

"Hm?"

Among the three giants, the most confused was the Bug-Thief ancestor.

The psychic saintess and the mutant tyrant were actually blinded by hallucinations and didn't know the truth.

Only the ancestor was a native Chaos Bug Race, and after the final ending, that is, when the Bug Race fleet arrived and devoured the entire planet, it would not only not die, but would also be promoted within the Bug Race.

So, it knew best what the Hundred-Armed Long Huang behind it was.

Alive!

How is it possible?

The Bug-Thief ancestor's malicious eyes widened, and it was also a powerful psychic creature itself.

Its high perception was frantically warning at this moment.

It instinctively wanted to flee the spot, while also subconsciously turning its head to look.

In an instant, a scene that it couldn't believe no matter what was reflected in its bug eyes.

The Hundred-Armed Long Huang it had fabricated!

Not only was it alive.

And all over its body, it was shrouded in golden holy light and divine light.

As if it were a true divine entity.

Even though the Bug-Thief ancestor was incomparably cunning, it couldn't help but be stunned at this moment.

It even doubted: was it that the "hive consciousness" had noticed the rapidly growing Bug Race psychic network, so it descended a miracle from afar, and next should be the arrival of the Chaos Bug Race fleet.

However, the next moment, it denied this idea.

Because it hadn't had time to make any moves, those hundred holy light arms had already covered the sky and hammered down.

It wanted to flee.

But inexplicably, it found that it couldn't move.

It wasn't just it that couldn't move; the other Bug-Thieves were the same.

What was different was the outcome.

The Bug-Thief ancestor's body was nailed to the spot, its hard exoskeleton was easily hammered into powder by the diamond giant force, and it didn't have time to activate the bug hive psychic network in its body before it directly lost its life.

Normally, the ancestor dies.

All other Bug-Thieves will wake up from hallucinations.

They will recall everything they have done, will see the deformed appearance of themselves or their children, and will also know what the Bug Race is, and then it will be cognitive collapse, sanity cleared, and death in madness.

But here at Li Yu's, there was an exception.

The diamond glaze divinity from the Buddha, fixed their souls, the curse power from the Ten Thousand Changes forcibly changed their cognition, and then superimposed the bait threads and the charm of the Vortex God...

The hive network consciousness in their minds was being tampered with from the most fundamental underlying logic into another set of programs.

Li Yu acted too fast and too ruthlessly.

He killed the Bug-Thief ancestor in the first instance, which could be said to have paid almost no price, completely and undamagedly receiving a sect whose power had expanded to the point of influencing this colony planet.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 365 =====