Lords: From Civilization to the Stars.

Chapter 143 I Will Devour Everything ( Word Update!)
"Has the Antarctic shield not been breached yet?"

"No, the federation countries have tried their best, even using nuclear weapons, but the area still stands in the environment. There is no way to deal with it..."

"Is the rune technology so bad? That Leon has no way of infiltrating the human side. How on earth did those lunatics in the Negative Star Church build such a large psychic spire? If these things are really activated, what can we do to stop them from destroying us?"

Looking at the tall tower standing in the illusion, the controller of the player world, the commander of the Human Federation, frowned.

The entire Antarctica has now been turned into a gorgeous sea of ​​fire under the bombardment of modern weapons. The weapons of the player world are the ultimate weapons of the information age. Those saturation bombardments continue to bombard the last bastion of the Negative Star Church, the replica Antarctic Spire located at the South Pole.

These priests of the Negative Star faith created a huge spire in Antarctica that is almost as powerful as the original psychic spire in the name of replicating psychic technology.

This behemoth utilized the productivity of the information age and various rune technologies to create a comprehensive territory of influence for the Negative Star Church in the Antarctic region. It can even be said that with the strong support of countries around the world, the entire Negative Star Church has established a country in Antarctica.

Under the fanatical belief, millions of believers arrived in the Antarctic region and began to use various engineering machinery and magical creations to create a terrifying spire from nothing in the ice and snow. Even people discovered afterwards that these weird players had completely shown unique characteristics similar to the negative stars. They worked together as if they were one body, constantly adding bricks and tiles to the entire Antarctic.

After the Negative Star Demon incident, the entire player world was in chaos. It even started a short civil war that many people could not imagine. You know, the player world is different from the other world.

In today's player world, the divisions between countries have become very vague, and the overall environment and the human federation are the core elements.

Under this unified premise, the Negative Star Church actually managed to seize power and overthrow the internal authority in just one year, which was unimaginable to the players. Countless seemingly old and corrupt characters were interfering, and even now some cities have declared their betrayal of the Human Federation.

After all, immortality and extraordinary powers are eternal topics. No one can get around this word that is full of various flavors and can make people feel the piercing loneliness and desire. Few people can break free from this concept.

Even the players themselves don’t know how many Negative Star lurkers there are in their own world.

You know, Chaos Contamination is still a hidden thing, but the Negative Stars have been officially recognized for a while, and they are a super church with ultimate power and the ability to travel across worlds. The whole world is fanatically pursuing that power and the senses that transcend humans. It is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that it is so terrifying.

More than seventy cities and regions have begun to rebel, and countless street fighting meat grinders have begun to operate. The war machine of the Human Federation is ruthlessly crushing those scattered negative stars without psychic assistance.

Now, after two months of war, at the cost of 1.7 million deaths, they finally reached the last bastion of the Negative Star Church. A total of tens of millions of people migrated to Antarctica in the past few years. If you think about it carefully, this is simply crazy and impossible, but it happened objectively in the face of faith. This is a unique psychic research base. Before the Negative Stars rebelled, this was even the core of psychic research.

Today, this kingdom of ice and snow built by tens of millions of people and its huge spires are shedding their golden curtains, countless flames and sparks are floating and burning on the surrounding oceans, and the condensed ice crystals even look like mist, lingering over the entire Antarctic continent. However, they still couldn't get in.

Be it naval guns, missiles, nuclear weapons, or even experimental phase weapons and some psychic weapons, this huge curtain always blocks everyone, and the wall of faith shatters the pride of the heartless.

"Are you still trying to attack the Church of the True God? Fools. Our stupidity and persistence have led to the current situation."

Seeing that the golden curtain once again resisted countless attacks, the commander frowned, listened to the faint voice of persuasion coming from afar, and pressed a hidden button.

In each room and passage, some secret runes began to light up at the places where the electricity was connected. These symbols began to block the sounds transmitted from the outside world, and gradually modified the symbols that originally penetrated into everyone's soul to charm and speak to them into a way that normal people could understand and accept.

However, although the power of hypnosis and brainwashing can correct it, this is all the results of their rune research. For those deeper conversations and thoughts that directly reach people's hearts, these runes have no way to resist. The ripples from the spire of the Antarctic continent began to spread, and the light golden mist began to flicker in the fleet, pouring the voices of the future people into their minds.

"Look, the war machines you are so proud of are useless in the face of the true power of God. We were once orphans walking in the wilderness, unable to see the direction of the lighthouse."

"But now it's different. You have seen it. This is the power and glory of God. You should have seen this great power, this great color, and all the power contained here. No one can deny that this is what a true God can do. He is in our hearts."

"We can survive without souls, but our souls are the real parasites. Only when the parasites in our minds are removed and all the demons are destroyed, can we achieve true world peace. Haven't you noticed? The pure concept brought by the Negative Stars is the real peace. Shouldn't we learn from the Negative Stars who are connected to us as one?"

"My fellow countrymen, my comrades who are still lost, you should have seen it, and even many of you have already felt the purity of the Negative Star. You also know that he is the one who truly wants to pull us out of the abyss of hell."

"So, what are we waiting for? Pray towards a brighter light, and attack towards the future. We need you."

"..."

It's time to prepare for the impact of the internal environment.

As the demonic sound that had entered his head gradually faded away, the commander shook his head and felt his entire body begin to lose balance. Even if he could resist hypnosis, the actual conversation was enough to bewitch people.

Especially those individuals who have psychic powers and understand the existence of another world. Their minds are permeated with psychic powers and various things, and they gradually become alienated and become unusual. Now it is easy to be instigated. But what's worse is that without these people, they would never be able to break through the Antarctic Fortress.

"Pass on my order. Everyone, prepare to defend against impact. If any ship is trying to attack friendly forces, sink it directly."

Shaking his noisy head, the commander covered his forehead and spoke to his adjutant.

The adjutant, who looked calm and powerful, nodded, picked up the microphone and broadcast to all channels, reiterating the words of the Negative Star in a very demonic accent.

"'Don't be afraid of the future, don't be afraid of war, our cause is just! Everyone is ready to make your own choice! We know that you will eventually make such a decision, but don't be impulsive! Remember, we are always on your side! Fire at the real evil! Fire at the Human Federation--'"

'boom! '

With a crisp gunshot, the head of the adjutant, with whom he had been friends for more than ten years, flew out of the window. His entire head exploded into a handful of blood and hit the radio transmission equipment straight on.

With the sound of sparks and crackling, a puff of black smoke rose from the communication device. The commander kicked the traitor's body away with an ugly look on his face, looked at the contaminated communication device with disgust, and couldn't help suppressing the fire in his heart, and took a long breath.

Yes, this is the norm. No one knows how many people the Negative Star has hidden, and where they will launch a fatal attack. Even the followers of the Chaos Gods have a strange appearance and show some inferior attitude towards life, but the Negative Star has none of that. They all look like loyal ministers and good generals, but who knows that they will turn against them at the critical moment and directly lead to the collapse of everything.

Before the commander could ask the mechanic to repair the communication device, he saw several warships outside the window starting to fire at each other. Naval guns and missiles took off, and countless flames appeared around the ocean.

These also include but are not limited to psychic light spears from the Antarctic continent. These terrifying rune weapons can be projected from a distance of thousands of kilometers. They rely on absolute violence and use the means of steaming the ocean to completely ignite and destroy the surrounding environment and fleet, turning the living things inside into a pile of mummies.

The worst thing was that because of the sound just now, many of his own warships began to turn their guns and aim at his flagship flying the command flag. This made the commander feel extremely annoyed. Especially when he saw the flag bearer who looked righteous raising the flashing symbol representing the Negative Star on the flagpole, the commander knew very well that this encirclement and suppression might have failed.

"You monsters will not have a good ending, and neither will I. Your delusion of setting the world on fire is ultimately a dream. Everyone, follow me and clean up these Negative Star traitors!"

He took out his gun and shot the traitor who was waving on the mast from a distance of dozens of meters. The commander looked at the crowd behind him and waved his hand to go out. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the bodies lying all over the cabin, and a figure with golden light was carrying the body of his other adjutant and turned to look at him.

That was his wife, his childhood sweetheart whom he had known for thirty years. He also had a four-year-old daughter at home who was waiting for her parents to return from the bloody battlefield and tell them their heroic stories. But from the current perspective, he was afraid that he could not do anything.

"Everyone, prepare your bayonets. We begin the cleanup operation in the cabin. We cannot let these Negative Star traitors raise their flags again on the land of the Human Federation. These monsters must die."

“…Actually, I’m a pacifist.”

The person who was glowing with golden light sighed, and judging from the voice, it was actually the voice of a young girl.

"My parents were killed by the Chaos Cultists. Only the Negative Stars can destroy the monsters in these people's hearts. But you adults are too dirty. You only think about yourselves and never think that the world will become a better place."

The golden girl was talking to herself, her hands and actions were also moving on her own, just like a high school student talking about her dreams. To be precise, she was indeed a high school student, and she did have hopes and ideals. However, her hopes and ideals were completely shattered by the attacks of the Chaos Villains a long time ago. Now she was thinking about more distant protection. Everyone felt that their actions were correct, and everyone felt that they were protecting their homes and dreams. Whether it was the Negative Stars or the commander in front of him.

But what puzzled the girl was that the answer was right in front of them, but they insisted on going in the opposite direction.

"Even this woman is the same, shouting that she is fighting for her children. But aren't we fighting for her children too? We have worked hard to this day for a better future, for a better tomorrow, for a world where no one cries."

"You know what? On the Antarctic continent, we transformed the ice sheet into grassland. We have no hierarchy. We are as close as brothers and sisters to each other. There is no crime at all."

“We’ve done it, and we know the gentleness and the beauty that comes with that connection.”

“Why do we have to make such a decision?”

After she finished speaking, the girl sighed, feeling melancholy as she watched the light in the commander's eyes gradually dim and the commander's heart being taken out by her.

But just as she was sorting out her scattered emotions, she turned her head to look at the ocean and saw a dark cannon muzzle pointing at her body.

At some point, the commander's fleet had been blocked by various civil war fleets, and the black behemoth that fired 510mm caliber naval guns burst into a flaming breath. Before the golden girl could make any moves, the entire command ship was instantly pierced, and a deafening explosion sounded, and it sank rapidly in the ocean.

The vortex that appeared at that moment even dragged the culprit next to it down. The two steel behemoths roared and sank to the bottom of the sea, becoming a corner of this war.

……

"...Actually, I think the humans fought pretty well."

In the conference room in the subspace, Leon raised his eyebrows and suddenly said.

"I think you can really give it a try. Or rather, you will definitely give it a try. I'm not kidding you, and I don't have the experience or habit of telling jokes to you."

"I have always been serious. Even the seal of the Great Vortex has been lifted by me. That huge vortex has become my own. I am using that huge rift to reversely drain the power of the warp and intend to bring the whole world to the ground. This is what I will do. I will not hide my thoughts."

"So let's have a final war, everyone. It is inevitable."

The light and darkness changed, the world flowed, and the entire subspace presented a discontinuous and bizarre feeling, as if it had skipped the time, space, and life of many people.

But this is one of the characteristics of the subspace. Whenever people are thinking and sorting out their emotions, there will always be a discontinuous sense of jumping. Leon did not feel particularly surprised by this. He just sat in the chair, looking at everything around him with interest, waiting for the arrival of the opponents.

During this awkward time, silence was the main theme. The light and shadows in the chaotic room changed, and finally a low question was heard.

"Is there anything we can't talk about? What do you want? What can we give you? Why do you have to use such an extreme method to solve the problem? Do you know how many people will die as a result of this behavior?!"

A woman's voice came from the corner. It might be a saint from some church. She was looking angrily at Li Ang who looked nonchalant with tears in her eyes.

"Everyone is dead! Everyone is dead! Do you know what this means?"

"I know."

As for the angry woman, Leon just nodded slightly.

"My initial estimate was that the minimum number of deaths would be around 230 million to 500 million. After all, I thought it would end around the eleventh impact. By the time of the twelfth impact, all creatures in the opposite direction of the Old World would die."

"After all, this planetary shield is too strong, and I don't actually have any particularly good way to deal with it. This thing may not look impressive, but it actually has extraordinary flexibility and self-repairing properties. If the twelfth impact is not completed, the death toll will reach about 124 billion people, which is almost half of the world's total population."

"And when the thirteenth impact begins, there will be no need to think too much. There will be no one alive in the entire world, including me. I will do everything I can to tear apart the planet's shield. If I can't tear it apart, we will all die together."

"What qualifications do you have to judge the life and death of others? What right do you have to do so?"

Still the angry saint.

Even the subspace could not suppress the anger of this poor woman. Countless flames were floating around her body in an irregular manner, and even this closed secret space had layers of discontinuous fractures.

This is the trace left by time. The former saint left her great deeds in this world. However, time flies. Although these traces have left ripples in the subspace and even have weird existences in this fully enclosed chamber, they are still like a breeze on Leon's face, without any deterrent effect.

"Because you can't stop me. As a strong person, I can humiliate you weak people. I can sacrifice everything I have. I can not make money or profit. I can have nothing, as long as I can let this world break free from the cage. This is my way, my path. You may not agree, but this is my job. I have the obligation to lead you out of this planet... Of course, it may not be you."

Li Ang raised his eyebrows at the leaders around him, as if he wanted to ask for their opinions.

But in the next moment, Leon blinked his eyes and felt that there seemed to be a slight change and a weird amplitude in this secret room. Although everyone was there, showing anger and hatred, Leon could feel it.

The actions and wills of all people and leaders are undergoing extremely small, discontinuous changes. This change should initially come from the trance and collapse of projections caused by changes in people's hearts. After all, the subspace is the opposite of the mind. However, inside this closed and locked space, Leon could not feel the flow of the subspace outside, and suddenly he instinctively realized that something was wrong.

After carefully observing the angry looks of these leaders and the extremely silent looks of the four incarnations, Le Ang was stunned.

He felt an unusual gust of wind.

"Like these four gods...haha, I see. I really underestimated you."

Looking at the four gods who had remained silent for a long time, and the many silent leaders, Leon blinked and felt some strange flow.

On the surface, it seemed that Leon was talking to these leaders in the conference room, talking about various thoughts about the future and possibilities. But in fact, with the sluggish feeling just now, Leon finally realized that things seemed to be more interesting than he had imagined.

If this power does not harm himself and does not do too much to himself, then he can indeed accomplish some unimaginable deeds.

For example, adjusting people's sensory cognition to produce a strong illusion, making them think that time and space are connected.

"Interesting... How long have you stopped time?"

In a closed space, with tens of thousands of people as leaders, they were actually setting a trap for me...

Looking at the four silent incarnations, Leon raised his eyebrows and felt a trace of real pressure on himself.

I will try to update a little bit about the world of the living tomorrow.

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(End of this chapter)