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Chapter 642 - 639: Can He Save Them?

Chapter 642: Chapter 639: Can He Save Them?

"The Lighthouse Handbook" was photocopied countless times and distributed to every resident of Zone Eleven.

Under Su Ming’an’s skillful speech, few people could muster the heart to resist. They looked up at the "Human Hero" on the screen, the numbness in their eyes gradually fading away.

—only to be replaced by a new kind of "numbness."

A numbness infused with a longing for freedom and a following of the new deities, termed "Human Destiny."

—What methods did the deities use to incite internal strife among humans?

First, excessively advanced technology. Second, an almost beguiling faith.

Now, Su Ming’an had access to both. He chose to publicly disclose all technologies from the Three Domains, distributing them worldwide through Xike, putting them into everyone’s hands.

If one desired higher-level technologies—then they should join Zone Eleven, as long as they were willing to fight for humanity, he was prepared to accept them as students.

Immediately, countless residents wished to migrate to Zone Eleven.

The Deity faction reacted, strictly prohibiting residents from other areas from migrating and enforcing regional lockdowns.

Yet, despite this, people from outside still made their way to Zone Eleven—a significant number of them. These individuals, having lived in the perilous outside because they refused to side with the deities, now seeing a dawn of hope, decided to join the revolution.

Today, in Zone Eleven, only one man’s voice remained, no one dared to disobey or alter his commands.

The people cheered jubilantly for the return of the Human Hero.

"Pat, pat, pat—"

Under the Blood Sun, Su Ming’an sat on the rooftop, recording the remaining technological contents in his personal terminal and releasing them publicly.

His knowledge was too advanced; keeping only the most cutting-edge parts, the rest was enough to bring blessings to humanity.

Next, he planned to quickly expand his influence.

"Tap, tap, tap." The sound of footsteps approached. A white-haired young man holding a pot of hot tea came near.

"Aren’t you sleeping?" Lv Shu asked.

"You still remember me?" Su Ming’an looked up.

"Because we are friends, right?" Lv Shu said.

His expression cautious, treating the word "friends" as if it were something fragile, his tone extremely gentle.

Su Ming’an had discovered that the absence disease was not irreversible. It was just that previous devout faith in deities made it difficult for people to escape the quagmire. Destroying the foundation of deity worship and reclaiming the thoughts of people around him could cure it.

In other words, just talking more with Lv Shu and utilizing the Missionary Halo could save him.

He tapped on the keyboard, chatting casually with Lv Shu.

"Chat with me more when you’re free."

Su Ming’an didn’t believe that the world game could cheat to such an extent by stripping players of their thoughts through a disease. There must be a way to cure it, or else the City of Measurement seventy years later wouldn’t have never heard of the absence disease.

"Okay." Lv Shu said.

He stood beside Su Ming’an, his wrist tilted, pouring the crimson tea into the cup.

"I don’t like drinking this," Su Ming’an said.

"Why? It tastes good," Lv Shu said with eyes full of confusion.

Su Ming’an turned to glance at Lv Shu. Could the absence disease make someone this foolish?

It wasn’t exactly foolishness, but more a sort of "logic absence." Lv Shu couldn’t make sense of the logic between "this tea is high quality" and "Su Ming’an doesn’t drink it." He only felt that people like to drink good-tasting tea and this tea indeed tasted good, so Su Ming’an should like it.

Lv Shu couldn’t perceive the emotional factors within the logic, resembling a kind of monolithic way of thinking.

Su Ming’an looked up, and the eyes of the white-haired young man looked back at him, appearing lost and confused, as if a barrier stood between their sights.

"I’m sorry," Lv Shu suddenly said.

"What?"

"I’m sorry for not letting you drink," Lv Shu said. "I thought we were friends and you wouldn’t refuse it."

"I just don’t like the taste of this tea. You can brew the kind you used to— the tea is colorless, the leaves are green, not so crimson," Su Ming’an described vaguely. He couldn’t specify what Lv Shu’s previous tea was like. He had never thought Lv Shu would be absent, to the extent that when he really needed to make it up to Lv Shu, he couldn’t even provide a detailed description.

If he had been a little more perceptive, a little smarter... could he have saved Lv Shu before he went missing?

If he had gone to the outer city in the first three days instead of staying in the central lab, could he have also saved the red-eyed Noel?

The tragedy happened, and he did nothing to stop it. That was his fault.

Between ensuring a perfect pass and achieving it with minimal sacrifices... that was what he had wanted to achieve.

But if neither Noel nor Lv Shu were saved, the sacrifice was too great. He hadn’t managed to avoid it.

"Did you like the tea I used to brew?" Lv Shu’s voice suddenly dropped, mud-like negative emotions accumulating in his light green eyes.

"Yes, because the current you is like a ’Ship of Theseus’ that has been invaded and forcibly changed by Ta Wei," Su Ming’an closed his personal terminal and stood up. "I hope you can return to your former self, because the changes in you now aren’t truly your own."

He pushed open the door and went downstairs. Lv Shu stood quietly on the rooftop.

The wind whisked past Lv Shu’s ears. He stood silent for a moment, and after confirming Su Ming’an had left, suddenly reached out, grabbed the teapot on the small table, and hurled it with force!

"Bang!"

The porcelain white teapot shattered into pieces, scattering fragments everywhere.

The tea spread like fresh blood. He bowed his head and his clenched fist crackled.

"It seems I still have to kill..."

...

Su Ming’an walked out the main door and saw Tretiya passing by the entrance, her beige long hair fluttering slightly.

"Aren’t you wearing a coat today?" she asked.

"Are you so concerned about my coat?" Su Ming’an said offhandedly.

"Because your clothes smell of lemon, while your coat smells of cedar, I really like that scent. Recently you got a new blood-red cape, it smells like sunshine, and so do your pants..." Tretiya recalled, smiling sweetly.

"Wow, you can actually tell that," Su Ming’an said expressionlessly.

Acto really is careless, to keep a student like Tretiya who crosses boundaries so close. Didn’t he worry about his privacy?

He had a brief chat with Noah before and somewhat knew what sort of person Acto was— if someone said the rainbow was beautiful, Acto would explain how rainbows are formed. If someone admired the beautiful light under the sun, Acto would bring up the Tyndall effect, deliberately ignoring the social context.

Basically, Acto was a hopeless madman, stubbornly fixated on the world and humanity, yet he had such a charismatic personality that people couldn’t dislike him. He was distant, seemingly approachable, but his heart was more locked up than anyone else’s.

In that aspect...

He was quite like Su Rin.

They walked along, hearing many voices discussing.

"Is this really the Three Domains technology blocked by the Deity faction? The Lord just disclosed it openly?"

"The Lord is truly benevolent!"

"Hey, what are you calling ’Lord’? That’s the embodiment of the world’s will!"

Su Ming’an had lectured about the Three Domains technology at various city conferences and deliberately guided the public opinion privately, encouraging people to spread his influence.

Now, people were excited and tense, as if they were seeing the dawn of a new world.

He opened the system panel to check the current status of his domain.

...

[Dominion Name: Beacon/Zone Eleven

Current Level: Level 4

Members: 97,928 (Combat Personnel: 52,398, Support Staff: 21,292)

Generals:

Noah (Combat Power: 3500 points)

Tretiya (Combat Power: 3000 points)

Sen Kylstia (Combat Power: 2800 points)

Xia Sheng (Combat Power: 2500 points)

Lu Sa (Combat Power: 2300 points)

Rong Yuan (Combat Power: 2200 points)

Eve (Combat Power: 2000 points)

Generals’ Combined Combat Power Rating: Level 5

Total Members’ Combat Power Rating: Level 3

Resource Reserves:

Water: 43,229 units

Food: 72,280 units

Transport Fuel: 13,229 units

Firearms: 98,898 firearms, including 57,298 rifles and 28,478 pistols. Includes 231 electronic cannons, 325 smoothbore cannons, 3 drones, etc...

...

Economy: Level 3

Military: Level 3.5

Public Morale: Level 4.5

Resource Reserves Overall Rating: Medium

Total Score: 4919 points]

...

The Domain Panel had become considerably better-looking. If it were to revert to the past numbers of "Combat Personnel: 498" and "Firearms: 898," it would merely be a "Beacon Bandit Gang," utterly incapable of combat.

However, compared to the Holy Tribunal of Lin Guang’s 7000 points, there was still a significant gap; the score rose exponentially.

Just witnessing Lin Guang single-handedly smashing Edward, Su Ming’an knew that Lin Guang’s combat power was definitely not low and should not be compared with the previously killed Lin Guang bionic body.

He was considering changing some equipment. Most of the equipment he had acquired before could no longer keep up with his pace, including the Purple Grade "Aurora Ring" from the First World whose "Convert health to mana points" skill was no longer applicable.

He frequently used only the High Tower Invitation (hidden) for forced duels and Noah’s Chain (Gold Level) for damage transfer, occasionally using Heart of the Future (Purple Level) for gravity suppression and Yellow Rose Chain (Red Level) for forced locking. He barely used anything else.

In 1v1 combat, he was already formidable. He needed equipment that could change the face of the war, achieving strategic effects.

This was why he was so eager to obtain the floating cannon, an extremely powerful thermal weapon that could change the course of battle. The items redeemable at the Kaius Tower store came from the World Game System, their power well beyond current technological standards, possessing almost magical effects.

"Goo-goo-goo—"

The Scarlet Bird flew high in the sky, overseeing the construction scene of Zone Eleven.

"My Lord!"

"My Lord!"

Seeing Su Ming’an approaching the city wall, everyone greeted him.

The wind and sand swirled, the air outside the city wall was dry and cold.

"Su Ming’an, the progress of the barrier construction is satisfactory. Zone Eleven itself has an anti-missile system; there is no need to worry," Luna said. She was in charge of the construction of the barrier.

"Hmm," Su Ming’an nodded.

His current Emotion Value was 1200 points, not in a hurry to set up the Lamb Barrier. His Faction Contribution Points were 9000, not far from acquiring the floating cannon.

Suddenly, he noticed the Scarlet Bird rapidly circling in the sky, issuing an alarm.

He looked into the distance and faintly saw a front line approaching like a tidal wave.

"Is it time?" he said, unsurprised. If Lin Guang had set a day for the battle, it was about time.

However, he noticed that the approaching force—seemed not to be the expected Mechanical Army.

It was Exotic Beasts.

Clumped together in dense, chaotic masses, creatures larger than elephants with teeth sharper than sharks.

They were the most terrifying hunters in the wilderness, now all gathered together as if to storm the city walls.

"What is that!"

Someone with a telescope exclaimed in awe, "It’s... it’s all Exotic Beasts! The numbers are countless; this is... this is an Exotic Beast migration!"

The people’s faces changed dramatically.

They had anticipated a difficult battle today; Xike had also prepared early, trying to obtain frontline combat intelligence.

But they had never imagined—the force assaulting Zone Eleven was not the Mechanical Army but a tidal wave of Exotic Beasts. A single beast was much stronger than the Mechanical Army; they clearly came through a spatial turbulence, with no traces observed beforehand.

The retribution of the City of Gods was thunderous whenever it moved. Su Ming’an’s actions had already shaken the foundation of the Deity’s faction; they would never allow him to continue living.

"Click."

The screen flashed, and Lin Guang, having temporarily regained control of the broadcast, appeared on the large screens of the city.

"You care so much about these people, then I will destroy this place, leaving you nowhere to go," Lin Guang said calmly: "Lewis, I will make you understand—that human nature is the ugliest thing, and humans are not worth saving."

Su Ming’an turned his head, looking at the giant screen.

"It’s okay," he said with a cold, formal smile, "I love them."

He propelled his wheelchair into the air, facing the vanguard of thousands of Exotic Beasts.

"My Lord, it’s dangerous ahead, come back!"

The people’s faces paled with shock.

Lv Shu looked up, witnessing the scene with a cold expression.

"Tretiya, tell the people to retreat to the core area of Zone Eleven, abandon the perimeter, elongate the battle line," Su Ming’an shouted to the people below.

This outermost city wall definitely couldn’t hold, but the inner defenses of Zone Eleven, constructed by Noah, were strong enough to protect the residents.

Before that, he would slow the tide of beasts—until everyone was safely within the city.

Lin Guang using the Exotic Beasts to siege the city clearly aimed to slaughter everyone; once the city fell, not a single piece of flesh would remain in the city, all hundred thousand residents would horrifically die at the mouths of the beasts.

Although most people were merely temporarily deluded by the Lighthouse Church and had no intention of betraying the Deity’s faction, Lin Guang directly wanted their lives.

Su Ming’an pressed the button on his wheelchair, metallic "clack clack" noises sounded as intense white light rose behind the wheelchair—

"Boom—!"

In an instant, the gun barrels turned, and the cannons roared simultaneously.

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