Chapter 971 - 971 970 The Town

Chapter 971: Chapter 970: The Town Chapter 971: Chapter 970: The Town Since “Prometheus” node already had an owner.

Unlike Other Derry Town, which was a town with no master, where one could directly assume a higher rank through “Identity Assessment – Town Mayor”.

To seize the node here and become the Pharaoh… one could only initiate a more difficult and riskier “Node War” to forcefully take over the sovereignty.

In the three hundred years since Fate Space opened up to the human world.

The number of participants who obtained the world nodes was not small, but the number of “Node Wars” initiated was few and far between, not even exceeding five times.

After all.

In a world ruled by demons, all of humanity is on the same side.

Although there were divisions among the three main cities, they were allies with each other, exchanging various pieces of information and searching together for the future of humanity.

If someone had already seized a “world node,” other participants would also consider the ‘greater good of humanity’ and try not to target it as much as possible.

Even putting aside the issues of human connections and alliances.

To initiate a “Node War,” one needs the support of various conditions and to fight a direct war with the incumbent ruler.

To some extent, this is equivalent to being an enemy of the current World of Fate… the difficulty is much higher than an “Identity Assessment”.

Moreover, the initiation of a Node War would significantly damage the ‘substrate’ of the original world.

Economy and technological levels would regress because of the war.

If the difference in combat power between the two sides is not large, evolving into a war of attrition could even lead to social decline and world downgrade.

Even if one wins the war and seizes the node… the world would have already changed beyond recognition.

Even so, Han Dong had not the slightest intention of giving up.

Even if Dumps found the location of the “Pharaoh” midway through the event, possibly already overtaken by others, Han Dong’s conviction did not waver.

The City of Gods in the “Prometheus” world view, a fusion of Ancient Egypt and biotechnology.

In Han Dong’s eyes, this node was prepared for him… he had to obtain it by any means necessary.

…

The second ring of the City of Gods, also known as the civilian area, medium and small-sized organizations, and the business district, covers the largest area and has the most dense population.

It was also Han Dong’s “birth point” when he first arrived in the City of Gods, the area where the beast fight arena was located.

The closer to the first ring the civilian area is, the more buildings and slaves there are.

Similarly, the closer it is to the third ring’s Wormhole Area, the less densely populated it is.

Some edge areas with abandoned factories even leave large swaths of factory debris in place.

And since no slave owner was willing to invest, parts of the edge area gradually became rarely traveled “wastelands.”

Among them.

“Mulinn Junction” had the most number of wastelands, with five abandoned factories remaining.

Such a collection area of wastelands seemed just right to accommodate a small town.

All of a sudden.

In the very center of Mulinn Junction, at the crossroads.

A dim-colored dimensional gateway formed out of thin air, initiating “world relocation”.

In a short period, it replaced the discarded factory buildings and soil layers in the current area, and a town shrouded in shadows descended into the City of Gods in an instant.

Detecting anomalous coefficient fluctuations.

The priest team stationed in the civilian area contacted the local suppression forces and immediately headed to “Mulinn Junction”.

“The Pharaoh has descended upon Black Pillar Prison to personally suppress the rebels.

During this period, no unrest shall be permitted within the City of Gods, and we will enforce compulsory suppression in the affected area. Indiscriminate execution of slaves in the area is authorized.”

A total of one hundred thirty people arrived at Mulinn Junction, led by the Steel Priest – Ranhard, who had passed the “Divine Selection Assessment”, a person through whose body steel and biological flesh were perfectly fused.

Due to the characteristics of his body, Ranhard wore only a long priest’s robe, with his upper body fully exposed.

The flesh shone with a metallic luster,

Precisely engineered metal tubes tunneled in and out of the flesh,

His arms were equipped with biological cutters made from exquisite materials,

The arrival of such a formal priest usually meant that any events occurring in the civilian area could be dealt with quickly.

Even the disturbances instigated by some medium and small-sized organizations could be rapidly suppressed by him.

Moreover, he was followed by a group of fully armed probationary priests and local personnel, each capable of undergoing ‘Black Water Mutation’, with combat power far exceeding that of ordinary people.

“Hm? Shouldn’t this be a wasteland? Where did this town come from?”

Ranhard had thought it was the gathering of low-level slaves, trying to take advantage of the underground area’s disturbance to cause trouble… but, as it seemed, things were not so simple.

At this moment, one of the local security personnel in the team spoke with surprise:

“Strange! I patrolled Mulinn Junction just yesterday, and there was nothing here but the abandoned factories… not even low-level slaves wanted to come near this place, where did this town come from?”

Although sensing something amiss, there was no option to ‘retreat’ for Ranhard.

Behind him were all the personnel from the surrounding areas.

As for the priests stationed in different sectors, they had all rushed back to help because of the pyramid incident… the events occurring in Black Pillar Prison naturally held hundreds, thousands of times more importance than here.

“If any abnormalities arise, contact reinforcements; we will first see how this town appeared and if there’s any danger.”

In Ranhard’s eyes, the large-scale rebellion happening at Black Pillar Prison was the top priority.

The “Fall of the Fallen Great Priest” also spread among the priests; he had to ensure the stability of the civilian area here.

Just as everyone set foot into the town,

A dense mist rose from the ground, reducing visibility to less than five meters… even with biological vision equipment, it could only double the visual distance at most.

“Priest Ranhard, the road behind us is gone!”

“Hm?”

Because of the mist, the road connecting the small town to the City of Gods turned into a bottomless cliff.

All communication equipment malfunctioned.

“In that case, we’ll have to continue exploring.”

As Han Dong reorganized his troops and led them slowly into the town, they hadn’t even gone ten meters when—

Heehee~ a girl’s laughter came from beside them.

A little girl in a floral dress was playing with a ball in her front yard.

However, no matter how the girl played, she always kept her body facing away from the group, occasionally letting out bursts of happy laughter.

Han Dong immediately assigned one of his probationary priests, “Go check it out… Try to find out the origin of the town, and where the exit is.”

“Okay…”

This probationary priest hadn’t yet completely fused metal with flesh; there were obvious traces of metal grafts on the surface of his body, and his arms were made up of 70% metal.

He leaped forward in an instant, pinning the ball-playing girl to the ground.

“What place is this? What are you…”

His question was suddenly ‘physically interrupted’.

The girl’s neck twisted 180° abruptly, revealing a face similar to that of a lamprey’s mouth… She swallowed the probationary priest’s head in one bite.

Even metal was easily crushed between her teeth.

“What the hell is that!?” Han Dong saw his subordinate get killed in an instant, rage boiling in his heart, just as he was about to step forward to restrain and kill the monstrous little girl.

Ah~ya!

Save me! Ah!

No… don’t!

A series of screams came from the back of the group, one after another.

At the same time, a thick scent of blood and Evil Qi diffused through the air… Such dense Evil Qi, which Han Dong had never encountered before, could turn the road into a quagmire and make everyone’s movements extremely slow.

Such dense Evil Qi could only be possessed by a Human Demon who had executed over a thousand people.

Utilizing his visual apparatus, Han Dong looked through the mist at the back of the group… The terrifying “Trio” came into view.

One of them was a lumberjack wearing a hockey mask, holding a heavy-duty axe,

Another had a skin-face mask, messy brown curly hair, wearing a butcher’s apron and rain boots, and brandishing an old diesel chainsaw,

The third wore a more sophisticated white leather mask, in electrician attire, with a kitchen knife in hand that glowed with the light of the moon,

The executions were completely overwhelming; the probationary priests stood no chance to resist… Even the regeneration granted by the Black Water failed to work against the three Human Demons.

Execution, instant death!

“What are these things…” Staring at such a brutal scene of slaughter, the steel priest Han Dong’s body and spirit also trembled slightly, the primal fear within him fully drawn out by the three Human Demons.

Just then.

The sound of a claw hook scraping resounded by his ear.

By instinct, Han Dong immediately raised his arm to block.

Sparks flew.

Terrible claw marks appeared on his arm.

Looking in the direction from which the dark figure flashed by, a man with burns all over his body and wearing a knitted sweater was laughing sinisterly in the darkness.

“What the hell is this town? I must escape…”

During Han Dong’s momentary daze, less than ten of his subordinates remained.

Run!

Abandoning his subordinates, Han Dong fled alone towards the center of the town.

Running through the streets of the town, all kinds of residents were waving at him, wanting Han Dong to visit their homes.

Finally.

He managed to escape the bizarre and incomprehensible Palm Street.

Due to the visual restriction brought by the mist and the chaotic emotions caused by fear, Han Dong went around in circles in the center of the town and unwittingly came upon a huge hospital.

The patients walking in front of the hospital each had horrifying tentacles growing on their faces.

Directly looking at the tentacles on the patients’ faces even caused Han Dong a burning sensation in his eyes.

“… I must fight my way out and report this to the High Priest!”

Just as Han Dong stepped back, intending to leave the hospital area—

Clang!

He accidentally kicked something metallic.

Looking back, it was a corpse cart carelessly left in the middle of the road, with a beautifully featured female corpse on it, her body covered with a white cloth.

This was the first ‘normal person’ Han Dong had seen since entering the town.

“Even a corpse has to block my way?”

Rage welled up within him.

The mechanical cutter sprang out from Han Dong’s arms, slashing fiercely… intending to cut through both the obstructing corpse and the corpse cart in one fell swoop.

Hum!

Some kind of artifice descended.

The cutter stopped abruptly before the female corpse.

The next second.

Crack… Boom!

The body of the mechanical priest Han Dong exploded on the spot, flesh and metal fragments utterly obliterated.

Only the cutter remained intact, falling conveniently under the corpse cart… seemingly eyed by the female corpse, who planned to take it back to the dissection room.

Thus.

Other Derry Town had completed the world transfer, with no residents missing.

After all, Han Dong was among the “Top Ten Townspeople” who helped them eliminate “The Clown.”

Whatever Han Dong needed, they would naturally come to help.