404: 239 Carbon-based 404: 239 Carbon-based Fang Zhixing walked down the bustling streets, his face as still as water, his thoughts churning.
“Who is the Pollution Source itself?”
“Who has contaminated me?”
“If Wang Jiayun or the little ax is the Pollution Source itself, where are they now?”
Fang Zhixing stopped in his tracks, standing on the mist-shrouded street under the cover of night, Yulan County City filled with doubt.
The key point was, whether it was the blindfolded woman or the Breaking Precepts Evil Monk, damn it, all of them were enigma incarnate.
Moreover, they might just be making things unnecessarily mysterious.
It really made one unable to be one hundred percent certain whether they truly knew the truth or not.
Fang Zhixing had only one life, and he wouldn’t gamble his life on a guess.
The risk was too great to take!
Right now, the only thing he could be sure of was that the so-called “pollution breath” was somewhat similar to the virus in Resident Evil, or it could be compared to some kind of radiation.
Because Fang Zhixing had witnessed with his own eyes how those few sheep mutated and evolved into Mutant Beasts.
The Restricted Area was teeming with Mutant Beasts.
Without a doubt, there was some kind of radiation or virus within the Restricted Area, or an unimaginable energy that could promote the rapid evolution of living things.
And Fang Zhixing, unintentionally, had made himself temporarily immune to the attack of the virus or radiation.
Simply put, it was the survival of the fittest!
He, Fang Zhixing, was adapted to the environment of the Yulan Forbidden Zone.
“Hmm, the blindfolded woman and the Breaking Precepts Evil Monk both dare not enter the city, which suggests the presence of something in the city they are wary of…”
Upon thinking it over, Fang Zhixing suddenly felt a jolt.
“Alright, alright, alright, if you like speaking in riddles, then I shall dig three feet into the ground and turn this place upside down.
I refuse to believe I can’t find the perpetrator.”
Fang Zhixing quickly came up with a plan in his mind and started thrashing his four blood-colored tentacles, sweeping them toward both sides of the street.
Boom, boom, boom~
Rows of buildings, unable to withstand a single blow, collapsed like paper as the blood-colored tentacles, entwining tens of thousands of pounds of force, swept through them with a mere flick.
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“Lord, spare my life, please!”
Hong Li knelt on the ground, her face full of horror.
Both of her arms had been chopped off at the roots, blood gushing like a fountain.
She had just rescued Luo Junqi and Sui Yanqing, never expecting that Luo Lifu would turn his face on them immediately after.
At that moment, Luo Lifu’s face was expressionless, showing a look of disgust, and he sneered, “You lowly maid, to be tainted and still be unaware.”
A strand of spider silk flew across, grazing Hong Li’s neck.
Pch~
Blood sprayed out from her snowy white neck.
Hong Li’s face was filled with unwillingness and despair; she couldn’t understand why she had to die until the very end.
“Why do you want to kill us?”
Hong Mei and Hong Lu, shivering with fear, screamed, “As the honored prefect of a county, why do you go back on your word?”
Luo Lifu wore a look of disgust, too lazy to explain, and waved his hand to release a strand of spider silk.
Pch!
Hong Mei and Hong Lu, with their low strength, couldn’t escape and were instantly cut in half at the waist, dying on the spot.
In an instant, all three women met their untimely demise.
This scene…
“Father, what on earth is going on?”
Luo Junqi, completely dumbfounded, was utterly confused.
“My son…”
Luo Lifu looked at his son, his face filled with sorrow, sighing deeply.
For his own son, naturally, he couldn’t let him die without knowing why.
He gestured with his eyes and walked towards the woods.
Luo Junqi hurriedly followed, but as soon as he got close to Luo Lifu, he was avoided as if Luo Lifu couldn’t get away fast enough.
“Father…”
Luo Junqi’s heart started to panic.
Once they were a distance away, Luo Lifu turned back to look at Ye Zixuan to make sure she wasn’t peeking, then he began to speak, “Son, you’ve gotten into big trouble, and this time, your father is helpless and can’t save you!”
Luo Junqi was shocked, puzzled, he said, “Father, haven’t I been rescued?”
Luo Lifu replied with a bitter smile, “Wouldn’t it be better to let you die in there?”
Upon hearing this, Luo Junqi’s face turned ugly, nearly choking, he said, “I am a descendant of the Luo Family, who dares harm me?”
Anger and fear filled his heart; during the time he was kidnapped, he had suffered untold hardships.
Just rescued, he was told the bad news.
How could anyone bear this?
His agitation was grave, as suddenly a horn erupted from the left side of his forehead, growing rapidly until it reached about the length of a finger.
His eyes also turned pure black, emitting a ghostly light in the dark, exceedingly terrifying.
“Father, explain this to me properly!”
Luo Junqi, breathing heavily, his face fierce.
Luo Lifu felt a chill in his heart, said softly, “To blame, blame that heretic, blame ‘Heavenly People’…”
As the words fell!
All of a sudden, a net of spider silk landed squarely over Luo Junqi.
This scion of the Luo Family instantly fell apart, reduced to a heap of flesh on the ground.
Luo Lifu’s tears fell, his face full of resentment, he ground his teeth and said, “My child, your father will avenge you.”
He walked back.
By this time, Sui Yanqing had also been executed, his body thrown into the bonfire.
From the moment they encountered Fang Zhixing, a tragedy was destined to occur.
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Fang Zhixing wrecked the insides of the city without restraint.
Wherever he went, his four blood-colored tentacles swept through all directions.
“Sssss~”
Suddenly, a white noise came through.
Fang Zhixing abruptly stopped in his tracks, listening intently.
The white noise was nearby, elusive and uncertain.
Fang Zhixing looked carefully around and suddenly realized he was familiar with this place.
His gaze landed on a pavilion.
If his memory served him right, it was in this pavilion where he had completed his upgrade.
The white noise was clearly drifting out from the attic.
Fang Zhixing’s figure flickered as he entered the attic.
Soon, at the dusty entrance to the staircase, he saw a pair of footprints.
There was no mistake, those were his own footprints.
“I have been to this attic before, and there was no white noise at that time…”
Fang Zhixing carefully retracted his four blood-colored tentacles and silently entered the attic.
Thump thump!
Suddenly, there were footsteps coming from the second floor.
Fang Zhixing listened carefully, and the more he listened, the more it sounded like footsteps, very heavy and cold, as if someone were walking with a pair of iron shoes.
“There’s someone upstairs…”
Fang Zhixing flipped over and hung outside the window.
Just at that moment, a sliver of light shone through the gap in the window.
Fang Zhixing squinted and saw a glowing figure walking around in the room.
And that room was the very place where Fang Zhixing had stayed during his upgrade!
The figure had a glowing head, and the light shone on its body as well.
At this sight, Fang Zhixing’s pupils couldn’t help but constrict fiercely.
“A mech?!”
The figure in the room was a Mechanical Man, made entirely of metal, looking more and more like a Transformer.
“I never thought I’d see a mech again.”
Fang Zhixing’s body trembled; he had seen three mechs in the Wind Thunder Restricted Zone and had even fought with them.
This mech in front of him was only two and a half meters tall and looked even closer to a human form.
At first glance, the mech was silver-white, with a very new appearance.
But it didn’t take long for dark red rust spots to appear on the surface of the mech.
Soon after, the rust spots grew at a rate visible to the naked eye, spreading all over the body.
With every step the mech took, iron filings fell from its body with a clattering noise.
Seeing this, Fang Zhixing hesitated no longer, burst through the window, and jumped into the room.
The mech immediately turned around, emitting a series of sizzling noises.
Fang Zhixing narrowed his eyes and asked, “What exactly are you?
Can you speak?”
“Sssss!”
The Mech seemed to respond, and suddenly a steel knife extended from its arm, stabbing viciously towards him.
Fang Zhixing didn’t move, and a blood-colored tentacle quickly protruded from behind, striking the chest of the mech with incredible speed.
With a loud bang!
The mech suddenly fell apart into pieces, scattered all around.
Chunks of debris fell to the ground, evidently accelerating the rusting process, and in the blink of an eye, turned into a pile of iron dust, dispersing with the wind.
Only the mech’s head persisted for a moment.
Fang Zhixing crouched down and reached out to pick up the mech’s head.
The mech’s face had already blurred, making it difficult to make out the features.
Of course, the mech might not have had features from the beginning.
“Sssss~”
Noise came from the mech’s head once more.
Suddenly it turned into a comprehensible sentence:
“Carbon-based life, you are merely ordinary beings!”
In the voice, there was a tone of deep hatred and disdain.
Fang Zhixing was stunned; then he watched as the mech’s head completely turned to dust, falling through his fingers.
A long time after, he stood up and let out a long sigh.
“Restricted Area, mechs, polluted air…”
Fang Zhixing chewed on these thoughts, and for a moment his mind was flooded with ideas, his heart stirred with waves of shock.
“Forget it, continue the devastation!”
Fang Zhixing was all in.
He demolished the attic in no time, reducing it to rubble.
Afterward, he charged down the streets, utterly destroying every building in sight.
With his physical stamina, he could do this all day and night without tiring.
Unknowingly, dawn broke on the horizon.
The gray mist inside the city dissipated on its own.
Looking around, about a quarter of the city area had been completely turned into ruins.
Fang Zhixing, facing the rising sun, approached a house and smashed it with his tentacle.
“Hey, who’s making such a racket this early in the morning?”
Suddenly, a voice yawning came from the house.
The blood-colored tentacle abruptly stopped.
Fang Zhixing’s breath halted for a moment, and the next instant, the door creaked open.
A disheveled beggar walked out.
“Little Hatchet!”
Fang Zhixing’s eyes lit up, “We have finally met again.”
Little Hatchet yawned, took a closer look, and said in surprise, “Do you know me?
Eh, you look somewhat familiar, have we met somewhere before?”
Fang Zhixing crossed his arms over his chest, his four blood-colored tentacles dancing in the sky, and asked indifferently, “Did you do all this?”
Little Hatchet scratched his head, looking bewildered, “I don’t understand what you are saying, to disturb someone’s sweet dream so early in the morning, you’re not a nice person!”
Fang Zhixing fell silent for a moment, then asked, “Where is your sister Wang Jiayun?”
Little Hatchet’s eyes brightened, and he exclaimed, “I remember now!
I had a dream where I went to Dan Yun City with a beautiful sister.
That dream was so real!”
He suddenly looked up at Fang Zhixing and said, “You, you abandoned Sister, and she was very disappointed in you.
She cried for a good while!”
Fang Zhixing bared his teeth, “You’re still pretending with me?
Who exactly are you?”
With his hands on his hips, Little Hatchet stood confidently, “Young Master Hatchet never changes his name or sits under a different name, the future mainstay of the Blood Hatchet Gang, that’s Little Hatchet!”
Fang Zhixing snorted, “The Blood Hatchet Gang has long been destroyed, there is no such gang in the world anymore.”
Little Hatchet laughed, “If I say it exists, then it exists!
As long as I’m here, the Blood Hatchet Gang is here!”
Fang Zhixing’s gaze flickered, and his blood-colored tentacles lashed out quickly, wrapping around Little Hatchet.
Then he sped towards the South Gate.
Little Hatchet shouted, “What are you doing?”
Fang Zhixing didn’t answer, as he still remembered that one “rule” that must not be violated.
That was, never to make any demands of Little Hatchet!