The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 895 They are all actors
"How...did you find out?"

The Mechanical Overlord looked at Richard, its voice suddenly becoming incredibly calm. Black, tar-like sap seeped from Richard's wounds, instantly healing them.

Behind him, Richard's true form, entwined with mountains and seas, remained calm and composed.

"There are two reasons. One is the machine race itself. The machine race is an easily corrupted race, and although you are a group, in essence, they are all your sub-individuals. You can read and write their memories, so you can naturally implant curse memes into them."

As he spoke, Richard gave a mocking smile.

"I haven't forgotten those unfortunate galactic mayflies. Because of the mental network, their vast worlds collapsed almost without resistance."

"And the second one?" the Mechanical Overlord asked.

The chains on Richard moved automatically without wind, and surging energy flowed within them. The complex rules contained within the chains bypassed the rune stage and directly affected the form of the energy.

"Secondly, my people personally witnessed your mechanical race placing contaminated equipment next to the World Tree's branch."

Upon hearing this, a hint of doubt flashed in the cold, black crystal eyes of the Mechanical Overlord.

"Is that all? Aren't you afraid you're wrong? The Prosperous Merchant Guild has all sorts of creatures inside; maybe it was arranged by Xiling?"

Richard smiled. "I did suspect Xiling, but I just happened to hear a rumor. Some people say that the Chief of the Machine Race is very keen on studying the relics of previous civilizations, and just a few years ago, the Machine Race discovered a giant site of a previous civilization."

The various creations within are also of great benefit to the ruler.

And I happen to have proof of this rumor.

As they were talking, the Netherworld Sovereign beside the Xiling Sovereign suddenly changed his expression and shattered the Xiling Sovereign's body with a single claw.

Crimson blood mist filled the wound, constantly emitting a sizzling, corrosive sound.

"Mechanical Head, you don't think you're the only one who can eavesdrop, do you?" the Netherworld Overlord said calmly.

A miraculous flame suddenly ignited within him, instantly setting his civilization-devouring power ablaze.

The Mechanical Overlord was startled. A crystalline eye sprouted from the back of his head, staring intently at the Netherworld Overlord who was being purified, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"You weren't corrupted! No, this was all an act!"

The Lord of the Underworld chuckled, his face full of mockery.

"Before the second meeting began, Lao Shu approached me, wanting to collaborate with me on a play."

Let's go back to the time before the Second Federal Conference, when Richard was clearing out the Tideling City.

"Old Tree, what are you trying to say by taking all this out?"

In the Federation dimension, the avatars of the Great World Tree and the avatar of the Netherworld Ruler sat facing each other, surrounded by a lush forest.

"I'd actually rather hear what you have to say," the Great World Tree said sagely.

"Don't you want to explain why these corrupted beings possess the coordinates of your mother world?"

"Explain," the Netherworld Overlord sneered. "This is clearly a setup. We, the Netherworld Clan, have no habit of being someone's dog, much less a dog for that kind of monster."

The Great World Tree looked at him, its gaze calm yet sharp enough to pierce the heart.

"Youming, you'd better tell the truth. If you don't, you'll be the one who suffers in the end."

The voice of the Great World Tree was very calm and composed, but behind this calmness lay immeasurable and terrifying power.

As the oldest ruler of the Natural Federation, the Great World Tree possesses the strongest power within the Natural Federation.

Even though Youming believed he might not lose to the Great World Tree, he still yielded at this moment.

He slowly began, "This story begins more than a decade ago. At that time, the war had just ended, and an unusual phenomenon occurred in one of the worlds under the jurisdiction of our Youhai Clan."

A world lord has reported the discovery of a large ancient civilization's ruins in a small world.

You know the value of a large-scale ancient civilization's ruins. At that time, Phantom and I immediately sealed off the news and went to that world ourselves.

But we found no previous technology in that ruin. We only found a black, slimy monster.

"A slime monster?"

The Great World Tree's heart stirred, and then a look of astonishment flashed across its face.

"You sealed it away?"

As fellow rulers, the Great World Tree could naturally guess the Netherworld's reaction when facing that monster.

“Yes, I sealed it away.” Youming nodded. “This thing has a very strong life force and its power is almost inexhaustible.”

After sealing it, I began to study it with the ghost.

Soon, we developed a system—a system that could extract the power of this thing and use it to nourish the world.

"Giving back to the world!?"

If the sealing only surprised the Great World Tree, then the extraction of power from the minions of civilization devourers and its subsequent contribution to the world was completely beyond the Great World Tree's expectations.

"How did you do it?"

The Great World Tree confirms that even previous civilization alliances did not possess such technology.

Extracting the power of civilization devourers... that's insane.

"Use technology, a technology I discovered through exploration in endless dimensions," the Netherworld Overlord said calmly.

"This technology can extract the power of living beings and then purify it. As long as it is connected to the earth's veins, this system can be used to give back to the world."

"This thing's power is a bit troublesome, but as long as the purification materials are changed frequently, its power can be purified into ordinary energy." "This..."

The Great World Tree was momentarily speechless. Its endless dimensions were vast and connected all the world clusters.

In every dimension, there are countless relics left by other civilizations.

While the idea of ​​the underworld is somewhat far-fetched, there is no doubt that it is indeed a possible event, albeit with an extremely low probability.

However, it is precisely because the probability is extremely small that these words seem particularly credible.

The more outrageous the story, the more likely it is to be true.

"So you've been using that thing as an energy source for over a decade?"

"Correct."

Upon hearing this, the Great World Tree was at a loss for words.

"No wonder that mole targeted you. If he hadn't told you, who would have known you were capable of such a shocking thing."

"What do you plan to do?" Youming asked.

"It's simple, we need you to put on a show for us," the Great World Tree said calmly. "The alchemist is currently cleaning up those contaminated areas. Once he's finished, I will convene a Federation meeting."

We'll put on a show then. I'll go to the Ghost World to investigate, and they'll definitely try something sneaky.

"Just play along with them and wait for them to expose themselves."

……

"You Ming, you're really ruthless."

The Machine Overlord instantly figured out Richard's scheme behind the scenes, and felt a pang of annoyance.

He should have realized there was a scheme behind this.

However, there was still one thing he didn't understand.

"You were even willing to abandon the Spectre just to lure us out. That was the Overmind you nurtured!"

Although the Netherworld Lord was not corrupted, the Ghost Lord was indeed corrupted by the Civilization Devourers.

This is why he was deceived.

Who would have thought that the Youha Clan would be so crazy as to use a Sovereign as bait?
The Lord of the Underworld remained expressionless upon hearing this.

"The Ghost knew about this; it was his choice. If we hadn't used some serious bait, how would you have come out? How would you, this landmine, have detonated?"

The Mechanical Overlord paused for a moment upon hearing this, then a relieved smile appeared on his face.

It feels like arguing with someone and suddenly realizing that the other person is an idiot.

The Ghost Clan used the Overlord as bait, so these two deserved to be lured out.

"Fine, fine, I accept my loss. But just because I can see through you doesn't mean you'll live!"

Having said that, the Mechanical Overlord suddenly unleashed an astonishing aura. Like the Ghost Overlord, the Mechanical Overlord had broken through its limitations and become a Limit-Breaking Overlord.

Beside the Netherworld Ruler, the previously ambushed Xiling Ruler recovered instantly, and a limit-breaking aura appeared on her body.

Although the Civilization Devourer cannot create an avatar of a Limit Breaker, it is not difficult for him to guide an ordinary ruler to become a Limit Breaker using his power.

At the same time, Richard also heard Ulises' report.

“Richard, all those octopus men and robots have turned into furnace men and titans.”

Li looked at the mechanical overlord, whose chains swayed like tentacles.

"It actually broke through the limit, which is indeed somewhat unexpected. But..."

Richard paused, his eyes suddenly turning fierce, as if a tiger were about to pounce out.

"But... with your spiritual breakthrough achieved through being a civilization devourer, how dare you speak so arrogantly in front of me!?"

Richard's voice was like thunder, and the chains binding him swung violently.

In an instant, the void trembled, and the pitch-black mountains and seas rushed towards the mechanical overlord like a raging dragon, containing enough power to tear a small world apart.

The Mechanical Overlord's expression changed slightly, and a mechanical domain instantly appeared around him. Countless mechanical creatures worked tirelessly within the domain, quickly forming a vast empire.

boom!
The mountain and sea, imbued with the power to shatter the world, tore through the domain's defenses in an instant. The defenses erected by those mechanical lifeforms were as fragile as paper before the mountain and sea.

The entire field almost fell apart because of this attack.

Richard's face showed a hint of mockery.

"Breakthrough Ruler, your strength is lacking."

Upon hearing this, the Mechanical Overlord was furious, and his past experiences of being suppressed by the Netherworld Overlord kept flashing through his mind.

Before he broke through his limits, he had to endure the pressure of popularity. After he broke through his limits, he still had to endure the pressure of popularity.

Then wasn't breaking the limit for nothing?
He glared at Richard and said angrily, "Wizard, don't be so arrogant. Anyone can pile up power. Let's see how many times you can use this kind of attack."

How many times?
A strange smile flickered across Richard's face.

He, the ruler who integrates the rules of the four elements, talks about energy measurement and consumption. Who says the mechanical race has no sense of humor?

(End of this chapter)