My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 338 Xia Lin: I will strike in a brand new form!
Xia Lin, Xia Tian, ​​Scarlett, the county magistrate's clone walks inside Di Yun's body.

Everywhere you look, there are metallic blood vessels, metallic cells, and metallic internal organs.

The black source pollution had spread throughout Di Yun's entire body. With Xia Tian's help, Di Yun's body quickly completed the transformation from flesh and blood into metallic substances.

"It will take a little longer for the inner world to be polluted; it might take a month or two."

After Xia Tian's assessment, he said this to Xia Lin, who smiled and nodded.

"No rush, we can wait a month or two."

Then he looked around at everything, and even went up to touch Di Yun's metallized body tissue.

A pre-battle plan to combat fraud was quickly developed.

……

The first step is to wait.

Waiting for the black source pollution to completely transform everything about Di Yun into Xia Lin's fighting power.

Needless to say, the physical body was completely contaminated immediately.

What Xia Lin was waiting for was to synchronize the pollution into Di Yun's seventy-two inner worlds.

And the person in charge of this matter was Xia Tian.

Having regained his rank and expelled the fraudsters, Xia Tian has reclaimed his authority as the Lord of the Realm.

What he needs to do now is to help Rang!

The power was transferred to the county magistrate!
In the Xia family garden, Xia Tian reached out and touched the cylindrical object that the county magistrate had transformed into, thus establishing a connection.

His consciousness drifted to the ends of the earth, and as if he had opened a god's-eye view, he saw the entirety of all seventy-two inner worlds within Di Yun's body in the past.

This is the first time since Xia Tian's reincarnation that she has truly sensed everything that should belong to her.

Looking around at this moment, Xia Tian let out a soft sigh.

"Things change and people change."

He knew the inner world of the past intimately.

However, when he woke up, the world had turned upside down.

Of the ten betraying inner worlds, two are gone—they have transformed into boundary cores and fallen into Xia Lin's hands.

The remaining eight betrayed inner worlds had long since lost their vitality.

The inhabitants of the realm sat motionless in the inner world, neither moving nor eating or drinking; they simply sat, yet they were alive.

The power of deception has long since transformed them into part of deception; their true nature is no longer human!

The perspective shifts again, looking at the remaining inner world.

Traces of fraud and corruption are everywhere.

Apart from the Eight Guardian Worlds, even the remaining inner worlds in good condition have fallen into a machine-generated apocalyptic crisis, with the survivors barely clinging to life and their days numbered.

"Unfortunately, I was ultimately unable to save you..."

After a slight sigh, Xia Tian simply relinquished power, no longer restraining himself, allowing the black source pollution to erupt, and even actively accelerating the effectiveness of the black source pollution.

Then, apart from the eight guardian worlds, an arc of light suddenly streaked across the sky in the other 69 remaining inner worlds.

Metal and flesh began to twist.

Meanwhile, a martial arts manual called Black Iron True Skill suddenly appeared in the minds of the survivors. This manual was similar in meaning to the Black Iron Profound Skill in the Ashes of the Outer Gods and Immortals, but it was not an immortal martial arts manual. Instead, it was a martial arts manual compiled by Xia Lin and Xia Tian.

On the contrary, the world of the Eight Guardians remained unchanged.

This was also something Xia Lin and Xia Tian had agreed upon beforehand.

After this matter is over, they will bring the Eight Guardian Ashes to the main universe, completely liberate all living beings there, and give them their freedom.

A month later, Di Yun's body trembled again.

The power of the Dark Source completely corrupted Di Yun's remains, and the entire inner world became the domain of the Dark Source Power.

Twisted metal, twisted flesh, the transformation of nature brought about a scene that could only be described as hell.

"It just doesn't look good... but in reality, I would call it a kind of redemption."

Xia Lin's comment made Xia Tian roll her eyes.

Xia Lin, as a beneficiary of the existing system, was naturally delighted.

The 69 inner worlds have generated many believers, who will provide Xia Lin with a continuous source of faith power!
However, the actual number of units converted is not very large.

Having suffered a series of calamities, the inhabitants of Di Yun's inner world were already few in number. The few hundred million survivors provided less than one-tenth of the faith points of the Bomb Boy Legion per unit of time.

"A steady stream, a steady stream, that's what it means."

Unlike the virtual natives of the Ashes region in the game "The Legend of the Immortals".

Those who came in this round of conversion were all people from Di Yun's inner world, but they were also true natives.

Xia Lin can bring them into the hidden soldier cave, pay a very small price to take them away from the Ash Zone, keep them by his side, and continue to harvest faith points.

Once the Beyond Boundaries Project is fully completed and the Black Source Overlord form is finished, these believers will be able to enhance Xia Lin's combat power in the Black Source Overlord form.

It's a win-win situation, and it's a business with no initial investment.

Of course, this step won't be of much help in the subsequent battle against fraud.

It only slightly improved Xia Lin's strength, raising her base stats from 236 to 245.

Considering that it will be more difficult to improve further, once the plan is launched, the Faith Ascension will raise Xia Lin's base stats to around 260 points, which is the limit.

The real trump card will be Xia Lin's next move.

……

Ten years passed by in a flash.

There is less than a year left until the end of this Ember Zone.

Today, Xia Lin finally set off, ready to strike!
Standing in the Xia family garden, next to the county magistrate's main body, Xia Lin opened the attribute panel.

[Race value: 264]

[Basic Attributes: 5 million]

Breaking through limits is like climbing a mountain; the further you go, the harder it gets.

There has been improvement over the past decade, but it has only been quantitative, not qualitative.

"If we really want a qualitative change, we'll have to wait and see in a life-or-death battle (the inferior one)..."

Only when one's strength reaches Xia Lin's level can one realize just how astonishing the power of limit-breaking techniques like the Life-or-Death Battle (Inferior) truly is!

Because it breaks the underlying logic of exceeding the limits of attributes and racial values.

However, Xia Lin has not yet found an opportunity to use this skill.

Shaking his head, Xia Lin stopped thinking about the life-or-death battle and opened the secondary attribute panel to look at his martial arts attributes.

Name: Xia Lin

【Level: 10】

[Occupation: Martial Artist]

[Martial Arts Cultivation: First-Rank Heavenly Origin Realm]

[Base stat total: 13256!]

[Base Attributes: 200 million!]

It even broke the first Third Law!
Xia Lin was not surprised by this result.

Ten years is a very long time. He has plenty of resources and martial arts experience. Moreover, the Hundred Losses Demon Art is an evil technique that trades lifespan for strength.

The resources (finances), partners (Scarlett and Summer), methods (Black Star's martial arts experience), and location (the relatively safe environment of the Eight Guardian World) are all complete.

If this still doesn't produce any results, then Xia Lin can be relegated to the ranks of the useless.

But that's where it ends...

Xia Lin no longer intends to improve the secondary attribute panel—because she doesn't have enough resources.

"But judging from my current stats, I should be able to make a killing when the results are in."

Xia Lin is looking forward to it.

Hmm, I've gone off-topic again without realizing it.

Xia Lin brought her thoughts back to the main matter—the all-out attack on the deceptive entity!

Turning to look at Scarlett, Xia Tian, ​​and the county magistrate's clone, Xia Lin nodded slightly and finally placed her hand on the county magistrate's real body.

A flash of light, and the human-machine interface is activated!

……

The ultimate form of Xia Lin is perfectly matched with human-machine interaction, together forming Xia Lin's ultimate form: the Black Source Overlord Form!
Furthermore, after the human-machine ergonomics was upgraded to the foundational level, the rate at which mental energy was consumed was also greatly reduced—well, this seems meaningless, since after merging with the county magistrate, Xia Lin himself had the Black Source to power him, making him virtually inexhaustible.

Just after Xia Lin and the county magistrate finished their union, Xia Tian sat down cross-legged on the ground.

The fission technique was circulating within his body, its speed increasing rapidly.

Just as the speed of the cultivation technique reached its peak, Xia Tian suddenly opened his eyes and shouted!
"Sever ties with the past!"

An invisible blade of light exploded with a deafening roar, striking from nowhere!

The seemingly useless move caused Xia Tian's face to turn pale, as if she had been severely injured!

Because he severed his connection with his past life, that is, Di Yun, with a single stroke!
And this is the ultimate form of decentralization!
……

As mentioned before, there were three Heavenly Daos within Di Yun's corpse.

Fraud, summer, and the county magistrate who initiated the end of this world.

Now that the fraudsters have been expelled, Xia Tian has also taken the initiative to sever ties with his past life.

Therefore, the only remaining explanation for the cause of Di Yun's corpse is the county magistrate.

And now the county magistrate has teamed up with Xia Lin.

This is equivalent to Xia Lin having the power to control Di Yun's corpse!

He became the supreme ruler of this world!
And this is of great significance.

First, there is the strength under the dominance of the Black Source.

Long before, Xia Lin had already traveled through the rest of Di Yun's inner world and placed the Bomb Boy Legion in Di Yun's other inner worlds.

In the form of the Black Source Overlord, wouldn't the Hidden Soldier Cave be unable to provide Xia Lin with any improvement?

It's okay, we can just release it.

The moment Xia Lin completed the transfer of permissions in the summer, he immediately felt his power surge!
The attribute value skyrocketed from 5 million to 5000 billion in an instant!
A thousandfold improvement! But compared to when it was in the Legend of the Immortals, it's still far inferior...

There's no way around it; the sheer size of the Primordial World is undeniable, and Di Yun's inner worlds are far inferior to it.

However, this is just the beginning!
Maintaining his three-meter-tall, well-proportioned form as the Black Source Overlord, Xia Lin turned and left, with Xia Tian and Scarlett immediately following.

The three passed through the acupoint gate and returned to Di Yun's heart.

At this moment, the heart had already completely turned into metal.

Here, Xia Lin raised his hand again.

The light of skill shines once again.

It's still about ergonomics!

……

Human-machine ergonomics can be implemented in succession.

In the previous episode of "The Legend of the Immortals," Xia Lin served as the Primal Heavenly Heart of Human-Machine Engineering and the County Magistrate of Human-Machine Engineering.

Right now, what Xia Lin is doing is first serving the county magistrate, and then serving Di Yun!
Yes, it's Di Yun!
Di Yun is dead, but his flesh and blood are still alive, and his inner world has not completely collapsed.

Xia Lin didn't know whether he was considered an inanimate object before.

But now that it has been completely metallized, Xia Lin has taken control of everything inside the corpse.

When using human-machine ergonomics, skills provide clear feedback.

Di Yun's corpse is an inanimate object that can be taken over by ergonomics!

Suddenly, a burst of light erupted.

It's the light of metal and deep black!

The two beams of light intertwined, and Xia Tian and Scarlett both saw Xia Lin's body float up and fly straight into Di Yun's heart, merging with it. After a brief wait, the light subsided.

A powerful roar suddenly erupted from Di Yun's heart.

In a daze, it seemed as if two beams of light emanated from Di Yun's heart; those were Xia Lin's gazes!

"That should be fine."

Feeling a new power within Di Yun's heart, Xia Lin slowly spoke, saying these words.

……

The Black Source Domination boosted Xia Lin's attributes to 5000 billion.

When he activated the ergonomics again and merged with Di Yun's corpse, his attributes doubled once more!
Unfortunately, the attributes provided by dual human-machine ergonomics are not multiplicative, but additive.

The effect of doubling attributes stemmed entirely from Di Yun's massive physique and the formidable foundation he once possessed as an eleventh-level martial artist.

It seems that the improvement is not significant.

However, in Xia Lin's eyes, this was the real key to victory in the battle against fraud!
In the void, the metal giant named Di Yun slowly opened his eyes.

Xia Lin, too, saw the world outside this Ash Zone through Di Yun's perspective.

Desolate, completely empty...

A roar suddenly rang out from the void.

This was the sound of space reverberating as the giant slowly rose.

When "Di Yun" stood completely in the void, black light began to flow again, and gradually condensed into two longswords matching his size in Di Yun's hands!
The black light reveals the essence of energy—the power of the Black Source.

And Di Yun's corpse will become Xia Lin's strongest weapon in the decisive battle!
After all, in the previous battle against the deceptive clone, this body had already demonstrated this property:

It is a world unto itself, and all the deceptive power that invades the body will be wiped out in a short time by the black source pollution that is rampant in this body.

Right now, Xia Lin is using ergonomics to control this corpse and embark on a battle against fraud.

He will naturally possess two characteristics—immunity to any attack containing deception, and the ability to ignore any defense containing deception!
This will be the ultimate weapon against deception!
"I would call it, an anti-fraud model!"

From within his heart, Xia Lin, who controlled everything, said this.

Then the void roared.

"Di Yun" lifted his leg and strode into the deeper reaches of the universe.

……

"I know where the true nature of fraud lies."

"Furthermore, based on my previous battle with it, I am certain that the true form of the deception is not easily moved, and at least in the past ten years, it has not been enough for it to change its hiding place."

This means that Xia Lin is not afraid of being scammed and getting lost.

The metallic giant in the starry sky strode forward, its goal clear, and its pace quickening.

Observing this world from Di Yun's perspective, Xia Lin vaguely saw that there were traces of battle all along the way.

The void was riddled with wounds, the space itself was shattered, and it took a long time to heal.

"I fought against fraud before, but I was no match for it. I fled for my life but was hunted down and eventually died on the run."

The traces that Xia Lin is seeing now are the result of Di Yun's battle with the deceptive clone.

This, ironically, became Xia Lin's guiding light.

Keep going, keep going, keep going.

After nearly three months of walking, the scars of battle gradually disappeared, and a new scene appeared before Xia Lin's eyes.

Xia Lin stopped here.

He gazed at everything before him and suddenly understood why Xia Tian had said that deception was hard to shift to a different stage.

Because you can run away from the monk, but you can't run away from the temple!
……

The diffused black light spread across several star fields, like a black ocean, rising and falling in waves.

Upon observation, the essence is revealed.

The sea is not the sea, but a wave made up of deceit!

Countless snowflake-shaped nanorobots together form this black sea. They rise and fall in the group, operating in an orderly manner, revealing a beauty of order that is difficult to describe in words.

And vaguely, Xia Lin saw something different in the center of this black ocean.

It was a planet that looked no different from any other planet with normal life.

"That's the source of fraud."

"It's also a production line for fraud!"

"It can also be called the essence and core of fraud."

The black, snowflake-like spots are nanorobots, the power of deception, and part of the deception itself.

But these are products, byproducts.

They have a source—the production line that manufactures these nanobots, which is also the Achilles' heel of the fraud!

It's a temple full of fraud!

A glint flashed in Xia Lin's eyes.

More details came into Xia Lin's view.

The world at the edge of the Black Sea is vividly depicted, showcasing ordinary, everyday scenes.

However, everything there was made up of deception, with no other substance whatsoever!
Skipping over these tedious, childish scenes, Xia Lin then saw that at the center of this deceptive planet, light seemed to burst forth, conveying the subtle aura of a high-ranking being.

Xia Lin wasn't entirely familiar with this aura, but he had certainly seen it before.

"It is the power of the primordial dark side."

……

"Yes, it is the power of the primordial dark side."

Summer inside the body said this.

All evil gods are born from the primordial dark side, are its appendages, and are products of the unconscious contamination of the power of the six pillars.

Fraud is also inseparable from this underlying logic.

It's a curse, but also a blessing.

Fraud arises from the power of the primordial dark side at the heart of this planet.

Since its birth, it has been drawing power from the primordial dark side and has grown to its current state.

Currently, this scattered, unknown power of the six pillars has not yet been assimilated and absorbed by the fraud.

It is greedy, it is reluctant to part with.

Therefore, it is unwilling to leave!

Today, as Xia Lin arrives, fraud makes its choice and gives its response.

The raging Black Sea suddenly calmed down.

The Black Sea then parted, revealing the deceptive planet at its center.

A sound came from the Black Sea and clearly reached Xia Lin's ears.

You are my nemesis.

It calls Xia Lin its nemesis, which is quite an apt description.

After all, the experiences of the 28th, 13th, and 7th were too sudden and terrifying to be taken lightly.

Xia Lin remained silent, but stepped forward.

However, just as he was about to step onto the path that led to the Black Sea's separation, the passage closed again.

The overflowing Black Sea blocked Xia Lin's path once more, and a voice rang out from within it.

What do you need? What do you want? I don't think we need to resort to violence.

As a rather unique being among the evil gods, deception can think.

Being able to think means being able to weigh options, and being able to weigh options means being able to compromise.

Considering Xia Lin's previous restraint, the fraudster took the initiative to soften his tone.

Xia Lin smiled and said.

"I want your power, the power called the power of deception."

He doesn't lie; he chooses to speak his mind directly.

The Black Sea fell silent for a moment, then the roar of machinery resumed.

That means you want my life.

……

Nanorobots are nothing special.

There are many technologically advanced civilizations in the universe, and nanorobot technology is not even the most advanced technology among them.

The reason why it is fraud is not because of the group of nanobots that make it up, but because of the trace of primordial dark power located at the core of the fraud planet!
This is the temple, the root, the life.

It was also something Xia Lin coveted!

Having said that, there's no need to say anything more!

In the starry sky, the metal giant lunges forward, drawing his sword.

The two longswords, composed of the power of the dark source, immediately emitted an even stronger and deeper black light.

The roar shocked the world and even caused the Black Sea to ripple.

"Eighteen Forms of the Evil Sword, Inscribed with the Cross!"

As Xia Lin uttered the name of the move, a cross-shaped sword light instantly erupted, rushing towards the Black Sea with the force to pierce through everything.

The swirling, volatile power of the dark source possesses an extremely strong ability to counter fraud.

Once contact occurs, the nanobots could be contaminated by the dark power within milliseconds, and this contamination would then use them as a springboard to spread even more deceptive power.

This kind of self-control that reaches the root of the problem is Xia Lin's greatest strength in this battle.

However, with a flash of light, Xia Lin involuntarily squinted his eyes.

"As expected, it won't be that simple."

Level 11, deceiving the evil god, is certainly not that simple.

……

The moment Xia Lin appeared before the fraudsters, the fraudsters' processors began to operate.

The moment the sword light surged forth, it had already figured out the root cause of the three clones' instantaneous disappearance.

The black light emanating from the power of the Dark Source is like a death warrant for fraud.

Do not touch, do not budge, do not resist...

Then let's not contact, not touch, and not confront!
The Black Sea erupted in chaos in an instant.

Electric currents flow through the robot swarm, and are then transformed by an unknown force into a malevolent and negative special energy.

Like fireworks, the Black Sea exploded in an instant.

Streams of black torrents rushed toward the sword light, but instead of resisting it, they swirled and circled around the path of the sword light.

Then, fraudulent space!
Xia Lin saw his cross inscription suddenly freeze.

It moved haltingly, its speed varying from fast to slow, and its distance from me kept changing.

The connection between them suddenly disappeared, and then suddenly reappeared.

The sword light flickered and faded, growing smaller and smaller until it finally vanished without a trace!

—In the layered, chaotic space, the cross inscription had exhausted all its power.

And from beginning to end, this cross inscription has not been tainted with any deceptive power.

"interesting!"

Xia Lin smiled, lifted his leg, and began to charge forward.

At the same time, black light rippled outwards from within the body.

(End of this chapter)