American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 437 Cybertronian Secrets

"What have you done! You've taken my servant away!"

The voice in his mind appeared again, this time with a somewhat exasperated tone, which made Roy certain that the thing was not actually very strong and was most likely just pretending to be powerful.

"Don't worry, I'll be here with your servants soon!"

After answering the voice in his head, Roy pulled Alita up; it wasn't easy for the unicycle to get up.

"I haven't asked your name yet. What's your name?"

“Roy Black, you can just call me Roy.”

"Roy, can I ask how the superalloy barrel of my laser gun broke?"

"Uh, you weren't behaving yourself after I knocked you down, so I had to break your gun barrel. Hope there won't be any aftereffects?"

"It's alright, this thing can be repaired, it won't have a big impact."

Alita led Roy back into the tunnel, and then took Roy to find the guy who controlled it.

Soon, Roy saw the guy who had just called himself "Lord" at the end of the passageway—a very rare creature called a Mind Flayer.

Mind flayers, also known as spirit flayers, are soulless extraterrestrial creatures that are hermaphroditic and capable of reproducing independently.

And like the aliens, the tadpoles they produce need to parasitize other organisms to grow.

However, unlike the Xenomorph, which emerges from its host's body after maturing, the Mind Flayer's tadpoles only transform the host into a Mind Flayer.

However, the most famous aspect of mind flayers is their psychic abilities.

Almost every mind flayer is a master of psychic abilities. They can control the minds of others through mental power or use psychic blasts to scare people to death.

Alita was likely controlled by the Mind Flayer. Although it is a silicon-based life form, the microorganisms that covered its body became the best remote control for manipulating its body.

The demons on the 3000-meter level were also once controlled by mycelium, perhaps this was also the work of the Mind Flayer.

At this moment, the unfortunate mind flayer was bound by the red fungus and could not move at all. However, because the mind flayer was not a normal creature and was completely different from most demons, the fungus could not take its life. Instead, due to the connection between the hyphae and spores, a certain mutation occurred.

Although the Mind Flayer is now unable to move, its mental abilities seem to have been enhanced, allowing it to influence the minds of others from a great distance.

In other words, Roy's Willpower attribute must be at least 99 points to be able to ignore the Mind Flayer's influence.

"Impossible! You actually ignored my mental suggestion!"

The demon stared at Roy in shock. It had been relentlessly launching mental attacks on Roy, but Roy had walked up to it without being affected at all.

"You mean that way of speaking in my head? I have to say, that's pretty ordinary, not exciting at all."

Roy had faced the allure of the King of Lust head-on, and compared to the King of Lust, the mind-stealer's incessant whispers of mental suggestions were utterly bland.

At least we need some exciting programs, right?

Wait a minute, Mind Flayer's appearance would be even more disgusting if he were on TV. Just thinking about it makes Roy's sanity plummet!
The Mind Flayer realized it had met its match, but it still wanted to struggle, so it began to control the surrounding fungi to attack Roy.

Roy immediately transformed the Leviathan Axe into a bladed blade, and then used the newly acquired rune.

(I forgot to write it before, so I'm adding it here.)
After killing the Alien Queen, Roy successfully obtained a new rune. This time, he also had to choose one of three runes, but he didn't choose one until he got to the Russian side.

All of them are runes related to the Alien Queen.

[Acid Corrosion: This rune inflicts acid damage on Leviathan's Axe attacks and significantly reduces enemy defense.]

This ability likely originates from the highly acidic blood within the alien's body, capable of corroding even steel.

[Assassin: This rune grants the wielder of the Leviathan Axe enhanced stealth capabilities, making them undetectable by various scouting methods.]

This ability is very much a matter of belief. The Xenomorph's stealth ability is indeed strong, but it is definitely not comparable to the Deception Space. Even though the Deception Space has certain risks, there is no need to consider this rune at all.

[Chitin: This rune grants the Leviathan's wielder a hard shell to protect vital areas during combat.]

This ability probably allows Roy to become like an alien during battle, growing armor to protect himself from damage.

The problem is that Roy's defense is already very strong. If his physical attributes can't stop him, then adding another layer of shell won't be of much use.

Moreover, the sight of carapace growing on his body looked really strange and greatly affected Roy's image.

Roy is, after all, an idol, so he has to pay attention to his appearance.

Therefore, Roy could only choose the Acid Erosion rune in the end, as the other two runes were too impractical and could be replaced by his other abilities.

They flung the blade out forcefully, and because of the acid-etched runes, the blade shimmered with a greenish light, spinning continuously around Roy and Alita.

Fungi scraped by the blade will be corroded in a very short time, and a large area will be corroded at once.

Just kidding, the alien's acidic blood can quickly corrode even steel, let alone some fungi.

No matter how special these fungi are, they are still just carbon-based organisms.

The mind flayer watched in horror as the swirling blade sliced ​​away the fungus like wheat, and quickly used all of its mental abilities to deal with Roy.

Roy, who was controlling the blade's rotation, suddenly felt a blackout and felt an excruciating pain in his head, as if someone had driven a nail into it.

In excruciating pain, the blade spun uncontrollably and fell to the ground.

Without the blade's rotating edge, the fungus began to grow rapidly toward Roy again.

"Roy!"

Alita immediately shielded Roy with her body to prevent him from being caught by the fungus. After all, Roy was a silicon-based organism, so even if he was entangled by the fungus, he wouldn't mutate so quickly.

It would be troublesome if Roy's protective suit got torn.

Fortunately, Roy's headache was only momentary, and his 99 Willpower attribute allowed him to hold on at the crucial moment.

Seeing that he was about to be surrounded by fungi, Roy immediately used the power he obtained from the King of Wendigo, and winter came.

Suddenly, a blizzard appeared 6000 meters underground, and the temperature inside the cave began to drop sharply.

This red fungus is very sensitive to temperature changes; it was about to come into contact with Alita and Roy, but it suddenly retreated.

No matter how the Mind Flayer tried to control it, it was no use; the red fungus's biological instincts made it completely unable to come into contact with the cold.

Roy had previously thought this ability was flashy but impractical, but unexpectedly, he encountered the underground fungus that feared the cold and delivered the best performance of the game.

The Mind Flayer is also in great pain because of the blizzard, as it has now actually merged with the Red Fungus and acquired some of its characteristics.

Other red fungi can burrow into rocks during blizzards, but the Mind Flayer doesn't have that ability; it can only beg Roy for mercy.

"Spare me! Human wizard, please spare me!" "Spare my ass!"

Roy hurled the Leviathan Axe, smashing the Mind Flayer's head and ending its life.

[Leviathan's Axe has slain a legendary life form; you may choose a rune buff.]

Surprisingly, this Mind Flayer is also a legendary creature; no wonder its mental abilities were so strong just now.

Unfortunately, no box was found.

If this Mind Flayer hadn't been tricked by the red fungus as soon as it arrived on Earth, Roy would have had a really tough time killing it.

It's another rune selection of three, but now is not the time to open the rune selection. Roy plans to find and seal the spatial passage first, and then choose the rune.

However, the cave looks quite complex, and it seems that it will take some time to find the spatial passage.

"Roy, what are you still doing standing here? Aren't you going back to the ground?"

"I'm looking for a spatial passage, and that passage must be blocked, otherwise all sorts of strange things will keep coming in."

"A spatial passage? I can scan it for you."

Upon hearing this, Roy was taken aback.

"Alita, can you scan the spatial portal?"

"Of course! The Cybertronians have been able to travel through wormholes for a long time, and our research on space is very in-depth!"

Roy's impression of Transformers was always the stereotypical image from the movies, and he almost forgot that Cybertron's technology far surpassed that of Earth.

The Cybertronians were able to travel through space thousands of years ago, and their technology must have been more advanced than that of the Predators.

However, compared to the Predators, Cybertronians, as silicon-based life forms, seem to have more difficult technology to reverse engineer.

"Alita, I'll leave it to you."

"give it to me!"

A drone flew out from Alita's shoulder and began rapidly scanning the cave.

A few minutes later, the results were in.

"I found it!"

Alita led Roy deeper into the cave and they came across a peculiar crack.

The crack looked like it had been painted on the stone wall; it was so unreal, like two different layers of painting forcibly glued together.

This was the first time Roy had ever seen such a naturally formed spatial passage, and he found it incredibly magical.

If the location of this spatial passage weren't so awkward, Roy would have liked to hide it and study it slowly.

"Alita, have you ever had a spatial portal like this on Cybertron?"

Alita nodded, her voice filled with sadness.

"Yes, a strange spatial portal once appeared on my home planet. At the time, the scientists on Cybertron did not realize the seriousness of the problem and were still studying where the spatial portal led. Unexpectedly, the spatial portal grew larger and larger and could not be closed. A large number of terrible creatures came out of it and turned my brothers and sisters into flesh and blood demons. Cybertron was completely destroyed."

Left with no other choice, Optimus Prime had to cooperate with Megatron, leading the survivors to find a suitable new home for the Cybertronians in the universe.

Wait, why is this story different from the one I saw in my past life?
Wasn't it the war between the Autobots and Decepticons that led to the destruction of Cybertron?
However, Alita's voice sounded genuinely sad, not fake.

"Why haven't I heard Bumblebee mention this before?"

"That's because Bumblebee and the three of us sisters left Cybertron relatively early and didn't know what happened afterward. I only learned about this from Optimus Prime afterward, and I didn't tell Claudia and Arcee."

Arcee was the last of the three sisters.

"Don't be sad, Alita, I believe you will find a new home."

"I hope so."

Seeing that Alita was still very sad, Roy had no choice but to try to change the subject.

"Alita, what kind of weapon would you Cybertronians use to close this kind of spatial portal?"

"As far as I know, there are many weapons in the universe that can close spatial channels, but most of them are used to close large spatial channels, such as two-dimensional foils and dimensional collapsers. However, these two types of weapons are too destructive and are not suitable for use on small spatial channels like this."

Upon hearing this, Roy's vision went black; he had heard of these two sci-fi weapons in his previous life.

If these two weapons were actually used, the entire Earth would probably be destroyed, and there would indeed be no more space passages.

"Are there any safer, more controllable weapons that are also less powerful?"

"Perhaps we could try using a gravity bomb. A gravity bomb could make the structure of the space tunnel less stable, causing the space tunnel to disappear naturally."

Well, Roy didn't have a gravity bomb either; such technology was simply too far beyond his reach.

Let's think of a solution from the magic side.

After recalling the knowledge contained in the Key of Solomon, Roy quickly came up with a sealing array.

The materials for the magic circle are readily available in my inventory; with a little time, I can quickly seal this spatial passage.

Alita was somewhat surprised by the wonder of magic; this ability, which was different from science, was something she couldn't understand at all.

"Roy, what's the working principle behind this? How can you seal off a spatial passage with such a small cost?"

"Hmm—it's a bit complicated to explain, involving a series of complex theories. But just understand this: the ultimate goal of magic is to make your wishes come true."

"May your wishes come true? That sounds so easy!"

"Yes, it sounds simple, but it's very difficult to do."

During the conversation, Roy had already completed the magic circle, shrinking the spatial passage to the size of a fist. Roy also made some disguises around the spatial passage to prevent being noticed.

"That should work."

"Roy, can we go back to the ground now?"

"Yes, but your appearance might cause some trouble. I have a magic spell to hide you, but you might lose consciousness during the process. Would you like to try?"

Alita nodded.

“You’re Claudia’s friend, so you’re my friend. I’m willing to give it a try!”

(End of this chapter)