Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

Chapter 477 I Request Destruction

Buzz-buzz-

Even without any further movement, the statue stood motionless, yet the rise and fall of its chest alone resonated with a dull thud that conveyed an invisible pressure.

Ryan, who was already lying prone on the ground, completely collapsed to the ground.

He didn't dare to look up.

Because the warden once said—mortals should not look directly at the gods.

Although Ryan couldn't understand what the warden was chasing after as a pilgrim, he still had his own cleverness as a nobody.

Forget about gods or anything like that, just ignore them all and pretend you're blind, deaf, and mute.

In response, Ryan even went so far as to place his hand on the widow's head and sever her with a cleaver, before Oink even appeared and spoke with her.

He then punctured his eardrum with his hand.

He let the intense pain throb in his head, ignoring the blood that snaked out of his ears like scarlet snakes.

Ryan was terrified.

He was afraid of hearing things he shouldn't have, and he even went so far as to self-harm in order to prevent himself from knowing too much.

So much so that he couldn't even hear the idols he dared not look directly at.

Wu Wang merely scoffed, "You already have a mechanical body and a mineral statue. I'd believe you even if you said you worshipped some god of steam and machinery. Do you still need to breathe?"

"Tell me, Warden, what part of you is still human?"

The "human beings" he refers to here do not refer to the "human species" in general, but to intelligent beings with human reason and emotion.

Faced with such a statement.

In addition, I just heard the widow say that she changed her mind and volunteered to become the key.

The warden did not launch an attack immediately.

Instead, it raised the hand of the statue and removed the hood of the enormous robe, revealing its originally mysterious face.

It's unclear whether the statue was originally designed based on the warden's mechanical body or because he has now become one with it.

The statue looked exactly like him.

A loud electronic sound echoed within the temple.

"Thoughts and soul".

"My thoughts and soul have never changed."

puff-

No sooner had he finished speaking than Wu Wang burst into laughter, clutching his stomach and chuckling, "Don't make me laugh, with 'thoughts and soul'..."

His tone then turned sarcastic: "You even made the idols you worship look like yourself; you're so ambitious you can't even be bothered to pretend."

"Ask yourself honestly, are you really just planning a pilgrimage? I'm afraid not."

"You intend to become, or rather—"

"To replace the gods."

Upon hearing this, Oink's expression became quite interesting.

As someone who also coveted the special power within the [Demon Prison], Oink never actually intended to possess it; he simply wanted to use it to leave this world.

He didn't know the warden inside and out, but he at least knew why the warden had coveted that power in the past.

It may sound a little ridiculous when you say it.

But this is also a fear that every intelligent being cannot avoid.

The warden was afraid of dying.

He was extremely afraid of death and losing everything he currently possessed. So much so that even at the peak of his power, when his lifespan was the envy of other creatures, he had already begun seeking ways to prolong his life.

In fact, this world was originally held by a certain venerable being for a period of time.

The Venerable One's name is—

【confusion】.

When the warden was at the peak of his power and seeking a way to prolong his life, he was fortunate enough to be summoned by [Chaos].

It was during that audience with [Chaos] that the warden witnessed how the other party abandoned this world after encountering this special power within [Demon Prison].

It should be understood that among all beings who pursue power, the Venerable One is already at the pinnacle.

They are living gods.

But from that moment on, the warden realized that this was a power that even the Venerables feared, and that there were even higher beings above them!
When chaos abandoned this world, when the warden's prayers could no longer be answered by the living gods.

He turned his attention to this force.

This led to the creation of the "Demon Prison" and indirectly facilitated the formation of two other prisons.

He wanted to use this power to obtain the eternal life of a Venerable One.

This is all Oink knows.

But Oink never expected that the warden's ambition was not just to prolong life; he wanted to become such a great being directly, and prolonging life was just one of the most insignificant goals in his pursuit of power.

"You're crazy, old friend."

"This is the last time I'll call you a friend. You're not yourself anymore."

"You should know very well that beings like the Venerables are not something that any living being can ascend to. Their existence is born from the laws governing the world."

"In a sense, they represent the essence of all worlds; they are not living beings!"

Oink gripped the knife tighter, ready to strike at his old friend, whose mind was clouded by power.

In his view, the warden's current actions were even more outrageous than an ignorant ant trying to overturn an elephant by itself.

Now this ant wants to become a black hole.

That's no longer a matter of power, but rather an absurdity in its very nature.

"I forgive your shortsightedness, butcher."

"Come, Mr. Charlotte, let us overturn the established laws of this world, witness Him, become Him, and conquer Him!"

This was a rare moment of excitement in the warden's electronic voice, and one could even faintly sense the tremor in his soul.

As he finished speaking, a closed red vertical pupil appeared on the forehead of the statue.

An eerie red light flashed and shone on Wu Wang. At that moment, the laws of gravity seemed to be overturned. Wu Wang immediately felt not only the pressure on his body disappear, but also that he felt as light as a hydrogen balloon floating upwards.

He is floating toward the forehead of the statue.

The other party opened its enormous maw, which was like an abyss, and it would soon swallow it whole.

As for the consequences of swallowing it...

Oink felt that even the Doomsday Prophet in the Mortal Prison had been devoured and digested by it, so this Descendant wouldn't fare much better.

His so-called freedom...

How exactly should it be presented?
But once you've agreed, you've agreed.

Oink will not stop the process.

When Wu Wang had floated to a position parallel to the eyes of the statue, he grinned and said, "Before you turn me into a prison key, I have a request. I wonder if you can grant it?"

The warden said calmly, "Please speak."

In his view, when he reaches that point, he will be able to fulfill any request.

Unexpectedly, Wu Wang's request was something no one could believe—

"It's very simple, I request destruction."

"You can retain your consciousness when you forge me into the key, but once that door has been opened and the divine power washes over me, I ask you to destroy me completely."

Wu Wang shrugged and said, "You're right, I've already failed. I don't want to see the realm I haven't reached as a loser. This is my request, and my last shred of dignity." "Success doesn't have to be mine, but I will definitely be a part of it."

That's enough.

hum-

This realization moved even the warden, who felt a pilgrimage-like faith and determination in the other man that transcended his own.

If Mr. Charlotte were not the first being to be cleansed by the power of the gods, he would have no experience to study it and could only absorb this power by feeling his way across the river.

Perhaps, he should have been the one to succeed.

The warden then nodded solemnly and said:

"Rest assured, I will grant you this final dignity, and afterwards I will erect a monument for you to commemorate your achievements."

"This is a monument to the awakening of intelligent beings to the gods, and you deserve great credit for it."

boom--

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant, mechanical abyss-like maw of the statue completely swallowed Wu Wang's figure.

Oink twitched the butcher's knife in his hand.

He seemed to see his past self, defeated by the overwhelming enemy that he was powerless to resist, and finally led to the execution ground.

Is this the inevitable fate that awaits those who confront the demon called freedom?

Even if I escape from this world, will I end up like this sooner or later? So what I'm doing now is no different from the warden's initial goal of prolonging life.

It's just prolonging a life that was destined to end anyway.

Dong-dong-dong——

After swallowing Wu Wang, the statue began to burn with rising eerie green flames, like a vengeful ghost crawling out of a grave with will-o'-the-wisps.

The mysterious atmosphere suddenly became extremely eerie, sending chills down one's spine.

This "ghost fire" is the memory ore of the entire statue being drained of all its energy, refining the "Charlotte personality" within it into a key that can activate the room within the remains that is sealed with divine power.

The green fire in the statue's eyes was as intense as the flames bursting from a furnace.

Oink's breathing also became rapid.

Ryan, lying on the ground, had lost consciousness and had chosen to completely prevent himself from perceiving anything that was happening.

Even outside the temple, all the criminals, dwarf guards, and elven researchers in the entire Demon Prison felt a chill run down their spines.

They don't know what's going on.

They felt as if there were eyes in the darkness that saw through everything about them, piercing through their bodies and souls, exposing them to unprecedented fear.

"Is the end of the world... coming...?"

"God... what is that...?"

Everyone began to mutter their fears and doubts, then prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling, awaiting death.

They couldn't imagine how they could survive under such terror.

Only a handful of people in the entire [Devil's Prison] can still maintain a certain level of sanity.

This included two players from the Spirit Disaster faction, Baili Dao and Beilang, who forced themselves to walk out despite their involuntary trembling.

They passed through the group of creatures who dared not look up, and headed towards a place the widows had told them about.

Of course, logically speaking, the two more powerful players, Tiancan and Dique, should also have remained sober.

Unfortunately, before this incident occurred, they had already been beaten unconscious by Wu Wang, and the added pressure of this soul-shaking shock made it even more difficult for them to wake up.

"Huh...huh..."

The two men were still standing, panting heavily as they struggled to walk.

Bei Lang laughed and cried, "This widow truly lives up to her reputation as a disciple of the great Yan Shuangying. She's got the same penchant for making big moves as before. She caused quite a stir at the Masquerade Ball."

Baili Dao felt deep sympathy for this.

Recalling some unbearable memories, he said, "The widow I met in 'Fight Back to School,' you should have seen that report, right? My assessment was—she's inhuman."

The two helped each other to a location that should have been heavily guarded.

He pulled a strangely shaped key from the pocket of the unconscious dwarf prison guard next to him.

【Storage Room Key (Premium)】

[A special item from the instance that cannot be taken out of the instance. Using it will open a specific room door.]

This was because Wu Wang had transferred the key to the prison guard when he and Ryan had previously explored each place.

Of course, this prison guard was also a clone controlled by Wu Wang.

Wu Wang's task for the two of them was to retrieve the player's items from the storage room when some major change occurred inside the [Demon Prison].

After all, he had been under Ryan's watchful eye the whole time, so it wasn't appropriate for him to openly steal everything. Now was the perfect opportunity!
As for the items with natural defects and flaws...

The Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs has been confiscated!
Record it in the widow's account!
Baili Dao and Beilang licked the bag with tears in their eyes.

Meanwhile, in that distant, special room, the little black boy sat dejectedly on his bed, pondering why he couldn't possess that creature.

And why he didn't die.

Suddenly, the little black boy seemed to sense something and abruptly looked up at the ceiling.

The strange light bulb had been reinstalled at some point, and now it was trembling violently, emitting an unprecedentedly bright light.

Its filament is Charlotte's neural tissue structure, and now that the remains are feeling some kind of strong call, it is naturally among them.

Wu Wang was not surprised that he could cause changes to the remains despite not being Charlotte's personality; in fact, he thought it was only natural.

After all, he has a living, activated Abyss God Mark on his body.

He is one of the few remaining admirers in this era!
The contamination by the Abyss God naturally requires the mark of the Abyss God to trigger it; even if Charlotte herself were here now, it would probably be less effective than Wu Wang.

This is also why the warden is absolutely certain that Wu Wang is Charlotte's personality, because he can feel the divine power within the remains becoming increasingly restless, and its target is this widow.

The little black boy's eyes began to show fear, as if he was recalling some unpleasant memories.

The once arrogant little boy scurried under the covers, trembling as he said, "No...no...don't come out..."

"This is not a blessing...this is a curse...this is corruption...this is the end!"

"Charlotte... I was wrong! I was wrong! You were right! These things must be sealed in the room forever! Charlotte! What should I do!"

click-

The floor and surrounding walls of the special room began to crack, from which seeped a red ore that was completely different from the green of the memory ore, but even more bizarre.

Each of these minerals looks like an eye, and they now seem to be blinking as if they have come to life.

The aura of the abyss contained within it far surpasses that of the memory ore in the mine.

This is why anything changed in a special room will eventually revert to its original state in the blink of an eye.

The pollution of the Abyss God can change everything.

This room is not only where Charlotte sealed her split personality, but also where she hid the mark of the Abyss God on her body before her death.

Now these red ores have transformed into a blood-like liquid, seeping into every corner of the special room, and they begin to activate the entire remains with the purest Abyss God pollution.

The door is about to open.

Just then, a disdainful voice rang in the ear of the huddled-up little black boy—

"No, I was wrong."

"The world should be destroyed."

May...misfortune...continue forever!

That voice—it was Wu Wang's voice.

(End of this chapter)