Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 359 The Great Noble Hunt

Miss Ai... Li Manman...

I was dizzy from the strong shock of this discovery.

Han Su didn't know why all this happened, or how the logic had been distorted, but he was certain of one thing.

I saw Miss Ai myself.

This is the first time I've seen Miss Ai again since she was sealed away in order to help me expose my redundant computing power in Life Line 01.

It wasn't the insane, world-destroying machine codenamed Miss Ai, but the Miss Ai I knew, who had guided me when I knew nothing, accompanied me, led me into the mystical realm, helped me grow step by step, and started investigating everything.

She was actually Li Manman...

Why is she Li Manman?

Miss Ai clearly appeared on life line 01 a long time ago, but why did she see the grown-up Li Manman on this life line, who used her pale authority to invade the world-destroying machine and finally became the person she knew?
Han Su cannot explain all of this at present, but he has a vague feeling that time and space are changing, but it only points to one explanation.

The children kidnapped by the castle can't rely on anyone else; they can only rely on each other.

Therefore, the previous sense of familiarity also has its origin.

Miss Ai has always been one of them; she has always been Li Manman, whom she relied on in the castle.

This truth almost made Han Su laugh, but he also felt an unusual heaviness and sadness.

And in the process, he couldn't even stop it.

……

……

What exactly happened inside?

Outside Zero City, the old man in the Zhongshan suit, who had been so confident, suddenly realized the problem.

He looked bewildered, his voice filled with anxiety, and glared at Dr. Han.

"This……"

At this moment, Dr. Han, who was in charge of the surgery, also had a look of astonishment on his face. It was the kind of expression that only someone who is extremely confident in controlling the situation would show when they suddenly realize that the situation is completely out of control.

However, amidst this astonishment, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face, a smile full of appreciation, and he even couldn't help but applaud this change.

"Can't you tell?"

He laughed loudly: "The surgery failed..."

"So that's how it is... So it was this girl..."

"The source of that secret war could never be found. It turns out the root cause wasn't in the past, but in the future..."

"This is a brilliant design!"

"No wonder they've been able to fight those ambitious people for so many years; they're all geniuses!"

"..."

"Are you crazy?"

Hearing the incoherent words spoken by Dr. Han, the old man in the Zhongshan suit was furious and drew his gun.

He pointed sharply at Dr. Han's back, his hand trembling: "I'm asking you what happened!"

"Do I even need to ask?"

Dr. Han suddenly turned to look at him, gently raising both hands. Scroll No. 03 fell to the ground. His gesture was one of surrender, but not because of the gun before him; it was a surrender to the entire situation.
"This surgery was originally intended to implant a personal will into the world-destroying machine, distort its underlying code, and turn it into a weapon for you to enslave the world."

"But now, someone has hijacked our surgery and used it to implant their own consciousness in advance."

"So, the surgery is actually already complete..."

"..."

He laughed as he announced, "But it wasn't us who had the surgery; it was those kids!"

"No one can explain the current situation clearly anymore."

"Including those old guys who are asleep."

"..."

"Shoot..."

As he listened to Dr. Han's words, the old man in the Zhongshan suit's face was contorted with anger and astonishment.

Countless questions welled up in his mind, but he could no longer voice them.

At this moment in Zero City, the chaotic data flow is changing wildly. Originally, Miss Ai herself was already partially out of control. This out-of-control part weakened her and then suppressed her in turn. As a result, her operation was unusually sluggish.

But now, a new stream of consciousness has begun to enter her enormous body, bringing with it a pale authority.

After a series of intricate and complex changes, a new world-destroying mechanical consciousness is taking shape, and at the same time, it is using the power of the pale to begin a frenzied dismantling and absorption of the consciousnesses previously implanted by the guardians.

The chains that were linked by the emperor's words and invaded Miss Ai's consciousness became pure nourishment for Li Manman's consciousness formed by merging with machinery.

This is a transcendent consciousness. Because it has merged with the original Miss Ai's consciousness and Paleness, it has surpassed the original Miss Ai. Because it has dismantled and digested the will of the guardians injected by the Emperor's words, this new consciousness even possesses the characteristics of the Emperor's words.

Outsiders at this moment could not understand the changes taking place; they only heard the sounds of chains being snapped by mechanical gears.

They sensed the roaring machinery deep within the abyss gradually falling silent, before restarting.

"Therefore, thought itself is the boundary!"

The high priests in red robes who were still firmly occupying the eighteen blocking positions around Zero City felt an unusually strong pressure at this moment.

Each of them had veins bulging, roared loudly, and activated all their mental power. Barriers formed in front of them, sealing off Zero City completely, attempting to stop the terrifying situation within Zero City through this desperate method.

However, with the massive mechanical explosion and roar from the depths of the abyss, the barrier in front of them collapsed rapidly.

His body was sent flying one by one, and he spat out blood.

"This quiet girl actually accomplished something like this..."

Song Chushi, in his wheelchair, noticed the change and a hint of bewilderment appeared on his face.

Is she solving the problem that has been puzzling us the most?

"But why do I feel that she looks somewhat familiar at this moment?"

"..."

"Mr. Han... Mr. Han Su, power... power... can only be obtained with blood... blood... blood!"

At the Zero City cocktail party, Han Su began to hear intermittent sounds.

It was Li Manman who was trying her best to convey advice to him.

Therefore, at this moment, Li Manman not only needs to control the original program of the World Destroyer Machine, but also needs to use the power of the pale to remove the foreign consciousness implanted by the Guardian. In the process, she still tries her best to search the database of the World Destroyer Machine.

And based on this data, they gave Han Su this suggestion.

"I know……"

Han Su answered in a low voice, his heart filled with indescribable repression and turmoil.

I had always wanted to find Miss Ai, but when I finally found her, I felt an indescribable sense of unease.

"You already knew this?"

He suddenly looked through the French windows at the emperor who had the same face as him.

The emperor smiled: "All I know is that all of this has already happened."

"But for me, this is just the beginning."

Han Su suddenly raised his hand and easily erased the figure inside the French window. At this moment, both inside and outside the French window were himself, and the muscles on his face were taut, with only fierceness in his eyes.

He suddenly squatted down, threw the No. 04 mechanical fragment in his other hand into the box, then picked up the box again, stood up, took a step forward, and moved closer in a flash, his palm plunging into a person's head.

It's a white suit, or rather, it's a person's body being controlled by a white suit.

Han Su's palm pierced through his head and grasped the black tumor that was parasitizing the back of his head.

With a "crack," it was crushed. Amidst the other party's unwilling and terrified screams, countless mechanical tentacles suddenly extended from the briefcase, devouring the black tumor and the white-suited nobleman's corpse that had been thrown on the ground.

"Beep beep beep..."

As this process unfolded, Han Su heard the distinct audible sounds of the mechanical fragments operating within the suitcase.

The sacrifice was indeed effective.

He even intuitively felt that his "authority" was being strengthened.

Inside the box, the mechanical fragment number 01, which had been remotely locked, was now becoming loose.

Indeed, power can only be bought with blood. The revived imperial consciousness did not deceive itself on this issue.

However, this was only the second nobleman he had sacrificed, far from enough.

As Han Su thought to himself, his figure moved like a ghost, and in an instant he arrived at the banquet, in front of the second nobleman, the noble lady in the purple dress.

Her essence is dust, which can vaporize herself. Apart from monsters like Lü Xiaoba, it is difficult for anyone to catch her. But at this moment, she even forgot to vaporize herself because of her overwhelming fear, or rather, she could no longer do it.

Spiritual strength is the foundation of everything. When her entire spiritual strength is suppressed by fear, she loses the will to resist.

Suddenly, she knelt down and offered her hands to Han Su, letting his fingers press down on her. Countless mechanical tentacles from the briefcase landed on her body, and then a mysterious substance was instantly extracted by the briefcase and fed back to the mechanical fragments.

The sacrifice of the third nobleman has been completed.

To Han Su's astonishment, this woman was still alive...

What's the key to the sacrifice of the mechanical fragments?

This was a subtle change in the chaotic scene, which surprised Han Su slightly.

But it's just a detail, it's not important anymore.

Not far away, Lü Xiaoba saw everything that was happening and slapped his thigh hard: "Kill her, don't hold back!"

Lu Neng, however, accurately observed what Han Su was doing at that moment, resting his chin on his hand and deep in thought:

"Is it feasible to steal the blood of nobles without anyone noticing?"

"..."

The one with the bowl cut was the calmest. He put down his wine glass, stood up, and asked, "What do we do now?"

"Now……"

Han Su looked up, his gaze piercing through the entire city, and saw the eighteen red-robed high priests who had been severely injured and whose blocking positions had been completely disrupted by Miss Ai's power.

Together with the eighteen survivors who had previously voluntarily withdrawn from their blocking positions and joined forces to fight against Chao Xiaobei's team of survivors, they made a total of thirty-six.

Each of them is at a very high level of life, and more importantly, they hold high positions of power and influence.

In the previous life storyline, Han Su had already learned that for an ordinary person to become a nobleman, they had to perform well after becoming an independent investigator, be selected as a traveling knight, prove their loyalty in the position of traveling knight, and then, after serving for ten years, gain the recognition of the nobles and be granted the title of "knight," but only the lowest rank of "baron."

These high priests in red robes were of a much higher status than "barons," while the patrolling knights were only fit to stay on the perimeter as guards.

This demonstrates their noble status and suggests that many of them must be descendants of the Twelve Knights.

However, it's unclear now which ones are and which ones aren't.

Then let's kill them all and let the mechanical fragments choose; they're bound to pick a few.

As he thought about it, Han Su slowly continued, "...It's our turn to begin this round of hunting."

As soon as the words fell, he was the first to step out.

Then Lu Neng, Lü Xiaoba, Guogaitou and others followed without hesitation.

Rong Qiyue followed along for a couple of steps, but then realized that this wasn't for him. After a moment's thought, he turned and headed toward a secret laboratory in Zero City.

On this life's timeline, he had served Zero City for a long time before he woke up, so he naturally knew where those data were stored. Those who only knew how to fight and kill wouldn't understand; these things were simply too important.

"Om..."

The city of Zero was filled with the constant roar of machinery, and with each sound, an invisible shockwave swept across all directions.

Those mysterious and noble high priests in red robes are now in disarray, their hoods either pulled off or torn open, revealing faces filled with terror—men and women, Western and Eastern faces alike.

But on all these different faces, there was only one expression: fear and despair.

The individual strength of the survivor squad was too great, and the consequences of the forced breach of the barrier were severe enough that even the high priests in red robes felt their lives threatened on this battlefield.

And just as this emotion was growing, making it hard for them to believe, someone appeared in Zero City.

Han Su carried a black briefcase, stretched out one hand, and chanted a secret incantation.

The next moment, boundless spiritual power surged within Zero City, spreading wildly outwards. It was the Wai Gua Squad that Han Su had previously left in Zero City.

Using the mechanical fragment No. 03, they contaminated the entire city, forming a massive physical defense line. At this moment, Han Su unleashed this power, which, like a flood, engulfed the people.

The red-robed high priests reacted in the same way after being contaminated. Some immediately lost their sight, some had difficulty moving, and some even lost their minds, surrounded by panic.

Amidst this panic, several figures darted out from behind Han Su, moving among those already severely injured and then unleashing a massacre...

Blood splattered, limbs flew everywhere; outside Zero City, it was an endless hellish scene.

Han Su walked through this hell, mechanical tentacles extending from the black briefcase in his hand, rapidly absorbing the "nutrients" he needed, like the master walking through this hell.

The ticking sound of the mechanical fragments running became increasingly clear to him, and he realized that his first and second prey had not met the standards.

But the third prey immediately resonated with the mechanical fragments in the suitcase.

"The fourth sacrificer is in place!"

"..."

Han Su didn't even stop; he was certain that among these thirty-six high priests in red robes, there must be many more who met the criteria.

So they continued killing and hunting.

All around was a sea of ​​blood. Normally, assassinating any of the red-robed high priests would require the combined efforts of all of them and would involve great risks. But who could have imagined that it would turn into a massive buffet?

"The fifth sacrificer..."

"The sixth sacrificer..."

"..."

"..."

"They've gone mad! These abandoned children have gone mad!"

Behind the crowd, the elderly man in the Zhongshan suit had already seen this scene, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets with anger.

That's the high priest in red robes, the highest-ranking figure in each region, and those who can sit in that position are at least earls.

Now, are they being slaughtered like cabbages by those sacrificial offerings?
"You deserve to die, you deserve to die..."

For a moment, even he felt a surge of anger and fear, and wanted to run away. He felt deeply ashamed, and his hand holding the gun trembled, but in the end, he did not pull the trigger on the prisoner surnamed Han.

Those who cause trouble should be punished, but those who cause serious trouble should not be executed so easily.

He gritted his teeth, pulled the secretary to his side to protect her, and then suddenly turned around, knelt down facing east, spread his hands, took a deep breath, and prayed heavily and slowly: "City of China, grant me divine guidance..."

The sound was quickly swallowed up by the chaotic battlefield, but a kind of dark tremor had already begun to rapidly merge into the endless darkness and the vast world.

……

……

Han Su already sensed that the seventh sacrificer was within his grasp.

It wasn't that he only sacrificed four people in this massacre, but that countless duplicate bloodlines had appeared among those who died at his hands.

What he needed to hunt were the descendants of the Twelve Knights with different titles; to be precise, it was the nature of them, not the number.

But he still felt unsatisfied; only blood could fill the emptiness in his heart.

He even felt that taking action was not enough, so he raised his hand and summoned the ghost truck, which rumbled forward.

As always, the ghost truck was bewildered when it was summoned, and then the huge headlights projected forward, making it even more bewildering.

What the hell is this everywhere?

What level of life is this?
He was just a nobody hiding outside the city, secretly eating two ordinary people. When did he become qualified to participate in such a high-level battlefield?

Why does it feel like there are god-like beings everywhere when the car headlights scan the area?

However, because it lacks a computing center, its brain has never been very efficient, so it stopped thinking altogether. Only under Han Su's urging, it gritted its teeth, floored the accelerator, and roared forward.

Forget the red-robed high priest, forget the high-ranking nobles with divine genes, I'm going for it!
Not only were they dragged under the wheels of cars, and not only did they crash into things wildly, but they also instinctively absorbed everything and collected their own accomplices!
Han Su was also making his move, reaping all his opponents, whether they could resist or not, until blood splattered all over his body. Suddenly, he heard a clear ticking sound of mechanical operation, and an unprecedented sense of control returned to his hands.

It was the 01 mechanical fragment that completely unlocked the remote lock, and the activation function was back in its own hands.

"Time is up……"

At the same time, a soft, gentle electronic voice suddenly appeared in his ear.

Li Manman's invasion was complete. She seemed to be looking at the world anew with a completely new identity and level. Her gaze swept lightly over the battlefield, Han Su standing in the blood, and her other companions.

It was clearly an electronic voice, yet it felt incredibly human: "I like the anger you're showing right now..."

"...Mr. Butcher!"

"Now it's time to fully prepare for our war!"

(End of this chapter)