Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 398 What This Woman Should Do

"A feast of the gods, a world model, a competition of bloodlines, a restart of civilization..."

Inside the petri dish, the distorted old marquis, upon hearing the gentle electronic voice coming from the phone, convulsed as if he had been struck by a powerful electric shock.

He already knew that things were starting to get out of control. Although the voice came from the phone, they were in a dark room, in a different space from reality, so it was impossible for a phone call to come in.

This means that another living entity has entered this absolutely private space, and the Golden Clan's most core secrets and authority have been exposed to the other party without any defenses.

Most importantly, he was powerless to do anything, and this candidate was clearly an ordinary person who had only just learned of his family's secrets. In fact, the electronic voice was coming from him, and he might not have realized the seriousness of the situation...

"Smash it!"

He shouted with all his might, "Smash it!"

"Absolutely, absolutely not, we can't let her..."

"..."

His angry shouts at this moment seemed to become the background noise of that gentle electronic voice.

She softly uttered one depressing word after another, sighing, "I never imagined that your ambitions would be even greater than I had calculated."

"Perhaps I need to admit that I miscalculated some things back then. You are not the group of people I have ever met who are closest to normal. On the contrary, you are the most insane and arrogant group of monsters. You are the ones who should be..."

"Zi la..."

Her voice was soft, yet it seemed to possess almost human emotion, containing boundless anger. But then, the voice suddenly became chaotic, followed by another, more human voice:
"The Mother of Machines' underlying consciousness has been activated. This time we've found too much data; my calculation speed can't keep up with hers. Mr. Xu Ji, hurry..."

"You need to immediately master the supreme incantation, take control of the holy relic, and modify Contract No. 02!"

"..."

"Impossible! Who are you? What do you want?"

“I can write your name into Contract 02, but you can’t pry into these things… Child, smash that phone now, or I won’t give you the final spell, I…”

In the petri dish, the old marquis had fallen into complete madness, shouting loudly as if the louder the voice, the more powerful it would be.

"Okay, what should I do?"

But Xu Ji's words immediately silenced him. Xu Ji stared intently at his phone, asking questions anxiously, seemingly ignoring what he was saying.

"You don't need him to cast the final spell for you!"

Miss Ai's voice was tense yet confident: "I can now take over all the data and rituals."

Xu Ji said, "Hurry up, Lao Han is fighting with someone outside... The bottom lane is being besieged by the enemy from two sides, how can I continue fishing in the river?"

"you……"

An incredulous look appeared on the old marquis's twisted face: "You are the Grand Duke of the Golden Clan, you are..."

What's the point of saying all this?

Xu Ji rolled his eyes at him: "I came here for a blind date, how would I know anything about you guys? All I know is that although we both have the surname Xu, I really don't know you well."

"I don't know anything about this ethnicity or that ethnicity. All I know is that I'm in cahoots with that guy outside surnamed Han, and with the person on the phone. As for you, you should take a rest, old man!"

"...My voice is hoarse!"

"..."

"..."

"What is your plan?"

In another dimension, during the frozen time, Han Su was also struggling to endure the backlash from the mechanical fragments and making difficult inquiries.

"Just doing what I had to do..."

Ms. Shen's face was illuminated by the light of the crystal skull, giving it an eerie glow, but her expression remained calm. She only glanced deeply at Han Su before handing the crystal skull, which she had reactivated, back to him.

The next moment, without saying a word, she gently raised her hand, and spiritual power emanated from her fingertips, causing this frozen space-time to collapse instantly.

Inside Han Su's suitcase, another mechanical ticking sound suddenly became clearer.

This woman was also subtly controlling a mechanical fragment?
The key point is that Han Su is already under immense pressure, having control of these mechanical fragments, as if he is using all his strength to maintain a delicate balance.

By doing so, she essentially pulled a piece out of a precarious block, and immediately fell out of the frozen spacetime, becoming a part of the real flow of time.

Upon seeing this scene, Han Su's pupils dilated in shock.

At this moment, whether it was him, the eccentric doctor, or Ms. Shen, they had all been locked onto by the annihilation beam.

They can only barely survive in the frozen spacetime; once they enter the real time flow, they will be immediately killed by the annihilation beam.

The only solution is to return directly to the castle, but unfortunately, this path is blocked by Dr. Strange's arrangement.

That's why he was at a loss, and at this moment he had no idea what Ms. Shen was going to do.

But I'm pretty sure she's courting death!

No one can withstand the Annihilation Beam, so she will be killed the moment she breaks free from the time-space freeze.

"Shoot..."

Thinking this, Han Su immediately canceled the freeze on time and space.

Because if he remained in the frozen spacetime, he would never know what would happen next, and if he stayed here, he would be unable to do anything but endlessly consume energy.

Since that's the case, it's better to peek into the real world, gather as much information as possible before the annihilation beam hits, and then decide whether to go back.

Although returning to the castle now may be extremely dangerous, we will still have to go if there is no other way.

Of course, my eagerness to enter the real world was definitely not to see what would happen to Ms. Shen.

"Boom!"

The moment Han Su returned to the real world after the time freeze ended, he saw Ms. Shen. Above her head, the annihilation beam had already struck, and just like with Dr. Strange, it took less than a second to blast her head apart.

There was no way to resist; only death awaited them.

Han Su could even see that her spiritual power had been refined and extracted by the annihilation light cannon.

This scene made his heart clench suddenly.

But he didn't even have time to do anything, because the annihilation beam above his head had already begun to fall.

According to the data analysis in the Doctor's mind, Ms. Shen was more important than him, so when the annihilation beam struck again, it targeted Ms. Shen first, and after killing her, it targeted him next.

The advantage is that this powerful weapon doesn't give anyone time to suffer; it's like a bullet already fired—kill one, then immediately kill the second, without making anyone wait anxiously.

"Then there is only one option..."

At this moment, Han Su felt nothing but immense repression, yet he still acted on instinct, intending to trigger the descent of the shimmering light.

Even knowing that the castle might now be a trap set by Dr. Strange, they still want to go back.

But the anomaly occurred at this point.

"Tick-tock tick-tock..."

The exceptionally clear sound of rotating mechanical fragments rang in my ears, seemingly drowning out all the surrounding noise.

Han Su was momentarily dazed, because he had only just begun to accept the arrival of the flashing light, and had not yet actually activated the No. 01 mechanical fragment. So the ticking sound seemed a bit premature...

Wait, Han Su suddenly realized that the one currently in operation wasn't mechanical fragment 01, but fragment 02, and this fragment hadn't started on its own at all...

He suddenly realized something and looked up in disbelief.

Looking up, he saw what was happening to Ms. Shen. Her figure seemed to be shrouded in a distorted and blurry air, and her shattered and annihilated head was rapidly regenerating under the influence of a powerful force, becoming perfectly intact.

However, this was useless, because she had already been locked onto by the light cannon.

She had only recovered for less than half a second when the Annihilation Beam Cannon sensed her abnormality and immediately blasted down.

The continuous falling caused her to enter a bizarre state unlike anything she had ever experienced before.

Han Su felt a chill run down his spine.

"The power of the throne once fell into my hands."

At that moment, a wisp of Ms. Shen's spiritual power was transmitted from the crystal skull to Han Su, and she appeared remarkably calm: "I have used its power countless times to simulate the divine descent plan, repair the ancient castle, and build the twelve altars."

"Only now do I realize that I was hurting you time and time again. But thankfully, I still remember the password and understand this machine..." "He wanted to use this method to force you back to the castle, so I will use this machine to create an opportunity for you..."

"..."

These words instantly made Han Su understand what she was doing, and the blood in his body seemed to stop flowing.

The mechanical fragment No. 02 was something I obtained from her.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, she is indeed more familiar with this mechanical fragment than I am. Previously, I used this mechanical fragment to establish a connection with mechanical fragment No. 01, which allowed me to perform a certain degree of time rewind after the flash.

However, in Ms. Shen's hands, she utilized the mechanical fragment's ability to restore things to their original state.

At this moment, even though she was already locked onto by the annihilation beam, she had already activated the mechanical fragment. Therefore, after she was killed by the annihilation beam, the mechanical fragment took effect, and she came back to life.

But then, the annihilation beam detected that she was still alive and immediately killed her again. This happened again and again, in a loop, trapping the annihilation beam in a cycle.

No, it's not just a cycle!

This has two effects: firstly, the annihilation beam will not lock onto Han Su until she is completely dead.

Another possibility is that she is even using this method to deplete the power of the annihilation beam.

Any powerful weapon requires resources to be used effectively!

Being bound to mechanical fragments in this way leads to repeated pointless consumption, and the power of the annihilation beam cannon may even be exhausted by herself.

"But this..."

He rationally understood what was going on, but Han Su suddenly trembled all over, his teeth chattering.

Death after death, repair after repair—what must that feel like...?

How could she have come up with such a method...?

"You need to be smart and rational enough to avoid doing pointless things..."

Just as Han Su felt his brain was about to explode, Shen's last words echoed from within the crystal skull:

"Consider it as me using this method to wash away the sins I've committed..."

"..."

"Om..."

As these final words were uttered, the crystal skull, which Han Su was still holding in his arms, suddenly began to release endless crystal brilliance.

These lights seemed to have a life of their own, spreading rapidly throughout the city.

At this moment, whether it was the captain of the three hundred-story building who was already waiting to die, the patrolling knights, or the candidates of the golden race, they all looked at Han Su in horror, and thus, they also saw this crystal brilliance.

This radiance is active; once it enters someone else's brain, it begins to cause intense pollution.

Even a powerful figure like the Captain of the 300th Floor or other patrol knights can prevent these active substances from contaminating themselves, but they cannot stop them from spreading to others.

Thus, through the refraction of countless eyes, the radiance of the crystal skull was rapidly traversing the entire city in an eerie manner.

Of course, this is also related to the current situation.

The appearance of the Annihilation Cannon and the downfall of the Xu family in Lin Yuan City have left the city virtually defenseless, with the strength of the physical defenses completely unactivated.

Even the investigators and enforcers of the Disaster Management Bureau realized that the city was undergoing a major change, so no one had the mind to come and stop anything. The city was a vacuum to Crystal Skull.

When she first confronted the Consciousness Kingdom, Ms. Shen had already set up a series of mental circuits, intending to create a temporary Consciousness Kingdom. Now, that Consciousness Kingdom has been consumed, but these foundations have also helped her accelerate the pollution of the city.

Something's not right...

Outside Lin Yuan City, atop two golden pillars, the figure who had arrived with the eccentric doctor saw the city's splendor and was clearly somewhat surprised.

One of them spoke up quickly: "This crystal skull wasn't part of the original plan, and it's been activated so powerfully. Could it possibly affect the Doctor's plans?"

Another person sighed, "Even if it causes an impact, there's nothing we can do. At this point, no one can get involved..."

……

"Stop, there's no need for this..."

At that moment, Han Su had already reached out, intending to forcibly remove the mechanical fragments from Ms. Shen's body.

Only by being released can she truly die and no longer suffer like this.

"Don't stop me..."

But the moment he took a step, the consciousness within the crystal skull violently spilled out, almost knocking Han Su back. Madam Shen's voice carried a soft sigh: "I can help you stop the annihilation beam, and I can also thwart his plan..."

"These are just things I should do..."

"..."

Things that should be done...

This was the second time she had mentioned it, and Han Su suddenly understood all her intentions.

"As a mother, I want to protect my child."

"So using repeated deaths to reverse-lock the annihilation beam cannon is the right thing to do."

"As a woman, I am intelligent and talented. If it weren't for him, I could have accomplished many remarkable things. He has no right to be arrogant in front of me..."

"Showing my abilities is something I should do..."

"..."

As the soft, gentle voice reached Han Su's ears, Ms. Shen was in the moment when the mechanical fragments had once again reverted to their normal human form.

Under the dazzling beam of light, she stared intently at Han Su, then gently waved her hand. The next moment, the crystal skull at the center of the endless radiance instantly emitted a dazzling light, connecting with the entire city.

Han Su held the crystal skull in his hands, as if he were standing in an endless matrix of crystal skulls. As far as the eye could see, matter became illusory, with only crystal skulls surrounding the space around him.

At the same time, the annihilation beams above Lin Yuan City began to dim, and one could even hear screams of panic echoing from the depths of the mental turbulence.

The mysterious effects that mechanical fragments can achieve are beyond anyone's imagination.

Theoretically, only a few seconds had passed, but Ms. Shen had already consumed too much of the annihilation beam's energy, causing the organization that was activating the annihilation beam to fall into chaos.

Everything was in chaos. Activating the annihilation beam cannon required meticulous calculations, but at this moment, the calculations had fallen into a complete contradiction.

"Now, you have the opportunity to slowly see through his plan..."

In that instant when the surroundings were filled with dazzling light, Ms. Shen's voice calmly rang in Han Su's ears: "Child, don't be afraid of that man..."

"He is really good at attacking people's psychology. What's scary about him is not his intelligence, but that he knows he is very smart and is used to taking the opportunity to attack others, as if you are powerless to resist him and everything is in his hands."

“But I know him. I know he’s just taking advantage of your lack of information to target you precisely.”

"If you fall for his tricks, he can not only drive you to a dead end, but also destroy your mindset and turn you into his puppet."

"But in reality..."

"If he were really that powerful, how could you have survived from the age of ten until now?"

"..."

As she said this, her voice held only relief, even a hint of pride: "This time, he didn't have a chance to force you back to the castle, and if his goal was merely to write your name into Contract No. 02, then I think he was destined to fail..."

"Because, as the son of the eldest daughter of the Shen family Earl of Southeast Yecheng, your name was already written into Contract No. 02 from the moment you were born..."

"It's just that this is my selfish wish as a mother, and he doesn't know it..."

"..."

"..."

At the same time, in the underground facilities of Zhen Dan City, an old man dressed in a Zhongshan suit noticed the rapid depletion of the annihilation beam cannon's energy and was extremely anxious, but he was even more worried about the report from his subordinates.

He lunged forward, slamming his fist against the railing, and roared, "What alteration marks? What...did they change?"

"them……"

The panic in the voice of the person who rushed in to report was unimaginable: "They've gone mad... They used a gold pen to erase the entire Contract No. 02..."

(End of this chapter)