Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 355 The Mutant Extraterrestrial Intelligent Entity
"Scottine, how's it going on site?"

As Sgorchen led his soldiers out of the core area, he heard Yelena's questioning voice.

She raised her hand and pressed her earpiece: "I'm sorry, Governor, the soldiers in the core area have suffered heavy casualties! It's my fault as the commander!"

"Don't blame yourself. This is beyond your control. The enemy's plot was so well-planned that even the Siamese Fighters couldn't detect it beforehand. What could you, as the on-site commander, do... Sgorchen, are you injured?"

"Thank you, Governor. I'm fine. I'm currently leading the wounded soldiers away from the core area, and then I plan to return with the reinforcements from the outer perimeter."

"Go back? Why?"

"I need to monitor and confirm the feeding status of the alien intelligent beings. If the remaining parasites on site are insufficient, and the living dead created by Guan Tong cannot meet their needs, then it will be necessary to notify the residents of nearby towns and areas to evacuate!"

"Isn't the teacher with you? And why isn't he on this communication channel anymore?"

"His communicator may have been damaged in the battle. He said he would stay and look for an opportunity to ask questions. Governor, rest assured, he saved many soldiers this time, and I will do my best to ensure his safety."

"Yes, you all need to be careful. Remember, if things become unfeasible, evacuate immediately. Staying alive is more important than anything else."

"Yes, I understand."

At this moment, soldiers from several lines of defense around the landing site came to meet them, and Stochastic immediately made arrangements.

She ordered the unharmed soldiers on the outer perimeter to transport the wounded soldiers in the core area to the nearest medical center, while she herself led a full battalion back to the core area.

As the commander of the landing site, if she were to leave without assessing the risks posed by the alien intelligence, it would be tantamount to completely abandoning her responsibilities.

Her previous departure was solely for the evacuation of a large number of wounded soldiers. Without her as commander, the troops were likely to collapse due to low morale.

Now that the wounded soldiers have been received, she naturally wants to go back immediately.

Before leaving, she made a special trip to Shangyuan Zi.

"I am worried that there might be ambushes or attacks by enemy elite Ascended soldiers along the way, so I would like to ask you to leave with the wounded soldiers. With your strength, you can protect these people."

She had originally thought that Shangyuan Zi would refuse and would ask to return to the core area of ​​the landing site with her, so she had prepared some persuasive words for this purpose.

Unexpectedly, Shang Yuanzi nodded in agreement upon hearing this, and did not insist on going back to find Guan Tong.

This made Sgorchin realize that Guan Tong and his companion with strange snake eyes had a tacit understanding and each knew what to do.

After watching everyone leave, she immediately led a heavy weapons battalion back, her eyes resolute.

If the attacks by the Parasite Ascendants cause a severe food shortage, and Guan Tong's undead cannot fill the gap... then she must buy time for the residents of nearby towns to evacuate.

This is why she chose to lead the heavy weapons battalion back. If that moment comes, even if human weapons cannot destroy the alien intelligent entity, they can at least delay it for a while.

……

The core area of ​​the landing site.

Guan Tong watched as the alien intelligent entity continuously devoured the remaining parasites, silently calculating the remaining number in his mind.

The Human Alliance made thorough preparations for this questioning, with nearly 100,000 parasites transported from various countries and the front lines of the coalition forces.

The enemy was clearly aware of the Human-Human Alliance's plan, so this time they sent several hundred Parasite Ascendants carrying a large number of psychic bombs to disguise themselves as ordinary parasites and successfully infiltrate the landing site to create chaos.

Such a large-scale all-in bet implies that the leader of the parasites has always had some knowledge of the human side's intelligence.

"It's possible that the top leadership of a member state of the Human Alliance has been infiltrated by the parasite, or it's possible that the intelligence obtained by the Fire Stealers Cult was shared with the parasite leader."

Guan Tong guessed in his heart. In any case, he felt that after this incident, the Human Alliance would definitely need to conduct a serious self-examination.

However, it is unclear whether there are enough parasites left to meet the needs of the problem, given that too many have been killed by psychic bombs and poison gas.

If the problem consumes about the same amount of resources as last time, then the number of parasites should be sufficient. If it consumes more than last time, then it will be necessary to summon undead to fill the gap.

The effect of the item 【Corpse Whistle】is to consume 20 points of mental energy and summon 3 undead.

Although the living dead were weak, they provided Guan Tong with a lot of help in the early stages, and since there was no cooldown time limit, he kept the item.

With the existence of his stored mental energy, he can summon 3 for every 20 points of mental energy consumed. He can use 10,000 points of his stored mental energy to create 1500 undead as food for the alien intelligent beings.

1,500 might not seem like much, but Guan Tong didn't only have 10,000 units of mental energy in reserve. Moreover, his previous plan was that using his reserve mental energy to summon some undead, along with the remaining parasites at the scene, should be enough.

but now……

Ok?
Guan Tong discovered that when there were only four or five truckloads of parasites left, the alien intelligent entity stopped devouring them and completed the feeding process.

He did not approach rashly, but instead sent his shadow to it to listen for the answer.

He was certainly interested in what the answer to the question, “What is the sixteenth rule of the end times?”

Moreover, like the other members of the joint committee, he was most interested not in the answer itself, but in whether the answer could predict the future.

If the extraterrestrial intelligent entity does provide an answer, Guan Tong has no doubt that the Human Alliance will frantically ask questions during the remaining two or three days of the rule period.

What is the seventeenth rule of the apocalypse? What is the eighteenth rule of the apocalypse? What is the nineteenth rule? What is the twentieth rule? As long as the food is not used up, it is not impossible to keep asking all forty-nine rules.

Even if that means that, in addition to the parasites, a large number of humans will inevitably be used as food... that will never stop those in positions of power from making decisions.

Guan Tong, having experienced so much, is well aware of just how crazy things humans can do.

"The Sixteenth Rule of the End Times."

A deep voice emanated from the alien intelligent entity. Guan Tong heard it through the hearing shared by the shadow, and his pupils contracted.

Could this guy really be...?

"The sixteenth rule of the apocalypse." It repeated itself, and Guan Tong was slightly taken aback. Then, the situation turned sour.

"Sixteenth rule of the apocalypse. Error, error detected... self-check initiated... error..."

what happened?

Guan Tong saw the pool of alien black mud begin to churn and roll on the ground, like a broken machine constantly restarting.

Is it true that questions related to the rules of the apocalypse can't be asked, or it will cause the system to malfunction? This thing... is it a machine? But the rules clearly state it's an 'intelligent entity,' so what is it...?

"Error, self-check failed... Forced restore in progress..."

The alien intelligent entity kept emitting strange sounds, some of which Guan Tong could understand, and others were in languages ​​he couldn't comprehend.

He sensed that this guy was showing signs of breaking down or mutating, but he hadn't even asked his own question yet!

To get this opportunity, he went to great lengths, even agreeing to stay in Sisia as her bodyguard for a while. If all that effort resulted in no questions being asked, then these past two weeks would have been a complete waste of time!

Guan Tong's eyes narrowed, and regardless of what was going on with this alien intelligent entity, she forcefully carried out her plan.

"Shadow Domain".

The overwhelming shadows spread out, covering the area where he and the alien intelligent entity were located, forming a dark space that isolated him from the spying of external satellites.

He then took out a book from his pocket and asked directly, "Is my time travel related to this [Wordless Book]?"

This was the question he most wanted to know. He didn't ask if it was related to the Fire Thieves, because he had always felt that the power of the [Book Without Words] was extremely special and completely different from other mental artifacts.

This ability, which allows for the creation of an unlimited number of items as long as one has sufficient mental power, and which can almost make the user's "wishes come true," is completely incomparable to any other item.

If this prop was specially prepared for him by the Fire Thief, then what was the reason? What makes him special?

If this prop wasn't prepared for him by the Fire Thief, could there be some deeper reason related to his time travel?

As early as the beginning of the apocalypse, he was determined to explore the truth of everything, including his own time travel. The purpose of establishing the Origin Tracing Brigade was also for this purpose, which is why he was not tempted by the wealth and glory that many people pursued.

Nearly two years have passed since he made up his mind, and the investigation into the truth has yielded little result.

So even though the hope was slim, he still raised the question, hoping to get some answers from this advanced civilization individual who seemed to possess a space jump spaceship.

He wasn't worried about revealing anything by doing so. If the Fire Thief had really been observing all along, he couldn't possibly be unaware of the power of this "Book Without Words," after all, he had used its power to "cheate" many times.

So... will there be an answer?

Guan Tong looked expectantly at the rolling alien intelligent entity, which resembled a slab of sticky black mud. Upon hearing his question, the rolling body suddenly froze.

what happened?

According to the normal procedure, after a question is raised, the extraterrestrial intelligence will first consume food before giving an answer.

However, after Guan Tong asked the question this time, it did not follow this logic. Instead, it seemed to get stuck and remained in place.

Guan Tong frowned slightly as the pool of alien black mud suddenly rolled toward him!

"!"

Guan Tong was startled and quickly retreated.

This thing isn't supposed to attack the person asking the question, is it? And there are so many parasites between me and it... Is it because of the question I asked?

The alien intelligence's mutation caught Guan Tong by surprise. He kept running to create distance between himself and it, while manipulating his shadow to grab the parasite and throw it at it. But it ignored him completely and chased after him!

Although this guy's speed wasn't exactly top-notch, his stamina seemed limitless. Guan Tong tried to use the Shadow Shift technique to switch positions with the shadow in the opposite direction in the far distance, and found that it immediately turned around and chased after him.

If this guy doesn't stop until one of them is dead...

Guan Tong took a deep breath to calm herself down.

He watched as the alien black mud surged toward him rapidly, raised his palm, and tried to conjure a small space to fight to the death.

But then, a talisman appeared in his palm.

It was the [Silver Clone Talisman] that he had previously opened from the box, which could create a clone with one-fifth of his own mental power.

I don't know if it will work, but I can only give it a try.

Guan Tong used a prop, and a clone of herself immediately appeared.

The main body and the clone ran off in two different directions. The next moment, Guan Tong realized that this was not good. It seemed to have the ability to distinguish and was still chasing after the main body!
why?
The clone and the original are completely identical in some respects, except for the difference in mental power. How can it be distinguished?
And this guy...

Wait, is it really chasing me?
Guan Tong thought about the question she had raised, and how it relentlessly pursued her, its original form.

He glanced down at the wordless book placed inside his chest.

Could it be that this alien intelligent entity isn't chasing me, but rather this book?
The clone created using the [Silver Clone Talisman] does not carry the [Wordless Book]. You can find out by testing it!
Guan Tong took out the book, summoned her shadow, and ran to the other side with it. Sure enough, the black mud immediately abandoned its pursuit of Guan Tong and instead chased after the shadow.

Upon seeing this, Guan Tong immediately summoned Shadow back. After retrieving the [Wordless Book], he directly stored it in the storage box on his terminal panel.

The storage box exists only in the non-real space of the panel. He wanted to see how that alien black mud would chase after him.

The moment the wordless book vanished from his hand, the alien intelligence froze in place, then went limp with a "crack"...

Guan Tong stopped running, looked at the thing lying on the ground, frowned, and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)