A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 204 Promotion by Deceiving the Mentor, Spirit Realm

The situation deteriorated rapidly. The chaos instigated by Xu Lie caught the teachers and parents at the front of the march completely off guard. They had no idea what had happened or how things had suddenly turned out this way.

No matter how much they advised or reprimanded them, the young students, already consumed by greed, completely ignored them and happily began their zero-yuan shopping spree.

This march was jointly planned by multiple schools and teachers' unions, resulting in a large number of marches, with demonstrations taking place in almost every street.

Thanks to this, when one street rioted, the neighboring street quickly responded.

The riots began to escalate rapidly, and the young people in other marching groups, seeing this, could no longer control the situation.

At an age when they are easily influenced by those around them, seeing so many of their peers' "passionate" behavior, they also joined in, chanting the slogan of "financial pain".

Instantly, downtown San Francisco descended into chaos.

The entire protest has been distorted beyond recognition. What was originally just a celebration for passionate students, and which people unrelated to the education sector didn't take seriously, has become completely distorted.

They all stood by and watched the spectacle, because it had nothing to do with them.

But seeing how much the students enjoyed buying things for free, how could they resist?

Not to mention Xu Lie, who flaunts various luxury goods in public, constantly committing fraud and escalating the situation recklessly.

This attracted many outsiders who were not originally going to participate in the march, who, seeing the huge profits involved, also joined in.

It is well known that the more people join, the less rational the group becomes.

Soon, looting and vandalism were no longer enough to satisfy the chaotic public sentiment.

Some reckless and irrational individuals have started setting fire to trash cans and even shops to vent their years of resentment.

The once peaceful and beautiful city life has been turned into flames and thick smoke in the blink of an eye.

The San Francisco police could no longer sit idly by. They had initially only deployed a portion of their force to maintain basic order, but now that things had come to this, they had to mobilize the entire force.

They attempted to declare the assembly illegal, thus justifying the use of violence. Initially, they only used stun guns to subdue a small number of rioters and took out handcuffs to prepare for arrests.

How could Xu Lie stand by and watch his 'good brothers' be arrested? Without resorting to violence, he relied solely on a few words to incite his companions to carry out the rescue.

Outnumbered, San Francisco police officers were overwhelmed by the mob. Learning from this experience, and for their own safety, the officers used rubber bullets and tear gas.

This was used to confront and disperse the rioters, but it was not very effective.

What was originally just a few streets became a chaotic mess, spreading outwards like a virus infecting leaves, as the rioters roamed around.

Faced with such chaos, the San Francisco police force was woefully inadequate; the sheer number of officers made it impossible for them to maintain control.

Despite the riots, a few people remained rational and took photos with their phones, uploading them to the internet.

In addition, several media outlets that had been filming the protests also urgently broadcast news that the protests had turned into riots.

The information was quickly collected by the AI ​​Norma and transmitted back to Kassel. In addition, the thirteen hybrid alliances in North America, as local powers, also received the news.

But whether it was Kassel or the thirteen North American companies, they all just glanced at them and then ignored them.

Protests and riots? No big deal.

In this country, it's perfectly normal for protests to turn into riots. Besides, Norma's assessment showed it was just a regular riot, with no trace of any degenerate hybrids. So what does it matter?
Even glancing at them is a waste of their time.

Because of Xu Lie's constant instigation, the riot spread extremely rapidly, leaving people completely baffled.

Why could the riots affect half of San Francisco in just a few hours?

Xu Lie sensed the surrounding flames and thick smoke, listened to the continuous roars, complaints, and curses, and moved away from the crowd.

Find a random building, climb to the rooftop, and concoct a potion to deceive your mentor.

The Deceive the Mentor Potion is much more appealing than the Parasite Potion of the past. It is a clear, bright green, much like a carefully blended cocktail. It is not as thick as vegetable juice, but rather quite light.

A quick glance outside revealed rioters in a frenzy of looting and vandalism, restrictions on normal people's movement, hot-tempered residents pulling out firearms, and San Francisco police officers taking a break to save their own lives.

The order of half of San Francisco is crumbling. "It's time." Xu Lie, as usual, released more than a dozen Time Worms he always carried with him, with his clones standing guard around him, just in case.

After setting up his clone, Xu Lie's main body drank the potion in one gulp. It was cool, refreshingly cool, like drinking a full bottle of ice-cold Sprite on a hot summer day when you're sweating profusely.

Before I could even feel comfortable, the potion began to seep into my body and soul, and my body and soul simultaneously felt the tearing sensation of countless insects.

His body and soul seemed to be crawling with tiny insects, which were keen to tear him apart, intending to rip Xu Lie's body and soul into fragments corresponding to their tiny size.

There was no time to feel the excruciating pain in both body and soul.

Fortunately, the promotion ceremony was large enough. What was originally a ceremony that only required a small village was turned into a ceremony on the scale of half a big city by Xu Lie.

The vast chaos orchestrated by Xu Lie, the beautiful collapse of order in half the city, resonated strangely with Xu Lie's body and soul at that moment, from a mystical perspective.

This immediately diverted the attention of many magical insects, who were confused and deceived, mistaking this wonderful chaos for Xu Lie's physical body and soul.

It devours and tears at the visible and the invisible chaos.

This would give Xu Lie ample time to pinpoint the exact location of each insect.

Instead of the insects actively gnawing and tearing at it, Xu Lie himself assimilated and merged with them.

The body is crawling with insects, and the body gradually and actively divides into countless parts the same size as the insects, devouring and accommodating them. The soul does the same, actively subdividing and merging with the corresponding insects.

On the rooftop of the skyscraper, more than a dozen of Xu Lie's clones quietly watched the changes in his main body. After taking the magic potion, the main body flickered like a phantom.

One moment it remains whole, the next it differentiates into thousands of tiny, transparent worms, as if the whole person is composed of transparent worms.

Before the clones could take a closer look, a strange gray mist began to spread before their eyes.

……

Deep in the Arctic Ocean, a peculiar rhythm lingers, unseen and unheard by anyone.

For many years, in this unreachable depths, that peculiar rhythm has maintained a fixed pace, never changing.

At that moment, the strange rhythm suddenly twisted, and after a moment, it returned to its usual rhythm.

In Norway, Pompeii Gattuso was traveling with his beautiful girlfriend, on a romantic trip to see the Northern Lights. However, he suddenly lost interest in his girlfriend and stared at the sky in silence for a long time.

What is this...? Pompeii couldn't understand. Something incredibly unfamiliar yet immense had suddenly appeared in the world. Damn it, was this the Black King's backup plan? What on earth was it?!

Deep within the unknown facility, a being resembling someone nailed to the ground by a spear in the Bible slowly opened its eyes, causing Lu Mingze to be filled with astonishment.

What exactly is it? How can something so massive have such a profound impact on the entire world?

Xu Lie's main body was also drawn by the gray mist. After his body and soul actively subdivided and devoured the insects, he also saw the gray mist.

Upon seeing the Source Castle above the gray fog, the Source Castle trembled slightly, establishing a further and deeper connection with Xu Lie.

Xu Lie inexplicably felt as if some invisible thing, which had been sealed off by the vast universe, had been completely unlocked, leaving no barrier between him and the Source Castle.

The Source Castle trembled even more violently, as if emitting a silent joy, as if it had completely descended upon this universe.

The gray fog surged and spread uncontrollably, expanding irrationally in all directions from Xu Lie's core at an incredible speed.

That was an expansion in a mystical sense; the gray fog filled the entire universe at the speed of folding space. In an hour? Or in a second?

As the gray fog gradually dissipated, what appeared before Xu Lie's eyes was not the rooftop of the real world, but a bizarre and surreal scene.

This place is comparable to the depths of the cosmic void, with its edges resembling an endless, boundless darkness. Yet, high above, hangs that strangely familiar Source Castle.

This place contains indescribable forms, some even transparent to the point of seeming nonexistent. I saw one after another spirits of different shapes, and countless mysterious symbols were scattered around.

Everything was so transparent and illusory, like the information of the entire universe, the spirit of the entire universe, mixed and intertwined here.

This is… Xu Lie suddenly realized—the spirit world?!

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