Monsters: Evolving from Titans to Ancient Gods

Chapter 222 The Mad Warrior and the King of Madmen

On a planet in the Star Sea, something horrifying is happening right now.

Warships, some thousands of meters in size, lay in near-Earth orbit around the planet, continuously dropping airdrop pods onto this bustling planet.

The weapons that were supposed to protect the planet's surface were completely silenced, as if they had been forcibly shut down, leaving the drop pods to tear through the atmosphere and crash into the cities on the surface.

As the airdrop pod slowed down, spewing flames, it crashed heavily onto the ground, raising a cloud of dust. The pod door opened with a hoarse screech, and a series of burly, heavily armored figures emerged from it.

As these warriors, clad in blue-painted armor with enormous helmets and furious expressions, tore through the dust and set foot on the ground, the piercing screams of men and women echoed through the city.

Looking up, everything in sight was engulfed in flames. The impact of one airdrop pod after another had caused fires, forcing people to flee in terror.

Many children ran wildly through the streets, chasing after warriors who were also clad in heavy armor.

The captain looked at the scene before him and nodded in satisfaction. These young men were full of energy and were definitely qualified to be one of them.

Become a glorious space warrior!

At the captain's command, the heavily armored soldiers who had been following behind him instantly seemed to be released from their restraints, and pounced on the children around them like mad dogs unleashed from their cages.

During their charge, they even let out excited, wicked roars to intimidate their unfortunate chosen ones.

"BOYS!!"

"Ah!!" As the burly warrior's roar subsided, the warriors along the entire street paused for a moment, then let out even sharper cries and scattered in all directions.

But no matter whether they hide on rooftops or in trees, they will be caught by these superhuman warriors.

Even hiding in the basement or even the sewers, they could only watch helplessly as these soldiers smashed through the walls and floor with a single punch, grabbing the terrified child amidst chilling grins and stuffing him into a sack.

The soldiers throughout the city went into a frenzy, grabbing all the boys and stuffing them into sacks. These boys were not only future comrades-in-arms to them, but also vessels for the resurrection of their former comrades, and might even become vessels for their own future resurrection.

After doing all that, the bored soldiers started shooting each other with passion, using laser guns to crack open their comrades' heads, blood splattering with their laughter, as if they were having a lot of fun doing so.

Despite this, they precisely avoided the location of their most vital organ, the sacred egg, so that even if they died, they could be resurrected quickly.

Before long, all the crazed warriors fell, their blood staining the street. The apothecary, dressed in white armor, walked over as if nothing had happened, collected the warriors' holy eggs, and then left as if nothing had occurred.

Longbo's phantom stood on a desolate planet in outer space, and upon seeing this scene, he couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

Although Chi learned from his casual conversation with the King of Space that the King of Space's warriors were crazy, Longbo never imagined that they would be this crazy.

"No wonder the King of Space is so desperate, even hiding himself away and refusing to see them. There's a reason why the King of Space can't stand them."

Seeing this, Longbo silently shook his head. Putting himself in his shoes, if he himself hid away and his subordinates were this crazy, and these warriors were also incredibly loyal, he would probably also hide far away.

Or perhaps they would lock these shameful creatures up and not let them out unless something serious happens.

Only now did Longbo fully realize how genuine the regret on the face of the King of Space had been.

This is outrageous, I can't bear to watch it.

As Longbo's gaze shifted to the spaceship far away in near-Earth orbit, the rapid events unfolding inside it were also revealed to him.

One by one, the little boys were fixed in place, their limbs and heads bound. The Holy Egg Implantation Device was activated, and the boy's high-top toys were removed without any aids. Then, two large, blank Holy Eggs were implanted into his body.

Then, in less than a few seconds, the originally thin and short little boy was transformed into a genetically modified warrior who was several meters tall and had a strong physique.

As the knowledge implantation device intervenes and envelops the newborn warrior's head, a memory and code loyal to the King of Space envelop the warrior's mind.

As the heavy armor was sculpted and shaped onto the newborn warrior in mere moments, a fervent shout erupted from his mouth: "Bravo—King of Space!!"

In just a few seconds, a skinny boy was transformed into a powerful space warrior, a terrifying war machine on the stars.

Only a few alien races were able to penetrate their armor and kill them.

Or perhaps, races that lack the ability to penetrate such armor are simply not fit to survive in this universe.

Even if these space warriors are killed, they can be quickly resurrected.

For example—another surgery is taking place in a compartment on the other side of the warship.

While both involve implanting sacred eggs into the body, the difference is that these sacred eggs are not blank; instead, they are engraved with various information and memories of the warriors.

As these sacred eggs were implanted into the boys' bodies, the information contained within them quickly resurrected the fallen warriors, allowing them to don their heavy armor once more.

This is the power of the Holy Egg modification surgery developed by the King of Space. As long as there are no accidents with the Holy Egg, these powerful space warriors can be resurrected without injury and put back into battle even if they die.

Whether it's adding new recruits or reviving veterans, it only takes a few seconds to complete.

Even Longbo, upon seeing this, had to admire the brilliance of the Space King's methods.

Although your subordinates can be resurrected after they die, without your intervention, the resurrection process takes quite a while.

These space warriors are quite something; they can be resurrected in just a few seconds.

Of course, these space warriors, in terms of both strength and strategic positioning, cannot compare with the giant units under their command.

Strictly speaking, these warships floating in space are the units that correspond to Longbo.

Of course, Longbo believed that his warriors were not as insane as the space warriors under the Space King.

Even the most fanatical fungal monsters, while fiercely combative, will quiet down if no battle is taking place, using their unique abilities to nourish the planet's natural environment.

These crazy warriors seem to have many names: Spirit Warriors, Space Warriors, Will Warriors, but Longbo thinks that, given their behavior, they should be called Crazy Warriors.

However, these crazy warriors don't seem to be like this every moment.

Seemingly to prevent these lunatics from causing trouble, the Space King's empire has also taken many measures.

For example, the use of artificial intelligence as a device to issue tasks to them has also left behind many alien civilizations, allowing them to thrive in the galaxy.

This is not a matter of the King of Space trusting artificial intelligence or pitying these alien civilizations.

Rather, it's because humans simply cannot accept these lunatics; only artificial intelligence with a strong capacity for acceptance can accomplish this task.

As for those alien civilizations—

Their survival in the empire of the Space King, a empire centered on human supremacy, is purely because the Space King wants to give his eccentric subordinates something to do.

Even Longbo could see that if the mad warriors could act this crazy under these circumstances, who knows what kind of trouble they would cause for the Empire and the universe if they were left idle.

Moreover, Longbo could tell that the planet was a recruitment site specially prepared by the Empire for these crazy warriors. All the children were born through genetic engineering, so the entire planet was almost entirely populated by children.

The only adults are active in the laboratory, and the entire planet exists solely to satisfy the recruitment of mad warriors and, incidentally, their perverse pleasures.

After all, even if the conditions for implantation of the sacred egg are very low, there should still be issues of compatibility. These reserve eggs are products of high compatibility genes selected by science and mass-produced, and they all look basically the same.

Longbo stood on this desolate planet, watching warships enter the subspace, appear in another world, and fight against the aliens.

On that planet, Longbo saw that these soldiers, organized into squads, were initially able to carry out the tasks assigned to them by the artificial intelligence.

But as time went on, they suddenly fell ill, their behavior became unpredictable, their mental state became extremely deranged, and their destructive power increased dramatically.

During the battle, these soldiers, frustrated, shut down their communications with their superiors, completely unaware that they had gone to the wrong planet to carry out their mission.

After cracks appeared in the armor protecting the sacred egg, they were so enraged that they were about to unleash an extermination bomb capable of killing the entire alien race on the planet.

Although the process was stopped by a rational pastor on the grounds that it could not seriously damage the environment, it still left a deep impression on Lombard.

In subsequent operations, Longbo saw that these crazy warriors were extremely prone to coming up with ideas, making their actions increasingly unpredictable. A simple task would always be messed up by them before it could be completed.

This series of events left Longbo in awe.

Only after all the soldiers on this recruiting planet had left did the adults in the laboratory reluctantly dispatch a large number of engineering robots to repair the city and decorate the houses with all sorts of whimsical items.

Meanwhile, inside the underground laboratory, they once again began using excellent, highly compatible genes to breed the next batch of candidate Mad Warriors.

While this may seem inhumane, it is seen as necessary by the people of the Empire. If the Empire doesn't provide clone candidates for these mad warriors of the Space King to exploit, then they might just go and exploit other naturally born children on other planets.

In their view, it is a very profitable thing to protect batches of naturally born children with a batch of short-lived clone candidates.

After all the madmen had left, the ruler of this universe, the supreme ruler of the human empire—the King of Space—torn open a rift in the subspace.

He peeked out, glancing left and right, his eyes constantly scanning his surroundings, as if afraid of being discovered by his group of lunatics who would then come and wreak havoc on him.

Although his strength even surpasses that of Lonbo, he still instinctively adopts this posture, which once again proves how deep the psychological trauma the Mad Warrior inflicted on the King of Space is.

"You—it hasn't been easy for you either."

Looking at the King of Space's sneaky and underhanded behavior, Longbo shook his head with a sigh.

The human ruler next door was turned into a dried-up corpse by his own eldest son and sat on the toilet for ten thousand years. Although his counterpart defeated the four gods with his elbows, he was driven insane by his own subordinates and none of them lived a good life.

"Shh, keep your voice down."

However, the King of Space still looked guilty, like a thief, peeking out of the rift and looking around, before extending his golden hand to beckon to Longbo.

"Come here, be quiet!"

"I don't want them to see me."

Longbo was speechless. This didn't seem like someone stronger than him at all; it was more like a dog thief.

But recalling the madness of those warriors just now, he felt relieved and realized that the King of Space's actions were somewhat understandable.

"Come here, don't let them see us!"

Seeing the King of Space urging him again, Longbo no longer hesitated and stepped into the subspace of this universe.

The scene that comes into view is a peaceful garden world, a planet with very beautiful scenery, where many kind human souls live.

Longbo's gaze extended into the depths, where many such planets existed in the subspace, where human souls who did not wish to be reincarnated lived.

Countless such planets were forged by the mighty power of the King of Space, occupying most of the subspace, seemingly similar to Luneburg's Garden.

In the areas untouched by the power of the King of Space, many extradimensional entities are hidden.

The King of Space's secluded retreat is in an inconspicuous little house on this planet beneath his feet.

Longbo looked at this subspace with great interest. This subspace was about the same size as the one he occupied, but it had four suspended authority points.

Longbo did not detect any trace of the previous owner of these powers, nor could he use this to judge the strength of this evil god.

Even when Lombard explored the remaining warp entities, he could not detect any trace of the Chaos God in their memories.

In their memory, there has only ever been one god in the entire subspace: the King of Space.

Clearly, the King of Space was very powerful, and he completely annihilated these evil gods. Even Longbo did not find much useful information.

As Longbo explored the memories of some subspace entities, a large number of entities trembled at Longbo's arrival. In the eyes of these entities, besides the sun that was shining brightly at that moment, something else had unexpectedly appeared in that bright and beautiful world.

It resembled a crawling, writhing shadow, or a towering silhouette clad in heavy armor, capable of supporting the subspace.

The overwhelming vitality seemed to cause people to instinctively transform into flesh and blood upon just one glance, growing wildly and abnormally.

Only when the outline withdrew its blue giant-like eyes did these surviving warp entities finally breathe a sigh of relief, restoring their distorted bodies.

Despite this, they still dared not make any major moves, instead hiding in their lair like humans holding their breath in a corner.

Although it was of no use, they still dared not make the slightest movement, for fear of attracting the attention of that silhouette.

Only after returning to his hidden corner did the King of Space relax, look at Longbo again, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"Long time no see. You've undergone tremendous changes. Both your strength and size have reached the level of a Chaos God."

"It seems that what I gave you was quite helpful." In the eyes of the King of Space, although he did not know how much time had passed in Longbo's world, he could tell from his phantom that his power could be called that of a chaotic god.

Moreover, the King of Space could sense that Longbo's power was still growing and would reach his level in a few hundred years.

In this subspace, the four evil gods who once resided here were no more than this.

However, the words of the King of Space surprised Longbo, who turned his attention back to the golden-haired man, making no attempt to hide his astonishment.

"In this subspace, is this all the chaotic gods are capable of? This is different from what I imagined."

It should be noted that Longbo has only begun to absorb other dimensions. Although his strength is greater than before, he is still somewhat inferior to the Four Gods.

But at this level, they're actually about the same as the Four Gods who reside here? In other words, the Four Gods here aren't that valuable?

Faced with Longbo's doubts, the King of Space was also puzzled, but he nodded and gave an affirmative answer: "Of course, it took me a lot of effort to kill them back then. Only after reaching this level did I have the power to truly and completely annihilate them."

The King of Space wasn't always this strong; he killed the Four Gods when he was around the same age as Longbo, and then experienced another leap in power.

Then, the King of Space seemed to connect the dots again, frowning as he asked, "You mean, the Four Gods residing in another warp are even stronger?"

He recalled what Longbo had mentioned about the Lord of Humanity when he first came here, and the situation there, and then belatedly realized: "Is it my alternate dimension counterpart—the Lord of Humanity's side?"

Upon hearing this, Longbo nodded, looking at the burly middle-aged man in front of him wearing heavy golden armor and a long cloak draped over his back, and said, "That's right. If the four gods here are only at my level, then your counterpart will face an even more troublesome situation."

"What level?" the King of Space asked.

"At least at the same level as you are now."

Longbo's answer caused a noticeable change in the King of Space's expression, and he gasped.

"Is it that difficult?"

"No wonder, as my alternate dimension counterpart, that human lord was beaten half to death and had to sit on a life support device to survive."

As a supreme being whose power is sufficient to cover the multiverse, the King of Space naturally knows how terrifying beings of his level are.

Initially, he had preconceived notions, assuming that the enemy the other party faced was similar to the one he was facing.

But at this moment, the King of Space realized just how terrifying the situation was for the counterpart who, according to Longbo, had suffered from low credibility due to his deceit and fraud and was now paralyzed from the waist down.

If the King of Space could put himself in that situation, he probably wouldn't fare much better.

Having observed the Space King's situation, Longbo quietly added, "His troubles go far beyond this."

"What?" the King of Space exclaimed in surprise.

besides?

"He was tricked and almost became the fifth Chaos God, leading all of humanity to 'ascend'."

"Even though he didn't succeed, he didn't come to a good end. The people there worshipped him as a god for ten thousand years, and now he's almost become like Him."

Longbo clearly explained that the Lord of Mankind originally intended to become the new god "Dark Lord," but although he failed, he was worshipped by humans for ten thousand years.

He then revealed that he was preparing to become the "God Emperor".

Upon hearing this, the King of Space fell completely silent. He suddenly realized that the human ruler, who was his counterpart in another universe, was exceptionally unlucky.

He not only has to face four chaotic deities at the multiverse level, but he also has to prevent himself from becoming a new chaotic deity.

As the being who killed the four "Chaos Gods," the Lord of Space knew that once the Lord of Humanity became the new Chaos God, it would mean the destruction of humanity.

This real universe will be torn apart, and human souls deeply bound to the Lord of Humanity will be devoured. Those who are lucky will be transformed into subordinate subspace entities of the new gods, while those who are unlucky will suffer eternal torment.

This is naturally unacceptable to a being who deeply loves humanity. This is true for the King of Space, and it is equally true for the Lord of Humanity.

However, judging from what Longbo said, humanity is facing an unsolvable dilemma.

He not only has to constantly face four malevolent chaotic gods, but he also has to prevent himself from ascending to godhood at any time.

Simply put, he has to fight against "himself" while also taking on the other four gods one-on-one. Undoubtedly, this is an unsolvable dilemma.

Although the Four Gods are probably similar to the four gatekeepers here, they all dislike each other and their fights are basically one-on-one against all the others, but it is still dangerous enough.

The King of Space was filled with a myriad of thoughts, which ultimately turned into a sigh. He felt regret and sympathy for his counterpart.

Even he himself felt there was no solution to this situation.

But soon, the King of Space seemed to realize something, his eyes burning as he looked at Longbo, as if filled with expectation, his armor rubbing and clanging together.

"Since you know all this and have the ability to leave your own multiverse, then—"

"I should be able to get there!"

The King of Space's gaze hardened; if he could, he wanted to help his other self.

He couldn't bear to see another version of himself, so similar to him, who loved humanity and was willing to give everything for it, suffer such a desperate calamity.

As the supreme leader of humanity, he also did not want to see humanity perish, even those subordinates who did not belong to his universe.

Therefore, the King of Space was willing to go there to lend a hand to his other self.

If one has their own help to face the other four gods, then the other self will be able to catch their breath and find a way to resolve the predicament of about to ascend to godhood.

If Longbo could do such a thing, then the King of Space would be willing to pay any price for it.

Hearing the words of the King of Space and feeling his eager gaze, Longbo's heart gradually grew more and more pleased; this was exactly what he had come for.

Facing the eager gaze of the King of Space, Longbo's voice came from the phantom, giving an affirmative answer: "Of course, that's why I came here."

The King of Space received a satisfactory answer, and his mood improved. This way, he could go to another universe to help another version of himself.

Myself, another version of myself, and Longbo, who is about to leap and ascend to my level.

As long as we buy time for our other self to resolve our predicament and return to normal, then the three of us working together can easily conquer subspace!

Although there is a difference in numbers between three and four.

But the King of Space responded, "Three people, three different strategies; the advantage lies with me!"

Longbo lowered the illusory head slightly, his gaze becoming meaningful: "I have invited the other two gods of order in my multiverse, as well as three powerful kingdoms, to purify the subspace."

As he spoke, Longbo raised his hand and threw out a ball of light, conveying the information about the subspace where the Lord of Humanity was located, the two Kingdoms of Light, a Kingdom, and the King of Ultra and Noah to the King of Space, so that he would know about his allies.

After reading the information, the King of Space's expression changed subtly once again. The first change was that the situation in the subspace was far more serious than he had imagined.

Another issue is that Longbo's prepared military force is too formidable. The combined forces of the two Lands of Light and the Kingdom, plus Longbo's own army, is a terrifying concept.

In addition, there were gods named King of Ultra and Noah, who radiated dazzling light, leaving a deep impression on the King of Space.

This is hardly a three-on-four fight, it's clearly a five-on-four fight, plus the army of idealistic beings that even the King of Space finds terrifying, it's unbelievably luxurious.

Without a doubt, this was a complete rout; five against four was enough to utterly crush them. Oh, and chaotic gods generally don't have mothers.

After learning this information, the King of Space instantly forgot about his earlier plan to have three players fight against each other.

After all, if you can outnumber the enemy, who still plays the game of winning with fewer troops? The King of Space may be a bit arrogant, but he's definitely not stupid.

The so-called human wave tactic may be dirty, but it is undeniably effective.

There's a saying in the 21st century, isn't there?

When dealing with these evil and unorthodox methods, there's no need to talk about chivalry or honor; everyone just needs to work together.

After processing this information, the King of Space looked at Longbo again. Although his expression was hidden by his mask, there was no significant emotional fluctuation around him.

Clearly, this incident did not seem to cause him any significant emotional distress.

This piqued the curiosity of the King of Space, who asked, "Longbo, why are you so eager to purify the subspace?"

Purifying the subspace is something that seems very strange to Longbo, a true subspace chaotic god.

The feeling it evoked in the King of Space was as bizarre as someone bringing a construction crew to tear down their luxurious home and then happily moving into a bare, unfinished Iraqi-style house.

Does Longbo really like living in an unfinished house?

No, it should be considered a matchbox.

Facing the King of Space, an ally who would fight alongside him hundreds of years later, Lombard made no attempt to conceal his true intentions: "I want to annex that warp, transform it into whatever I desire, and then further increase my own size."

"Is that so?" The King of Space pondered. This reason made sense, and he could also see that Longbo was following the path of merging with the world.

The ability to devour a subspace large enough to give birth to four chaotic gods at the multiverse level would indeed make Longbo's size even more terrifying, allowing him to go even further.

Longbo hadn't finished speaking, his eyes revealing a hint of lingering interest: "Also, I want to taste that Chaos God who has the same authority as me. I'm quite curious about His taste—"

"—"

"Who?" The King of Space exclaimed in disbelief, staring at Lombre as if he'd seen a ghost. "Nurgle? You want to taste His flavor?"

After seeing the information given by Lombre, the Lord of Space naturally knew what Nurgle was.

He originally had something similar here, although it wasn't as strong, but the feeling it gave him was still fresh in his memory.

The reason is simple: the taste is a bit pungent.

Longbo nodded. In fact, he had already tasted the flavor of a Chaos Lesser God back when he elbowed Ampera, but he was too busy at the time and swallowed it whole.

Ten thousand years later, I tasted the Lord of the Abyss and Itakua. Although the taste was a bit strange, it wasn't too bad.

Of course, Longbo knew that this was a kind of pica, but for him who was now uninterested in many things, it was a rather exciting thing.

Therefore, strictly speaking, Longbo's situation can be described as a pursuit of a sensory stimulation when he has lost interest in everything else.

The King of Space, sensing the unspoken meaning in Longbo's words, was speechless for a moment.

His mind was racing, but he finally stepped forward, patted the illusory figure of Longbo on the shoulder, and all that remained in his mouth was: "Brother, have something good to eat."

Longbo didn't answer. He felt that these people, including the priestess, couldn't really empathize with him. Actually, he didn't think the taste was too bad, just a little strange.

The King of Space shook his head and sighed, finally changing the subject. He still didn't want to relive that feeling, and instead asked a crucial question: "By the way, why do you have such a wide network of connections?"

The King of Space couldn't understand why Longbo, a chaotic evil god who was emitting black smoke and whose appearance would corrupt and distort him if he looked at him too much, had such a wide network of connections.

Without a doubt, Longbo is a true chaotic god, rotten to the core, with black smoke emanating from his body; it's obvious he's no good.

However, Longbo, this chaotic god, had connections including human lords similar to himself, two radiant and majestic kingdoms of light, a kingdom, and two gods from the side of order, all of whom were willing to lend a helping hand.

In the eyes of the King of Space, it was an absolute miracle that these people were willing to sit down and have a word with Longbo.

In response, Longbo chuckled twice, reflecting on all his past actions, and gave his answer.

"Perhaps it's because I have a good reputation."

Longbo attributed these achievements to his excellent conduct, saying that his "persona" was considered very good even by the standards of the Ultra Universe.

Although He is a chaotic god who has done his fair share of killing and destruction, most of the things He does have a positive impact on the universe as a whole.

If He is like a legitimate chaotic god—

So perhaps, when they killed Alien Empera, he was probably dealt with by the King of Ultra.

and--

Longbo looked at the King of Space with interest and said meaningfully, "When you first saw my projection, didn't you not immediately deal with me?"

"That's why I have a wide network of connections."

The King of Space paused slightly, recalling the legends about Longbo circulating in his universe, and then laughed: "So that's how it is—"

"etc!"

Before he could finish speaking, the King of Space once again thought of those idealistic warriors, and his expression became exceptionally interesting.

The King of Space grabbed Longbo's shoulders and shook him violently, speaking with a tone that was both surprised and somewhat resigned: "You can bring the army with you?!"

"Please take my soldiers with you too, please, find them something to do!!"

Although a long time has passed, the King of Space still remembers how brave and fearless his warriors were during the large-scale war, and how many outstanding achievements they made.

But now, large-scale wars on a galactic scale have degenerated into small-scale counterinsurgency wars between planets, and they've become unrecognizable figures to themselves—

If he could, he would want his space warriors to return to their former invincible and powerful form.

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