Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Otherworldly spaces are mostly constructed by divine artifacts and are special regions used to escape religious wars, such as the Otherworld, the Peaceful World, the Future World, the Glorious World, and so on.

The Infinite Council Hall is different. It is a very peculiar extradimensional space that was created by humans, or rather, a technological product. Its creator is the supreme god of the Temple of Technology, Infinite!

This Infinite is very mysterious. He is very ancient, and it is impossible to know which era he is from. He enjoys a supreme position in the Temple of Technology and is revered as a teacher by all players in the Temple of Technology. However, he is rarely seen and ordinary players can never meet him.

There are many legends about Infinity. For example, it is said that he possesses super technology that can reverse time and space, leap into the future, and return to the past. It is also said that he has 108 students at the level of a main god. Furthermore, it is said that he has already deciphered the ultimate secrets of the universe and can leave the system world at any time.

Some even went so far as to say that the system was created infinitely.

In short, this self-proclaimed Infinite One is shrouded in countless mysteries and is a transcendent being.

Nordow was once a student of Infinity, following the supreme god of the Temple of Technology for a long time, a fact unknown to outsiders.

Some elders in the Temple of Technology knew that Nordwa came from the Temple of Technology, and most of them thought that he was an undercover agent planted by Infinity in the Temple of Machinery. But in reality, only Nordwa himself knew that he was just a "guinea pig" of Infinity.

Wuxian wanted to use him to study the ultimate secrets of the divine fire of faith and the path to godhood through faith, which is why he was able to become the chief god of the Mechanical Temple.

What outsiders don't know is that Nordow's flame of faith was not ignited by himself, but rather by an infinite flame lit for him.

That was a cruel experiment.

After the experiment, Nordwa lost his own body, and his soul essence burned into the divine fire of faith. Although he became the system-certified chief god and obtained many powers of the mechanical temple, he could only hide in the mechanical furnace. He lost his five senses and six consciousnesses, could not move, and lost all the instincts and characteristics of a living being. He could only contact the outside world by controlling a puppet body.

In fact, Nordowa's first puppet body was also created by Infinity.

Nordow believed that Infinite Teacher had mastered some secret of the divine fire of faith and the path to godhood through faith, and that he could "create gods artificially," and even mass-produce gods if he wished.

Nordow's feelings for this teacher were very complex, but one thing was deeply rooted in his heart: absolute obedience.

He dared not disobey.

This hasn't changed at all, even though Teacher Wuxian hasn't contacted him for a very long time.

"The Infinite Council Chamber" looks exactly like a spacious council hall. It is a separate, enclosed space with long tables and high-backed chairs, nothing more.

"teacher!"

"Nordhua No. 3" and "Nordhua No. 4" placed the sacred flame of Nordhua's faith on a high-backed chair, then bowed towards the long table, saying, "Students request an audience!"

A moment later, a beam of light suddenly descended upon the head seat at the long table.

The figure of light resembled a human, but its face was obscured. It seemed to be facing away from Nordwa, its hands waving in the air as if manipulating something.

"It's Nordwa!" the figure of light and shadow spoke. "My council chamber isn't even open yet, what brings you here?"

The two mechanical puppets said simultaneously, "We are ashamed. We were hunted down, and the Mechanical Temple... is lost!"

"Oh?"

The figure of light and shadow did not turn around, as if tackling some difficult problem, and said unhurriedly, "Tell me the specifics!"

"yes!"

Nordow then recounted his entire experience of invading Elysium in detail, without holding anything back.

Upon hearing that the so-called "big barrel" couldn't even scratch the Alchemist Sniper Rifle, the figure behind the long table finally stopped what he was doing and slowly turned around.

"You mean..." The figure's face was obscured, but its eye sockets suddenly lit up, "All the attacks that landed on that giant barrel dealt zero damage?"

"Yes!" The two mechanical puppet masters nodded simultaneously. "Does the teacher know anything about this person?"

"Let me take a look!"

The light and shadow seemed to have used some unknown method, reaching out and tapping the air a few times, and suddenly an image appeared in front of it.

The scene depicted was the same one where Lei Chi had fought outside the City of Bliss.

“Eh…”

The light and shadow seemed to take a closer look, and when it saw that the sixteen star pillars were arranged into a star array, its eyes suddenly brightened.

"This is Zhang Haoran's Star Array! This huge bucket... is it from Zhang Haoran's successor? Or a disciple of the Holy God Palace? It can't be someone from the Floating Pagoda, can it?"

The light and shadow murmured, speaking in a language Nordow couldn't understand. He continued watching the light and shadow, but became increasingly serious and focused.

The final scene shows Lei Chi entering the Mechanical Temple, and Nordhua's mechanical puppet self-destructing.

Guangying rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and slowly said, "It seems he's unlike any saint or god from the past. Is he truly a player who rose to prominence in this era? He has a disordered spacetime trajectory; we need to calculate the cosmological coefficients..."

Ding ding ding ding...

Suddenly, many more light screens appeared before the light and shadow, displaying complex graphics and formulas. The light and shadow seemed to be writing and drawing on these screens. After a while, he nodded and said, "That should be it!"

Nordow had been waiting quietly to the side until now, when he finally asked, "What did you calculate, teacher?"

Guangying said, "If the calculations are correct, this guy who calls himself 'Big Bucket' isn't human!"

Nordwa was taken aback.

not human?

Was the teacher swearing?

"There is a 90% chance that it is a divine being. Its divine power structure is very complex. I have never seen it before. It seems that it may have the potential to be a supreme deity."

The light and shadow rubbed its chin, waved its hand, and replaced the light screen with a new batch, then resumed its research and calculations on its own.

Nordow was confused but dared not disturb him, and could only make wild guesses in his mind.

After a short while, the light and shadow stopped calculating, and a three-dimensional image of the Thunder Pool appeared in front of him.

"This model is not accurate enough; it needs more data to support it!"

The light and shadow looked at Nordwa and said, "My student, you have done a great job. You have given me an interesting research subject. For the time to come, I will finally not be bored."

"teacher……"

The two Nordwa mechanical puppets bowed, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

The light and shadow said, "Speak! Stop beating around the bush!"

"Yes!" Nordow replied, "Does the student still have a chance to reclaim the Temple of Mechanics?"

"Take it back? Perhaps we should just give up!"

Guangying chuckled twice. "You may not know this, but the Mechanical Temple is different from ordinary main artifacts. A ferocious beast lurks within it. Perhaps it's not a bad thing for you to leave the Mechanical Temple now."

"What?"

Nordow was increasingly confused.

Guangying added, "You can stay here for now. I'll invite everyone over later. We have a new project, and you'll be involved too."

"Yes!" Nordwah replied respectfully, then asked, "What is the new subject?"

The light and shadow said, "How to kill the divine creature, Big Bucket... wait, or should it be Big Unification? This little guy is really cute. Giving him such a name probably hopes that his divine power will be stable and unified!"

"How to kill a divine creature... the Great Unification?" Nordhua nodded as if he understood, and then asked, "Teacher, what is that ferocious creature hidden in the Mechanical Temple?"

The figure in the light and shadow said, enunciating each word clearly: "One, five, two, Heavenly Venerable!"

At this moment, Lei Chi received an invitation from the Heavenly Venerable Yi Wu Er and entered the Mechanical Temple.

"That guy named Nordwa has already escaped!"

The voice of the 152nd Heavenly Venerable came from the void, but it sounded like a young girl speaking.

"I will reclaim all his authority in this palace, strip him of his privileges of passage, and from now on, kill him on sight! I wonder if you are satisfied, my friend, Great Unity!"

Lei Chi said, "Excellent, excellent!"

"It's rare to meet someone like us. We're destined to be together. Why don't we become sworn brothers?" Yao Wu'er's voice echoed from the void again. "To prevent ourselves from becoming someone else's plaything in the future, let's become sworn brothers. After that, you'll be my little brother, and I'll protect you."

"Sworn brotherhood?"

Lei Chi thought to himself, "This Fifth Heavenly Venerable's thought process is indeed extraordinary. How did he take a liking to me and even want to become sworn brothers with me?"

"How about it? My suggestion is great! It's settled then!" The voice of the 152nd Heavenly Venerable was filled with joy. "I'm about to reveal myself!"

Accompanied by this sound, a square tank, resembling a matchbox and equipped with a short cannon, emerged from the void. At first, its shape was blurry, but it quickly solidified and finally appeared clearly in front of Lei Chi.

This tank is only 1.5 meters tall and looks more like a large toy car.

The AI ​​then gave a notification, and sure enough, this guy was the one with a combat power exceeding 615 million.

The cannon of the 152nd Heavenly Venerable shook, like a restless tentacle. She circled the Thunder Pool, and a voice came from the cannon: "Worship, worship! How wonderful, how wonderful..."

The voice and figure were clear, innocent, and clean, giving Lei Chi an urge to lift the front of the tank and see if a mischievous little girl was hiding inside.

After circling the Thunder Pool a dozen times, the Second Heavenly Venerable touched it with her short cannon and continued, "Let's become sworn brothers, and let's have the eldest brother join us. Then the eldest brother will be the eldest brother, I'll be the second sister, and you'll be the youngest brother!"

"Well……"

Lei Chi felt this was utterly absurd and didn't know what to say for a moment.

The Heavenly Venerable Yiwu Er continued enthusiastically, "Big Brother is like Gatling Bodhisattva. Aside from being a bit short-tempered and unable to deliver souls from suffering at the slightest provocation, he's a very good person. After we become sworn brothers, Big Brother and I will be your backers. Big Brother has many weapons and is very protective of his own; you can walk with impunity with him!"

"Is that so...?"

Lei Chi guessed that his expression was somewhat bitter.

"Let the distant Emperor be our witness, today we swear brotherhood!"

A picture was fired from the cannon of the 152 Heavenly Venerable. The picture contained an abstract little figure, like a child's simple drawing, with the four characters "Dragon Slayer Emperor" above the little figure's head.

"bye!"

The cannon of the 152nd Heavenly Venerable shrank back, as if bowing to the abstract painting, and urged Lei Chi, "Hurry up and bow! What, don't you want to become sworn brothers with me?"

Lei Chi laughed and said, "Bye, bye, bye!"

He felt truly helpless, never expecting to encounter such a thing.

After bowing three times to the abstract little figure, the "sworn brotherhood ceremony" was completed, which was quite simple.

The Second Heavenly Venerable was clearly pleased. He came to the Thunder Pool and said, "Third Brother, I can sense that your divine power is extraordinary. You have the potential to become a supreme being. Could you tell me more about it?"

Lei Chi said, "Why don't you first introduce your divine power, Second Sister?"

"Hehe!" said the Heavenly Venerable Yiwu Er, "My divine power is very simple: one strike is all it takes to kill!"

"A one-hit kill?"

"Yes, the moment I aim at a target, my divine power begins to make targeted calculations, then allocates its strength, and fires a single shot that will surely kill it instantly! Of course, if the opponent is too strong, the calculation process will take longer, and I will need to charge up for a long time, but it will always be a one-hit kill!"

"So powerful?" Lei Chi felt a little surprised.

It seems that the Fifth Heavenly Venerable is somewhat of a nemesis to himself.

You are the only one who can be killed in one hit, while the other party is the only one who can be killed in one hit.

What if the enemy targets you? Should you eliminate them before they fire?

The Second Heavenly Venerable Yiwu said excitedly, "Third Brother, it's your turn. Tell your Second Sister about your divine power!"

Lei Chi sighed inwardly and said, "My divine power? There is a great universe within me called the Lei Chi Universe. This great universe is divided into many smaller universes. The smaller universes are still under development. Currently, only the first star in the first smaller universe has experienced the creation of the world and given birth to the first world."

"Wow, it looks so complicated yet amazing! I love it!"

The Heavenly Venerable Yiwu Er seemed satisfied with Lei Chi's answer and added, "This temple is an item from the Divine Realm System. I'll give it to you. By the way, there are many odds and ends in the attached storage space. I wonder if you can use them. Come with me..."

After saying that, the Heavenly Venerable Yiwu Er led the way, with Lei Chi following behind. Looking at his sworn sister, who resembled a giant toy, he felt that everything was incredibly unreal.

Before long, the Heavenly Venerable Yiwu Er led Lei Chi to a door of light and said, "Go in and take a look. There are two very interesting little gadgets inside!"

Lei Chi didn't stand on ceremony and strode into the portal, because the AI ​​had given him a hint that the portal led directly to the Mechanical Temple's storage warehouse.

Upon entering, Lei Chi's divine sense spread out and immediately discovered two things.

The first item is a mecha that is about ten feet tall. This mecha is very imposing, but it is a divine artifact called the [Primordial Fighter]!

The second item is a round shield with a light shield around the edge, which looks quite futuristic and is called the "Celestial Barrier"!

These two items are components of the Primordial Celestial Venerable.