Spellcasting Gods

Only those who survive will have a chance!

Only those who survive will have a future!

If you die for so-called dignity and pride, you will gain nothing but ridicule from others.

"Understand? No, I'm just stating a fact, not implying forgiveness." Zhang Cheng chuckled and shook his head. "Now tell me, what do you plan to do with Joanna?"

“I’ll grab her and throw her into that filthy, stinking slave shed. I wonder if that’s a satisfactory answer for you?” Willie’s eyes gleamed with undisguised malice.

Upon hearing this, Joanna's face instantly changed, and she roared furiously, "You lowly pig! How dare you? My father will..."

“I’m sorry, darling, your father will probably never find you here, and even if he does, he won’t acknowledge you as a daughter of the Lester family.” Willie grinned, revealing his signature smile.

next second...

A seemingly harmless female slave suddenly appeared from behind and, with lightning speed, swung the clay pot in her hand and smashed it hard on Joanna's head.

boom!

As expected, she fell straight to the ground and lost consciousness.

Meanwhile, a group of fully armed slave warriors rushed to the place where the crew of the Sea Serpent were resting and carried out a brutal massacre, with no one escaping alive.

It goes without saying that this was a murder to silence Joanna and completely erase any trace of her ever being at the manor.

Besides, pirates on ships docked in the harbor would likely also be doomed.

Before law and order are fully established, violence is the biggest factor determining who belongs to this world.

With sufficient military support, even if more than half of the world's population were slaughtered, no one would dare to stand up and resist.

In the ancient history of mankind, the Mongols had already done it once, and later some people even called Genghis Khan, the executioner who often treated slaughter as a game, a great hero, and continued to glorify him in various film and television works.

This shows that good and evil, morality and law are all bullshit; at least in the face of overwhelming violence, they are as fragile as newborn babies.

……

pain!

despair!

They can't even commit suicide!

Throughout the process, Willie kept secretly observing Zhang Cheng's reaction out of the corner of his eye, only to find that the other party's expression did not change at all, as if he were watching a play.

Undoubtedly, this nonchalant attitude terrified him.

Because those eyes revealed indifference and extreme contempt for life.

To put it simply, it means not treating people as human beings.

It should be noted that even he, as a major slave owner, could not completely achieve this.

Zhang Cheng suddenly turned his head and asked directly, "Are you working for the Secret Order?"

"What?!" Willie shuddered instantly.

"The Secret Order! Don't tell me you haven't heard of this organization." Zhang Cheng smiled meaningfully.

Clearly, this was an unexpected surprise.

He never dreamed that he could find clues about the Secret Order in the memories of this guy in front of him.

After all, reading memories is no easy task. It's like reading a book full of rambling accounts; even if you skim through it, it will still take a long time to finish reading it all.

“Sir, I think we should talk about compensation.” Willie subconsciously licked his lips, becoming unusually tense.

"Heh, looks like I hit the nail on the head. Tell me what's going on between you and the Secret Order. If your answer satisfies me, I'll let you go." Zhang Cheng raised a finger and tapped it lightly on the table.

"The power of the Secret Order is beyond your imagination! If you don't want to die, you'd better not be too curious." Willie's cautious attitude vanished, replaced by a hint of threat in his tone.

"Sigh, fine, since you don't want to tell me, I won't force you. I'll just see for myself..."

Zhang Cheng sighed slightly, then suddenly reached out without warning and pressed his hand against Willie's face, beginning to invade the memories in the other's brain.

In just a few seconds, the poor wretch began convulsing and foaming at the mouth, turning into a complete idiot.

The side effects of violently invading the brain are considerable, especially the more intense the resistance from the target, the more severe the brain damage...

Chapter 0969 Brainwashing

As evening fell, a light drizzle continued to fall, bringing a touch of tranquility to this land once filled with savagery and violence.

In this kind of weather, even the most diligent bandits would not easily go out, so merchants and travelers were hurrying on their way, even though the muddy roads would bring a lot of unnecessary trouble, and getting wet in the rain could even lead to serious consequences such as catching a cold or fever.

It's important to understand that after a major disaster, humanity has lost the industrial technology to manufacture antibiotics, and even a slight cold or fever can be fatal.

Wound infection and inflammation are incurable diseases with a mortality rate exceeding 70%.

However, for Zhang Cheng, this light rain did not affect his mood at all; on the contrary, it gave him the feeling of going on a picnic to relax.

In particular, the team he was leading was heading to a small town in what was formerly the American Midwest.

The closer they got to their destination, the more nervous the men in the group who had hired themselves to call themselves mercenaries became, and they would go into battle mode at the slightest sign of trouble.

"Sir! From this moment on, we have entered the city of the Old Era. You'd better be careful. Many monsters lurk here, and many people who went in hoping to make a fortune never came out alive," a black man wearing leather armor and holding a sharp spear suddenly warned.

"Monster? Heh! No, you're wrong. What's truly terrifying is never a monster, but a person," Zhang Cheng replied meaningfully.

Clearly, by forcibly invading Willie's brain, he had figured out the true location of the Secret Order: this city that had been abandoned hundreds of years ago.

In a secluded part of the city, there was an air-raid shelter built during the Cold War in the United States, where all the children who had been bought were sent.

As for what exactly is happening inside, nobody knows. Willie's level is clearly not high enough to access the Secret Order's core secrets.

It goes without saying that the so-called monsters in the city are all the work of the Secret Order. They don't want anyone to get close, so they fabricated these rumors to prevent more people from entering.

After all, things from before the catastrophe are nothing short of a miracle given the current extremely backward level of productivity. The well-preserved firearms are especially valuable, not to mention the large amount of gold and jewels that remain.

Generally speaking, every time a city that has not yet been plundered is discovered, countless greedy people will inevitably flock to it.

However, the Hermitage, with its ruthless methods, managed to suppress this greed. If Zhang Cheng hadn't offered such a high price, these mercenaries wouldn't have risked their lives to get close.

“That’s right! Humans are the truly terrifying monsters! Look at this world! It’s said that because humans were so arrogant in the past, they angered the supreme gods, who then sent down a terrible disaster, destroying everything they had created overnight.” Another young man, clearly of Latin descent with a wheatish complexion, enthusiastically echoed.

"Hey! Don't spread your ridiculous fallacies in front of the employer! There are no gods in this world! All gods are lies deliberately made up by someone!" The only female member in the team curled her lip in disdain.

"Don't you dare insult my faith! God is real! Otherwise, how do you explain how the ancients created so many great miracles, yet collapsed and perished overnight? According to the oldest records, countless giant stars fell from the sky, causing the earth to collapse and the sea to rise with waves thousands or even tens of thousands of meters high," the young man retorted indignantly.

Just as the woman was about to say something, a huge dark shadow suddenly darted out from the dense forest.

"Roar!!!!!!!!"

moment!

A monster, twice the size of an elephant and covered in blue scales, appeared out of nowhere. Before anyone could react, it bit the young man in half, making a chilling snapping sound.

"Damn it! It's a Leviathan! Everyone prepare for battle!"

"Scatter! Scatter! Don't fight!"

"Prepare the flame powder!"

……

With a series of heart-wrenching roars, the mercenaries quickly took up positions and began fighting the giant beast. They were completely unaware that their employers had already left silently, not caring at all about their lives.

Following the monster's footprints in the muddy ground, Zhang Cheng quickly found the legendary air-raid shelter.

Just as he had expected, there were not only a dozen or so monsters resting at the cave entrance, but also people feeding them, while the smaller ones were being trained by keeper.

"Ah! I've caught your tail."

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng slightly curled the corners of his mouth, his whole body suddenly became transparent, and finally disappeared into the air.

As a powerful spellcaster, deceiving the eyes of mortals and beasts was effortless for him.

Upon entering the air-raid shelter, he was surprised to find that each small cave was continuously playing a video. The trafficked children were staring intently at the large LCD screens on the wall, their eyes filled with fanatical worship, occasionally shouting words of praise.

brainwashing!

This word immediately popped into Zhang Cheng's mind.

There's this guy using pre-disaster technology to cultivate a large number of devout and fanatical followers for himself.

Could a god who has been asleep for thousands of years suddenly understand the role of technology and apply it to his own belief system?

In particular, the content displayed on the LCD screen never mentioned any specific names from beginning to end, but only repeatedly emphasized that he was the only true god in the world, the controller of supreme thunder.

If it were an ordinary person, they would likely think of Zeus, the famous third-generation god-king in ancient Greek mythology.

But Zhang Cheng felt that this was definitely not the work of the Olympian gods.

Because the bloodline of the Olympian gods originated from the legendary Titans, they possessed a portion of the primordial power of this world and had no need for the faith of mortals.

On the contrary, these guys see ordinary people as pawns and playthings.

If they were to truly awaken, they would certainly not hesitate to display their greatness, and then, in the name of God, incite wars among mortals for their own amusement.

Without a doubt, this air-raid shelter belongs to a god who acquired his power through the faith and worship of mortals.

Moreover, the other party was extremely cautious, adopting a method of isolation from the outside world from the very beginning to ensure that their spread of faith would not cause even the slightest disturbance or attention.

Even more terrifying is that this god doesn't even fully believe in his followers, and is even unwilling to tell them his real name...

Chapter 0970 Old Friends

How can we find this god who is secretly plotting against us?

Gazing at the thousands of children who had been thoroughly brainwashed, Zhang Cheng stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

Clearly, directly accessing memories is the most foolish idea.

Leaving aside how much time and effort it would take to do this, whether we can even find the answer is a big question mark.

Given the other party's cautious nature, they shouldn't make such a basic mistake.

As he remained invisible, contemplating his next move, a strangely familiar figure suddenly appeared out of thin air at the other end of the air-raid shelter.

"Intruder! State your name!" roared the man, who was shrouded in a long black robe.

His voice was so loud and powerful that just a few syllables made the entire cave tremble slightly.

"You are... Lavern?" Zhang Cheng's eyes instantly saw through the disguise and he saw the other party's true face.