Only I can make them stronger

This was the era when the rational element had just broken out. Corpses were everywhere, and the whole world was experiencing a thorough cleansing.

"We want to live and see the new world our leader has talked about. But the emergence of anything new will be accompanied by blood and death."

The metallic sound rang out in the sky, echoing in everyone's ears for a long time, stirring their thoughts into a turbid water.

The scenes moved quickly, and before they knew it, they had left the village and arrived at a huge circular venue.

The place was dimly lit, and there was a starry sky overhead, but these stars seemed much farther away than usual.

The area was surrounded by a wall at least fifty meters high, like a bottomless dry well.

At this time, strange noises came from all around, and about thirty doors opened on the surrounding walls, and bruised and battered figures walked out of them.

There are children, adults, old people, men, and women.

Apart from their broken bodies, the only thing they had in common was the numbness and despair in their eyes.

"Only one person can survive." A cold voice rang out in the empty space, and then the door on the wall rose and closed.

At first, these people just squatted there silently, until a man stood up first.

"I don't want to die... I want to survive..." He kept muttering with a dazed look in his eyes, walking towards an old man beside him, his fists gradually clenched.

"You..." The old man raised his head indifferently, opened his mouth but said nothing, as if he had accepted his fate.

"Poof!" "Bang!"

With just one punch, the old man fell to the ground with blood oozing from his mouth.

But he is not dead yet.

The man stepped on his shrunken belly with all his strength.

This time he died.

　There was a strange excitement in the man's eyes, as if there was a ray of red light rising quietly in his eyes, and then he turned his gaze to the other woman closest to him.

"No! You...you can't..."

"Why can't I?"

"Look at us now! Look where we are!"

"With those lunatics watching us from above and the entire world gone mad, we have no choice!"

"If you don't want to live, just die quietly! I want to live!"

The man seemed to be stimulated by the woman's fear and rushed towards her, roaring madly.

The sounds of punching and kicking made everyone's eyes twitch, but it also awakened the ferocity in some people's eyes.

Soon, the entire circular venue was turned into a scene of fighting, like hell on earth.

These people began to kill people with their hands, feet, and teeth.

"They...what are they doing..." Fitty covered her face.

The kind-hearted little nun could no longer bear this inhumane scene.

"Raising Gu..." Only Xia Ye narrowed his eyes, clearly realizing what those who were watching them wanted to do.

Perhaps this is what the man in protective clothing meant by selection...or secondary selection.

This uncomfortable fight lasted for a full ten minutes, until only two people were left alive on the field, staring at their last opponent in exhaustion.

One of them was the first to adjust his breathing and staggered forward, while the other was still sitting on the ground. He seemed to have no strength left and could only raise his arms to symbolically resist.

However, just when Xia Ye thought the battle was settled, something unexpected happened to everyone -

A ball of fire burst out from the latter's hand without warning, enveloping the former who was attacking him.

Amid the cries of despair and pain, the only survivor appeared.

He looked at his hands in disbelief, and after gasping for a few times, he began to cry and laugh like crazy.

79. The First Step of Mechanical Ascension

“A new world has indeed begun, but the scene behind the scenes is not as beautiful as I thought.”

"With power comes madness, but at what cost?"

"What should we call these beings in disguise?"

The shocking scene went dark, and the metallic sound rose in everyone's ears again.

"The flame just now, is that... a factor ability?" An Ke said blankly during this break.

"I'm not sure..." Xia Ye shook his head in confusion.

To know the answer to this question, we first need to understand who this metallic sound that constantly intersperses the picture is and why we let them see this.

What does this history, which has never been recorded, have to do with the Gear City?

As if to answer his doubts, the surrounding vision lit up again.

It is still a huge circular venue, but it seems to be larger than the previous one and has a stronger sense of technology. It is obviously not the same place.

This time, the ground around the edge of the venue opened up, and closed metal cabins rose up.

The hatch opened and more than a dozen people wearing hospital gowns walked out.

These people were different from the previous ones. They had different expressions, some were cruel, some were fearful, some were indifferent, and some were crazy.

"Only one person can survive."

As the metal cabin sank back into the ground, familiar words were heard.

And these words were like loosening a taut bowstring, instantly exciting the entire venue.

Someone was agile and rushed to the side like a wild beast;

Some people held their heads in their hands, but walls of ice suddenly rose up around them;

Some people watched coldly, silently tightening the dagger in their hands;

There were also people... cheering, as if everything around them was some grand celebration.

If before it was a fight between mortals to survive, now it is like a group of gods competing with each other.

The battle between the gods was far less intense than that between mortals, and the winner was decided in less than five minutes.

He was a sturdy man. After looking around and finding that there were no opponents left, he pounded his chest frantically and let out a long roar towards the sky.

Then his body grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and looked even more powerful.

“Strength is accumulated in fighting. The strong who have lost all rationality will climb to the top of the pyramid, while the hesitant and weak will be ruthlessly eliminated.”

"What does the pinnacle of power look like?"

“Could it be God?”

"But... is God's existence meant to destroy everything or to restore order?"

"What will happen if a person who loses his rationality reaches the pinnacle of power?"

……

The screen darkened as the sound was heard, followed by a long silence.

"I don't know, and I don't want to see!"

At this moment, a voice broke the silent darkness.

Unlike the previous metallic voice, this time it was the voice of a human female who sounded about twenty years old.

The screen lit up, and the back of a blonde woman appeared in front of everyone.

In front of her was an empty land, and behind her was a group of people who looked exhausted but had bright eyes.

She appeared to be giving a speech.

"Since you have escaped with me, I assume that you agree with my philosophy!"

"The human body can no longer survive in this world. There were only two paths before us—"

"Become a crazy monster, or die!"

"But now, we may have a third way to go!"

"Keep your thoughts and abandon your useless body; keep your eternal rationality and have an incorruptible body!"

“Culture, knowledge, ideas… everything can be passed down and constantly updated and iterated!”

"The reason why humans have more possibilities is not because of our bodies that cannot adapt to the harsh changes of nature! But because of our reason and wisdom!"

"This kind of wisdom can even surpass humans themselves!"

"If the emergence of God requires enrichment, then we should not abandon rationality in exchange for power, but enrich everyone's thinking together!"

"Only by knowing everything can one be omnipotent!"

"And all of this requires you to devote everything you have to the unknown future. Are you... willing?"

As the woman spoke, she slowly turned around and looked at the people who followed her.

Although they had foreseen it, the moment they saw the woman's true face, everyone, especially Karen and Giannielle, were struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.

It was a face that looked exactly like theirs.

No one broke the solemn atmosphere, but everyone's determined eyes made clear their thoughts.

"Then, let this be the true starting point of the new world!"

"I named it the Gear City, meaning the core that makes the world start turning again!"

"The Gear Plan will be officially implemented starting tomorrow!"

The vision darkened, but the woman's speech continued to echo in everyone's minds.

"The Gear City... is actually a product from such an early period..." Jinelle murmured.

The moment she saw the woman's face, she suddenly felt confused.

After going through many scenes, some inexplicable sense of mission is about to emerge along with the woman's speech.

"Could it be... a clone? No, that's not right..." Xia Ye frowned, constantly thinking about what the woman had just said.

Although she didn't point it out explicitly, Xia Ye probably understood it.

This is obviously the idea of the mechanical ascension school.

But the question is, under this concept, how did the mutant factors and aliens get involved?

How did the mythical species, a special existence that evolved from the Devil Beast, come into being? Is it related to the Gu breeding operation we saw before?

And what role do the people with real abilities play in these crazy years of evolution?

The large amount of information made him understand something, but it also brought with it more questions.

But before he could think about these questions, the woman's voice continued to sound. There was no picture, only the voice echoing around the crowd.

"I gathered all the human geniuses I could find who agreed with my ideas, built the Gear City, and used it as a base to start implementing the Gear Plan."

"These people, including me, have extraordinary powers. Madness is approaching us."

"And what I have to do is to lead them to give everything to an ideal future before madness consumes themselves."

"Fourteen years, nine months and eight days later, our plan has made a leap forward—"

"We used the resources from the boundless mines in the northwest to create the most perfect machine to our current level of knowledge."

"Unprecedented computing power, an unprecedentedly large database, and unparalleled combat capabilities and environmental adaptability."

"We discussed the naming of this machine for a long time, so much so that the execution of our next plan was delayed by three days."

"In the end, we named it the Cruel Hero."

"Because the war has begun and a terrible force is spreading from the central region, we need a hero with power to demonstrate our ideals."

"When facing those irrational monsters, the only way is to fight violence with violence."

80. Main body and secondary body