I write obituaries for the gods

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Amidst the smoke and dust of the explosion, three black skeletons advanced together, carrying guns.

“Vitality signs...not detected…” a black skull whispered.

“My eye pressure is rising rapidly,” another Black Skull said.

"Pfft!"

With a cracking sound, the black skull's eyes exploded.

The other two black skeletons immediately turned around, only to see the triangular door open, and Lin Chen rushed out carrying an axe—

"Crack!"

The first Black Skull couldn't dodge in time, and Lin Chen's axe pierced his cheek.

The second Black Skull fired repeatedly, but Lin Chen blocked the shots with his trench coat.

Almost simultaneously, the sound of a sniper rifle rang out—

"Oh!"

At the top of the production line, Li Zhanyi, who had been brought up by Lin Chen through a teleportation portal, pulled the bolt of his gun, ejecting .338 cartridge cases that landed on the remains of the Black Skull.

"Clap!"

Lin Chen kicked the black skull away and flicked the blood off his axe.

When he first encountered these black skeletons, he exchanged several blows with them before finally managing to take one down.

Now, he can easily defeat these demigod bodies from the front with minimal effort.

The boost provided by Azure Essence is still too authoritative.

Just then, footsteps came from not far away.

Lin Chen took two steps back and disappeared into the smoke.

"Zizzizi..."

Four black skeletons appeared like ghosts. The leader gave an order, and his subordinates bent down to examine the corpses on the ground.

“Ghosts,” he said.

"Stay in a concentrated formation and don't let yourselves be picked off one by one," he said.

They moved forward through the smoke, searching for Lin Chen's trail based on tiny marks on the ground.

Just then, the sound of something crisply falling to the ground came from beside the production line—

"Clap!"

The black skeletons turned their heads almost simultaneously, looking in the direction where the object had broken.

"B1, be the scout," the leader ordered. "B2, 3, follow."

"receive."

The demigod prototypes formed an orderly formation in the production workshop, moving closer to the source of the sound.

When they finally arrived there, all they saw was a broken crystal container.

"Search for target location," the leader ordered, "calculating..."

"Sizzle!"

A flash of gray light appeared, and a black sword shot out from the crack, severing the head of a black skull with a single strike.

B2 and B3 fired at Black Sword simultaneously, bullets crackling as they struck her black armor, exploding and spitting out sparks.

Black Sword calmly turned his head to glance at the two black skulls, then suddenly lunged forward—

"bass!"

Two swords, and two arms flew out.

She suddenly slashed backward with her sword, tearing open a rift and retreating into subspace—

"Oh!"

Almost simultaneously, the leader fired a superalloy armor-piercing round at the spot where she had just been.

The bullet grazed Black Sword's breastplate, leaving a burn mark on it.

The leader abruptly turned his head, his deep blue eyes searching for its target. Just then, a gust of wind descended from above—

"boom!!"

The gust of wind slammed him to the ground, and the next second, two 12.7x55mm bullets struck his knees precisely.

"Boom! Boom!"

The leader knelt on the ground, and at the same time, a rift opened up in front of him, from which a black sword flew horizontally out—

"Sizzle!"

As the leader's head fell, Black Sword turned to see Jiang Zhengge slowly approaching, firing at the two one-armed black skeletons.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Great teamwork," Black Sword gave Jiang Zhengge a thumbs up, "You're still got it, young Jiang."

"I should be saying this to you..." Jiang Zhengge said, swinging open the magazine, stuffing bullets into it, and muttering to himself.

"What are you saying? My sister is forever eighteen!"

The sound of flames burning filled the air. The two turned around and saw that intense flames were shooting out from the entrance of the factory next door, leaving a charred patch on the ground.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Lucy this angry,” Jiang Zhengge said. “Let’s go help them.”

"Aren't we going to help Lin Chen?" Hua Luori asked.

“They have the strongest breakthrough ability, let them lead the charge,” Jiang Zhengge said. “As long as we can delay those black skeletons, we’ll have achieved our goal.”

"Okay, let's speed things up."

Hua Luo Ri flicked his black sword, and a gray, eerie light burst forth from the edge of the blade.

......

"A bloody battle took place here."

The lights flickered in the corridor leading to the core area.

Countless corpses lay strewn along both sides of the corridor, some dressed in Foundation uniforms and others in Investigation Bureau uniforms.

"They...fought?" Li Zhanyi frowned. "But why?"

"wrong..."

Lin Chen squatted down next to a corpse and examined its wounds.

“Blunt force, massive impact, lacerations…” Lin Chen frowned. “They were killed by demigods.”

"Demigod...?"

"This reminds me of Qingtian," Lin Chen exhaled, "or rather..."

“Ms. J?” Li Zhanyi looked at Lin Chen.

Clearly, Ms. J has gone mad.

She killed all the demigods stationed near the core area, clearing a bloody path.

But...why?

"We'll find out soon enough."

Lin Chen picked up his shotgun and walked toward the gate leading to the core area.

"Buzzing..."

The door slowly opened, revealing a huge room: countless glass pipes intertwined from the ceiling and extended downwards, eventually converging in the center of the room to form a giant turbine-shaped container.

In the center of the turbine-shaped container, countless dark blue crystals were stuck together, completely sealed off from each other.

Directly above the chip, a large amount of blue solution flows down from between the pipes and converges under high pressure.

Those are substances extracted from the bodies of demigods?

"..."

A tall figure stood directly in front of the fusion machine.

Ms. J stood in the center of the room, her power armor constantly spewing white gas, and every now and then a small canister would spray out from her body and fall to the ground.

"Ghost...long time no see..."

Ms. J stared directly at Lin Chen, a strange smile on her face.

She raised her fist, and gas kept bursting out of the exoskeleton gloves.

"A long time passed..." she whispered, "A really long time passed..."

"Did you kill those soldiers outside the door?" Lin Chen frowned slightly.

“Of course…” she smiled, “no one will stand between us…your head…must be taken by me…”

What a madman... Could his reason be so ridiculous...?

Lin Chen observed the room discreetly and soon spotted Louis standing behind Ms. J.

He stood next to the fusion device, clutching a pistol.

Four or five mutilated, pale bodies stood beside Louis—they appeared to be demigod prototypes, probably byproducts of experiments conducted at the orphanage.

The original bodies seemed to have been manipulated by Louis and were now standing faithfully beside him.

“Louis, it seems that those who follow you all end up badly,” Lin Chen shouted.

“Perhaps,” Louis chuckled, “but…we’ve achieved our goal, haven’t we?”

He looked at the fusion machine beside him: the process had reached 98%.

“As long as the demigod-tempered compound hits the cluster of crystal fragments below, the Abyss crystal will be fully tempered,” Louis said. “The moment the crystal is born, Black Star VI will be able to obtain the precise coordinates of this location and launch a space-based strike.”

“Louis!” Li Zhanyi shouted, “You can still turn back! It’s not too late.”

Upon seeing Li Zhanyi, a sorrowful smile appeared on half of Louis's face.

“It’s too late,” Louis shook his head. “Too late…”

“Stop talking nonsense,” Ms. J stepped forward. “I’ll stop the ghost… Once the process is over, just press the button.”

She swung her fist, and a dark blue light pattern crawled up her body along the power armor.

“I’ve been waiting for this day for so long, you can’t imagine how long,” she said rapidly. “Oh… I don’t care if the foundation’s mission is accomplished, screw it… they all treat me like a tool… they all treat me like an animal…”

Her power armor operated faster and faster, and gradually, the surrounding air became hot and dry.

"Zhanyi, come to my aid," Lin Chen said in a low voice.

He knew that time was running out.

"Zizzizi!"

The fusion unit was operating rapidly, drawing solution from the surrounding reaction vessels and continuously pressurizing it within the core.

Lin Chen raised his shotgun and aimed it at Ms. J:

"Bang!!!"

The super-alloy armor-piercing round flew out and accurately hit Ms. J's breastplate—

"clang!"

The bullet bounced off, and Ms. J revealed a wicked smile.

"You think this will..."

"Pfft!"