Chapter 104: This Puppet Apostle. Damn it, Old Six! (6k)

The Apostle of Life looked at Lu Wenwu, who was grinning in front of him. The four eyes of his two human heads trembled at the same time, twitching in disbelief.

"No"

The huge body collapsed like a golden mountain or a jade pillar, and countless crystals were completely transformed into gray-white crystals and shattered into debris on the ground.

The wooden body of the Apostle of Life dried up like rotten wood and broke into pieces.

The few remaining parts of the body made up of flesh and blood also collapsed, turning into clumps of smelly, sticky liquid flowing freely.

[You gain 100 free attribute points]

Suddenly, Lu Wenwu's soul, which had been elevated to the extreme, sensed something again.

That's a shadow!

A shadow that is disappearing rapidly!

It disappeared so quickly that even the Eye of Insight couldn't lock onto it and analyze it!

However, at a certain moment, the black crystal stone given by the house slave suddenly shattered quietly in the scarlet abyss and turned into a strange information spread.

The shadow paused for a moment, then disappeared without a trace.

This time, Lu Wenwu saw part of it!

[Dimensional Demon God·Life Divine Mind Projection (Incomplete)]: (Incomplete)

Current Status: (Incomplete)

The Eye of Insight only had time to resolve the other party's name, and everything else was unknown.

The projection of the divine thoughts of the dimensional demon god and life?

Lu Wenwu touched the broken crystal fragments and was extremely surprised.

[You killed the Apostle of Life (lv. 47) alone without any external help, and the Life Domain disintegrated]

[You completed the hidden mission - Life Return]

Mission Description: The evolution of life lies in self-transformation. Throughout history, those who attempt to ascend the ladder of life by stitching in too many genes and limbs from other organisms often end up with bad results.

[You have obtained a hidden reward: Essence of Life]

[You received a special reward: Mysterious Lucky Bag]

[Your overall personal rating has been greatly improved]

—

[The Dimensional Demon God Life casts a glance at you, showing a hint of interest in your existence.]

[Dimensional Demon God Life's favorability towards you increased: +5]

[Current Favorability: Indifferent (5)]

Lu Wenwu: “?”

Is there something wrong with this life demon?

I killed the person He blessed, and He still increased my favorability by 5?

That's too abstract, man.

With the death of the Apostle of Life, the once "vibrant" City of Life has now turned into a silent ghost town.

Oh. Maybe the word "silent" is not quite the right word to describe it.

The creaking sound of the raging fire and the rumbling sound of the fragile collapse of life and building structures are endless.

But what is certain and certain is that there is no longer any trace of life here except Lu Wenwu and Maomao.

With the death of the Apostle of Life, the huge hive cluster consciousness of the Life Realm collectively died out.

Those fused creatures that have been transformed into offspring by it naturally no longer exist.

And those ghost-like beings that were born from the power of the Apostle of Life were also buried in the raging fire.

Lu Wenwu used his mental power to scan the palace of the Apostle of Life, which had turned into ruins. It was empty inside, and even rats had to be driven away overnight before leaving.

"Damn it, another poor bastard?"

Lu Wenwu felt a little depressed. He added the attributes he had gained and punched out, razing the palace of the Apostle of Life to the ground.

He dug another small pit around the palace and buried the two egg-filled pancakes that the house slave had not had time to eat and his only remaining tattered suit jacket in it.

He also brought a stone from afar, carved it into a tombstone and placed it here, making a cenotaph.

Tomb of House Slaves

[His friend: the invincible Tyrannosaurus God of War]

"In this way, perhaps you can find the rest you deserve."

After doing all this, Lu Wenwu and Maomao left the city which was still burning, found a safe place and returned to Lingtian Mountain.

Having just defeated an apostle, they needed time to rest.

Lan Shan went to give Maomao a bath and prepare dog food.

Lu Wenwu took a quick shower and then sat down in the training room to check the rewards he had just received.

A stone similar to the one that grew on the Apostle of Life before, but it was a larger and more beautiful emerald-colored crystal.

[Name: Essence of Life]

[Type: Wonderful Item]

[Introduction: A product condensed from the purest life force and a trace of pure divine power. It is rich in the natural power that druids are most familiar with. It will have a good effect no matter where it is used.]

[Note: "The living dead are reduced to flesh and bones" is absolutely true in the face of the Essence of Life. After being resurrected with this item, there is a chance that one will gain some of the abilities and knowledge contained in the pure divine power.]

"It seems that this isn't something that can directly increase combat power, but is used to save lives."

After seeing the introduction given by the system, Lu Wenwu suddenly felt bored.

He already has the Underworld's Pardon for the life-saving item.

One more piece wouldn't be too much, but it does seem a bit repetitive.

Lu Wenwu would feel happier if he could exchange it for something like the Burning Sun Crystal or the Soul of War that could directly increase combat effectiveness.

But there was still one thing he didn't understand.

If the favorability of those demon gods can only be increased by killing apostles or consuming the hidden rewards given after the apostles' death, how can anyone raise it to the friendly level?

Is this really something anyone can do?

Lu Wenwu expressed his confusion.

However, this reckless man had never thought about how to improve the favorability of the dimensional demon through special branch quests in the normal clearance process.

Just like the House Slaver mission.

One of the remaining lone wolf players did just that.

He infiltrated the First Salvation Army with his superb skills and powerful acting skills, and is now frantically completing side quests and special quests at the headquarters.

If there were a reputation system, he would probably be at least "friendly" with the Salvation Army.

Lu Wenwu, a reckless man who prides himself on being a master, doesn't care about conventional means, and the other lone wolf doesn't realize the truly correct approach.

But among the "teammates" matched this time, there is a real high-level player, who can be called a master of system copies, and is also a master who is undergoing advanced trials.

The expert realized the real way to play this dungeon early on.

There are eight forces in this world, namely the seven apostles and the Savior Army.

At first glance, through the mission introduction and background story, it seems that you should join the Savior Army, help the Savior Army sweep the seven apostles, and finally achieve victory.

This is what normal people think.

Prejudice, that's what the lone wolf did.

But Lu Wenwu and Gao Wan both realized in their own ways that if they didn't plan to kill the apostles to get the reward, the Savior Army was actually not that important.

What is important is how to improve your favorability with the Demon God in various ways.

This is the key to breaking the endless cycle of reincarnation.

If you cannot break the cycle of reincarnation, you will eventually perish here.

In this way, if you want to improve the favorability of the Demon God, not only can you not join the Savior Army, but you have to go to war with the Savior Army directly, and then join the Apostle's camp!

Therefore, after seeing through all this, Gao Wan casually killed several grassroots commanders of the Salvation Army as a token of his allegiance, and resolutely joined the army of the King of Apostles.

Now, just like the one in the Salvation Army headquarters, he is frantically completing various tasks in order to increase the Demon God's favorability as quickly as possible.

Even though he tried hard, his total favorability rating was still less than half of Lu Wenwu's.

But at least it is a possible path.

Ignoring this cheater who doesn't play by the rules, the master brother's progress is indeed the fastest.

Now, Lu Wenwu, the evil guy, is ready to take a break and continue his journey as a reckless man.

Next stop, the puppet realm next door!

The Salvation Army's headquarters - Fire Base.

Central control command center.

A commander on duty with an East Asian appearance rubbed his eyes and stared at the image displayed on the surveillance screen for a long time without being able to recover.

In fact, it's not just him.

In the entire central control command center, apart from the endless beeping of various equipment reminders and the computer's voice prompts, the only sound was heavy breathing.

The commander on duty asked the technician tentatively, "Is our satellite broken?"

The technician immediately came to his senses and checked the uplink and downlink data transmission and self-test procedures.

"Report, our satellite is operating normally," the technician immediately reported. "The self-check procedure is running normally, and there are no suspicious issues. It shouldn't be a false alarm."

"Which staff officer can explain this to me?" The commander, still in disbelief, pointed at the large electronic screen. "How could all signs of extraordinary life in the entire life domain be marked dead by the Sky Eye system in an instant? Does this make sense?"

The adjutant whispered, "Old Wu, could it be the same as before?"

The adjutant didn't finish the second half of his sentence.

But the meaning is obvious.

This is very similar to the result after the apostle was killed in the last war, but no one dares to be sure of it.

Even the death of the apostle in the last war was confirmed by the Savior Army through the verbal attacks of the other two apostles during the battle.

The commander on duty thought for a moment and decisively kicked the ball out.

I don’t want to do it anymore!

Report!

Anyway, I don’t have the right to decide.

Let the guys above who actually have the power to decide these things worry about it!

Soon, a group of the youngest military and political leaders, who were over fifty years old, gathered in the highest conference room. It had been only one or two hours since the last meeting.

Everyone looked at the documents handed down to them and looked at each other in confusion.

They looked at each other, trying to read something in each other's eyes.

However, everyone only saw confusion, bewilderment, and pretense of profoundness in each other's eyes.

The scene suddenly became a little funny.

"So, following the Apostle of War, the Apostle of Life also died?"

An old black man spoke first, breaking the dull and strange atmosphere in the meeting room.

"Do you think this is possible?"

Lawrence, who advocated for war, groaned. "I don't think we need to worry about whether that damned Apostle of Life is dead or not. We should take this opportunity to return to the Life Realm and obtain those scarce resources!"

"Second."

"Second."

"Second."

Lawrence's words were almost unanimously recognized by the elderly decision-making group present.

Compared to the crazy bickering during the previous discussion about Lu Wenwu, everyone seemed very enthusiastic about the resources that were readily available.

The meeting hasn't ended yet, no, the main topic of the meeting hasn't officially started yet, but the direct troops belonging to each faction have all been sent out by the leaders above.

It is called: Recovering lost territory.

After this matter was decided, passed, and executed at the speed of light, the previous atmosphere in the conference room returned.

Someone suddenly spoke up, "Do you think there's a possibility? Well, I'm not exaggerating. I'm saying it's possible that the Apostle of Life was also killed by that arrogant Tyrannosaurus? He didn't actually go to the War Domain?"

"what's on your mind?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Pure nonsense!"

"I think you are getting old and confused!"

The originally quiet meeting room suddenly became a little chaotic. Countless people glared at him, expressing their indignation and disdain, and were committed to drawing a clear line between themselves and this person.

but

As to whether they really think this is unbelievable or are unwilling to admit that this has happened, it is a bit intriguing.

If they really admitted it, wouldn't that just mean that their efforts for the past three days were in vain?

And being played around by the other party?

So many times, even if everyone knows about something, they absolutely cannot mention it.

For example, the famous one is afraid that Feiyangyang will see it, but also afraid that Xiyangyang will not see it.

A truth.

Generally speaking, at this time, someone needs to stand up and bring up a new topic to save the country.

Therefore, the elderly decision-making group in the highest conference room immediately and tacitly put aside the issue of "Tyrannosaurus suspected of killing the Apostle of Life" and instead brought up a new topic.

Spark Base Defense Strengthening Plan.

The decision-makers lifted the combat orders of several elite troops as quickly as possible, putting them into a defensive state and waiting for the next combat mission.

On the surface, it was to prevent the apostles from carrying out a decapitation plan against high-level officials.

Everyone knows who they are actually guarding against.

It's just tacit understanding.

A few days later, the dog and bitch duo crossed the former life realm and successfully stepped into the puppet apostle's ruling area.

Old city.

It is said to be one of the largest and most prosperous cities in a major country before the World War.

However, the old city was extremely quiet at this time, without any of the noise and grandeur before the war. Everything was quiet, with only the sound of pedestrians walking slowly.

The skyscrapers that once towered into the sky are now peeling and falling off.

The dirty and chaotic city streets are full of signs of plant invasion.

It looked like no one had cleaned or lived in this place for a long time.

It is completely different from the city of the War Apostles, which is old but full of life.

There are only four words - lifeless.

"Maomao, do you smell anything?" Lu Wenwu asked.

Maomao sniffed carefully a few times and shook his head. "A lot of people, and the smell of decay."

Lan Shan blinked in confusion and said nothing.

Looking at the lifeless city, Lu Wenwu rubbed his temples in distress.

According to the information previously obtained from Zhao Lixing

The only news is that there is no news, because the Salvation Army currently has zero knowledge of the Puppet Apostles.

No one has ever faced the true form of the Puppet Apostle, not even once.

No one even knows what his identity was before the World War.

Naturally, no one knows where the puppet apostle's base is.

According to Zhao Lixing, in the puppet realm, the controlled people have become a kind of strange creature with infinite strength, no vital points, acting on instinct, and even being able to regenerate their heads even if they are blown up.

When they see humans, they will mostly make a meaningless roar, but sometimes they will remain silent. The specific reason is unknown.

What is certain at present is that these human puppets simply rely on hearing, vision, and smell, which are close to the average level of adult male humans, to search for enemies, and do not have any other super powers.

Because of their incredible healing and regeneration abilities, it was easy for the Saviors to defeat them, but Chun Chun was just wasting ammunition.

Therefore, the Salvation Army rarely takes action against the Puppet Realm, and usually only looks for the most incompetent War Apostles.

What Zhao Lixing described does seem to be the characteristics of a puppet.

Lu Wenwu had already remembered the flesh and blood puppets he had dealt with in the Wasteland Ghost Copy, the kind that were parasitized by ghosts.

It's very similar to the current situation.

Led by Maomao, the two men and the dog strolled lightly along the deserted street, heading straight for the place where the smell of "people" was most concentrated.

Soon, they finally saw the human puppet that Zhao Lixing mentioned, which looked like an undead monster.

She was a sexy girl who was almost naked, with dry blonde hair and pale bare skin covered with large amounts of brown-red blood clots.

If you ignore the half of her left forearm that has rotted to the point of only bones, this scene looks quite unique with a post-apocalyptic wasteland beauty.

After all, there would be no blonde beauties running naked in the street in broad daylight on the Blue Planet.

Now, this beauty was just as Zhao Lixing described, making meaningless roars and stumbling towards Lu Wenwu and the others.

Lan Shan saw a hint of confusion and struggle in the other's cloudy blue eyes, but more of it was bloodthirstiness and killing.

At this moment, Lu Wenwu, who had activated the Eye of Insight, had a strange expression on his face.

[7219215 Life and Death Believer/Lourdes Griffiths (D)]: 350/???

Current Status: Schrödinger's cat, curse of death, curse of life, nearly insane

"This is a worthless puppet! Isn't this just a zombie?" Someone, unsure of what to think, cursed. "Is there really no zombie-themed work in this world? Imagination is truly lacking."

Damn, these apostles are more cunning than the other.

The name he announced to the public does not match his own abilities, which is very distorted.

It cannot be said that they are completely different, but at least there is a difference between Kun Kun and NBA stars.

Oh, only the War Apostle, this middle school boy, is an honest child.

He actually used his most proud ability as his official title to the outside world, and he didn't even have any trump cards. He was really stupid.

The zombies are getting closer.

Even Maomao, who always liked humans, made an exception and barked twice, with the fire of the evil spirit burning on his paws.

Lu Wenwu twisted his neck and raised his hand, ready to blow the opponent's head off as usual.

However, the next second, he heard a strange, intermittent "sound".

"Kill me! Kill me! Please, I don't want to."

It was something close to a spiritual fluctuation, originating from the soul.

The heavy punch that was already halfway through came to an abrupt stop.

Amidst the bewildered expressions of Lan Shan and Maomao, Lu Wenwu reached out and flicked the head of the female zombie that was rushing towards him, sending her forehead flying and shattering immediately.

This guy almost broke the other person's head, and his skull was shattered to the ground.

"You can speak? Are you conscious?"

Looking at the female zombie whose face was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, Lu Wenwu stepped on her and asked.

"You! You can hear me? Are you a new alien?"

There was a strong sense of surprise in the female zombie's soul fluctuations, as if she had met her childhood sweetheart.

But his facial expression was still ferocious, and his limbs were struggling with his teeth and claws, trying to scratch off the flesh and blood from Lu Wenwu and eat it.

"Please, kill me! Find some way to kill me! I can't control myself. I don't want to eat you! I want to die, I want to die!"

Before Lu Wenwu could say anything, the female zombie suddenly became hysterical, and her soul let out a crazy and painful wail.

"How can I kill you?" Lu Wenwu asked a question that hit the nail on the head.

“I don’t know, I don’t know ahhhhh! I want to die!” The female zombie’s soul fluctuated more violently, “They’ve been here! Many people from other worlds have been here! I can’t die at all! I can’t die at all ahhhhh! Please help me get rid of this!”

Can't die?

Damn, Wolverine + zombies?

What the hell is this incredible combination of skills!

Lu Wenwu was silent for two seconds, then stomped on the female zombie's head, causing it to burst. No blood flowed out of the dry blood vessels.

However, the heart-wrenching wails had not yet stopped.

The other party was still wailing in pain.

But the body without a brain stopped struggling and began to quietly regenerate from the neck upwards.

"She's not dead yet? Whoosh! The mental fluctuations haven't disappeared!" Lan Shan was extremely surprised. "By the way, were you communicating with her when you were talking to yourself just now?"

"Yes, she seems to have retained her full consciousness, but has lost control of her body, as if she were forcibly locked in a shell."

Lu Wenwu confirmed the other party's judgment and began to trample the female zombie's flesh and blood into meat paste inch by inch, and signaled Maomao to use a high fire to collect the juice and burn everything he crushed.

"So you are now."

"She was in so much pain and was about to have a mental breakdown, she begged me to find a way to kill her."

"It seems that powder and incineration will not work."

Looking at the ball of black charcoal squirming in the fire of the evil fight, Lan Shan gave her own opinion.

Even though it has come to this point, the female zombie's soul and mental fluctuations have not dissipated yet!

The black charcoal is still trying to repair its body!

It's fucking outrageous!

Just as Lu Wenwu was thinking about the next experiment, a large number of noisy mental fluctuations suddenly crashed into his spiritual world.

When he looked up following the spiritual fluctuations, he saw a wave of zombies rushing towards him like a tide!

(End of this chapter)