Chapter 89 God's Answer
"Here, here, it's really here! Believe me, believe me, I'm not lying..."
The poisonous spider huddled on the ground, its words gurgling like beans. "I'm a guide. I, I fulfilled my duty. She asked me to lead the way, to defeat a powerful, incredibly powerful demon, and then I, I ran away. I'm just a guide, wuwuwuwu."
No one paid much attention to her attitude. More than 20 students separated into groups of three, four, and three to explore the edge of this naturally formed crack, which could be called the mouth of the abyss.
Although it is called a "wellhead", it is actually a relatively "flat" platform. Humans can climb up and down with the help of tools. They just need to pay attention to the radiation energy that erupts from time to time.
Everyone is wearing X2 protective gear distributed by the church, so there is no need to worry about radiation for the time being.
A small map is displayed on the clock watch wonder, with each team's relative position marked by a red and blue dot.
The teams led by Xing Shuyao and Zheng Xiuli met at the designated location on the platform. They had just finished exploring two opposite directions and needed to verify the information immediately.
Zheng Xiuli took out the photos of her companions taken with their super powers from the magical storage pocket and showed them to them one by one.
"That's basically it. I found a lot of unusual debris there. To avoid damaging the clues, we didn't recover anything except the core parts."
Xing Shuyao took the photo and looked through it carefully, muttering, "The predator ate very incompletely, even leaving behind the core parts... His original energy value must be very high, so he ignored the food residue."
His companions nodded knowingly.
Predators with huge energy values, often lord-level abyssal creatures, rarely eat "delicately". They are accustomed to swallowing their prey whole and letting them digest it on their own.
Except for special forms of abyssal creatures such as slimes, most abyssal creatures do not have a real stomach. Their digestive organs can actually be regarded as an area of influence similar to that of a microwave oven.
So if the abyssal creatures are too lazy to chew their food slowly or are in a hurry to leave, the prey they swallow may only be half-digested or even survive.
There are a lot of abnormal residues in the photo, so the giant monster is either not hungry enough, or its energy body is abnormally large and it is unwilling to waste time digesting these small fish and shrimps.
It is also possible that it found a better target and left these prey behind to follow the sound.
"Hey, look what I found."
Liu Ping'an walked over waving a piece of wood, and in her other hand she was holding a rope with an iron chain attached.
"These are... artificial materials? No... they are artificial anomalies."
Xing Shuyao took the wood and examined it carefully with his supernatural powers. As it spun, he saw many gaps of emptiness and pure black. Although he couldn't clearly identify what these colors represented, he could at least distinguish obvious abnormalities.
There were abyssal rifts all around, and a giant anomaly had just gone on a hunt. It was unlikely that there would be intact non-anomalous wood pieces and chains left in such a messy battlefield.
"Could it be that this was created by classmate Chen's superpowers?" someone reminded quietly, and everyone nodded in sudden realization.
Yes, it is mentioned in the student introduction booklet that Chen Xiao'er's superpower can transform abnormalities into something "seemingly normal" in a short period of time.
If they had arrived sooner, perhaps even the nearby plots of land would have retained a form resembling man-made structures.
Xing Shuyao returned the wood chips and iron chains to Liu Ping'an, asking her to seal them and wait for changes. When the time comes, they can be handed over to the church for testing, and perhaps valuable artifacts can be restored.
He thought about it and asked his classmates for their opinions.
"According to Poison Spider's confession and the clues gathered from the surrounding area, Student Chen was likely abducted by an abnormality whose power level surpassed the limit. Given our combined strength, we are unable to rescue her."
Everyone was silent, unable to object to his conclusion.
Going beyond the boundaries is just a nice way of saying it, and the scope is very broad.
After all, the gap between the upper and lower limits of human superpowers and the upper and lower limits of abnormalities is too large. As long as abnormalities live long enough and eat enough, they will always [exceed the limits that superpowers can deal with].
Judging from the situation on the battlefield, the opponent is most likely a very aggressive predator, commonly known as the Devil Hunter.
If faced with a strange rule-based anomaly or an abnormal cluster, everyone can still rely on cooperation and numbers to force their way through, and can evacuate in time if the momentum is not good.
But if you are dealing with a pure energy devil... no matter how many come, you will be killed instantly without even having time to escape.
"Call the apostles."
Lin Lang gritted his teeth and reminded, "We can report this to the church and ask them to send apostles over. The apostles are already coordinating the cleanup, right? Coming here is just a little longer!"
Everyone looked at each other: That's reasonable. After all, this place is not far from the academy and is within the range of the church's influence. The apostles should be able to fight normally.
Moreover, the apostles were already working together to eliminate the anomalies around the academy today, and they were just around the corner.
However, every time the apostles go out, they need to consume a lot of energy, and the devil is difficult to kill completely. After defeating it, they most likely cannot obtain the core energy in the devil's body.
Would the church really mobilize a group of apostles for just one person?
When everyone was silent, one person's voice broke the silence.
Zheng Lu walked to the center, clutching the rag doll. She tugged at the spider's hair with her right hand, looking earnestly at her classmates. "Whether we go out or not is the church's business, but whether we apply is up to us. Let's apply now!"
This sentence was not asking for opinions. Xing Shuyao nodded slowly: "I think I should apply too."
Zheng Xiuli waved the communicator and grinned, "What a coincidence! I thought so too, so I just applied."
The atmosphere was strangely relaxed. Lin Lang stretched his wrists in the mist and said with full energy, "Alright~ While I wait for the church's response, I'll go explore a way first!"
"Take me one."
"I'm going too."
"You told me I'm a fast runner, right?"
"Hahaha, me too."
Everyone stood together in tacit understanding, and no one said something to spoil the mood, "Chen Xiao'er might be dead."
Some students who were more cautious or not good at fighting chose to turn back. They would be responsible for completing the finishing work of the clearing mission.
The existence of demons wasn't all bad. At least the demons had already wiped out any anomalies in the surrounding area. Powerful entities were devoured, and even slightly stronger individuals fled for their lives, making the cleanup effort much smoother.
More people began to follow the suspected devil's traces, while collecting abnormal wreckage and even core fragments along the way.
They were already accustomed to hunting or fleeing on long journeys, and this time they were still full of hope.
Wait for us, classmate Chen, let’s go home together.
…
Beep.
The monitoring center displays a line of information and an application.
[ID1001 Chen Xiao'e - suspected - abducted by the devil (temporarily linked file - Xinnaya) (survival questionable)]
[Class 1, Grade A - All team leaders - Request the school to dispatch a group of apostles to annihilate the devil and rescue Chen Xiao'er (the holder of the zero-level superpower)]
Chen Xiao'er was abducted by the devil?
Several messages, some asking, some teasing, instantly appeared on the screen.
They still had some impression of this special student, whether it was her extremely special superpowers, or the little incidents she caused in the core area, even the most recent energy stone was brought back by her.
[Is she being held hostage by this devil?]
Someone chuckled behind the screen. After all, it was normal to be hated for stealing the devil's energy stone.
[Yes, it's probably too late to send out an apostle now. We can only help collect her body.]
Some people are against wasting resources. Sending out apostles consumes too much energy. If the devil's energy core cannot be obtained, it will basically be a pure loss.
[Chen Xiao'er's superpowers are very special, even if her body is recovered, it will still be valuable.]
Some people agree to send out the apostles. After all, the corpses of people with special powers are sometimes more useful than living people with special powers.
[Attack, attack, attack! We finally managed to pull the Apostle out of the nest. Now isn't it time to give it a good hunt? If we manage to get a giant core, it'll be a huge win! My team is practically broke.]
Some people are speculators who want to get involved in everything.
The matter went around in circles and was passed on to the Apostle Project working group at an extremely fast speed, and then immediately passed to Professor Milo, the relevant direct subordinate.
[Milo: Everyone, I'm also requesting the dispatch of the Apostle Cluster. I only need to dispatch the 50 already armed. No additional Soul Pool resources are required.]
Someone immediately retorted, "That's easy for you to say, 'only' 50 people. Every planning group is facing an energy crisis. We're not that wealthy."
[Milo: These 50 apostles are already armed and are assisting the students in clearing out anomalies within the red circle. The cost of moving them to the dotted area won't necessarily exceed the gains from hunting, and even the net loss will be within an acceptable range.]
The distance is short, the apostles have been dispatched, and there are many hunting anomalies within the range... These prerequisites are the basis for the dispute.
Of course, the church would not dispatch a group of apostles for just one person with special super powers. The farther they are from the soul pool, the more intense the battle, and the more alarming the growth rate of consumption.
Things came to a stalemate, and the chips on both sides of the scale were relatively balanced.
Who will bear the risk, who will pay the cost, and who will predict the results.
These problems seem to require a meeting of ministers to solve, but everyone behind the screen is short of time. Lack of time is the common enemy of all mankind.
"Then I propose."
Miroku didn't type this time; her voice was clearly transmitted to everyone through the magical object. "We can leave the matter to Guanghui and the Apostles."
"Pfft? Pfft, hahahaha."
As soon as she finished speaking, someone's merciless mocking voice echoed from the monitoring center: "Glorious? Apostle? Are you testing our [God] and [God's Messenger]? Hahahaha."
If it were in other sects, that sentence would be enough to sentence a certain cadre to death.
But this is the Church of Light, and everyone knows what the nature of God is and what their God is.
Of course, devout believers in God will not test God with trivial matters, but they will, they can, and they are willing to.
The word "test" was used very well. The plan was finalized the moment it was pointed out. Now the problem itself has deviated from the topic of rescuing Chen Xiao'er.
"Okay, let [God] decide. I completely agree to follow [God's] will~"
"And the apostles. I'm also curious about how they would judge this issue rationally."
"Hmm, it seems someone is a little skeptical of the seniors' skills."
"No, it's precisely because we have such a firm belief that we should verify it repeatedly and use the results to dispel unnecessary doubts from others."
Indifferent, calm, cheerful, and serious voices rose and fell across the screens, finally converging into a single request [command].
[Our God of Glory, please make a judgment for us based on the above information and decide whether it is necessary to dispatch Apostle Cluster-1 Team to carry out a rescue operation against Chen Xiao'e.]
At the same time, a somewhat vague instruction was also delivered to the group of apostles who were clearing out anomalies in the surrounding ruins.
[Please make your own judgment based on the intelligence. Do Apostle Cluster-1 Team need to hunt down the suspected target - Xinnaya to rescue Chen Xiao'e (the holder of the Zero Reset superpower)?]
The light blue data streams interacted quickly, and they immediately fully understood the current situation.
The enemy's capabilities are unknown, and the enemy's coordinates are unknown - a covering search is required in a small area. It is extremely difficult to completely annihilate the enemy, and Chen Xiao'er's probability of survival is low.
From the perspective of the apostle - the guardian of the human fire, Chen Xiao'er should be rescued because Chen Xiao'er meets the standards of the human fire.
However, humans are far from extinct to the point where only a few thousand individuals remain, so it seems inappropriate to over-consume for "a particular individual."
So the voting of thousands of people began immediately.
Unable to access the emotional module, the apostles opened up previously disconnected memory pools to each other, attempting to use their former human experiences to make correct judgments.
drop.
【Battle-Search Mode Switch】
Before the voting ended or even began, one of the machines took to the air.
Zero's weapon modules activated layer by layer, arcs of electricity surrounding her arms, forming the Spear of Judgment, perfect for long-distance throwing. She emerged as a brilliant icy blue against the dense fog, charging at top speed toward the dotted area.
No one stopped her, because at the same moment, a definite answer came in the form of light into the consciousness and screens of all those who asked the question.
Save Her
God answered.
[Save Chen Xiao'e]
God answered twice.
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