When Xu Zhi first experienced the bottom fog season, he still had the body of an "ordinary person" and was completely unable to sense what was special about the fog.
But now, her spiritual body has become an existence beyond the level of ordinary life. Therefore, when the fog fell, Xu Zhi noticed something was wrong.
Although it was very subtle, so subtle that it hardly had any effect on her, she did notice the slight suppressive effect produced when the fog fell.
Xu Zhi tried to move around and look around. Now her speed could be called teleportation as long as it was within her sight. Then she found that it was not an illusion. As long as she was in the fog, she would be suppressed in some way.
This kind of suppression seemed quite special, and her extraordinary abilities were also affected, but the most crucial thing was that since becoming a believer, the restless emotions and the "noise" that always existed in her brain had actually been reduced a little.
Xu Zhi suddenly recalled that when she first entered this world, she randomly tried to create a circuit. It was only after she absorbed the mist that the pain was suppressed and she was able to successfully build the [Light] attribute circuit.
Now that she thinks about it, maybe it wasn't just the pain that was suppressed. But at the time, all she could feel was that the pain seemed to have eased.
Apart from that, she no longer felt the interference from the fog that she had felt as an ordinary person before. It seemed that for a transcendent being of her level of life, the fog no longer had any effect, and even the suppression was only very weak.
Then, this fog is the most troublesome for ordinary people and extraordinary people at the mastery level.
But this fog is not all bad, it’s just that the benefits are not obvious, and the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, so Liancheng built the "Sky City" to avoid the fog.
Xu Zhi was concerned about the words he heard from that mysterious space. The fog was coming and the time for the destruction of Liancheng had arrived.
She felt from various signs in the past that Liancheng might have made some actions in a series of events related to the [Cup] that seemed to have some connection with the [Cup], or even joined forces with it. Why was Liancheng the first to be destroyed now?
Just as Xu Zhi was thinking about this, suddenly, her heart began to beat violently. It was not because she realized anything, but because her body had an instinctive reaction due to some strong premonition. After becoming the archbishop, she instinctively obtained too much information from the extraordinary energy, and her subconscious mind sorted it out and sent her a warning.
The extraordinary energy in the air reminded her that something big was about to happen.
A red light shot up from the edge of the city, enveloping everyone in the city like a cage. Following that, the fog began to surge and roll violently as if stimulated by something.
The ground kept shaking, as if it was being squeezed by some powerful force, or as if some force was about to break out of the ground.
The entire city, like a cake, was shaking and crumbling.
All ordinary people enveloped by the red light fell into a nightmare at this moment. Even the extraordinary people could not resist this erosion due to their low level. They could only wait helplessly for the extraordinary energy to be exhausted and then be swallowed by the red light. Only the thin mist seemed to be trying its best to suppress the restlessness brought by the over-abundant [Cup] attribute energy.
Only the believers of the [Cup] attribute seemed to be bathed in the vibrant spring rain. Although they were puzzled as to why there was such a powerful ritual circuit in their city and did not know what the purpose of this ritual was, it did not prevent them from cheering loudly to praise the gifts brought by the Lord.
Xu Zhi was also the one who was not affected. She even felt more clearly than other ordinary believers how powerful this sudden ritual was.
Just by standing inside, she could feel her power as a new archbishop growing continuously.
She took a light step, and within a few movements she had already climbed into the air above the city. She then looked down at the earth, and there seemed to be a faint red light leaking out from the cracks in the ground beneath her feet. It was not from the ground, but from deeper underground. Perhaps the circuit pattern of this ritual had been mixed into the foundation created when the city was first built.
How long ago was that?
Xu Zhi pursed his lips, realizing that he had touched upon a secret again. The fall of Liancheng probably had nothing to do with the actions of the past few days. Its fate today had already been written on the foundation on which the entire city depended for survival.
How long has this been planned, and how much energy has it consumed?
Was it a plan in the past, or was it just for the purpose of making a comeback today?
In order to build the upper city area safely, the foundation of Liancheng must be built to be extremely solid and cost a huge amount of money. To be able to tamper with such a project, Liancheng must have had quite a few traitors inside.
She just wanted to know clearly whether this huge ceremony was prepared for today, or it was planned to be used in the past, but something unexpected happened and it was left until now.
If it is the former, then it means that [Cup] has long known that it will be targeted and "killed" by other attributes, and has planned today long ago. How much preparation did it make in secret to be willing to use a lot of resources to create this ritual before anything happened?
And after today, [Cup] will never keep a low profile again.
Xu Zhi looked at the wailing people at his feet. In their resistance, they were transformed into believers of the Cup by the ritual. Because they had been affected by the fog for many years, they were able to retain some wisdom and rationality, creating special believers that were completely different from ordinary believers and belonged only to the lower class of Lotus City.
After realizing this, Xu Zhi, who had not planned to leave the bottom floor for the time being, suddenly looked up at the sixth floor, then took off and flew directly to the upper area. In order to prevent people from using aircraft to cross classes, Liancheng specially built a barrier in the air, but this was no longer a problem for Xu Zhi now. She easily broke through the barrier and came to the sixth floor, and what she saw was still the same purgatory-like scene as the bottom floor.
Everyone is changing under the erosion of the red light, but the difference is that the believers transformed in the sixth level will not retain their sanity and wisdom like those in the lower levels. They just become the most ordinary low-level believers, and the high-level believers that appear occasionally.
“.”
"Did you do it on purpose, or did you stumble upon such a good place by chance?"
Her mind was a little confused. Was it because of the accidental fact that the [Cup] chose Liancheng because the fog, although it would normally have a negative impact on creatures, would instead strengthen their will? Or had she known about this for a long time, and Liancheng chose to build the city here because of the influence of the [Cup]?
If it is the latter, then the one who can influence where a city is built must be the original leader, that is, the city lord. The city lord of Liancheng is hereditary. Since the founding of the city, the surname [Chu] has been the ruler, and it is still the same now.
What is the identity of the current president of the parliament?
Thinking of this, in order to verify her guess, Xu Zhi spent about half an hour and went directly to the top floor, which she had never been to and had never been qualified to go to.
You know, according to her current speed, half an hour is already a considerable amount of time, which is enough to show how high the seven floors of Lotus City are built. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "breaking through the sky".
At this moment, she thought that the top floor might be quite quiet. After all, if the Lord of Liancheng really had some connection with the [Cup], he would have received the news long ago and left Liancheng with his confidants.
But after reaching the top floor, Xu Zhi discovered that there was no sign of evacuation at all. Everyone was trapped in the red light and forced to become believers of the [Cup], even some adults who were obviously wearing the uniforms of the House of Lords.
The upper areas have far more extraordinary people than the lower areas, so after they are converted into believers, there are also many high-level believers. However, in Xu Zhi's opinion, the "potential" of these upper areas combined is not as good as that of a lower area.
"Wait, why am I thinking the same way as the cup?"
Xu Zhi patted her forehead lightly, realizing that the thinking of her spiritual body was being subtly influenced by the [Cup], but there was nothing she could do about it. Since she planned to become the [Cup], she had already made plans early on. The main body would give timely reminders when it noticed that the spiritual body's thinking had gone astray, to prevent its thoughts from slipping.
Although she had never been to the top floor, anyone who came to this place would be able to recognize the location of the parliament, because the building was too conspicuous, as if to emphasize that it was the seat of "power".
The Parliament Building is a tower-like structure, a bit like a miniature Lotus City. Most of the people working in the tower have been affected by the red light. Some higher-level transcendents are struggling to hold on and are unwilling to fall. However, Xu Zhi has even seen several beginner-level named people on the top floor, but has not seen any stronger named people.
When you are promoted to a Named Person, you will not immediately gain reputation. Instead, you must continue to make achievements as your strength increases, or challenge a Named Person who has already become famous to gain reputation. The Named Person with enough reputation will have a louder "name" and will be able to walk more smoothly on the road.
At this moment, there is no famous named person in Liancheng.
Even the president of the council is not here.
"Sure enough, he ran away."
But he didn't even bring his close confidants with him, only the top few people disappeared.
Xu Zhi couldn't even be sure whether they had run away early in the morning or only ran away when they realized something was wrong.
“What a pity.”
If there are some powerful names, they can be converted into high-level believers and used by her.
——Snap.
Xu Zhi slapped his forehead hard again.
"What are you thinking about!"
"Even if it's transformed, it won't be a help to me!"
It's really dangerous. The thoughts of the [Cup] are silently influencing her. If she hadn't broken herself into two, she would have been subtly influenced by it.
After checking the situation on the top floor and confirming that the president of the council and several prestigious signatories from Liancheng were not there, Xu Zhi planned to return to the bottom floor.
Her target is the god with the [Cup] attribute. Liancheng is obviously an important place, and even one of the foundations for the [Cup] to make a comeback. As long as she stays here, sooner or later, she will meet the other party.
As for what the other party said about taking charge of Liancheng, to be honest, Xu Zhi was not interested at all.
Because it is conceivable how the outside world will view the incident in Liancheng. There will inevitably be a "crusade" against Liancheng, and as the ruler of Liancheng, it is obvious that he has to take care of these troubles.
Xu Zhi didn't intend to intervene, but left it to the believers in Liancheng to figure out a solution themselves. Even if they staged a fierce competition like in Liancheng, it had nothing to do with her.
She even hid her aura early on in order to avoid "responsibility."
There will probably be no other cup like her.
At most, she would take action when Liancheng was about to be breached, not to help the [Cup], but for her own purposes. For this reason, Liancheng could not be cleared out, even if it had become the [Cup's] paradise.
She needed to see that god, needed to know who he was and what he planned to do, and needed to find a way to steal his energy and cut off the connection between the Archbishop and him.
She even wanted to "kill God" if possible.
In order for the little alien and her to no longer be trapped in the [Cup], and also to gain more power.
After checking the top floor, Xu Zhi did not return directly to the bottom floor, but went to the base of [Gods Heavy Industry] in Liancheng.
She did not forget that her knife was taken away by them, and she also wanted to see whether the people from [Gods Heavy Industry] had evacuated.
When he arrived at [Heavy Industry of the Gods], Xu Zhi unexpectedly discovered that the number of people evacuating here was even greater than that on the top floor!
".These guys know a lot."
The evacuation did not seem to have been arranged early. From the mess at the scene, it could be seen that they left in a hurry and had almost no time to take anything with them, but almost all the core personnel had been evacuated.
Xu Zhi thought of the laboratory in the Lost Land, and also of the extraordinary people with the [Casting] attribute in [Heavy Industry of the Gods]. She even suspected that when Liancheng was built, [Heavy Industry of the Gods] also had a hand in it.
In her guess, [Heavy Industry of the Gods] seemed to be notorious to the outside world and was an independent organization, but in fact many forces were secretly funding it. Now, Xu Zhi even suspected that [Cup] had cooperated with it.
She had already seen that the main purpose of this organization was to achieve its goals without any discrimination, to cooperate with anyone and to do anything.
After a walk around here, Xu Zhi found his knife as he wished in a laboratory.
After a long absence, when Xu Zhi picked up this "old friend" again, he actually felt that he sensed the emotion of "joy" from the cold weapon.
"Are you missing me too?"
She gently held the blade, feeling the connection between it and her. Although she rarely used close combat now, and the function of this knife was no longer very useful to her, Xu Zhi still carried it with her.
When he returned to the bottom floor, Xu Zhi somehow walked into Guangming Courtyard.
As she expected, although most of the students had fallen, a small number of teachers had evacuated. Those students with higher talents and who were completely affiliated with the Guangming Academy seemed to have evacuated with the teachers as well.
Judging from the traces, they should have evacuated not long ago through the transmission circuit. But now, even the transmission circuit has been broken due to the influence of the huge circuit at the bottom and can no longer be used.
When leaving, Xu Zhi went to the dormitory assigned to her in Guangmingyuan, hoping to see if there would be blood food there again. However, she did not expect to see an unexpected person in the room.
Qi Yanxin was actually still here, and her physique that was extremely easily affected by extraordinary attributes made her become a believer early on, but she was a lower-class person after all, and even though she was only the lowest-level believer, she still maintained her rationality.
She even watered the plants she grew.
Xu Zhi looked at this person from afar through the glass in mid-air and felt very puzzled.
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