I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 652 - 472 Another One?_2
Chapter 652 -472 Another One?_2
“I suspect… a natural disaster has infiltrated our midst,” Lu Yuan lowered his voice, “the Insect Clan Army has actually found a corpse of a [Demon].”
Lu Tiantian immediately took a sharp breath of cold air, becoming nervous and uneasy, but he lived up to being the smartest person among the second-generation group, quickly calming down from his frantic state.
“There’s no need to be too anxious, the danger posed by [Demons] is great, and their latency period is long, but their desire to kill is actually not high, rather they prefer to acquire more ‘Luck,’ or to realize a greater purpose.”
“What I mean is… probing!” He made a gesture of a chopping motion with his hand.
“How to probe?”
Lu Tiantian said: “A strong spiritual attack!”
“When humans suffer a spiritual attack that exceeds their capacity, they immediately become paralyzed and fall unconscious. But [Demons] are almost completely immune to spiritual attacks, after all, they are essentially undying, as cold-hearted as supercomputers.”
Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment: “But [Demons] possess extremely high intelligence, if they see others going down, they would naturally also pretend to lose consciousness.”
“And, isn’t releasing a spiritual attack on children going to affect their brain development? We have no shortage of children here… If there is a blunder, the loss would be too great.”
This test would only have one chance.
Once the [Demon] becomes aware that humans are searching for it, with its super high intelligence, deliberate protection would mean it could never be found again.
But to release a high-intensity spiritual attack on the entire population of humans in the city, how intense would it have to be?
The brains of the children with lower levels might even be blasted out.
Lu Tiantian nodded: “So my opinion is to maintain the smooth operation of the city for now, and discreetly search for suspects. Does Hai Zhiyun know about this?”
“I’ve already ordered him to do so.”
Only then did Lu Tiantian feel at ease: “Mm, that’s good… After finding suspicious individuals, suddenly release the Spirit Storm Rune!”
“In a sudden situation, even if a [Demon] has high intelligence, it’s impossible to react instantly, this is just an identity test.”
“It might even mistake it for us having already discovered it, trying to flee.”
“Criminals are always guilty at heart, [Demons] although capable of unlimited resurrection, wouldn’t want to lose all their memories, so it’s highly likely it will try to escape… wait, the [Demon] you mentioned, has it died once already? Then it used another creature for Possession Rebirth, and its memories are actually lost.”
Lu Yuan’s pupils dilated: “It’s possible… it is actually dead.”
But how did it die?
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The only possibility is that the flying Snake-man Palace somehow killed a [Demon] alive.
For a moment, Lu Yuan felt his thoughts in disarray, he could only try not to ponder on the actual situation with that Snake-man Palace…
After all, with current reasoning, as long as he stayed away from that thing, there should be no major issues in the short term. The top priority is to solve the chaos within the city.
“You just keep working as normal, don’t give yourself away.”
“Of course, I understand.” Lu Tiantian, quite stylishly, combed through his graying hair, “Who knows, maybe the new junior sister in the group is a [Demon], I have to have a photo taken with her!”
Lu Yuan actually had no mood for joking, urgently arranging for Miss Conch to hide inside the Opium poppy tree.
If Conch were to be taken over, then everything would be finished.
Her own combat capabilities could only be considered so-so, but once turned dark, she might just massacre the entire city.
“Turn dark, strength increases tenfold, turn white, weakened by a third, useless thing.”
Teased by Old Lu, Conch Girl was also trembling with fear, obeying the commands, also using the Opium poppy tree’s Dream ability to look for suspicious individuals.
There’s still no news from Hai Zhiyun’s end.
On the front lines, Old Cat and other diplomats have already initiated preliminary exchanges with the Lanpeng Civilization… There were no conflicts or contradictions, considered as one less worry.
The situation seemed amicable at a glance, the technology of Lanpeng Civilization was indeed ahead of Earth’s, even by 30-50 years.
According to the Lanpeng Civilization, they have invented a Controlled Nuclear Fusion device through purely physical methods, achieving low-cost energy, they are a Quasi-interstellar Civilization that is about to step into the stars… Of course, after entering the Pangu Continent, the Controlled Nuclear Fusion isn’t very useful, because there are too few people, some parts cannot be produced, such high-precision products can’t be maintained and will just become ineffective.
All sorts of starships, including projects like Star Destroyers, sound like empty bragging—after all, there are also claims like “immigrate to Mars”, “starship”, and “Martian citizens” on Earth, but whether they are empty bragging, Lu Yuan cannot make a good assessment.
The Lanpeng Civilization has been trapped here for four full years, whereas humans have actually been here for nine months already.
They also briefly exchanged information about the Snake-man Palace.
Everyone believes that this palace harbors a way to leave. However, it’s all polite talk, without any substantial cooperative content.
Lu Yuan glanced over a few times, also quite helpless.
“Beep!” Just then, the communicator rang out again, a Reconnaissance Scythe was howling something, its voice somewhat grating.
One of its antennae, holding a walkie-talkie, roared loudly at Lu Yuan.
“Di Di! Wet nurse dead ground!”
“What did you say?!” Lu Yuan frowned.
Ever since the High-level Insect Clan learned to use electronic products, things have become increasingly bizarre.
It took Lu Yuan half the day to finally understand what it was saying.
This Reconnaissance Scythe had found the corpse of a bat-like creature in a vast lake! This creature was extremely strong, as huge as an elephant.
Could it be a dead… Anomaly?
After countless years, those remains still hadn’t completely decayed.
“You think this corpse is very powerful and strange? Alright, I got it.”
Lu Yuan dared not delay, he didn’t dare to leave the city himself, and could only send the Little Mirage Dragon to transport the corpse back.
“You hurry up, you must complete the task before it gets dark!”
The Little Mirage Dragon felt a bit wronged by such a shout, but Lu Yuan was in a state of anxiety, and it didn’t dare to disobey, so it could only fly off quickly.
As for whether the Little Mirage Dragon was possessed?
The chances were very low, after all, a [Demon] freshly resurrected, attacking an Anomaly·Essence would be unwise. It could just find a vulnerable human to slowly plot.
Until the evening, the Little Mirage Dragon finally transported the merchandise to Green Mountain.
The result left Lu Yuan stunned once again when he identified the corpse.
[A shell discarded by [Demon], due to age is thoroughly decayed and has no use value.]
[Race: Possibly some kind of Anomaly]
[Maybe it can be used as a collectible. The bones of an Anomaly also amount to a small sum of money.]
Lu Yuan felt his heart trembling; despite many years of campaign in the south and the north, he had never encountered such a strange phenomenon.
Catastrophe Level Anomalies, piled up in this place as if they cost nothing!
That is to say, the difficulty of escaping from this Different Space might surpass human understanding.
“Bad luck, such bad luck, is this place a [Demon]’s breeding ground? Then what’s the significance of that Snake-man Palace?”
Lu Yuan patiently persevered, trying to analyze: “The worst-case scenario is that there are many [Demons] in this damned place. They are trapped here, dying and reincarnating over and over…”
“The best-case scenario is that there is only one [Demon] here, and these bodies are the result of it taking over and dying again.”
He then took out a geographical map, investigating that giant lake.
Sure enough, just as expected, this great lake is the lowest area in this region.
Once heavy rain forms rivers, these items will naturally be washed down to the lower terrain.
So, it’s no coincidence that the Insect Clan Army found [Demon] corpses in the lake.
