Chapter 623: Chapter 522: With the Determination to Die

Inside the command center.

The appearance of survivor Chen Yuanshan surprised the Contracted Spirit girls a bit.

After inquiring about the reason, they simultaneously looked at Shang Siteng and Bob, waiting for their decision.

"If this information is true, then a very serious problem will arise."

After contemplating, Little Dragon Man Bob spoke.

"The Dream Gathering Pearl is the key to reversing the dream particles that cause transformation. It is also the foundational basis for the operation of the Reverse Tower."

"If the descriptions about the Dream Gathering Pearl are absolutely accurate, then our process of using the Reverse Tower to deconstruct the Dream Gathering Pearl will align with Dream Demon Frog’s ultimate goal."

Dream Demon Frog’s ultimate goal is for the Mutant Walkers of the Longevity Company to carve a grand array in the Dream Realm.

By descending an extraordinarily large-scale Dream Realm, the creatures with strong desires within Blue Star will help him absorb more spiritual energy.

Then deconstruct the Dream Gathering Pearl, allowing the Sacrificial Array to collect spiritual energy, ultimately integrating all spiritual energy into his own body, thereby taking that step towards Transcendence!

Once Shang Siteng and her team reverse deconstruct all the collected Dream Gathering Pearls, the spiritual energy absorbed by desire will directly complete its transformation, effectively assisting Frog.

This is unacceptable to them.

"However, if we don’t do this, the Great Xia People will completely turn into Mutants, merging with the Dream Realm." Shang Siteng spoke.

This is a difficult choice.

More importantly, Shang Siteng didn’t feel she could make a choice on behalf of those innocent Great Xia People.

"How is the progress of the entire plan at present?"

The discussion reached a deadlock, Bob changed the topic and continued to ask.

"I have already collected sixty-two Dream Gathering Pearls on my side. By six o’clock this evening, gathering one hundred Dream Gathering Pearls is not a problem."

Gongyang Jin tossed a bag filled with Dream Gathering Pearls over to Bob.

With the further reconstruction of the Celestial Net, monitoring devices in various regions have been reconnected, increasing their efficiency in finding Dream Gathering Pearls step by step.

Including Chen Yuanshan, who was also spotted and rescued "in passing" by Gongyang Jin through Celestial Net monitoring while collecting Dream Gathering Pearls.

Bob nodded and looked at Shang Siteng.

The latter understood and continued the conversation: "There has also been a breakthrough in the research of the Reverse Tower."

"Currently, the effective yield of reverse deconstructing a single Dream Gathering Pearl has increased from the original 40% to the current 80%, and with a little more time, I can increase the effective yield to over 90%."

The effective yield affects the demand for Dream Gathering Pearls.

The higher the effective yield, the fewer Dream Gathering Pearls need to be consumed, making it easier to complete.

"In addition, the coverage area of the Reverse Tower has further increased. It is now possible for a single Reverse Tower to cover an entire city!"

Enhancing the coverage effect of the Reverse Tower is much easier than increasing the effective yield.

After all, this belongs to the hardware improvement aspect, which can be solved just by adding materials, with relatively low technical content.

"According to the current progress, the overall completion time of the plan is approximately six o’clock this evening, two hours earlier than the expected eight o’clock."

After listening to them, Bob finally looked at Chen Yuanshan and asked:

"How can you be sure that Shen Zheqi is still alive?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuanshan took out a Buddha Bead from his bosom, "Xiao Shen once gave me a Buddha Bead. He said that if this Buddha Bead shatters, it means he is already dead."

Now, the Buddha Bead remains intact, which means, conversely, that Shen Zheqi is still alive.

Bob lightly nodded, with no further questions.

"In that case, I will dispatch the Intelligent Mechanized Forces to search the entire city for Shen Zheqi’s whereabouts while marking the strongholds of the Longevity Company."

"Once there are any discoveries, I will send the coordinates to you."

"The current plan remains unchanged, still at eight o’clock this evening. Whatever happens, once the time comes, I will activate all the Reverse Towers to revert the Great Xia People from their transformed state."

"If you can deal with the Mutant Walkers of the Longevity Company and destroy their Sacrificial Array before then, that would be best."

Bob’s words allowed everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.

Everyone nodded in agreement with his plan.

...

Zuo Xuan, clutching a severely mutilated, unrecognizably beaten person, returned to the Longevity Company’s base with the other Mutant Walkers.

"009, why didn’t you kill him?"

Behind, another Mutant Walker asked.

Zuo Xuan glanced at him coldly, and the latter quickly shut his mouth.

"You seem to have forgotten what identity I had before becoming 009."

Zuo Xuan never shied away from his past, and the others knew something about it too.

He was once the Battle Zone Commander of Great Xia, later captured by the Longevity Company and became a test subject for the Deformation Potion.

Thinking of this, the previously perplexed Mutant Walker suddenly realized, "You want to inject him with the Deformation Potion too?"

Zuo Xuan didn’t answer, silently confirming the statement.

The group continued deeper.

They were currently inside the city’s sewer system. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

The sewer here was extensive, leading in all directions.

At the central point, there was a large open area, now densely packed with people!

These Mutant Walkers seemed to be sitting in special positions with their eyes closed.

Even the entrance of Zuo Xuan and his group didn’t make them open their eyes.

"Back?"

In the center of the crowd, a person exuding the aura of a Tier Nine Ultimate Powerhouse opened his eyes.

He looked childlike, like an eight or nine-year-old boy, yet his gaze carried a malice completely contrary to his appearance.

The 001 Mutant Walker.

"Mm." Zuo Xuan nodded indifferently, simultaneously tossing the seriously injured and unconscious Shen Zheqi to the ground like a dead dog.

Seeing this, the 001 Mutant Walker didn’t say much, just continued, "Everyone return to your positions."

"The Sacrificial Array is about to unfold. Let us burn ourselves together and offer everything to the great Frog!"

"Offer everything to the great Frog!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"Then, let’s begin."

Finishing, the 001 Mutant Walker closed his eyes.

As he did this, the traces of the 001 Mutant Walker’s existence vanished completely.

The other Mutant Walkers disappeared soon thereafter, everyone vanishing in the blink of an eye.

No wonder no one could find them; they apparently possessed a means to vanish into thin air!

The vast sewer system once again became empty.

No, it couldn’t be considered empty.

There was still a gravely injured, nearly dying person lying there.

Shen Zheqi.

After all the Mutant Walkers disappeared, his hand, lying on the ground, seemed to twitch slightly.

"Embrace the resolve to die."

The faint, thread-like voice gently echoed in the spacious, silent sewer.