Chapter 144 The Earth’s Wastelands 17

Chapter 144 The Earth’s Wastelands 17

The difficulty of passing through the fourth layer was much lower than Hank had anticipated. They did not run into any worthwhile resistance. Even Feng Bujue and Flashes of Sword did not think that it would be so successful.

The Village of Heavenly Blessing had a small population, only several hundred, and every one of them held their lives preciously. Once the alarm in the village rang, pretty much everyone went into hiding. There were just slightly over one hundred guards, and sixty percent of them was dispersed at their posts, and a small portion were still patrolling. Even though the communication between guards was not blocked, they did not have the structure and leadership needed to mount an effective resistance. There were only so many of them, and they did not have the structure of a highly-trained unit. When the enemy was Feng Bujue’s group who moved fast and had a monster-like fighting ability, the little resistance that they put up was nothing.

Corben, who resided in the Shrine, was given the news of the intruders at first notice, and it was Corben who had given the order to ring the alarm. If the number of intruders was not three but three hundred, he would have surrendered already. However, at that moment, he was not that worried because he was in possession of God’s power, and he was confident that he could make the three intruders’ journey into the Shrine one with no return.

In less than ten minutes, the three arrived within one thousand meters of the Shrine. The modification done to the remain of the spacecraft had distorted its original appearance. In fact, it looked more like a palace. However, the original outline was still there, and at this distance, Feng Bujue could discern certain qualities.

"I was wondering what this ’Shrine’ is that the villagers have been talking about... So, it is a spaceship," Feng Bujue commented with a smile. "Then, with this, the last few questions have been answered."

"What," Hank asked, "is a spaceship?"

"Oh, right, that concept is not one that you are familiar with," Feng Bujue explained. "To put it simply, it is a large shark coach that can transport you into space."

"Oh... Corben told us that the Shrine is the creation of God and thus is only suitable for the accommodation of God’s Child. Those who enter the Shrine without permission will be cursed and die," Hank said.

At this point, Feng Bujue had a full grasp over everything that had happened here. He explained, "Don’t focus too much on this talk of God and curses. Based on my prediction, this spaceship should have been built by the ancient humans, or the people you’d call outsiders, several hundred years ago. I am not clear what really happen to this Earth, but I believe it can’t be anything else other than an environmental issue or war, which led to humanity’s forced migration into space. Some remained for their own reasons, and your ancestors were among the minority that remained on Earth.

"Perhaps it was not their choice to stay. I suspect the spaceship that they took crash-landed here, or maybe they came across this ruin by a pure stroke of luck and decided to settle down here. I have no idea what the history that the Corben family has been plying to the rest of you since their family usurped the power is, but there are only so many ways you can spin religious rhetoric. Certainly, they would have pronounced most things as God’s miracle."

"Brother Feng... if you repeat these things outside of the game, you’ll offend many people," Flashes of Sword said.

"Then I hope those people that I have offended will kneel down and pray to their Gods to smite me where I stand." Feng Bujue shrugged.

As they chatted, the three reached the Shrine. At the entrance, there were about forty special guards lined up in a row, preparing to face the enemy. They raised their anti-gravity shields to form a wall. The anti-gravity guns they held were loaded with metallic bullets, and they were aimed at their targets.

"This is such a rare chance. I do have an exhaustible area-of-effect skill that I’ve been meaning to try out," Flashes of Sword said with a smile.

"Is it Blade Fury?" Feng Bujue asked with interest.

"Er... no," Flashes of Sword answered.

"Oh, okay then." Feng Bujue’s expression stated very clearly that he had lost interest in the skill.

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Name: Ittoryu-Yakkodori

Skill Card Type: Active Skill, exhaustible

In an airy tone, he exposed Harvey’s ’God’s power’ easily, and the latter’s expression became drawn.

"Hmm... With just the knowledge of mechanical engineering but without the support of this era’s bio technology, this kind of modification is impossible," Feng Bujue mumbled to himself. "This means that you not only possess the technology recovered from this spacecraft but technology from beyond the village. Looks like... all the priests that helped you to complete this body have been killed, right?"

"We can cultivate as many of those slaves as we want. After all, we have the information, and we decide who has the right to learn it and how much they can learn." Harvey scoffed and then added, "Outsiders, even if you might know things that these slaves do not, don’t think you can violate our power. You are not going to leave this place alive, and no one in the village will believe your words."

Feng Bujue sighed. "Your stupidity brings a tear to my eyes..."

The blade glinted, and the steel sword appeared in his hand. Feng Bujue held the blade in his right hand and the gun in his left. As he rushed forward, he fired off the bullets, but as he fired the gun, Harvey raised his arm to shield his body. At the same time, he stooped downward and barreled forward with a roar. The bullets landed on his body and bounced away, creating a series of tinkling sounds.

The close-quarter combat between the two could only be described as sad. Harvey did not know how to fight at all, and his fighting skill was much worse than Feng Bujue’s. During the battle, Harvey only knew how to wave his limbs wildly about... Feng Bujue only needed to take two steps back and wave his blade twice to chop off Harvey’s arms. He did not even apply much force; Harvey did most of the work himself.

"How is this possible?" Harvey looked at his two detached arms in shock. He did not feel much pain; he was merely shocked that his iron arms could be chopped off so easily.

"That was so sad. I could barely look at it." Flashes of Sword shook his head. "From how you move, you haven’t been in a fight since you were young, right?"

For some reason, Feng Bujue seemed to be reminded of something, and he laughed dangerously. "Hahaha... ’Even my father has never laid a hand on me’... I believe that is the character he’s modelled after."

Flashes of Sword chuckled. "It is because of people like you who like to misquote famous phrases at the wrong time that they lose their meaning."

Feng Bujue put his gun away and strode toward Harvey while wielding the sword. "Alright, it is time for us to see how your God’s Power operates."

Since Harvey had lost his arms and was so fat, he could only stagger a few steps before he lost his balance. "What... what are you going to do?"

Feng Bujue ignored him and continued his monologue. "When I fired the gun earlier, your first reaction was to raise your hands in defense. This means that you recognize a weapon like this gun, and you defended your head because that is the only place that is not fully mechanized..."

He poked the blade into the man’s leg. Robots-Must-Die’s effect was applicable on a mechanized body, so with the damage buff, it pierced through the leg easily.

"Hmm, most of your body has been fully modified until there is not even a sense of pain anymore..." Feng Bujue pulled the sword out and poked it into the man’s chest. Harvey took in a cold breath in shock, but even with the sword poking out of his chest, he was still alive. Only his breathing became slow, and he lost the ability to speak.

"As I expected, the function of the heart has been modified as well," Feng Bujue said. "After all, you are one of the Corbens. You have been prepared for the worse. Even if there is a huge tragedy, causing the air quality of the village to drop, you’ll be fine because you don’t need the protective gear to survive."

He then stomped his feet on the man’s round belly, and this time, the man showed a painful grimace.

"Oh... so the digestive system is not upgraded. I guess that’s logical. If it had been modified, you would be sporting a washboard abs." Feng Bujue smiled. "I believe your reproductive organs haven’t been upgraded as well, because it will get in the way of your fun..."

Feng Bujue aimed the tip of his sword lower.

Even though Harvey’s throat could not produce much voice, he tried his best to beg for mercy. He shook his head in desperation as if begging Feng Bujue not to kill him.

"Don’t worry, I’m just joking." Feng Bujue put the sword away. "Even though there is no machine down there, cutting you open will not reward me any Skill Points, and I will have to clean up the guts and blood. How tiring will that be?"

Harvey had no idea what the man was talking about, but it sounded like he was going to survive.

Unfortunately, the next second, Feng Bujue took out a wrench from his inventory, and a maddened look came over him as he studied Harvey’s skull with manic interest.