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Chapter 916 The Attention of the Universe (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)
It sounds like Ian is a bit like a demon eater who was born to devour demons, taking the leftovers of the enemy's souls as spoils of war.

Actually... not too bad!
As we all know, great demons are immortal, and they can be revived again and again from the memory of their birth.

It's like, an extremely terrifying war that caused the two countries to bleed blood. If the War Demon born from it becomes the fourth energy level, then before all the lives in this world completely forget about this war, this War Demon existence will not disappear.

Of course, it's not the same War Demon.It's just that the former one is dead, and the latter one will continue to recondense and inherit some of the former's characteristics.

Even if the death knell simply relies on the amount of accumulated souls and breaks through the fourth energy level by chance, it is also the fourth energy level, and it has a certain indestructible attribute.

But here is the problem.

What is the origin memory of Deathstroke?
Ian is not very clear, but based on what he saw before, it is estimated that the origin memory of the other party is the memory of the destruction of his hometown.

And that memory... Until now, the only one who can remember is Deathstroke himself.

After all, everyone in his hometown has died, and he himself has become a fusion demon. Other Flamelanders may remember the more grand empire and the Flameland War, but no one will specifically remember the demise of that town.

Therefore, it can be said that the death knell really died completely due to memory loss.

What Ian saw was his last vestige.

【The Soul of the Great Demon·Death Knell】

【Fourth Energy Level · Special Individual · Core · Edible】

[Because the power of the demon army is gathered, the soul of the great demon naturally fuses with the demon.The essence of the soul that should have the power of indestructibility, because the memory is completely forgotten, so it cannot be relied on, and can only wander alone in the void.If it is completely defeated here, it will be the final death of the great demon]

[It can be used as a potion material, applicable to demons and spiritual creatures. 】

[Can be converted into 'fourth energy level core computing unit']

[Contains source quality: 77251.9723 core units]

【…】

This is what Ian has gained.

Whether it is used as a test product to experiment with the essence of the indestructible root of the great demon, or directly stored as a potion material, leaving it for the latecomers who will inherit the spiritual state, it is not a loss.

Even if you don't want to, you can directly convert it into the core computing unit of the fourth energy level. With the help of this thing in the heart of Terra, you won't need to borrow Siou's dragon soul when you fight the Nanling War next time.

Although Xiou seems to be enjoying himself quite a bit, but if he has more computing power, he will be more powerful.

With demons as enemies, Ian has already tasted the effect of unmanned armor... They are basically equivalent to consumables, but at the juncture of war, it is definitely not a loss to exchange steel for the enemy's flesh and blood.

You must know that in today's Terra battlefield, due to the existence of personal qualities and sublimators, both sides of the exchange of fire have to shoot ammunition equivalent to dozens of times the quality of the opponent in order to destroy an individual, and sometimes it is even consumed and cannot be destroyed , can only injure.

"Adelbert, tell me, what are we going to do with this demon's soul?"

With a happy mood, Ian said happily to Adalbert: "With it, we can not only restore part of the demonic technology, but also enrich our reserves of advanced computing units...even if we want to Immediately converted into combat power, this thing can also be used on my dead river arm, or ether arm."

"A wave of riches!"

"Hmm... Do you really want to restore the demon technology?"

He had just used the form of the giant of light to recharge his energy, and after a long time of accumulating energy, he defeated the final fighting spirit of Death Knell. At this moment, Adalbert felt a little weak.

But after hearing Ian's words, he still cheered up and said hesitantly, "Isn't that good? We've all seen the limits of demon technology. Without the dragon of the abyss, after so many years of development, a fourth energy level will be born." I feel like it's better for us to fight steadily and cultivate the path of the arcane."

Honestly, yes.

For something like the Devil's Way, it's best to have other demon civilizations plunder it for him, so that he can grow quickly, otherwise, he can take his time, and God knows how many years it will take to complete the original accumulation.

"Different."

But Ian shook his head slightly: "The essence of demon technology is not a simple 'demon', but to create a spirit body that obeys a certain purpose, idea and emotion through technology in the virtual world."

"I dare say that the Void Machine God is something that was researched by the civilization of the pre-Tara era from the study of demons and other Void creatures. There are no serious Void Angels in this world. Goblins are half of them. Void There must be a part of the devil's technology in front of the machine god's technology."

"For the future of our Xiahui Territory, it is normal to build a line of defense against the erosion of imaginary places like 'Cursed Soil'. It is normal to study the enemy. Not only should demon technology not be sealed up, but we should also intensify research to avoid recurrence. A demon army attack!"

"Not to mention anything else, wouldn't it be a better choice to create a kind version of 'Cursed Land', such as 'Paradise Land' and 'Pure Land'?"

What Ian said made sense, and Adalbert almost believed it: "The truth?"

"If you can open a demon vest and infiltrate the enemy camp, it will be too convenient to cause damage." Ian said honestly: "Wouldn't it be great to find a chance to infiltrate the flying flames?"

Adalbert: "Huh. I knew it."

Ian's truth is quite frank, and his previous foreshadowing is indeed not unreasonable-the virtual machine god, as the artificial virtual super life technology that surpassed the demon generation or even half a generation, definitely needs relevant prerequisites. Obtaining the corresponding technical inspiration from the soul of the great demon, it took at least ten years less time for the Yinfeng collar.

In addition, such things as Void Angels do not exist, but they were all things of the pre-epoch civilization. At that time, at the most prosperous moment of civilization, there were indeed Void beings called 'Holy Spirits' appearing and appearing with demons. opposition, and even total restraint of demons.

The Void Machine God should have been developed with the cooperation of the Holy Spirit, so it has the ability and instinct to maintain civilization and sweep away demons.

But in the current Terra Continent, I am afraid that even the Void Machine God can't stand it. Just as the Dragon King said, it is not surprising even if he enters the abyss... If this is the case, then you can't take the path of the Holy Spirit, you can only take the path of the devil.

Then jump from the devil to the virtual machine god, and then try to create an "artificial holy spirit" on his own side.

Adbert didn't intend to stop Ian, he just wanted to know what Ian was thinking - it didn't matter if he knew it, since Ian didn't intend to create demons anyway.

But instead of making demons, maybe...you can also create other demons?

Ian thought of the 'devil's way' he felt when he contacted the swarm wayway again some time ago.

The swarm trades souls and futures with sentient beings for benefits and contracts. This move is undoubtedly completely different from the demon's plundering and killing, but it is equally demonic, so it is called the devil.

but……

Ian turned his head slightly, and switched his perspective to Ian, the immovable fortified city.

When the Dragon King took away the Dragon of the Abyss, he also took away a little soul... That soul was brainwashed by Ian and full of order and light.

At this moment, he is quite different from ordinary demons.

If at the beginning, he was only changed by Ian's coercion, then now, after understanding his own form of existence and thinking induction, he is sure that this form is what he wants.

It sounds a little strange.

But it's actually quite normal.

Let’s use an analogy: a person can’t get up in the morning, is always lazy when he wants to exercise, can’t listen carefully in class, plays games and looks at his phone when he gets home, and doesn’t do homework or write questions... If you want him to study hard, he will definitely have a serious expression on his face. Annoyed, he rolled his eyes, saying that he is just garbage and has no life, and that he will not learn if he does not learn.

However, Ian stamped his thinking on him, asking him to get up early and go to bed early every day, insist on exercising, study hard in class and go home to review carefully, and have two hours of free entertainment time every day. His good health and excellent studies have won the respect and love of others...

Well, even if this person finds out that he may be brainwashed one day, will he insist on undoing the brainwashing?
Indeed, someone will want to untie it.But there must be a part of it, just because they feel that their sense of freedom has been distorted. If they really can, they must also want to live a serious and orderly life, instead of being self-defeating and depraved as before.

If there is a choice, who doesn't want to be loved, but despised?

Huo Xin is the kind of person who feels that Ian has done a good job - he can't resist Flame Land himself, but Ian helps him resist and help him fight Flame Land.

That being the case, the Soul Seal is actually his treasure and the key to maintaining himself.

So, can all demons be like this?

Forced from chaotic evil, warped to law evil...even law neutral.

If it is such a demon, perhaps it is the legendary devil!
If it is combined with the relevant psionic contract ability of the swarm, it will be even more devilish, and it can even be said to be a neutral 'contract spirit'.

Even just for this possibility, Ian intends to study this aspect in depth.

At this very moment, the Dragon King is communicating with the Dragon of the Abyss—the identity of this Dragon of the Abyss is unusual. It is an "ancient true dragon" that escaped from the Milky Way of the Abyss more than 600 years ago. In other words, Echoes of the 'Old Dragon'.

Flame released the dragon's echo from death, and the echo dragon, which fully inherited the memory of the original dragon, could also provide the dragon kings with more information about the creator of the year.

It was at this time that Adbert noticed a rather strange point.

"Ian."

The human body of the Giant of Light cautiously pointed to the flow of light in the void: "There seems to be something wrong with the direction of those demon souls?"

Ian looked up.

At this time, the silver sun incarnated by the heart of Terra is recovering the demon souls. Under the radiance, all the demon souls that burst out of the death knell are gradually purified, and then stored in the void space, waiting for future purification and cooperation. convert.

But now, there is another force that is wrestling with the silver sun. It seems that it wants to seize the ownership of these souls, making the direction of the sunlight refracted slightly twisted.

"Oh?"

Seeing this scene, Ian raised his brows, thinking thoughtfully: "It seems, it's the same as I thought - the dragon of the abyss is not the final backer of Flameland, and may even be their 'ally' ...And this ally is probably not so obedient."

"The reason why they dare to use demon technology openly is not only because merging demons can evade the observation of Void Mech God and Dragon Island, but also because they originally wanted to use Dragon Island to get rid of the unstable point of the dragon of the abyss. "

This is what Ian has guessed since the large-scale use of the demon army in Flame Land.

After all, with Feiyan being such a big force, how could he not have imagined that his actions would turn against Dragon Island, and even be targeted by someone, calling the Void Mechanism to come and eliminate it?

But they still used it, which proves that they have a reason behind taking such a huge risk.

And around the dragon of the abyss, there wasn't even a fifth energy level of Feiyan who went to talk about it, even if it was just a mouthful, it could be seen-they probably wanted the dragon of the abyss to go away.

It's just that it was too early to leave this time.There are definitely a lot of related plans and experiments that have not been completed on Feiyan Land, and the Dragon of the Abyss must have a lot of technology that has not been explained, but Ian called the Dragon King early to disturb it.

Ian believed that now he must really become the thorn in the side of Feiyandi, the role of killing him quickly.

As for the present, the existence of competing with the heart of Terra for the soul of the devil... I am afraid that it is the real backhand related to Feiyan's demon technology.

That... abyss consciousness that is independent of the dragon of the abyss.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ian himself merged with the heart of Terra to increase output, and competed with the abyss consciousness for the ownership of these demon souls.

This is the most important gain of the Silver Peak Leader, the calculation matrix worth millions of ordinary people's souls and the raw material for the growth of the Heart of Terra - at this time, the Heart of Terra can already provide Ian with a considerable degree of gain. After Wan Soul is upgraded, God knows how powerful it can become.

It is about the speed of snowballing in the future, and he will never give up.

In the distance, the influence of the abyssal consciousness is not as strong as imagined—the destruction of the abyss cursed soil network brought about by the Dragon King's visit obviously also severely damaged the abyssal consciousness, and now he probably instinctively recycles the demon soul to complement himself.

Although the hard power of the abyss consciousness is definitely stronger than the heart of Terra, the heart of Terra is not damaged, and its essence is the source quality computing chip of the fifth energy level. Of course, it is stronger than the abyss consciousness that has been beaten five times and seven injuries.

So, after a while of wrestling, Ian took the heart of Terra and kicked away the tentacles stretched out from the abyss consciousness, completely protecting his spoils!
Not only that.

"This kind of thing, we don't have to come forward."

Ian said to Adalbert without hesitation: "Our Nanling has been attacked by the demon army, and our vitality has been severely injured, with heavy casualties. The major cities and territories have been bloodbathed, and now they are in ruins—and we happen to be in In the Void Realm, we found an incomparably powerful backhand of the enemy, in order to avoid the destruction of Nanling, we immediately reported this information."

"what?"

Hearing this, Adbert nodded in shock: "We did suffer a lot of casualties, but they weren't particularly heavy, right? Even if the souls weren't recovered, most of the casualties were small noble lords who didn't want to listen to our advice... Let’s not say whether they deserve it or not, most of them are in the Golden Plains, so it doesn’t hinder our Nanling’s productivity.”

It’s not that Adalbert doesn’t care about civilian casualties, but one has to choose one’s life in this world. The Yinfeng leader’s propaganda can be said to be hardworking, but he insists on staying in his hometown and co-existing with his hometown... He is theoretically not subordinate to the Nanling jurisdiction, what can be done about this?
"I mean, we have to act like this. You can be like Scott, he can help me write a whole debrief post from the beginning."

Ian knocked on Adalbert's head helplessly: "In short, we will never touch anything related to abyssal consciousness."

This Yadbert can understand: "Show the enemy weak, I can understand this."

"The central government of the empire is not the enemy yet...but it is normal for the local government to conceal the information from the central government."

Ian doesn't expect Adalbert to be able to understand politics, tricks such as selling misery and crying poor, maybe he has to change this matter to "funding" like the education trend, so that Adalbert can understand?

Who are these...

Shaking his head slightly, Ian was slightly distracted, and reported the news about the consciousness of the abyss to the headquarters of the Southwest Legion, that is, the side of the second prince Mikael.

Soon, Ian received a reply: [Very important news, Earl Yinfeng is worthy of the role model of the Nanling nobles, even if he wins a big victory, he will not forget to be alert to the enemy! 】

What followed was a long and eloquent praise essay, which Ian skipped to read.

But in the end, he saw a line of key information.

[…Now, the offensive and defensive momentum has reversed, and we will launch a major counterattack against the Feiyan land in late July under the guidance of the imperial capital]

[Sincerely invite Earl Yinfeng to come to watch the ceremony around Qianmalian Mountain and enjoy the scene of the counterattack together! 】

"Counterattack scene?"

Ian chewed this sentence for a while, and tasted all kinds of flavors: "The empire has long had counterattack methods, I know that, but it is actually a reward... Why, is it a nuclear bomb?"

This is just a joke - when the nuclear bomb was just invented on the earth, a large number of military and political officials were indeed invited to watch it. At that time, there was no awareness of radiation protection, and everyone tasted the baptism of nuclear radiation for themselves.

That is to say, at that time, the nuclear bomb had a small yield and did not cause serious radiation, and there was no big news in the end, otherwise it would be fun.

The empire invited him, an aristocrat who had just won a big victory in Nanling, to watch the ceremony, obviously because of the same nature. This also means that Ian has indeed reached that position and can start to participate in some games of the upper echelons of the empire.

After all, the goblins of the third energy level and allies in the territory can call out three other third energy levels, which can be regarded as a force no matter which country they are placed in. If Ian himself has the fourth energy level, find a small place Independence is enough.

The only question is, will this visit be as entertaining as Earth's visit to a nuclear bomb?For example, if you invite a large number of nobles to watch a super weapon, you forget that the viewing location is slightly compatible with the killing radius of the super weapon...

No way?
"Are you going?"

Adalbert also sensed this reply, and he asked casually: "In the second ten days, I can just deal with the territorial affairs and go there, so I won't be too busy... I'm really looking forward to what the big counterattack will be."

"It's probably a batch of new troops and creations. I'm also looking forward to it."

Ian nodded slightly. He had already made a decision: "We must go, but before that, we have to clean up the mess in Nanling."

"Although the vast majority of the people of the Golden Plains are protected by us in the refugee camps in the rear cities, after experiencing the bloodbath of the devil, it will take some time for the Golden Plains to live in people. Rebuilding settlements is one of them. Those whose ecology has been disturbed The Golden Plain monster is a big trouble."

There are many resources in the Golden Plain, which are these monsters and monster-related ecological production. Flameland doesn't care about the environment of the empire, so it can naturally use catalysts at will. However, it will take a lot of money for the empire to restore these destroyed and disturbed areas to the point where they can be produced. A lot of effort.

In addition, similar to the remuneration for the Marquis of Barton and the Viscount Grant, and related negotiations... winning the battle is only the first step. As the actual leader of Nanling, Ian still has a lot of things to do.

Actually, it's not just Empires and Flamelands.

The Alliance of Seven Cities, Canaan Moore, and the Capital of Learning all received news that the Nanling Devil Legion was defeated, and the Dragon King took action to arrest the Dragon of the Abyss.

All parties have different reactions, some are appreciative, some are worried, and some feel that the previous investment is still less, and now they are lamenting.

But the one with the most peculiar reaction was the capital of knowledge.

The capital of learning, the capital of heaven.

Tower of Quest.

A thin and white hand put down the crystal plate in his hand, and his blue eyes were thoughtful.

"The defeat of the demon army in Nanling is not normal." He muttered to himself: "Nowadays, Terra, except us and Yanjiang, has no ability to deal with the erosion of the cursed soil... But the Lord of Nanling passed Some kind of method slowed down the spread of the cursed soil, and this forced the Nanling demon army to fight at the location he decided, and then was bombarded by the space-based weapons released by his brother Mahdi on Dragon Island."

"Interesting, Long Dao also cooperated with him in this attack... Could it be that the rumors are true? The Dragon King intends to convert the descendant of Fudo Fortified City into a real dragon and cultivate it as the next generation of Dragon King? Can fake news become true?"

I can't see the image clearly, I can only see a hazy figure with a pair of blue eyes leaning on my big leather chair, and after lying down comfortably, I can't help smiling: "It's really interesting—I remember the recent time, Aye The young master of the Lun family is coming to the capital of learning...and he is also friends with Ian and Mahdi?"

"Perhaps we can invite them to be our guests?"

"After all, our capital of knowledge is different from any force on this continent... We are absolutely neutral and only seek the truth."

Saying so, the psychedelic figure with blue eyes looked at the 'mirror' opposite his desk: "Is that right?"

In the mirror, another person with 'blue eyes' looked at him and smiled differently: "'Myself'?"

(End of this chapter)