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Chapter 454 The Price (4K)

Darker than twilight, redder than blood, time may pass, but your power endures.

In your name, I swear in the darkness that all foolish things that stand in my way will perish by the power of you and me.

The spell merely appeared in one's mind, and immense magical power spontaneously gathered.

The lightsaber in Möbius's hand burst forth with a dazzling red light, illuminating half the night sky. Then, the light shot out, piercing through the city like a bolt of lightning.

The aftershocks of the intense heat melted the metal components of the London Eye. The river boiled and churned, and raindrops evaporated in mid-air.

The ancient trees along the embankment were uprooted and burned to carbonize.

The vector nozzles behind the mechanical swarm desperately changed direction, sacrificing half of their bodies to be incinerated into basic particles, barely managing to escape the Dragon Slash's killing range.

Its broken body sprayed blood and oil all the way down, staggering as it glided downwards, crashing headfirst into the water tower of a high-rise hotel.

The water tower collapsed, tumbled off the rooftop, crashed heavily to the ground, and crushed a brand-new Tesla electric car.

laugh--

The intense noise from the beam of light scorching the air shattered countless windows along its path. London residents belatedly realized what was happening and covered their ears, screaming in alarm.

Most people panicked and hid under their beds, trembling with fear.

A small number of clever people, upon discovering that the city was without power and all the vehicles on the road had stalled, didn't even have time to put on their shoes before calling their families to bring gas masks, flashlights, and thermal blankets. They ran downstairs as fast as they could and rushed into underground parking lots, subway tunnels, and other civil defense facilities to hide.

They were right; the two eyeballs in Möbius's eye sockets were submerged and replaced by pure energy.

His eyes blazed with light, veins bulged on his face, and his arm, dried out from bearing immense energy, struggled to raise the sword of Britannia, pointing it once more at the horde of machines.

The eighth-circle Evocation spell created by Hohenheim, [Breath of Annihilation].

A chilling breeze, carrying an ominous air, crossed the Thames and blew towards the high-rise buildings.

With its remaining four limbs, the mechanical swarm braced itself against the rooftop, using the reaction force to push itself off the roof. At the same time, its thick, long tail hooked onto the hotel's exterior wall, flinging itself downwards and narrowly avoiding the seemingly harmless breeze.

sand--

Without any warning or indication, the ceiling, walls, and floor of the top floor of the hotel were completely wiped away.

The adulterous middle-aged couple, still not fully dressed, were left staring blankly at the open roof and the rainy night sky.

"Is this the foundation of a top-tier guild?"

On the other side of the world, Changsun Yao stared intently at the near-Earth orbit monitoring satellite footage broadcast by the Whale Song Guild on the screen, nervously biting her nails.

Judging solely from its destructive power, Möbius, wielding the sword of light, has reached the level of a natural disaster, literally becoming an army by himself.

If it were them, this group of players
Changsun Yao thought for a moment and realized that apart from the White Horse Tombstone with its special methods, no one else could even get past it in one round.

A barrage of comments scrolled across the live stream screen, with many expressing regret for the ant.

The killing field system is strictly hierarchical, making it extremely difficult to challenge opponents of higher levels or to defeat stronger opponents with weaker forces.

Some viewers have even started petitioning, claiming to be from GS Biotechnology and offering to pay the Bell Tower Guild to preserve some of the monster's body fragments for research.

Amidst the sighs of regret, an anonymous user posted a nose-picking emoji, indicating "We haven't lost yet."

Immediately, comments flooded the screen questioning, "They haven't lost yet? Bro, are you blind or just too stubborn?"

Other comments chimed in, "[A classic example of a confrontational personality. I have a friend who's like that. I asked him if everything I say is wrong, and he replied, "Wrong! What you said is right."]"

Faced with a barrage of mocking comments, the anonymous user remained calm and composed, saying...

[If you go back and watch the old "Death Curse" quest replays on FlyingNet, you'll see that this player, from his debut to now, has reached Lv21 in less than a year, averaging an S or S+ rating in every quest. If he had become a player when the battlefield first opened, he might already be Lv40.]

With such temperament, willpower, and intellect, do you really think he would take such a high risk without having prepared a backup plan?

Let's wait and see.

Changsun Yao watched thoughtfully as the comment scrolled by and disappeared on the far left of the screen.

However, a new change appeared in the scene.

Large groups of creatures moved nimbly among the skyscrapers, using the buildings to block and evade the spells unleashed by Möbius from afar.

The self-healing gene of the Insect Lord God Abomination continues to take effect, causing cells to divide rapidly, repair wounds, and regenerate flesh and blood.

The cat-and-mouse game cannot last long, and letting large groups roam freely in London would cause damage no less than a light-speed elbow strike.

Standing atop the London Eye, Möbius's expression was ferocious. Leaning against the metal beam of the Ferris wheel, he took a giant black agate from his spatial artifact with his left hand and placed it on the blade of the Sword of Light.

Using agate as the casting material, unleash the eighth-circle shaping gravity magic – [Dark Star].

It's sizzling!

A dense electric current exploded in the air, and a black sphere about 13 meters in diameter appeared out of thin air in front of the large group of aircraft that was maneuvering.

It is composed of pure dark magic, continuously releasing terrifying gravity and destructive energy.

The surrounding buildings collapsed like tofu, and the cars parked on the road were pulled up by gravity, slowly floating towards the black sphere, only to be torn to shreds by the destructive energy halfway there.

This can be considered the ultimate advanced version of Li Sheng's Gravity Energy Ball skill.

With a forceful swing of his arm, Möbius sent the dark star rapidly drifting toward the swarm of machines.

The latter turned around, its rear thrusters spewing flames at full power, struggling to create distance.

Seeing this scene on the Thames from afar, Li Sheng leaped up, his bat-like claws embedding themselves in the building's exterior wall, sending himself and Gray Rain, who also had a [Floating Engine] attached to him, flying away.

Nikolai and the other bell tower mages, still recovering from the excruciating pain in their souls, were filled with rage upon seeing this and unleashed their spells in an attempt to intercept Li Sheng.

But the latter didn't even turn his head; he simply snapped his fingers.

Bang bang bang!

Six-legged armored tanks appeared out of thin air behind Li Sheng's flight path, lined up like sheep droppings.

As soon as they landed, the tanks spun their cannons and fired invisible yet tangible force field projectiles at the mages, interrupting their spellcasting once again.

To some extent, Nikolai and others really had grievances they couldn't express.

First, all the combat forces at the top of the clock tower were taken away by Chairman Hohenheim to explore the killing field. The people left behind in London were short-handed.

Secondly, as mages, they often rely on melee classes, such as warriors, monks, or golems, to draw the boss's aggro and create opportunities for damage output.
This makes it easier for them to recite incantations and guide the release of powerful spells.

However, the colossal war golems in the clock towers were all locked within the Greenwich Observatory headquarters by the defensive array hastily erected due to the Crimson Warning, rendering them unusable. These coincidences led Nikolai to a terrifying premonition.

Could it be that the Truth Side of the Evil Science Alliance is providing accurate intelligence to the Ants?
Could their goal be to attack the clock tower, or even destroy London?

Li Sheng paid no attention to Nikolai's chaotic thoughts. He sped through the air, a deep voice coming from beneath his visor, "Let's proceed according to plan."

"Um,"

Gray Rain nodded, glanced at the buildings below, and said softly, "Be careful."

Although she often refers to herself as the chosen one, a fierce and ruthless wolf warrior, and a pure Chinese person lurking in the Zelo civilization,
But as a nanomachine and war machine, she doesn't really understand what parents or an orphanage are.

All she could do was trust Li Sheng.

The wind howled in my ears, and the torrential rain seemed poised to sink the city into the sea.
Gray Rain released his grip, detached the levitation engine, and, under the influence of gravity, slammed it heavily into an abandoned warehouse.
The search is for another MI6 team, and Jacob Thompson, Cai Anjie's adoptive father, whom they have hidden.

As for Li Sheng
He flew straight toward the swarm of machines, his armor plates automatically opening to reveal tendons covered by his skin and electrical connectors hidden within them.

As the comments in Whale Song's live stream said, the later the battleground goes, the more strictly hierarchical it becomes, making it extremely difficult to challenge opponents of higher levels.

Therefore, the only way is to maximize one's strengths.

boom!
The armor on the front of the neck of the mechanical swarm automatically detached, revealing a giant infusion device as thick as a human arm hidden inside.

The syringe was filled with a crystal-clear liquid, with streaks of blood scattered throughout.

Or, to put it another way, 200ml of Qilin blood.

As the engines roared within the large group, strong muscles squeezed the infusion device, pumping the transparent liquid, tinged with the blood of the Qilin, into the blood vessels.

The blood of the Qilin divine beast boiled and surged the moment it came into contact with the blood plasma cells of the Insect Lord God, unleashing its full power.

The large group, still flying at full speed and trying to escape the gravity of the Dark Star, emitted dense crackling sounds from all over its body.

Tendons tear and regenerate, bones break and then grow back.

The muscles that were forced to grow out of proportion swelled excessively, squeezing and deforming the metal parts, making the already enormous body appear even more distorted and ferocious.

That wasn't enough. With another "bang," the armor under Daqun's ribs automatically detached, revealing a second infusion device that pumped in a transparent liquid mixed with 300ml of Qilin blood.

This liquid was an internal secret medicine of the Thousand-Throat Beast Guild that Li Sheng bought at a high price from the black market in the slums.

The specific ingredients are said to be a dried extract of the corpse of some kind of divine abomination, rich in amino acids, polyols, and small molecule peptides, among other active elements.

It's probably similar to Kangfuxin Liquid, which is made from cockroach extract.

In summary, it can slightly reduce the side effects of direct intravenous injection of Qilin blood.

With two tubes of divine beast blood, the flames of the thrusters on the backs of the large group were pushed to their limit, and the massive thrust finally broke free from the absorption of the [Dark Star].

And, the final step...
The chest armor of the mechanical horde popped open to the sides according to a pre-programmed sequence, revealing the semi-biological, semi-mechanical engine core.

The engine's heart has been hollowed out, or rather, a human-shaped groove has been pre-set, with the inner walls of the groove filled with all sorts of cables and blood vessels.

Li Sheng suddenly turned around in mid-air and precisely lay down in the human-shaped groove.

The dangling cables lunged out like venomous snakes, biting his hands and feet.

Two rows of nine transistor needles, installed on the inner wall of the groove, pierce the skin of the back and connect to the spinal nerves.

There are also eight data interfaces that connect directly to the brain and the cerebellum at the back of the neck via invasive electrodes from the brain-computer interface.

The third tube, containing a full 500ml of Qilin blood, was pumped into the veins. The massive mechanical swarm, trailing meteor-like tail flames, accelerated into the high-altitude clouds.

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"We have to stop him!"

In the conference room of the Yin City Special Affairs Bureau headquarters, Yuan Zhixia looked at the scene on the big screen, her pupils trembled, and she subconsciously stood up from her seat, accidentally knocking over a mineral water bottle on the table.

Every power comes at a price. Li Sheng's willingness to face the level 35 Möbius head-on means he will inevitably have to pay a high, or even a dismal, price.

No one spoke in the meeting room. The heads of the Yin City Special Affairs Bureau, who had been called up at the last minute to attend the meeting, all had solemn expressions.

Director Xing Hechou waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Yuan, sit down first."

"Feel sorry,"

Yuan Zhixia took a deep breath, sat back down, and calmly said, "My suggestion is that Cai Anjie was handed over to us by Ant."

Cai Anjie's Lv35 extraordinary power alone is nothing special, but her other identity is that of a hidden realm authority holder. She is the core of the [Peach Blossom Spring] project.

In the future, the relationship between the Special Affairs Bureau and her will inevitably be one of cooperation, not jurisdiction or subordination.

We have been involved in this incident for a long time, and whether from a moral or economic standpoint, we have a responsibility and obligation to pull him back from the brink, at least to save his life. We cannot let Cai Anjie and those in the know feel disheartened.

"Yes, saving the ants' lives is definitely something we need to do. As for the specifics of how to proceed, that's beyond the authority of our municipal bureau. Headquarters informed us ten minutes ago that they've taken over."

As Xing Hechou was speaking, he suddenly paused, as if he had received a message from a friend. He then said to everyone in the conference room, "Um, those with authority below level five, please leave first."

The mobile task force members, including Su Jie and Yuan Zhixia, got up and left the meeting room. Yuan Zhixia was anxious and silently quickened her pace to get away from the crowd, ran out of the Special Affairs Bureau building, and took out her personal cell phone.

Her messages to Li Sheng went unanswered, and she didn't know how to contact him at this point.
hum.

My phone vibrated slightly; it was a text message from Li Sheng.

To be precise, it was a pre-set voice message sent at a specific time.

Even with Yuan Zhixia's intelligence, her mind was filled with jumbled thoughts when she answered the phone. The next second, Li Sheng's light, slightly amused voice came through the receiver.

"Hey, are you there? Can you do me a favor and find a way to get the school closed for the next two days? This time the price might be a bit high."

At the same moment, in the clouds of the London night sky.

[Compatibility check of the Insect Lord God's Necrotic Cells has passed; blood circulation has been initiated.]

[The hippocampal emotion separation system is operating normally, and the killing impulse inhibition circuit is functioning well.]

[Neural connections are fully adapted, visual signals are covered, and motor cortex neural impulses are calibrated.]

Current dynamic synchronization rate: 100%

Li Sheng and the mechanical group opened their eyes simultaneously.

(End of this chapter)