Above Destiny

Chapter 265: Disaster without Light
There was a loud roar in the narrow basement.

In a short moment, the generator was overloaded, the manual engine was pressurized, the power was transmitted, and the hydraulic power was stored. The scorching heat leaked from the extremely simple exoskeleton. The violent power was transmitted with the harsh sound of metal friction. The reinforced steel bars at the shoulders cracked and wailed, unable to bear the heavy burden.

And that exaggerated wailing hammer had already fallen from the sky as Ji Jue waved his hand!

The air waves spread in all directions along with the viscous plasma spray.

It's like smashing a tomato.

The distorted creature that broke into the door literally saw black in front of its eyes, and then black again. After taking a full round of damage from the hammer, it had no time to react before it was swept away by Ji Jue, flew out, and smashed into the wall. With another roar, a crack appeared.

In pain, the deformed creature formed by countless limbs roared wildly, and its limbs swung around randomly, supporting its body in a mess and recovering quickly.

It was originally a bloody mess, but Ji Jue's two blows of hammer were like a cosmetic surgery for it.

At this moment, eyes on the 'shoulders', 'waist' and even 'six legs' opened and stared at Ji Jue. Without any warning or forward movement, they completed the charging and shot out!

Incredibly fast.

Like a phantom, it appeared in front of you in a flash.

Ji Jue didn't even have time to lift the overly heavy hammer, and his neck and head were already exposed to the big mouth that suddenly opened from his chest.

then……

With a sound of Bia~!
The entire body of the deformed creature was stuck on the huge shield that seemed to appear out of thin air in his other hand. The sharp spikes welded on it penetrated its limbs and came out from the back.

It's like seeking death.

It was not until now that it used the thinking ability that it might not have to discover that the exaggerated huge shield in Ji Jue's hand...wasn't it the door that was just sealed in the wall!

With the pre-set connection, all you need to do is pull it gently, and the bolt that was deliberately destroyed will fall off completely.

Then, under the pull of the cable made of layers of twisted iron wires, the huge iron door fell into Ji Jue's hands and turned into a shield large enough to cover his entire body behind it.

The sharp scraps that Ji Jue welded behind the door became the best gift for the deformed creature.

In the instant of intersection, the deformed object didn't even have time to react before it got stuck on it, and then... the hammer gathered power, and the monster fixed on the hammer screamed sharply, making a hissing sound as if it enjoyed it very much, and had a meteorite hug with another 'fellow villager' stuck on the shield!

boom! boom! boom!
The iron gate shook violently, and countless pieces of flesh and blood flew up from it.

The stitched monster was struggling violently and was still randomly releasing venom and bullet-like spikes, but unfortunately, it couldn't aim at anyone. Even if a few bone spurs occasionally pierced Zhong Ji Jue, they were blocked by the iron sheet he wore outside his protective suit.

Well, that was also taken from the barrel in the house.

The coating is complete and of high quality, large enough to hold barrels of high-risk compounds, and can certainly block bone spurs.

Every time the hammer was struck with full force, large pieces of flesh and blood were torn off the deformed creature by the wailing hammer. There were even winding tentacles extending from the big mouth of the hammer head, tightly entangled with the deformed creature, sucking its blood and gnawing its flesh and bones, not allowing it to escape or break free easily!
People in the same industry hope for the death of their colleagues the most, and the same goes for evil creatures.

The wailing continued.

Mouths opened and closed, and screams broke out again.

The huge aberration was almost broken in half.

In its violent struggle, it finally broke the scrap steel pipes and iron sheets that pierced its body. Then, it pulled hard, and a terrifying sound of flesh being torn apart was heard...

The severely injured mutant broke free from the shackles of the hammer and shield, but it did not have the courage to attack Ji Jue who was so close to it.

Instead, he started crawling all over the floor.

Unprecedented fear and panic emerged from its consciousness. In this battle where everything was evil, it even doubted which one of itself and Ji Jue was the real evil-corroded creature...

At this moment, when it realized it couldn't win, it didn't even care about its lower body, and turned around and ran out of the basement, dragging a long string of messy proliferating flesh and blood.

Ran!

Ji Jue was furious.

"Why are you running? You are not allowed to run!"

I spent so much time and effort, wasted so many materials, and finally beat you to a low health level, and you want to run away after only seeing such a small thing dropped?

What about the fair duel? !

But he couldn't catch up at all.

The hastily hand-made transmission structure was rough from head to toe, and it was already difficult for him to barely swing the hammer. As for the legs, they were already overwhelmed by the weight of hundreds of pounds, so there was no need to force them to achieve the non-existent movement function.

In this regard, Ji Jue could only sigh helplessly.

Then, he stepped on the pedal next to him.

At that moment, the taut wire suddenly broke, followed by a crisp explosion...

Right in front of the doorway that no longer had a door.

A compression tank hanging above the door frame suddenly exploded, pierced by sharp rusty iron nails.

Then, sticky foam gushed out and exploded.

Instantly poured water all over the deformed creature's face.

The gray-black foamy substance that leaked out of the compressed can, which looked like a spray can, reacted quickly the moment it came into contact with the air, hardening and sticking together. In less than a second, it solidified into almost weightless lumps.

Then, he wrapped most of the evil creature in it and stuck it to the ground.

"..."

The evil creature stood there in a daze, sluggish, and subconsciously struggled a bit, then struggled again, trying hard to turn into a cricket pupae.

Finally, tiny cracks appeared on the hardened foam.

Freedom is in sight.

Unfortunately, it's too late...

In just a few seconds, Ji Jue had dragged the heavy exoskeleton and moved in front of it step by step.

Looking down, a dark shadow covered the distorted and spasming face.

Suddenly smiled.

"Run? Why don't you run?"

Ji Jue pointed his finger and suddenly asked, "I just said 'hello', but you are leaving and you don't even want to say 'goodbye'. Isn't that too rude? Do you look down on me?"

The evil creatures were sluggish, and the broken faces exposed outside were squirming as if they were about to speak.

But then, under the rapidly expanding dark shadow, a loud roar burst out!
The hammer falls!

"Just knock on the door, right?"

boom! ! !
"You're the only one with a loud voice?!"

boom! ! !
"You are so rude!!!"

boom! ! ! !

In the continuous roar, blood spurted out like a rainstorm, spread out, and fell on that handsome face, amid the crisp sounds of bones breaking and flesh deforming.

His smile was dyed red.

He is laughing.

Amid the shrill wailing and crying, I couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into laughter.

At this moment, in front of the floating light of the Tower of All Changes, the invigilators had fallen into a long silence for a long, long time...

For a moment, Jiang Tongguang wanted to try hard to smile and say "It's not bad", but he felt that this scene was not good no matter how he looked at it!
more importantly……

"what is that?"

Gustav reached out and pointed at the can above the door that was spewing foam.

Jiang Tongguang was a little unsure now. He squinted his eyes and looked for a long time: "Hmm, it seems to be... the half can of gaseous compressed gel originally stored in the workshop?"

Like gray tiles and many spare parts, they are consumables used to repair candidates' workshops and maintain equipment.

An exam is an exam after all. Even Gustav is not strict enough to throw the examinees into a place with nothing to play wilderness survival game. He should at least give them some basic props.

But this is not right...

Gustav became more and more confused: "Since he used the gaseous compressed gel here, what did he use to repair the cracks in the workshop?"

"Using um... quite sophisticated masonry techniques."

Jiang Tongguang called up the images recorded in Huiguang, but when he saw the scene inside, he couldn't hold it in any longer and rubbed his eyes repeatedly: "But to be honest, this craftsmanship is really good. He even leveled the wall!"

"..."

The Huiguang Records faithfully restored Ji Jue's operations.

He used fragments of gray tiles, ashes left over from the furnace, and even many scrapped parts of the main body, which were crushed into powder. After ascending and purifying them, he mixed them with oil and finally got a large bucket of paste that could never be used up.

To be honest, it is convenient and easy to use, but its effectiveness is not enough! A quick calculation will show that it can only be used for a short period of time... Oh, he only plans to use it for a short period of time, so it's fine.

Gustav was silent for a long time, and finally asked:

"What about the evil pollution that leaked in?"

"..."

Jiang Tongguang's expression twitched, and he pointed at several cables connected to the wall in the picture: "All of them were led into the furnace to be used as catalysts for cultivating the mutant. Hmm, the effect is outstanding."

In the silence, the two people looked at each other and sighed in unison.

What a fucking talent!
Ye Xian really found a ghost...

"At least it shows that the Haizhou Association's report is correct. This level and ability..."

Jiang Tongguang nodded in agreement: "There is indeed a lot of room for improvement."

Not to mention anything else, not to mention the ability to respond quickly, transform quickly and take unexpected contingency measures, the ability to directly transform the evil things in the furnace into tools can be described as 'fast, accurate, ruthless and vicious'!
If an ordinary apprentice encountered such a thing, he wouldn't even have time to cry, so how could he be like him, grinning from ear to ear as if he had made a fucking fortune?
Actually it's true.

The materials are refreshed directly in the furnace.

If this isn’t getting rich, then what is?
"If you tell me this is his first time dealing with evil creatures, I won't believe it."

Jiang Tongguang sighed and turned to Ji Jue's resume, where he saw the work evaluation of the Quancheng Recycling Department of the Haizhou Association - excellent, sensible, considerate of colleagues, willing to take responsibility when encountering problems, and has certain experience in handling chemical substances.

He originally thought it was just a polite compliment, after all, aren't all the gilded young masters like that? But he didn't expect that the head of the Quancheng Recycling Department was still too damn conservative.

Is this what you call having a certain amount of experience?
The skillful and familiar posture when refining the evil transformation object is almost more skilled than me, right? !

If there weren't any signs of collusion with evil creatures on his body and there were not three masters guaranteeing him, Jiang Tongguang would have thought that he was a direct disciple of some powerful association in Yousui who had come here to go undercover.

And, look at this incredibly solid foundation, with its application of ancient alchemy and all sorts of handy manipulations…

"My goodness, each generation is stronger than the last."

Jiang Tongguang sighed: "Ah, alas! Old Gu, I think this boy has the talent to be a master of prison!"

Gustave was silent.

After seeing Ji Jue beat the evil creature half to death, put the door back and repaired it, and then... threw the evil creature into the furnace and thought about recycling it, he no longer wanted to talk.

Fortunately, Ji Jue is the only candidate who is so outrageous and weird.

He can also look at other projections to stabilize his blood pressure.
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At this moment, in the workshop, intensive and enthusiastic work is still going on.

After re-reinforcing the workshop, Ji Jue drove the exoskeleton that was on the verge of being scrapped, and painstakingly folded the dying monster repeatedly, crumpled it into a ball, and then forced it into the furnace.

As the flames burned and the spiritual essence dissociated and reconstructed, the overloaded furnace vibrated violently, cracks continued to appear, and then were repaired by Ji Jue using various materials.

Anyway, the point is that as long as it doesn't explode, you can still use it.

Besides, isn't it spinning pretty well now?

From the furnace, the familiar wailing and screaming sounded again. And in the corner, the flesh and blood hammer that had just been out of the furnace was trembling, not daring to make the slightest sound.

The sound of explosions continued.

A large number of cumbersome structures and tissues were reduced to ashes during the burning, and sticky blood slowly overflowed from the cracks, fell to the ground, and spread into a pool of blood.

What a pity.

Ji Jue sighed, and based on the principle of not wasting anything, he quickly took a basin to collect the food.

From the perspective of quality, although this aberration was stronger than the one that crawled out of the furnace, it was still limited in strength and was still a leftover. It was just a deformed aberration formed by the bodies of several chosen ones after being transformed into evil.

Just make do with it.

Conditions are limited, so don't look down on anyone else.

During these difficult times, we must work together sincerely, put aside our differences, and move forward hand in hand.

what is this?
This is called tolerance for the public good!

"Don't worry, it'll be quick."

Ji Jue patted the furnace and said comfortingly: "After you count the scratches in the furnace, it will become a Mickey Mouse tool that you can use next!"

The shrill screams became louder as the fire got hotter.

Ji Jue stepped on the pool of blood, dragged over a chair, and comfortably roasted the fire amid the thunder and heavy rain and many strange noises outside the workshop.

Whistling and singing.
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For all the candidates, it was a night that was too long and torturous, but it finally ended in unprecedented panic and anxiety.

Almost like a nightmare.

The evil erosion at night, the monsters constantly wandering outside the door, the deformed creatures crawling out of the furnace, the unknown things crawling through the pipes in the middle of the night, and even the violent earthquake and collapse at dawn.

One by one, each one of them has exhausted the candidates' minds and hearts in fear and torment them to death.

But when the night finally ended, the sun did not rise.

When the first candidate mustered up his courage, made full preparations, and stepped out of the air wall that no longer existed, he discovered the ruins were in a mess.

The buildings, which were relatively intact for some years, are now on the verge of collapse.

In the buildings and courtyards outside the basement, corpses were scattered everywhere. The corpses rotting in the dampness had attracted many strange insects to eat them.

Flies flew around and the stench spread.

But when I saw the sign hanging on the wall and the words "Luye Frontier Observation Center", my heart could no longer hold back and sank to the bottom.

Now, they finally understood where the sample for this exam came from...

——【Disaster without light】!
Just one hundred and forty-one years ago, in the far west of the Endless Sea, on the edge of modern civilization, a horrific disaster known as the "Lightless Disaster" raged.

Due to lack of budget and long-term neglect, the person in charge of the Luye Frontier Observation Center was absent from his post, so that many signs were ignored. Eventually, in the sea area of ​​that heavily polluted area, a horrific disaster beast that was later evaluated to have reached the [ultimate] level was bred and broke out of its shell.

With its first cry after its birth, an unprecedented tide of evil covered all sea areas within thousands of miles.

The fog followed and spread even further, covering dozens of islands including Luye Island. For three and a half months, this area of ​​the sea shrouded in evil pollution never saw the sun again.

Wherever this calamity beast, called the "Underworld Sea Worm," passed, all living things were completely eroded in an instant, and the world became a demonic domain. If it weren't for the fact that there were few islands and few people in the western part of the Endless Sea, it would probably be enough to cause one of the most horrific disasters in modern history.

Three and a half months later, when the combined fleet of the Empire and the Federation used the numbered Tiangong to completely destroy the disaster beast.

To this day, the pollution in that sea area has not dissipated. According to calculations, it will take at least two hundred years for it to recover naturally.

Unexpectedly, when the association's investigation team arrived at Luye Island and wanted to recover the data, they discovered that... there were unexpected survivors in this disaster.

An apprentice who no one cared about before.

When the evil erosion occurred, he happened to be thrown into a workshop to do hard labor, so he survived.

In the following three months, this apprentice, who had failed the craftsman exam several times, hid in the observatory, relying on the expired food in the warehouse and his own barely adequate repairs, and luckily waited for the arrival of the investigation team.

After experiencing such a tragic disaster, the surviving apprentices gave up further training and becoming craftsmen. After being tested and quarantined by the association, they cooperated with the association's publicity for the rest of their lives. While the popularity was still there, they made a wave of mascots, earned a lot of money, and grew old in ordinary lives.

According to the etheric records extracted from him by the association afterwards, the scene was recreated and analyzed, and it was finally discovered that the seemingly miraculous survival was actually not difficult.

The location of Luye Island is not within the core range of the evil pollution, and the deformed creatures and evil creatures spawned on the island are not very interested in such a small amount of flesh and blood and spiritual essence on living people.

All I can say is: sometimes, being too weak has its advantages.

At least the evil creatures won't even bother with this little bit of sweetness... and even if they do, they can't find him or kill him.

As long as we survive the first wave of impact, by maintaining and repairing the observatory and being careful and low-key, it may be possible to regain our former survival.

In fact, the process is very simple, all you need is hands!
Unfortunately, looking through the archives of history, everything seems easy.

Even though they knew that if they did this or that, everything would go smoothly and they would succeed immediately, when the tragic reality came before every candidate, no one could help but feel dizzy.

Especially when they climbed up the broken observation tower and looked down at the entire island.

Under the dim light, on the huge island, strange shadows were silently wriggling, and the deformed creatures were running in groups, screaming, and the huge evil creatures that had been bred took root on the desolate island and extended their tentacles.

Above the foggy sky, a giant rotten bird spread its wings and cried hungrily.

The world has fallen into a demonic realm, and the entire Luye Island has become a nightmare hell.

In the simulation of the Tower of All Changes, countless people had already fallen into despair before this three-month-long torturous survival had even begun.

Except Ji Jue.

"Seriously? Is this really a test?"

He put down the telescope, rubbed his eyes, picked it up again and looked carefully.

Hard to understand.

"How come there are so many good materials and beautiful jades out there?"

(End of this chapter)