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Chapter 628 All dead

In an instant, a chilling aura enveloped the entire town, transforming the once unbearably hot desert village into a frigid and ghostly realm.

Having followed Feng Xue for some years, Mo Ying has now developed some skill in illusion magic. However, rather than meticulously weaving intricate dreams, she prefers to simply overwhelm them with sheer ghostly energy.

The overwhelming ghostly aura enveloped all the creatures near the oasis. Although most of them were in a "monster fusion" state, and the warriors, like Kamen Riders, successfully resisted the control of the ghostly aura, the massive ghostly energy itself still pressed them to the ground, rendering them unable to move.

But just as Feng Xue was about to reap the rewards, the clamor of life suddenly fell silent. Chen Xuan, who was punching a cactus warrior away, turned pale and exclaimed:
"I didn't use any force!"

But the next moment, his surprise turned into horror, because at the same time, the warriors around him who were being suppressed by Mo Ying fell silent.

"Dead?" Within Feng Xue's vision of observing the heavens and earth, the lifespan above everyone's head almost simultaneously reached zero, and correspondingly, those monster spirits also disappeared without a trace.

"What... what's going on? Could it be that these people are actually already dead?"

Chen Xuan couldn't help but recall classic scenes from various horror stories, but Feng Xue shook her head and said:

"Without a doubt, he just died."

"But why? With so many people, even if they tried to escape, some should have managed to get away, right? Why are they all dead?" Chen Xuan did not suspect that Feng Xue was the one who killed them. Although Feng Xue had killed people along the way, those he killed were either extremely heinous or very strong. These soldiers obviously did not fit that description.

"Ignoring the consideration of misleading us, it should be that the enemy couldn't accurately distinguish each person, and didn't know who had escaped or who had been captured. In order to avoid revealing more information, they simply killed them all."

Feng Xue speculated in this way, but Chen Xuan found it unbelievable—

"Why were they able to do it so easily? Were these their own people?"

“So you should have realized by now that here, people with low fates aren’t treated like human beings.” Feng Xue repeated what she had said before, but Chen Xuan only felt heartbroken, because in his heart, he was also one of those with weak fates.

He suddenly felt fortunate to be living at Dongda University. Although he couldn't say he was living a great life, at least he wasn't being used as a waste material by some powerful person.

Feng Xue didn't care about Chen Xuan's melancholy. He simply grabbed a handful of bean flour, scattered a group of Dragon Tooth Soldiers, and threw all the corpses in the city into the desert.

In such a hot and arid environment, as long as you don't stay in the oasis, you don't have to worry about problems like plagues. You might even be able to nourish the fragile ecosystem in the desert environment.

He then took out a stone slab and began to study it.

He had actually prepared himself for the power on the stone slabs to disappear, but to his surprise, the stone slabs stuffed into the pot-shaped bag were exactly the same as when they were put in.
"Is it impossible to undo the power within? But why?"

Feng Xue analyzed the structure of the stone slab little by little and found that it was surprisingly simple. In essence, it was no different from the illusory god system. Monsters were equivalent to illusory gods, stone slabs were equivalent to memorial tablets, and those distributed to individuals were consecration items.

The act of consecrating props with stone slabs, borrowing the power of deities, is a technique that is several versions behind even Feng Xue's cyber consecration and AI proselytizing.

But when Feng Xue tried to summon the monsters using methods like divine invocation, she realized that the outer shell of this system was completely unimportant; its core was only one thing: the monsters themselves. "These monsters are highly integrated destinies, similar to my spell Stars. The stone tablet ritual is just a switch to activate the power of this complex spell system."

The more Feng Xue studied it, the more she discovered how special this system was. Compared to traditional illusory divine descent, this thing had almost no barriers to entry, and the rituals and procedures had been modularized.

If traditional divine intervention is a complex handicraft workshop, and Feng Xue's AI virtual gods and cyber consecration are 3D printers, then this monster system is a complete assembly line.

Although it can only produce a single product and its workers have no development capabilities outside of this system, its production capacity within this system is unparalleled.

However, this high degree of integration means that the terminal can hardly learn anything. Feng Xue could only come to a rough conclusion by relying on the technology of various divine systems at hand, half guessing and half guessing.

However, assuming his guess is correct, then the reason why the power of these stone slabs was not taken away...

"Is it because of this?" Feng Xue's fingertips brushed over the "text" on the stone slab that even the translation system couldn't decipher. He had reason to suspect that this thing was probably the so-called "real name," or at least a part of it.

Feng Xue's thirst for knowledge burned fiercely at this moment. In his eyes, this True Name System had considerable value. Using it to control mortals and summon monsters was simply too wasteful. If it were in his hands, it might become a piece of the puzzle to reach the Taiyi Realm.

"I never expected there would be such an unexpected gain."

Feng Xue's lips curled up slightly. The more precious this True Name System is, the more it means that its core is inevitably in the hands of a few people. Judging from the current state of this civilization system, they are probably what they call gods.

Feng Xue glanced at her seventh crown, which she had formed by destroying the Olympian pantheon, then looked at the completed Ragnarok, and couldn't help but laugh—

"Then let's choose Toto the first target!"

Feng Xue found an off-road vehicle in the village that could travel in the desert environment, made some modifications using her skills, and then waved to Chen Xuan:

"We should go!"

"Ah, oh!" Chen Xuan jumped and ran over quickly, but Feng Xue still noticed his emotional instability and immediately asked:
"What? Still feeling bad about it?"

"Hmm, if we hadn't come, would these people have avoided dying?"

Chen Xuan's words carried a touch of naiveté that only comes from peaceful countries. Feng Xue laughed at his words, and only responded when Chen Xuan's face flushed slightly:
"Your perspective is flawed. When thinking about these kinds of things, try looking at it from a different angle. You should be considering whether these people are truly alive?"

"What do you mean?" Chen Xuan vaguely grasped something, but still pressed for an answer. Feng Xue shrugged, and amidst Chen Xuan's exclamation of "Steering wheel!", calmly replied:

"Under the control of a system like True Names, where those in power can take away countless lives with just a thought, or even without any orders, do you really think they wouldn't die for other reasons if we didn't come?"

(End of this chapter)