Life Dungeon Game

"In this world, the extraordinary beings do not have a concrete concept of gods, so they do not know that gods generally do not manipulate corrupted servant monsters. The only ones who can control these servants are the gods' agents on earth, namely the leaders of the original church."

"Furthermore, there is a little bit of occult knowledge: the minimum strength required to fully receive divine pronouncements is 'B-level' most of the time. Although a puppeteer has obtained the power to control B-level puppets, he has not truly advanced to B-level, and his own soul strength is not high enough."

"In other words, he is not yet qualified to bear the divine oracle of the Mysterious Shadow."

"So, on the night the power of the Mysterious Shadow descended and the World Tree Ruodan branch was corrupted, there was another extraordinary being present. This extraordinary being was the strongest being there at the time, and also received the most 'blessings' from the Mysterious Shadow, enabling him to successfully advance to Rank B and thus receive divine pronouncements."

He Ao's finger made the final stroke, and a symbol with a triangle on top and a cross on the bottom was formed on the table. An invisible force seemed to gather towards it, causing the symbol to emit a faint glow.

Heo looked up and smiled at Rhodes.

"Although the World Tree's Ruodan branch is well hidden, finding it isn't difficult for extraordinary individuals with the ability to explore the unknown. Am I right, Mr. Explorer, or rather,"

He paused slightly, "Pope?"

Rhodes's expression stiffened slightly.

In fact, based solely on the above information, Heo was not entirely certain of Rhodes' identity. Therefore, he showed Rhodes' portrait to the two thieves he rescued from the World Tree branch, which ultimately confirmed Rhodes' identity.

Of course, he was able to save the two thieves because he caught the puppeteer off guard; otherwise, the puppeteer certainly wouldn't have left him alive.

The special symbol before Heo emitted a faint glow; it was the emblem once etched between Lyanna's brows, and Heo guessed it pointed to the mysterious shadow.

It's a mystical symbol, so he drew it here.

The fact that this symbol is glowing means that there is an extremely strong divine power around it, so much so that anything directed toward the divine will receive a response.

At the same time, twisted and insane babbling also flooded into He'ao's mind.

For ordinary superhumans, this symbol cannot be drawn carelessly in such a place, as it is easily contaminated if drawn on.

He Ao does have some mental resilience, so he's not worried about that.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hao Yi, I don't know much about what you're talking about, such as the Mysterious Shadow, the World Tree branch, or occult knowledge."

After a very brief silence, Rhodes laughed in surprise, seemingly shocked by what Heo had just said and completely unable to understand what Heo was talking about.

"So, it doesn't matter if I destroy the ritual you constructed on the rooftop?"

He Ao smiled.

Rhodes' expression finally changed noticeably. He slowly stood up and smiled, "Just as that 'boss' said, you are indeed a formidable opponent, and your knowledge far surpasses that of everyone else in this world."

In that instant, his body shattered into a dark shadow, and his icy voice echoed throughout the hall, "So, please stay here forever."

The staff members who were originally standing around all turned their attention to He Ao at the same time. Their eyes were cold, like mechanical puppets.

Rhodes summoned Moonlight members back to Moonlight headquarters not to investigate an internal traitor, but to assimilate all of Moonlight's superhumans.

These people may have already had the seeds of corruption implanted by Rhodes, allowing these seeds to take root and sprout in their bodies.

Rhodes had simply allowed them to maintain their rationality for the time being, enabling them to behave like normal people and avoid being noticed as odd.

Rhodes, as the person in charge of Moonlight, is the biggest mole himself.

Thinking about it this way, Rhodes' previous dispatch of the other two C-class members of Moonlight to besiege Heo's main body was probably to use Heo, a researcher from the institute, to weaken the combat power of these two C-class members, so that they could be better contaminated.

He just didn't expect that both of his C-level grades would be completely wiped out.

The two C-ranks sent by Moonlight were probably too powerful and the time was too short, so he could only corrupt one of them. Therefore, he sent the other one out to investigate the World Tree.

When the mysterious shadow descends, that C-rank will likely face certain death as well.

It must be said that the mysterious shadow chose its timing perfectly, corrupting the city's top superhumans in one fell swoop.

The three major extraordinary organizations in Ellen City: Moonlight, World Tree, and Dawn, or rather, the faction of the 'boss' in Dawn.

Both the moonlight and the World Tree have been corrupted, and the 'boss' doesn't care about the life or death of this city at all.

However, this place is too far from the Central Plains, and the research institute cannot intervene at all.

This was originally a hopeless situation with absolutely no obstacles.

A mysterious shadow will descend upon the countless corpses of people in this city.

He raised his hand, trying to summon the Verola, but there was no response from the surrounding space.

A powerful force sealed off space, preventing the Verola from breaking through and entering the building.

However, this situation

This was also within He Ao's expectations.

Since Rhodes had a way to block the upper layers, he naturally had a way to block the lower layer.

Of course, he probably didn't rely on any extraordinary tools, but rather on the power of the mysterious shadow.

In fact, He Ao did not know where the core location of Rhodes's ceremony was. His last sentence was mostly a bluff to Rhodes.

His reasoning was that since Rhodes had sealed off the space on the upper floors, the core of the ritual was most likely on one of those floors, possibly the top floor, which had the longest path from the ground.

So he directly stated his guess, trying to trick Rhodes.

Of course, Rhodes' strong reaction was based on He's meticulous preparation.

All his analysis, how he discovered clues step by step and confirmed Rhodes' identity, had already established an image of him as all-knowing in Rhodes' mind.

Therefore, when Heo revealed that Rhodes' true form was constructing a ritual on the top floor and actually guessed correctly, Rhodes lost his composure and took immediate action.

If we were to actually spend time investigating the location where Rhodes held the ceremony, it would probably take a lot of time and might even arouse Rhodes' suspicion.

Now, He Ao doesn't have that much time left.

Therefore, he had no choice but to risk entering the building and use some language skills, along with observation and analysis, to trick his way out of the real location.

Unfortunately, Rhodes's image here was merely a shadow, otherwise he could have directly marked Rhodes.

Next, we need to go up to the top floor to find the main body of Rhodes where he held the ceremony.

But to get to the top floor, there's something else you need to overcome.

The dazzling lights shattered in that instant, and the staff standing in the hall were instantly twisted into indescribable shadows.

A silent darkness enveloped everything, and a chaotic murmur exploded in He Ao's mind.

To obtain intelligence quickly, you have to pay a price.

For example, he deliberately walked into the trap that Rhodes had set for him.

A terrifying and chilling atmosphere permeated the entire hall, and the earth seemed to tremble.

He Ao slowly drew the Shadowless Sword from his waist.

There was a power outage, later

Chapter 521 The Heartbeat of the Descendant (Mega Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

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Twisted, viscous, liquid-like shadows dripped from the ceiling, sprinkling around Heo.

The pitch-black shadows enveloped everything, obscuring He Ao's vision as well.

He used his divine sense to look around and saw only the energy flowing throughout the entire hall. In this vast space, there was no other human-shaped object besides himself.

The staff who were originally walking around have now melted into the floor like liquid, twisting and tangling together.

These shadows, existing between reality and illusion, seem to form a complete whole, but the flow of energy has no clear core; they are just a series of vague nodes intertwined with each other, looking like a fine, three-dimensional net.

He Ao briefly activated his super memory to scan his surroundings. In his super memory's vision, the surroundings were still a silent, pitch-black place, with no souls beating.

In that instant, He Ao felt as if he were not in a spacious hall, but rather standing in a deep, dark abyss, filled with twists and turns, a place untouched for thousands of years.

Mystery and the unknown permeate this place.

Fear crept into He Ao's heart little by little. The twisted power seeped into He Ao's soul like water droplets into a sponge, causing him to tremble in the deepest part of his soul.

He Ao didn't see anything terrifying, nor were any terrifying memories triggered.

But for no reason, a sudden fear spread throughout his heart.

He Ao stood there, seemingly lost in thought.

The shadow beneath his feet writhed, parting like ripples in water, and a dark arm slowly emerged from the ripples of the shadow, then grabbed Heo's ankle.

Then, one arm after another reached out from the shadows and grabbed his feet and calves.

These shadowy arms were arranged in sequence, grabbing Heo's thighs, grabbing Heo's upper body, until they grabbed his arms, his neck, and his head.

These arms, formed of shadow, overlapped one after another like a cocoon enveloping a butterfly larva, completely covering Heo's body and gradually dragging him into the shadows.

The surrounding shadows rippled gently, and the arms gradually disappeared, like ice melting in water, slowly returning to the shadows.

He's body, enveloped by them, gradually disappeared into the shadows.

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The shadows, transformed into liquid, dripped from the ceiling onto the undulating floor, making a crisp sound.

The last arm also disappeared completely into the pitch-black silence.

The whole world seemed to fall into absolute silence at this moment.

He felt as if he had fallen into a continuously descending space, with a downward force pulling him down, down and down.

This seems to be an endless abyss, where even the soul perishes in this eternal fall.

Endless murmurs echoed in his ears, as if the despair of countless innocent people who had died unjustly in this abyss over the years was spreading out.

At that very moment, He Ao activated his super memory, opened his eyes, and looked at the surrounding darkness.

A faint

A dim light flickered at the end of this endless abyss.

It's right there!

He placed a mark on the radiance, then raised the Shadowless Sword in his hand, his divine sense spreading from his fingertips to the blade, and then slashed it fiercely into the endless abyss before him.

The sound was like the tearing of a curtain.

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Some of the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and a little moonlight streamed through the window that was not yet shrouded in shadow.