Cyber ​​Sword Immortal Iron Rain

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After just a few minutes of walking, the snow ghost met a blind "miner".

Its purple limbs fell to the ground, and its ten nailless fingers turned pale and pink due to the force of squeezing. The miner was groping to tie the corpse hanging on the ground to his back.

Once you catch a glimpse of the existence of the "miner", it means that the master of the Toulong Cave on Mount Apo and the ancestor "Clay Man" is still alive and exists.

Snow Ghost was not the least bit surprised: as Snow Ghost had expected, it was impossible for the Patriarch to die in an attack of this magnitude - even if everything else in the world had perished, Snow Ghost would continue to believe in the existence of the Clay Man.

So the snow ghosts continued to move forward - in the dim light, miners stepped out one after another, half crawling, their chests and abdomens almost touching the ground; their hands groped under their feet, looking for fresh corpses.

Due to mechanized work, miners no longer rely on a complete brain - the modified nervous system can already meet their needs for action: each miner has a head with an arc like a "bowl", and the place where the brain was originally stored is empty, with only a sunken skull; viewed from the side, it looks like a crescent moon.

As early as the birth of each miner, the brain tissue has been removed and transported to the rear for further processing, or provided to the "think tanks" who are responsible for more complex tasks and the matrices they create.

At first glance, the miners appear to be independent individuals: they are clearly not like humans, with torsos or limbs that are attached to each other, but more like humanized beasts.

But in the darkness, you have to observe carefully to find the long flesh-colored tubes extending from behind them - they are umbilical cords.

The umbilical cord is not connected to the navel, but extends from their tail vertebrae, protruding into the distant and unknown darkness behind: this makes the miners look more like some kind of wired remote-controlled toys with bad taste. But this also implies the essence of their existence - just a part of a larger body.

If miners appear, it proves that the Patriarch has adjusted his "form" - these rough and inefficient body parts are only made in emergencies to search for and replenish materials. These unintelligent zombies are nothing more than the keratin layer at the end of the Patriarch's body - like the tip of a nail.

The miners picked up the dead, still intact bodies from the ground, and headed back to the rear.

The snow ghosts followed their footsteps as they left: the umbilical cords left behind by the miners were tangled and entangled, like huge long tails that had lost their function; and eventually they became tangled into a tangled ball of thread.

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pat, pat.

After a while, the Snow Ghost heard:

There were footsteps with the sound of wet water, the rustling of tools, the tearing sound of something being cut... and the buzz of people whispering to each other - the whispers from unknown sources mixed together and formed a low hum that shook the entire Guixu.

It was like walking into an invisible transparent factory, where everything was extremely busy.

It’s not because there are many other survivors who survived the spiritual storm—

But the Snow Ghost is finally about to arrive at the location of the chief ancestor.

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Just like people have different heights, weights, and body shapes - the demons' bodies are not limited to gathering into a ball and turning into a giant caterpillar, or like a birthday cake with upper and lower platters, turning into a cylindrical tower made of meat.

Every envoy who has been able to meet the Patriarch would later marvel at the slenderness and elegance of the "clay man's" body: among the demons who have reached the level of ten thousand bodies and are capable of being kings, the Patriarch's figure may be the one with the smallest visual impact.

Looking down from above, the Patriarch looks more like a magnified cross section of a ginseng, and is also somewhat similar to a lush banyan tree:

Long whiskers intertwined and extended from the huge trunk and spread on the ground. However, these thin whiskers moved and trembled from time to time. Only by zooming in can one find that each whisker is connected to a human body.

This is also the position that the Snow Ghost has just arrived at - the very edge of the body of the Patriarch.

If the Snow Ghost, like her "clay figurine", came from a sleeping dragon hundreds of years ago, then perhaps a more appropriate and accurate analogy can be given:

Fold a piece of paper several times and use scissors to cut out an abstract figure shape along the outline - after unfolding it, you can get several conjoined figures connected by the left and right hands; this is a cutting method similar to window paper-cuts.

Countless long and thin whiskers extend from the red ginseng cross-section-like trunk of the "clay man": each one is composed of countless "people" connected by hands. It's just that there are so many of them that they are somewhat similar to the wriggling centipede.

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The snow ghosts passed through these "technicians" - this is the role they play in the clay figurine's body, and it is also the nickname for this body part of the chief ancestor inside the Toulong Cave of Mount Apo.

Although their bodies are similar to those of ordinary people, they have no heads. There is a sunken pit at the neck, which is used to temporarily store items. Instead, there are vertical openings in the chest and abdomen, revealing a variety of metal tools. The "technicians" are busy processing the materials that are constantly being transported in front of them.

The bodies carried by the "miners" were dismantled and separated in the "hands" of these "technicians" and then sent to higher places.

Here, human bodies are stripped of their clothes, implants and prosthetic limbs are separated, and the skin and flesh are cut open: even so, there is no trace of the filth around the "technicians" like a slaughterhouse - whether it is blood, body fluids or other secretions in the body, they are all extracted, stored and transported by the "technicians" in different categories.

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After a busy weekend, I finished all the things and my friend is back to life! If there are no unexpected situations, this should be the last interruption before the end.

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Chapter 303: Greed (XVIII)

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In a sense, the existence of "technicians" is like the digestive system of the ancestor, and the "miners" are the ancestor's long and sticky tongue.

The old ancestor of the throne is eating: when the fresh corpses around him are completely digested - or added to the body, or assembled into new tools - the "miners" will move further away to dig up the corpses of dozens of kings as tall as mountains.

Compared with the "former" employees of the Awa Mountain Toulong Cave, the bodies of other kings are harder, larger, and more difficult to chew - but at the same time, they are also more valuable to eat: each king is completely different. Whether it is the secret technology developed in their bodies, or the unique innate qi that has been adjusted and modulated after a hundred years of growth and transformation...

A rare feast once in a century: countless delicacies are lying in this silent dead city, waiting for gourmets to taste and consume.

If all these corpses can be devoured and digested, the power held by the Patriarch and his country may be taken to a higher level.

Reach a realm that the kings of Luzon have never reached before.

However, in the current turbulent situation, is it really too late?

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Some "technicians" noticed the existence of the snow ghost next to them: rhythmic but indistinguishable vibrations suddenly emerged from its chest and abdomen; some sounded like talking in a dream and whispering - then, such sounds also rang out from the chests of other "technicians" around them, spreading to the distance.

Unlike the blind and lame miners, the technicians have a certain pseudo-intelligence: although all the brain tissue has been removed, the connected bodies share an encrypted matrix network.

Along with this sudden deep sound coming from all directions...

The technicians’ countless arms that were hanging diagonally downward and glued together to form a “V” were slowly raised until they were perpendicular to their bodies: like fully extended barriers and telescopic doors, countless “V”s crisscrossed and intersected—

From bottom to top, it extends obliquely and combines into a rugged and narrow but walkable trail.

This is the ladder to heaven - when these tiny, individual humans are recognized by the demons and come to pay homage, they must ascend this long path made up of human bodies.

Snow Ghost knew that the ancestor knew of her arrival - and allowed her to come forward for an audience.

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The throne of clay figures——

Among all the great kings, the throne of the Patriarch is one of the few containers that has the ability to move independently: this is closely related to his "smaller" body compared to other great demons.

Snow Ghost walked down the stairs, slowing down her originally swift and intense steps. The heavy arms of the technicians were retracted behind her and placed at her sides.

This is a separately constructed platform made of carbon fiber composites and titanium composites; it is located at the very center of the Patriarch's body and is embedded with his throne.

This platform is the audience room - no matter the envoys coming from afar or the confidants coming to pay homage, they cannot see the full face of the Patriarch. But at the same time, they are contained in the Patriarch's body: it is almost like an embrace from him.

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The audience room originally contained traces of the development of the Taihai Chain and even Luzon in the past hundred years: there are both advances in applied technology and breakthroughs in materials science. The audience place is one of the oldest parts of the body of the ancestor, witnessing the transformation of the Toulong Cave on Mount Apo from obscurity to a huge structure.

The audience room was not a room with walls on all sides, but only had an alloy base and a soft fabric-covered floor, and a single vertical wall. Originally, there hung a portrait of the old ancestor when he was still a human, and flickering candles all over the wall. The "boys" born from the old ancestor's body stood by, holding fluorescent lamps and singing softly for the visitors.

And now - all the unnecessary things have been removed, leaving only the mottled white wall, with a smooth mirror embedded in the center. The audience can only see their own prostrate figure: Ever since the head ancestor successfully entered the board of directors of Taihai Chain, this place has become more simple and pure.

After all, people come here just to meet the king and listen to his words - those decorations and splendors are enough to satisfy people just by looking at the body and dignity of the ancestor from afar.

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Snow Ghost took a few steps forward: in front of her was a rectangular space about 50 centimeters long and wide - there was no metal or special material covering it, exposing the skin of the ancestor underneath. It was like a cushion used for kneeling and worshiping in a temple - in fact, this space could play the same role.

In the earliest days of the company, the founder played the role of a "living god" to pray for blessings on Mount Apo in Mindanao to raise start-up capital for the company. At that time, this was the place where believers on Medan came to offer incense and gifts and make wishes.

Even Snow Ghost couldn't help feeling dazed and grateful - the incense machine that was used to record wishes and pay money was installed by her personally; the wishes of believers to travel thousands of miles to hunt down enemies and take the lives of entire families for no reason were often carried out by Snow Ghost herself on behalf of the head ancestor.

Time flies, and decades of time pass by like flowing water. Who could have thought that the Patriarch would lead them to such a high place? At least, Xue Gui never thought of it.

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The snow ghost walked slowly forward and stood in front of the piece of skin that was specially exposed: it was like a small, miniature, undulating mountain range - the soft fat and elastic muscles were shaking slightly, and the skin was tender and clean, like a newborn baby.

She knelt quietly on the skin and pressed her forehead against it:

"Ancestor."

The Snow Ghost recited in a low voice - the noise around her subsided, and her voice echoed far away in the silence.

This is the throne that was built the shortest among all the thrones of the Taihai Chain Kings. Since its inception, it has undergone countless expansions, additions, and design modifications and optimizations. The reason is simple: the growth and change speed of the throne owner is really too fast.

The throne belongs to the ancestor of the Snow Ghost, the master of the Toulong Cave on Mount Awa, and the only existing director of the Taihai chain.

It started with grafting dozens of descendants onto his body, becoming the head of the Li people clan with many children and grandchildren; until he became a "hundred-man level" or even "thousand-man level" demon in the process of reproduction, and even crossed the level of ten thousand people in one body, until he truly reached the realm of the previous kings...

Back when he was still just a small demon from a small family, the chief ancestor had devoured the three great demons of the entire Mindanao Island with Mount Apo as the center.

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Chapter 304: Greed ()

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Just like Mount Awa, where the Patriarch awakened from his long sleep, the clay figurine is also a real active volcano: when it wakes up and shows its power... nothing can stop its molten rage.

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Through the edge of the gray wall of the audience room, one can catch a glimpse of the outline of the body of the old ancestor who is in charge of the throne - his body is covered with a layer of thin and dense arms and limbs, which are bending or stretching from time to time.

At this body size, limbs that have lost their original functions only play a decorative role - some are like human hair, which no longer has the effect of maintaining body temperature in winter.

Near these "cilia" is an area covered with deep grooves:

They were pink and dark gray spheres, arranged neatly and densely; their tops were covered with nickel-based alloy and foam metal walls, and hyperplastic mixed bones.

Rumbling whispers came from it: even through the sound-absorbing foam metal, it could still be vaguely heard - it was the countless heads planted on the surface of the skin, whispering to each other.

The overdeveloped brain bulged out from the skull after the skull cover was removed, stretching the skin wrapped on top to be as thin as a cicada's wing and almost transparent; one could see the purple blood vessels and the azure light flashing from the circuits and chips embedded in them.

That is the area where the "Life Council" composed of "think tanks" is located. Under the stimulation of neurotransmitters and embedded chips, they carry out endless long deliberations and secret talks, and assist in the growth and body design of the Patriarch. This is the aristocracy in his body, with the best nutritional supply and the most solid protection.

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This is the true form of the Patriarch:

Although he likes to use the "Yinchi" and "Mother River" to project himself, and cooperate with these two artificial satellites to cover the eyes of the entire Manila and create an illusion of being omnipresent -

But at the end of the day, this is who he really is.

The only demon in the entire Taihai chain who would use fresh corpses as food and even use them to produce replacement offspring and offspring:

Clay figurine.

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Snow Ghost recalled the night when she first met the headmaster. She was shaking and almost vomiting when she took the blunt and rusty knife from him.

Teff Rodriguez took the blunt knife that could cut her fingers without causing bleeding, and used the blade to half-grind and half-cut her mother's carotid artery; then she exerted force as fiercely as if she was chiseling a stone, and only then was she able to throw the blade, the tip of which had faded, into her brother's chest.

Finally, she picked up the "iron ball" that had curled up due to the collision with the bones, and smashed it again and again on her father's face, which was about to become a pit, until his hands were cut and bleeding, and the skin peeled off, revealing the metacarpal bones hidden under the muscles.

When the ligament in her thumb was finally severed by the sharpened blade due to her tight grip - Teff Rodriguez finally let go.

He killed his parents and younger brother, but in doing so gained true, unconditional freedom: in the blunt knife handed to him by the clay figurine, the snow ghost found the sense of being unrestrained, and was free in the weight and touch in his hands.

The fate of Kaisasai Mazu was handed over to the Snow Ghost through the hands of the clay figurine - this made her willing to give everything for it: naturally including loyalty to the ancestor who is the master of the throne.

And this loyalty has brought rewards -

The world will always go as promised by the Patriarch and as Snow Ghost hopes...

At that time he had said to the Snow Ghost:

The kings of the Taihai Chain will eventually die - and on the destroyed land, they will create a new country according to their own will.

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Snow ghosts are rare - according to relevant surveys, the proportion of Luzon people who are unwilling to undergo relocation surgery is even lower than the proportion of rare diseases in the total population... Until now, she is still single.

But from a certain perspective, she cannot be called lonely: