Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

Golden Toad City, the main hall of the city lord.

The ground was littered with fragments of the jade bottle and dried blood.

Cheng E stood in the center of the hall, his hands in his pockets.

They appeared calm and collected, but in reality, they were at their wits' end.

Twelve mechanical deities were slowly approaching him.

Zhao Kuo, Sun Ying... these former classmates are now just a group of machines without pain or emotion.

Directly in front, on a pure gold throne.

Chu Xiaoxiao sat upright on it.

Of the fourteen demigods in the hall, all except Cheng E were without breath or heartbeat.

Cheng E stood there, silent in the eerie atmosphere.

Just then, a vast surge of divine power emanated from the distant north.

A faint sound was mixed in with the fluctuations of divine power.

"game over……"

"Either come out and face your death."

"Or, I'll turn this world upside down and send you on your way."

Cheng E raised his head and looked towards the Central Plains, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes.

madman.

Lin Yuan actually declared war on everyone.

The unbridled release of divine power proved that he had completely taken control of the situation in the Central Plains.

Chu Xiaoxiao sat on the throne, her dark blue mechanical eyes gleaming slightly.

The internal core processor is running, analyzing the current situation.

"Target: Lin Yuan. Combat strength assessment: Extremely dangerous. Survival probability: Less than 5%."

Chu Xiaoxiao's synthesized voice rang out in the main hall.

She turned her head and her gaze fell on Cheng E.

"Target: Cheng E. Abilities: Curse Killing System, Spatial Escape. Combat Strength Assessment: High."

"Analysis results: If we forcibly kill Cheng E, our side will lose three to five mechanical gods."

"The casualty ratio was too high, and there was no way to change the final outcome of being wiped out by Lin Yuan."

Chu Xiaoxiao stood up and stopped three meters away from Cheng E.

"Cooperation, or confrontation." Chu Xiaoxiao stared directly at Cheng E, her voice icy. "Choose."

Looking at the woman in front of him, whose body shimmered with metallic light, Cheng E felt as if he had swallowed a dead fly.

His original plan was to take advantage of Chu Xiaoxiao's greed backlash, use the [Soul-Devouring Blood Curse] to control her, and turn her into a puppet in his hands.

Who would have thought this woman could be so ruthless?

"Do I have any other choice?" Cheng E tugged at the corners of his mouth, revealing a bitter smile.

If a fight really breaks out, even if he manages to escape, he'll be badly injured.

Moreover, if they start fighting amongst themselves here, the snowball effect on Lin Yuan's side will only accelerate, and eventually everyone will die.

"A wise judgment." Chu Xiaoxiao nodded slightly.

"But I have a condition." Cheng E's smile vanished, and his eyes turned sinister.

"Because of the side effects of my identity, I will suffer a backlash if I overdo it, so I basically don't participate in direct combat."

"My role is only to provide intelligence and covert support."

He paused for a moment, then threw out his chips.

"I haven't been idle these past few days; I've been collecting location information for most of the deities in the class."

"Less than half are still alive now."

Cheng E took out a sheepskin scroll and tossed it to Chu Xiaoxiao.

"Catch all the remaining guys and infect them and their families."

"This is the only way we can muster an army to fight against Lin Yuan's massive force."

Chu Xiaoxiao raised her hand and caught the scroll.

A beam of deep blue light shot from her eyes, sweeping across the coordinate information on the scroll.

The data is rapidly categorized and analyzed within her core processor.

"Bai Ye," Chu Xiaoxiao announced a name.

"The far north. The realm of the gods: the kingdom of the dead."

Chu Xiaoxiao looked at Cheng E: "The compatibility between the undead and machines is extremely high. Infect Bai Ye and implant the mechanical plague into the undead system."

"With the skeleton and metal fused together, the unit production speed will increase by 300%. He is the optimal choice."

Cheng E rolled his eyes.

"Is your brain... is your processor waterlogged?" Cheng E pointed to the top of the scroll, "The far north!"

"Do you know how far that place is from here? It's across almost half of the Rubik's Cube world!"

"By the time we get there, take down Bai Ye, and finish the mechanical infection, Lin Yuan will have already razed Jinchan City to the ground with his army!"

Cheng E interrupted Chu Xiaoxiao's deduction without any politeness.

"The time cost is too high, it's not worth it. We must follow the principle of proximity."

The data stream in Chu Xiaoxiao's eyes flickered for a few seconds.

"Recalculate. The White Night Plan is rejected."

Her gaze shifted downwards, locking onto a red dot on the scroll that was relatively close to Golden Toad City.

"Target: Submerged Land. Divine Realm: [Corrupted Creep]. Coordinates: Southern Wilderness Edge, Black Mud Swamp."

"It is 5,700 kilometers away from Jinchan City."

Chu Xiaoxiao concluded: "This is currently the closest target with the potential for rapid troop production."

Cheng E glanced at the coordinates and nodded.

It's said to be recent, but it's actually ridiculously far away.

Several deities surrounding Golden Toad City had already been killed or assimilated by Chu Xiaoxiao using various methods a few days ago.

The rest are all barely surviving in the nooks and crannies.

"He's the one." Cheng E put his hands back in his pockets. "When do we leave?"

"Now."

Chu Xiaoxiao turned around and faced the twelve mechanical deities.

"First squad, activate stealth mode. Target: Black Mud Swamp."

She did not mobilize the 200,000-strong army of Jinchan City.

The army's slow march would easily expose its position.

Fourteen demigod-level combatants are enough to sweep through any stronghold, as long as they don't encounter a monster like Lin Yuan.

"Lead the way," Chu Xiaoxiao instructed Cheng E.

Without uttering a word, Cheng E's body transformed into a cloud of ashen mist.

It sped off southward.

A ghostly blue flame erupted from beneath Chu Xiaoxiao's feet, followed closely by twelve mechanical deities.

……

On the edge of the southern wilderness, in the black mud swamp.

This place is shrouded in dark green poisonous miasma year-round.

Deep in the swamp, a camp built of fungi and decaying trees is hidden in the mud.

Lu Chen sat on a giant mushroom in the center of the camp, closing his eyes to rest.

His divine domain is the [Corrupted Creep], which can rapidly reproduce fungal relatives by devouring corpses.

With this ability, he established his own territory in this swamp.

He commands over 120,000 corpse beasts covered in poisonous mushrooms.

"Shhh..."

Suddenly, faint footsteps came from the poisonous miasma surrounding the camp.

Lu Chen raised his head, divine power surging within him.

"Who!" he shouted.

The poisonous miasma was torn apart by an invisible force.

Cheng E, wearing a black trench coat, slowly walked out.

"Hello," Cheng E greeted.

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then recognized Cheng E.

"Cheng E, what are you doing here?" Lu Chen frowned, looking at him warily.

In this Rubik's Cube world, there's no real friendship between classmates.

We're all competitors, so it's normal to be extremely hostile when we meet.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just showing you the way." Cheng E shrugged and took a step back.

Amidst the dense poisonous miasma, thirteen cold, metallic figures slowly emerged.

Chu Xiaoxiao walked at the very front.

The twelve mechanical deities spread out in a fan shape, blocking all escape routes for the sinking land.

Lu Chen's eyes widened as his gaze swept across the faces of Zhao Kuo, Sun Ying, and the others.

"Zhao Kuo? Sun Ying? You... what happened to you all?! You look like this!"

Lu Chen's voice was filled with undisguised shock.

These classmates who were once in the class have now turned into cold, lifeless lumps of iron.

His gaze finally settled on Chu Xiaoxiao.

The sight of that metallic face made him gasp.

"Chu Xiaoxiao? You...you even..."

Lu Chen felt like his brain was a little slow to process what was happening.

He knew that Chu Xiaoxiao's divine realm was a mechanical plague.

But turning classmates into puppets, or even transforming oneself into a machine, is just too perverse.

"Lin Yuan is wreaking havoc in the Central Plains, and you're not going to deal with that fattest and most arrogant guy?"

"Why did you come looking for me in this remote corner!"

Lu Chen didn't understand.

Ignoring the biggest threat, they came to bully this pushover.

Chu Xiaoxiao ignored Lu Chen's roar.

The robotic eye scanned the entire camp, and the data stream jumped rapidly.

Environmental testing: High concentration of corrosive toxins. Corrosion rate on metal armor: 2.1%.

"Enemy forces: 121,400 Corpse Beasts. Combat strength assessment: Medium."

"Instructions: Suppress the target completely and capture him alive."

Chu Xiaoxiao was too lazy to explain to Lu Chen how terrifying Lin Yuan was, nor was she too lazy to explain why she had to target him first.

In her logic, Lu Chen was merely a tool for mass-producing troops.

Tools don't need to be understood.

"kill."

The mechanical sound faded away.

The twelve mechanical deities behind him instantly went berserk.

Zhao Kuo's massive metal body plunged into the swamp like a war chariot.

Liquid metal spread from beneath his feet, directly solidifying and pulverizing large swaths of the decaying fungal carpet.

Sun Ying vanished into the shadows, transforming into a silver stream of data that weaved through the horde of rotting corpses.

With each flash, dozens of corpse beasts were shredded into pieces.

"You've gone too far!"

Lu Chen roared and slammed his hands on the mushroom beneath him.

"Divine Spell: [Fungal Frenzy]!"

The entire swamp was boiling.

One hundred and twenty thousand rotting beasts crawled out of the silt, their poisonous mushrooms bursting open and spewing out a sky full of green poisonous spores.

These spores, possessing extremely strong corrosive and parasitic abilities, swarmed towards the mechanical deity in an overwhelming manner.

Lu Chen had the advantage of territory and a large number of followers, so he was confident that he could withstand this attack.

However, he underestimated the horror of the mechanical plague.

Green poisonous spores landed on the mechanical deity's armor, making a hissing, corrosive sound.

However, the nanobots on the armor surface quickly activated and rapidly repaired the damaged areas.

The poisonous spores cannot penetrate armor at all, let alone parasitize it.

Tianke Biotoxin

"Damn it! Tear them to pieces!" Lu Chen activated his divine power again.

The horde of carrion beasts, like a green tsunami, engulfed the twelve mechanical deities.

But only a few seconds passed.

"boom!"

An electromagnetic pulse cannon exploded from the center of the horde, clearing out a large area.

The mechanical deities displayed an absolute and overwhelming dominance.

Each attack is the optimal solution calculated with precision, and each strike can take the lives of hundreds or thousands of allies.

Lu Chen's defenses were collapsing at a visible rate.

"No, we can't hold on!"

Lu Chen bit his tongue, preparing to use his trump card to escape.

At the critical moment, a chilling aura suddenly locked onto his divine fire.

Cheng E, who had been hiding in the shadows, made his move.

A dull gray coin had appeared on Lu Chen's head without him noticing.

"Divine Spell: Decaying Coins"

The coin sank into Lu Chen's brow.

"ah--"

Lu Chen let out a scream.

He felt his life force being drained away, and his divine power stagnating.

Just that brief half-second of vulnerability.

Sun Ying appeared behind Lu Chen, and a metal dagger pierced through his shoulders, pinning him to the ground.

Zhao Kuo strode forward and stomped on Lu Chen's legs, breaking them both.

The battle is over.

From the moment Chu Xiaoxiao gave the order to the moment Lu Chen was completely subdued, the entire process took less than three minutes.

The remaining 60,000-plus carrion beasts, having lost the command of their deity, wandered aimlessly through the swamp like headless flies.

Chu Xiaoxiao walked up to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen lay in the mud, covered in blood, his legs broken in a twisted position.

He looked down at Chu Xiaoxiao, his eyes filled with despair.

"You...you bunch of lunatics..." Lu Chen gasped weakly.

Chu Xiaoxiao didn't waste any words.

She raised her right hand, her palm splitting open, and thousands of mechanical flying insects surged out, directly attacking Lu Chen's face.

"No! Get away! Ah—"

Mechanical plague enters the body.

His flesh began to harden, turning into cold metal.

The fear and resentment in their eyes gradually solidified, eventually turning into two emotionless beams of red light.

The thirteenth mechanical deity has completed assimilation.

As Lu Chen was completely mechanized, his relationship with his family changed.

In the swamp, the more than 60,000 rotting corpse beasts that were still running around suddenly froze.

The poisonous mushrooms on their bodies began to wither and fall off, replaced by layers of grayish-black metallic scales.

The rotten claws and teeth were transformed into sharp alloy blades.

Semi-mechanized family members.

Given time, it won't be long before these 60,000 followers are completely transformed into metal monsters.

Looking at the completely transformed Lu Chen, Chu Xiaoxiao gave the order.

"Stay in the Black Mud Swamp. Utilize the properties of the [Corruption Creep] to devour all surrounding biological resources, assimilate your own forces, and expand your army."

"Within three days, expand the troop strength to 200,000."

Lu Chen knelt on one knee in the mud, his scarlet mechanical eye flashing.

"Command confirmed, execute."

Chu Xiaoxiao turned her head and looked at Cheng E, who had emerged from the shadows.

"Next goal."

Cheng E looked at the rapidly metallizing corpses on the ground and swallowed hard.

This efficiency is astounding.

He took out the sheepskin scroll and glanced at it.

"Three thousand kilometers to the east, there is a great canyon. There lives a man who plays with insects."