Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

"...I...I knew it!" Chu Xiao gritted his teeth and smiled ferociously, "I'm on guard against this trick of yours!"

It was clearly just a simple collision, but he still seemed to have spent a lot of energy, panting heavily, his eyes were not clear, and the girl's sweet but strange laughter echoed in his mind. What was even more unusual was that even in this conflict, which was life-threatening, Chu Xiao did not let go of the empty shell of the sleeping girl in his arms, as if in his mind, there was no option of "letting go".

"I really should praise you for that..." Shikoti was knocked to the ground, and her pistol flew out. Since she met this woman again, she had never looked so embarrassed as she did now.

She climbed up from the ground with some difficulty. Although she did not hear the "laughter" in her head like Chu Xiao, her mental state was very bad. Her reactions were much slower than usual, and her movements seemed very laborious, as if she had fallen into an endless quagmire.

Shikoti smacked her head hard, forcing herself to regain clarity for a moment. She tore off the disguise on her face, revealing her true face. Her true complexion looked very bad, with an abnormal blush. On that stunning and charming face, there was a temptation like the blooming flowers on the other shore.

In close combat, Chu Xiao was not yet the opponent's opponent. He was determined to reveal his trump card and tip the scales in his heart. However, the laughter in his head did not stop at all, making it impossible for him to concentrate. He could only watch the murderous Shi Koti approaching little by little.

However, at this moment, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared on Shikoti's wrist, and the violent electric current instantly passed through the woman's body. She couldn't even resist and fell to the ground dejectedly.

Chu Xiao couldn't understand what was happening, but for unknown reasons, the crisis was resolved. He struggled to stand up, holding the peaceful body in his arms, and raised his feet blankly. He obviously didn't know where to go, and the whole person seemed to be sleepwalking.

However, he was unable to go any further as his consciousness could no longer sustain him.

"Oops..." Chu Xiao lost his balance and fell to the ground. But even so, he still held the petite body in his arms tightly and didn't let go. He didn't see that the smile on the corner of the girl's mouth became more and more obvious, and even her eyelids began to float slightly, as if they might open at any time.

And when Chu Xiao closed his eyes, he vaguely heard a series of dull footsteps amidst the faint smile in his mind.

……

In the huge space on the Nibelungen, Dr. Heidi walked in front to lead the way. Although she was very reluctant, she had a gun pointed at her back after all, and there was a monster following behind that made it completely confusing!

Dr. Heidi didn't know that there was a "message" left on Etta's body, but just by seeing how the android maid easily subdued her former "monster companion" and what happened afterwards, she felt that the development of events had completely exceeded her imagination.

...I'm afraid this has exceeded Sir Lobelin's expectations...

"Sister Gu," Su Muhe held Yun Duo'er's hand and walked in the middle of the group. She looked behind her anxiously and asked in a low voice, "Is this... really okay?"

"I want to know too. There's a big problem here." Gu Ke felt bitter.

The possessed Aita walked at the end of the team with a smile on her face. Behind Aita was a huge humanoid monster that looked like a biochemical tyrant. Behind that monster were countless...corpses that looked like puppets. They were not zombies as the girls knew them, nor were they disgusting monsters. They were like guests dressed up to attend a banquet, being guided and manipulated by a pair of invisible hands, following them silently.

Gu Ke could not forget the scene he saw a few minutes ago.

When she arrived at the most luxurious hall on the Nibelungen, before she had time to sigh at the extreme luxury of the ship, she saw countless human corpses in the ballroom, like puppets. Their time seemed to be frozen at the climax of the ball, and the people in the dance floor were still dancing. The gentlemen and ladies in the audience raised their glasses, the young ladies kissed their lovers, and the proud gentleman leaned over to help the fallen girl up.

Gu Ke even wondered if he had broken into some large wax museum.

And when "Aita" appeared in this hall, the stagnant time began to flow again. Those strange corpses slowly turned their heads at the same time and looked at "Aita", or rather, at a symbol behind Aita.

This kind of weirdness makes people feel a deep chill and terror from the bottom of their hearts.

"Happy birthday to you!"

The corpses made sounds, they turned their faces to "Aita" and celebrated joyfully. Hundreds of puppet corpses cheered and sang "Happy Birthday" at the same time, forming a huge wave of sound. They danced with their stiff limbs, like machines with rusty joints and gears. Some corpses even broke their limbs while dancing.

However, such a joyful and lively scene will only make the living people who break into this place feel genuinely cold and weird.

Gu Ke had never thought that the Happy Birthday song, which he had already heard so much before, could be so creepy.

The girls thought they were going to face a tough battle, but these strange corpses did not attack them, and did not even look at them. They just danced and sang Happy Birthday, while making way for "Aita".

When the girls walked by, the moving corpses stopped singing and dancing and followed them in silence, like a silent parade.

There were still some remaining zombies on the ship, but not a single one appeared in front of this huge team.

……

Chu Xiao opened his eyes from confusion. He was not sure how long he had been unconscious. Although he was still in the church area on the ship, the long corridor was no longer in front of him, and the body of the god in his arms was gone.

"you're awake?"

The person who spoke was the tall white minister, Mr. Angelou, who was now dressed neatly in a suit and tie, as if he was preparing to attend a grand ball.

Chu Xiao gradually woke up and suddenly realized that he was caught again. He was in a solemn chapel, sitting on one of the benches, and Mr. Angelo was sitting next to him.

When he raised his head, he saw Sir Lobelin sitting on the high platform in front of him, dressed in formal attire with a solemn expression.

Chapter 108 Ceremony

Sir Lobelin was a man who valued tradition. When Chu Xiao saw him, the man had already changed his clothes. However, unlike the bishop's attire that Chu Xiao had imagined, he had changed into a very formal but slightly old suit, and his posture was as if he was going to attend a grand wedding.

It was indeed a wedding, because this chapel located in the deepest part of the Nibelungen was decorated like a wedding hall, and it had a sacred touch amidst the solemnity.

The knight stood on the high platform, and beside him lay a beautiful woman in a wedding dress, just like the Sleeping Beauty in the fairy tale. She looked 70% similar to Anna, and she should be the wife that Sir Lobelin had always wanted to resurrect, and the source of all this chaos.

Chloe Lobelin.

In the center of the chapel, where the statue should have been placed, it was now covered by a large curtain, making it impossible to see the scene inside.

"I am disappointed," said Sir Lobelin, without even taking his eyes off his wife's face. "You are just like your mother. You have no loyalty to the family."

He was not talking to Chu Xiao. He used his native language throughout. Chu Xiao could not understand at all, but he knew who he was talking to.

Like Chu Xiao, Shi Koti was forcibly tied to a chair in the auditorium, looking like a guest attending a wedding. She had woken up, with a blank expression on her face, looking very indifferent.

"There's nothing to say." After leaving the pressure of the god's body, Shikoti had already sorted out the cause and effect. After waking up and calming down, she knew that she had been tricked by Lobelin. "The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit. I failed, that's all."

She was knocked unconscious by the sudden electric shock from the device snatched from her wrist. It was obvious that this device that looked like an electronic watch was a trap set by Sir Lobelin!

"I actually made such a low-level mistake." Shikoti gave a bitter smile. Who would have expected that there would be such a trap on the device that was forcibly snatched.

"My plan went wrong once before. The body made with your blood was activated ahead of time and showed a glimpse of the power of God. I believe you have experienced it before." Sir Lobelin turned to Shikoti and looked at the girl's familiar stubborn expression. For a moment, it seemed as if he saw his sister many years ago. "As a 'warrior', you can persist longer than ordinary people, but your judgment and thinking ability will gradually be lost in his majesty. Therefore, you don't need to doubt yourself. After all, you failed in the realm of God."

"Did you expect this from the beginning?"

"Of course not. If you had been obedient and left with Anna, this trap would never have been used. I hope you know one thing. I didn't plot against you. It's just that I'm a cautious person and have considered the possibility of similar situations." Sir Lobelin raised his head and looked at his niece. "You should be thankful that you are half Lobelin, otherwise you would be dead by now."

Shikoti was not surprised by this. Sir Lobelin was a man who valued family and blood ties. Therefore, even though Shikoti's behavior was extremely destructive and treacherous, he was still willing to give her a chance: "Unlike my sister, Shikoti, you are a smart child, calm and decisive. In addition, we are related by blood. I don't care about the losses that Maggie caused to the family in the past, and I am willing to let her daughter return to the family. I can even help you solve the problems with your father."

"Return to the family? And then what? Become a 'canary' named 'Lobelin' and move to another cage?" Shikoti sneered, "My dear uncle, I don't need your charity of freedom! You can't give it to me! I will prove on my own that I don't belong in a cage!"

After being clearly rejected, Sir Lobelin did not show any disgust, but just lowered his eyes and sighed: "What a strong-willed girl."

"Then just be a good guest." His voice turned cold, and at this moment, he showed a trembling majesty. "After I finish what I'm doing, I will settle accounts with your disgusting father. It's not that easy to reach out to me."

After saying this, he ignored Shi Kodi and turned towards Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao had regained consciousness, but he was a little depressed, so much so that he had no strength in his body, as if he had done some heavy physical work. Like Shi Koti, he was also tied up, and there were soldiers watching him closely.

"Mr. Chu, you are very welcome to attend this ceremony." Sir Lobelin's politeness was comfortable, as if he was expressing his welcome sincerely. "I am deeply sorry that Anna's benefactor and friend need to be treated in this way. However, I think if you were in my position, you would definitely understand me."

The middle-aged man turned around and looked at the bride in her wedding dress on the stage: "I really miss her so much."

Regardless of how great the sins that Sir Lobelin committed, his infatuation is real. In order to revive his lover, he is willing to drag the world into hell and pin his hopes on Gao Miao's strange evil god.

"As a man, I admire you, but as a person, I hate you." Chu Xiao replied.

He tried to move his body. He felt nothing when he was holding the empty shell just now, but now he felt as if he had just moved a mountain.

"I'm curious about something. Sir, if you are free and interested, you might as well tell me the answer." Chu Xiao asked Sir Lobelin, "Anyway, according to what you said, after the ceremony, I will die, right?"

So, without waiting for Sir Lobelin's response, he asked directly: "How do you plan to fulfill your wish? Make a wish directly to that weird evil god?"

Even if he only touched some fragments of the [God], Chu Xiao was able to determine that it was a strange thing from the inside out, an existence that humans could not understand or control. And Lobelin actually wanted to use this [God]. How arrogant!

Sir Lobelin sat down next to Chu Xiao, his attitude like a kind friend: "Of course I know, but this is a foolish act that violates the rules, and it is naturally not without risks. Chloe's body has been completed. She is now just an empty shell like the [God]. I need him to find Chloe's soul back."

"Soul? Do you believe that such a thing really exists?" Chu Xiao sneered. Although there are such things as "gods" now, Chu Xiao believes that although this so-called "god" is powerful enough, it is not a creator in the religious sense, but just a more advanced and powerful life.

"To put it another way, he is a being lurking in the collective consciousness of mankind. It can also be said that he has become the master of the sea of ​​human consciousness. What I need is to piece together all the records of Chloe in the sea of ​​consciousness through him! These records are her soul, the basis of her existence..."

When it comes to the method of resurrecting his wife, Sir Lobelin becomes very excited and speaks much faster. Chu Xiao is not uninterested in these theoretical things. He asks these questions just to delay time, hoping that the ceremony can start as late as possible.

However, Chu Xiao's thoughts could not be hidden from Sir Lobelin at all.

"There is one thing I must tell you," Sir Lobelin said with a smile, "In fact, your ceremony has already begun the moment you touched that body."

(ps: This volume is finally almost finished...)

Chapter 109 God

The smile Chu Xiao saw on that body was not an illusion. Perhaps the development of this matter had not escaped the expectations of the man in front of him.

"The ceremony started the moment you touched her." Sir Lobelin was still elegant, speaking in a calm tone as if he was chatting. "I think you must be feeling very tired now, right?"

"I thought this ceremony would be complicated." Chu Xiao smiled bitterly. He had imagined all kinds of weird ritual scenes in his mind beforehand, but he didn't expect that the final ceremony would be triggered in such a casual and simple way. "As a 'god', he is really too casual."

At this time, Dr. Adrian, who was knocked unconscious by Shikoti, came out from somewhere. He looked excited and flattering, and his slightly wretched face was almost wrinkled: "My respected Bishop, the final debugging is ready, everything is within the calculation, and we are only one step away from success."

When he said this, Adrian's eyes kept turning to Chu Xiao's face. Finally, this mad scientist couldn't suppress his ecstasy and said with emotion: "The power of God will eventually fall into your hands!"

Sir Lobelin did not show much joy about this, and seemed not to care about the divine power that was about to be obtained.

"Then let's begin." Sir stood up and adjusted his formal attire gracefully. "Now please invite our divine servants to come in."

Chu Xiao stood up under the coercion of the two soldiers behind him. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and see if he could survive this disaster.

"Mr. Lobelin," Chu Xiao asked the man walking towards the platform, "I have a piece of advice for you. From my brief contact with him, I can see that he is not a tool that you can easily control."

"Thank you for your advice." Sir Lobelin turned around and said, his smile seemed to have other meanings, "It's okay, I'm ready."

Chu Xiao was escorted to the platform by the soldiers, accompanied by Dr. Adrian. The curtain in the center of the church slowly opened, revealing the scene behind the curtain. Behind the huge curtain, the empty shell of [God] appeared in front of Chu Xiao again.

She was dressed in gorgeous clothes and a crown on her head. Although she looked young, she already had an indescribable sense of mystery. She was still in a deep sleep, and two delicate artificial maids stood beside her.

It was originally a place for enshrining statues of gods, but now it houses the real body of the god.

At this moment, Chu Xiao inexplicably had a hope in his mind: he hoped to see the girl open her eyes.

However, the gorgeous metal rings on her neck and limbs were now emitting an uncomfortable light, which meant that the controller of this body had been fully activated. Otherwise, the "divine power" leaking from this body would have had a strong impact on ordinary people just by getting close.

Chu Xiao couldn't help but wonder, does the "Lord God" who has not yet entered the body, no, at least has not completely entered this body, know that he is about to get a body and has already been shackled by greedy humans?

"Can this really allow you to control her?" Chu Xiao asked while Dr. Adrian was busy around him.

Dr. Adrian didn't like people questioning his inventions, so he frowned and said, "Of course! Everything is within my calculations!"

However, even though Dr. Adrian was so confident, Chu Xiao still didn't think that just relying on a few beautiful metal rings would be enough to restrain such a monster that was beyond human imagination?

"But these rings were activated before, and Shikoti and I were still affected."

Dr. Adrian, who was putting a peculiarly shaped metal helmet on Chu Xiao, was very dissatisfied, but as an academic fanatic, he was happy to explain the principles of genius to stupid humans - as for whether they could understand it, that was not something Adrian considered.

"You are the only one who has so many questions! Of course, first of all, the limiter was not fully activated at that time. After all, it was a trap. Secondly, your contact with it caused the activation of this body to increase further. Coupled with the sacrifice going on outside, the huge stream of consciousness exceeded my calculations for a moment. But it doesn't matter. I have already corrected this degree of error!"

Chu Xiao was wearing all kinds of strange instruments. As Dr. Adrian chattered, he recalled the scene just now. This being regarded as a god seemed to have the ability to change human cognition. This cognitive change... would it not end...

The faint laughter of a young girl sounded in the young man's mind again, and Chu Xiao couldn't help but hold his forehead.

[We’ll meet soon…]

Chu Xiao shook his head vigorously and began to walk slowly towards the sleeping girl.

The two artificial maids serving the girl consciously made way, but Dr. Adrian stood in the corner, staring at Chu Xiao with excitement, not wanting to miss any details.

On the other side of the platform, Sir Lobelin held his wife's hand and watched the scene expressionlessly. Confined to his seat, Shikoti lowered her eyes and tried to break free while everyone's attention was on Chu Xiao's ceremony.

Chu Xiao unconsciously reached out his hand to the girl who seemed to be sleeping and grabbed her wrist. In an instant, time stopped for him.

Suddenly, he seemed to have walked into a boundless space, as if he was suspended in mid-air. In the boundless darkness, a vast ocean suddenly appeared before his eyes. Countless stars appeared on the sea surface, and in an instant, they disappeared like sparks.

The lives of countless people and the deaths of millions of people were presented to the young man almost at the same time. He could not understand everything in front of him, and the huge flow of information almost burned his brain.

This is the ocean of consciousness, the deepest part of the common consciousness of all mankind.

It was like the sound of water dripping.

The flickering starlight on the sea surface suddenly stopped, and a beautiful figure quietly emerged from the depths beneath the water. He stood quietly on the water with his delicate bare feet exposed, his long silver hair rippling, and his whole body shining like light.

She had a beautiful face that Chu Xiao was very familiar with, and her body was only slightly covered by her long silver hair.

The girl approached Chu Xiao happily, tapping the water surface. Her glowing body possessed a beauty that surpassed human intelligence.

【I found you. 】

She...his voice sounded, accompanied by a silver bell-like chuckle.

Chu Xiao understood at this moment that this was him, the real him. He had felt all kinds of strangeness during this period of time, and all the laughter he had heard before were just fragments that leaked out from him.

In other words, it is just a small part of the huge amount of information.

At this moment, he was completely exposed to the sight of [God].