Please be my partner.

Mellen looked at Duken and asked, "What exactly is this monster down there?"

Normally, Duncan wouldn't answer Mellen's question, but for some reason, he seemed unable to control himself and quickly said, "Next is the God of Martial Arts created by Project X. If we succeed, we will..."

Suddenly, Ducan's expression hardened, and he bit his tongue so hard that he severed a small part of the tip, causing him to stop talking.

Chapter 664 A Bountiful Harvest

Mellen never expected that Durken could be so ruthless to himself, willing to harm himself in order not to reveal more information.

However, as the saying goes, "the enemy's hero is my enemy," and even if Mellen admires people with such qualities, he will not show mercy because of it.

He said calmly, "Since you don't want to talk about it, then forget it. I already know pretty much everything anyway."

With a slight wave of his hand, an invisible force struck, and Duncan was thrown away and knocked unconscious.

Mechanical arms reached out to grab Mellen, but they were no match for her. Before they even got close, they were twisted and folded by the invisible force field around Mellen, turning into clumps of scrap metal.

Seemingly realizing that this method could not stop Mellen, the remaining mechanical arms retracted, and the alarm stopped.

A dignified voice rang out over the loudspeaker: "Champion Mellen, this is private property. Please leave immediately!"

Mellen remained unmoved, continuing to sense the situation below.

"Champion Mellen, do you intend to treat the laws of Holy Martial City as a joke by relying on force?"

Mellen looked up at the camera closest to him and let out a sneer.

"You...! Mellen, do you know what you're doing?! You're provoking the bottom line of Holy Martial City! I, on behalf of Holy Martial City..."

"Whoosh! ~ Bang! ~"

Looking at the shattering speakers, Mellen withdrew his hand and muttered to himself, "What a cacophony."

Suddenly, a strong wind arose, and the metal coffins were cleaved open one after another, from which martial artists fell out, including many martial arts masters.

Without the numbing solution that constantly dissolves in the blood, these warriors should be able to regain their mobility quickly, and Mellen will no longer need to worry about them.

Seeing the large hole torn open by the strong wind at his feet, Mellen jumped in without hesitation.

This was a long passageway, with rows of transport cables visible. As they continued forward, Mellen could see red marks appearing on the walls of the passageway, resembling flesh and blood, or perhaps mycelium, pulsating as if in the form of a heartbeat.

With a casual stroke, Mellen severed a large patch of mycelium, and some viscous liquid flowed out from the cut.

Mellen looked at the viscous liquid with a thoughtful expression. He casually reached into the air and a test tube appeared in his hand. It was the 'blood of the gods' that Cass had taken away earlier.

After a brief comparison, Mellen confirmed that the two should be the same substance, or rather, the 'blood of the gods' is a product of these viscous liquids after processing.

According to what Cass said, this 'blood of the gods' is practically an omnipotent substance. It can not only strengthen the body, but also activate superpower genes and extend lifespan.

The most advanced potions of this era almost all require 'blood of the gods' as a harmonizer or inducer.

"Hoo! ~ Hoo! ~"

Strange sounds suddenly rang out all around, and soon after, streaks of red light appeared in the dark passage. With Mellen's eyesight, he could clearly see that these were mutated flesh and blood monsters.

Murren muttered to himself, "Lickers? Resident Evil?"

Upon seeing Mellen, these mutated flesh monsters pounced on her. Their speed and strength were comparable to those of a martial arts grandmaster. Although they lacked the enhancements of martial arts and artistic conception, making them inferior to the latter in absolute strength, if their fearlessness and rapid regeneration were taken into account, perhaps only two or three flesh monsters would be enough to deal with a martial arts grandmaster.

After observing for a moment, Mellen waved his hand slightly, and the dozen or so fleshy monsters were dismembered, leaving only a complete head. Even without a body, the head still had some vitality.

These fleshy monsters are not isolated individuals, but rather exist as a swarm-like, superior entity with a mother.

Mellen placed his index finger on the flesh monster's head, and instantly his mental energy poured in, forcibly activating one of its organs. Following an invisible pulse, Mellen gained partial vision of the flesh monster.

Like a radar scan, thousands of red dots of varying sizes are distributed across a large area ahead.

The underground passage was more convoluted than Mellen had imagined, and there were also a considerable number of similar flesh-and-blood monsters.

The size of these red dots gives a rough idea of ​​the strength of the flesh monsters, which, combined with their distribution...

Mellen dropped the head he was holding and quickly headed off in a certain direction.

Along the way, a constant stream of fleshy monsters surged toward Mellen, along with all sorts of traps, all of which he easily overcame.

After going around in circles for a while, Murren suddenly nodded his head and muttered to himself, "What an idiot! This isn't a game, why would I need to go around in circles looking for the 'correct route'?"

As he spoke, Mellen raised his hand and struck forward with a palm. Even though the walls of these passages were made of a fairly tough alloy material, he still managed to punch a passage through them.

Going straight is much faster than going around in circles, so whenever he encountered a passage that required a turn, Mellen would raise his hand and violently clear a new path.

Mellen's unreasonable approach left those behind the scenes, who were discussing countermeasures, dumbfounded. They certainly hadn't expected such a way of doing things. Strictly speaking, it was even more...magical than unraveling their elaborate schemes.

"This Mellen is definitely not right. There's no time for arguing now. The Mother is currently in a dormant state and has no ability to deal with danger. We can't let him get close to the Mother. Let's vote immediately!"

"I agree! This Mellen is clearly well-prepared. Once he gets close to the Mother, who knows what kind of damage he might cause? What if he has methods specifically designed to target the Mother? We must stop him!"

"I second that! Let's activate the mother structure. Even if it causes some damage, at least we won't end up with the worst outcome."

"Damn it! This means that the Holy Martial City, which has finally become prosperous, is going to suffer another heavy blow!"

"Never mind, as long as the mother doesn't have any problems, everything is worth it."

"Then I'll leave this place to you. I'll go seal off Holy Martial City first. By the way, you should come up with a better excuse this time. We can't keep using the excuse of mutated creature invasion forever!"

"..."

"Boom!~"

Just as Mellen had managed to carve out another path and felt he was getting close to his destination, the entire underground passage suddenly began to shake violently.

Large sections of the wall broke, and the alloy structure inside was also squeezed and twisted.

"Boom!~"

The second tremor was much stronger, and loose stones began to fall from above, making the entire passage seem precarious.

After a brief silence, Mellen sighed and his figure slowly dissipated.

"Roar!~"

A piercing roar echoed through Holy Martial City. The frail elderly and children immediately fainted and collapsed to the ground, blood gushing from their ears and noses. Even the strong martial artists felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if a heavy weight had been placed on their hearts, filling them with a profound sense of panic.

A tentacle made of flesh and blood suddenly pierced the earth and shot into the sky, instantly shredding the surrounding buildings. All life was turned into blood by the power of the tentacle and merged into it.

Then came the second, the third, the fourth...

Tentacles emerged from the ground, some of the smaller ones being tens of meters long, while the largest ones were hundreds of meters long.

Countless people screamed, panicked, and were helpless, then turned into rolling blood and were swallowed up in terror.

It can be said that in the short period of time that the mother was awakened, hundreds of thousands of people died, and this number is still increasing by tens of thousands every second.

Seeing this, Mellen couldn't help but frown. Although he had expected that the entire Holy Martial City was a flesh and blood factory, the fact that those guys could be so ruthless was still beyond his imagination.

Mellen considered himself to have a flexible moral bottom line. If it was a problem that couldn't be solved, he would turn away without hesitation. But the current situation was not beyond his control, so he would do whatever pleased him.

Then, Mellen clasped his hands together, and an invisible ripple began to spread out, growing more and more violent, and almost instantly transforming into a twisted tsunami.

The surging spatial power expanded rapidly, sweeping across the entire Holy Martial City in an instant, creating a mirror space based on the original space.

In this mirror space, Mellen only pulled in one life form, which was the flesh and blood monster mother.

In the normal space, the Matrix, which was originally raging, suddenly disappeared after a spatial distortion, leaving the survivors and the masterminds behind it all in a daze.

In the mirror space, the mother, who was enjoying her meal, suddenly discovered that all the food she was about to eat had disappeared, and she immediately fell into even greater rage.

Looking at the mother, a smile gradually appeared in his eyes. He said, "Little darling, eating too much can cause indigestion!"

"Boom!~"

Tentacles waved continuously, cracking the earth layer by layer. At the center of the tentacles, a mass of flesh and blood burst through the ground and slowly rose up.

At first glance, it appears as a twisted mountain of flesh, with tentacles of varying sizes and thicknesses extending from its lower body. Its upper body is covered in dense, fine hairs, which, upon closer inspection, are actually piled together and constantly undulating like limbs.

These hands and feet are haphazardly covered with eyes, mouths, and holes; just looking at them evokes a primal fear.

This mother monster has actually reached the legendary level.

Mellen quipped, "You little oddball, you're really something."

"Roar!~"

The mother emitted a chaotic roar that could affect the mind, and tentacles wrapped around Mellen. At the same time, her hands and feet swung, and beams of light or elements such as water, fire, wind and thunder were released from her eyes, mouths and cavities, launching a dense attack on Mellen.

With a simple backhand swing, all the attacks were instantly enveloped by space, and even the tentacles were severed in half.

The mother let out a wail that sounded like crying, as if she realized she was no match for them, and immediately began to roll her body to escape.

"Wisdom? No, it's probably just an instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm," Mellen muttered to himself.

Mellen had no intention of holding back. These haphazardly assembled monsters were of little value to him, and he wouldn't waste time and effort deliberately cultivating them.

As Mellen reached out towards the mother and slowly tightened her grip, an invisible spatial force instantly enveloped and strangled the mother like a sharp blade.

There are discrepancies among the legends.

Strictly speaking, after years of continuous devouring, the mother body is now larger than Mellen at this time.

However, Mellen possesses ten legendary traits and is not weak among the many legends, let alone dealing with a monster that has strength but no skill.

Even though the mother body struggled constantly with her powerful regenerative abilities and various bizarre superpowers, as the space continued to crush her, her recovery became slower and slower, and the intensity of her struggles and screams rapidly decreased until she was completely reduced to a pool of blood.

A smile played on Mellen's lips as he beckoned slightly to the blood. The blood instantly transformed into wisps of energy that rose up and eventually condensed into three solidified legendary traits in front of him: Aberration, Flesh and Blood, and Superpower.

The Aberration Legendary trait not only allows one to mutate oneself, gaining extraordinary power, but also enables one to arbitrarily infect flesh and blood into mutated monsters under one's control.

The Flesh and Blood Legend trait can enhance physical strength, greatly increase recovery ability, and strengthen itself by continuously absorbing blood.

The superpower legend corresponds to the superpowers of the steampunk world. By adjusting one's own genes, one can unlock any superpower. As long as the carrying capacity is sufficient, even unlocking multiple superpowers is not a problem.

Although these three solidified legendary traits are all quite good and have great potential to be explored, they pale in comparison to Mellen's own legendary traits. Therefore, Mellen did not hesitate to dismantle them and use them to strengthen himself.

Unlike the previous incomplete solidified legendary trait, which could only be considered as some pure energy, the complete solidified legendary trait greatly enhanced Mellen, increasing his strength by a full 30%.

The surging power slowly dissipated, only to be quickly brought under Mellen's control. He smiled with satisfaction, his anticipation for the journey to conquer the steampunk world growing even stronger.

However, before that, Mellen still needs to finish dealing with the matters in Holy Martial City.

With a 'ding', the mirror world shattered, and Mellen returned to the normal space.

At this time, Shengwu City was still in chaos. The masterminds behind the scenes were not clear about the situation, so even though they were anxious, they could only hold back. The large forces outside the situation had guessed something and dared not make any rash moves.

Meanwhile, the small and medium-sized forces, who were kept in the dark, as well as martial artists from various schools, began a intensive rescue operation.

Mellen scanned the Holy Martial City and understood the current situation. In a few flashes, he found the three giants of the Tianhai Group gathered together.

Strictly speaking, although these three were also aware of Project X, they could only be considered peripheral members.

But it doesn't matter, there's no longer any risk of alerting the enemy, so we can proceed as quickly as possible.

The three men, upon seeing the sudden appearance of Mellen, exclaimed in shock, "You...you are..."

Mellen's tone was dreamy and ethereal: "Come, tell me everything you know."

Chapter 665 Harvesting and Acquaintances

Pulling out the radish brings out the mud along with it.

Based on information obtained from the three giants of the Tianhai Group, Mellen followed the clues to find other participants in Project X and continued to trace them upwards. Using this method, he quickly found all the masterminds behind the scenes.

During this process, Mellen learned that this was not the first time they had done something like this, awakening the Matrix to carry out massacres. Each time, millions, even tens of millions, of people would die or be injured, while the Matrix's completion would be advanced by a large margin.

Even among these masterminds, although most of them are extremely evil people who don't care about the lives of ordinary people, there are a few who actually believe that cultivating the mother is saving everyone, that it is a correct and great thing, and that it is their sacred mission. They believe that sacrificing the minority for the sake of the majority is permissible.

To prove this point, they presented a lot of 'evidence' to try to convince Mellen, such as the fact that mutated life in the wild is gradually getting out of control, with more and more powerful mutated individuals being generated, gradually compressing the living space of humans, and that the number of restricted areas is constantly increasing and expanding, devouring the world's already scarce resources.

Humanity can still barely survive in the vast cities, but this is only temporary. If the situation continues to deteriorate, one day humanity will completely lose all competitiveness, become prey for mutated life forms, nourishment for forbidden zones, and ultimately face extinction.

To prevent this outcome, the only option is to create a powerful force that can transcend everything, and that is the original intention of Project X.

To be honest, when Mellen first heard all this from the old man surnamed Zhong, especially when he could truly feel that pure conviction in the man's words, he was quite shocked.

Murren did not believe he could solve the trolley problem, nor could he stand up without hesitation when the option of sacrificing himself to save the world presented itself.

Mellen didn't know what the ultimate fate of the steampunk world would have been if he hadn't descended upon it.

Perhaps it was destined for destruction?

Perhaps a hero will emerge who can save the world?

Perhaps the Matrix eventually spiraled out of control, leading to the destruction of the world?

Or perhaps, the mother nurtured the creature successfully, and the Holy Martial City used the mother's power to eliminate the mutated life forms and forbidden zones, thus perpetuating humanity's survival and dominance?