0p0 Chapter 225 MonsterVerse Concept
Chapter 225 MonsterVerse Concept
Chapter 225 MonsterVerse Concept
In the South Pacific, near an island, the glow of a nuclear explosion had barely faded, and the sea remained still for a long time.
A colossal beast covered in jet-black armor emerged from the seabed, its body adorned with steel wreckage and incomplete.
It roared to the sky, and countless black insects surged out from the seabed and gathered around it.
The insects covered the sea surface, forming a black tide that stirred up waves that crashed against the dark behemoth.
They are fragments scattered from the giant beast during the battle, and they are repairing the beast's wounded body.
After roughly repairing half of the damage, the Kuroshio Current was completely depleted, the sea returned to calm, the wind and waves ceased, and only the residual radiation from the nuclear explosion remained.
The jet-black behemoth flapped its bat wings and dragged its still-wounded body into the distance, disappearing beneath the sea. This scene was witnessed by the two people on the island's beach.
"The Great Witch has also failed," Xia An said in a deep voice, then simply burned his faith to dry his clothes and hair.
Cheng Nuo, who was standing to the side, was doing the same thing. Looking in the direction where the giant beast had disappeared, he said with a distressed expression, "Our mission has failed. Even the Great Witch couldn't do anything about that singularity. Who else can stop it?"
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"There's always a way. If all else fails, we'll have to have the administrator restart it..."
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Xia An's words came to an abrupt halt as a message popped up in front of her.
She quickly glanced through it, and her furrowed brows gradually relaxed.
Cheng Nuo also noticed the message and said, "It seems we don't need to intervene too much; those Titans will fight each other on their own."
A large portion of the intelligence they had just received was bad news.
In the same Pacific Ocean, the three-headed dragon unleashed a rain of light, wiping out the Great Witch Millison along with the Third Fleet.
A singularity named Godzilla landed in Fukushima, seemingly attracted by the nuclear wastewater being discharged into the sea, and defeated the Great Witch who came to intercept it, as well as the Sakurajima Self-Defense Force and the White Eagle Army stationed in Sakurajima.
Sakurajima remains plagued by misfortune. A great witch is sent to a shrine, but is defeated by the singularity "Blood Demon." According to intelligence, this is the same swordsman who recently appeared at Izu Pacific Park and defeated Saria.
These are only part of the intelligence; numerous singularities continue to erupt within the Ring, some resembling bizarre events, others involving Titans.
They lost more often than they won, and if the situation continues to deteriorate like this, the administrators in the real world may very well restart the Ring.
Then everything is scrapped and started over, wasting all the hard work of the entire civilization.
Fortunately, according to intelligence, it seems there is still a chance for things to turn around.
"There are hostile relationships among the giant beasts; for example, King Ghidorah has clashed with Godzilla, while some smaller singularities are also hostile to the giant beasts, such as the Blood Demon, who calls himself a monster hunter," and maintain a more friendly attitude towards humans.
Xia An continued, "We were ordered to make contact with these smaller singularities and try to guide them to hunt giant beasts or other smaller singularities that pose a greater threat."
"Sigh, we just finished a major battle, and now they want us to go on business trips again. Do they really think we're bricks, to be moved wherever we're needed?" Cheng Nuo complained, his words full of dissatisfaction.
Those who know the inside story know we are witches, while those who don't probably think we are just corporate slaves.
"Stop complaining, quickly use your abilities to draw a ship. We still need to travel to Zhongxia to meet the Styx Daoist." This is said to be a singularity capable of rivaling giant beasts; not long ago, when singularities erupted in clusters, they even repelled the invading deep-sea behemoth, the Poisonous Woman.
Urged on by Xia An, Cheng Nuo reluctantly picked up his brush and drew a boat on the sea so that the two of them could leave the island.
In the depths of the mountains and forests of Zhongxia, a secluded and lush forest stands an ancient Taoist temple.
The Taoist temple had no name or plaque, and there were no statues of gods enshrined in the main hall. It did not look like a proper Taoist temple at all, but rather like a desolate, lewd shrine in the mountains.
Walking a few more steps in and past the main hall further confirms this claim.
Behind the main hall, there is a bright, white room whose layout seems completely out of place with the style a Taoist temple should have; it looks more like a laboratory that combines science fiction and fantasy.
Red liquid boiled in the black crucible, and the surface of the ritual array built of smooth, flat boulders occasionally glowed with a faint purple light.
The strange furnace embedded in the wall spewed hellfire, and every now and then a demon with a red turban would approach the furnace and add spiritual fuel to it.
On the lab table, besides jars of brains in jars and colorful ampoules, there are also futuristic instruments.
Suspended in mid-air are screens; if a witch were here, she would recognize that the screens display footage of their battles.
In front of the screen, Mo Di stroked his chin, looking thoughtful.
"These witches, just like their names suggest, are all women. Is this the only kind of extraordinary profession in the world opposite? If so, what restricts them to gender?"
So far, the other world has only sent witches, and no other superhumans.
"Speaking of which, witches possess supernatural abilities, and Sadako and her mother also possess supernatural abilities. It's still uncertain whether there's a connection between them. It's a pity that Sadako and her mother's remains weren't preserved, otherwise I could have opened a coffin to examine them."
Modi felt deeply sorry.
Sadako's remains are missing, and her mother had long since jumped into a volcano and committed suicide, so neither of them has been found.
These two individuals differ from other singularities in that they displayed supernatural abilities while still human, and both are female, or at least possess female characteristics, perhaps having some connection to witches.
Dispelling the thoughts that were running rampant in his mind, he continued to stare at the screen, analyzing the abilities of the witch who had fought against the Blood God Child.
"Regardless of strength, each witch should only have one ability. The one I met at Pacific Paradise should correspond to temperature manipulation or heat manipulation..."
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The two witches encountered in Antarctica possess abilities that correspond to the power of words and the power of painting, respectively.
In the Pacific Ocean, there were more than a dozen witches blocking his way, the strongest of whom should have the ability to heal... to make human cells divide uncontrollably and even develop independent consciousness.
He memorized the witches' appearances, figures, and deductive abilities, categorizing and organizing them in case he encountered them after smuggling himself across the border.
"Countries around the world have gradually come to recognize the colossal beasts, and the underlying settings I've inserted into the Ring will become increasingly robust. Ultimately, the Ring will include the concept of colossal beasts that existed in ancient times," even if this setting conflicts with the current Ring.
At that point, even if the administrator restarts the Rim and reverses the entire world, it will still develop according to Mordy's pre-set settings, completely transforming the Rim into a "Monster Universe".
Having mastered some of the underlying settings, Mordy will gain more authority in the Ringworld, gradually approaching or even surpassing the administrators of the real world.
Unless they are ruthless enough to format the entire Rim or even destroy its computer system—which might not even work, since the Rim is not far from the real world.
Perhaps it will not disappear even without a physical form in the real world; at most, it will simply become detached from the real world.
"The day I smuggle myself into the real world is not far off. That sucker is already making preparations for me. It seems to intend for me to become its apostle and complete its unfulfilled goal, which is to destroy humanity."
Thinking of this, a cold smile appeared on Mo Di's face.
From beginning to end, he never intended to actually obey its commands.
The only thing to do is to use it to jump to another world so that we can infiltrate that world.
It, Mordi, and humanity were three opposing forces from the very beginning, and it was Mordi who had to eliminate it.
"I estimate that even if this thing isn't the will of the world, it's not far off. It will probably leave me with a hidden weapon after helping me smuggle myself out. I must be careful."
With a thought, the screen went out. Modi instructed the demons who were acting as his assistants not to go out, and then he put on his crane cloak and went out alone.
Inside the main hall, two witches had been waiting for some time.
Cheng Nuo and Xia An stood in front of the offering table, looking around at the Taoist temple that exuded a strange atmosphere. Their keen senses seemed to detect something amiss.
"There's a feeling that makes me very uncomfortable here, like... like there are things watching me from all directions," Cheng Nuo said in a low voice.
Xia An had the same feeling, but she was too embarrassed to use her incantation to investigate, since they were the ones asking for a favor this time.
"He's here."
Seeing that Cheng Nuo seemed about to say something, she tugged at his sleeve, stepped forward, and, mimicking the greeting gestures of ancient people in movies, cupped her hands and said, "May I ask if you are Daoist Styx?"
"It is indeed I, Mo Di," Mo Di replied with a bow, displaying a somewhat otherworldly and ethereal air.
When he suppresses the murderous instinct in his bones, he is no different from a normal person.
He acted quite naturally in the face of the two witches, showing no signs of the tension he had felt just moments before when they were facing off with swords.
Although they could never have known that he had seen them before.
"What brings you two to this remote mountain forest?" he asked with a smile.
The two witches exchanged a glance. Xia An, with her long hair, said, "We've heard that Daoist Styx once assisted Zhongxia in repelling the invading giant beast Muto. Is that true?"
"That is indeed the case." Mo Di smiled slightly. "I just broke the seal and sensed that the demon beast was trying to land, so I had to take action. However, the demon beast was not as strong as before. It must have been sealed for a long time, and its demonic power had been lost. Otherwise, I would not have been able to defeat it so easily."
Whether he was being modest or it was true, the two witches had no idea.
They had read the information provided by the administrator and already knew about the background of this Styx Daoist. They knew that he was a loophole left over from a thousand years ago in the Ring Realm. At that time, some Titans were called monsters in China.
People like the Styx Taoist are known as monster hunters outside of China, but as demon exorcists within China.
The Blood Demon of Sakurajima must be someone like him.