Apocalyptic Disaster: I Hoard Billions in Supplies and Kill the Saint

146: Chapter 146 Divine VesselClad in a gray-gold tactical cloak, with a full-sensory neural controller attached to his left arm, his gaze was cold and stern, filled with murderous intent.

— Luo Dechuan, reveals himself!

Behind him stood the fully armed ”Hunter Unit.”

Armed with ability-suppressing guns, pulse disruptors, and complete sets of mental-shielding armor.

A platoon stood outside the mental chamber like a black wall.

Luo Dechuan stopped ten meters in front of the brass badge, his gaze falling first on Ye Nanxing’s face, then sweeping over the fallen Yan, and finally glancing at the cracked but not yet fully collapsed brass badge.

His tone was calm, yet filled with murderous intent:

”I had thought you would go insane.”

”Or perhaps be swallowed by it.”

”Even if you were half-paralyzed, at least leave me some ’consciousness templates’ for me to take over.”

His gaze grew slightly colder:

”But you... actually dared to destroy it?”

”Do you have any idea—that I bet an entire Rift experimental zone to get this thing?”

”You think you can destroy it?”

”... Take them down.”

[Hunter Unit, full assault!]

The next second, the entire corridor erupted with an impact like a thunderstorm!

Zhou Xiao took the lead, firing wildly with both guns!

”I’ve been waiting for you!”

Zhang Tianjin swung his blade and roared: ”Come on, let’s see what you, ’Controller,’ are really made of!”

Sun Hao, Zhao Wei, Zhou Cheng, and Chu Yunting led Zhao Shanhe and Lin Kui out of the combat zone to rendezvous with the support troops arriving from the perimeter!

Explosions! Roars! Mental interference intertwined with ability-based firepower!

The entire chamber was engulfed in roaring and collapse!

And in the center—

Ye Nanxing clutched her side, her gaze sharp as a blade, looking at the brass badge that hadn’t yet completely shattered:

”Yan.”

”Can you still move?”

”Yes.”

”... Continue.”

Boom—!!

The first round of explosions shattered half the wall of the mental research chamber!

The [Hunter Unit] surged in like a black tide, moving like precision components, carrying mental suppressors and railgun firepower nets, instantly isolating the core space where Ye Nanxing and Yan were located!

The seven ”Hunter Vanguards” who rushed in first were all wearing Level 3 neural interference armor, equipped with ability-weakening warheads and plasma melee warhammers, charging straight for the core!

”Yan, hold the stabilization barrier!”

”I can’t hold it for long!”

”Then kill them faster!”

Zhou Xiao’s twin guns roared, the trajectory twisting like a fire serpent sweeping across!

He darted rapidly along the edge of the battlefield, combining gunfire with mental interference; while shattering a Hunter’s helmet with one shot, he could simultaneously strike their mental hub with precision!

”Chu Yunting! Behind you—!”

Boom!!!

The ”mental explosive bolt” carried by Chu Yunting accurately hit the overhead firepower point, the explosion blasting open a whole row of high-frequency sensors!

He was panting slightly, but his tone was steady as iron:

”Zhang Tianjin, go!”

”Coming—!”

Zhang Tianjin laughed as he charged from the flank, his long, heavy blade leaping up, carving a bloody arc in the air!

”Slash—!”

Two Hunter heads flew off!

But Zhang Tianjin’s footsteps faltered, his brow furrowing: ”These people... aren’t quite right!”

”It’s like...”

”Their mental fluctuations are rigid.” Zhao Wei said in a deep voice, quickly reloading for Sun Hao, ”Half of them are ’implanted humans’.”

”What do you mean?” Sun Hao roared.

”They haven’t been normal people for a long time.” Zhao Wei’s voice was icy, ”They are hosts for the brass badge fragments.”

Boom!!!

Sun Hao roared, flipping over the body of a Hunter in the front row, infusing his fist with mental power, and forcefully punching a hole through its chest armor!

”Then that’s perfect!”

”Since they aren’t human anymore, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

Zhao Shanhe bellowed, his twin staves rolling like a thunderstorm; a single blow collapsed the defenses of three men, the ground instantly cracking with spiderweb-like fissures!

”Lin Kui, break the flank!”

Lin Kui said nothing, leaping forward, his fist punching into the enemy formation!

His fist was like a meteorite, piercing through the back of a Hunter in one blow and ripping out a half-severed spine scorched by electric current!

”... As expected of the Seven War Stars of the Chu family.” Zhou Cheng watched them from the rear, exhaling softly, then raised his hand to deploy automatic counter-attack drones, spreading out auxiliary firepower!

”B-4, C-2, coordinate the advance! Don’t let them surround the front line!”

”Understood!” The perimeter reinforcements responded quickly, tactical formations unfolded, three-line confrontation! Firepower fully unleashed!

Meanwhile, Ye Nanxing and Yan seemed to be at the center of the storm.

Fighting, explosions, and roars were everywhere, but they remained as motionless as the deep abyss.

Ye Nanxing’s right hand was already a bloody mess, yet she pressed firmly against the rupture point of the brass badge’s core remnant, injecting space-locking power bit by bit!

Yan knelt on the ground, his face deathly pale, his fingers like blades, pinning the badge’s mental lock bit by bit into the final layer of the ”divine circuit.”

He gritted his teeth, but his voice remained as cold and clear as ever:

”Almost there.”

”Its consciousness escape failed, only a trace of the main loop remains—”

Ye Nanxing continued coldly: ”I’ll break it.”

Boom!!!

Her spatial ability, gathered for the final time!

A dagger formed from the ”fusion of spirit and space” took shape in her palm!

She stepped into the source of the mental energy, raised the blade—and plunged it into the center of the brass badge!

[brass core · completely shattered—]

[Contamination circuit cleared · 100%]

The brass badge collapsed, mental flames swirling upward, burning out like the final scene of a dream!

The chamber roared, flashes of fire continuing.

The battle in the distance continued, Zhou Xiao and the others were still fighting to the death, the sounds of metal clashing and explosive roars endless.

But Luo Dechuan no longer looked at them.

His eyes were calm, watching the brass badge that had been shattered by the joint efforts of Ye Nanxing and Yan, the coldness in his eyes finally receding.

Replacing it—was a strange and serene smile.

He raised his left hand, pressing his palm against the tactical terminal.

Hum—!

An extremely faint whisper poured into his cerebral cortex through the bone-conduction system.

The voice was inhuman, neither electronic nor human.

It was like a feedback of consciousness, like bubbles bursting in the deep sea:

[Confirm · Self-binding?]

[”Spare core” · Consciousness fusion · Level 3 mode]

[... Warning: Transformation is irreversible]

[After confirmation, you will no longer be identified as ”human”]

Luo Dechuan closed his eyes and whispered:

”Confirm.”

”The god is dead.”

”Then I will become It.”

He pressed ”Confirm.”

The terminal suddenly shattered!

Beneath his skin, metallic veins emerged on his body, quickly crawling like a spiderweb across half his face and neck!

”— Initiate ’Consciousness Transformation Core · Internal Lock Ring’.”

He whispered, biting his tongue hard and spitting a mouthful of blood onto the black ring core in his palm!

It was a [semi-solid brass core] embedded in the bone and connected to the nerves, a ”divine descent device” crafted from fragments of the original components.

Blood seeped in!

Swish!!!

His entire body stiffened suddenly—the next second!

Boom!!!

Mental power erupted, like a tide!

The mental domain of the entire battlefield was torn apart by him alone in an instant!

The air froze!

Everyone’s movements, in that second, stalled for half a beat!

Including Ye Nanxing, Yan, and Zhou Xiao—everyone!

As if their brains were being gripped by some invisible hand!