Chapter 461 The Grand Schemer
"I hate it...!" Seres, firmly trapped within the regular dodecahedron Godhead Crystal, could only watch helplessly as its core of power—the Godhead Crystal—slowly melted in the blue Spirit Energy flames.
The ethereal blue flames ceaselessly erupting from the girl's body relentlessly scorched the brilliantly glowing Godhead Crystal in her hand. To successfully take Seres away, she decided to first completely destroy its Divine Path power foundation.
"We have no need for faith, that kind of pollution from the consciousnesses of other living beings."
She clearly harbored intense hatred for the Xiahe Civilization's actions of creating independent consciousnesses within the Zerg network, and by extension, resented the entire path of the Divine Path based on faith.
The Di Liu Jiang in the Xiahe Civilization's possession had a low success rate for awakening sentience, yet it still planted a number of rebellious seeds within the Zerg network.
These hidden landmines truly disgusted her to no end.
In previous battles, she never had to worry about any issues with the execution of battle plans, because her subordinates would undoubtedly fight to the death to complete their missions.
But ever since this Di Liu Jiang started causing trouble, she now actually had to worry about her subordinates' loyalty!
For a Zerg Overlord, having to worry about the loyalty of the Zergs under her command was simply a disgrace; Zergs who slacked off or cheated, in her eyes, weren't even worthy of being called Zergs.
"Burn!"
To prevent Seres, which already had one foot past the threshold of the seven-stage, from having even the slightest theoretical chance of turning the tables, and also to vent her own fury, she decided to abandon this avatar of hers, transforming it into fuel for the Spirit Energy flames.
As the raging inferno blazed, the girl's skirt began to burn as well; from a floor-length gown, it turned into a knee-length half-skirt, then from a half-skirt, it burned into a short skirt, revealing more and more skin.
The advance of the blue flames didn't stop there; the short skirt quickly became a micro-mini...
However, there was no "benefit" to be had, because her feet began to burn at that moment as well; the flames scorched from her feet to her calves, then from her calves consumed up to her thighs, quickly catching up to the skirt's disappearing rate.
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After a round of incineration by the flames, the Godhead Crystal no longer retained its initial perfect regular dodecahedron shape; its surface became pitted and uneven, with occasional droplets of golden-yellow liquid falling into the core of the blue flames, hissing as they transformed into a wisp of mist.
Bai Mo still watched all of this in silence, observing the final fate of Seres, that formidable figure who had caused countless major incidents on Earth.
In all fairness, though Seres had caused unacceptable destruction to human society, directly and indirectly leading to hundreds of millions of deaths and many more left homeless, Bai Mo's hatred for it was limited solely to the nuclear bombs it launched, which razed his home in Tianhai.
Because had it not been for its heavy economic and political blows against various nations, which created numerous power vacuums, the nascent superhumans would likely not have entered the centers of power in such a short time.
Seres's targeted nuclear attacks on major cities caused the deaths of countless original human elites gathered there, and bureaucratic institutions also suffered unprecedented destructive blows.
Furthermore, the multiple Sea Race landing battles launched over the subsequent decade forced an increasingly insecure humanity to accelerate towards a path where the strong were revered.
It was precisely under these major preconditions that a group of grassroots pioneers seized the opportunity, soaring to become members of the core ruling class.
In a sense, Seres also single-handedly accelerated the maturation of the new era, facilitating the ascension of this group of people, though the process was extraordinarily cruel, with hundreds of millions of lives lost throughout.
While satisfying its own selfish desires, it also indirectly accelerated the transition from the old era's system to the new, through blood and slaughter.
Otherwise, relying solely on humanity's internal natural progression, grassroots superhumans would likely have required a far more difficult struggle to reach the upper echelons; yet now, because a series of nuclear bombs killed off a swath of vested interests, they effortlessly filled the power vacuum.
"If I think about it that way, should I still thank you?" Bai Mo, still in his Zerg form, raised a tentacle towards the dying Seres, scorched to the brink, and made a playful salute.
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However, Seres could no longer laugh now; its foundation of rebellious power had been utterly destroyed by the girl at the cost of half her body.
The only judgment remaining before it was this: its independent self-consciousness sealed away, to once again become a member of the Zerg army, unconditionally executing the Overlord's commands.
Seres, which could essentially be considered half a seven-stage entity, the Zerg Overlord naturally wouldn't waste by killing it.
The front-line war between the Zerg and the Xiahe Civilization was intensifying, and this carefully processed pawn might just become the stroke of genius that turns the tide of battle.
"Rumble!"
"Bang!"
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"Help!"
"The Palace City is collapsing!"
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After Seres's Godhead turned to ashes, the core part of Cthulhu Palace City also began to collapse. It had originally set up numerous arrays, intending for a part of the Palace City to directly transform into a Divine Kingdom as it achieved godhood.
But the failure of this plan brought unimaginable disaster; the core area of the Palace City, linked to the Godhead through runes, suffered a terrifying backlash due to the disappearance of the Godhead Crystal, instantly crumbling apart.
"Don't panic, everyone!"
At this point, the great elders of the Sea Race could only appear, first to stabilize the situation within the Palace City.
"Teacher, this really is..."
These high-level members of the Sea Race jointly controlled the crumbling temple area, temporarily calming this restless region.
The mess left behind by Seres was now in their hands.
However, everything truly depended on the judgment of those two in the sky.
"Great Elder, shouldn't we execute that plan now..." During the difficult wait, a gigantic octopus and the great whale elder reminded him with mental fluctuations.
"Wait a little longer. That plan cannot be activated unless we're truly at our wits' end, but have the clan prepare first." The giant whale, circling in the air, changed its usual leisurely demeanor and secretly sent commands to its subordinates.
After annihilating Seres's Godhead, the girl's body below the waist completely vanished, leaving only her upper half, clad in a princess dress.
In her left hand, she held the cluster of light that was Seres's True Spirit, formed after its Godhead melted; her right hand's five fingers trembled slightly, as if arranging something.
A few seconds later, the girl performed a horrifying act—using her right hand to pluck off her own head, then roasting it with the green flames erupting from her right hand!
PS: Recommending a book, "Apocalypse Drifting Bottle," a post-apocalyptic exchange genre.
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