Chapter 172: The Current State of the Planet II

When humans and zombies were in confrontation, the researchers did not stop, and after dissecting hundreds of zombies, humans still discovered some of the characteristics of zombies.

According to the outbreak of zombies, the characteristics of zombies have gradually been perceived. The parts of their nails and teeth, which even their armor can destroy, are special substances extracted from the air and condensed in an unknown way, and are even harder than diamonds. Despite their nature, the zombies' claws are sharp and hard, but they are fragile and resistant to impact. However, by absorbing and converting parts of their bodies into their surroundings using unknown principles, these zombies never worry about the loss of their fingernails or teeth.

Moreover, since humans discovered in the battle with zombies that the weakness of zombies lies in their heads, the researchers' attention immediately turned to the zombies' strongest heads. Peeling back the layers of thick scaly skin of the zombie skull, it took dozens of minutes with a laser cutter to cut through the tough skull that even a large-caliber electromagnetic gun could not penetrate, and the tough skull that changed to a rubber nature, which turned out to be a transparent lumpy substance unknown to humans, and thin black filamentous threads spread inside this substance. The researchers immediately followed the trail and found a black sphere no larger than the size of a tiny finger.

Researchers quickly studied the black orb, which, curiously, disappeared in a sealed petri dish shortly after leaving the zombie. Even researchers using microscopes can't find clues in petri dishes that once filled with black substance.

It is indeed a diffuse consciousness annihilation, which spreads out parts of itself and parasitizes it in the brains of sufficiently intelligent organisms, erasing their consciousness, taking possession of their bodies and transforming them. It's a lot of trouble......

'Your Excellency, the transformation of intelligent life by the diffuse consciousness annihilation body is more than that, right? Even mechanical life will be parasitized by this annihilation, and as the degree of erosion deepens, the strength of the parasitic creature should gradually become stronger. After getting the information about the diffusion of consciousness annihilation, I don't think that the other party is capable of this.

"yes, when I went out to do some bounty quest exchange coins not long ago, one of the quest worlds was like that...... I went with Rao that time, and I belonged to a medium-level world in the tech world that could threaten us. What's even more infuriating is that the diffuse consciousness annihilation body is hidden in the core part of the mechanical lifeform, and if you want to kill the annihilation body, you need to kill the mechanical life itself. And to do this kind of thing, Rao and I were hunted down by the surviving mechanical beings in that world as alien beings who took advantage of the fire. ’

'Huh?! Have Mr. Hearts and Mr. Rao ever encountered such an embarrassing situation? So how did the two of them solve it? Unexpectedly, Kirito's words made the two of them suddenly lower their heads, making Kirito's hands and feet flustered. In the end, it was Rao who told the truth.

Not only did the surviving natives hunt us down, but the annihilators attacked us like mad dogs, leaving me and the heart seeker with no time to rest. In the end, there were even hundreds of billions of mechanical lives that harassed us all the time. After taking into account the speed of transmission and growth of the diffusion consciousness annihilation, in order not to allow the tense to continue to expand, I and the mind seeker ...... Killing all the life in this galaxy, not even a meteorite that may contain a diffuse consciousness annihilation, everything that can be called material has been completely destroyed by us. By the end of the mission, there was not even space left in this galaxy, and after being locked by the heart-seeking, the space collapsed and completely disappeared into that world......

'How so...... Then this planet will also follow in the footsteps, and even the surrounding space will be destroyed in the slightest......' Hearing the way Xunxin and Rao dealt with the diffuse consciousness annihilation body that they had encountered before, Kirito's face turned pale. It's no wonder that for the Infinite Apostle, who has just completed the novice world and has only just taken up his post, it is indeed unacceptable for hundreds of billions of lives to be ruthlessly wiped out by the side that is the Infinite Apostle. Even Xun Xin and Rao, who already have a lot of experience, are in a much dull mood when they mention this matter.

‘…… This can only be said to depend on the situation, if the damage to this planet is not too serious, it can be solved by simply cleaning up the diffuse consciousness annihilation body on it, and finding the main body of the diffuse consciousness annihilation body and killing it. However, ......' Mind Seeker reflected in the minds of the other Infinite Apostles the exterior of the planet where everyone is currently located, almost obscuring the entire planet, and from the outside it looks like a completely black planet, I am afraid that people who see this planet will not think that there is still a large number of life still struggling in such a harsh environment.

'The current planet ...... It has almost become a hotbed for the transformation of diffuse consciousness annihilation. Absorbing the consciousness of life forms from the planet makes its own form grow, absorbing the energy inside the planet to replenish itself, and finally absorbing and transforming the planet after life is extinct and energy is exhausted into other annihilating bodies, which is the step of the diffuse consciousness annihilation body eroding the planet. If it is better to transform into an ordinary matter annihilator, but if you want to turn into a large annihilator with a volume comparable to that of a planet, the location where the main body is hiding should be at the core with the highest absorption efficiency. We just need to pull this guy out and destroy it to save the planet and the life on it. But ......'

'Whether it's my aura perception or the spatial door opened by Xun Xin himself to observe, no trace of the core of the annihilation body can be found around the star core...... 'Rao's aura perception ability has almost not spared even a micron of fine particles in the star core, and has completely scanned the entire star core from the inside out. Xun Xin was still not at ease, and personally used his mental power to scan for a second examination, but he also found no trace of the core of the annihilation body.

'Seeking Your Excellency, that is to say, the core of the diffusion consciousness annihilation body that does not know where to hide...... Is it transforming into an ordinary consciousness annihilation? ’

While it is not possible to determine which type of consciousness annihilation it is intended to transform, the only thing we can be sure of is that it cannot be transformed into a material annihilation body that is normally of greater size...... But it's also a good opportunity, after all, this guy doesn't absorb energy near the core, so we don't need to worry about affecting the core when we attack. Although the difficulty of finding and fighting has increased, the annihilation body that has not absorbed even a planet is at best only at the level of the peak of the Nine Hearts level. Rao and I can easily deal with this guy. If you want to remove the annihilation from the planet without damaging the planet itself, maybe this is a good opportunity. The analysis of Mind Seeking temporarily relieved the other four Infinite Apostles, who had little knowledge of the diffuse consciousness annihilation, but the four Infinite Apostles were almost unaware of the uneasiness hidden in the eyes of Mind Seeking and Rao.

'Seeking the heart, you just had reservations. Although it is the peak of the nine-heart-level, it is only one step away from the ten-heart-level level to drain the energy of the planet...... Judging from the current situation, it is probably the next few days. ’

'yes...... In short, if we can't guarantee that we will solve it before the transformation of the annihilation is completed, we should prepare and send the last remaining life on this planet to other planets by transport ship. That's probably all we can do with our strength. ’

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