AITAMITB Chapter 148

The abilities of Salabie and her sister, Julia, astounded the Night Walkers.

Indeed, in the world of supernaturals, there are no useless individuals, only those who don’t know how to use their powers.

The abilities of the two sisters, under normal circumstances with phones and telephones readily available, would seem almost irrelevant.

But in times like these, their roles instantly became prominent.

In the meeting room on the warship, Salabie sat in the center, facing numerous adults surrounding her, feeling extremely nervous.

Fortunately, her sister Julia and the Sea Goddess were there to accompany her, helping her maintain composure in front of the crowd.

At first, she spoke in a relayed manner but later found it too troublesome to repeat what the Sea Goddess said. So, she started directly repeating whatever Zhao Xiaokui said, acting as an emotionless transmitter. Even if she didn’t understand the meaning, she could memorize the pronunciation and faithfully reproduce it.

Whether it was the Night Walkers, the Freedom Tower, or the Alliance of Gods, there was no possibility of misinterpreting her relayed content. After receiving Zhao Xiaokui’s report, the confused individuals who had been in the dark about the situation inside the domain finally gained a rough understanding.

One command after another was passed down.

“Reserve holy water.”

“Prepare light-type supernaturals.”

“Get ready with detection instruments and disruptors.”

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More importantly, the members prepared for the siege against the evil god were summoned together to make final adjustments and preparations.

Everyone knew that once they broke through the domain, it would be a life-and-death battle, a decisive fight determining the future and destiny of humanity. If they failed, humanity might become mere fodder for the evil god, with no chance of seeing the light again.

What they lacked most at the moment was time.

The concentration of extraordinary energy continues to increase, the number of supernaturals is on the rise, and even the upper limit of the supernaturals’ levels has been raised during Zhao Xiaokui and their exploration of the domain. The previously considered maximum level for supernaturals, which was six, has now reached seven.

Seventh level – already stepping into the theoretical realm of high-level supernaturals.

“Do you think we… can kill that evil god?” Suddenly, among the people besieging the evil god, a woman asked.

She was a female supernatural from the Alliance of Gods, with only a fifth-level supernatural ability. However, her strength lies in being a rare support-type supernatural, capable of applying positive effects to teammates and expelling negative effects from the evil god, so she joined the team.

“Of course! Since they have been abandoned by the era, they should obediently stay in the past, rather than try to occupy our era and erase our civilization!” Oliver Hood from the Freedom Tower blew his beard and spoke bluntly.

Sheng Boming had not spoken from the beginning to the end, but no one dared to ignore his presence.

Because he was the first person in human history to advance to the seventh level.

When the discussion was almost over and the atmosphere was getting intense, he slowly opened his eyes.

His black eyes were like the profound universe. Even those who were just one level below him, the sixth-level experts, didn’t dare to easily make eye contact with him. Despite the mere one-level difference between them, they felt the gap in the life level that had not existed even for the six-level experts before.

They couldn’t imagine that if the evil god were as powerful as Sheng Boming, they wouldn’t know whether they’d have the courage to defeat the opponent.

Sheng Boming spoke, uttering only one sentence, “We must defeat them, and we will definitely defeat them!”

He never considered the possibility of failure!

Others simultaneously exclaimed, “Yes!”

Soaring into the sky!

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Park Huiya and Ye Ying were the first to come out from the so-called Sacred City.

The two of them brought crucial information.

Park Huiya said, “There is a significant wealth gap in the city, and there is a strict management system. The ordinary people in the city are divided into three classes. The first class is the God Clan, mostly elite members of the End of the World Sect. They enjoy the best life in the city. It is said that both men and women can have multiple husbands and wives, but their children can only obtain the status of the God Clan after reaching adulthood. The others automatically become the second class, common citizens.”

“As for the third class, they are considered inferior citizens, treated as slaves in the city, under extremely strict control. They live in a very impoverished area, and their movement is restricted to the street where they reside with permission. The God Clan has the absolute power of life and death over the inferior citizens. Inferior citizens do not have the right to freely choose their spouses; both men and women must marry and have children by a certain age. Adult female inferior citizens must give birth to at least one child every two years.”

“For both inferior and common citizens, ascending is very difficult. Common citizens can change their children’s status through marriage, but inferior citizens are not allowed to marry individuals from the other two classes. If a marriage occurs between a common citizen or God Clan member and an inferior citizen, their status will be stripped, and they will become inferior citizens.”

“In addition, the only way to rise is through diligent childbirth. If they give birth to a child favored by the gods, parents can directly ascend from inferior citizens to common citizens, or even from common citizens to God Clan members, enjoying the best treatment.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiaokui understood that this was a classic brainwashing technique employed by the evil god – a hierarchical division based on wealth, status, and strict control of the upper class’s numbers and promotion channels. This would brainwash everyone living under this system into devout believers. Over time, as traces of modern civilization were washed away from these people, they might indeed become sheep raised by the evil god.

It seemed that this evil god’s methods were far more advanced than those of other gods who exploited ordinary humans from the outside.

Ye Ying brought a map of most parts of the city.

He took out the drawing, held a pencil, and swiftly outlined the city’s streets and some important locations.

He was originally engaged in reconnaissance work and was very experienced in this field. The map he drew was even more accurate than the one generated by a computer.

The only drawback was a large empty space in the middle of the city.

Ye Ying pointed to that area and said, “This place gives me a dangerous feeling. I didn’t dare to probe deeply. I suspect that the core of the evil god, its main body, is likely to be in this area.”

Park Huiya added, “The area Ye Ying didn’t draw is precisely where the temple in the Sacred City is located. In a large circle around this area, only the first-class God Clan resides.”

Sucha and Arthur, who were surveying the terrain, also returned with their instruments.

Seeing them, Zhao Xiaokui asked, “How is it? How large is the area of the Sacred City?”

“Captain, the scope of this city is probably larger than what we’ve seen,” Arthur said with a serious expression. “Sucha and I discovered a strange phenomenon. If we walk in a circle around the Sacred City at a relatively far distance, it is faster than walking in a circle closer to the Sacred City.”

“So, you mean the space inside this illusion has expanded, not just what we observed, right?”

This was troublesome.

Initially, Zhao Xiaokui thought that since the Sacred City was built by ordinary people, its physical properties should be consistent with the outside world. Unexpectedly, this city enveloped by the illusion also exhibited a trend of spatial overlap.

They had arranged it in this way: one set of disruptors outside the city, one set inside the city, and another set on the warship outside the illusion. The three sets would activate simultaneously, working in conjunction to break through the two layers of the illusion, inside and outside.

However, the disruptors’ placement was meticulous and required precise calculations. The changes in the spatial dimensions of the Sacred City would introduce significant variables in the data. If this led to disruptors not achieving their maximum effect, alarming the evil god was secondary; failing to break the illusion would mean the complete failure of their mission.

“Is there still time for surveying now?” Zhao Xiaokui asked.

“How much time do we have?” Lin Bai inquired.

“Not much.” Zhao Xiaokui couldn’t provide a specific time. “But the evil god in the Sacred City will eventually sense our arrival. Even if it hasn’t noticed our actions, the evil god has some perception of fate. The longer we stay near it, the greater the chance it will sense us.”

In other words, the sooner, the better. Breaking the illusion now and confronting it directly would be the best.

“Give me the data!” Lin Bai opened the debugging device, connected the instruments used by Sucha and Arthur for terrain exploration, and rapidly manipulated the keyboard like playing a piano. Countless data that ordinary people couldn’t understand flashed on the display screen. “I bet the range of the illusion overlap won’t be too large. After all, the evil god definitely descended after the completion of the Sacred City. The size of the illusion needs the overflowing power of the evil god to support it, and it has no reason to encompass irrelevant areas.”

After a moment, Lin Bai, sweating profusely, printed out the calculated data and distributed a copy to each person.

“This is based on the satellite map from before and the data you surveyed. I calculated the positions for placing the disruptors. Outside the city, we need a minimum of three disruptors with one operator. The situation inside the city is unclear to me, but it also requires at least three disruptors with one operator. Captain, make arrangements!”

“Sucha, stay outside. Your ability is too easy for the evil god to detect. Lin Bai, Park Huiya, Ye Ying, and Arthur, you four go into the city and set up the disruptors. Ye Ying, go to the area of the lower-class citizens and find a girl named Julia. She should live there, and from her place, you should be able to see the spire of a white tower, probably a temple or a similar building.”

Zhao Xiaokui hand-drew a sketch of Julia and handed it to Ye Ying, saying, “My special ability allows me to communicate directly with her outside the city. She has a twin sister on our warship. After you go in, find her first to ensure that the disruptors in our three locations can start simultaneously. Got it!”

Ye Ying responded, “Yes, no problem!”

Zhao Xiaokui looked at everyone and said, “Brothers and sisters, our mission is challenging. If we succeed, humanity welcomes a new era of development. If we fail, we may end up buried in this ghostly place. Our descendants might spend their entire lives as someone else’s sacrificial lambs, feeding on their blood and flesh. This time, success is the only option, failure is not allowed.”

The weighty responsibility rested on their shoulders, but no one flinched. Each person answered with their most resolute voice, “Success is the only option, failure is not allowed!”

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