Chapter 154: The Mechanical Legion, Descends!

Ancestral God City.

This was the absolute core of planet Visca.

It was also the place where the greatest concentration of powerful beings gathered on the planet.

Previously, when various undying beings in the outside world lost contact with Ancestral God City, a layer of shadow had already cast over the hearts of the city's higher-ups.

When the Ancestral God Tomb also lost communication, Ancestral God City could finally hold back no longer and dispatched an undying team to investigate.

Just in case, that undying team had also carried a set of communication altars capable of long-distance communication under the special environment of planet Visca.

When the undying team set out, it was agreed that they would communicate with Ancestral God City once every kesh to report the situation.

A kesh was the unit of time measurement on planet Visca.

Every alternation of day and night consisted of one hundred kesh.

In other words, one kesh was equivalent to a little over seven hours on Earth.

However...

Everything was normal when the undying team had just set out.

Yet after the fourth communication, all contact was completely lost.

A full five kesh had passed since the loss of contact, and the higher-ups in Ancestral God City still could not reach the dispatched undying team.

This caused the undying divine higher-ups within Ancestral God City to feel incomparably anxious, tinged with a trace of terror.

The unknown was always what people feared the most.

Everything happening now felt as though the world outside Ancestral God City had turned into an abyss, one that would swallow every single undying divine being who attempted to step into it.

Yet, was Ancestral God City truly safe?

To cope with the crisis, the higher-ups of the Ancestral God Cult within the city had no choice but to convene another council.

Thirty-nine undying divine beings gathered in one hall.

At the head of them was the supreme ruler of the Ancestral God Cult, the 'God Lord'.

He, combined with the thirty-eight remaining undying divine beings, constituted the final undying-tier combat strength on this planet.

Fatigue lingered in the eyes of the 'God Lord'.

The recent events had truly pushed him to his wits' end.

Mustering his energy, the 'God Lord' looked toward an undying divine being wearing green robes and carrying a longbow on his back, and spoke, "Lelagin, you have researched for so long; you should have found something by now. Explain the situation."

"Yes, Lord God Lord."

Lelagin stood up, walked to the center of the grand hall, and used divine power to outline a map in mid-air.

On the map were numerous small dots representing various cities across the land, a portion of which were marked with a special silver color.

According to the tradition of planet Visca, silver-white was revered.

Using silver to mark a city meant that an undying divine being resided there.

"Not speaking of the further ones, within the past century, the earliest to lose contact was 'Tuquan City' in the 'Land of Eternal Slumber'. The sinner 'Bael' guarding there lost contact more than two years ago."

Lelagin pointed to one of the silver-white marked locations, then swept his finger across to draw a line on the map: "Next is 'Zepar' of the 'Valley of Annihilation', 'Gusion' of 'Yangxi City'..."

"A total of fourteen ancestral gods, including eight 'sinners' guarding the borders and six envoys patrolling outside."

"These fourteen undying beings who lost contact the earliest are all located in the 'Land of Eternal Slumber', and they share one common trait—they were all alone, with no ancestral god-tier companions around them."

Lelagin raised his head, swept his gaze across everyone, and then pointed to another continent on the map, continuing, "What happened next, you all know. Within the 'Land of Divine Grace', lone ancestral gods successively lost contact."

"Following that is 'Everlight City', where two ancestral gods resided."

"Then comes 'Giant Spirit City', also with two ancestral gods."

"And then..."

"When all these outer undying beings lost contact, only two places remained."

Lelagin's finger hammered heavily onto the map as he said loudly, "'Ancestral God City', which has fifty-one ancestral gods residing in it, and the 'Ancestral God Tomb', which has thirty-five ancestral gods residing in it!"

"After the Ancestral God Tomb also fell, that hidden enemy inexplicably stopped their actions. For seven full months, we did not suffer any attacks."

Lelagin raised his head, remained silent for several seconds, and then continued, "We must assume the worst-case scenario. The ancestral gods who lost contact have very likely all fallen."

"What I want to say now is this. The enemy can precisely locate every single ancestral god, and they did it from easy to difficult, gradually devouring our outer forces piece by piece."

"Yet after conquering the Ancestral God Tomb, our enemy halted their operations."

"Could we assume that the strength in our enemy's hands is insufficient to deal with the fifty-one ancestral gods in Ancestral God City?"

"Yet due to our unbalanced mindset, coupled with a lack of intelligence, we made a foolish decision to dispatch twelve ancestral gods to investigate what happened at the Ancestral God Tomb!!"

When he uttered the final sentence, Lelagin's expression was immensely ferocious, teeth clenched, his eyes filled with remorse.

—He had cast a vote in favor of sending those twelve 'ancestral gods' to investigate.

Yet when those twelve ancestral gods lost contact and he re-analyzed the situation, he realized what a profoundly stupid thing he had done.

With Lelagin pointing this out, the other ancestral gods immediately realized the gravity of the problem.

An ancestral god frowned and said in a deep voice, "Our Ancestral God City originally had fifty-one ancestral gods. But after losing Malphas, Vassago, and the others, only thirty-nine remain. Disregarding strength and looking purely at numbers, it's not much more than the number guarding the Ancestral God Tomb!"

"Indeed!" Lelagin said through gritted teeth, "Previously, we had fifty-one ancestral gods, and our enemy did not dare to attack Ancestral God City. But now, with thirty-nine ancestral gods left, perhaps we fall right within the range our enemy can handle!"

"But that doesn't make sense!" an undying divine being with avian wings retorted, "When the powerful beings of the outsiders descend, no matter how many ancestral gods we have, we have never possessed any resistance whatsoever. Even greats like Valac and Samigina had no resistance before the powerful beings from beyond the heavens. With such terrifying strength, I don't believe it can be resisted purely by relying on numbers."

"Indeed..."

"The strength of the outsiders' powerful beings..."

Fear surfaced in the eyes of one undying divine being after another.

Every long span of time, when the powerful beings from beyond the heavens descended, it constituted a life-and-death crisis for these 'ancestral gods' who stood high above on planet Visca.

Who lived and who died, however, did not depend on strength.

Instead, it depended on who was unluckiest, being selected by the outsiders as a target.

Had the outsiders not still needed them to guard the 'Blood God Vine' on this planet and use their lives to nourish the 'Blood God Fruit', the lineage of planet Visca would have been wiped out in endless ages past.

These aloof 'ancestral gods' were all well aware that their group was merely leeks waiting for the powerful beings from beyond the heavens to come and harvest.

The taller and sturdier one grew, the greater the probability of being harvested.

Therefore, after countless failed rebellions in the ancient past, the surviving ancestral gods today preferred to halt their cultivation and suppress their own strength, asking only to stay alive.

This also resulted in the fact that although the number of undying divine beings on planet Visca was not small and their genetic tiers were high, very few true powerhouses were ever born among them.

"You must not forget that among the outsiders, apart from the powerful beings we cannot resist, there are also frequently younger generations coming to our world to temper themselves."

"Those younger generations, though weak in strength, occasionally produce monstrous geniuses possessing the power to slay ancestral gods."

Lelagin's words silenced the undying divine beings once more.

Compared to the overwhelming powerful beings from beyond the heavens, these successive generations of geniuses coming to hone themselves in their world made them even more wary of the outsiders' potential.

From small things, one could see the greater picture: Universe-level and Sector Lord-level beings possessed the power to contend against World Lords and even undying divine beings; once they were allowed to grow, how terrifying would that be?

Suddenly, sitting upon the principal throne, the current supreme existence of planet Visca spoke: "No matter what, we cannot sit here and wait for death!"

"Whether it is the geniuses of the outsiders coming to train or the powerful beings coming to harvest, if they want to take our lives, they must pay a price!"

The 'God Lord' swept his gaze across the crowd, his eyes carrying formidable pressure like a towering mountain, making it difficult for everyone to breathe.

"Yes, Lord God Lord."

"Lord God Lord is right, we cannot sit and wait for death!"

The undying divine beings chimed in one after another.

"From now on, none of us are permitted to leave Ancestral God City. If the enemy attacks, we must provide mutual support at the very first moment!"

The 'God Lord' spoke, assigning tasks: "Ancestral God City is temporarily closed to pilgrims. Spread the word: any outsiders not belonging to Ancestral God City shall not be allowed to enter within the next ten thousand days and nights of alternation; otherwise, they will be treated as enemies."

"Busas and Eliigos, your perception is the strongest; the two of you will be responsible for reconnaissance."

"Once the enemy attacks, I, Agares, Gamigin... those of us with the greatest strength will meet them head-on, while the rest will provide auxiliary attacks according to your respective specialties."

"No matter what, this is our world. We must never allow outsiders to slaughter wantonly in our world and treat us like rare treasures to be regularly harvested!"

The 'God Lord' said loudly.

Suddenly, a hurried voice interrupted the 'God Lord'.

"Lord God Lord, two million kilometers away, a powerful energy signature is approaching! No, it's less than a million kilometers now! It's still accelerating closer!"

The speaker was none other than Eliigos, whom the 'God Lord' had evaluated as having the 'strongest perception'.

A vertical eye at the center of his brow radiated a hazy light like a gemstone, and the pupil faintly projected the scenery of the outside world.

Hearing Eliigos's words, everyone was startled.

In the next instant, thirty-nine ancestral gods all drew their respective weapons.

The 'God Lord' struck directly, blasting an opening through the roof of the divine hall and flying straight out along the gap.

The others followed suit immediately.

When an enemy attacked, remaining in a confined space was exceedingly dangerous.

At the very least, one had to reach an open area; even if they couldn't win, fleeing would be easier.

However, upon leaving the divine hall and beholding the scene outside, everyone was dumbfounded.

In the sky, a dense mass of warships, fighters, and mecha covered the entire firmament. Additionally, peculiar aircrafts of unrecognizable purpose lingered at the periphery, as if preparing for something.

Yet what caused the crowd of ancestral gods to feel the most terrified was a group of undying puppets that resembled living beings yet were entirely covered in mechanical components.

Planet Visca was, after all, only so large.

Unless separated by ages too distant, all undying divine beings knew one another.

The moment these puppets appeared, the ancestral gods instantly recognized their origins.

They were all undying divine beings that had existed on this planet.

Quite a few of them were even 'ancestral gods' dispatched by the Ancestral God Cult to guard or patrol the outer regions—those who had lost contact with the cult over the past two years and more.

The rest were also former 'ancestral gods' buried within the 'Ancestral God Tomb', who had slumbered for unknown ages.

Seeing this, even though they were not well-versed in technology, they immediately understood what had happened on this planet over the past two years!

Just as the group of ancestral gods fell into shock and anger, a massive shadow covered the sky.

A Void Dragon mecha, over ten thousand meters in length and spanning thirty thousand meters in wingspan, slowly descended from high altitude.

Jiang Chen's voice rang out, carrying a trace of mild surprise: "There actually is a Marquis-rank undying, and its genetic tier has even broken through two hundred times?"

Inside the Void Dragon mecha, Jiang Chen saw the data read by the close-range detector and couldn't help feeling a sense of fortune.

Fortunately, those undying beings inside Ancestral God City had chosen to divide their forces in order to investigate what happened at the Ancestral God Tomb, allowing him to wipe out one detachment first.

Without that move, had all fifty-one undying divine beings gathered together, led by a Marquis-rank undying, it would truly have been a moderate trouble for Jiang Chen.

He certainly wouldn't have lost.

No matter how formidable a Marquis was, they could not fight a hundred opponents single-handedly.

However, if Jiang Chen wanted to take Ancestral God City, he would inevitably have suffered massive losses.

The spoils obtained might not even have matched the value of the losses.

Yet, after losing twelve undying beings, the remaining strength of Ancestral God City, while still formidable, was far lower in difficulty for Jiang Chen to resolve.

"Jarvis, same as usual, the mechanical legion is yours! I'll pin down that Marquis, and we'll kill the ones with undying bodies first!"

Jiang Chen issued an order. Simultaneously, his clone and main body each controlled over a thousand mechanical units, instantly activating [Mechanical Force Overload].

In this final battle on planet Visca, Jiang Chen had no intention of conserving resources; right from the start, he went all out.

Mechanical Affinity, Mechanical Force Overload.

Under the dual enhancement, over a hundred undying puppets had their attributes elevated to an unimaginable degree, and they charged down toward the ancestral gods below.

Jiang Chen also manipulated the Void Dragon mecha, flapping its wings to directly shuttle through space, arriving right before the Marquis-rank 'God Lord'.

In the sky, one mecha after another began brewing a salvo under Jarvis's control.

A massive battle erupted instantly!