Merith Winterwind, while pursuing the remaining troll tribes in the Hinterlands, was surrounded by a large number of troll witch doctors and struck by countless powerful hexes. He ultimately succumbed to his severe injuries. The Arathor Empire held the grandest state funeral for Merith Winterwind.
That was the official account.
The information Hu Feng received differed somewhat. After Merith was gravely wounded by the hexes, he vanished alone into the forests of the Hinterlands, his whereabouts unknown. His coffin contained only a staff, making it nothing more than a cenotaph.
Hu Feng let out a heavy sigh, feeling somewhat helpless. Was this the inertia of history? Merith should originally have died in battle during the Troll Wars, but Hu Feng's influence had allowed him to survive safely. Yet now, it seemed only to have delayed the inevitable.
Merith still died at the hands of the trolls, then used the necromancy he had mastered to transform himself into the first undead. From then on, Merith vanished from everyone's sight and secluded himself in Elwynn Forest in the southern Eastern Kingdoms—the region that would later become Duskwood—until much later...
After steadying himself, Hu Feng rose and headed for the Halls of Origination. He had originally been somewhat interested in the Titan Reboot Device, but Merith's affair had left him irritated. He only wanted to finish this quickly and end this journey to Uldum as soon as possible.
The stone gates of the Halls of Origination had already been breached. The Tol'vir army had formed defensive lines before the entrance, while Titan Construct Stone Giants occasionally charged out from within. However, they were quickly swallowed by the Tol'vir's sea of soldiers.
These Stone Giants stood around three to four meters tall and were sculpted in the likeness of Titans. Their bodies were forged from obsidian mixed with a durable silver metal. There were also a small number of Iron Dwarves, though very few. Most Iron Dwarves were gathered in Titan ruins on the northern Northrend Continent.
These steel creatures had not been affected by the Old Gods' Curse of Flesh. They retained their original forms: no pain, no desires, sturdy bodies, and minds of extreme rationality.
Hu Feng descended before the hall entrance, and several high-ranking Wind Elementals who had followed him immediately took over command of the Tol'vir defensive lines.
"Order them to charge in. Attack!" Hu Feng waved his hand.
The Wind Elemental Lords immediately relayed the order. The Tol'vir army crossed the defensive lines and began rushing into the hall. Upon discovering the enemy, the Titan Constructs did not hesitate either, swiftly clashing with the invaders.
Holding his staff, Hu Feng floated rapidly toward the depths of the hall. The Titan Constructs tried to stop him, but all of them were blocked by the Wind Elementals and Tol'vir.
The deeper he went, the fewer Titan Constructs he encountered. The occasional scattered ones were quickly dealt with by Hu Feng. In the distance, a cylindrical elevator came into view, guarded by an exceptionally tall Titan Construct.
The towering Titan Construct noticed Hu Feng as well and immediately assumed a defensive stance. "Unknown Titan. Identity cannot be verified."
Hu Feng stopped and looked at the tall Anubis humanoid Construct. The Anubis had a distinctly Egyptian style from his previous life. A golden mask covered its entire face, and the features carved upon it wore an expressionless look.
"Since you know I am a Titan, there is no need to verify my identity. Your purpose in existing is only to serve Titans."
"Identity cannot be verified. Without authorization from the Pantheon or Keeper Ly'leth, unrecognized individuals are forbidden from entering the hall. Greetings, unknown Titan. I am Anrafeht, one of the guardians of the Halls of Origination. Please leave now."
"What if I insist on entering? Will you attack a Titan? Attack your creator?"
Anrafeht froze. He was deeply conflicted now. The mission assigned to him by the Pantheon was to prevent any unauthorized individual from entering the core and kill violators. Yet his deepest primary directive forbade him from attacking his creator—the Titans.
Hu Feng found Anrafeht's extreme conflict somewhat amusing. "Let me pass. The Pantheon is currently handling an important matter, and I was ordered to descend here to retrieve something. Or do you wish to defy your creator?"
Though Anrafeht was a mechanical Construct, the long passage of time had given him many thoughts of his own. He was not so rigid. After considering it, he found that making way was the best option. After all, the deepest primary directive superseded everything: do not attack the creator, do not defy the creator. All Titans were members of the Pantheon. Although this creator lacked authorization, there... should not be any problem. With that thought, Anrafeht's massive body slowly moved aside, revealing the path to the elevator.
"Temporary identity authorization granted. Welcome back, creator of the Pantheon."
Hu Feng nodded and walked toward the elevator. Halfway there, he suddenly thought of something and turned around. "Since I have been authorized, I need you to add an entry to the forbidden access list. Set Sargeras as the primary enemy. If any creature carrying his aura comes here, kill it immediately without asking. If the situation becomes critical, I authorize you to self-destruct the Halls of Origination. Understood?"
Anrafeht's eyes beneath his mask flickered for a long while. "Synchronizing data. Keyword: Sargeras. Downloading data from the Pantheon's central database. Unable to connect to central database. Searching again. Target: Army of the Light backup database."
Hearing this, Hu Feng suddenly had a bad feeling. Titan technology should not malfunction under normal circumstances. Moreover, high-ranking Titan Constructs and Keepers were generally connected to the Pantheon's database at all times, constantly updating their information and enemy lists.
"Backup database connection successful. Downloading Sargeras data. Last updated: ten thousand years ago. Download complete. Sargeras, fallen Titan, enemy of the Pantheon. Conditions met. Threat level met. Confirm adding this Titan to the blacklist?"
"Yes..." Hu Feng's heart sank. He felt that his suspicion was drawing ever closer to the truth.
"Settings complete. Do the invading creatures outside the hall belong to you? Should they be added to the trusted list?"
Hu Feng nodded and turned to step into the elevator.
The elevator slowly rose, and a magnificent circular hall appeared before Hu Feng. In each of the four directions stood a small square chamber, each containing a high-ranking Titan Watcher. All of them sat motionlessly in their stone seats. Since Hu Feng was not an illegal intruder, the four Watchers had not been activated.
A corridor lay ahead. Far in the room at its end stood a large machine. Hu Feng immediately walked over. The Magic Crystals in the room lit up at once, turning the previously dim chamber as bright as day.
This machine was the control core of the Azerothian Reboot Device. This system could freely alter the weather and climate of any region in the World of Azeroth, and could also cause natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. It also served as a small Titan database, storing some Titan technology and various contact records.
Although Hu Feng was a newborn Titan, his Titan bloodline inheritance contained only memories, not any Titan technology. The Titan technology stored here was one of Hu Feng's primary objectives.
There were no buttons on the machine, only a circular indentation. Hu Feng pressed his right hand against it. After a brief identity verification, something resembling a projected display immediately appeared before him.
With a thought, the Titan technology categories appeared before him. There was only one set of Titan technology here: the Titan Energy Generator, Titan Energy Cannon, and Titan Energy Shield. Then a crystal containing all three technologies condensed before Hu Feng, and he extracted them from the machine.
Put simply, the Titan Energy Generator was a black-tech power plant. This thing could viciously draw power directly from the universe and convert it into endless Primal Energy.
The structure of Primal Energy was extremely unstable, yet all Titan technology required it. A simple example: placed in a Titan Energy Cannon, Primal Energy became offensive energy shells. Placed in a Titan Energy Shield, it became sturdy energy walls. If Hu Feng could obtain more Titan technology, this Primal Energy could be converted into even more forms.
It had to be said, this truly was Titan black technology. As long as enough energy generators were built, none of the equipment or devices would lack energy or power.
After putting away the storage crystal, Hu Feng continued looking through the other options. One was called Contact the Pantheon. Hu Feng immediately grew tense. After thinking it over repeatedly, he decided to try contacting them. What Anrafeht had said earlier had made the suspicion he had deliberately chosen not to believe grow ever larger in his heart.
The holographic screen began displaying: Contacting the Pantheon. Hu Feng stared at the screen without blinking, hoping for even the slightest response from the other side.
"Contact failed. Unable to locate any Pantheon beacon."
Hu Feng shuddered. What did this mean? If the Pantheon still existed, if even a single Titan of the Pantheon remained alive, the contact request would be sent over. The Titan could choose whether or not to answer.
But the machine was now showing that no beacon could be found. It was unable to locate one, not that the request had been refused.
Hu Feng took a deep breath. Now, he had to prepare for the worst.
The Pantheon no longer existed. Aside from the fallen Dark Titan Sargeras, all the other Titans were already dead.
He was now fighting alone. He would have to face the Dark Titan and the Void Lords by himself, without any backing or allies.
As for Azeroth... Hu Feng gave a bitter laugh. Azeroth had not even fully recovered from her injuries, and successfully hatching was still a distant prospect.
Isn't this just ridiculous?! The enemy was the veteran Dark Titan, Sargeras, once the Pantheon's greatest fighting force.
And the Void Lords lurking in the shadows, searching everywhere for newborn Titans to corrupt.
What did he have? Aside from two little Titan babies who had yet to be born, what else was there???
Hu Feng forced himself to calm down. Fortunately, there was still time. Azeroth's location was extremely hidden, and she also had a powerful Firewall. He still had time. But he had to do something. He had finally transmigrated once—was he supposed to live freely for a while, then wait to die?
Absolutely not! Whoever wanted to kill him, he would kill first!
Hu Feng set a password for the control core of the Halls of Origination, then sealed the entire room's entrance with golden Titan Divine Power.
He then took a small Titan communication device and slowly left the circular hall, heading toward the elevator.
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