You Go Appease the Machine Spirit!

"The machine spirit is displeased!!!"

Watching the excavator wildly swinging its mechanical arms, the Hive City workers and gang members fell into a panic.

It swayed its body as if alive, turning its treads and kicking up debris on the ground.

"Is the excavator going crazy?!" The gang members retreated in terror.

They quickly raised their automatic pistols and unleashed bullets at the small excavator.

The bullets struck the excavator's low-grade ceramic steel shell, sending sparks flying.

Even the low-grade ceramic steel shell was not something the gang members' automatic pistol bullets could penetrate.

All these bullets seemed to have only made the excavator more frenzied.

Its mechanical arm swung violently, smashing into a nearby building. Under the immense force, the house shook, and debris flew everywhere. The gang members, terrified, dodged frantically.

"What the hell should we do?" the leader of the gang members shouted at the Hive City workers.

The machines had come alive; this was something they had only heard about in rumors and stories. Their understanding of "machine spirits" was limited to knowing the term existed.

The Hive City workers were equally bewildered. They had some knowledge of machinery, but when it came to something as mysterious as "machine spirits," they were completely clueless.

"...Should we appease the machine spirit?" one Hive City worker suddenly said.

"Right, right, right! I remember now, this is when you should appease the machine spirit!" another Hive City worker nodded vigorously.

"In the stories I heard at the tavern, it was the same, appease the machine spirit!" the Hive City workers chimed in.

The leader of the gang members nodded, casually grabbed a nearby gang member, and pointed at the rampaging excavator.

"You, go and appease the machine spirit."

"Me?" The small gang member pointed at his own face, looking utterly bewildered. "Me? I'm going to appease the machine spirit?"

"Seriously?"

"Hurry up and go!" the leader of the gang members roared.

The small gang member shivered and walked forward hesitantly.

He had no idea how to appease a machine spirit. He could only extend his hands, using the skills he employed to please his wife at home at night, and began to stroke the excavator's shell.

His movements were gentle and sickeningly affectionate.

"Is it really working?" the leader of the gang members frowned as he watched.

As the small gang member rubbed it, the excavator actually stopped.

"It actually worked?" The leader of the gang members' eyes widened.

The Hive City workers beside them also exclaimed in surprise.

"I... I can appease the machine spirit!" The small gang member looked delighted.

He turned his head and gave a thumbs-up to the other gang members behind him.

The other gang members immediately started applauding.

Then, the excavator raised its mechanical arm high behind the small gang member.

Bang!

The mechanical arm came down heavily. The small gang member's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

The excavator's treads began to spin wildly again, its mechanical arms flailing.

Zhou Yun felt sweat trickling down his forehead.

Controlling the excavator from this distance with Telekinesis, making it seem like a machine spirit rampage, was indeed a bit draining.

Fortunately, the entire gang stronghold had descended into chaos. Even the gang members guarding the water source were drawn away, trying to subdue the rampaging excavator.

This was the perfect opportunity.

Zhou Yun glanced at Monger, who understood immediately.

He cut his own arm with the rusty dagger, and bubbling blood emerged.

Monger picked up a stone from the ground and dripped his blood onto it. The stone was immediately corroded, forming tiny pits filled with his blood.

"Just throw this stone into the water pool," Monger said to Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun nodded, picked up the stone, and his body instantly vanished from where he stood. Moments later, he reappeared by the gang stronghold's water pool and tossed the stone in.

Not far away, beneath the pile of rubble, the excavator, no longer controlled by Zhou Yun's Telekinesis, had stopped moving.

The gang members, exhausted and bewildered, looked at the excavator, their faces covered in sweat.

"This should do it," Zhou Yun nodded slightly. His figure disappeared from the edge of the water pool, and he instantly returned to Monger and Malkit's side.

"It's in," Zhou Yun nodded slightly at Monger and Malkit.

The three of them hid in the shadows of a building, watching the gang members and Hive City workers nearby panting from exhaustion.

Before long, almost all of them had drunk water mixed with Monger's blood.

And then, nothing happened.

Zhou Yun's eye twitched slightly.

It was true that a few gang members had started to get diarrhea, and a few were complaining of stomach discomfort.

But... but most of them didn't seem to be affected yet.

Monger noticed Zhou Yun's twitching eye and said with some uncertainty:

"People's physiques can't be generalized."

"Some people will get diarrhea immediately if they drink unfiltered water."

"Others might not feel uncomfortable until half a day later."

Hearing this, Zhou Yun's eye twitched even more violently.

"No, man," Zhou Yun clutched his head and looked at Monger. "Is the toxicity of your blood on the same level as unfiltered water?"

Monger nodded guiltily.

"The toxic components in my blood are stored and secreted through glands. There was always a limited amount."

"I also used up a lot just now to deal with you, so the toxicity might be a bit low now."

"Just wait a bit longer, wait a bit longer."

Monger became less and less confident as he spoke.

This really couldn't be blamed on him, Monger muttered to himself.

He had been startled by Ryan Russ's terrifying face just now.

He couldn't hold it in and squeezed most of the toxic substances in his glands into his blood and used them up. Now the toxicity of his blood was a bit too low.

"Just wait a bit longer, be patient," Monger looked at Malkit beside him. "Right, brother?"

Malkit also seemed a bit embarrassed and couldn't help but turn his head away.

Looking at these two pathetic heretics in front of him, Zhou Yun felt a moment of exasperation.

Which genius in Nurgle's garden corrupted these two pathetic heretics?

Other heretics were blessed by Nurgle or the Grand Cleanse. Were these two blessed by a Nurgling? They were so weak.

Zhou Yun shook his head and reached out to Monger. "Lend me that dagger of yours."

"Huh?" Monger was stunned for a moment, then handed the dagger, which was covered in scarlet rust, to Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun weighed the dagger in his hand. He decided to solve the problem in a simpler, more direct way.

In Monger's bewildered eyes, Zhou Yun's figure vanished from his spot in the blink of an eye.

He suddenly appeared behind the leading gang member and held Monger's dagger across his throat.

The surrounding gang members were startled and all raised their automatic pistols, aiming at Zhou Yun.

"Don't move!"

"This dagger is coated with a deadly corrupting poison. A slight scratch is enough to turn someone into pus, corrupt their soul, and send them to the domain of demons, never to return to the Golden Throne."