CountDown Odyssey: Asceticism

CountDown④ [Odyssey · Asceticism]

Foreword:

The value of life lies in constantly surpassing oneself.

"I'm with the First Squad, First Group, Mobile Company, Assault Regiment, Fast Knife Synthetic Brigade. Mission record number SJ000411. Judas's incarnation has been killed, and the soul might of Goddess Aio's derivative is currently under control. We're leaving the Buddhist temple and heading up the southwest side of Pagoda Peak, bound for the Ancestral Immortal Pavilion at the She Family Shrine in Shejia Town. According to local residents and the defeated enemy soldiers, the Furnace of Primordial Unity, as the natives call it, is right here."

The Gunsmith gripped the Chaos Egg and broadcast the message over what was practically an all-channel network. He wanted not only to relay it to the command center, but also to intimidate the royalist forces pursuing and besieging them. Around Ax Peak Mountain, six factions of native warlords were circling without engaging. Most of them were Judas's partners, with whom they had maintained a long-running trade in human flesh.

With Judas out of the picture, Dagda's Cauldron had become a divine artifact without an owner. Setting aside the principle of backing whoever won, the mere allure of the legendary great cauldron said to suppress the gods and seize control of the realm was enough to tempt petty villains into risking their lives.

Before the Gunsmith had even finished reading the message, another wave of chaos erupted alongside the torrential rain and mountain fires: after sunset, Blood-giving Monster officers, soldiers, and commanders from every faction rioted.

The area around Shejia Town had descended into a brawl. In Robert Tang Ning's eyes, as seen from the high-altitude perspective of the Xiaolong fighter jet, the complex mountain terrain spanning barely a hundred hectares was already crammed with all kinds of brightly colored flags.