Death God Immortal!

Silk Threads danced as countless puppets attacked, instantly engaging Chu Yang in battle!

Chu Yang suddenly bent backward and swept his leg low, tripping every puppet. Chen Ye pulled on the Silk Threads, making the puppets stand again, only for Chu Yang to trip them all with another strike!

Hmm?

Strange.

Chen Ye kept pulling them back up, while Chu Yang kept knocking them down.

What the—

This completely dumbfounded Chen Ye.

"Could this kid possibly have a hundred percent chance of tripping people?"

Chen Ye was puzzled and was about to pull away, when a voice suddenly came through Chu Yang's earpiece.

"Thirty seconds left. Leave that place immediately!"

Chu Yang did not move after hearing this. Instead, he continued charging toward Chen Ye!

"Hey, Chu Yang, what are you doing?!"

Seeing this, Chen Ye curled his fingers slightly. The invisible puppets were in place—the killing formation.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Countless Silk Threads shot in from every direction, crossing horizontally and vertically as they instantly pierced through Chu Yang's body!

Chen Ye pulled the threads, and Chu Yang dropped to his knees before him.

"Your ability is rather interesting. Tell me, how did you trip all my puppets?"

Chu Yang said nothing.

Chen Ye tugged on the threads, and Chu Yang's body began moving on its own. "It's fine if you won't talk. We have plenty of time to study this slowly."

No, there was no time left.

Chu Yang closed his eyes. Chen Ye suddenly frowned.

Hmm?

Boom!!

An explosion erupted beneath their feet, and Chen Ye abruptly looked down!

The building began exploding from the bottom up. Violent blasts turned into flames that devoured everything. Chen Ye reacted quickly, pulling his puppets with Silk Threads and leaping into the air!

But at that moment, Chu Yang suddenly opened his mouth and exhaled a blast of icy air!

Whoosh!

The freezing breath struck straight into Chen Ye's marrow, instantly freezing his limbs and sending him plummeting from the sky!

This was the moment Chu Yang had been waiting for!

Having done all that, Chu Yang gave up resisting and fell toward the sea of fire before him.

"So that's it. You saw the future and knew where I was, so you planted bombs throughout the building beforehand."

"Not a bad plan."

Chen Ye watched the explosion close in on him as his body fell into the flames and blasts in an instant.

But at that moment, Chen Ye suddenly bit open the capsule in his mouth.

"I hadn't planned to use this so soon. It's still only a semi-finished product, after all."

As his words fell, the explosion and flames instantly swallowed both their bodies!

Boom!

The entire building collapsed, and the shattered debris flew in every direction, causing other buildings to collapse as well!

Within the sea of flames, black mist began pouring wildly from Chen Ye's body!

His body dissipated in the flames, turning into intangible vapor, while his arms and skull transformed into white bones wreathed in raging black fire!

Chen Ye stretched out a skeletal hand and grabbed Chu Yang's mangled body. Then, with his other hand, he tore open a rift in the void!

Crack!

Space shattered as Chen Ye dragged Chu Yang's body into the rift!

Semi-finished Potion: Death God.

A potion with immortality properties, created by fusing nine potions from Sequence 001 to Sequence 009 and supplementing them with other conceptual materials.

The reason it was called semi-finished was mainly because it had yet to reach the level of a god. It still lacked several crucial properties.

Chen Ye had yet to discover how those properties could be obtained.

However, one thing was certain: when the Death God Potion was used on Chen Ye, it triggered a chain reaction with the Puppet Master.

Chen Ye's Puppet Master concept had been deemed the ability to manipulate fate.

But that was merely what people believed. At the moment the Death God and Puppet Master fused, he truly gained the ability to manipulate fate.

Of course, calling it fate manipulation was not entirely accurate.

Because this ability was more like a death note—it could only plan fates of death.

Chen Ye had initially designed this Death God concept based on the Grim Reaper from a movie.

Final Destination.

This Death God was intangible and formless, both existing and not existing, possessing immortality properties superior even to Sequence 009, Chaos Splitter.

All of that had been part of Chen Ye's original design, but unexpectedly, the Death God's abilities developed a new branch.

Chen Ye could break the boundary between matter and spirit, bringing objects from reality into a Spirit World that did not exist.

He himself could also freely travel between spirit and matter.

Perhaps this was what people called the underworld?

Outside, everyone clenched their fists as they watched the shattered building.

Crackle...

"Confirming no signs of life within the building!"

"So does that mean we succeeded?"

"Weaver of Fate is dead!"

"Based on available intelligence, Sequence 006 possesses neither immortality properties nor regenerative abilities. An explosion of this magnitude killing him would not be surprising, but we cannot rule out the possibility that the target survived."

"But there truly aren't any life signals nearby anymore."

"Then... what about Chu Yang?"

"Chu Yang... if he failed to evacuate in time, he was probably blown to nothing just like Sequence 006."

Zhang Jinsong looked at the building blasted to pieces before taking a step back. Then he silently turned around.

"...He never intended to leave."

"Contact Chu Yang's family afterward. Secure as much compensation as possible, enough to ensure they never lack food or clothing in the years to come."

As he spoke, Zhang Jinsong looked at a man named Tang Yan, the owner of Future Diary.

"Didn't you want to join us?"

Tang Yan raised his head. "Of course. I think your plan only succeeded this time because of me."

"Mm. Though I hate to admit it, your Future Diary played a crucial role. As it happens, headquarters has an experiment that needs your assistance."

As he spoke, Zhang Jinsong directly dragged Tang Yan into the car, then floored the accelerator and left the scene.

He did not need to handle the follow-up cleanup. As for Future Diary, he needed to report it properly to the organization.

Of course, Zhang Jinsong had promised Tang Yan that he would do everything possible to keep the diary in his possession.

However, if the organization needed it, he had to cooperate unconditionally with its use of the diary.

Not long afterward, those responsible for cleanup began extinguishing fires around the perimeter and searching the area. One person found a broken mask fragment in a corner of the building.

"Is this Sequence 006's mask? Take it back for testing."

The man put away the fragment, only for the space before him to suddenly be torn open by a rift!

Crack!

A pitch-black figure stepped out of the rift.

He wore a black robe. Both his hands and face were white bone, while black flames and mist billowed from his body.

"Fire cannot burn me, and water cannot soak me. Naturally, the Death God will not die either."

"But I have to commend your efforts."

Sequence 006, Puppet Master, was dead.

The new creation was the Death God.

Life would eventually wither, petals would eventually fall, and everything would eventually pass away. Only the Death God was immortal.

Chen Ye raised his hand, and countless threads of fate appeared within it.

"I haven't even come looking for you, yet you rushed to see me."

"That is life's greatest taboo."

"Come. Choose how you want to die."

Chen Ye yanked apart the threads. They were the threads of people's lives; once severed, they meant that life had reached its end.

Just then, twelve black shadows suddenly appeared atop a building.

"That legendary being died?"

"Unbelievable."

"What do we do now?"

"We can't have come all this way for nothing. Shall we kill everyone here?"

"I'm in favor!"

As the words fell, a figure dropped from the sky and appeared before the Nine-Tailed Fox soldiers!

Before they could react, the person pierced one soldier through the chest and, with a backhanded motion, ripped out the soldier's spine!

The soldier was even stranger. His body rapidly shrank and condensed, transforming into a massive flesh-and-bone sword!

The Nine-Tailed Fox members immediately swung their guns around and saw that the sword wielder was an elderly man nearing sixty.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just a blacksmith."

"Of course, if you insist on an introduction, you may call me the twelfth seat of Chaos Splitter, the Sword Forger."

"Fire!"

Countless bullets left their barrels and flew toward the Sword Forger, but every bullet stopped in midair the instant it was fired!

A figure descended from the sky, his entire body flickering with purple light.

He raised a finger, and every bullet reversed direction.

With a wave of his finger, the bullets shot straight at the Nine-Tailed Fox soldiers themselves!

"The sixth seat of Chaos Splitter, The Greedy, Nairasojin."

Upon hearing that, the Sword Forger swung the flesh sword. The bones on the sword split apart and swept out like whips, slicing through bodies one after another!

In the next instant, all those bodies condensed onto the greatsword.

Pairs of eyes grew from the flesh sword. The Sword Forger swung it, cleaving open the ground and smashing out a massive fissure!

The earth split apart as countless Nine-Tailed Fox soldiers fell into the crack!

The Sword Forger sprinted at incredible speed, then grabbed a soldier by the face!

The soldier's body instantly shrank into a dagger!

"Oh, it seems your heart is quite narrow."

As he spoke, the Sword Forger hurled the dagger. It moved through the sky as if alive, twisting and turning as it instantly stabbed countless Nine-Tailed Fox troopers to death.

Another figure descended from the sky. He covered his face with both hands, and his body immediately began convulsing violently!

"Argh!"

Splurt, splurt, splurt!

Bloody blossoms and human figures continuously split out from his body.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of naked people crawled out of his body and picked up the firearms on the ground!

"The third seat of Chaos Splitter, Lord of Flesh and Blood."

Nairasojin floated in the sky with his hands behind his back. "Freebie Fox truly lives up to its name. I thought they would at least have a little ability to resist."

"The facts prove that we still overestimated them."

After that, Zhang Jinsong and the others received news that all thirty thousand troops at the front had been wiped out.

"Chaos Splitter."

"A new monster faction?"

"They killed thirty thousand of our people so casually?!"

"Fuck!"

"Calm down. At least Sequence 006 is dead."

"And then? What did we gain? I got nothing?!"

"What does killing one monster solve?!"

Zhang Jinsong gritted his teeth. "As long as Sequence 006 is dealt with, no new monsters will appear. That is a victory in the fundamental sense!"

"Heh, how can you be so sure?"

"Clearly, letting you command was a mistake."

"I'll request orders from above right now. I'll take over as commander!"

"The Candy Box Experiment begins immediately!"

Tang Yan said nothing as he watched the arguing crowd. He was brought into a room.

There was a Candy Box in the room.

There were four candies inside the box.

"The candies in the Candy Box can grant a person a superpower, but take note: each of you may only eat one."

"In our previous experiment, a D-Class Personnel ate two candies in a row. Then his body suddenly began to rot and collapse until he turned into a puddle of pus and blood."

"From this, we concluded that the human body can bear at most one candy. Taking a second candy is strictly forbidden."

"Furthermore, the abilities candies can grant you are limited. At most, they will not exceed a single tier. Whether you can reach the limit of that tier, however, depends on each individual's will. You may first imagine a hypothetical enemy."

"A hypothetical enemy?"

Someone raised a hand and asked.

"A hypothetical enemy means those monsters. Here is information on every monster. Memorize it, then choose one monster as your enemy."

"The candy will grant you a superpower that can, to some extent, counterbalance the monster's abilities. If the monster's abilities far exceed the limits of the Candy Box, the candy will grant you an ability at its maximum tier. That is why you need to set a hypothetical enemy."

"At present, the limit we have tested for the candy is allowing a person to obtain a Sub-attribute or an unnatural ability. You will learn about that later."

"Also, remember this: do not ask where the candy came from."

The researchers delivered detailed investigation files to them.

Tang Yan accepted the documents.

SRW Sequence 001: Mimic.

It was said to be able to imitate the forms and abilities of any living creature, even monsters. Its true form was unknown.

SRW Number 002: Weeping Fishman.

It possessed physical abilities beyond those of humans and had a large number of infected individuals. The target carried a contaminating meme. Its claws could cut through metal and stone, it was extremely sensitive to sound, and its head was its weakness.

SRW Number 003: Invisible Man.

The target possessed invisibility, but it was not Phasing. It was merely an unseen transparent state and could be detected through thermal imaging.

SRW Number 004: Queen Bee.

The target possessed extremely powerful mental control abilities and could control large numbers of people. It was currently suspected of being able to create a monster impervious to blades and bullets.

SRW Number 005: Rat in the Wall.

The target could turn its entire body into metal or stone, even travel through rock and metal, and manipulate rock and metal.

SRW Number 006: Weaver of Fate.

The target called itself fate and was suspected of possessing some kind of causality-based ability, though it had never displayed it. Its primary methods of attack were large-scale assaults using a type of Silk Thread or puppets. Its death had now been confirmed.

SRW Number 007: Siren.

The target's singing contained an extremely potent Mental Contamination meme. Once someone heard her song, they would be subjected to seventy hours of mental control, with no means of breaking free during that time.

The target had once been successfully contained, but containment later failed. Its whereabouts were unknown.

"Have you chosen?"

A man wearing a white Zhongshan suit thought for a moment. "Then I'll be responsible for dealing with 004. Queen Bee, right?"

As he spoke, the man picked up a candy and put it into his mouth.

The next second, countless white Silk Threads suddenly surged from his body. He tried waving his hand, and the threads shot out and stuck to the wall. With a gentle pull, he tore the wall down!

Seeing this, the researchers began taking notes.

"Silk Thread ability. As a means of control, it indeed has the potential to counter Queen Bee."

The man in the Zhongshan suit looked confused. "But I only have this one ability..."

The researcher looked up. "The candy will only grant you one ability."

"Although your ability seems ordinary, if you use it properly, even if you cannot kill your opponent, restraining and containing them should not be a problem."

"Furthermore, after this experiment concludes, you will be injected with our latest Reinforcement Agent No. 01. This agent is extracted and refined from Fishman cells. After repeated adjustments, it has achieved stability."

"Combined with the enhancement agent, each of you will gain physical abilities twice those of an ordinary person, so there is no need to worry."

The man in the Zhongshan suit pondered for a moment. "Is that so..."

The remaining few exchanged glances.

"Then I'll be the second. I want to deal with Number 002."

A muscular brute picked up a candy and directly put it into his mouth.

"Hm?"

"It seems... there's nothing special?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the muscular brute's shadow suddenly separated from his body.

"Oh, there it is!"

"Your ability is controlling shadows?"

The muscular brute tried waving his hand, and the shadow waved along with him. Then it punched the ground, leaving behind a huge crater.

"I see. I understand now."

"My shadow can attack the shadows of all things, and..."

"Because shadows have no fixed form, theoretically, a shadow can destroy all shadows."

"And that destruction will be reflected upon the actual object."

"Mm, an excellent ability. Who's next?"

There were two candies left inside. Tang Yan reached out and took one of them.

"Then I'll deal with Sequence 001."

Not only would I deal with Sequence 001, I would also bind Future Diary to myself forever!

Tang Yan thought to himself.