True Apocalypse Game

The black grenade trailed a long plume of smoke as it screamed toward the figures on the upper floor!

The grenade was incredibly fast, and as a fragmentation type, it was guaranteed to shred any Purifiers on the top floor it landed amongst.

Just then, the Purifier who had spoken earlier suddenly shouted:

"Rosebud!"

The moment he spoke, the black grenade that was about to land on the top floor instantly transformed into a delicate rosebud. It blossomed in midair, its petals scattering and drifting down!

Shen Feng's eyes widened, further confirming his suspicions. His finger, however, didn't stop. With a rapid THUMP-THUMP-THUMP, he launched several more grenades, aiming for the Purifier on the topmost floor.

"Rosebud!"

The Purifier, much calmer now, intoned in a deep voice.

Instantly, the grenades that had just been launched into the air transformed into rosebuds, which then quickly blossomed, their petals scattering to the wind.

Witch Tower also darted out from behind the fountain, drawing her Longbow and loosing five Arrows in quick succession. In midair, however, they all transformed into budding rose stems!

Shen Feng narrowed his eyes and tried to pull the trigger again, only to find it wouldn't budge.

He glanced down. The grenade launcher in his hands had transformed into an enormous bouquet of ninety-nine vibrant, dew-kissed roses.

"Get back!"

The two immediately darted back behind the fountain.

Shen Feng casually handed the roses to Witch Tower, then pulled an automatic rifle from his Quantum Backpack and flicked off the safety.

Witch Tower took the bouquet, sniffing it with a mixture of delight and bewilderment.

"Is… is this the kind of bouquet they talk about in the epics? But what is going on? Why did your grenades turn into flowers, and your gun into a bouquet?! Do these Purifiers actually possess Magic? Is this a place of Magic?!"

The scene that had just unfolded was utterly inconceivable. Even now, the Longbow in her hands was subtly changing; thorns and leaves were sprouting from its surface, as if it were about to become a long, slender flower stem.

Her training as a Minstrel had always instilled in her a firm belief in Science; she never believed that things like Magic truly existed. But now, everything happening before her eyes had shaken her to the core.

Even though she had heard all kinds of legends and myths, she had never truly believed them. She only believed what she saw with her own eyes.

And yet, there was no rational explanation for what was happening right in front of her.

It was as if divine miracles were actually real!

Shen Feng pulled the pistol from his waist and handed it to Witch Tower, saying:

"Remember how I taught you to use this a few days ago? Ditch the Longbow, it's useless now. If I'm right, we're inside a massive Quantum Force Field. This field is dominated by the Thought Field of those blind followers. They, in turn, obey the Purifier Leader. By vibrating the Quantum Force Field, they can alter the properties of matter, making it look like a divine miracle."

As Shen Feng spoke, a look of excitement appeared on his face, his eyes full of anticipation.

'To think these Purifiers had achieved this level of technology, or rather, had found a place like this.'

'This was practically the Heaven of myth and legend.'

'A place where thoughts become reality, where you can have anything.'

'He didn't fully grasp the details, but he could make an educated guess about the underlying principles.'

'He just didn't know how it was all being accomplished.'

'Was it a machine, or some kind of natural phenomenon?'

'Judging by the Quantum Ghosts that had emerged from the Fog Sea, it was probably a machine.'

'If that was the case, the fountain gushing fine wine and the rivers flowing with milk and honey also made sense.'

'They wouldn't need any other raw materials; they could just use seawater for the transformations.'

'But where was the energy for this Quantum Force Field's transformations coming from?'

'His mind raced. He even suspected the reason there were so many blind people with cataracts was that the Purifiers had deliberately blinded themselves to maximize their use of the Quantum Force Field.'

'After all, to achieve physical transformation within a Quantum Force Field, you had to minimize the number of observers while maximizing the Consciousness Energy of those who believed!'

'Here, belief was reality!'

"Insignificant Blasphemer! Why have you come? Have you witnessed the Divine Power bestowed upon us by the Whispering God? Before such Supreme Divine Power, you are but a lowly ant! We shall be immortal! We have ascended to godhood! We are Divine Beings! We are the advent of gods!"

The Purifier Leader bellowed, his voice filled with boundless fanaticism.

The other Purifiers immediately began to chant in unison:

"We shall be immortal! We have ascended to godhood! We are Divine Beings! We are the advent of gods!"

Shen Feng was still watching the upper floors through a mirror's reflection. He saw that as the Purifiers chanted, several on the top floor—who clearly still had their sight—pulled automatic rifles from beneath their robes. They began methodically loading magazines before aiming toward the fountain.

Shen Feng's brow furrowed. He gestured for Witch Tower to get closer to him as a voice emanated from the silicon-based framework on his chest:

"You are the Blasphemers! I am the Shouter, father of the Whisperers! I have come to bring you true glory, yet you dare defy my will! You are nothing but mortals who stumbled upon a Quantum Force Field and now think you're gods? Absurd! Laughable! Even if you are gods, you're only the gods of this single room. Outside this building, you're nothing but ants!"

As he spoke, his Silicon-Based Brain emitted thought waves, probing the surroundings for the core of the Quantum Force Field.

'If this really is a machine, it must have a switch.'

'But this thing was far beyond his current understanding. He could feel the strange field's presence, but he couldn't locate its source.'

'He couldn't even begin to guess how the Quantum Force Field was powered.'

'His only option was to use words to try and bait a weakness out of them.'

"Insignificant Blasphemer, you dare deceive us, the Divine Beings! Face the wrath of the gods!"

The leader on the top floor shot a look at his armed underlings. The Purifiers immediately pulled their triggers. Gunfire erupted in an instant, bullets raining down on the fountain.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! With the continuous gunfire, the stone fountain was instantly riddled with holes.

"Let the divine wrath shatter all it touches! Annihilate all Blasphemers!" the Purifier Leader continued to scream, and the hundreds of other Purifiers in the hall roared in unison.

The power of the bullets seemed to intensify in that instant. In a flash, they shattered the stone fountain, exposing Shen Feng and Witch Tower who had been hiding behind it.

Shen Feng yanked Witch Tower into his arms, hiding her from view. He hunched over, trying to keep the Quantum Backpack between them and the gunfire, and activated his full-body petrification, letting the storm of bullets hammer against him.

The bullets had an explosive effect. Even though the Quantum Backpack was incredibly durable and his petrified skin was bulletproof, the impacts were still agonizingly painful. Stone fragments flew from his body as he sustained minor injuries.

Shen Feng's Silicon-Based Brain was constantly shifting its thought wave frequencies, trying to sync with the surrounding environment. At the same time, he screamed in his mind, 'Jingwei, are you done yet?! Have you found the resonant frequency?!'

Jingwei's voice boomed in his mind, "Three more seconds… Two… One! Got it! This is the signal!"

Shen Feng's spirits soared. He instantly felt his thought waves merge with the strange field around them. He quickly closed his eyes, focusing his imagination, and said to Witch Tower:

"Quick, start imagining! Picture us behind a giant steel shield. It's taller than a man, black, three fingers thick, with patterns of the sun and the sea, and it's right behind us!"