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The illusion abruptly cut off, and Li Cheng used the Shadow Falcon as a coordinate to release Demon Exchange, descending upon Zongsi’s head, first unleashing a mouthful of Dragon Breath, using the Red Dragon Flame to burn away the scale powder permeating the surroundings.

Then he swung the Wolf Mad Demon Axe in his hand, slashing at the top of the wing.

The Fenrir Special Effect of the Wolf Mad Demon Axe activated, the half-meter crack cut by the axe blade spread and extended on its own, seeping out a three-meter scar.

The axe blade struck like a storm, making two pairs of wings quickly become ruined.

The next swing aimed directly at Zongsi’s head, when suddenly,

"Wait a minute!"

An alarmed cry came from below, and Li Cheng slightly adjusted the direction of the axe blade, cutting at Zongsi’s neck (through the fur, the Sun Dial Curse similar to that of the Half-Insect People could be clearly seen), as if cutting off the neck.

The Life Force of the Divine Abomination Followers is generally resilient; a mere severed neck wound isn’t fatal.

Li Cheng looked down, the shout came from a Half-Insect child, and the other Half-Insect People also abandoned resistance, landed on the ground, raising their hands to show surrender.

"Divine Abomination Followers?... No, you’re Zongsi’s thought network puppets."

Li Cheng squinted his eyes slightly, during the previous encounter he noticed that Zongsi’s state was not normal, apart from the Sun Dial Curse, they were burdened with eight or nine kinds of negative curses from Zhu Youdong’s notes,

almost losing High-level Wisdom, acting purely on instinct, like a regular wild beast.

Combined with this group of Half-Insect People, the truth becomes apparent — Zongsi either actively or accidentally fell into the Broken Land, suffering multiple curses,

and just before losing self-awareness, created the Half-Insect community, hiding in the corners of Magic Cube City.

These Half-Insect People serve as both the Sun Dial Curse’s consumables, preventing sudden demise of Zongsi,

and puppets under the thought network, protecting Zongsi’s true body.

If it were a Zongsi of the same level, Li Cheng would still be interested in conversation. But there’s really nothing to talk about with these Divine Abomination Followers’ Half-Insect People.

He raised the Wolf Mad Demon Axe; below, the Half-Insect People were sweating profusely, hurriedly saying, "We have intelligence on the Broken Land, a genetic library accumulated from tens of millions of species!"

"If I kill Zongsi, these belong to me too."

Li Cheng remained unmoved; Zongsi’s strength was similar to that of the Great Swarm before mechanical augmentation, with an additional move of hallucinatory scales, Insect Man followers, and a nano-grade cutting net.

Cutting off Zongsi’s head and transforming it might yield another Summoned Beast.

Damn, I’m really becoming a Pokemon Trainer now; a Summoner with 4 Charm Attributes, you wouldn’t find one in the whole killing field...

Li Cheng was about to swing the axe, while the Half-Insect People were sweating profusely, shouting, "We possess information on Divine Calamity! Not of Divine Abomination’s followers, but of the Insect Lord Demon itself!

There’s even a way to break free from the influence of Divine Calamity, achieving true liberation and freedom!"

Crack!

The Wolf Mad Demon Axe suddenly paused, hovering one centimeter above Zongsi’s neck fur.

Li Cheng turned expressionlessly; the Half-Insect People wiped the sweat from their foreheads, quickly saying, "Zongsi, like the Great Swarm, mastered cloning backup technology a long time ago.

This Zongsi is the nineteenth generation clone, having discovered that the Broken Land is related to the Insect Lord Demon, especially coming to explore.

The relevant information is stored inside Zongsi’s nerve center in the form of biological computer chips.

The password is a specific DNA molecule base sequence, and the key is the corresponding enzyme.

Any forceful means of cracking would lead to text destruction and information obliteration. Only by freeing Zongsi from curses and restoring self-awareness can one read it."

Li Cheng squinted his eyes slightly, scanning Zongsi’s neck break with the Information Integration Glasses, where indeed there were dense clusters of nerve endings.

"Something doesn’t seem right."

Li Cheng said indifferently, "The Great Swarm also mastered the cloning backup technology, with clones scattered across the killing field, possessing independent consciousness.

But every clone, aims for evolution and transcendence, ultimately freeing themselves from the Insect Lord Demon’s influence as the ultimate goal.

Zongsi is one of the clones too; if there’s information on the Insect Lord Demon, they would rather self-destruct than let others of the same kind grasp it."

"The retainer’s retainer is not my retainer, the follower’s follower is not my follower."

The Half-Insect child took a deep breath and said, "We are Zongsi’s followers, with the survival of Zongsi as the highest command.

Please be gracious."

"..."

Li Cheng paused for a moment, his brain calculating gains and losses swiftly, suddenly smiling, "As followers of Divine Calamity, Zongsi is my beloved kin, blood siblings, how could I harm her?"

Stowing away the Wolf Mad Demon Axe, Li Cheng gently applied a bandage to Zongsi’s neck break, then smiled, "Come, tell me what you know."

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"Sss."

Gouchen scratched his inexplicably itchy neck, single-handedly grasping the steering wheel, maneuvering a speedboat installed with six powerful Mercury engines to drift on the vast water surface.

The group had already reached the next stop of Magic Cube City, the Pool Layer, under Mike’s direction.

This place is essentially a collection of various pools, including public swimming pools, with the ceiling embedded with uniform white LED light bulbs,

the surface of the bearing columns tiled with white porcelain tiles, walls of varying heights dividing the pool into sections and blocks,

some areas where the pool water is clear and two or three meters deep, floating with ownerless colorful swimming rings; some areas are bottomless, with the water a dark, eerie blue, floating with tiny rubber duck toys.

The entire space is excessively vast and empty, making people feel relaxed and leisurely, yet also inducing an inexplicable sense of unease.