182: Complex situation

Tian Ming made this judgment because if it were the corpse race that attacked the Life Origins Company's energy hunters, there would be no corpses left; they would have been gnawed until nothing remained.

Zheng Haoyu frowned deeply and said, "Boss, do you mean there are stronger forces active in the city?"

"I don't know, I'm just guessing. The specific situation isn't clear yet. You all go back first and participate in the construction of the Shelter's Underground City. As for the Corpse King, I will handle him personally. Our movements have been too big, scaring them into not showing their faces, so I've decided to rein it in a bit," Tian Ming slowly stood up, looking at the city outside the window, and spoke softly.

Zheng Haoyu nodded slightly: "Boss, please be careful with everything. We'll go back and protect the Shelter as per your request."

"Mm, the Shelter has taken in many new survivors these past few days. Keep an eye on them. I always feel like something isn't right."

Zheng Haoyu didn't ask why, but nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Boss, what if the Corpse King launches a major attack while you're not at the Shelter?"

Tian Ming sneered: "That's exactly what I want. I'll wipe them all out in one go. If anything happens, contact me immediately via radio broadcast. My activity range won't exceed 70 kilometers from the Shelter. I can be back in five minutes."

"Understood!"

Zheng Haoyu nodded, and led all the Special Operations Group members away. Tian Ming also left the gathering point, found a building, and quickly climbed up it.

Standing at a high vantage point, the entire Donghai City was visible. The star-ring above his head was still as bright, though it had become a bit thinner. The large fragments of the shattered planet had basically all fallen back to the ground. Some smaller fragments, even if they entered the atmosphere, would be completely burned up by the dense atmosphere before hitting the ground.

"I'm alone now. Are you sure you won't appear?" Tian Ming said to the air.

A woman's figure slowly appeared. This mysterious woman once again appeared before Tian Ming's eyes, but this time, Tian Ming had no apprehension whatsoever. At the same time, he also noticed that his control range was not compressed to just one meter like the first time; in fact, after the woman appeared, his control range was still about ten meters.

Indeed, this mysterious consciousness's suppression of him was based on his fear. Like a nightmare, the more you fear, the more you dread, the more you are afraid, the more severely your abilities will be suppressed.

The woman didn't care, saying, "Sigh, you still saw through me. How could that idiot God of Combat tell that little girl everything?"

Tian Ming knew that the 'little girl' the woman referred to was Qiu Qian. He simply connected the information he knew and was able to guess that this mysterious woman was one of the myriad consciousnesses that split from the Yuanchu God's universal rules. But unlike the God of Combat, she had not chosen any Blue Star creature as her vessel.

"Whose side are you on, exactly?" Tian Ming asked. The fact that these Corpse Kings were hiding must be related to this woman.

The woman smiled indifferently and said, "That's not important. I've already given some Corpse Kings the ability to reproduce. You can't resist natural rules. In just one or two years, humanity's decline will be a foregone conclusion."

"You play a lot of tricks. If you didn't have no physical form, I'd really want to slap you to death."

"Hehe, do you know how vast the Yuanchu God's power is? He can control the entire universe, almost infinitely. And now, you're limited to just over ten meters. The first time, I even scared you into shrinking to one meter." The woman's words were full of mockery.

Tian Ming wasn't angry. From the perspective of the universe's age, the lifespan of a civilization might be like fireworks in the sky, fleeting. He could understand the woman's attitude. She viewed these disasters as a game, perhaps having experienced countless such games before.

"Tell me, what exactly is your purpose?" Tian Ming asked.

The mysterious woman smiled sweetly and slowly said, "The purpose is very simple: to bring our God back. In the last civilization, I already said not to attach to a low-level creature. But he didn't listen. He slept attached to a low-level creature for tens of millions of years, and finally, that creature lived too long, went mad, and jumped directly into a black hole. That's what forced him to wake up."

Tian Ming felt a bit embarrassed. He hadn't lived that long and couldn't understand what it felt like for a creature to live so long that it no longer wanted to live. However, the opportunity had arrived. Should he also live for tens of millions of years, or even forever?

"So, you want to drive me crazy, and then I'll seek death myself? That way, you can have your God back?" Tian Ming asked.

The mysterious woman smiled and said, "Do you see my current appearance? Before our God's Red Crystal Core hit you, I found a human woman to be the vessel for my consciousness. My current appearance is that woman's. I am not like the God of Combat, who is very loyal to God, even if God is attached to a low-level creature like you, she still wants to pledge allegiance. I govern life matter. For life as a whole to continue, it must be rational, absolutely rational."

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

This woman was rambling, with no real point.

The woman smiled slightly and slowly began, "What would you do if I killed everyone in your Shelter?"

Tian Ming frowned: "Then you would die. I will live long enough. One day, I will find a way to eliminate consciousness energy bodies."

"Hehe, don't get excited, there's no deep hatred. I understand why Yuanchu God never chose me. I just want him to wake up, that's my purpose."

"Whether he wakes up or not is not my decision."

The woman stared into Tian Ming's eyes and slowly said, "I know, but as long as I drive you crazy, it will work, right? For example, by letting your Little Shen die..."

Tian Ming's face instantly turned terribly grim. A pressure from the conscious soul instantly enveloped the woman. It was the aura of the Yuanchu God. The woman's face changed drastically, and she quickly said, "Master, I... I was just joking."

"Master? He hasn't woken up," Tian Ming said coldly.

The mysterious woman's expression changed slightly, then she seemed a bit helpless: "It seems Little Shen holds a high place in your heart, enough to make you mobilize the God's consciousness. Never mind, I won't directly intervene, but the corpse race will act for me. I have plenty of time, let's slowly wear you down."

After the woman finished speaking, her figure slowly dissipated into the air. As a consciousness energy body, she was almost omnipresent. Tian Ming sighed helplessly, thinking to himself that he needed to find a way to resolve this consciousness as soon as possible!