155: The role of the church

After the shelling completely ceased, the personnel who had been preparing behind them went to check the situation and rescue any surviving allied soldiers.

Lin Fei and Chen Xu, following Old Man Zhang, stood on a large rock and contacted the temporary command post.

As expected, none of the thirty battle armors escaped; all lay on the shattered ground.

Under such fierce shelling, the two dense forests had disappeared, the ground was blasted with huge craters, and thick cracks crisscrossed everywhere.

A single howitzer shell could create a hole five or six meters in diameter and over a meter deep.

Although the power of the rockets was slightly less, the sheer number that erupted was terrifying enough.

After a full ten minutes of bombardment, the entire ground seemed to have been leveled considerably.

Under such bombardment, the battle armor's force field defense was like an eggshell.

Even some hardened battle armor shells suffered severe damage, and even if they weren't destroyed, the terrifying impact from such explosions was enough to kill the people inside.

In reality, some battle armors, for various reasons, had largely intact exteriors, but their internal drivers had already died.

The thirty battle armors were urgently transported away at the first opportunity. To prevent any stragglers and to achieve the initial mission objective of rescuing Lin Fei and Chen Xu's parents, they also conducted a carpet search of the surrounding area.

Lin Fei and Chen Xu, however, looked somewhat lost, as they hadn't seen their parents throughout the entire process.

It was as if a war had suddenly broken out on the scene, with continuous shelling, drones, missiles, and artillery all deployed one after another.

It was unknown whether the Mysterious Organization hadn't brought them along, or if they had also perished in the recent artillery bombardment.

But soon, a message came through.

"Little Lin, Little Chen, your parents have been found."

Old Man Zhang's expression darkened as he spoke.

"Found..."

Lin Fei and Chen Xu initially showed surprise, but upon noticing Old Man Zhang's expression, their faces turned pale, and they almost lost their footing, stumbling to the ground.

"No! Impossible!"

Lin Fei suddenly roared, blood vessels bulging in his eyes, his hands clenched into fists.

Chen Xu's eyes were bloodshot, and he stood frozen in place.

Ten minutes later, the two arrived at the command post, where there were four stretchers covered with white cloths.

Lin Fei walked over and lifted two of the white cloths; the people inside were indeed his parents.

"Dad, Mom..."

Lin Fei's eyes reddened, and he knelt on the ground, a bone-chilling killing intent erupting in his heart.

Chen Xu walked over dazedly, lifted a white cloth, and stood there in a daze.

"Young men, I'm sorry, we failed."

The military leader walked over, speaking with some guilt.

Lin Fei and Chen Xu didn't react, just remained in their dazed state.

Old Man Zhang sighed softly.

In the end, Lin Fei and Chen Xu returned to the capital, Dayang Lake, with their parents' remains.

The mud at the bottom of the lake suddenly trembled, and a huge tentacle emerged, covered with large suckers, followed by a second, then a third... Finally, a massive body rose from the lakebed mud, like a prehistoric behemoth.

"I've grown stronger again!"

Su Yuan felt the even more powerful energy within him, and spoke in human language, shaking the lake water.

"Species: lord of eternal life"

"Rank: 38"

"Body Length: 43 meters"

"Body Mutation: Intermediate Claws (Claws covered in tentacles that can retract automatically, having received Intermediate enhancement, making them sharper)"

"Intermediate Heroism (Your strength has received Intermediate enhancement)"

"...Intermediate Speed (Your body is more adapted to speed in water)"

"Beginner Voice (You can emit various complex calls)"

"Broken Elementary Mysterious Wings (You possess a pair of mysterious, broken wings, granting you the ability to fly)"

"Elementary Scent (Your sense of smell has received Elementary enhancement)"

"Skills: Survival of the Fittest +1 (Passive skill, can adapt to most environments)"

"Laser Beam +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates spiritual energy of heaven and earth, emits a Laser Beam)"

"Black Light Shield +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates spiritual energy of heaven and earth, generates a Black Light Shield)"

"Mind Whisper (Special Edition) +2 (Active skill, consumes internal energy and Mental Energy, you can make your inner voice resonate in the minds of other creatures.)"

"Swift Travel +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, doubles one's speed)"

"Fire Dragon Technique +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates spiritual energy of heaven and earth, generates a Dragon of flames, whose behavior can be controlled)"

"Water Control Technique +1 (Active skill, consumes internal energy, activates spiritual energy of heaven and earth, can control the water in the world)"

"Creature Transformation (Active skill, consumes internal energy and Mental Energy, you can distort the form of other creatures, making them more similar to yourself)"

"evolution points: 5536 / 180000" (Increasing by devouring spiritual energy)

"This evolution improved my sense of smell, and my body length continued to grow."

"However, the next upgrade requires even more evolution points, a total of 180,000."

"Fortunately, Dayang Lake is rich in resources. If it were a barren small river, I probably wouldn't be able to upgrade in a week."

Su Yuan was a little surprised; it was the first time his sense of smell had been enhanced.

Smell is an important ability for tracking prey.

At this moment, Su Yuan sensed something; he vaguely seemed to feel something, yet also nothing, existing between the hazy and the void.

Su Yuan thought of something and entered his mental connection with his kin, where the sensation was even deeper.

It seemed as if people were worshiping him, offering him reverence.

Without any reason, Su Yuan understood this information.

He hadn't seen or heard anything; he just suddenly knew this information, and there were quite a few people.

"Who could it be? Wang Dali shouldn't be capable of attracting believers, so it must be General Yang and Secretary Huang."

Su Yuan guessed.

General Yang and Secretary Huang called him the primordial lord of eternal life and were extremely fanatical and faithful to him.

Such people are indeed very likely to establish a church that believes in him and recruit people to develop it.

It's just that, given their modus operandi, this church is probably a complete cult.

Su Yuan felt like laughing; when he was a human, he never imagined that one day there would be a church that believed in him.

It's a pity, though, that this is destined to be a cult, and a cult that will be fiercely suppressed.

Simply because the founders are two insane murderers.

Su Yuan only thought about it for a moment and then dismissed it.

So far, these people who believe in him cannot bring him any benefits.

He also won't spend energy managing it.

Unless, one day, he can absorb and utilize the Power Of Faith from these novels.

Moreover, Su Yuan was not optimistic about this church.

In the current era of spiritual energy revival, the Rabbit Country would certainly be very sensitive to such cult-like organizations and would resolutely crack down on them.

Perhaps, by the time Su Yuan's next evolution occurs, this church will already be gone.

Around Su Yuan, countless kin bowed their heads, offering respect and faith to the great being.

It was a terrifying scene.

In the lake, countless Mutated Creatures, whose body length far exceeded three meters, floated motionless in the water, bowing their heads towards Su Yuan.

Among them were even gigantic super Mutated Creatures like the God-Devouring Fish and the Two-Winged Dark Python.

"Next, I need to acquire evolution points and reach Rank 40 first. By then, I should awaken a new skill."

"Oh, I know the purpose of this church now. I still need to raise the skill level of Mind Whisper to allow me to directly transmit messages to my kin."

"In that case, I can have General Yang and Secretary Huang help me search for the Mysterious Organization!"

"It seems that besides upgrading, I also need to focus on Mind Whisper and convert a few more Evil Human Kin."

Su Yuan muttered to himself faintly.

Although he could now face humans calmly and objectively, when it came to converting kin, he still preferred those who were willing or those whose deaths were not regrettable.

Moreover, being in Dayang Lake, he temporarily couldn't develop Evil Human Kin.

"No, there are still people around here, Shangqing City!"

Su Yuan turned his head, looking in the direction of Shangqing City, a smile appearing on his huge face.

"Currently, the country hasn't strongly rescued survivors yet; this is an opportunity for me."

Thinking this, Su Yuan no longer bothered with grinding evolution points for leveling up.

Who knew if the country's army would already have entered Shangqing City the next moment?

After all, this was the Rabbit Country, not abroad; it was people-oriented and placed great importance on the safety of its citizens' lives.

Therefore, Su Yuan had to race against time!