17: Chapter 17 The Apocalypse Arrives, the Old Order Collapses

He didn't rush to act, instead transmitting a cold will directly into Zhao Linfeng's mind.

"Zhao Linfeng."

"Immediately organize everyone and retreat behind the 'Rebirth Temple'."

"If you don't want to die, hurry up."

Hearing this, Zhao Linfeng trembled all over.

He had just used an Abnormal Item to teleport back to the front of the Great Hall, and his condition was somewhat unstable.

But now, he couldn't spare a breath. He immediately turned and walked out of the Great Hall, starting the emergency evacuation organization.

"Everyone, listen up!!"

"Immediately retreat to the Back Mountain! Hurry!!"

Following Zhao Linfeng's shout, the crowd instantly became agitated.

Immediately afterward, under the urging and command of the Magistrates Office members, the massive crowd began surging toward the Back Mountain.

Cries, panic, and prayers intertwined.

But no one dared to stop.

Because at this moment, everyone realized the seriousness of the situation!

In the distance, the figure of the Resentment Fetus Ghoul had already materialized!

It was like a mountain of rotten flesh, emitting an eerie red light, rapidly pouncing toward the Rebirth Temple.

Boom boom boom!!

The earth was trembling.

When the main body of the 'Resentment Fetus Ghoul' approached, Lin Chuan truly saw its appearance for the first time.

It was too massive.

It was a full hundred meters tall, its entire body composed of countless twisted corpses and Umbilical Cords.

On its massive infant face, there was an expression of extreme greed and brutality, as if it wanted to devour everything... "Waa!!"

After sensing Lin Chuan's presence and the 120,000 panicked ordinary people, it opened its abyssal mouth and let out a cry loud enough to shatter eardrums.

Instantly, Rule Sound Waves transformed into substantial black ripples, violently crashing against the golden-red light barrier outside the Rebirth Temple.

Crack!

With just one impact, the Ghost Domain light barrier constructed by Lin Chuan was instantly covered in cracks.

Lin Chuan's First-Level Ghost Domain clearly could not withstand the attack of this A-rank Abnormality!

"Tsk tsk tsk!!"

"So fat from eating! Since you've come, stay here forever!!"

Inside the Great Hall, the red light in Lin Chuan's Stone Eyes flared intensely.

When the Resentment Fetus Ghoul approached further, reaching within 500 meters of Lin Chuan's main body, he stopped holding back and decisively activated the Second-Layer Ghost Domain!

Buzz!!

The originally golden-red light barrier quickly turned into an ominous dark red.

Although the coverage radius of the Second-Layer Ghost Domain was only 500 meters, it was just enough to envelop the entire Rebirth Temple and firmly Control the Resentment Fetus Ghoul!

Simultaneously, within the Second-Layer Ghost Domain, the Rule Power controlled by Lin Chuan immediately increased tenfold!

"Buddha Kingdom in the Palm!"

Lin Chuan thought, and acted.

In the void, a Blood-Red Buddha Hand that covered the sky suddenly appeared.

Countless twisted sanskrit characters flowed over The Buddha hand, and every single character emitted a dizzying power.

Boom!!

The Buddha hand, carrying the momentum of destroying everything, violently slammed down toward the Resentment Fetus Ghoul, which resembled a mountain of flesh.

"Waa!!!"

The Resentment Fetus Ghoul seemed to sense the threat.

Its countless tentacle-like Umbilical Cords danced wildly, actually weaving into a massive black net in the air, attempting to block the strike.

Bang!!!

Two terrifying Rule Powers collided in mid-air.

Space itself seemed to twist in that instant.

A grating, ear-splitting sound, like glass being scraped, continuously echoed.

That was the rules eroding and annihilating each other.

Poof!

The black net woven from Umbilical Cords only lasted less than three seconds before being forcefully shattered by the Blood-Red Buddha Hand.

Countless drops of black blood rain fell from the sky.

Every drop of blood that landed corroded a bottomless pit.

"Woo..."

The Resentment Fetus Ghoul seemed to let out a painful whimper.

It was knocked back hundreds of meters by Lin Chuan's palm strike, and a massive, bone-deep palm print appeared on its enormous body.

But it quickly climbed back up!

The moment it stood up, its massive body suddenly split open.

Immediately afterward, countless large mouths grew out of those fissures.

"Eat... eat..."

"Hungry... hungry..."

Countless voices overlapped. This was not human language, but a low, Ancient Babbling sound, seemingly from the abyss!

Immediately afterward.

The ordinary people nearby who hadn't managed to evacuate, along with the five Night Watchmen who were used as bait, suddenly exploded.

Blood-covered Abnormal Infants crawled out of their bellies.

But these Abnormal Infants did not attack Lin Chuan.

Instead, they rushed toward the main body of the Resentment Fetus Ghoul at an extremely high speed, and then merged into its body.

It wasn't just these five.

Throughout Changyang City.

Thousands of Abnormal Fetus Clones also seemed to receive a summons, transforming into streaks of black light, flying in from all directions, and submerging into the body of the Resentment Fetus Ghoul.

This was the Resentment Fetus Ghoul's third rule... Gluttony!

Devour everything!!

As countless clones were devoured by it.

The Rule Aura of the Resentment Fetus Ghoul became even more terrifying!

Its originally grayish-white skin now displayed a strange dark gold color.

"Is it going berserk?"

Lin Chuan remained calm.

Immediately afterward, he unleashed his other Rule Ability—Life-Reaping Sanskrit Sound!

"Nan... Wu... A..."

Accompanied by the echoing, eerie chanting,

countless golden sanskrit characters emerged from the void, transforming into golden chains that instantly wrapped around the Resentment Fetus Ghoul.

"Let... go... of... self-attachment..."

The Buddhist Chant contained a Demonic Rhythm capable of salvaging and suppressing everything!

And under the blessing of the Tenfold Amplification, it became extremely terrifying.

The Resentment Fetus Ghoul's recently surged aura was instantly suppressed.

It struggled frantically, its Umbilical Cords whipping the void like lashes, seemingly tearing black fissures in space.

But in front of the golden chains formed by the Buddhist Chant, its struggles were meaningless.

"Suppress!!"

Lin Chuan activated [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] again.

The Blood-Red Buddha Hand suspended in mid-air slammed down thunderously.

Boom!!!

This time, the massive body of the Resentment Fetus Ghoul was directly slammed into the ground.

Heaven and earth shattered.

Countless crushed stones splattered.

The buildings surrounding the Rebirth Temple were almost entirely collapsed by the shock.

This palm strike directly pinned the Resentment Fetus Ghoul, rendering it immobile.

The countless clones it had just merged with were even almost dispersed by the single strike.

At the same time.

The Coughing Ghoul and Crying Ghost who had just rushed back to the Rebirth Temple... as well as the abnormal entities inside Zhao Linfeng and others, instantly crashed due to the residual shockwaves of the two terrifying rules colliding!

Losing the power support of the abnormal entities within them, Zhao Linfeng and the others felt their bodies lighten, then collapsed onto the ground as if they had lost all strength.

They watched the huge monster slammed into the ground with terror.

Then they glanced at the eerie Buddha statue in the Great Hall, which seemed to stand between heaven and earth, feeling immense shock.

On the Back Mountain.

The 120,000 survivors also witnessed this scene.

The shock was indescribable.

"The Buddha has manifested!!"

"This is the True God!!"

Countless people knelt on the ground, kowtowing frantically.

[Obtained Power Of Will +999!]

[Obtained Power Of Will +888!]

[Obtained Power Of Will +1000!]

Lin Chuan glanced at the surging Power Of Will value, feeling extremely pleased.

In just these few breaths, he had obtained 200,000 Power Of Will!

At this moment.

Under Lin Chuan's continuous suppression, the Resentment Fetus Ghoul at the bottom of the pit no longer moved.

Its massive body rapidly shrank.

Finally.

It turned into a grayish-white, curled-up infant, only the size of a palm.

And on its forehead.

A drop of pitch-black Abnormal Blood was slowly squirming.

That was... the source of everything.

"If I devour this Resentment Fetus Ghoul, perhaps I could directly advance to A-rank..."

Lin Chuan looked at the infant, a hint of temptation flashing in his heart.

But in the end, he held back.

After all, this thing was an A-rank Abnormality. Although suppressed, the Rule Power within it was too complex and violent.

If he forcefully devoured it, he might be subjected to a backlash.

It might even cause the Rule Imbalance within his own body, leading him to fall completely into a state of chaos!

"First, lock it up."

"When I become stronger, I'll devour it then."

Lin Chuan had a thought and conveyed his will to Zhao Linfeng again.

"Zhao Linfeng, go, lock it up!"

Hearing this, Zhao Linfeng dared not hesitate and hurriedly used a massive Golden Box to contain the Resentment Fetus Ghoul.

Clang!

As the Golden Box closed, the gray infant was completely sealed inside.

Soon, the Resentment Fetus Ghoul's A-rank Ghost Domain also slowly dissipated.

Whoosh... As a breeze blew past.

The Black Paper Ashes filling the sky stopped drifting down.

The thick layer of Dark Red Haze in the sky also receded like a tide.

A ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds, scattering onto the scarred earth.

"It's over..."

Zhao Linfeng slumped onto the ground, looking at the ray of sunlight, tears streaming down his face.

This catastrophe was finally over.

Three days later.

Changyang City Temporary Command Post.

Zhao Linfeng looked at the Statistical Report in his hand, his hands trembling.

"My Buddha..."

"The statistics are out."

"Changyang City originally had a population of 450,000."

"Currently surviving... 123,000 people."

"The mortality rate... is nearly seventy-three percent."

Lin Chuan listened to this figure without saying much.

This was the cruelty of the Terror Resurgence.

Even with his intervention, so many people still died.

If not for him, the entirety of Changyang City would likely have become a Dead Land!

"What is the situation outside?" Lin Chuan asked via Voice Transmission.

Zhao Linfeng shook his head and pulled out an old Radio.

"Phones and the internet are all down; we can't contact the outside world at all."

"This is the only Radio I managed to have the Technology Department fix that can still receive signals."

"However, it can't receive any channels."

As he spoke, Zhao Linfeng gently twisted the Radio dial.

However, in the very next second.

The Radio suddenly emitted static.

Static... A moment later, intermittent broadcast sounds came from within.

"This is... Great Xin Dynasty... Wartime Broadcast..."

"The entire nation... enters... Special Alert..."

"Yanmang Province... the Provincial Capital... has fallen... Qinglong Prefecture... contact lost..."

"Star-Spangled Nation... A-rank... Supernatural Event erupted... half the country... has fallen..."

"Neon Country... three A-rank Abnormalities... ap... peared... confirmed... annihilated..."

When he first heard the voice, Zhao Lintian's expression still held some expectation.

But gradually, his expression froze.

The entire world was approaching its end.

He originally thought Changyang City was already hell.

Unexpectedly, things outside weren't much better.

Government Institutions were paralyzed, and the world system was collapsing and disintegrating.

The civilization humanity was proud of was as fragile as paper before the Terror Resurgence.

Lin Chuan finished listening, but not a single ripple rose in his heart.

Terror Resurgence, the Era of the Apocalypse!

Tsk tsk tsk!

This was not bad news for him.

The Old Order had disintegrated.

The New Order was about to arrive!!

"Zhao Linfeng."

"Your Disciple is here."

"Select the most loyal Believers from those survivors."

"I want to cultivate Ghost Controllers."

"As My Believer, you will bathe in My Glory and personally establish a new civilization, a New Order..."

Lin Chuan's persuasion immediately reignited the flame of hope in Zhao Linfeng's eyes.

His breathing became rapid. He heavily knelt before Lin Chuan's Buddha statue, saying with fervor and longing: "My Buddha above! Your Disciple will certainly lead All Living Beings toward Ultimate Bliss under Your great guidance..."

"Excellent, excellent! amitabha buddha! Hehehe!!"

Lin Chuan responded with satisfaction, then continued via Voice Transmission:

"Also."

"You must immediately organize an Army and resume production."

"Then, build a New City right around the Rebirth Temple."

"Call it... Rebirth City."

"In addition, go find more survivors."

"And gather them here."