PFC Chapter 7268 Divine Beings, Many and Divine!
Chapter 7268 Divine Beings, Many and Divine!
Chapter 7268 Divine Beings, Many and Divine!
Although Zhang Han's idea is somewhat hellish, it is indeed the truth. Why did the Yellow Turban Rebellion occur more than 20 years ago? It was simply because they couldn't survive. And when they couldn't survive, all the efforts they made to survive could not be judged by the moral standards of a prosperous era. Chen Xi could only try to bring them to a prosperous era and then prohibit such behavior.
However, to say that we are living in a prosperous era and ignoring the true situation of that time is a kind of wisdom. To be honest, facing the tragic historical truth of that time, learning from the lessons, and moving forward in a better way is also a kind of wisdom.
Therefore, Chen Xi finally suppressed this unhealthy trend in the Yuanfeng era. He did not hold those who had done the wrong thing accountable. He simply let bygones be bygones, but if they did the same thing again, he would hold them accountable. As for the common people who came from the Yellow Turbans, to be honest, who would want to eat people if they had no other way to survive?
Even in the absurd environment of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, cannibalism was more of a means of deterrence. However, the way of deterrence was too outrageous, which caused everyone to become involuntarily competitive. If you don't eat, others will, and then you will have no deterrent power. Therefore, the situation became more and more evil, and in the end, all that was left was to eat!
Generally speaking, apart from a few abstract thinkers or humanoid life forms that want to gain something from this behavior, most people keep their distance from it.
However, after doing this, and after certain bottom lines were crossed, many old Yellow Turbans who don't have moral fastidiousness find this behavior and eating some strange things to be quite normal.
Zhang Han: Wei Jun said that eating large cordyceps can obtain the essence of life, then rejuvenate and restore one's strength to its peak. I don't eat the demon god's body, but eating a couple of mushrooms that grow on the demon god's body should be fine, right? This thing is supposed to be like the lantern grass that grows next to a grave, a very good Chinese medicine, and has nothing to do with the stuff in the coffin.
Similarly, the mushrooms growing on the demon's body probably have nothing to do with the demon; at most, they just have some amazing effects, so I picked one and tried it.
To be honest, this idea is a bit outlandish, but you can't say there's anything wrong with it. And it's uncertain whether that thing is a mushroom or not, but you could say it's something like a meaty Ganoderma lucidum.
Anyway, they looked quite alike. Zhang Han and Fang He worked together to nearly kill the demon god, and removed the fleshy Ganoderma from what was probably the demon god's head. Then, Zhang Han used his chef skills to cook it into mushroom soup on the spot. The two of them ate the still struggling mushroom along with some wild vegetables from Yunmeng. Needless to say, Zhang Han and Wei Jun digested it perfectly.
"Is this stuff really okay?" Han Rang, who has a bit of a phobia of germs and feels that this kind of thing shouldn't be eaten casually, was somewhat conflicted after seeing his former comrade-in-arms Zhang Han regain his youth and looking at his own somewhat loose skin. To be honest, he didn't really want to eat it, but the effects were a bit scary.
The success rate of oaths is ridiculous, and now the Ruan Gong is banning oath talents and hiding Jie Yun, preventing ordinary veterans from contacting him. Trying to restore youth through oath stripping and reconstruction is also a ridiculous route. So after seeing that Devouring Demon God can restore youth, Han Rang is somewhat willing to try it. This is a shortcut!
"I advise you not to eat it. Without breaking through your willpower, this stuff will contaminate you," Jiang Guang said to Han Rang as he passed by carrying a plate of meat chunks and a dozen large steamed buns.
“Zhang Han didn’t break through the limits of will either,” Han Rang said with a hint of rebuttal.
“But some people have incredibly powerful digestive systems. They can actually withstand the super-fast regeneration of the demon god and digest it. I don’t think you can do that.” Zhao Ying, who was also carrying a plate of rice next to Jiang Guang, glanced at Han Rang and assessed the situation. She felt that Han Rang probably wouldn’t have the chance to enjoy this kind of thing. If he ate it, he would most likely get diarrhea, if not be poisoned.
"In short, I advise you not to eat this kind of thing indiscriminately. No one has an iron stomach, and eating it will only make you feel very embarrassed." Jiang Guang said casually. "If you don't believe me, you can ask Wei Jun. Those who are Wei Jun's comrades should have seen it and tasted it. They should know what it's like. So if you have nothing better to do, it's best not to try it."
Upon hearing this, the veterans present either nodded, observed silently, or looked at Zhang Han's shiny black hair with some eagerness—it's just a super digestive ability, Zhang Han has it, I should have it too, let's go, let's try it today!
"What happened? Everything was fine the past few days. How come there are so many casualties today?" After receiving the mission book the next day, Chen Xi found that the number of teams still working had dropped to 60% of yesterday's number. In other words, after a day of fighting, nearly half of the team formed by the Han Dynasty to hunt down the demon god had suffered casualties and were recuperating in Jiangling.
"Uh." He Yuan looked at Chen Xi with a bit of embarrassment. How should I put it? Rather than saying that the Demon God defeated these hunting teams, it would be more accurate to say that these teams courted death and dug their own graves.
Chen Xi was confused and glanced at He Yuan. He Yuan was silent for a while before explaining in detail what had happened. Chen Xi was speechless after listening. What an idiot!
"Tell them to stop messing around and eliminate the demon god first!" Chen Xi said with a dark face. He was also losing his composure. He had never expected that because someone had regained their youth by devouring the demon god, other veterans also thought they had such a destiny and rushed up to devour the demon god as well, resulting in so many backlashes.
"Is the situation serious? How many people have lost their fighting ability?" Chen Xi asked with a hint of helplessness.
"Those who do this are all top-tier sixth-level experts, the kind of elites who can cripple even a demon god, so their injuries aren't too serious. They just need a day or two to recover on their own," He Yuan said with a sigh. In the past two days, he had seen a group of god-like figures, truly god-like. He originally thought that he was already very powerful after breaking through the limits of his will, but among this group of god-like figures, he was only at a normal level, or even below normal.
"How many of them succeeded?" Chen Xi calmed down after hearing that nothing serious had happened despite the haphazard devouring of the demon god. He then asked with some curiosity, since Zhang Han, who served food in the cafeteria, really did look younger.
"Besides Wei Jun and Zhang Han, only one of the people who tried it got younger," He Yuan said with a hint of envy. To be honest, when he saw that the two old men, Wei Jun and Zhang Han, had become younger than him, he couldn't help but want to try it himself. Fortunately, after seeing that more than thirty old men had been taken down, He Yuan gave up on the idea; the probability was too low.
"Uh, there are actually strong people here." Chen Xi said with some shock.
Chen Xi had no doubt that the Demon God could restore youth. This thing could survive for seven hundred years and survive the period of low spiritual energy in the world, so its vitality was beyond doubt. If you really want to talk about it, it can be considered a kind of rare and precious material. It's just that the poison is too great, and the poison is completely mixed with life.
In other words, once you remove the toxicity from this thing, its life force will be exhausted. Therefore, if you want to absorb its life force, you must absorb the toxicity of the demon god along with it, which is somewhat perverse.
Therefore, Chen Xi, who knew about this condition from the beginning, did not expect to gain any benefit from the demon god. At most, he would leave a few samples for Hua Tuo and others to study after he had completely controlled the demon god.
I never expected that there would actually be veterans directly gnawing and absorbing it like this. Their digestive and absorptive abilities are truly incredible!
"Well, Old Man Hua came with his nephew Sun Liang. Sun Liang absorbed the demon that even Uncle Mao couldn't handle before. Old Man Hua said he picked up some scraps and tried them, and then he regained his youth." He Yuan gave a general explanation of Hua Chen and Sun Liang's story.
Chen Xi thought about it and felt it made sense. Hua Chen was one of the top three Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, and a version that normal Yellow Turbans couldn't understand. He was a Yellow Turban who truly followed the orthodox Imperial Guard route. Chen Xi had always suspected that Hua Chen might be an atypical member who came from the Imperial Guard and then joined the Yellow Turbans. But no matter what, Hua Chen's experience was definitely extremely tragic.
Chen Xi didn't delve into the past experiences of these old Yellow Turbans, but Hua Chen was very special among the Yellow Turbans. As for his digestive ability, Hua Chen's extraordinary phenomenon was this thing, so digesting the demon god was not incomprehensible.
As for Sun Liang, if this guy gets caught up with the demon god, it's fine if the demon god has a complete self-will, but if he doesn't have a complete self-will and can only regenerate, then he will definitely be killed by Sun Liang.
"So how are those veterans spreading this news? Can veterans with superhuman digestive and nutrient absorption abilities devour demon gods?" Chen Xi asked with some curiosity. To be honest, if it's possible to turn waste into treasure, Chen Xi would still prefer to do so. After all, destroying demon gods would also be a loss for Chen Xi, and saving some money is always good, since it's happening on home soil, not in someone else's territory.
“Even those with this phenomenon won’t be able to digest it.” He Yuan said helplessly, “To digest this thing, we might need something else. Brother Chen Hong also failed and is now lying in the hospital. However, he was not seriously injured. He relied entirely on his shock ability to internally shock the demon god’s flesh into pieces and then vomit it out. Otherwise, something really bad would have happened.”
“There’s nothing we can do about it.” Chen Xi nodded upon hearing this. “Tell them not to try it. Tell them that the drug to inhibit the super-rapid regeneration from Chang’an will be sent over immediately. Once that’s here, it will be safer for them to do this kind of thing.”
In the eyes of bigwigs like Chen Xi, the most troublesome thing about the Demon God is actually its super-speed regeneration. Without super-speed regeneration, the Demon God is nothing special. Its combat power after seven or eight levels of fusion is very strong, but the Han Dynasty has many solutions.
Putting everything else aside, without such an outrageous super-fast regeneration ability, Lu Bu could easily kill seven or eight heavily forged monsters in a few minutes. Even the things he encountered at the beginning, Lu Bu's level, could be killed in one move!
With this outrageous super-fast regeneration ability, with this super regeneration ability that allows the body to regenerate and recover even when the will is annihilated, and to attack the surroundings indiscriminately, Lu Bu would have to exhaust the life force of the demon god to solve the problem.
This is why the veterans of the Han Dynasty now deal with demons by unleashing a barrage of attacks for the first minute and then relentlessly attacking the monsters for the next few hours.
Unfortunately, while the individual strength of a demon god isn't particularly terrifying, its vitality is truly terrifying.
Now that we have this potion to suppress the super-rapid regeneration ability, dealing with the demon god is relatively simpler. After all, without super-rapid regeneration, the demon god needs a lot more life force to recover after being slashed to pieces, which will greatly reduce the time wasted.
“Okay, I will notify the brothers who are on the front lines taking on missions.” He Yuan was somewhat surprised to hear this. With this potion, he could try to devour the demon god. After all, in terms of safety, as someone whose normal will has broken through limits, the demon god’s strongest point, apart from its regenerative ability, is its pollution, which poses no danger to him. So, at most, he would have to stay in the hospital for two days.
"Focus on your work and don't mess around." Chen Xi looked at He Yuan, gave her a couple of instructions, and then left. He Yuan gave an awkward but polite smile, and Chen Xi shook her head and left.
On the west side of the Yunmeng Waterway, Zou placed the mace aside. Beside him was a demon god that he had smashed, still struggling in its death throes, but whose flesh buds were clearly weakened. Recently, this guy had stopped recruiting teammates, and of course, he no longer accepted jobs to fight eight-level demon gods alone. He was confident that he could handle a seven-level demon god by himself.
In addition, over the past few days, killing one in the morning and one in the afternoon, Zou has gained experience in how to beat up demons, and dealing with them is not as difficult as before, and his efficiency has also increased significantly.
"I'll talk to a few more guys when I get back tonight. We should be able to improve our kill efficiency even further. These things are tough, but they don't have any self-awareness, so they're actually easier to deal with than other beasts. The only problem is their incredible resilience." Zou looked at the demon god's corpse, which had completely stopped wriggling, and used his vibration to check it again to make sure it was completely dead and hadn't left any serious contamination. He then slung his weapon over his shoulder and prepared to head into the Yunmeng Waterway.
These past few days, I've been repeatedly taking on missions in this direction to get closer to this waterway, because Zou's ship sank here. Now that we've finally killed all the demons along this route, it's time to salvage it.
What Chen Xi didn't care about, Zou cared about very much. It wasn't because the thing was heavy and would damage his reputation, but more realistically, because it could be sold for money. It was top-quality gun steel, and even if he carried a piece back, he could sell it as scrap metal for a good price. It was practically free money.
So Zou has spent a lot of effort recently to clear this path, and now it's time to make money. The reason he hasn't looked for teammates is largely because of this.
After using the shockwave to scout the area again and confirming that there were no problems, Zou took off his weapons and armor, dove into the waterway, and successfully found a large piece of steel at the bottom of the water with his amazing breath-holding ability. After confirming the location, Zou surfaced, used the shockwave again to confirm that there was no danger around, grabbed his mace, took a deep breath, and dove down again.
Then, he unleashed all his power underwater, and his wild finishing move created a cavity at the bottom of the water. The mace slammed into the fragment of the cannon steel, and with sheer force, he sent a large piece of cannon steel weighing about half a ton flying out of the water. After that, Zou didn't hesitate any longer and jumped out of the water. Without even looking at the fragment of the cannon steel, he put on his full armor.
To be honest, having a fortress means security, but for the sake of money, some security can be sacrificed. Now that the money is basically in hand, security is very important again.
After donning his armor and slinging his weapon over his back, Zou Ta walked to the large chunks of gunpowder fragments. Without a word, he exerted his strength and lifted the fragments—only half a ton, just within the range Zou Ta could lift while wearing his armor. After all, Zou Ta's family had 150,000 zhu coins in cash. Zou Ta had repeatedly tested himself; if anything really happened, he could carry the money while wearing his armor, and then use a carrying pole to stuff his entire family into baskets. After all, that's how he fled famine in his youth.
Although the Han Dynasty seems very stable at the moment and there is no need to worry about these things, Zou still prepared a carrying pole and a basket, as well as just enough money for him to run away. Doesn't he understand what it means to be prepared for danger in times of peace? Doesn't he understand what it means to be afraid of being poor?
With the half-ton cannon steel on his shoulder armor, Zou's feet naturally sank into the soil of Yunmeng. After taking a few steps, Zou adjusted himself and then started running with big strides. To be honest, it was really heavy, but Zou's endurance was extremely terrifying. In addition, his obsession with money made him feel that this cannon steel, worth tens of thousands of coins, was only the weight of a child, so it was not a big problem!
Zhou Jun sat in the warm sun at the entrance of the three-courtyard house, covered in injuries. To be honest, his injuries hadn't healed yet, but after being beaten, Zhou Jun wasn't flustered at all. It hurt, but the matter was completely settled. After all, it was Zhou Yu who had hit him, his uncle, who was someone he could trust!
So after recovering for a few days and being able to move around a little, Zhou Jun went out to sunbathe. However, he hadn't been sunbathing for long when he felt like he saw a strange creature. Especially after he squinted and saw it more and more clearly, Zhou Jun felt a chill on the back of his neck, a chill like a blade passing through the back of his neck!
What do you mean Zou? He salvaged the steel from the scrapped energy-type naval gun in the sunken ship. Are you even human?
A shadow appeared in front of Zhou Jun. Zhou Jun didn't dare to look up, but he knew without looking up that this was his uncle. The whip cracked sharply and struck Zhou Jun's back. At that moment, Zhou Jun let out a bloodcurdling scream that he thought he would never let out again!
Oh no, I just realized it's the 30th tomorrow and I don't have a single chapter saved up.