C39 – A Crossaxe of Wrath
by UntamedSThe breeding area was very large; after all, there was enough food to supply all the townspeople here, but the scope wasn’t comparable to the sanatorium, where you could run through all the rooms in less than an hour.
Mu Sichen didn’t have any means of transport; if he relied only on his legs to find the exact location of the “pillar,” he wouldn’t be able to find the “pillar” even if he walked until the “day” fell.
He wanted the pillar to take the initiative to look for him.
Because of this, Mu Sichen changed into Ying Mao’s face.
With Ying Mao’s soul in his left hand and his face, he believed that the Pillar would probably mistake him for Ying Mao and actively search for him.
Even if he didn’t, it didn’t matter; as long as Ying Mao’s soul was with him, how could the “pillar” let go of this escaped soul?
Mu Sichen found a relatively flat wasteland and sat down, ready to wait for the rabbit.
He avoided the farmland as much as possible, not wanting the battle to affect the crops.
Even though these crops grew on life energy, the crops themselves were fine, and these would all be cultivated land for the townspeople in the future. Mu Sichen didn’t want to destroy too many crops.
He waited for a while but didn’t see the “pillar” take initiative to come. Mu Sichen vaguely felt that something wasn’t right.
If his analysis wasn’t wrong, in fact, as soon as he entered the breeding area, the totem of the big eye should have automatically appeared above his head or under his feet.
But he had already been wandering around the breeding area for some time and had picked a place suitable for fighting, so why hadn’t the “Pillar” found him yet?
Mu Sichen wasn’t omniscient, and he couldn’t guarantee that his guesses would be correct every time.
As a matter of fact, he had been moving forward by groping for stones, always repeating the process of guessing, overthrowing, guessing again, and overthrowing again.
But this time, combined with Ying Mao’s memories, Mu Sichen felt that he had already thought it through, and there shouldn’t be any omissions.
What went wrong?
Mu Sichen got up and thought about it as he circled around the spot.
The Pillar was a very peculiar type of energy, which could be used to support the town’s realm but could also be easily destroyed by internal heretics.
Someone like Yao Wangping could destroy the pillars just by carrying Qin Zu’s Guardian Sword.
Big Eye was crushingly powerful for humans, but it didn’t seem to have much of an existence amongst god-level monsters; at least Qin Zu was a god-level monster close to the Maitian level, while Big Eye was only a Hidden Star.
There were a lot of heretics in Tongzhi Town, so Big Eye had to hide his “pillar” even more carefully.
Therefore, the pillar wouldn’t be that easy to find, and certain conditions had to be met in order to get close to the pillar.
In the Bright Eyes Sanatorium, the pillar could only be attracted by desperation.
In the Bright Eyes Food Processing Plant, it had to make everyone feel superior to people, believing that they were higher than them, in order to meet the requirements of the “Pillar”.”
If Mu Sichen himself had entered the breeding area, he probably wouldn’t have been greeted by the “pillar,” but by a powerful family member such as a feather-eyed dependent or a heavy-pupil dependent.
Because Mu Sichen was full of confidence and others also considered him a senior employee, the workers in the assembly area would never have a sense of superiority towards Mu Sichen.
But Mu Sichen was using Ying Mao’s face and soul at this time, so logically, he should be qualified.
But he didn’t invoke the “pillar.”.
Why was that? Could it be that the Pillar was able to see through the phenomenon to his essence and recognize that he wasn’t truly Ying Mao?
But as an automatic energy body, if the Pillar really had such intelligence, it wouldn’t have been unable to do anything about Mu Sichen in the sanatorium because of a contradictory supplementary rule.
Mu Sichen rethought the matter and thought that his deduction shouldn’t be wrong.
Then where did the problem appear?
Time was running out, and Mu Sichen was a little anxious, but he still forced himself to recall if there were any details that he had missed.
The entry registration, the words spoken by the dragonfly-eyed supervisor, the information provided by Shen Jiyue, the news of the three of them poking around separately, Ying Mao’s memories…
A picture flashed through Mu Sichen’s mind like a film, finally settling on two images.
Shen Jiyue had said that Yao Wangping had already infiltrated the assembly area and would be closer to the breeding area than he was. Yao Wangping had even destroyed his appearance in order not to be recognized.
Ying Mao’s memory was that since the processing plant hadn’t voted for anyone for three consecutive days, today they would send four employees to the breeding area at once. Besides Ying Mao, there was also a guy with quite a few eyes on his body and a horrible look who was chosen to enter the breeding area. According to the order, this person seemed to be the last one.
Mu Sichen’s eyes snapped open; it was Yao Wangping!
Ying Mao was the first to be absorbed by the “pillar,” and after his soul escaped, it immediately returned to Mu Sichen.
Behind him, there were three others.
Mu Sichen didn’t waste much time in receiving Ying Mao’s memories and launching his actions.
If the act of transporting low-level employees for the Pillar didn’t stop during the hunt for Ying Mao, would it be Yao Wangping’s turn at this time?
Yao Wangping wasn’t a person who would let the Pillar absorb him. Since he was bold enough to come in, he must have already thought of a way to deal with the pillar.
Could it be that Yao Wangping had already destroyed the pillar while he was waiting for the pillar?
Then that meant that Mu Sichen had broken his agreement with the townspeople of the sanatorium!
Mu Sichen was a bit anxious; he spun in place, thinking about how to find Yao Wangping.
He first rummaged through his backpack and asked the octopus doll, “Do you know where Yao Wangping is? Can you take me there?”
The octopus doll balled up all its tentacles together, and its always watery big eyes were also closed, in the posture of a cat tucking its hands in, and its expression looked particularly Buddhist.
Mu Sichen knew at a glance that the octopus doll couldn’t be counted on.
But he understood that Qin Zu’s purpose was only “pillars” and the big eye.
He had lent his power to Mu Sichen because Yao Wangping had already been contaminated by the sanatorium.
Although Yao Wangping didn’t understand his situation at that time, Qin Zu must have been clear about it. At that time, Qin Zu had clearly given up on Yao Wangping but still used him to imprint a totem on his body.
Later on, the fact that Yao Wangping was unable to use the Guardian Sword also proved that Qin Zu’s choice wasn’t wrong; it was just a bit too cold-bloo*ded and rational.
However, after the battle in the sanatorium, Mu Sichen purged Yao Wangping’s contamination in order to remove the power of Big Eye within the sanatorium.
At this time, Yao Wangping was again a fervent believer in Qin Zu, and this time he was more careful to sneak into the processing plant, so how could he be contaminated again?
Qin Zu couldn’t wait for Yao Wangping to destroy the “pillar” and would never reveal the information to Mu Sichen.
Maybe he and the octopus doll had a little interracial friendship, but the three days that they got along were far less important than the “pillar.”.
Even if it were Mu Sichen himself, if he were asked to choose between the octopus doll and the “pillar,” Mu Sichen would definitely choose the “pillar.”.
He even gave the snacks of the octopus doll to his companions in order to get close to the “pillar,” and there wasn’t the slightest trace of guilt or thoughts of compensation in his heart.
The little octopus couldn’t be counted on. Mu Sichen zipped his backpack tightly and frowned as he thought about what to do.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the crossaxe that was even higher than his level.
This crossaxe was hostile to the Guardian Sword, and with this anthropomorphic description, the system seemed to be hinting to him that the crossaxe had become active and was self-aware.
Mu Sichen picked up the crossaxe and said to it, “That Guardian Sword seems to have found the ‘pillar’ first.”
The crossaxe trembled a little.
Seeing that it was effective, Mu Sichen continued, “I just asked Qin Zu, who clearly prefers the Guardian Sword, and he didn’t tell me the whereabouts of the Guardian Sword at all.”
The crossaxe trembled even more violently.
Mu Sichen said, “Last time, if it wasn’t for Yao Wangping being contaminated and was unable to use the Guardian Sword, we might not have been able to beat that sword, right?”
The crossaxe’s anger could no longer be concealed.
It flew horizontally through the air, heading in a direction like madness.
Mu Sichen quickly grabbed the crossaxe and followed it as it dashed forward at the speed of a hundred meters.
The speed of a 100-meter sprint had reached 30–40 km/h, coupled with the strength of the crossaxe’s pull. Mu Sichen felt that his speed had probably reached 50 km/h; it was simply like a humanoid motorbike, and back in the real world, it could break any world record.
If he were an ordinary person, his lungs wouldn’t be able to withstand it if he ran wildly like this for a while.
Fortunately, Mu Sichen’s physique had become stronger after upgrading, and he couldn’t die from running for the time being.
One person and one crossaxe ran in a certain direction at full power. After about half an hour of running wildly, Mu Sichen saw a pillar of light from afar, and there was also a person with feathered wings flying beside the pillar of light.
It was the feather-eyed dependent!
Near the pillar of light was a field of corn, and the surrounding corn had already been trampled on a lot.
Mu Sichen was very distressed.
The crossaxe was still charging forward, so he thought that Yao Wangping and the Guardian Sword were there.
But Mu Sichen couldn’t let the angry crossaxe scare the snakes at this time; he ignored the crossaxe and stuffed it into the weapon bar.
Not knowing in which space the system’s weapon bar and props bar were placed, after the crossaxe was withdrawn, Mu Sichen felt a tremor in the space around him, as if something was going to penetrate the space and appear out of nowhere.
Fortunately, the space only trembled for a moment and then stopped, and the crossaxe was finally taken back.
Mu Sichen disappeared into the cornfield, and with the help of the tall cornstalks to block him, he quietly moved towards the light pillar.
After walking for a few minutes, Mu Sichen was able to see the battle over there through the cornstalks.
He saw the heavy pupil dependent and feather-eyed dependent teaming up to attack a person, and even though his face was already completely disfigured, Mu Sichen guessed that this person was Yao Wangping.
On the ground behind the two dependents was a huge totem of the pupil in the sky.
In the center of the totem were several white bones, presumably the people who were sent to the breeding area today.
Ying Mao’s bones might also be inside.
Mu Sichen suppressed the sadness in his heart and silently moved to the place closest to the light pillar.
Yao Wangping’s left hand had completely alienated him and turned into a terrifying mechanical arm that was constantly stretching and attacking the feather-eyed dependent in the sky.
Behind the feather-eyed dependent wings were countless red eyes, each with three pupils, and the light released from these eyes enveloped Yao Wangping.
However, Yao Wangping’s body was guarded by a faint light, and those lines of sight were unable to break through the protection of the light.
Mu Sichen looked and saw that the source of the light was actually Yao Wangping’s chest.
He had stabbed his Guardian Sword into his heart in exchange for these rays of light that were enough to withstand the power of the big eye.
For a moment, Mu Sichen didn’t know how to evaluate Yao Wangping as a person.
Ignoring the humanity shown by the little octopus, Qin Zu and his Xiangping Town seemed to be people like Yao Wangping from top to bottom.
Yao Wangping could have sacrificed the companions who came to the Tongzhi town with him, and Qin Zu had decisively abandoned Yao Wangping after he was contaminated and chose Mu Sichen.
Mu Sichen didn’t know what to say for a moment.
Yao Wangping attracted the attention of the two dependents. He just had to quietly move through the cornfield, then get to the back of the two dependents, and with a gentle lunge, he could enter the pillar ahead of Yao Wangping.
However, Mu Sichen glanced at Yao Wangping.
He felt a little despicable, but this spurning of himself wasn’t enough to make Mu Sichen give up on the pillar that was close at hand.
But Mu Sichen didn’t have enough energy.
Just by looking at the pillar, Mu Sichen realized that the pillar in front of him was even more powerful than the one in the sanatorium. With only 2,700 energy left, Mu Sichen wasn’t even able to dig up an ordinary follower, so how could he possibly dig up this “pillar” with its terrifying power?
At first, he had to use more than 30 self-stickers to save up enough energy to create a pillar-level sticker.
Now, with just a visual inspection, Mu Sichen felt that this “pillar” required at least three times the energy of a sanatorium, which was at least 100 self-stickers.
He didn’t have a single one on hand right now.
Obviously, the little octopus that was tucking its hands in his backpack wouldn’t lend him power either.
Unable to think of a way to sneak an attack, Mu Sichen felt relieved instead.
He didn’t have to do something that was against his will.
It was Mu Sichen’s rationality, not his nature, that decided to take advantage of the fight between Yao Wangping and the two dependents.
The Mu Sichen, who now found a justifiable reason not to have to go on a sneak attack, was determined by objective reality and the self overcoming the rational superego.
He wasn’t that kind, nor was he that all-powerful, but equally, he wasn’t that despicable.
He’d fight in a dignified way.
Mu Sichen took out the crossaxe that had already resisted his impulse, and under the fury of the crossaxe, he swung the heavy and invulnerable crossaxe below the Hidden Star, aiming it at the Heavy Pupil dependent, and without any hesitation, slammed it down fiercely.
When the Guardian Sword was within 20 meters, it would inspire the Crossaxe’s fury.
“Rage One Pickaxe.”
A silver light cut through the eyes surrounding the Heavy Pupil Dependent, and the Heavy Pupil Dependent fell down heavily.
At the same time, Mu Sichen heard the system’s prompt.
[Congratulations to the player for destroying a Pillar-class Dependent. The pillar-level self sticker has 40% energy storage. Please continue to defeat the pillar-level dependents. When the energy reaches 100%, you will receive one pillar-level self-sticker.]
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