Cataclysm King

Chapter 596: Master Merlin transplanted the evil god's brain
The war between the Allied Forces and the Duke Simon's Mansion over a dispute over mineral territory ended with a great victory for the Allied Forces.

The news quickly spread throughout the major territories of the Old Continent.

This also allowed the self-important Dragonborns of the Southern Continent to witness for the first time the terrifying dominance of the mechanical army on the battlefield.

Katarina led the mechanical army to attack the Shadow Fang Fortress. Even though the Simon family had top card masters and a nine-story magic tower for defense, it was still captured in half a day. There was no time for the enemy reinforcements to arrive.

The Allied forces then conquered all the major cities in the Duke of Simon's territory one after another with great success.

No city can withstand the onslaught of the steel torrent.

It was the long-range artillery that destroyed the city defenses, and the mechanical army entered the city and swept everything away.

After this news spread, the Dragonborn realized the huge difference between the mechanical army and traditional magic equipment in siege and capture cities.

Of course, what frightened the lords the most was the news that the ninth-level green dragon had been killed!
In the southern continent, pure-blooded dragons have supreme status.

Originally, when a pure-blooded dragon was killed, the murderer would certainly be wanted by the Holy See, and the entire dragon clan and the three major kingdoms would also concentrate their forces to eliminate this rebellious force.

However, the Holy See is now preoccupied with its own affairs, and the three major kingdoms are also fighting each other, so they have no time to pay attention to what is happening in the Old Continent.

Although some lords of the Old World have the background of pure-blooded dragons, none of them dare to show up at the moment.

Even the "Plague Dragon" Redgrie was killed, let alone the others.

This also made the lords who were pioneering in the Old World no longer dare to attack the Allies. They stayed away for fear of provoking the invincible steel torrent.

The Alliance Army used this "Red Ridge Mountains Campaign" to lay the foundation for a long period of stable development in the future.

It can also be considered as officially raising the flag.

Announced the ownership of a large area of ​​territory near Shadowfang Fortress.

Once the Duke Simon's mansion was destroyed, the other lords all hid far away.

There are so many unowned wastelands in the Old World, there is no need to provoke such a powerful enemy.

In the following days, the Allied forces were busy harvesting and encircling the remaining forces of the Duke Simon's Mansion.

In addition to the population territories, huge amounts of supplies were also seized.

This also alleviated the Allies' huge gap in development resources.

And the benefits of this war continue to ferment.

After witnessing the horror of mechanical equipment, the lords of the Old World were even more eager to obtain these "high-quality and low-cost" weapons of war.

The lords who had been on the sidelines before were also afraid. They had originally adhered to the ban of the Holy See and regarded all mechanical technologies as a scourge.

But now the surrounding lords are equipped with mechanical legions, openly or secretly. Whoever doesn't keep up will be beaten.

Unless they are willing to give up the territory that they have developed with great difficulty, the cities built with countless financial resources, and the migrated population, they can only follow the crowd.

But the southern continent is also in the midst of war, and going back would be even worse.

So there is only one way, buy! buy! buy!
The nobles of the Southern Continent are not short of money.

Especially those who have the ability to come to the Old World to open up wasteland and build cities, they already bring a lot of resources with them.

People with more money have a desire to spend, which has led to an unprecedented boom in the black market machinery business.

The resources needed to train a top card master can be used to purchase mechanical products for the assembly line, or even to arm an entire legion.

A finished first-level card can buy tons of bullets.

Although the overall combat is not good, the threshold for use is almost zero. As long as there are a large number of them, the combat power of the legion is also extraordinary.

What the Southern Continent lacks the least is various war slaves, and mechanical equipment is the best choice for them.

On the black market, the demand for mechanical equipment suddenly skyrocketed.

In addition to equipment, there are also various blueprints and production lines. Anything that can be purchased is fought over at a high price.

An old-fashioned 800mm Gustav cannon that was heavy and inaccurate. Few lords would want this obsolete product in the East Desert. But now it can be sold at a high price for a high-level relic on the black market, just because its range is three to five times longer than that of a ninth-level magic tower!
Not to mention the various types of mechanical armor, which are in great demand and people are fighting for them.

The two local forces in the southern continent, the Rebel Dragon Army and Iris, already had strong connections, and they suddenly became black market arms dealers.

They dumped the obsolete mechanical equipment of the Allies, as well as some guns and robotic arms that would sooner or later be copied, and made a fortune.

Katarina even deliberately sold a small number of Hunter God-level armor.

If a lord sells three or five units, it will allow those old-fashioned people in the southern continent to see the potential of technology and stimulate their desire to consume.

At the current black market price, a castrated version of the "Hunter God" battle armor can be exchanged for all the resources needed to train two or three seventh-level card masters.

This will greatly alleviate the pressure of shortage of materials for top Allied high-level card makers.

Moreover, top-notch mechanical equipment is exchanged for goods.

The nobles of the southern continent have hoarded a lot of various magic metals, which are scarce materials for making the Huntsman Armor and Titan Armor.

The Allies had previously relied on their own development in the ruins.

Not only is the loss huge, but you also don’t gain much.

Now, by selling the Huntsman armor, almost every sale of one can earn you the raw materials for nearly a hundred mechas!

The lords also have their own circle of friends in the southern continent and have channels to obtain materials.

In this way, the entire southern continent is providing the Allies with a steady supply of materials for top-level machinery.

In addition to purchasing for himself, the lord will also arrange mercenaries and pioneering teams to develop various technology-related extra-dimensional spaces.

It is profitable, and the Mercenary Guild will also issue a large number of exploration missions.

In this way, the entire Old Continent is contributing to mechanical technology and can produce a large number of mechanical-related materials, drawings and finished products.

These lords, who are still in the primitive magic civilization, have no technology and no high-level mechanics, so it is useless to get top-level blueprints.

Eventually, those top-level machinery-related drawings and materials, after many twists and turns, could only flow back to the hands of the Allies.

With sufficient raw materials and blueprints, the New World will produce a steady supply of Titan-class and Hunter-class armor in the foreseeable future.

Even some other black technologies.

The Allies then produced finished products and sold them, buying high and selling low.

In this way, a tidal closed loop is formed, which harvests the lords endlessly.

The strength of the Allies will also increase and become stronger and stronger.

And Katarina has another most important purpose in selling those top-level mechas, which is to establish an "alliance circle"!
If the dragons want to be dominant, they will never accept the existence of technology that threatens their status.

Therefore, once mechanical equipment is used, it means betraying the rule of the dragon clan.

In other words, many lords still think of themselves as nobles of the southern continent, but after a while, they will no longer think so.

As mechanical technology blossoms across the Old World and [Human Gene Anchoring Potion] spreads quietly, the Old World will form its own unique mechanical card master civilization in the future.

The plan went as expected.

Shortly after the end of this war, some far-sighted lords contacted the Allied Forces directly, wanting to "form an alliance."

Since Iris got on board early, she is considered a first-level ally.

Katarina also selected some second- and third-level allies.

The larger the circle of allies, the more stable the Alliance’s position in the Old Continent will be in the future.

If they really become powerful enough, even if the Southern Continent comes to its senses and wants to deal with them, they probably won't be able to do so.

After the Battle of Redridge Mountains, the Alliance Army was busy expanding.

Ji Xun was not surprised that the subsequent impact of the war would be so great.

Even many of the economic harvesting methods were suggestions he made to Catalina.

In his eyes, everything has a cause and effect line.

These harvesting methods were simply incomprehensible to the lords of the Old World, who were based on the concept of serfdom economy and society.

Moreover, the negative effects will only gradually manifest themselves over the next few years.

Now they just feel that they have bought good things and enhanced their strength, and do not feel any negative impact at all.

But by the time they finally came to their senses and discovered that the Allied forces were growing stronger, it was already too late.

Even if someone with real foresight discovered it in advance, there would be no objection.

This is the "trend" of how the world works. Once formed, it cannot be influenced by individual will.

In Ji Xun's eyes, this was an extraordinary promotion ceremony for a mechanic.

The explosive development of mechanical technology also means that card masters in the [Block 10-Mechanical] sequence will have a great opportunity to take off in the future.

Catalina takes care of the Allied affairs, so Ji Xun doesn't need to worry about it at all.

This day.

Ji Xun led two disciples to the "Yuexi Forest".

This is an ancient abandoned research institute discovered by the Alliance Army and also the secret base of Master Merlin.

"Teacher, where are we going?"

"Go visit a senior who can make you a career card tailor-made for you. And by the way, he can help you develop your brain."

"Oh."

"Teacher, I suddenly succeeded in this move 'Transforming Bird with Qi' last night. When can I learn your previous powerful fist secrets?"

"It's not about quantity of martial arts, but about mastery of them. Isa, you're on the path of Magic Warrior, and Tyrant Fist is very suitable for you. So study 'Controlling Qi' carefully. If you can truly master it, you will master everything. This is not something that can be compared to just learning a few mysteries."

"I understand, teacher."

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The three of them walked along the way in the deep and dense forest.

With two disciples following me, the journey was not boring.

After the last war, Isabel's attitude had obviously changed.

There was no longer any trace of the arrogance and conceit that she had as a dragon descendant on this girl's face. Instead, she had a heartfelt respect and admiration for her teacher Ji Xun.

After all, almost all intelligent creatures have an instinctive worship of the strong.

The dragon race is the strongest race in the southern continent and even in the entire plane. As a descendant of the dragon, she must have had pride deep in her soul.

But now, she has changed her mind.

His teacher killed a ninth-order pure-blooded dragon, so of course that admiration was transferred.

Isabel changed her previous arrogance and contempt, and pestered Ji Xun to learn this and that every day. She was humble and hardworking.

After she really started to study seriously, she realized that her teacher was not only as powerful as a god, but also knew everything.

The girl also realized what a great teacher her father had found for her.

This is a great opportunity that others can only encounter!

Although Isabel is a little arrogant, she is also very smart, and she cherishes the opportunity to learn from Ji Xun more and more.

Because of her excellent talent, diligence and hard work, she has made rapid progress these days.

Although he still likes to bicker with Mushroom-Head Darcy, he has long acknowledged how powerful his senior brother is.

Under Ji Xun's guidance, both of them became stronger little by little.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the entrance of a cave.

A furry guy had been waiting here, holding a lantern.

When Ji Xun saw Totoro, he greeted him like an old friend: "Mr. Totoro, long time no see. Sorry to have kept you waiting."

As he said that, he took out the dried fish that he had prepared long ago. Totoro took the dried fish and responded.

It glanced at the people behind Ji Xun with droopy eyelids and asked, "Who are these two?"

Not everyone can enter Merlin's laboratory. As a watchdog, of course I have to ask more questions.

Ji Xun responded: "They are my disciples."

"Oh, you accepted a disciple."

Totoro muttered, turned around and walked into the darkness with the lantern in hand, "Come with me."

Ji Xun was not surprised.

Followed him in.

Although Jia Yu behind him didn't say anything, he blinked and took a curious look at the big furry cat.

Isabel couldn't help it, she pulled Ji Xun's sleeve and asked secretly: "Ah? Teacher, this Totoro can talk?"

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As a top noble in the southern continent, it's not like she hasn't seen chinchillas before, but this is the first time she's seen a talking chinchilla.

Ji Xun smiled, "Yeah. You will know in a moment."

To the people of the Southern Continent, genetic technology is black magic that is difficult to explain.

The three of them followed Totoro in.

In the complex and dark tunnel, only a lantern illuminates a small area.

Countless terrifying auras are hidden in the darkness all around.

Ji Xun knew that it was the little pet trained by Master Merlin and also the guardian beast of the base.

Isabel was a dragonborn, so she was particularly sensitive to the aura of this kind of creature. She could sense the aura of dragons and some ancient mythical beasts all around her, so her soul instinctively trembled.

Although Mushroom-Head Darcy suppressed his fear with absolute rationality, his face did not look good either.

Ji Xun looked at the two nervous disciples beside him, as if he saw his former self.

In the past, he was filled with "unknown fear" when looking at those little pets. But at this level now, there are very few things in this plane that can make him feel this kind of fear when facing the unknown.

Soon, the three were led by Totoro to the depths of the base, where there was some light.

That was the light emitted by a large number of black-tech instruments.

At this moment, an old man with frizzy hair was tinkering with experiments in front of an instrument.

Knowing someone was coming, he didn't stop his ferocious octopus tentacles, and said without turning his head: "Ji Xun, you are here."

"Ah."

Ji Xun greeted him, "Long time no see, Master Meilin."

At the same time, he looked at the three terrifying human faces with obvious stitching marks on Merlin's back and asked with a strange expression: "Master, your back?"

Ji Xun was used to the eight tentacles; they were the tentacles of the evil god.

But I have never seen this face before, so I guess it is something that is being studied newly.

Even Ji Xun was so surprised, let alone the two little guys beside him.

Darcy frowned.

Isabel had a horrified expression on her face as if she was looking at a monster. If she hadn't been following her teacher, she would have been frightened and entered a fighting state.

Everything here is weird. Various bottles and jars are filled with horrible monster corpses, emitting the aura of mythical creatures that make even dragonborn tremble in fear.

Master Merlin did not turn around when he heard the question.

One of the three faces behind him that had their eyes closed opened its eyes, looked at him, and said, "Oh, you mean this? This is a human transplant. I transplanted three more evil god brains with independent functions into my body. In this way, I can have multiple life centers and understand some things that the human mind cannot understand."

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Ji Xun's eyelids twitched when he heard this.

Even with his current understanding of the world, this transplant sounded inhuman.

And the moment that man opened his eyes, he clearly felt that Master Merlin's danger level had skyrocketed several times!
Ninth-level intuition is never wrong.

In other words, this face directly enhanced Master Merlin's combat effectiveness!
"That human face" looked at Ji Xun's strange expression and explained, "I was thinking before that the human brain is the carrier of thoughts. Oftentimes, the brain's carrying capacity is limited and the mind cannot function freely, so I wondered if humans would be able to improve this dilemma if they had multiple brains. Later, I did some experiments, which were quite successful. Then I transplanted three brains of the Abyss Evil God into myself. You know, that kind of evil god is the best spiritual carrier I have ever seen, and then this is what you see now."

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Ji Xun listened and didn't know what to say about this behavior that most people wouldn't even dare to think about.

The truth is this.

But you can't really transplant a few heads into yourself.
However, this is the mad scientist that I am familiar with.

Although it sounds impressive, Ji Xun is more worried about Master Merlin's safety.

"That face" obviously guessed Ji Xun's thoughts and said directly: "The experiment was very successful, you don't have to worry. Although there are some minor side effects, fortunately it is roughly the same as expected. This allows me to think about many things at the same time, and also has some special abilities. For example, high-dimensional thinking ability."

After hearing him say this, Ji Xun finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked curiously, "Gao Wei is thinking? You mean..."

The man said directly: "Yes! It is the 'power of rules'. At my level, I have touched the power of rules that only gods can touch. Although I cannot master it, my brain can understand it. Of course, it is a heavy burden at the moment and I cannot control it freely."

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After hearing this, Ji Xun suddenly realized how outrageous this brain transplant research was!

The fact that he could touch the power of rules was the result of so much effort and chance.

Master Merlin actually relied on technology to touch the power of God?

This is amazing
Even Ji Xun was shocked when he saw it.

If this transplantation method could really allow mortals to touch the power of gods, it would simply open up a whole new path to transcendence.

It made him want to give it a try.

The face behind Master Merlin seemed to have the ability to read minds. He said directly: "For this transplant, only my conditions are met at present, and it does not have the ability to replicate. And there are not many evil god brains left. When the conditions are ripe, I will also make you a few more heads to try."

"Ha ha."

Ji Xun listened and laughed at himself.

He was just thinking about it, but he wasn't really prepared to do it.

He has the ability to multitask and can touch the power of rules through his own understanding, so he doesn't need it.

Having said this, Master Merlin turned around and looked over.

The two little guys beside them felt their hearts skip a beat when they saw the four faces.

He looked at the mushroom-headed Darcy with a slightly different expression, which was strangely familiar, and asked, "Who is this?"

"Ah."

Ji Xun nodded.

Know what he wants to say.

Merlin seemed to be thinking about something, sighed slightly, and said nothing more.

Ji Xun was even more deeply touched. This was the third generation of Light Chasers he had seen.

The two did not talk much about this. Ji Xun directly stated his purpose, "Master, I brought you some good materials. By the way, I will help my two disciples expand their thinking abilities."

Ji Xun was once helped by Gong Wu to develop his thinking ability, which was of great help to his later extraordinary journey.

Now that Isabel and Darcy are at the most suitable level, it would be a good opportunity to give the two disciples some of the "resources" that only a teacher like him has.

Master Merlin's eyes lit up when he heard the first half of the sentence. "Oh, what good material?"

Since Ji Xun said it was good material, he also started to look forward to it.

While speaking, the face behind him was doing his own thing and responded to the second question at the same time: "That's a piece of cake. Domain·Super-limit cognition!"

As he spoke, an invisible mental force enveloped the two little guys, whose brains were instantly stunned by the impact of that terrifying mental force.

This process takes a long time.

Ji Xun had tried it once before, so it was not surprising. He said, "I killed a ninth-level pure-blood dragon before and brought the materials here."

Upon hearing this, Master Merlin stopped all the movements of his ten arms and repeated, "Ninth-level pure-blooded dragon?"

"Ah."

Ji Xun said as he took out the body and placed it in an open area.

When Master Merlin saw the green dragon's corpse, his eyes lit up, "Boy, I knew there would be good news every time you come here!"

The tentacles on his back were infinitely long, and they were as gentle as if they were touching the body of a peerless beauty, feeling the extraordinary characteristics of the pure-blooded dragon's corpse: "Hahaha, my experiment is just missing some top-level active biological samples! This is great!"

After a pause, he looked at Ji Xun and said excitedly, "You know, with this corpse, the experimental topic I told you about before, 'Human Gene Becoming God', can make substantial progress."

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Ji Xun looked at the old man who was chattering excitedly and said indifferently: "Yeah. As long as it's useful."

Of course he remembered the research project that Master Merlin had mentioned.

That is a magical topic that explains the life level of "person" from the genetic level.

The ninth-order dragon is the most advanced creature closest to God, and it has a complete genetic chain that leads directly to the god level.

It's not like this for humans, who end at the ninth level.

In the past, humans wanted to usurp the divine nature and condense it into gods, which required extraordinary rituals to advance.

Why it advanced, no one knows.

All I know is that it is a phenomenon and result that allows promotion if certain conditions are met.

And if Master Merlin's research project is successful, it can explain from a genetic level why humans can condense divinity.

Even man-made gods!

Ji Xun knew the great use of this ninth-order pure-blood dragon, so he did not disassemble the materials and sent them directly to Master Merlin.

In his deduction, this dragon corpse may even be an important turning point in future biotechnology.

In a blink of an eye, Ji Xun had stayed in this secret laboratory for half a month.

Every day he communicated with Master Merlin about biological black technologies and all kinds of strange knowledge.

Both of them are extremely knowledgeable people. The supernatural level and technology often overlap, so there are many topics to talk about.

By complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses, Ji Xun also gained a lot.

The two disciples developed their brain areas and tailored their career cards for the next advancement.

On this day, the three left the laboratory.

"Teacher, are we going to the Southern Continent?"

"Ah."

"Haha, stupid Darcy, I'll take you to see my hometown!"

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Ji Xun is going to the Southern Continent.

Because Qin Rushi reported that the war in the southern continent is currently very fierce and the Holy See may collapse.

The southern continent is now full of opportunities for people like Ji Xun who love adventure.

(End of this chapter)