Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 320 Will the gods fulfill my wish?

As the goddess in the corrupted crystal slowly opened her eyes, the terrifying god formed by the spirit of the spring and the spirit of the earth finally woke up completely, returned from the illusory faith, and truly gained material existence. At this moment, everyone in Nimsher City looked up and could see the figure who was both sacred and blasphemous, both compassionate and cruel, both gentle and furious from the ruins buried in the blizzard. He was so twisted and evil, as if he was born from countless contradictions, full of unknown mysteries.

Looking at the monster from afar, Sally's pupils trembled slightly in the eyes hidden under the mask, reflecting the owner's panicked thoughts at the moment: "What... is this thing?"

The descriptions of imaginary gods she had seen in various archives and materials had never mentioned that they would turn into such terrible and evil monsters.

This country girl from the Lessenville prairie usually looks fearless, but she has only been an arbitrator of the Balance of Order for less than two years, so she has the least experience. Therefore, when she encounters something that goes against common sense, she cannot keep a normal mind.

"Conceived God, no, that's not right, it's not an ordinary conceived God!" Captain Wade's tone became very solemn: "That madman Rochelle, he merged the spirituality of the spring spirit Tifu with the spirituality of the earth mother Titan and created a new monster. Before this, there has never been a similar example to prove that conceived gods can be merged with each other. The core and essence of each conceived god should be completely opposite. Is it because both sides were born based on the doctrine of animism..."

Aegir stared at the magic concentration detection device in his hand nervously: "The magic concentration in the air is still rising and is about to break through the critical point. It is now 2500 O'S, 3000 O'S, 4500 O'S per second... Captain, the first wave of refining storm is about to break out!"

Wade broke free from his trance and immediately gave the order: "Deploy the shield!"

He didn't mention the name, but Michelle reacted almost instinctively, stepping forward to block everyone, and at the same time took a small shield similar to a boxing glove from his waist, put it on his hand, and inserted the copper wire at the end into the slot of the magic furnace, making a clicking sound. The magic furnace, which was running at 50% power, discharged the scorching steam through the internal water cooling component, and transmitted the magic power in the core metal to the shield in Michelle's hand through the magic circuit, making every line on its surface light up, glowing with a faint blue fluorescence.

Michelle raised the shield in the direction of the imagined god and pressed the button on the side. The "Efficiency Shield Plug-in" began to work. Silk threads woven with magic power moved back and forth in the void in front of everyone, forming a light and soft shield that looked like a wall made up of light links.

However, the evacuation process was not so smooth, not only because the government's attitude was very tough, forcing residents to leave their familiar living environment, but also because of... the monster that was looming in the depths of the blizzard and brought great oppression to everyone.

This invisible energy did not cause any damage to any object, not even the frost-bitten and withered weeds in the street flower beds, but this was because its power did not act on the material level, but on the spiritual level.

At the same time as the shield was generated, the golden holy stone on the goddess' chest suddenly burst into a strong glow inside the corrupt crystal. Then, an invisible, subsonic energy quickly spread out from the area where the conceptual god Yuanrang Dazun stood, like a storm, sweeping across the suburbs of Nimsher in the blink of an eye, and then spreading to the urban area.

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Due to poverty, the houses here are basically small huts built with wooden boards and cardboards. It is difficult for them to withstand ordinary snowstorms, let alone the once-in-a-century heavy snowstorm. Therefore, as soon as the disaster occurred, the City Parish Committee took the lead in organizing emergency evacuations in this street with the Natural Disaster Detection Bureau and the City Police Superintendent, aiming to transfer the residents here to a safe place in the shortest possible time.

Losend Street is located in the suburbs of Nimsher, several kilometers away from the Eternal Summer Palace. The people living here are all social dregs such as gamblers, drunkards or thugs. It is not only a slum in the traditional sense, but also criticized for its bad morals.

It looked so strange, ugly, solemn and yet evil that it would be difficult to deceive oneself that it was just the shadow of a building buried in the snow. Therefore, even though there were fully armed police officers holding riot shields and batons to drive them away, the people in the evacuation team would still look back from time to time, with eyes full of fear and confusion, at the monster standing in the direction of Yongxia Palace.

The snow and wind made it almost impossible to see the surroundings clearly. All I could see were the crowds of people moving forward, the frequent earthquakes, the violent shaking of the ground under my feet, and the occasional crashing of buildings... This only exacerbated my fear and anxiety. The city police refused to reveal a single word, only claiming that this was an emergency evacuation organized in response to the snowstorm and had nothing to do with other factors. This attitude of concealment became the soil for suspicion to grow.

As a notorious slum and a place where fights frequently occur, the residents here are not sheep who will just accept things as they are told. Therefore, a fierce quarrel soon broke out in the evacuation team. The two sides of the conflict were a drunkard thug who was the most unruly on this street and a police officer from the city police department who was responsible for monitoring and guiding the evacuation of the group. When the thug, who had drunkenly fallen on the side of the road a dozen minutes ago and was awakened by the blizzard, was questioning himself whether the evacuation was really necessary, what was going on with the monster in the blizzard, and whether the government was using them to conduct some evil experiments and trying to make them bear the cost, the fully armed police officer just shook his head and replied in a cold tone: "This has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with the current situation. If you don't want to be frozen to death by the blizzard, leave quickly."

"I'm not going anywhere!" The villain pointed his finger at the police officer's head, almost poking his forehead. "Unless you tell us what the hell the government is doing! Otherwise, I'd rather freeze to death here in a blizzard than die in a stinking ditch for no apparent reason because of the struggles of your parties! Do you understand? "

"I understand." The police officer nodded indifferently and signaled several nearby police officers with his eyes. Soon they rushed forward, pressed the troublemaker to the ground and handcuffed him. The latter was still struggling and shouting, but the police officer turned a deaf ear to the other people in the team who still had doubts and fears, saying: "For the current situation, I can only say that I am here to save you, not to harm you. Other than that, I have no comment. Those who are willing to leave, keep going and don't stay; those who don't want to leave, come now and get a pair of handcuffs. In half a month, you will appear in court on the charge of endangering national security - I'm not kidding, you can give it a try."

There was a commotion in the team for a while, but it soon calmed down. Obviously, these people had no room for resistance, so they could only accept this outcome silently, like an overly heavy river, slowly flowing towards a safe place under the guidance of the police officers' blast shields and steam locomotives.

The police officer looked away after seeing this, and snorted in disdain, muttering to himself, "If it weren't for the pressure from the cult alliance, I would have just let them freeze to death in the snow. They will grow back next year anyway."

If it weren't for the great pressure from the church alliance, and the seven bishops jointly issued an ultimatum to the city government, demanding an evacuation as soon as possible and promising to send personnel to assist, they would have hidden in a safe place long ago. Why should they play conspiracy games here with a bunch of hopeless social scum?
If he really wanted to find out, even he wanted to know what that monster was. But at the moment, probably only the people from the cult and the senior officials of the city government knew what was going on, right?
The cult claimed that they would send people to help, but where were their people? Was the earthquake caused by the monster? Would it destroy the entire city of Nimsher? After such a serious disaster, I'm afraid the World Expo can no longer be held... With all kinds of complicated thoughts, the police officer turned around and looked at the monster in the blizzard with fear. He didn't bother to cast a concerned look at the villain who was still struggling on the ground next to him.

Just as he retracted his gaze and prepared to continue monitoring the team's evacuation, an invisible storm suddenly swept over and invaded his spiritual world, causing him to pause. A painful expression appeared on his face, and he felt that countless voices were echoing in his mind at the same time, forming a terrifying fear. Those voices were sometimes humble and earnest pleas, and sometimes hysterical shouts. They said -

"Master Tifu, give me strength!"

"Master Tifu, give me wealth!"

"Lord Tifu, give me power!"

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Greed, desire, begging, demanding, endless words also echoed endlessly, as if countless pairs of dry and pale arms stretched out from under the deep sea, trying to drag the human soul into this ocean composed of countless desires and subconsciousness, and assimilate it into a part of them.

This police officer was a drowning man who was about to sink into the deep sea, but his will was still strong. Therefore, after struggling desperately for a while, he finally got rid of the restraints of those arms and barely brought his thoughts back to reality. Only then did he realize that he was sweating profusely and his face was perhaps paler than the howling snowstorm.

What happened just now?

He was still in shock when he heard a low, beast-like roar beside him. Then, a dark shadow pounced on him and pinned him to the ground with irresistible force. The silver handcuffs hinged around his neck, making it difficult for him to breathe. He barely raised his eyes and saw a pair of beast eyes flashing with flames of hatred.

It was the guy he had just ordered to be arrested.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)