“Does this world still need to be saved?”
Through the consciousness link, Wang Ran saw the dense and eerie ghost shadows surging in the purple fog area. There were no normal creatures in the purple fog area anymore. These were all converted followers of the evil god.
The breath of the evil god enveloped the entire world.
Even if the evil god is killed, it will be difficult to restore the world to its original state. Or perhaps the Watcher Association has some special means
At this time, the aircraft is about to enter the purple mist area.
Wang Ran collected his thoughts.
He slowed down the aircraft and stopped at the edge of the energy barrier, silently waiting for the opportunity.
boom!
A huge artillery shell dropped from the sky, and with a terrifying scream, it turned into a brilliant energy storm, tearing a huge gap in the line of the evil god's converts.
Wang Ran activated the acceleration device without hesitation.
Although the gap caused by the bombardment of the artillery shells is large, the only way to survive is the extremely narrow line in the center of the gap. If you deviate to the left, you will be destroyed by the gods of the evil god's converts, and if you deviate to the right, you will be accidentally injured by the artillery fire of the war fortress.
"Stop this bug!"
"Kill him!"
"We must not let him pass!"
As Wang Ran passed through the evil god converts' line, he heard their roars.
Although these followers of evil gods were polluted by the evil gods, they retained their original wisdom, but their understanding of the world was distorted, and they regarded the evil gods as their lifelong beliefs.
Wang Ran drove the aircraft past quickly.
He was flying on a safe route, and no matter how angry the evil god's converts were, they could not do anything to him.
At this moment, another huge artillery shell fell from the sky. The terrifying energy storm instantly engulfed the pursuers behind Wang Ran, and the generated air waves also pushed Wang Ran forward hard.
"You have entered the seventh ring."
…
"You have entered the sixth ring."
…
"You have entered the fifth ring."
The evil god's converts gathered on the border between the war fortress and the purple mist area, and it was easier for them to advance after going deep into the hinterland.
The aircraft flew over an abandoned city.
Thick purple fog filled the city streets. Wang Ran looked down with an observation device and saw broken buildings and white bones everywhere. The walls were covered with strange symbols drawn in blood, and there were monsters in the shadows that were not humanoid and were ready to move.
The city has become a den of converts.
It is hard to imagine the terror and chaos that the people here experienced at the beginning of the disaster, and such scenes have happened countless times in this world.
Wang Ran sighed secretly, life is too hard for ordinary people.
The aircraft flew away from the city.
There was only purple mist rising in the wilderness. Wang Ran withdrew his gaze and concentrated on driving.
He was approaching the core area, his mind gradually tensed up, and the [Real-time Simulation] was activated non-stop, calibrating the route over and over again to ensure that he was driving on the correct route.
He wanted to activate [Time and Space Replacement] and use [Super Test-taker] to pass through dangerous areas.
But he only has two times of [Time and Space Replacement], and each time he has to use it at a critical moment. The first time is when he is surrounded by the evil god's converts, and the second time is when the war between gods breaks out.
So now he can only rely on himself.
At this moment, the monitor flashed violently and made a strange crackling sound.
Wang Ran remained calm.
He pulled the joystick hard, and the aircraft climbed vertically, narrowly avoiding a giant black hand that stretched out from the ground.
"roar!"
A roar of impotent rage echoed from underground.
Wang Ran adjusted the aircraft's attitude and continued to rush towards the core area, as agile as a light swallow.
"You have entered the third ring."
Three rings—he stopped here last time.
That time, he had no protective measures and would be contaminated by seeing the evil god, so he voluntarily blew himself up after entering the third ring.
Things are different now.
Wang Ran controls the aircraft**.
At the same time, other pilots who were performing reconnaissance missions in the spire suddenly heard a slight sound, and then they lost contact with their aircraft.
Tens of thousands of aircraft crashed into the purple mist.
"What's going on?"
"You also lost contact with the aircraft?"
"Is there something wrong?"
"… "
The drivers were confused; they had never encountered such a situation before.
“A new record has been created.”
A solemn broadcast was heard from the spire.
"We need to concentrate our computing power to ensure that the record holder has a stable connection with the aircraft. The reconnaissance missions of others will be temporarily terminated, and they can get another aircraft to continue their mission later."
"Repeat it, a new record is born..."
Wang Ran knew nothing about the broadcast, as there was no broadcast on the 1001st floor where he was. He just felt that the aircraft seemed easier to control, and all the turns became smoother.
"You have entered the second ring."
Just a little bit more.
Wang Ran was very nervous. The reality had not restarted. If he failed here, all his efforts would be in vain. He would have to spend time looking for opportunities again.
And if you fail this time, you may not succeed next time.
Woo—
Wang Ran heard a sharp whistle, and he pulled the joystick steadily. The aircraft drew an incredible W curve in the air, not only avoiding the attacking unidentified objects, but also avoiding more than a dozen invisible shock waves.
At this moment, the aircraft suddenly vibrated violently.
Something hit the aircraft.
"Propulsion engine damage level 92%!"
"The propulsion engine has stopped!"
"You've lost all your motivation!"
Wang Ran pursed her lips.
In order to improve propulsion efficiency, the aircraft has only one propulsion engine. Once this engine is destroyed, the aircraft will not be able to fly forward.
He didn't know what had hit the craft.
This was part of the plan though, as dodging this thing would result in the craft being directly destroyed by another force.
Even though we have lost an extremely important propulsion engine, it doesn’t matter.
It can fly without a propulsion engine!
"Start the acceleration device!"
A blue gem at the tail of the aircraft exploded with a loud bang, and the dazzling light enveloped the entire aircraft. The aircraft suddenly rushed forward and shook off the evil god's converts who were surrounding it.
"You have entered the first ring."
The light blue light that enveloped the aircraft was exhausted, but due to inertia, the aircraft still flew forward at an extremely fast speed and crashed into the deep purple sky.
The first-ring evil god converts came here on a pilgrimage.
They are more numerous than the evil god converts at the edge of the purple mist area, and they are also stronger. Among them are even powerful ones who have condensed divinity.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of explosions was endless. Wang Ran could feel the aircraft swaying left and right due to the shock waves, and the numbers on the speed indicator were also dropping at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Without the propulsion engine, the aircraft has reached its limit.
The aircraft gradually hovered in mid-air.
Large numbers of evil god converts swarmed in from all directions, surrounding the aircraft with weird or playful smiles on their faces.
"Look what this is?"
"A panicked little bug!"
Squeak—
With a teeth-grinding sound of metal friction, the evil god convert broke off the wings of the aircraft and threw it away like garbage, as if nothing had happened.
"You guys take a look too."
Bang!
An evil convert kicked the aircraft out.
The huge noise was like the whistle for the start of a game. The evil god's converts kicked the aircraft back and forth like a ball. The fuselage structure kept making mournful sounds and metal fragments flew everywhere.
In just a blink of an eye, the aircraft became scarred and made an unknown clanging sound when it was shaken.
Wang Ran remained silent.
Because now is not the time to activate [Time and Space Displacement], [I too] has an influence range. At this time, there are not enough evil god converts gathered here, and the evil god converts beyond the influence range will still attack him.
He must be patient.
As time passed, the damage to the aircraft became more and more serious. More and more evil god converts came rushing over after hearing the noise, and a vacuum gradually formed nearby.
The evil god's converts are not afraid of Wang Ran's self-destruction.
Because they covered Wang Ran's aircraft with a black substance that could cut off the pilot's control over the aircraft and even prevent the pilot from disconnecting from the aircraft.
They often use this substance to capture Overwatch Society pilots and then torture them.
The last time Wang Ran was on a reconnaissance mission, he encountered a driver who was captured by the evil god's converts. The driver's fate was not optimistic.
Now he was captured, but he remained indifferent.
In fact, he could not do anything because he had lost control of the aircraft and could only watch the evil god's converts destroy his aircraft.
After a while, all the evil god converts nearby came over and surrounded the aircraft in layers. The scene was very terrifying.
Here is a link.
From the beginning of the war to now, that aircraft has never entered this area, so the evil god converts are extremely interested in Wang Ran.
They wanted to try out some new torture methods on Wang Ran.
Wang Ran was a little nervous.
Because if he doesn’t take action, he will experience the worst of mental torture.
[Real-time simulation]
[…]
[Simulation ends]
Wang Ran felt relieved.
Judging from the instant simulation, he can proceed to the next step.
I can’t bear it anymore!
[Time and space replacement], start!
In an instant, his mind became much more flexible, and a stream of obscure power emerged from his body.
"I also worship evil gods!"
He shouted loudly.
"I am also a convert of the evil god!"
"Let me pass!"
There was dead silence all around. The evil god's converts looked at each other in bewilderment. They simply couldn't believe their ears.
The people in the aircraft... are they companions
Wang Ran said slowly: "I can't move now, who of you can help me wipe off this sticky stuff on my body?"
At this moment, all the evil god's converts fell silent.
Reason told them that the person operating the aircraft could not be a convert to the evil god, because the aircraft came from a war fortress where there was strict mental examination, and they had been trying to infiltrate it for decades but failed.
But some mysterious force distorted their cognition.
They were absolutely certain that the person operating the aircraft was their comrade, a man of high aspirations who, like them, was willing to sacrifice his life for the evil god!
They feel guilty for what they have done.
"sorry."
The evil god convert who had previously broken the wings of the aircraft apologized to Wang Ran. He walked to the front of the aircraft, his head strangely swelled hundreds of times, and he stretched out his thick tongue and licked the aircraft fiercely several times.
His saliva dissolved the black substance that adhered to the aircraft.
Wang Ran regained control of the aircraft. He knew that from now on, the evil god's converts around him would no longer attack him, and he could go to meet the evil god.
However, the damage to the aircraft was too severe.
The propulsion engine is scrapped, the wings on both sides are broken, the internal brackets are loose, important parts are broken, the thermal protection coating is damaged, the front protective shell has fallen off... It is unnecessary to go through the scrapping procedure.
But it doesn’t matter, just fly!
Wang Ran used the anti-gravity engine to adjust the altitude and the steering engine to correct the direction.
"Start the acceleration device!"
The last blue gem at the tail of the aircraft also broke, and brilliant light burst out, enveloping the tattered aircraft.
Squeak—
The aircraft made a sound as if it was overwhelmed.
Activating the acceleration device will place a huge burden on the aircraft. Considering the current degree of damage to the aircraft, this acceleration is likely to cause it to disintegrate.
But so what
Isn't it enough to just accomplish the mission
boom!
Amidst the loud explosions, the aircraft rushed towards the core area, dropping parts non-stop, looking like gold coins exploding, tragic yet hilarious.
"Even so, I have to meet the great evil god!"
“He’s so pious!”
“We should all learn from him!”
The evil god's converts watched the aircraft fly away, muttering to themselves in shame.
At the same time, Wang Ran's spirit was concentrated to an unprecedented highest point. He exerted his [Super God Test-taker] and controlled the almost out-of-control aircraft in the remaining twenty seconds of [Time and Space Replacement], rushing straight to the core area where the evil god was.
It's an amazing feeling to use [Super Test-taker].
Wang Ran knew exactly what was going to happen and what to do about it, as if he had experienced it countless times. He performed all kinds of operations with ease, like an unlucky old man who often flew accident-prone aircraft.
"bite!"
"The aircraft structure is severely damaged!"
"Disintegration countdown: 41 seconds!"
boom!
He didn't know which part exploded, but Wang Ran didn't even frown, because there were so many explosions that he didn't even care about the steering engines on both sides falling off.
He stared straight ahead.
In the depths of the purple mist, an outline as tall as a mountain gradually emerged.
Evil god!
At the same time, the War Fortress began its big move.
Except for the energy barrier which was still operating normally, the rest of the energy facilities were shut down in an orderly manner, and all major buildings issued emergency notices at the same time.
"Detected that the reconnaissance mission is about to be completed!"
"Initiate the corresponding emergency plan now!"
"Immediately stop all non-emergency activities, give priority to providing computing power support to the task executors, activate the energy barrier at full power, and start the Eye of Truth!"
"The war fortress has entered the first level combat readiness state!"
"… "
The entire war fortress was in an uproar.
Everyone found it unbelievable that the almost impossible reconnaissance mission was about to be accomplished.
Who is it? Who is it
"Meow! Meow! Meow!" The orange cat shouted excitedly, "Teacher, that person is really going to succeed. I knew I was right about him, meow!"
It was shaking its tail like crazy.
More than 30 years!
It has been trapped in this palm-sized war fortress for more than 30 years. It can even count the number of bricks on the spire. Now there is finally a glimmer of hope for release!
Fishes from my hometown, can I finally go back to see you
The man closed his eyes and said nothing, but his spirit was rising steadily, gradually emitting a terrifying aura that was both terrifying and difficult to approach.
Fight or flight? The answer is now!
Boom boom boom boom!
The war fortress deformed with a huge roar, and the flat road surface flipped over piece by piece, revealing round energy generators emitting blue light.
The windows on the buildings along the street were closed one after another.
Dozens of spires look like blooming lotus flowers, with petals opening one by one from the top to reveal dazzling blue beams of light.
On the other side, Wang Ran clearly felt that something special had happened.
The aircraft, which was on the verge of falling apart, suddenly became easy to control. It was not because engines and wings grew out of thin air on the aircraft, but because some kind of BUFF appeared on the aircraft.
Is this a benefit of having an exclusive aircraft
Wang Ran didn't think too much about it.
Because the evil god was already very close, he could vaguely see the evil god's face through the purple mist.
A little closer!
If we get closer, we can collect information!
At this time, the effect of the acceleration device had disappeared, and the aircraft was gliding with difficulty, with fewer and fewer parts on its body.
"Disintegration countdown: 8 seconds!"
"Disintegration countdown: 7 seconds!"
"Disintegration countdown: 6 seconds!"
Above the field of vision, the bright red countdown was like a death-challenging ghost, foreshadowing the end of the aircraft.
Until the last second of the countdown, the aircraft still failed to fly into the detection range. Although it was just a little short, the damaged aircraft could not bear it.
boom!
The aircraft broke into pieces in mid-air.
Wang Ran remained silent.
Failed
No!
It disintegrated, but it still flies!
Because of inertia, the reconnaissance equipment that had separated from the aircraft was still flying towards the evil god at a fast speed. Even the explosion that caused the aircraft to disintegrate just now provided it with additional power.
It has entered the detection range!
"The evil god has been detected!"
"Start collecting information!"
Reconnaissance equipment is the most expensive equipment on an aircraft and the only equipment that does not take into account cost.
It has an information collection system for evil gods, an independent energy supply system, and special information transmission channels.
At this moment, a huge amount of information poured into the War Fortress, and the investment of the Watcher Association finally paid off.
But this is all thanks to a hero—Wang Ran!
Wang Ran clenched his fists excitedly.
Done!
My mission is accomplished!
He stared straight ahead. Although the images in the reconnaissance equipment were spinning wildly, he was still able to restore a normal image in his mind with his strong mental strength and physical fitness.
He saw the evil god.
The evil god's body is about three or four hundred meters tall, gray all over, and his face has vague Chinese features, but this face does not belong to him.
Wang Ran paid close attention to the evil god's clothes.
The evil god was wearing a robe of the same grayish white color. The robe was very plain and at a glance one could hardly see any pattern.
"What does this reveal?"
Wang Ran was puzzled.
The duration of [Time and Space Displacement] has ended. After losing the enlightenment of the Doomsday Body, he felt frustrated as if he couldn't find the answer to an open-book exam.
The evil god rolled his gray eyes.
He noticed the small flying insect that had accidentally intruded.
An inexplicable horror enveloped Wang Ran.
Wang Ran opened his eyes wide, imprinted the image of the evil god in his mind, and then quickly disconnected from the aircraft.
Not only that, he pressed the red button on his wrist.
He was in a trance for a moment, and the next second his consciousness returned to his own body in the mind transfer cabin.
boom!
Heart-pounding white flames gushed out from the bottom of the cockpit, engulfing the cockpit and the cloned body inside.
Wang Ran lay motionless in the spirit transfer cabin.
He looked pale.
The image of the evil god lingered in his mind, and he realized that he had crossed the line and he should not try to remember the evil god's appearance.
Fortunately, it's not a serious problem.
As long as [Ghosts and Gods Coming to the World] is triggered, the son of Kua'e will definitely not mind crushing the evil god's head and clearing his brain at the same time.
He propped himself up and sat up.
“Did I succeed?”
He inquired.
"Thank you for your outstanding contribution to the 9077 world!"
A soft female voice sounded in the hall.
This time it was real people speaking.
"You have successfully obtained intelligence on the evil god, and the relevant information is being analyzed."
"The war fortress has entered the first level combat readiness state. This spire is a power amplifier. When activated, it will pose a fatal threat to the life forms in the tower. You must leave here as soon as possible."
Wang Ran grinned.
He turned over and walked out of the mental transfer cabin, suppressing the discomfort in his heart and body, and staggered towards the door.
"Mr. Wang Ran, are you okay?"
The woman who was talking to Wang Ran noticed Wang Ran's abnormality, and she expressed her concern nervously.
Wang Ran leaned against the wall and said, "I'm fine..."
"vomit!"
He dry-heaved.
[Start real-time simulation]
[…]
[Simulation ends]
When Wang Ran saw the simulation results, his inner tension disappeared because it showed that he would be fine soon.
"Meow~"
The door suddenly opened.
An orange cat walked in gracefully. It placed one paw on Wang Ran's shoe in a familiar manner and praised him generously, "You are awesome, meow! One person is better than a million people, meow!"
A gentle force entered Wang Ran's body.
Wang Ran felt much better all of a sudden. The face of the evil god in his mind became misty, which allowed him to temporarily get rid of the evil god's influence.
"Don't look directly at the evil god next time, meow!" The orange cat said earnestly, "I can only help you up to this point. If you want to eradicate it, you have to go see my teacher, but He is a little busy now, meow!"
Wang Ran straightened up and said, "Thank you."
Ding! Ding! Ding!
A red light suddenly lit up in the hall, symbolizing a warning.
"Oh no! Run, meow!"
The orange cat suddenly became furious.
It bit Wang Ran's trouser leg and dragged him out the door before he could react.
Outside the door is a pond with fresh air.
The waves are as clear as a mirror and the fishes swim like shuttles.
But this place is obviously still a war fortress, because there is still a cloud-shaped energy barrier covering the top of the head.
"I was so scared meow! Fortunately I ran fast meow!"
The orange cat looked towards the spire in shock.
Wang Ran didn't ask what happened.
He looked at the spire in the distance and saw a dazzling white light bursting out from the top of the tower, illuminating the entire sky.