Chapter 490: The Origin of the Heart of Machines

Xu Yichen didn't know if Carpenter had ended up with [Mechanical Heart] in an unprotected state for too long, which caused him to suddenly appear in such a situation.

Because Nangong Yujun, who was next to Carpenter, had been in contact with [Heart of Machinery] for a longer time, but there was nothing unusual.

Or maybe it's because Carpenter died once, and the idea makes the Demon Hunter's heart tighten, as countless players in this game world are threatened with death on a daily basis.

In an instant, countless thoughts passed through Xu Yichen's heart, and under the effect of the slowdown, he pressed Carpenter's shoulder as fast as he could.

However, the other party still had a finger that passed through the layers of protection of the magic array and the sealed box, and pressed it on the surface of the [Machine Heart].

At that moment, the demon hunter seemed to have been directly inserted into his brain with a red-hot iron skewer, and the proteins in his brain began to boil!

Xu Yichen saw a blood-red world through his eyes that seemed to have melted!

The red sky was densely covered with black cracks, and the terrifying cracks thousands of miles long were like malicious eyes, hanging above the world, observing the entire earth.

Hundreds of millions of enemies descended from the sky along those 'eyes'.

Although Xu Yichen had never seen these strange things, the first time they appeared, he decided that these things were enemies!

That's instinct from the depths of the soul!

"Warning, the rate of racial genetic contamination exceeds the warning line, and the current progress is 51%!" In Xu Yichen's ear, a high-frequency sound wave beyond the range of human hearing repeatedly broadcasts a sentence in an unknown language.

However, Xu Yichen can easily understand the implications.

As the radio passed, the demon hunter seemed to hear the wails of countless creatures, and he moved his gaze downwards to see countless humanoids, wearing protective armor similar to exoskeletons, rolling on the ground in pain.

All sorts of superfluous limbs continue to grow from their bodies, breaking free from the shackles of their armor and exposing them to an air full of dust and poisonous spores, which further exacerbates the alienation.

"Warning, the rate of mind memetic contamination is over 77%!"

"Warning, the number of healthy survivors is less than 1% of the total number of living people of the whole race, and the [Tinder Source] is about to start purification mode."

"Farewell, Creator."

The last sentence was still conveyed in a steely tone, but the demon hunter could hear the resolute meaning contained in it.

As the entire vision began to vibrate, it was as if the pause button had been pressed on the cracks in the sky, the strange creatures on the ground, or the humanoids who had begun to kill each other and were no different from beasts.

The redundant limbs on the humanoids gradually dried up over time and eventually fell off.

The cracks in the sky gradually began to close, and the strange creatures that poured out of the cracks seemed to begin to degenerate, revealing their original appearance.

However, the whole world is as if it has lost its life, and all living things are motionless, like machines that have lost their power, slowly rusting and dying.

The whole world is in a state of stillness, because there is no reference object, and the demon hunter cannot even tell the passage of time from it.

Until the eye-like crack opened in the sky again, and an indescribably huge tentacle stretched out from the crack, directly smashing the entire world to pieces.

In fact, the tentacle was beyond the limits of what could be recognized by the naked eye, but the Demon Hunter's senses were not limited to the physical body at this time, but borrowed the senses of the [Machine Heart] to determine what was happening.

Suddenly, Xu Yichen felt his body again, as if he had spent countless years, making him even forget how to drive his body.

The Demon Hunter fell straight to the ground.

He landed with half of Carpenter's arm.

When Xu Yichen's hand covered Carpenter's shoulder, the two of them froze in place at the same time.

The strange appearance of the two made Yang Yuefan and Nangong Yujun instantly wake up, and the armored warrior with rich combat experience drew his secondary weapon on the spot.

It was a battle axe nearly a meter long, and Nangong Yujun threw the battle axe without hesitation!

The spinning tomahawk acts like a helicopter's propeller, severing Carpenter's entire arm, breaking the physical connection between the two and the Heart of the Machine.

However, at the same moment, the flying knife from Yang Yuefan also severed the finger on the broken arm that was linked to the [Heart of Machinery]......

The scene was a little embarrassing for a while, and Yang Yuefan glared at Nangong Yujun: "The treatment fee will be deducted from your future salary!" ”

As he spoke, the commissioner from the relevant department shook the head of the demon hunter with the practical trick of the mage's hand, he didn't want to have any physical contact with these two guys until the crisis was resolved.

He sincerely admired Xu Yichen's reaction speed, but the other party obviously rarely dealt with this kind of incident, and as a result, he changed from a rescuer to a victim at the first time.

"Still conscious?" Yang Yuefan pondered whether he should use a more violent and effective way to judge the other party's state.

For example, a few slaps with a mage's hand are usually very effective.

Fortunately, this is not the first time that Xu Yichen has experienced this kind of asymmetrical time flow rate, whether it is the confrontation with Tzeentch in the dream realm, or the confrontation with the Gray Knight against Chaos in the mission.

Demon hunters are even experienced in this.

Before Yang Yuefan used more violent means, he regained control of his body and sat up directly.

And Angus Carpenter was not so lucky, Xu Yichen didn't know if the other party was the same as himself, he saw those pictures, but Carpenter obviously didn't come back to his senses, even if he broke an arm, he still didn't react.

Glancing at Nangong Yujun, the tall warrior picked up the unconscious Carpenter with some guilt, picked up the other party's severed arms and fingers, and left the secret room.

Yang Yuefan had already used the mage's hand to close the sealed box of the [Heart of Machinery], he shook his head, and said to the demon hunter: "Carpenter didn't show any abnormalities before, it was completely an emergency, and according to the existing information, we can't give any explanation. ”

At the same time, in the Dark Wizard Tower, the mysterious machine slowly spat out a standing painted stone tablet depicting the castle of the Retribution Warband.

After a burst of laughter, Victor gathered all his apprentices and went to find the castle.