High Above

When his confused mind was awakened, what he saw were the faces of two very good-looking people.

——Strange thing, why do I feel so close to them?

At the first moment, the fusion demon felt that something was not right, but soon he ignored it because the man with aqua eyes spoke: "Wake up? The operation was successful, you are already We are the demons of Silver Peak Territory."

——There is one thing to say, indeed. I am indeed a demon from the Silver Peak Territory.

Thinking was very smooth, even though Zhuoxin heard the figure with blood-colored eyes on the other side whispering worriedly, 'Are you sure it's okay to rewrite the soul and impose a steel seal in this way? ’ ‘Isn’t it bad to modify a living person’s mind at will? ’ In this case, he didn’t have any doubts.

"Don't worry, devils don't have human rights. I have a lot of experiments on steel seals that I can only do with these experimental subjects that are delivered to my door."

Ian waved his hand, indicating that Admiral was too sensitive: "You definitely don't want me to use our own people for experiments, and you don't want there to be a bug in the Heart of Terra after we write the new seal program, right?"

That's true, even Adlbert doesn't want to fix bugs.

So he just looked at the demon in front of him with pity, and sighed: "Although you shouldn't sympathize with the enemy, but after being brainwashed like this by you, it doesn't matter whether you are the enemy or not..."

Ian expressed dissatisfaction with this: "I have said it several times, this is not brainwashing, this is a very powerful soul transformation surgery and soul seal!"

Others misunderstood him too deeply, always thinking that he had some unknown psychic trump card.

After that, Ian turned his head and looked at Zhuoxin.

"Who do you serve?" he asked.

"I don't serve anyone." Zhuoxin said without hesitation: "On the surface, I serve Feiyan Land. In fact, after I suffered all the pain in Feiyan Land, I have long made up my mind to serve mankind better. Fight for a better future!”

"Ian Yinfeng is my direct superior, but he is not my master. I do not serve anyone, but serve all the people on my behalf!"

"My true mission is to fight for the unity of mankind, for a better society, for a future where everyone has food to eat, a house to live in, and a future where everyone can pursue their dreams and beliefs!"

"Although my body is a devil, my heart is still bright and bright!"

"No matter how you think about it, it's outrageous..." Adlbert huddled behind Ian and muttered in a low voice, as if he couldn't bear to look directly at Zhuoxin's current appearance: "Even if the core of the fused demon is essentially human thinking, but It’s impossible for it to be twisted like this…”

"It's not a twist."

Ian shook his head and said seriously: "Ais Niemathas, the prototype of the heart. He is indeed not a bad person in essence, but a person who longs for his parents' attention and hopes to live a stable life."

"He encountered neglect in Feiyan Land. As a descendant of the kings, he was reduced to a test subject because he was not strong enough. This pain made him subconsciously want to get rid of his identity as a Feiyan Land person, which made him willing to become a devil. , which naturally made him willing to become the 'Silver Peak Leader'."

"This is a thinking guide. I didn't modify it a lot. I just let him follow his heart and come up with an answer. So this can't be considered brainwashing. I can only say that he followed his heart."

"In the same way, he actually has a very good character. When he suffered in the past, when he imagined that he would be rich and powerful in the future, all he thought about was 'making everyone happy together' and 'amending some harsh laws', rather than doing whatever he wanted... so I strengthened the essence of this part and forced his good side to overshadow his evil side."

"What kind of promotion..." Adalbert still couldn't accept it. He looked at Ian as if he were looking at a devil: "No matter how kind-hearted he is, he has long been distorted into a willing person because of the life in Feiyan Land. Become a demon and fall from an airship without hesitation—how do you solve this part?”

"I deserve death!"

Hearing Adebert's words, the confused soul immediately knelt down, and he cried bitterly from the bottom of his heart: "If I could, I would really pay for the lives of all the people I killed. Fortunately, my mission failed, and I didn't I have committed a truly unforgivable crime, so I want to make meritorious deeds and bring a spark that I can to the dark future!"

"Look." Ian, who originally wanted to explain, shrugged: "Just look straight at it. Demons are not humans, and they will not admit their mistakes for the sake of face."

"Speaking of which, fairies seem to be the same way. It seems that it is really difficult for virtual creatures to deceive themselves."

"Ah this..."

At this point, Adlbert was completely speechless. His feeling was that he transformed into the Giant of Light and protected Xia Hui City very well, so that Luo Xin could change his thinking more smoothly, and he was completely good at it.

Are your feelings all your own fault?

There is naturally a reason why Ian left Dou Xin alive instead of dragging him out for a public trial and shooting.

He needed to use Zhuoxin's identity to try to find out the information about Feiyan's demon army. If possible, he hoped that Douxin would serve as a 'spy' and lurk in the opponent's demon army.

Presumably, even the crazy Feiyandi would never have imagined that the fusion demon he sent out as a spy would actually be brainwashed and sent back to be a spy, right?

The only shortcoming is that Xiahui City is not damaged at all, which may cause Feiyandi to look down on it and be unfavorable to the operation of obtaining intelligence.

But it turns out that Ian was a little too cautious.

【Ace? you are still alive? 】

When receiving the confusing news, the intelligence officer of Feiyandi Intelligence Department was obviously very excited. He immediately reported it to his superiors. Soon, the docking personnel from the Original Stone Research Institute arrived.

[You did very well, Luo Xin]

This is a soul alchemist master who is responsible for the operation of merging demons with the heart. He praised him from the very beginning: [Although Xiahui City was not destroyed, your charm psychic power can indeed control an entire airship. Suicide attack - this alone is indeed a success]

[The opponent's protective array is indeed a trump card beyond our intelligence, and the last giant of light is even more powerful. It is indeed your credit to be able to force this out! 】

(Is Feiyandi so nice to his own people?)

Ian monitored the conversation between Douxin and the Original Stone Research Institute, and Adbot was also listening. After hearing this, he couldn't help but whisper to Ian: (If the Awak laboratory makes a slight mistake, it will be punished. Those who write a self-review! Even if the project is successful in the end, they will still be held accountable)

(Otherwise, why do you think Feiyandi’s internal cohesion is so strong and its intelligence work is so powerful? Their personnel in this area are treated very well)

Ian also responded in a low voice: (Their internal conflicts are between the two major bloodlines and have nothing to do with ordinary people. Most of the kings persecute their own children. Zhuoxin has been persecuted once, and he is the only one. A fusion demon that can successfully attack our territory must be important)

(But they are all a bunch of beasts.) Thinking of what the Feiyan Demon Army did, Adbot couldn't help but grit his teeth: (This world can kill each other just because the countries are different... This world must be changed!)

"But it ultimately failed."

At this moment, Zhuoxin shook his head with regret: "Although Rongying destroyed part of the energy pipeline and left the shelter array with insufficient energy, Xiahui City responded quickly, and finally the Giant of Light appeared... I was also later I almost didn't escape after tracking him with a strange attack method in the opponent's virtual realm."

【we know】

And the soul master said: [The Silver Peak Territory must have some special soul technology, even virtual realm technology - we suspect that they control a virtual realm machine god to monitor the entire territory, which can explain all our past experiences. The reason why all the spies were discovered]

[You and Rong Ying are both fusion demons. You can deceive the perception of the machine god in the virtual realm, so there will be no problem in the latent state. But if you use spiritual energy, at close range, the Void Realm Machine God will definitely notice the curse in your body, so it will come to purify it]

"I see. It seems that Rongying is also having a hard time lurking."

Huoxin said thoughtfully: "Do you need me to continue to lurk in Xiahui City?"

【Need not】

The soul master said: [Rong Ying is enough. He has sent us a lot of precious information recently, including even scanning the remains of the shelter tower... quite exquisite psychic shield technology]

[As for you, we need your ability to charm several key personnel of the imperial fortress. The troops are very fast, the empire's legions have begun to advance the encirclement, we must open the passage to the golden plain as soon as possible and destroy the effective forces of Nanling]

"clear."

Huoxin said: "I will return to the team as soon as possible!"

The call ended. After finishing the conversation, Zhuoxin stayed aside with a well-behaved look, while Ian thought about the information: "The goal of Feiyandi is to destroy the effective forces in the southwest of the empire. I know this, but I didn't expect it. They are so determined to cripple us."

"of course."

In this regard, Adbot felt that it was natural: "Our territory has developed into what it is now in just two years. In the next few years, even the demon army will not be unable to deal with it, right? At least the Heart of Terra is completely We can suppress the big demon in the virtual realm."

"Actually, their speed has slowed down. Otherwise, how could we have stopped them."

"Indeed." Ian nodded slightly: "In this case, it is completely possible for Luo Xin to put on a show... We do want to let the demon army enter the South Ridge, but we must ensure that they cannot escape and retreat quickly, so that they can be annihilated. ."

In this way, there are many explanations for the "charm" that confuses the heart... Those imperial soldiers who are charmed, Ian will not let them die, they can play an extraordinary role at critical moments.

As for Rong Ying, Ian also did not give up on him. Instead, he asked Rong Ying to pass on some half-truths and half-falsehoods that could not be verified in a short period of time, but were indeed valuable information.

Luo Xin and Rong Ying confirmed each other's words, and in fact they did achieve results. In this case, Feiyandi will never give up on these two key units that are the only ones to 'break into the Silver Peak Territory'.

"Then let him go back?"

Adlbert looked at the well-behaved Zhuoxin with some hesitation. He always felt that something was wrong with this: "But even if he goes deep behind enemy lines, he doesn't have the power and authority to do anything - Zhuoxin will probably always be Sent to the front line, what the soul master said just now was very kind, but I know very well that what he meant was to tell Luoxin not to go back."

"The other side is not stupid. It is impossible for a 'spy' who has gone deep into the enemy and lost contact for a period of time to return to the central work so quickly."

"I know."

Ian nodded, his eyes deep: "But from beginning to end, I didn't need him to do anything."

"I just had to make sure of one thing with his eyes."

"Is the great demon that was born in the virtual realm...is a 'dragon of the abyss'? Not just in form, but in essence, is it the dragon of the abyss civilization that was born from 'fire'."

"If it is, then a lot of things that follow will be a lot easier."

Soon, Zhuoxin was sent back to the 'enemy position'. Ian and Adlbert watched each other fly towards the dark northwest direction of the virtual realm.

The next thing they have to do is wait.

after a while.

The edge of the western border of the empire, at the junction of the western border and Nanling.

Earthquake Bridge.

There are not many bridges on the Bad Rift Valley, and the Earth Hurricane Bridge is the only direct way to the golden plains of Nanling.

But this right path was blown up a few days ago.

The bombers were the bridge guards who were frightened by the demon army. They thought they could stop the demons from advancing, but they didn't know that what they did was completely causing trouble for the empire's support troops.

Since he is a demon, how can he not be able to cross the trivial terrain?

Accompanied by bursts of weird scratching sounds that made people anxious, and psychic ripples flashing from time to time in the air, countless monsters with weird shapes began to gather at the entrance to the southern realm.

Some look like minotaurs, some look like multi-headed snakes, some look like deformed giants, some look like one-eyed wolves...

The essence of the so-called demon is the manifestation of the emotions that are harmful to itself, fearful and desperate in the subconscious of intelligent beings in the virtual world. Therefore, demons are naturally proficient in how to harm humans, and they are also the most terrifying form of humans.

The higher the level of demons, the more they resemble humans. In fact, there is a very scientific explanation.

That is, the creature that can hurt humans the most, make humans fear the most, and make people feel most confused and desperate is and will always be humans themselves.

At least, that is the case until a planetary civilization encounters other intelligent civilizations.

This is where the badness of lemures lies - low-level demons of this level have not grasped the lowest fear of human beings at all. They are only superficial manifestations of violence, bloodshed and damage capabilities. They are the fear of beasts in human genes. Compared to higher demons, they have almost no special psychic powers.

But even so, their power is terrifying enough - ordinary fortresses and city walls cannot stop them at all. These monsters can destroy the city gates and rush into the city to massacre just by relying on their own brute force.

Although Feiyandi is indeed anti-human, they are right about one thing: there are no people who are still in the Western Territory, have become refugees, and have no plans to leave the Western Territory. Indeed, there are very few civilians who are unable to resist. . Almost all of the cities in the Western Region that still exist today are no different from fortresses.

Although the Demon Legion could destroy those fortresses, it would take time and strength. After wiping out the small towns that were best to deal with, the Demon Legion abandoned those hard bones and headed straight for Nanling without stopping.

[Golden Plains...there are still so many no-man’s lands within the empire]

A fused demon officer squinted his eyes and looked at the entire golden plain. His tone contained a strange kind of envy and hatred: [It would be great if we in Feiyan Land had such a vast territory... We definitely don't want such a large plain. It will be a waste]

Lemurs do not have advanced intelligence before they evolve into real demons, so the guidance of intelligent officers is crucial - the fused demons with human consciousness are the commanders.

Under the command of these fused demon officers with special powers, the demon army was able to achieve the incredible feat of breaking through all the defense lines in the Western Territory, cutting off all supply routes, and slowing down the advance of the empire's reinforcements in just over half a month.

You must know that every struggle between the Empire and Feiyandi almost always ends with the Empire invading Feiyandi's mainland - Feiyandi can rarely take advantage of a head-on confrontation without relying on local advantages.

[Don’t lament too early, it’s just our new technology that caught the empire by surprise]

A calm telepathy came, and all the fusion officers in black military uniforms bowed their heads slightly, because the speaker was none other than the commander of the Demon Legion, ‘Death Knell’.

Deathstroke looks like a gray-haired man with classic demonic horns. He is a man of iron, and his skin has a strange metallic silver.

Under the transformation of the devil's power, dark red blood lines stood out on his skin, making him look particularly ferocious.

He was staring in the direction of Nanling and said in a solemn tone: [The empire's psychic army has set off. As long as they rush to the front line, even if we can have the advantage at the beginning, we will definitely be defeated in the end - we are just a raiding force, what we can do , just to achieve strategic goals as quickly as possible]

[Polluting Nanling, spreading "seeds of suspicion" in Nanling's virtual realm, and dividing the internal forces of Nanling - if possible, severely damage the Silver Peak Territory, destroy its production facilities, kill its key technical personnel, and kill its citizens to reduce the its production potential]

[Next, I want to assign a task...what is it? 】

Just when Deathstroke was about to assign tasks to the fusion officers, he suddenly frowned and looked in a direction that seemed empty: [Who? To stick it so close? ! 】

His voice suddenly sounded like a bell, resounding throughout the world.

Buzz!

The air suddenly exploded, and extremely terrifying sound waves surged forward like a tsunami—and then converged into a thin beam.

The shock wave, like hundreds of cannonballs exploding at the same time, was like a sharp blade, splitting a straight line several kilometers long on the ground!

This is the psychic power of Deathstroke, its namesake ‘Deathstroke’. He can create extremely huge sound waves, and control the power of the sound waves to converge or spread, creating various explosion and cutting effects.

Given his nature as a 'Great Demon', even at the fourth level, he would probably find it difficult to encounter Deathstroke at full strength.

And at the end of the sonic attack created by Deathstroke, a shattered mechanical wreckage could be seen.

Judging from the appearance, this is probably some kind of... aircraft.

Unmanned aerial vehicle.

A drone with a camera.

【what】

When Deathstroke looked at the remains of drones collected by other demons, he was filled with doubts: [Someone is using this thing to spy on us? 】

[Humph] Thinking that his enemy was a prophet, Deathstroke couldn't help but sneer: [I didn't expect that the prophet could even predict this - he already knew that we would arrive at this time, and would also set off here]

[But it’s meaningless. Even if we knew, Nanling would never be able to stop the surprise attack]

Deathstroke originally thought that this was just a spy tool used by Nanling to collect intelligence.

But in fact, his understanding of Silver Peak Leader and Ian was too simple.

How could Ian, who knew the general direction of movement of most of the demons with his mind, simply monitor the whereabouts of the enemy?

At this moment, Nanling, major network territory cities.

Above each city, there is a white curtain hanging on the wall of the local central building, and the previous movements and postures of the demon army were all captured by drones.

There was a commentator beside the curtain, explaining loudly with a loud voice: "Everyone, this is our enemy, the demon army from the Flying Flame Land!"

"As you can see, this strange-looking monster is more like a monster than a demon. It is the so-called lemure. Their weakness..."

The commentator is explaining to everyone present from the most professional perspective what a demon is, what a lemure is, and what is special about the demons and demon legions in the video.

As for those fusion officers who looked slightly humanoid, they also speculated that they might be real demons rather than lemures. After all, they don't know the information about the fused demon.

As for other places, it's not entirely correct - the explanations in some areas even confused a lot of things.

But his only mission is not to educate the public about demons correctly, but to get the masses started and make them think they already understand demons.

And knows some of the correct weaknesses of the devil.

In this way...there will be no fear.

"Next, continue to broadcast what the demon army is doing."

Ian looked at the bustling scene in the square and nodded slightly.

Humanity's greatest fear is caused by the unknown. On the contrary, as long as you know the enemy well, even if you only think you know it well, it will reduce a lot of trouble.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to take so many photos just by relying on those drones. This can be known from Deathstroke's direct discovery of the drone spying on the Legion just now. Whenever something strange comes close, with the devil's keenness, They'll find out soon enough.

But Ian already knew this information, and the drone was just an excuse to show it to others.

so.

Without Deathstroke and other demonic officers knowing anything about it, they, who are theoretically mysterious, have become famous in Nanling!

As for Ian himself, his main focus is not on South Ridge.

But on Dragon Island.