Deep within the underground base of the Science City Building, the city's leader, the City Lord, sat intently watching a screen that displayed the Science City Building as a veritable hell on earth. His right hand caressed a massive red button, his expression growing feverishly manic.
"Come forth, come forth! All high-level zombies and supernatural creatures, come to me!" he roared, slamming the button down.
An ultrasonic wave, inaudible to normal humans, immediately radiated out from the Science City Building, rippling towards distant realms.
All zombies and supernatural beings that heard this call instinctively converged towards its source. To them, the sound seemed to announce: "Dinner is served!"
The City Lord cackled maniacally.
"Kill, kill," he hissed. "Blood and bones will construct its body. Wails and screams will nourish it. It will be the grandest creation of Science City."
"Oh God, do you see?" he shouted upwards. "I am about to create a level eight..."
His laughter echoed until it was abruptly cut off.
Bang!
The steel door, twenty centimeters thick, was punched through. Another hole followed immediately after.
Crack!
In the next moment, the steel door was forcibly torn open by a pair of powerful arms.
The City Lord's laughter stopped abruptly as he incredulously turned towards the entrance. A tall figure, flanked by three robust forms, sauntered in as if strolling in a serene garden.
"You... weren't you on the surface?" he stammered. "How did you appear here so suddenly?"
The City Lord's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Chu Xuan, sneaking a few glances at Hu.
The twenty-centimeter-thick iron door had been penetrated with a single punch, as though it were no more substantial than a paper window.
Chu Xuan surveyed the man. He had assumed the City Lord, who even a level six Superhuman would not dare to challenge, was at least a level seven or eight Superhuman. It turned out he was merely a level six.
"Are you the City Lord?" Chu Xuan asked nonchalantly.
The City Lord took a deep breath and responded solemnly, "Yes, I am the City Lord."
"Cultivator, may I address you as such?" he ventured.
Chu Xuan replied indifferently, "A dead man may call me whatever he wishes."
The City Lord burst into a wild, somewhat demented laugh. "I will die, and so will you!" he exclaimed. "We shall all become nourishment for the level eight supernatural being!"
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"I had planned to kill all the members of the Science City Building and transform them into nourishment for the level eight zombies once my plan succeeded," he continued. "You have actually aided me!"
Chu Xuan tilted his head, observing him with a hint of pity. He calmly suggested, "Take another look at the screen. See how much flesh remains on the ground."
Startled, the City Lord turned his gaze back to the screen. To his shock, he saw swarms of blood-red bees invading the Science City Building. Wherever they passed, all the corpses' flesh vanished, leaving behind only stark white skeletons. Even the flesh that had splattered on the floors, walls, and ceilings during the slaughter was meticulously cleaned, as if licked clean like a yogurt lid.
"This... this..." The City Lord's body swayed, nearly toppling over from the incredulity of it all. The blood bees, functioning like automated cleaning robots, had scrubbed every trace of flesh so thoroughly it defied logic.
Taking a deep breath, the City Lord pleaded earnestly, "Spare my life, I know where the ancient vessel is..."
Snap.
His head was crushed effortlessly by the ghastly claw of a ghost. The headless body thumped heavily onto the ground.
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