Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 537

Chapter 535 Hidden Poison

Similar to the Mingzhong World’s imitation Yang bombs and annihilation cannons rained down. Their range was only ten meters, but their power surpassed that of the Mingzhong World.

Bai Hongtu felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy. These weapons were incredibly powerful, enough to tickle even a Fusion Stage cultivator.

The younger cultivators didn’t know their power, nor did they need to, for they had Emperor Jiang at their side.

Bai Hongtu laughed wildly, blocking all attacks: “Hahaha, don’t be afraid. With Jiang Li and I here, even if Hunyuan Wujixian attacks, you won’t be hurt at all.”

Jiang Li glanced at Bai Hongtu: “You’ll probably have to side with the younger cultivators then.”

Seeing his attacks were ineffective, the Mechanical King launched a new round of attacks.

Radiation, lasers, ultrasonic waves, electromagnetic waves… all sorts of energy forms were unleashed.

“They’re not as powerful as the imitation Yang bombs and annihilation cannons,” Jiang Li shook his head.

Without the ability to combine the three elements, a Fusion Stage cultivator relying solely on physical defense would struggle to withstand the intense heat of the imitation Yang bombs and the positive and negative annihilation reactions of the annihilation cannons.

If the simulant sun bombs and annihilation cannons were to land on a level six zombie, it would be doomed.

However, attacks like radiation lasers have little effect on a fusion-stage body.

Jiang Li ignored the attacks and strolled towards the Mechanical King, his posture as leisurely as if he were taking an after-dinner stroll. The

Mechanical King quickly stepped back and pulled a button from his pocket. The entire metropolis seemed to come alive. Streets rose like octopus arms, the ground shifted, and tall buildings transformed freely like plasticine, becoming parts of a vast machine. The army actively integrated into it, transforming into electronic components.

Seeing the road beneath their feet also shift, Bai Hongtu led the young monks out of the city and into the suburbs.

From a distance, the metropolis was covered in dust and flickered with red light, as if some dormant ancient life was awakening.

“This city is the most powerful weapon in our forging world. No one can survive its attack!” The Mechanical King laughed. He also merged into the metropolis, becoming its core and controlling the entire city.

The metropolis was like a mechanical octopus.

Through the thick dust, the younger cultivators could clearly hear the Mechanical King’s words.

“With a single wave of these eight mechanical arms, even mountains would be cut in half!”

“The lasers on my arms are focused on a single point, their heat so intense that the sun pales in comparison!”

“I also possess a gravity field. Any attack that approaches me loses its power under ten times the gravity and falls to the ground!”

“If I wanted to, I could dig through a continent in half a day!”

“I launch a bomb at random, and the shockwave could cause the entire continent to shake slightly!”

“What can you do to fight me?”

The dust cleared, and the giant octopus lay on the ground like a dead dog.

The younger cultivators looked at each other, feeling as if something was missing.

Jiang Li brought the Mechanical King out.

He sat upright.

“Let’s talk. What’s going on in your world? Why are all the clones the same person?”

In the underground base, Jiang Li noticed that the clones originated from the same person: a man.

In other words, the robot souls in the Mechanical World are all male.

The Mechanical King sighed, “That’s why I’m jealous of your world of Jiuzhou. The individuals are powerful and have long lifespans. I’ve also heard that there are Mahayana-level cultivators in your world who can live for a hundred thousand years.”

Jiang Li pointed to himself and said, “What a coincidence! I’m in the Mahayana stage.”

The story that Mahayana-level cultivators can live for a hundred thousand years was spread by Immortal Changcun. Immortal Changcun said that Mahayana-level cultivators, like Earthly Immortals, can live a hundred thousand years.

Facing the real culprit, the Mechanical King didn’t even feel jealous. He could only smile bitterly, “A hundred thousand… our history isn’t even a hundred thousand years long.”

“In the beginning, we only replaced some organs with machines. We had no intention of entering an era of all-mechanical people. Some people advocated becoming robots, but more people opposed it. After becoming a robot, you lose your five senses. Who would want to live that kind of life? But something forced us to do this.”

“What is it?” Bai Hongtu walked over.

The Mechanical King’s expression was solemn. “Historical records indicate that twelve thousand years ago, we lost our ability to reproduce.”

“It happened suddenly and strangely. To this day, we haven’t fully determined the cause. Women lost their fertility, and the stored seed banks vanished overnight. It’s as if a hand was controlling everything.”

“The process of women losing their fertility lasted about a month. During this time, the ancients exhausted every possible means but found no solution.”

“At this time, those who proposed the age of universal mechanization stood up, saying that this was a godsend, that heaven had destined all of humanity to become robots.”

“The ancients had no choice but to spend a full generation to complete the transition from human to robot, preserving the human body, or rather, the corpse, for use as cloning samples.”

“But something went wrong again.”

“A certain disease spread throughout the human body, causing it to collapse and render it impossible to clone. We also cannot explain this phenomenon. The only thing we can do is name it Clone Disease.”

“In the end, as you saw underground, all that remained of the Mechanical Forging Civilization was that single clone.”

“This history is so bizarre and strange that successive leaders have chosen to conceal the truth, forcing people to believe they were born robots.”

“Infants only develop memories at two, so we extract their souls at one and place them in robotic bodies.”

“Perhaps the bodies are robotic, but the souls are human. People tend to appreciate living things. For example, zoos are popular destinations, and with the rise of skin-changing shops, people subconsciously believe they are human.”

Jiang Li frowned. This world was in danger. If the final cloned sample proved unclonable, the entire world of robots would be destroyed.

At this moment, the great scholar Calligraphy and the Spiritual Medicine Sect’s leader, Huang Chengdan, arrived. The

noise of the metropolis transforming into a mechanical octopus was so loud that a man and a machine rushed to the scene.

“Human Emperor, Sect Leader Bai,” Huang Chengdan saluted, suspecting that the sect’s disciples were in danger and had summoned Jiang Renhuang and Sect Leader Bai.

“I’ve just made a new discovery in this world, and I want to share it with the Human Emperor.”

“What discovery?”

“I’ve discovered a virus hidden in the Forging World that sterilizes women and causes a slow death in mortals who haven’t practiced cultivation, leaving their bodies damaged and unable to be preserved.”

Jiang Li repeated what the King of Machinery had said to Huang Chengdan.

“I don’t know much about things like cloning, but judging by the function of poisons, it’s possible that a body can’t be replicated.”

“This is very similar to a poison theorized by our Spiritual Medicine Sect’s founder, the Five Poison Immortal. It’s hidden in the air, so secretive that even a spiritual scan wouldn’t reveal an anomaly without relevant knowledge.”

“The Five Poison Immortal said that if he became a celestial immortal, he could refine this poison.”

The Spiritual Medicine Sect, formerly known as the Black Medicine Sect, was once a renowned poison sect. Huang Chengdan, as its leader, was well-versed in the principles of poison.

“Is there a way to counter this poison?”

“Yes, as long as you draw Qi into your body and enter the Qi training stage, the poison will naturally dissipate.”

(End of Chapter)