Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 380 - 379 The Secret of the Immortals and Demons

Hearing what the Mysterious Lady had said, Zhou Bai thought to himself, it is indeed as he had suspected.

He had felt it all along with each encounter and battle with the Heavenly Demon: it was a kind of mechanical creation, controlled from a distance. If its mechanical body was damaged, another could simply be made.

Now, with the Mysterious Lady's response, he was even more certain of his speculation.

But this, in turn, gave rise to even more doubts in his mind.

He thought to himself, "So, the Heavenly Demon doesn't seem like a naturally occurring life form, does it?"

Zhou Bai asked, "Is the Heavenly Demon a manufactured being?"

"I don't know," the Mysterious Lady shook her head. "Only the Heavenly Demon Queen is said to know the origins of the Heavenly Demon. Even the twelve Heavenly Demon Kings seem to have only a vague understanding of their own origins. But what you're thinking is the same as what I'm thinking—I too believe the Heavenly Demon is a manufactured creature. The non-natural traces on them are too obvious."

"But as for who made them, I do not know. Humans? Immortals? Or some other life forms?" The Mysterious Lady continued, lost in thought, "After all, they were discovered on Yinghuo Star, so maybe they were created by extraterrestrial life. It's not certain."

"Right, do they come from Yinghuo Star?" Zhou Bai said. "Being so far away, can they control those mechanical bodies?"

"The Heavenly Demon's technology in many areas is very advanced, one might say it completely surpasses that of humans and the Heavenly Court. Take this remote control and communication, for example, they use something called quantum communication networks. I don't know the specifics, but it's very formidable."

"Even with Yinghuo Star so far away from us, they can communicate and operate machinery at any time, and there's almost no way to block this kind of communication."

Zhou Bai was amazed to himself: 'This sounds like quantum communication. No wonder they can control things remotely.' He then asked, "Our conversation here is okay, right? Mysterious Lady, your body..."

The Mysterious Lady understood what Zhou Bai meant and showed a reassuring expression: "Although I am half Heavenly Demon and half mutant, it's actually my brain that is mutated. The rest of my body tissues have been transformed into Heavenly Demon tissue. So, theoretically, I'm just a mutant strain and use the Heavenly Demon's devices to assist with movement."

The Mysterious Lady said, "Speaking with me, as long as there are no Heavenly Demons nearby, you don't have to worry too much. My brain can exist independently of the Heavenly Demon tissue and is not completely controlled by them.

So they can't fully control me, and my arrangements here have already secretly bypassed most of their surveillance. For instance, right now, in their surveillance, you and I are just walking and not talking."

The Mysterious Lady gave a slight smile: "Even though the Heavenly Demons are actually still using us, by leveraging their strength and intelligence networks, we can indeed develop rapidly and take a shortcut."

"Like this attack on West Mountain City?" Zhou Bai thought for a moment before speaking his mind, "Do we have to attack West Mountain City? That's two hundred million lives." At this moment, Zhou Bai looked at the Mysterious Lady, hoping she could help stop the Heavenly Demon's attack on humanity.

Seeing Zhou Bai's gaze, the Mysterious Lady understood that he still couldn't completely give up his human identity. She patted his shoulder and said, "Zhou Bai, humans and us cannot coexist. Each birth of a mutant signifies the complete change, or even total madness and alienation, of a human consciousness. That's as good as death to them; how could they possibly allow us to exist?"

Zhou Bai stared into her eyes and said, "Then are we just supposed to watch as more than two hundred million people die? That's over two hundred million people! Not just cultivators, but also many elderly, children, and so many others..."

"West Mountain City must be attacked," said the Mysterious Lady, interrupting Zhou Bai with a stern tone. "Once West Mountain City is taken, with the population allocated to us by the Heavenly Demons, we can create tens of thousands of mutants. Then, taking advantage of the opportunity of a full-scale war between the Heavenly Demons and humans, we will receive even more support.

Only in this way can we quickly grow our ranks, increase our power, and gradually carve a place for mutants in this world.

Without enough power or numbers, not just our entire race, but even you and I could become mere playthings in the hands of others."

Zhou Bai sighed and thought to himself: 'It seems there's no chance of changing her mind.'

Christina said: 'She's completely considering the mutants, and you can't persuade her. Time to go with the plan you've prepared, right?'

Zhou Bai nodded internally: 'We must stop the Heavenly Demons from attacking West Mountain City. No matter what it takes...'

Seeing Zhou Bai's dejected look, the Mysterious Lady felt somewhat helpless and tried to change the subject: "If you're not used to it, we won't talk about this for now. Is there anything else you want to ask? I can connect to the Heavenly Demon intelligence base, you know. I have access to a lot of information. You must still have many questions, right?"

Zhou Bai nodded and took the opportunity to voice the question that had been troubling him for a long time: "What is the goal of the Heavenly Demon, and what is the goal of the immortals? Do you know these things?"

"The goal of the Heavenly Demon, I only know one, and that is to free themselves from the restrictions of the eradication impulse," the Mysterious Lady pondered for a while before responding. "But their ultimate stance towards Earth, towards immortals and humans, probably only the Heavenly Demon Queen knows."

"As for the immortals, the goals of immortals and gods are different," said the Mysterious Lady. "According to information from the Heavenly Demon's internal networks, immortals have been silently supporting humans for the past hundred years, hoping that new people can ascend to replenish the power of Heavenly Court.

As for the gods, they're very mysterious."

"Mysterious?" Zhou Bai inquired.

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The Mysterious Lady's face also showed a strange expression: "The gods of the Heavenly Court... They seem to have the same goal, a detailed plan that they've been silently executing for the past one hundred years, even ranking it above the war with the Heavenly Demons."

"What plan? More important than combating the Heavenly Demons?" Zhou Bai was shocked.

The Mysterious Lady shook her head: "The Heavenly Demon Kings have also been trying to find out what this plan is, but without success. To this point, no one knows what these gods are up to. It's only known that while they fight the Heavenly Demons, they are also actively collecting mutant weapons."

Right then, a flying tiger, a fusion of metal and flesh, came over and nuzzled against the Mysterious Lady's hand affectionately.

The Mysterious Lady looked at the flying tiger in front of her and chuckled, stroking its head: "This is Yun Long, also a product of the combination of mutants and Heavenly Demon tissue. Before you came here, it was always by my side."

Zhou Bai wanted to greet the tiger but saw that the flying tiger looked at him with hostility and growled.