# Chapter 66: Sun God
Su Xiao rode on Bubuteni's back as Bubuteni charged headfirst through the metal door.
"Take me with you."
Shylock shouted loudly. Su Xiao hesitated for a moment, then chose to grab Shylock by the collar. At this time, the young emperor had inexplicably retreated to a far distance.
Su Xiao paid no attention to the young emperor. He rode Bubuteni as they quickly advanced through the emergency passage.
This passage was straight, a sloping upward ramp.
Bubuteni had already activated its full-speed charge skill, and it wouldn't be long before they burst out of this ramp.
Shylock suddenly spoke urgently: "Bai Ye, you should have killed the young emperor. Without him, that monster can't leave the underground."
"What do you mean?"
"The reason the royal family didn't dispose of that monster is because they have some method to control it, but the cost is severe, which is why they've kept that monster sealed underground all this time."
Su Xiao said nothing. He had previously tampered with the young emperor and could deal with him at any time.
Boom.
A loud crash came from behind the passage. Large amounts of dust fell from above, and the entire passage was covered in cracks, on the verge of collapse at any moment.
Bang.
A large stone fell ahead, dust billowing up, nearly completely blocking the passage.
Crack, crack.
Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the four walls of the passage. Within no more than twenty seconds, the entire passage would collapse.
"Bubu, hurry!"
Su Xiao urged loudly. Bubuteni ran with all its might.
Ahead was pitch black. Su Xiao vaguely saw a stone wall about ten meters away.
A dead end? No, that was a stone slab. At this point, Su Xiao's perception had recovered.
Bubuteni rushed to the stone wall. Just as Bubuteni was about to crash into it, Su Xiao placed his hand on the hilt of Dragon-Slaying Flash.
Several white lines flashed through the dark passage. Bubuteni slammed into the stone wall, which shattered with a boom. The broken edges of the rubble in midair were as smooth as mirrors.
Dazzling light appeared. Being in a dark environment for a long time and suddenly seeing sunlight could cause irreversible damage to the eyes.
Su Xiao's stamina attribute was a full 15 points, naturally different from ordinary people.
Though everything before him was a blur of white, his pupils rapidly dilated, and after a few seconds, his vision returned to normal.
Air with a faint fragrance of plants filled his lungs. Sunlight shone on his face. A small bird chirped on a nearby tree branch. Their location was a forest over ten kilometers from the imperial capital.
With a rumble, the emergency passage behind them collapsed. Su Xiao had successfully broken out. Now he only needed to set up coordinates to return to Reincarnation Paradise.
Just as Su Xiao was in a good mood, a sharp pain came from his chest, and a notification from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[Hunter has left the range of "Birumark Alchemy Test Site." Type V Alchemy Virus has been neutralized.]
[Hunter stayed within "Type V Alchemy Virus" for 6 minutes. Type V Alchemy Virus is about to erupt. Please make preparations in advance.]
[Warning: Type V Alchemy Virus effect erupting!]
[Warning: Type V Alchemy Virus effect erupting!]
[Warning: Type V Alchemy Virus effect erupting!]
[Checking Hunter's body resistance... Check complete. Type V Alchemy Virus will deal 20% of maximum health as true damage per minute. Stay time exceeding 5 minutes triggers instant death effect.]
[Instant death judgment in progress... Detected that Hunter's body contains "Type V Alchemy Virus" antibodies. Instant death judgment failed.]
[Type V Alchemy Virus dealt a total of 96% of maximum health as true damage to Hunter. Hunter has entered a near-death state.]
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Su Xiao could no longer see the notifications from Reincarnation Paradise. He directly vomited a large mouthful of black fluid, his vision went dark, his ears rang, and he nearly fell off Bubuteni's back.
Su Xiao's consciousness began to blur. Everything before him was pitch black, his vision reduced to a crack's width. In this critical moment, relying on sheer willpower, he drank a bottle of potion in his hand.
[Honor Recovery Potion] Effect: Restores 100% health after use.
Honor Recovery Potion had no taste. After Su Xiao drank it in one gulp, white light appeared on his body's surface. The organs damaged by the virus inside his body rapidly repaired. An invisible gas was expelled from his pores to the outside—that was the Type V Alchemy Virus.
This virus was terrifying. There was no struggle when infected. If resistance wasn't high enough, after a period of infection, instant death judgment would be triggered directly.
Su Xiao's survival against all odds was thanks to the "Type V Alchemy Virus Resistance Increased by 20%" he had chosen after killing those underground cave guards.
If Su Xiao had stayed a few more minutes in the core area, he might not have had the chance to take medicine at all and would have been directly judged as dead.
Moreover, this virus didn't fall under the category of spell damage, so his magic-immunity constitution couldn't negate the damage.
"Hey, are you okay? Is it the V virus? I thought you had a way to deal with that virus."
Shylock looked at Su Xiao with concern, but a barely noticeable disappointment flashed in his eyes.
'Why didn't this guy die?' That was Shylock's true thought.
Su Xiao glanced sideways at Shylock and revealed a gentle smile on his face.
"You're disappointed I didn't die, aren't you?"
"How, how could that be? We're partners... you—"
Before Shylock could finish speaking, Su Xiao had already grabbed Shylock's neck with one hand and lifted him into the air.
"Then what's that broken bottle in your hand? Don't tell me you were trying to save me. I only sensed danger, a danger that made my spine chill."
Shylock's steel arm was hidden in his sleeve, and in his hand was a black bottle.
"This is a self-defense measure. Don't misunderstand."
Shylock's expression was calm, showing no signs of lying.
"Heh~, self-defense measure. Having been separated from human society for hundreds of years, have you underestimated humans too much? Your eyes were shining when you looked at Bubuteni earlier, and they still are now."
Shylock had taken a liking to Bubuteni, this biological imperial artifact.
Su Xiao snatched the black bottle from Shylock's hand. Reincarnation Paradise's notification told him what this item did.
Su Xiao threw the black bottle into the distance. It smashed against a tree and shattered.
Ssss~.
A wisp of green smoke rose, and a sour stench spread far. That large tree was corroded into a large pit in an extremely short time.
"Found me out, huh. It seems I've underestimated my 'partner.' You can't kill me, or you'll die too."
Shylock tore open his collar, revealing a flat bomb on his chest.
"Alchemy bomb, Sun God. Blast radius half a kilometer. When my bodily functions are destroyed, the bomb will explode."
Su Xiao glanced at the bomb on Shylock's chest. This time, the other party wasn't lying. This was also why he hadn't directly cut off Shylock's head.
He had vaguely felt earlier that he couldn't directly kill Shylock.
Su Xiao pulled off the cloth bag on Shylock's back and stored it in his storage space. A sea urchin-shaped object appeared in his hand.
The sea urchin-shaped object was the size of a dragon's eye, covered in spikes.
"What... the hell is this?"
Shylock could no longer remain calm and struggled forcefully in Su Xiao's hands.
Su Xiao grabbed Shylock's jaw, forcibly pried open his mouth, and shoved the sea urchin-shaped object into Shylock's mouth, using his index finger to push it down Shylock's throat.
"Ugh~, you... bastard."
Shylock's face was full of pain. The sea urchin-shaped object was stuck right in Shylock's throat.
Tick, tick, tick...
A rhythmic electronic sound came from Shylock's throat. Something was counting down.
"Don't you like bombs? I'll give you one."
Su Xiao threw Shylock aside and immediately had Bubuteni run far away. There were still five minutes.
Shylock lay on the ground, retching, trying to vomit out the ticking thing in his throat.
"Ugh~."
Shylock retched forcefully, but the sea urchin-shaped bomb was covered in spikes, firmly stuck in his throat. The more he retched, the deeper the spikes pierced.
Tick, tick, tick~
The sound grew more urgent. Shylock tried to shove a hand into his mouth.
Tick.
The sound stopped. Shylock's movements ceased, and he pulled his hand out of his mouth.
"Miscalculated. Are humans this smart nowadays?"
Shylock took a deep breath of fresh air.
"So this is the feeling of freedom. I hate humans."
Boom!
Shylock's body was directly blown apart. A mist of blood rose into the air.
The flat alchemy bomb flew into the air, its surface circuits glowing red, gradually breaking apart.
Dong!
A fiery red sphere appeared. The fiery red sphere's volume expanded rapidly, covering a half-kilometer radius in just two seconds.
It was as if the sun had fallen to the ground. The earth, trees—everything was evaporated into gas by the high temperature.
This was the power of the alchemy bomb: Sun God. Terrifying beyond measure.