Chapter 46: Wosing City
After learning about the relationships between Teld, Shadow, the Decayed Man, and Dorothea, Su Xiao basically confirmed that asking these people to help kill the Heterogeneous King was unreliable.
Su Xiao rarely fought powerful enemies alongside others. He generally chose to fight alone or have Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha gang up on the enemy.
Back when he dealt with the Black King, he teamed up with the old divine stick because they had cooperated for an entire world, and the old divine stick was trustworthy.
The Muguang Missionary Ground was a tragic place. It held hybrids of Heterogeneous and humans, hybrids of humans and beastmen, and forced amalgamations of humans, Heterogeneous, and beastmen.
This was the pain caused by racial war. Dorothea was helpless, Shadow was furious, Teld was unwilling—so unwilling that he crawled back after death, continuing to live like a walking corpse.
What Su Xiao truly wanted was an item or ability. Both Teld and the Decayed Man had attempted to assassinate the Heterogeneous King, and both had failed before even meeting him.
This made Su Xiao curious. How did the two break through the heavy armor troops' defenses? Under normal circumstances, given Teld and the Decayed Man's strength, if they encountered heavy armor troops inside a building, they would have no chance of survival.
Su Xiao was certain of this because he was confident he could kill Teld and the Decayed Man at their peak. Even if the two joined forces, Su Xiao could beat them until they doubted their existence. As for Shadow, she was somewhat troublesome, but only somewhat.
More importantly, the half-beastman Teld, Shadow, Dorothea, the little girl, and the Decayed Man added up to only five people. Reincarnation Paradise had previously indicated that Muguang Missionary Ground had six people total. Where was the last one? "Beast King" and "Black Bell" were disguises of Teld's soul and body, so they counted as one person.
The sixth person had never shown up, and Su Xiao hadn't sensed their aura, as if they simply didn't exist.
Su Xiao wasn't curious about this. His purpose in coming to Muguang Missionary Ground was to find a temporary rest stop and maybe recruit some strong fighters. If he couldn't, there was no loss.
"I sincerely hope you succeed, Bai Ye."
Teld, already somewhat hunched, looked at Su Xiao. After a moment of staring, he pulled a small round bell from his waist, rust still visible on it.
"Take it. When you encounter the Heterogeneous's heavy armor troops, it might save your life. If you fail and survive, come back to the missionary ground. Become one of us. This is a place for losers to linger on."
Teld tossed the small round bell over. Su Xiao raised his hand and caught it. The item was about the thickness of a coin, crudely made.
[You have obtained 'Black Iron Shock Bell (Fake)'. Carrying this item allows you to partially negate the effects of shock-type abilities (the Black Iron Shock Bell absorbs shocks and will shatter after reaching a certain limit).]
Seeing the information on [Black Iron Shock Bell], Su Xiao felt this trip wasn't wasted. With this item, fighting the heavy armor troops in the short term wouldn't be too risky.
"How long can it last?"
"The real Black Iron Shock Bell shattered. This is a replica made from fragments. It can probably hold for about four minutes."
Teld didn't hide anything. Muguang Missionary Ground welcomed any human willing to resist the Heterogeneous, regardless of background or origin.
Su Xiao walked toward the missionary ground's exit. He was ready. Bubu Wang and Beini had confirmed the Heterogeneous King's location. It was time to act. Success or failure depended on this one move.
Just as Su Xiao entered the arched passage, Teld walked to the center of the missionary ground. The piled stone carvings and books there instantly turned to ash. Sparks rose, leaving only a massive beast claw covered in scales.
"Dorothea, go tail Bai Ye. Notify me when he reaches Wosing City. I'll suppress that giant beast."
Teld pressed one hand onto the giant beast claw on the ground. Seeing this, Shadow in the darkness frowned.
"Have you lost your mind? Suppressing that giant beast for an unrelated person? Are you sure he's trustworthy? Are you sure he's going to kill the Heterogeneous King?"
"Not sure."
"Then why—"
"Compared to a useless waste like me hiding here, at least he dares to act. That's enough. Shadow, sometimes victory requires a gamble. Besides, I've already gambled more than a dozen times."
Teld hadn't mentioned that there was a giant beast inside Wosing City. He could no longer set foot in that war city. The moment he entered, he would be exposed and become a burden.
"Whatever. If you suppress that giant beast here, the missionary ground might be exposed. I won't help you. I'll watch you all die one by one."
Shadow coldly stared at Teld. Teld ignored her, crouching down and pressing his hand on the giant beast claw. The time he attempted to assassinate the Heterogeneous King, he nearly died in the mouth of a giant beast. Teld felt that monster was no weaker than the Heterogeneous King.
The last person in Muguang Missionary Ground was inside this massive beast claw. It was normal that Su Xiao hadn't sensed this person, because this person had no aura and no self-awareness.
At the exit of the arched passage, Su Xiao walked slowly. Baha crouched on Amu's shoulder, both following behind Su Xiao.
"Don't believe their nonsense. Don't go die either. There's a layer of fog outside the Heterogeneous King's residence. That fog can't be broken."
The Decayed Man, leaning against the wall, suddenly spoke. His tone seemed to mock everyone, but in truth, there were only two relatively kind people in this missionary ground: the little girl and the Decayed Man.
As for Dorothea, who seemed kind, this woman would trick anyone into joining Muguang Missionary Ground, then induce them to attack the Heterogeneous. Hatred and despair had twisted Dorothea's heart.
"Go north. There's a sea there. Across the sea is a deserted island. Go there."
"Not interested for now."
Leaving these words, Su Xiao walked up the stone steps and soon returned to the surface.
The afternoon sun was still scorching. Su Xiao tossed a Soul Crystal Fragment into his mouth. Although he hadn't found strong fighters this time, he had created a monster himself, plus the infiltration route into Wosing City and the [Black Iron Shock Bell]. Overall, the gains were decent.
The Heterogeneous's stronghold, Wosing City, was over ten kilometers away. Through the war channel, Su Xiao learned that the number of Heterogeneous inside Wosing City exceeded a million.
Charging in directly was suicide. The infiltration route was already planned. The current problem was to deal with several hidden dangers.
First, the Cult members weren't all dead. Although the Sanctuary Paradise's temporary spatial coordinates had been destroyed, one Cult member remained in this world. The Dean had discovered him.
This guy was a ticking time bomb, unknown when he would jump out and cause trouble.
The second hidden danger was the Apocalypse Paradise side. Su Xiao had never underestimated these miners. The fact that they had survived until now spoke volumes.
Widow West was handling the Cult remnants. There were also people on their side watching the Apocalypse Paradise side. If the Apocalypse Paradise side showed any intention of grabbing the World Core, someone would immediately deal with them.
A breeze brushed his face. After sprinting over ten kilometers, Wosing City appeared ahead.
Dome-shaped buildings were distributed here, each very tall. From a distance, they looked uneven in height. Wosing had no city walls. It was a magnificent city, and its master was the world's overlord, the Heterogeneous.
Before even approaching the edge of Wosing City, Su Xiao saw a large group of Ground Crawlers, nearly surrounding the entire city. They were afraid of being attacked by their side's madmen, so they had to station Ground Crawlers around Wosing City 24/7.
Su Xiao took out a signal receiver. After searching for a moment, he found a triangular formation diagram under a pile of withered grass. This thing could only help him reach the outskirts of Wosing City.