Chapter 88: The Gate of the Abyss
"Coordinates, xxx, yyy…"
A Hayes artillery commander stood at the edge of the black land, adjusting the cannon's aim using his compass.
Behind him, Hayes soldiers loaded "death bombs."
Next to the soldiers stood massive cannons forged with alchemy and technology!
These grotesque cannons were among the Hayes clan's most prideful weapons: mana cannons!
Their construction differed completely from cannons in many technological or steam-based worlds.
Not only were their internal mechanisms more precise, but they were also inscribed with mana arrays capable of enchanting each shell with additional effects!
Most crucially, these mana cannons could launch specially designed death bombs, developed by mad scientists.
Each shell caused horrific chemical radiation and pollution upon impact, killing all life in the target area…
"Fire!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
At the command, the entire artillery formation unleashed a volley.
In the bright sky, countless shells, trailing sinister green arcs, shot toward the black land.
It was as if…
Countless monsters wielding swords and grinning madly were charging!
Boom!
In just a few breaths, an area of the black land was covered in explosion scars.
Though the blasts themselves weren't immense, what earned these bombs the title of "death" was the chemical composition inside!
Countless green fumes rose from the black land…
A small demon, touched by the green chemical mist, suddenly widened its eyes and clutched its neck in agony.
An indescribable physical pain invaded its mind!
Then, its body rapidly sprouted yellow-green pustules that burst, releasing foul-smelling pus, yet this was not the end!
The fallen, convulsing demon began to dissolve horribly.
Its eyeballs fell out, muscles melted, and its blood turned into yellow-green pus…
In an instant, the demon became a lifeless puddle of viscous liquid!
The entire process lasted barely ten seconds!
The toxic fog was that terrifying!
Almost every small demon on the black land melted into foul liquid upon exposure.
Even the black land beneath them changed from black-red to yellow-green due to the toxins…
Only a few demons with mutations granting toxin resistance could survive briefly in this environment.
But such survival was destined to be short-lived.
Aside from the chemical fog continuously dissolving their bodies, the main reason was…
"Attack!" A Hayes soldier, wielding a curved blade, charged at a surviving small demon under the protection of a gas mask and armor, moving with extreme speed enhanced by magic, and slashed at it.
Slash!
In a single blow, the demon's head was severed before it could react.
Its still-open eyes were stomped into a puddle of blood by the soldier's boot!
Other small demons tried to rush in to avenge their comrade, but…
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A massive black mechanical weapon, engraved with unknown skulls, opened fire!
Countless bullets rained down like a metal storm, slaughtering the approaching small demons.
"Hahaha!"
With the operator's laughter, more weapons mounted on the machines fired wildly.
No small demon could resist the metal storm; they screamed in agony as they died.
The regular Hayes soldiers also demonstrated formidable combat abilities.
With full armor and weapons, each soldier exhibited at least fifth-stage strength.
In less than an hour, over half of the black land in the area was completely destroyed.
The fastest advancing Hayes units reached the core area, continuing their annihilation of the demon cocoons!
Reports from each squad arrived at the Hayes commander like snowflakes.
"Well done!"
The commander smiled at the recorded enemy casualties.
"Though these creatures are disgusting and twisted, their strength is laughably weak."
"This ignorant world is destined to be crushed beneath the Hayes clan…"
"Continue the assault, eliminate all who resist!"
"Establish a forward base; we will take this world effortlessly!"
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"This quasi-mythical creature is almost captured."
Chu Hao sat on his throne at the bottom of the Endless Abyss, observing a corner of the battlefield.
In that corner, the quasi-mythical creature with countless avatars was under attack by demons; many of its avatars had fallen into their hands.
"I'm curious what rules govern this creature internally. If its traits were applied in the Endless Abyss, what kind of being would emerge…"
Suddenly.
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Chu Hao sensed some of the small demons spawned by the Endless Abyss being struck by an extinction-level attack!
Much of the black land at the desert's edge vanished.
More Abyss land was under attack!
"What's happening…"
Chu Hao scanned the battlefield with his indifferent eyes and saw a scene that puzzled him.
A group of creatures, clearly incongruous with the world's native life, was annihilating small demons with absolute dominance.
Previously, they had launched what Chu Hao found laughable as shells, followed by heavy machinery and infantry clearing the field.
"Huh? Where did these enemies come from? A second intelligent species in this world? Interesting! No…"
Chu Hao instinctively thought these might be the world's second intelligent species.
But as a god, he was no ordinary being.
In that single observation, he noticed something unusual.
Behind these creatures were strands of gray, interlaced with a cursed aura.
These strands could only mean one thing.
"That is…"
"Creatures from another world?"
"And they are backed by a god!"
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As the Hayes vanguard reached the edge of the black land, a soldier noticed…
At the edge of the black land, one by one…
"Gates" formed from bones, flesh, and corruption appeared!
And from these gates came terrifying sounds.
Voices from the Abyss!