Chapter 160: Death Substitute Puppet! Resurrected!

It took a while before Li Geyang recovered. He coughed dryly, trying to ease his embarrassment. “Cough cough.”

Zhao Yongkang, who knew the whole story, came over and patted him on the shoulder.

“Brother Zhao, what’s wrong with Xiao Luo? Why does she seem so murderous? Could it be...” Li Geyang didn’t finish his sentence, but he implicitly pointed his finger at his head.

Zhao Yongkang frowned and said, “I think you’re the one who has a problem with your head. Xiao Luo was transformed by the Black Dragon Gang’s ‘man-made god’ plan, and she has amnesia now.”

“Man-made god plan?” Li Geyang was even more confused.

“I’m not sure what it is, but based on the information left by the Black Dragon Gang, this seems to be their true purpose,” Zhao Yongkang said solemnly.

“Then, can Xiao Luo still recover her memory?” Li Geyang asked again.

“It’s hard to tell.” Zhao Yongkang glanced at Luo Haoyue, who was following behind Link. On her face was an unfriendly look, which warned strangers that they shouldn’t come near them. Zhao Yongkang couldn’t help but sigh again.

But when lives were so easily lost, it was a great blessing to survive during the days following Doomsday’s descent.

“Lord, what about the people saved?” Luo Xinghe asked.

Link glanced at the sallow and skinny people, then said solemnly, “The Black Dragon Gang has been annihilated by us. Those who are willing to follow us can join our Unfallen City.”

Unfallen City was rapidly developing now. These survivors would be a good addition to the labor force.

The survivors heard Link say that he had eliminated the Black Dragon Gang and was also willing to take them in. Their faces were full of gratitude and joy at having taken revenge!

The vast majority of the survivors expressed their willingness to join Unfallen City. However, there were also some people who had been so miserably oppressed by the Black Dragon Gang that they were wary of all kinds of forces. They were worried that they might be jumping out of the cooking oil and into the fire, so they planned to leave on their own and live in the wilderness.

Link did not stop them. He let them choose their own future.

Soon, the slightly restructured group embarked on the journey back.

The Black Dragon Gang had been wiped out, and there were no other potential threats near Dragon City.

In other words, Unfallen City’s sphere of influence had enveloped the entire Dragon City.

What Link intended to do next was to take in more refugees, obtain rare materials needed for city upgrades, increase Unfallen City’s level, and further expand its territory and strength.

Relying on the memories of his previous life, Link also knew about a few future powerhouses that had not made their mark at the beginning of Doomsday. He was considering whether to set out and bring those potential talents under his command.

As he pondered, Link temporarily suppressed some thoughts. After all, there was still one more important thing waiting for him—the Epochal Ruins, which would open up the countryside around Dragon City!

The many doubts he had might be answered there.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly reached Link’s ears. “Lord Envoy, when do you plan to start the next sacrifice and turn these people into believers or dependents of the Mother?”

“Huh?” Link raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Luo Haoyue, who was beside him.

Her expression was calm, but a hint of urgency flashed in her eyes. The current Luo Haoyue was the final result of the ‘man-made god’ project and believed in the Spider God. Of course, she would hope to start the next sacrifice soon.

But Link was not interested in making any sacrifices. To be exact, he abhorred it.

He still bore a grudge against the Spider God. Although the god was unable to descend now, it was not appropriate for Link to gain too much attention.

And right now, Luo Haoyue clearly wanted him to become a cult leader and provide more sustenance for the Spider God.

A touch of helplessness flashed across Link’s heart. He didn’t want to be a cult leader, so he could only stall for time. “Wait for a while longer; this has to be discussed at length.”

Luo Haoyue nodded, and she respectfully said, “I understand. I will serve Lord Envoy wholly.”

Since both of them had deliberately spoken in low voices, Zhao Yongkang and the survivors—who followed behind Link—didn’t hear them. Otherwise, the survivors would’ve gone mad. They would’ve felt as if they just escaped the wolf’s den, only to enter the tiger’s den.

“Haoyue, let me see your attribute screen,” said Link. He was very interested in Luo Haoyue’s profession and race. After all, she had been transformed by the ‘man-made god’ plan, and she was definitely different from the [Insect Summoner] in his previous life.

Originally, each [Doomsday Online] player’s attribute screen was personal as it recorded their mastery of skills and profession. It wouldn’t be easily revealed to others. However, Luo Haoyue clearly had no intentions of hiding it from Link, and she agreed without thinking about it. “Okay.”

She had barely finished speaking when a system notification sounded in Link’s mind.

Name: Luo Haoyue

Race: God of Evil’s heir

Profession: Shadow Spider Dominator (Super God-grade)

Level: Stage Five, Level 8

[Daughter of Atlas Nakya] (Passive Skill 1): As the Spider God’s heir, one possesses some of His characteristics.

Gain an additional 60 attribute points with every level-up. When facing chaos, madness, and other mental impacts, resistance increased by 200%, damage increased by 50% when using skills. Skills also come with the Eternal Sleep effect.

(Passive Skill 2):

...

[Abyssal Shadow] (Active Skill 1): A shadow of the abyss, added buff.

Pitch-black shadows will be turned into channels, which can be used to attract dependents from the other world. Each twisted spider shadow inherits 25% of the caster’s attributes. The maximum summoning limit: No more than 100.

[Dreamland Spider] (Active Skill 2): Offspring blessed by the Spider God can speed up their own recovery in the Dreamlands and increase their recovery rate by 200%.

[Spider Shadow Control] (Active Skill 3): A natural deterrent to all insect-like creatures, and it can also dominate insect-like creatures that aren’t more than one stage higher than the caster.

When attacking insects, damage increases by 200%. Caster also gains 40% immunity to damage.

...

Although Link only took a cursory look, he couldn’t help but burst with joy!

Super God-grade profession, with ‘God of Evil’s heir’ as her race! Not only was her potential amazing, but her battle power was equally terrifying with the long list of passive and active skills!

It could be said that Luo Haoyue was a terrifying existence even among Star-rank powerhouses. She was powerful enough to suppress others of the same class!

He had really gotten lucky this time! If not for Luo Haoyue treating him as the Spider God’s envoy, another vicious fight would be required in order to eliminate the Black Dragon Gang completely.

The most important thing was that Luo Haoyue’s [Spider Shadow Control] skill could definitely play a huge role in the next Zerg invasion!

It seems like there is some good in the ‘man-made god plan,’ thought Link, who had taken the Black Dragon Gang’s fruits of labor, silently.

...

At the same time.

In a wilderness cemetery more than 100 miles from Dragon City.

A muffled sound could suddenly be heard coming from inside a coffin on the bare ground. The crow that paused on it spread its wings and flew away with a hoarse cry.

Then, there was a bang!

The coffin board flew more than ten meters away, and a figure suddenly sat up from the coffin.

It was Jiang Cheng. He touched his neck and seemed to be in a state of shock. “I’m sure you didn’t expect me to still be alive, Link. It’s a pity that the Death Substitute Puppet can only revive my body. It can’t transfer the stuff in the personal backpack...”