dhibooks Chapter 162 Killer Crocodile Enhanced! Humanoid Transport Ship
Chapter 162 Killer Crocodile Enhanced! Humanoid Transport Ship
Chapter 162 Killer Crocodile Enhanced! Humanoid Transport Ship
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"This...this is impossible!"
The deer antler totem covered its face, unable to utter a single word after being hit.
"The Crimson of All Beings naturally repels other forces. Even Akane, before completely corrupting the Crimson of All Beings, could never use the power of the Corrupting Black within it!"
(Note: Anton Arkansas, the embodiment of the corrupt black, is of equal status to Michael Sheen and the Swamp Monster Alec Holland, who are still in the womb. He is the mastermind behind the major event "The Arrival of the Corrupt Kingdom" in the New 52.)
Chen Tao remained silent.
Poison Ivy replicated Bane's miracle of merging the green of all things with the black of decay on him, and no one could understand the significance of such a transformation until they truly experienced it themselves.
Simply saying "users who possess two powers simultaneously" might cause some misunderstanding, making people think that they can only use the two powers separately. However, if someone has carefully analyzed the performance of Bane and another user of the two powers, the Black Orchid, they can intuitively feel that they do not use them separately, but rather they merge them into a new power.
For example, the Black Orchid can make its limbs grow like vines, but in essence, these vine-like twisted bodies are still flesh and blood; another example is that Bane can use the power of decaying black to create zombies, but the zombies he creates are covered with vines and flowers of the green of all things, and even their vomit can grow into a plant on the ground, and they can even use these vines to strengthen themselves.
Therefore, for Chen Tao, the way he controlled the mysterious and elusive power of the Metal Spirit, which he could sense but could not directly manifest, to enter the Crimson of All Beings was fundamentally different from the invasion of the Corrupt Black.
The Corrupted Black could only create the decaying islands floating on the red ocean that they had seen before. Essentially, it replaced the Red of All Beings with the Corrupted Black, while the original Red of All Beings was "eaten up". But he was different. He essentially fused the spirit of metal into the Red of All Beings, while the original Red of All Beings was still "still there", only with some new things added to it.
This is why he was able to so easily and recklessly create these robots in the very center of the Red Realm of All Beings.
These robots were not created by him in essence, but rather he created them by fusing the Spirit of Metal and the Crimson of All Beings, thereby stealing a portion of the Crimson of All Beings' authority and using its power.
The specific steps are as follows:
He originally possessed a small amount of the power of the Crimson of All Beings, only about 0.01%, which was negligible; however, he possessed 100% of the Spirit of Metal. When he combined the Spirit of Metal with the Crimson of All Beings, this 0.01% power became 10%.
This is a mathematical fallacy! Who taught you to do math like this?
But it happened anyway. In a way, it was something no one had ever seen before. Neither Bain nor the Black Orchid could have done such a thing, because neither of them could have 100% authority over any natural energy. Even the King of Life, Michael, who was still in the womb, couldn't—there was the Totem Council and others who shared power with him!
But the Spirit of Metal... who will share the power of the Spirit of Metal with Chen Tao? Cyborg? Colossus? One of them is still playing in the rugby league, and the other is still struggling in the laboratory.
Moreover, even if they could share, Chen Tao would have to be willing to share with them! The Totem Council is in the midst of the Red of All Beings, and is forced to relinquish its authority to create the King of Life as its representative to protect the Red of All Beings in the mortal world. Chen Tao himself is in the mortal world, so why would he need a representative?
"Help, my totem masters!"
The guardians of the Crimson of All Beings howled, but after a while, they found that the pain had completely subsided. They looked at each other, utterly bewildered. They were the souls of the lower-level representatives of the Crimson of All Beings from past generations, reconstructed within the Crimson of All Beings. If lower-level representatives like Killer Crocodiles or Human-Faced Bats died, they would also become one of them.
They were the last line of defense, having lived long enough to fight against external threats for the red of all living beings. They had battled both the green of all things and the black of decay. But what was happening now left them completely bewildered.
Metal parts climbed onto their bodies, one by one, and then seamlessly integrated into them, as smooth as butter melting in hot chocolate. They instantly combined with their strong bodies sculpted by the Crimson of All Beings, and many even felt that their strength had increased.
Some people have grown seventeen or eighteen mechanical arms on their backs, like Doctor Octopus, with each arm equipped with an energy cannon.
Some people's wings on their backs turned directly into the wings of jet fighters. Before they knew it, flames shot out from the wings on their backs, carrying them into the sky like a kite with a broken string, and then they were planted upside down in the ground like rice seedlings.
Some people have even discovered that their feet have turned into wheels, allowing them to glide around on the ground like ice skaters;
This bizarre enhancement made them uneasy, and worst of all, when they tried to use these enhancements to deal with the suddenly appearing robot enemies, the mechanical enhancements on their bodies began to rebel.
Just look at that soldier screaming in pain as a mechanical arm sprouts from his back, and that unlucky guy who keeps getting planted in the ground like rice seedlings by the wings on his back...
"My lords, we can't hold on much longer! We must make a decision soon—" The kobold warrior, still speaking to the totems, hadn't even finished his sentence when his completely mechanized tail smacked him on the forehead, knocking him unconscious instantly. The unruly mechanical tail, not content with that, struck the already unconscious dog's head again.
The rhinoceros totem slammed down a robot that was leaping up with its claws outstretched, and shouted, "Itanesius, think of something quick!"
"I'm thinking!" The cat totem "Socks" was called by its original name, and the cat was so anxious that sweat was dripping from its forehead.
The guards inside the Crimson of All Beings are not having an easy time at all. The warriors guarding the Crimson of All Beings are skilled in battle and have the advantage of the terrain. They are fully capable of defeating any invaders. Even the Corrupt Black cannot defeat them without being corrupted.
"Bring back Animal Warrior Buddy Baker right now!"
"Enough! Have you forgotten that this generation's Animal Warrior, Buddy Baker, wasn't given his full power? You all poured all that damn power into that King of Life who was still in his mother's womb!"
The brain of the cat totem "Socks" is spinning wildly—if it even still has that organ.
It's obvious that Animal Warrior can't come back to help. Even if he could, there wouldn't be enough time. He doesn't have the ability of the King of Life to jump directly through the life network and instantly reach the center of the Red Realm of All Beings.
The current situation is that the army is collapsing like a house of cards, and the battle lines of these Red Guardians of All Beings are about to collapse. Robots are even breaking through the defenses and rushing towards them.
They are a group of totems, the souls of past generations of "Animal Warriors" who have died. They may have been very strong once, but now they are merely souls clinging to life amidst the red of humanity, possessing little real power.
In this respect, they are the same as the Green of All Things. Every generation of Swamp Monsters returns to the Green of All Things, becoming a tree stump rooted in the earth, losing all their power, and can even be burned to death by fire.
"Batman, we need to talk."
Chen Tao remained silent, his face expressionless.
Yes, the Crimson of All Beings is indeed very important and great, but that doesn't mean the Totem Council is great. They are completely different things and cannot be confused at all.
In the original comic, all the totem spirits of the Totem Council were killed, but did this affect the Crimson of All Beings in any way?
Absolutely not.
Socks and the Shepherd from the Bone Garden (Note: The Shepherd is the ferryman of the Red Souls, responsible for receiving the souls of the dead. He once brought Animal Warrior Buddy Baker out of the Red Souls' underworld, the Bone Garden. He is a goat-headed, lion-faced man) easily inherited their authority and continued to maintain the operation of the Red Souls without lifting a finger.
And most importantly, they aren't human, so even if we kill them...
Chen Tao deliberately unleashed his killing intent, knowing full well that the cat opposite him would sense it. And most importantly, his killing intent was genuine…
That should be enough of a deterrent.
"We'd be happy to get you a green Tyrannosaurus Rex. It's easy; all we have to do is use the power of the Red of All Beings to create it. Stop, Batman. Our target has always been the Corrupt Black. It's our common enemy. We can't afford to waste time on internal conflicts."
Now you're suddenly thinking about a common enemy?
"That's not enough," Chen Tao said succinctly.
Socks took a deep breath, recalling what Killer Croc had said on the ship, and then said, "We are willing to grant you more power from the Crimson of All Beings."
He has the right to say that. They are the Totem Council. If it were the Tree Council of the Green World next door, they could just give all their power to the Swamp Monster and leave nothing for themselves, which would have almost led to their own destruction in the original comics. But the Totem Council always likes to hold back. They are fully capable of giving all the power, but they just want to keep some.
"I demand that you grant me the power to enter the Crimson Realm at any time," Chen Tao said, glancing around. "I know you can't allow me to spatially jump within the Crimson Realm like the King of Life, but what I need is the ability to travel within it."
Life network leaps like those of Michael Xin, the Queen of Life, are like this: for example, she can "jump" into the mouse in front of her and then, through the red of all beings, instantly "jump" out from another seagull hundreds of kilometers away, achieving an effect similar to teleportation.
What Chen Tao needed was to jump from reality into the Red of All Beings, just like the cat totem "Socks" had led them through, and then "jump" back into the real world, achieving the effect of spatial displacement. However, this was merely transferring the "travel" in reality to the Red of All Beings, which was not as convenient as Michael Xin's, but required even less authority.
"The Crimson of All Beings will never agree..." The antler totem wanted to say more, but was immediately met with a fierce challenge from Chen Tao.
The cat totem stopped the rhinoceros totem, who was about to say something, and ignored the lion totem's objection and the tortoise and ape totem's agreement, directly deciding: "We can grant you such power; with our current authority, we can certainly do it."
He addressed the other totems, saying, "Don't let anger blind you!" He raised two cat paws: "Don't you sense that the red of all beings seems to be growing stronger?"
Before his two companions could say anything, he turned to Chen Tao and said:
"I agree."
He said, "I can totally let you..."
"No, it wasn't me," Chen Tao said. He stepped aside Killer Crocodile, who was still watching the show from the sidelines. "It was him."
Killer Crocodile: ? ? ?
"Don't think I don't know how you give others powers, like Buddy Baker, the Animal Transformer. That's basically taking out all the internal organs and tidying them up, leaving the person completely unconscious. I don't have the guts to lose consciousness in front of you."
Chen Tao said irritably, "So that's why I brought the Killer Croc."
"Good, I've caught you!" Killer Croc shouted. "I knew you harbored evil intentions and had long wanted to harm all living beings. You even pretended to tell me not to say those things earlier!"
"I genuinely came with a friendly and peaceful mindset from the start!" Chen Tao emphasized to him, "They're the ones forcing me!"
"Do you think I'd believe that?" Killer Crocodile lamented, "I knew you couldn't change your ways. Your so-called 'avoid provoking hostility' was just a pretense to lure them into attacking you, then find an excuse to swindle them. Darkness, it's truly dark."
The several grumpy-faced totems opposite him felt a pang of sympathy; darkness, it was truly too dark.
In all the hundreds of years of my life, I have never encountered such a wicked bastard!
"You fucking bastards, I really am..." Chen Tao finally gave up explaining. In their eyes, he was already a scheming super villain who couldn't be redeemed, so let them think that way.
"Hurry up now!"
Soon the red totems of all beings summoned some "tailors," these alien-like ugly creatures with enormous heads.
They were the modification experts of the Crimson Clan, and Animal Hero Buddy Baker was their masterpiece. Soon, Killer Croc was tied to the table and then fell into a deep sleep.
First the heart, liver, spleen, and lungs, then the bone marrow and brain; they stuffed one life network after another into it.
"Don't even think about doing anything under my nose," Chen Tao said. "I also control a portion of the Red of All Beings, and I can see perfectly well what you do to him."
The totems exchanged glances.
"We would never do something so despicable and shameless."
Apart from the antler totem that had been beaten unconscious (perhaps feigning it), all the totem spirits chattered and sang in unison, their voices filled with resentment:
"We are the totem of kindness."
"We are the guardians of life and justice."
"You're right, we're good people, good people who are being extorted."
"We're not as bad as you!"
"We never intended to do anything to anyone!"
"Bad guys always think so negatively of others!"
Chen Tao was speechless.
After a chaotic reloading process, Killer Croc quickly transformed.
I'm coming back from my exam this afternoon! I hope I don't fail, sob sob!!!
(End of this chapter)