Even if the Deity Realm superhumans knew that everything in front of them was an illusion, it was difficult for them to fight against the brainwaves of the monster's mastermind. The brainwaves turned into nerve impulses that bombarded the depths of their brains.
It had to be known that this was a world where consciousness reacted strongly against matter.
The high-frequency and high-intensity stimulation of nerve currents could hijack the human brain and send wrong orders to the organs in the body, which would cause physical damage to the body.
Shao Zhengyang told Meng Chao about a battle from a long time ago.
At that time, he had not become a general yet. He was just leading a commando squad and carrying out combat missions at the frontlines.
Near their camp, a superhuman went through spirit energy deviation and became a lost person. He committed all sorts of crimes.
The man had extraordinary methods and escaped the joint pursuit of the secret police and bounty hunters. He fled into the depths of the forest, and they could only ask the garrison to surround and kill him.
Shao Zhengyang and the lost person ran into each other in the depths of the forest, and they fought for three hundred rounds. Shao Zhengyang seized the chance when the lost person was covered in injuries and revealed a weakness in his mind to plant an illusion in the depths of the man's mind. It made the lost person see lightning descending from the sky, and thousands of lightning bolts danced around him like silver snakes. They surrounded him and devoured him.
In the end, the lost person's body showed signs of being burned by high-voltage electricity. He was badly burned, and smoke came out of his body. He could only surrender.
After that, he was sent to the hospital for a full examination. The results showed that the lost person's cells were rubbing against each other at high speed, and his injuries were similar to spontaneous combustion. They were the same as real electric shock injuries!
And Shao Zhengyang was not a pure illusionist and mind controller.
The monster's mastermind was a peerless elite in this area.
"I knew very well that what I saw was an illusion. The so-called Super Tyrannosaurus Rex and the iron foot surrounded by spirit flames didn't exist," Shao Zhengyang said.
Shao Zhengyang said, "But I know even better that if I were to be trampled by this gigantic iron foot in the illusion, my central nervous system would automatically send the wrong command to all the cells in my body, causing every cell to be stimulated to the extreme and release the greatest power to defend against the attack that didn't exist.
"In that case, my body will erupt with an astonishing power from the inside out.
"Without an external force to balance it, I will be like a deep-sea fish that has been caught from the bottom of the ocean. I will expand to the limit at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, with a pop, I will explode!
"The other Godly State experts are in the same situation as me.
"Even though we all know that everything we see is fake, we all know that it's all fake.
"But the instructions that the enemy implanted into our brains by hijacking our cerebral cortex and nerve centers through brainwave interference are real.
"If we just sit here and wait for death, there's a real possibility that we'll go berserk and die from spontaneous combustion.
"So, just like all the other gods, I could only struggle bitterly in the illusory world and barely resist it.
"After we reviewed the situation, we learned that most of the attacks we executed carelessly hit our teammates.
"There's nothing we can do about it. The space here is too small, and there are too many of us. The monster mastermind even hijacked our vision, hearing, smell, and touch systems. It ingeniously led us to fight against each other and kill each other, which added some physical effects to the illusory killing formation, which was originally illusory.
"This is truly the most soul-stirring and tragic battle we have ever experienced in our lives.
"After this battle, practically all the Deity Realm superhumans, including me, suffered irreversible injuries.
"I'm afraid we'll never be able to recover to our peak state!"
"What?"
Meng Chao was shocked.
But when he thought about it carefully, it made sense.
It has to be known that in his previous life, Dragon City had lost more than ten Deity Realm superhumans, including Battle God Lei Zongchao, before they managed to win the Monster War with great difficulty.
Even though the monster mastermind was severely weakened by the rebirth effect and only had around twenty to thirty percent of its strength left, it did not manage to kill even one Deity Realm superhuman.
But it was still more than enough to deal irreversible damage to more than ten Deity Realm superhumans. Otherwise, it would not have lived up to its status as the boss of the newbie village!
But …
"Why haven't I heard anyone mention this?"
Meng Chao mumbled. "The media are all saying that we didn't even have to fight and that we won, especially the Deity Realm superhumans. They didn't even lose a single hair!"
"That's just publicity. The Deity Realm superhumans aren't just the pillars of Dragon City's civilization, they're also the guardians of the interest groups. If the outside world learns just how badly we're injured and that we might not even be able to keep our Deity Realm superhumans, it will bring about incalculable consequences to the interest groups."
Shao Zhengyang stopped talking for a moment. His gaze was profound, and he said in a profound manner, "Right now, the major forces of power and interest groups are like hungry hyenas surrounding the legacy of the monster civilization. They're wary of each other and are quietly confronting each other. Everyone wants to eat a few more juicy pieces of meat, but no one wants to be the first to pounce on them and become the target of everyone. The situation is very subtle, so no one wants to easily reveal their weakness."
Meng Chao's mind raced, and he instantly understood what Shao Zhengyang meant.
At the end of the day, the Other World was a place where the strong preyed on the weak, and the victors were kings.
Regardless of the scale, industry, profit model, and research ability of any interest group, in the end, the only thing that mattered was the absolute strength of the person in charge.
For example, Superstar had been playing a lot of tricks in the capital market over the past two years.
After they took over Spirit Creation Creatures, they built up their talent echelon and their biochemical technology reserves, and they were considered the best in the industry.
Meng Yishan's status as a retired Red Dragon Army soldier and Qin Hu's status as a veteran hunter allowed them to establish a lot of connections.
But at the end of the day, Superstar was able to develop so quickly because of Meng Chao's status as the youngest Heaven Realm superhuman in Dragon City.
If it were not for the fact that Meng Chao's fighting strength had been increasing by leaps and bounds over the past few years, allowing the major forces of power to see the endless potential hidden in the depths of his blood and be willing to invest an astronomical sum in him, Superstar would not have been able to develop so quickly.
Perhaps Superstar would only be able to become the leader in the middle-tier and low-tier harvesting market.
The principle behind the nine great mega corporations was the same.
Regardless of what their main business was and how they could do whatever they wanted in the capital market, the foundation behind them was still the nine strongest Deity Realm superhumans in Dragon City, who were second only to Battle God Lei Zongchao.
The Red Dragon Army's rise to power over the past twenty years was also closely related to Thunder God Shao Zhengyang and a large group of powerful fighters in the military improving by leaps and bounds. They also used brainwave resonance to gather the wills of thousands of soldiers, which gave birth to powerful fighting souls and other group attacks.
Regardless of whether it was the nine great mega corporations, the six great universities, the four great research centers, or even the Red Dragon Army.
If any Deity Realm superhuman was heavily injured or died, it would cause a huge earthquake in the interest groups. In fact, the entire industry and capital market would be reshuffled.
Right then, the major forces of power in Dragon City had to face the problem of how to split the pie of the monster civilization's legacy.
At such a delicate moment, the severity of the injuries of any expert at the Godrank Realm, the possibility of recovery, whether there would be any side effects, whether he would suffer from qi deviation …. All of these problems were directly related to how much of the pie the force he led would be able to get.
It was no wonder then why the Deity Realm superhumans were so secretive about their injuries.
"All the Deity Realm superhumans who participated in this battle were heavily injured, but no one was willing to tell anyone just how serious their injuries were."
Shao Zhengyang smiled wanly. "Even I can only guess other people's injuries based on my own injuries.
"And on the surface, we have to pretend that we're uninjured. In fact, we have to pretend that we've mastered our skills after this battle. That's the only way we'll be able to take the initiative when it comes to the distribution of the spoils of war and the future development of our factions.
"Just wait and see. This isn't over just yet!
"Before long, the major forces of power in Dragon City will start fighting against each other. The powerful fighters will rack their brains to test and countertest each other. They'll do everything they can to figure out the other party's strength. In fact, they might even turn against each other over the legacy of the monster civilization and fight against each other!"
"That's right. When we face a threat to our survival and a common enemy, we'll be good brothers who will fight to the death with each other, but when our common enemy falls and the threat to our survival is gone, we'll immediately turn against each other and settle our debts. We'll turn against each other and turn against each other. This is just human nature!"
Lei Zongchao sighed and said, not finding this strange. "So, the legacy the monster civilization left us isn't just a hot potato, but it's also filled with poisoned needles?
"This sort of monster mastermind is too terrifying. Even if it died, we wouldn't be able to rest in peace."
"That's right. With the mastermind's powerful mental strength, if it had just grabbed a few Deity Realm superhumans and refused to let them go, it should have been able to take away a few of the people who died with it, but it split its strength evenly, so all the Deity Realm superhumans who surrounded it were only heavily injured. They didn't die."
Shao Zhengyang's smile became even more bitter. "In the beginning, we thought that we were lucky. We thought that Lady Luck was on Dragon City's side, and that's why all of us survived.
"But now that I think about it carefully, this sort of outcome where all the Deity Realm superhumans suffered irreversible damage of varying degrees isn't as good as a few Deity Realm superhumans dying!
"Perhaps the monster mastermind realized that it had no hope of winning, so it intentionally used this method to … send its final curse to Dragon City."
Meng Chao nodded in his heart.
"Uncle Shao, it's just as you said. The monster mastermind is so powerful that it trapped all the Deity Realm superhumans in its illusion. They couldn't get out of it, and they even attacked each other and were heavily injured. Then, how did you win against it?"
He could not understand it, and he could not help but ask.
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