"I'm ashamed to say this, but we didn't kill the monster mastermind. It overloaded itself and burned to death," Shao Zhengyang told Meng Chao.
The illusion killing formation of the monster mastermind was powerful, but if it wanted to trap more than twenty Deity Realm superhumans at the same time, it had to pay a devastating price.
Regardless of whether it was the human brain, monster brain, or silicon-based computing chips, when they operated at high speed, they needed to use up a lot of energy and release a lot of heat.
Most of the time, what limited performance was not the performance of the brain or the chips themselves, but the temperature.
To a supercomputer, the cooling system was one of the most important core units.
And to the human brain, if it racked its brains and thought too much, it would easily burn up.
The diameter of the superbrain in the monster nest was hundreds of meters, and its volume was more than ten million times that of a normal human brain. Heat dissipation was naturally a major problem.
It has to be known that when the surface area of an object doubled, its volume would increase by several times.
And heat dissipation could only be done through the surface area.
This was why the larger a living being was, the higher its internal temperature was, and the harder it was for it to dissipate heat.
Hence, when the monster mastermind stimulated the brain tissues and released incredibly powerful brainwaves, the temperature at the core of the superbrain rose from dozens of degrees Celsius to hundreds of degrees Celsius, and even more than one thousand degrees Celsius!
Even if the interior of this super brain was filled with winding "cooling pipes", it was still not enough.
The material that constituted the "brain tissue" was a foreign cell that was extremely sturdy and could resist the extreme heat and cold.
Even so, it could not withstand the terrifying heat that came from a steel furnace after a long period of intense fighting.
Besides, there were more than twenty Deity Realm superhumans at the core of the superbrain who activated their vitality magnetic fields and swung their weapons.
Even if most of their attacks landed on their teammates, the superbrain still suffered great damage.
The shockwaves that spread out, the rampaging spirit flames, and the howling saber glares and sword qis still managed to injure the superbrain. Even the cooling system inside was shattered.
This was a battle of wills.
They were competing to see who could exhaust the other to death.
Fortunately, the humans had the last laugh.
"I was struggling in the illusion of the super crawling creatures rampaging about. There were a few times when I felt tired and wanted to fall limp on the ground so that the monster horde could trample me into a pile of mush," Shao Zhengyang said.
"But when I thought about how there were millions of Red Dragon Soldiers behind me and how if I died, the monster horde would rise again and kill countless Red Dragon Soldiers, even if I fell into hell, I wouldn't be able to wash away my sins.
"So, I clenched my teeth time and time again, condensing my mind into an invisible rope, pulling on my body that was about to fall apart, and ran forward with all my might. In the end, I couldn't tell which way was east, and I could only rely on my instincts to dodge.
"Just when a gigantic reptile with magma flowing all over its body opened its bloody mouth and was about to shoot a high-heat ray at me, and I couldn't dodge in time no matter how hard I tried, a deafening roar suddenly came from the depths of the sky.
"All the super crawling creatures, the volcanoes in the distance, the tumbling lead clouds, and the sputtering rain of fire instantly stopped.
"Immediately after, the world turned from three-dimensional to flat, from color to black and white, from life-like to mottled, and like a frozen and fragile mirror, it cracked and shattered.
"I returned to the real world, the monster nest, and the depths of the superbrain. I looked at each other at a loss with the other Deity Realm superhumans who had just woken up.
"We saw that the superbrain, which originally had a grayish-white stone texture, turned dark red due to the frenzied stimulation from the monster mastermind. It was nearly one thousand degrees Celsius hot, and it looked like a burning metal.
"Even if the brain cells of carbon-based creatures had spirit energy protecting their bodies, it's impossible for them to be exposed to such terrifying heat for a long period of time.
"Just as I expected, a lot of brain tissue was burning in the depths of the superbrain. Some of the regions had already melted and caved in.
"The spirit energy that was originally restrained by the vitality magnetic field and should have flowed in an orderly manner along the spirit tattoos rushed out like a flood and caused even more damage to the superbrain.
"Countless spirit flames gushed out of the holes that were originally used to cool down the super brain. Like natural gas leaking out, they gathered above the cerebral cortex and formed a colorful sea of fire.
"The monster mastermind burned and danced in the dazzling sea of fire. It turned into countless crystalline bubbles.
"In the end, the bubbles popped like soap bubbles, and the monster mastermind was reduced to ashes.
"In just a short half a century, especially during the final few minutes, the superbrain released all the energy it had accumulated over millions of years of slumber, and it sank into a new round of slumber.
"This is the end of the monster civilization."
Shao Zhengyang's voice was deep.
His voice was filled with sentiments and respect for a powerful enemy.
The scene he described caused Meng Chao's expression to change.
Meng Chao could not help but ask, "The monster mastermind clearly has intelligence that surpasses that of humans. Even when it was surrounded by flames and on the verge of destruction, it never thought about … surrendering?"
"Imagine that you are a human being who claims to be the wisest of all creatures. One day, a conflict breaks out between the civilization of mankind and the civilization of canines. Human beings are losing, and countless people are killed by canines. In the end, you are the only one left.
Shao Zhengyang said, "At that time, the dogs on the other side will agree to let you live, but the condition is that you must be chained up forever and become a dog's dog. Can you accept such a fate?"
Meng Chao fell silent.
Indeed, even though most of the monsters were ferocious beasts, there were still a lot of them.
But if the monster civilization really originated from the ancient civilization, then a life form with outstanding intelligence like the monster mastermind would naturally have its own dignity and pride.
"It will never surrender."
Shao Zhengyang sighed. "It's too smart. It's so smart that it knows how humans think. Forget about the great hatred between human civilization and monster civilization, just the fact that it has such mysterious and powerful biochemical technology and the ability to control monster hordes alone is enough for humans to not allow it to live comfortably in its bed.
"Even if humans accept its surrender, they will definitely implant all sorts of chips in its body and constantly monitor its brainwaves and nerve reactions. They will also periodically inject gene medicine to keep it weak. They will even make it go through all sorts of inhumane experiments.
"It has a lot of experience in this area. Don't forget, it absorbed part of Jin Qianxi's brain tissue and memories.
"Perhaps it would rather die than repeat Jin Qianxi's fate.
"So, even when it turned into bubbles, it did not beg for mercy. Instead, while laughing madly, it released its final curse."
"What sort of curse?"
Meng Chao asked. "Did it curse Dragon City to be destroyed like Peach Blossom Town?"
"No." Shao Zhengyang shook his head.
"It didn't curse Dragon City to be destroyed. Instead, it hoped that we could live forever."
"What?"
Meng Chao was stunned. "Eternal life?"
"That's right. It cursed Dragon City to forever exist in pain, darkness, and chaos," Shao Zhengyang said.
"It cursed all the people living in Dragon City to forever be driven by ambition and desire. They would never be satisfied or calm. They would never be able to satisfy their desires and be filled with anxiety.
"It cursed all the powerful people in Dragon City to become slaves to money and power. They would have to rack their brains to chase after 'richer' and 'stronger' every second. For these two goals, they would give up on everything in their lives.
"It cursed all the weak people in Dragon City to be enslaved by the strong forever. They would cry quietly in the face of disease and famine during the cold nights.
"It cursed human civilization. Even if we could sweep through the Other World and conquer all the alien races, we would end up like Earth. We would be divided into hundreds of countries that would fight against each other endlessly. In fact, we would develop superweapons that are even stronger than nuclear bombs and flatten the Other World, just like Earth.
"It cursed us. Even if we could obtain all the strength of the primordial civilizations and march out of the Other Dimension into the sea of stars, conquering one planet after another, we would never be able to find the destination of the journey. We could only continue to conquer mechanically, numbly, and futilely like zombies controlled by their appetites.
This was … the strangest curse Meng Chao had ever heard.
But when he thought about it carefully, it contained a power that was even colder than the destruction of the apocalypse.
Meng Chao gulped and mumbled, "The monster mastermind turned to dust just like that? Nothing was left behind?"
"No. Even though 99% of the mastermind's body turned into bubbles, it still left behind some things," Wu Haibo said.
"The spirit energy radiation here is too strong. We'll set up our temporary lab elsewhere. This way."
They continued moving forward along the sulcus.
Based on the structure of the human brain, a few silver tents were set up at the spot where they were about to reach the medulla oblongata.
There were only a few guards outside the tents.
They were all elites who had powerful presences and were surrounded by spirit flames.
In fact, they were even familiar faces who often appeared in the media, such as outstanding people like Soul Breaking Saber Luo Wu.
These elites naturally knew Battle God Lei Zongchao.
In fact, when they had just started their careers, they had received Lei Zongchao's careful guidance and were indebted to him for saving their lives.
When they saw Lei Zongchao appear, these influential people stood at attention with a loud bang. They were well-behaved and meticulous as they bowed to Lei Zongchao.
The lab was not big.
There was only a silver-white metal pedestal that had a diameter of two to three meters.
The octagonal pedestal had eight collapsible and multi-jointed mechanical arms.
Each of the mechanical arms had dozens of crystals embedded in them. The profound and complicated spirit tattoos carved on their surfaces shone with pure light.
The rainbow-like seven-colored light intersected with each other and created a strange buoyancy force that allowed a shining crystal fragment to levitate in the air.
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