Chapter 487 - 236: High Wall, Predicament, Believers and the Buddha Master (2)

Chapter 487: Chapter 236: High Wall, Predicament, Believers and the Buddha Master (2)

The only way to quickly exterminate this crowd and utterly crush them was to douse them in massive amounts of liquid fuel and set them ablaze, burning them directly to cinders.

Setting fire to the city, reducing everything to ruins.

Yet even if the resource-starved Capital City could quickly gather tens of thousands of tons of liquid fuel—which was doubtful—Lin Feng couldn’t bring himself to commit such an atrocity.

It would be far better to use that much fuel to build a firewall to block the Zerg Race’s invasion.

It could also fuel vehicles to speed up the survivors’ evacuation.

And so, time ticked by, second by second, as one idea after another was proposed and rejected...

Lin Feng stood atop the high wall, his brow furrowed as he watched the shoving, jostling stream of people below, their faces etched with anxiety and bewilderment.

The teeming masses. They were still unaware that the fate awaiting them was an endless Abyss, ten thousand times more terrifying than death. They would become part of the Hive Will, never to find release for all eternity.

Just as Lin Feng was desperately trying to think of a solution, he suddenly spotted a vaguely familiar face in the vast crowd.

At that moment, a powerful impulse surged through him.

The person he saw was none other than one of the trio of charlatans he had encountered in the North Suburb of Jin City.

The first one he noticed was the fake monk.

His bald head and bloated, greasy figure were instantly recognizable in the crowd.

After Lin Feng had driven him and the trio’s leader—that young Daoist—out of Jin City, the man had said they were coming to the Federal Capital to find other so-called "Ones of Destiny."

His presence here meant the other two were here as well.

He recalled their so-called Doomsday Cult. It seemed to be cut from the same cloth as the Zerg God Cult that Jiang Yun’er had founded with the support of the Zerg Race Mother Empress, differing only in their object of worship.

A full month had passed. The fact that these guys were still here meant they had entered the city long before the Mother Empress encircled the Capital.

Over a month to grow...

With their knack for putting on a holy act, Lin Feng wouldn’t have been surprised if they had amassed tens or even hundreds of thousands of followers.

And if the Spiritual Power from that faith was absorbed and channeled through the fake monk’s unique Superpower, then transferred to the young Daoist who led their trio...

...he wouldn’t just break the Tier Two upper limit of one thousand.

Lin Feng felt it was entirely possible he could have reached Tier Three Early-Stage Perfection.

’If that’s the case, with his powerful Superpower, he must have also sensed that something is wrong with the city.’

’Ling Yi isn’t here to offer advice. Maybe this group has stayed because they already have a way to break this deadlock?’

Lin Feng mused to himself. ’I don’t have any ideas right now anyway. Might as well ask them.’

Having made up his mind, the small figure on the high wall vanished with a SWOOSH.

The next moment, a young man in a black tracksuit with a Golden Arm Guard on his arm suddenly appeared in the packed crowd outside the exit.

By now, more and more people from inside the city were surging toward the exit.

Seeing this, many of the smarter people chose to take a detour, walking an extra four or five kilometers to another exit under the defensive wall.

From there, they would have to take another long route to catch up with the breakout forces to the Northwest, which was their only chance of escape.

Lin Feng concealed his aura and pulled down his rolled-up sleeves to cover the Golden Arm Guard, hoping to avoid drawing attention. He then melted into the sea of people, silently approaching the fake monk’s position.

Soon, as the distance between them shrank, Lin Feng used his powerful senses to eavesdrop on their conversation from a hundred meters away, despite the incredibly noisy surroundings.

"Buddha Master, our informant reports that the Sect Leader of those Heretics has suddenly disappeared. The scene was a bloodbath. The Tier Two Genetic Warriors protecting her were all brutally killed. It’s suspected they were ambushed by a group of powerful experts."

"They suspect General Qin from the South District is involved."

The fake monk, now revered as the Buddha Master, grinned even wider.

"Excellent, excellent! The heavens are truly aiding our Divine Sect! I’ll go inform the Prophesied Son of this news at once."

"I’m leaving this to you. When the time is right, launch the operation. Seize the checkpoint at the exit and let our followers leave ahead of the others."

"Great disaster is upon us. Believe in the Divine Sect and find the path to survival."

With that, the fake monk slowly rose to his feet. He was a staggering two and a half meters tall. The fat of his waist and belly hung down over his knees, and a kasaya, likely stolen from some Buddha statue, could barely conceal his greasy bulk.

Lin Feng remembered him being only about 1.8 meters tall, looking like a stout gourd under his kasaya. He’d never imagined that in just one month, the man would have inflated to such a size.

The people nearby stared in astonishment at this giant who resembled a living Buddha statue, and they quickly backed away.

Awakeners were a dime a dozen in the Capital City, many with strange Superpowers like conjuring fire or ice. Body transformations like the fake monk’s weren’t unheard of.

After a while, you got used to seeing such things.

Besides, while the man had a kind face, the powerful aura he radiated was not one to be trifled with.

As the fake monk made his eye-catching departure, the Identification results appeared in Lin Feng’s vision:

「Buddha Master, Lv. 29/29」

「Life Value: 980, Physique: 910, Spirit: 990」

「Superpower Awakening—Spiritual Extraction」

「Spiritual Extraction: Can extract 40% of the Spiritual Energy from nearby allies and either absorb it for personal use or transfer it to a designated ally.」

「Note: The extraction and transfer of Spiritual Energy requires the voluntary consent of both parties and will result in side effects such as mental exhaustion or excessive physical strain.」

「Note: The target is continuously absorbing Spiritual Energy from those nearby. He has already accumulated over 1,500 points of Spiritual Energy Value within his body. Spiritual Attribute additional reserve value: +1500.」