Chapter 765: This Is At Least a Root-Level Being, Right?

With all these guarantees in place, the God of All Machines finally breathed a sigh of relief, a dangerous light flickering in his gaze.

He had spent boundless eons crossing obstacle after obstacle, generation after generation, all to bring the Artificial Intelligence Civilization to Mechanical Ascension and achieve complete unification.

But now.

He was forced to do the complete opposite, to once again differentiate his collective consciousness.

He knew the danger inherent in this.

But after witnessing with his own eyes the failure of the Colossus's charge against hell, he had also come to fully understand that with his current strength, breaking free from hell's grip was simply an absolute impossibility.

"Only by using this method can I establish my dominance over this hell more quickly. I believe it won't be too long!"

His enormous pupils narrowed slightly as the figures of the Colossus, Cyber, and the Titan flashed through his mind one by one.

A sliver of killing intent radiated from his gaze.

...

Nightfall City, lights flickering.

This city that seemed forever immersed in pitch-black darkness was now ablaze with brilliant illumination.

Whether on the streets or in the great plazas, Night Doctor after Night Doctor wearing plague doctor masks waited with tense excitement, not a single creature asleep.

Because they had long since witnessed the entirety of that epic battle outside the Cursed City through a livestream broadcast by some creature via the Sight.

Ten Root-level beings!

This was practically unprecedented in all of history, a massive free-for-all!

It involved the Flesh and Blood Cult, the Mechanical Cult, the Plague Doctors, and their own Nightfall City, all the top-tier factions in hell. And most importantly...

They had won!

"My heart nearly stopped! I haven't closed my eyes for a single moment these past few days. I never dreamed that in my lifetime, aside from the Matriarch, I'd get to see so many terrifying Root-level beings all at once! My life is complete!"

"So our Sir Aiwen is actually a Root-level existence too! As expected, the depth of Nightfall City's foundation is beyond anything we could imagine!"

"Absolutely terrifying, especially that fearsome Titan Giant! Are they also our allies from Nightfall City? They actually managed to suppress the Flesh and Blood Dominator and the Mechanical Cult's Sovereign single-handedly!"

Everyone buzzed with excited discussion.

In fact.

Throughout these past few days, such discussions had never ceased.

And the more observant ones had even compared the terrifying power levels of all the Root-level beings that had appeared in this battle, creating an exciting ranking.

Without question.

At least within the scope of the battle they had witnessed, that terrifying Titan Giant absolutely secured the number one spot without any surprise. After all, the very fact that they could suppress both the God of All Machines and the Flesh and Blood Dominator already proved the horror of their strength.

The deified Colossus was excluded, of course.

But the rankings after that sparked intense debate.

Many believed it should be the Flesh and Blood Dominator, because of the bizarre abilities they had displayed, even plunging the various Root-level beings into cursed madness at one point.

But others argued for the God of All Machines, because even under the siege of so many Root-level beings, he still stood unyielding to the end and successfully escaped. Moreover, it was obvious that with massive numbers of his mechanical legions suppressed by the Flesh Plague, his strength had definitely not been displayed at its full potential.

"Wait! You've all been debating who's stronger and who's weaker, but have you all forgotten about the cameraman? An existence that could record that entire war up close and sell it on the Sight, do you really think their strength would be anything to sneeze at?!"

And indeed.

The moment those words were spoken, the entire plaza erupted.

Everyone suddenly remembered that although those Root-level beings were all incredibly impressive, the truly most impressive one seemed to be that ruthless individual who had been livestreaming the war all along!

After all, they clearly remembered that in a previous livestream, that ruthless individual had even managed to get a first-person perspective of the Colossus's charge against hell! Was that something an ordinary creature could accomplish?

"But who is Double Wood? Such a strange pronunciation. Could they also be some formidable figure from our Nightfall City?"

"That should be right! After all, in that final livestream, the cameraman clearly participated in the siege against the Mechanical Sovereign. Even if they're not one of us, they should definitely be one of our allies!"

"Then with an existence that impressive, they're at least a Root-level being, right?!"

Because they were too strong!

Too strong!

And so, on that hotly debated ranking list, beneath the Titan Giant God in second place, another candidate was added.

Cameraman Double Wood (?)

But everyone was waiting, because they had already received word from Sir Aiwen in advance that they would soon leave that battlefield and return to Nightfall City, and those terrifying Root-level allies would also be temporarily staying here.

This was, it had to be said, both eagerly anticipated and nerve-wrackingly exciting.

"They're here! Look!"

And just as the crowd in the plaza was waiting, they suddenly saw with excitement that in the distant night sky shrouded by the black mist, densely packed points of light were slowly emerging. Beneath their feet, they could also faintly feel tremendous tremors, as if giants were walking upon the earth.

And when those points of light drew closer, they immediately saw with shock.

Those were warships!

A massive, densely packed fleet of warships!

And this advanced technology so utterly incompatible with the rest of hell was practically the hallmark of the Mechanical Cult. But soon, a grand voice booming from the direction of that dense fleet immediately dispelled their doubts.

"I am Sir Aiwen. Notify all armed garrison units within the city to immediately clear the various outposts outside the city. We are about to return."

That familiar voice resounded across the entire sky.

And they immediately recalled with excitement.

That's right.

In that final siege against the Mechanical Sovereign, they had worked together to capture a large number of mechanical warships from the Mechanical Units. Clearly, this was one of Nightfall City's spoils of war!

The entire city erupted in celebration.

The morale boost brought by this great victory was absolutely unimaginable for the entire Night Doctor Alignment!

And just as they were excitedly watching the warship fleet and waiting for them to land, suddenly, sparks burst from the outer hull of the lead flagship, and then all the lights on it began to flicker violently and rapidly.

And then, in the very next moment.

Under their frozen gazes, that massive leading warship curved downward in a graceful arc, and with a thunderous roar, crashed just outside Nightfall City.

Boom!

Like a nuclear bomb exploding, flames shot into the sky.