Chapter 434: The Strongest Late Stage, Cthulhu Evil God (Combined)

“Assistant Brain, retrieve the genetic characteristics of this aggregate creature,” Xu Zhi thought aloud.

Although he was usually calm, at this moment, he felt a subtle thrill. After all, it was his own mechanical combat armor. A high-gundam-style mech suit was every man's dream, a feeling akin to a car enthusiast finally acquiring a limited-edition supercar worth eight million.

From this moment on, Xu Zhi possessed his own true, personal weapon!

A Cthulhu-esque combat suit. Unless something unforeseen happened, this weapon should accompany him on his future path, staying with him for life. After all, the Cthulhu Evil God could be dismantled and transformed into a mech suit, a long sword, a meteor hammer, or various other weapons... Its future combat power would be no less than Medusa's!

The mechanical assistant brain replied:

“Retrieved.”

A pale blue virtual screen appeared before his eyes.

Attributes:

Land of the Gods, Achilles.

Genetic Traits: Spiked Carapace, Form Shift, Regeneration from Blood, Eternal Existence.

Tier Level: Level 7 Sky Emperor.

(Capable of infinite growth, potential unknown.)

“Not bad, though the name 'Land of the Gods, Achilles' might need changing... After all, plans change. We no longer need the 'Land of the Gods'; they’ve already self-interpreted the setting, eliminating any world-building loopholes.” Xu Zhi said calmly.

The Cube creatures were the result of the diligent labor of three million "tool-player" users from the Wizard Community, meditating in shifts. They were helping him forge his personal, exclusive weapon. An "elite Zerg Queen's Guard" had already been formed. This was his direct, personal force. These cells, when combined, currently possessed the combat power of a Sky Emperor, albeit an ordinary one.

“Roughly 18,000 Level 4 cubes.”

Xu Zhi looked down at the disassembled small black cube blocks on the ground, resembling a pile of intricate children’s toy pieces. “After Level 4, they gain simple intelligence and can mechanically meditate and cultivate... The earliest batch of cubes, under my time flow of one hundred years per day, already had 1,374 turn into Level 5 cubes. But their aptitude is still too low. A normal cultivator would probably be Level 6 by now. Still, it's normal for a single unit not to be strong; they are part of the Cthulhu Evil God’s body tissue, and their true strength comes from fusion.”

He began to count the cube parts acquired over the past two months, the gains and losses from his strategic interactions with the players. He piled the cubes on the table; it was enough to fill about two washbasins, enough to create a mech suit that could seat an infant, essentially a toy mech suit roughly half the size of a person.

“Nearly 20,000 finished cubes in total... It seems far from enough. I still need to propagate them.”

He was a little speechless. He went out for about a minute, and his space ring then released thirty bags of rice, purchased in batches from various nearby town rice shops. The white grains spread across the rooftop, creating an incredibly grand sight.

“Assistant Brain, access the gene bank and propagate the Cube race!” Xu Zhi thought.

The mechanical voice responded:

“Accessing gene bank...”

“Propagating...”

Spores were released, growing at a terrifying and visibly rapid rate on the rooftop. They consumed the energy from the rice grains and the provided water, quickly maturing into tiny cube organisms.

While propagating, Xu Zhi stood on the rooftop, overlooking the vast Wizard World diorama in the distant orchard. A gloomy atmosphere seemed to shroud the sky. “It's getting gloomier, like a haunted land, a graveyard.”

He felt a bit helpless.

“Five hundred years have passed. The ancient lava land has seen the birth and destruction of an Ishdal civilization, yet their anomalies continue to intensify, gestate, and become part of the world... But of course, the development of the Three Realms was always relatively peaceful. The more advanced a world becomes, the more mature and stable it gets, requiring longer periods for change... Even later on, I might only need to check in once a week.”

“But now, it’s probably intensified to its limit. Anomaly Gods should be emerging soon? Perhaps another day or two, and the world will undergo a massive transformation!” Xu Zhi looked at the 100-acre surface of the Wizard World. There hadn't been any dramatic changes yet, but shadows were coalescing, and the world's vortex was pressing down on the sky, even causing gods to gasp for breath.

He glanced outside the orchard, then looked down at the changes on the rooftop.

Twenty thousand...

Thirty thousand...

*Rustle, rustle, rustle!*

Like termites devouring white rice grains, the entire rooftop resembled a bacterial culture dish. A large amount of rice was quickly cleared. Tiny metallic, bizarre larvae wriggled within. Soon, over half a million cubes were scattered across the ground, piling up into a three-meter-tall black mound, emitting an eerie aura.

“These cubes should be enough!”

Xu Zhi quietly stopped the propagation, curiously observing everything.

“Let’s start assembling then.”

*Whoosh.*

He raised his hand high. The piled-up, intricate cubes made crisp metallic clinking sounds, transforming into a black storm that floated in mid-air, swirling and rapidly assembling according to their grooves, like Lego blocks.

“Let me think, here, I should do this...” He seemed to stand within the magnificent black mechanical storm, the surrounding scenery blurring. In the center of the vortex, intricate parts floated around him.

“First, assemble the head.”

Some floating parts suddenly contracted, beginning to combine.

Even though Hermes had already helped him study the mechanical blueprints, and he had a thorough understanding of them, there were still many practical issues he encountered.

The vacuum-resistant mech suit was an idea for a weapon that began a week ago. Xu Zhi had accompanied Caroline on a vacuum excursion, a three-to-four-year cosmic exploration, which led to a complete and mature design. Of course, he didn't have the high-tech magic-energy civilization of the Ishdal people build it for him, given the vast difference in size; they only produced the mechanical design blueprints.

The entire mech suit consisted of seventeen large limb components. Each limb component had terrifyingly precise parts, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands, and each joint component had corresponding intricate structures and design plans. This was the Ishdal people's crowning achievement; after all, they encountered disaster upon returning and began their demise.

This combat suit could even absorb heat and radiation energy from the vacuum and convert it into power, with relatively high efficiency. After all, the Ishdal people started with lava generators that relied on thermal energy, so they were very familiar with this concept.

“One hundred years in a day.”

Xu Zhi silently activated time acceleration. The clouds in the sky, the sun, the light, the rustling of grass, all seemed to instantly freeze. He possessed the talent of immortality and wasn't afraid of lifespan depletion, so he began a cycle of continuous sleep and awakening.

It took a full seven days to completely assemble the mechanical combat suit. Then, using accelerated evolution, some parts of the cubes underwent micro-fusion, adjusting their shapes to completely merge into detachable components.

“Seven days of work, and it’s finally done. My exclusive weapon, my exclusive guard force. After cultivating for over two months, I finally have some tangible results.”

Xu Zhi looked up.

Over four meters tall, with a black, mirror-like, streamlined metallic mechanical body that was exquisitely proportioned and slender. It carried two overlapping black longblades on its back that could transform at will. Just standing there, it exuded a domineering, murderous aura, a chaotic, unspeakable black oppression that made people tremble and want to prostrate themselves, while also giving a sense of magical, futuristic sci-fi.

“This high-gundam-style mech suit has the powerful aura of a true强者—a supreme being, like a divine weapon used by gods. After all, it's inherently a terrifying Cthulhu Evil God, and its critical core parts are Level 4 and Level 5 cubes...” Xu Zhi looked up, silently assessing. “It even has spatial storage capabilities inside, thanks to the spatial cubes it contains.”

This was a special mech suit; it didn’t even have a traditional engine because it was a living organism, a biological aggregate composed of over half a million cells that provided movement energy. Therefore, the blueprints for this vacuum-resistant suit were designed specifically for it.

“It’s another form of Medusa, another Cthulhu Evil God.” Xu Zhi opened the hatch and entered the cockpit. There was no steering wheel or control interface; he simply communicated with the mech suit mentally, entering the control mode.

“Wind’s Protection.”

A wave of energy enveloped the magic-mechanical combat suit, covering it.

“Very stable!”

Xu Zhi levitated slightly, leaving the ground and entering the white clouds.

*Whoosh! Whoosh!*

The wind rushed by, and hazy clouds swirled around him.

Below lay stretches of mountains and rice paddies, occasionally interspersed with farmhouses. Further away were towns, giving him a panoramic view that dwarfed all below, like driving a supercar, an exhilarating feeling of off-road racing.

Sitting in the cockpit, he suddenly understood the Ishdal people's mechanical enthusiast culture. It was simply too exhilarating!

After flying in the sky for a full half hour, Xu Zhi quietly brought the mech suit down, walking with large strides on human streets, weaving through with extreme agility.

Commuters,

Couples,

People in clothing stores and convenience stores nearby,

Not a single person saw the mech suit, this exquisite, streamlined Gundam-like machine.

If it had been seen, it would undoubtedly cause a sensation in all media, even a storm across countless countries!

“The Ishdal people have descended upon Earth!... Earth is going to be destroyed again!... This is the second extraterrestrial heavenly civilization to descend upon Earth after the Dao Lord!” Xu Zhi felt helpless, already imagining their shouts of surprise and excitement.

As for other advanced civilizations, Xu Zhi wasn't idle enough to bother with them.

After walking around the modern city and racing with cars on the highway, he didn't have Emperor Qi's penchant for causing trouble. He returned directly to the orchard and didn't venture into the vacuum, because he couldn't yet. This mech suit was merely for show at the moment. Most of the cubes weren't even Level 1 Wizards; they were ordinary lifeforms, and if assembled, they would be crushed to death by the vacuum. Currently, the mech suit primarily relied on those 20,000 Level 4 and Level 5 cubes.

“Having a private mech suit is great. Now I’ll have a vehicle when I leave the orchard!”

“And in the future, it will surely be a monster, with its Spiked Carapace talent for counter-damage, and its Regeneration from Blood for continuous regeneration. It could literally counter-kill its opponents! It’s thick-skinned and tough.” Xu Zhi thought silently, very satisfied, a smile playing on his lips. “This exclusive weapon will wear the heaviest armor and take the hardest hits!”

Regeneration from blood in combat was hard for it to achieve now.

But it would be possible in the future; a fully formed Cthulhu Evil God is terrifying, and true regeneration from blood is indeed achievable.

Look at Medusa. She is now complete, approaching four thousand years old. With the insane help of generations of powerhouses in the Demon Realm, she rose, died, and had the fused Evil God organs return to her body.

She currently has over 129,000 tissues.

Among them, 110,000 tissues have reached Level 6 Wizard.

Over 10,000 tissues have reached Level 7 Sky Emperor.

Two tissues have reached Level 8 Mythical Being.

What would happen if she lost a hundred cells in battle?

Ordinary cell groups would regenerate from her skin. With the help of 110,000 Level 6 Wizards, 10,000 Sky Emperors, and two gods, they would help her meditate and elevate her realm from Level 1 to Level 4 or Level 5 in just a few minutes, without significantly impacting her overall strength!

“This is the terrifying aspect of the Cthulhu Evil God. Every cell in its body is a life-consciousness particle that can cultivate and use various magic spells... No matter how many heaven-defying techniques appear later, it will still be one of the strongest.”

He had a thought and turned his head to look at the delicate, petite 1.5-meter girl, the Gorgon, curled up in the pond within the Wizard World diorama.

“The Cthulhu Evil God, when developed to its peak... resembles a normal human body, with no visible abnormalities. Minor damage to skin or flesh can be quickly restored, truly like regeneration from blood... Of course, like a normal person, the more it loses, the more severe the injury, and the slower the recovery...”

This was a simple calculation. If she had 120,000 tissues and lost half, the remaining 60,000 Sky Emperors would be fewer, making the re-meditation and cultivation process much slower. If the loss was minor, recovery would naturally be extremely fast.

“Medusa now is simply monstrous! The snowball effect is too insane. With the help of 110,000 Level 6 Wizards, 10,000 Sky Emperors, and two gods, almost every day, a Level 6 Wizard breaks through to become a Level 7 Sky Emperor.”

The energy generation rate of one Sky Emperor per day... It’s simply too exaggerated!

This rate of energy production is already comparable to that of a Mid-Tier God like Ermin, in terms of daily cultivation energy!

A being who isn't even a god, yet the energy generated by their meditation is comparable to a terrifying Mid-Tier God. It's truly unbelievable. In a year, she produces three hundred and sixty Sky Emperors... At this rate, it wouldn’t take centuries for her entire being to transform from all Level 6 to 129,000 Level 7 Sky Emperors.

“Her snowballing is... so insane, it makes me want to periodically kill Medusa and 'shear her wool'.”

Xu Zhi sighed, looking at the delicate, petite girl curled up sleeping in the pond. He murmured, “Perhaps, when she has 120,000 Sky Emperor cells, combined with two god cells, she will undergo a complete qualitative change and be able to crush all ordinary gods... When just her pinky finger becomes a god, comprised of hundreds of god cells, this Evil God's single finger will be enough to overwhelm all Mid-Tier Gods...”

At the same cultivation level, the Cthulhu Evil God is indeed an unparalleled pure combat force that surpasses all others. Emperor Qi's Grand Luo Scripture, Dao Changsheng's Pangu True Form, Caroline's Reaper Immortality, A'Chou's Three-Body Severance—if these most powerful heaven-defying cultivation systems were to clash with her, they'd all be outmatched!

Of course, this is purely in terms of frontal combat power.

The Cthulhu Evil God's combat power at the same level can be infinitely high; no one can defeat it. However, its flaws are also immense: its cultivation speed is incredibly slow.

One must remember that Ermin, two generations younger than Medusa, is now a Mid-Tier God and almost a High-Tier God. What about Medusa?

Nearly three thousand years have passed.

She still retains the combat power she had at the end of the Wizard Age: invincible among Level 7 Sky Emperors, but easily defeated by a Level 8 God. She is the oldest person in Xu Zhi's diorama, while everyone else progresses rapidly, her realm remains the lowest. If Ermin hadn’t protected her, such a valuable asset, capable of generating such terrifying energy but lacking the combat power of an ordinary god, would have been killed and consumed long ago. How could she have been allowed to grow? Moreover, if she hadn’t acquired the talent of immortality, she would have been long gone at four thousand years old! She wouldn't have had time to dawdle.

“Overly ambitious Medusa! The Cthulhu Evil God system, exaggerated to its limit, is absolutely the strongest late-game build in history... Possessing a Cthulhu Evil God mech suit also gives me infinite potential.” Xu Zhi took a deep breath. After all, Medusa was helping as a "tool-person" in the Demon Realm, and he also had the Wizard Community as "tool-people."

His eyes gleamed.

“Now that I have nearly 600,000 cell tissues, it’s time to start another open beta test for the Wizard Community and let another wave of people in to help with meditation.”