A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 149: Chapter 128: Deep into Hell_2

Whether Space Undead are considered lifeforms is a debate among players. Some players believe that although Space Undead have lost their lives and souls, they still possess self-awareness, emotions, and cognitive abilities and should therefore be regarded as living beings.

However, other players assert that Space Undead are no more than robots that “assume” they have self-consciousness, as if someone has programmed them to feel emotions and think logically. To these players, Space Undead are not truly alive or even truly “undead” — they are simply a group of robots.

Can something without a soul or life still be considered a lifeform?

The principal piece of evidence used to support their belief is that Space Undead can be infected by viruses, causing logical errors and turning them into a creature known as “Skinners.” This, in and of itself, is enough evidence.

Well, that’s not important.

Regardless, after this, the Star Gods and the Space Undead launched an attack on the Ancient Saints, escalating the War of Heaven and causing the Saints to retreat. Most people believe that it was this intense war that swept across the Milky Way that caused the previously calm Subspace to become overwhelmed. Countless races were drawn into the war and their pain, anger, and despair ultimately led to the birth of the Chaos Evil God.

By the way, after defeating the Ancient Saints, the Space Undead launched a counterattack against the Star Gods, shattering and sealing them. This act of betrayal cost the Space Undead greatly. To avoid retribution from other survivors (mainly the spirit race who were steadfast allies of the Ancient Saints), the Space Undead chose to hide in their tombs and sleep — waiting to wake up and breathe in the air of freedom after all other lifeforms had died due to the passage of time.

Even though they no longer needed to breathe.

That being said, most of the demons in Subspace are now under the command of the Chaos Evil God. Encountering such “pristine” demons like the ones here… well, it’s been a while since Duanmu Huai has come across any. Consequently, he speculated that this might be a fragment of Subspace that leads to a Demon World untouched by the Chaos Evil God. After all, Subspace is theoretically infinite, while the Chaos Evil God is finite. Even the so-called omnipotent God of Trickery isn’t truly all-knowing or all-powerful; it merely gives the illusion of being so. Therefore, it wouldn’t be strange for Duanmu Huai if a Demon Fragmented World were quietly growing stronger beyond the purview of the Chaos Evil God.

However, this does at least reassure him that he won’t inadvertently stumble into the territory of a Chaos Evil God.

That would be much more problematic.

“Bang!!!”

Duanmu Huai swung his war hammer again, striking it hard against the giant monster in front of him. It was a giant spider with a human body, much like a Spider Spirit from myth. Although this Spider Spirit wasn’t particularly strong, it managed to reproduce at an alarming rate. For Duanmu Huai, the time wasted killing little spiders that crawled out from every corner far exceeded the time he spent dealing with this large one — that is, if the latter didn’t insist on confronting Duanmu Huai in the name of “How dare you harm my children”. Otherwise, he would have had no way to deal with it.

But now…

The Thunder Warhammer smashed the Spider Spirit’s head flat and knocked it to the ground. Duanmu Huai then pulled out his Chainsaw Sword and swung it violently at the Spider Spirit. Accompanied by a flash of the blade, the upper body of the Spider Spirit was severed from its arachnid body. He then approached and forcefully stomped on the fallen humanoid half!

“Squish!!!”

Blood splattered everywhere. The next moment, the annoying little spiders scattered, while Duanmu Huai didn’t even glance at the body he had squashed into pulp, instead continuing to stride forward.

“Huh—–!!!”

Watching this scene through a monitor, Dr. Braid turned deathly pale. He thought he had long since become accustomed to the cruelty, wanton violence, and terror of the demons. But seeing this massive armored creature so easily dispose of one of his most elite demons, he felt an indescribable fear rise from the depths of his heart.

But stay calm! He’s almost reached the teleportation room!!!

Clasping his fists tightly, Dr. Braid motivated himself. As soon as the armored beast arrived in the teleportation room, he would immediately activate the portal and send it to Hell. Once there, the beast would never be able to return, it would be torn to shreds by the demons and become just as ugly and pitiful as the rest…

“Boom!!!”

However, at this very moment, the door was abruptly smashed open. The heavy steel door rolled out, hitting the adjacent wall with a deafening boom. The sudden noise startled Dr. Braid, his finger hovering over the launch button and his eyes fixated on the entrance. Soon after, Dr. Braid saw the towering figure emerging from the dust.

Even though he had seen this creature on the surveillance monitor, Dr. Braid was suddenly consumed by an indescribable fear when he saw it with his own eyes!

Its dark, bizarre, heavy armor was embedded with white skulls and red cross signs. This massive figure seemed like a terrifying and powerful shadow monster in Dr. Braid’s eyes, completely shrouding him under its shadow. The mere sight of it left Dr. Braid gasping.

The beastly aura was palpable, rendering him immobile. It was as if an invisible hand was squeezing his heart, his heartbeat was becoming fainter, and his vision was gradually dimming. Soon, everything around him started to disappear from his sight, replaced by the monstrous figure that filled his entire field of vision. He opened his mouth to gasp for air, to scream, to vent out this unbearable terror.

However, Dr. Braid felt like he was completely constrained, as if he was tied to a stone and sunk into the sea. Even when he opened his mouth, he couldn’t breathe in a single trace of air. On the contrary, he could feel his lungs wheezing desperately, trying to extract whatever air they could from the surroundings.

However… this was the limit.

When the armored monster stared at him with its glowing red eyes, Dr. Braid felt the tight string in his chest snap completely, and at the same time, he plunged into the boundless darkness.

[You have intimidated Dr. Braid]

[Dr. Braid tries to resist intimidation… resistance failed!]

[Dr. Braid is overcome with terror – Dr. Braid can’t resist extreme terror] n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

[Dr. Braid dies suddenly!]

Damn, what the hell?!

Gazing at the system notification in front of him, Duanmu Huai was dumbfounded. How the heck did his intimidation skill become so strong? He hadn’t even taken off his helmet, just one glance at that guy and he got scared to death?

Could this really happen?

While Duanmu Huai was grumbling, Dr. Braid’s skinny body shook a few times before it slammed down onto the control panel in front of him, heavily hitting the control button.

“Beep—— Beep——— Beep————”

The next moment, Duanmu Huai noticed a strange device in front of him began to emit a dazzling yellow glow. But before he could react, everything around him turned pitch black———Immediately after that, Duanmu Huai found himself in an apparently endless wilderness stained red with blood.

Here, volcanoes roared, spewing flames and toxic fog into the sky. Far off, terrifying and eerie stone structures were erected. Demons with gruesome images were everywhere, turning their heads to look at Duanmu Huai and issuing angry howls with their mouths wide open.

Clearly, they did not welcome Duanmu Huai’s arrival.

But… Duanmu Huai didn’t need their welcome, either.

“Looks like I’ve come to the right place.”

Gazing at the army of demons in front of him, Duanmu Huai sneered, gripping his warhammer.

“Then, let’s have a good fight!!”