Otherworldly Desert Dust

"Without our mercy, your bones would not exist!"

"We never expected gratitude from you, but we never anticipated you would treat us this way either!"

Jade Lady Mantis Chu Zhi coldly accused them, like a noble princess, her past gaze filled with pity for these lower-class wanderers; even some barbaric and crude behavior was deemed by her as caused by suffering...

"There's no need to feel self-pity." Wu Hen, however, sneered disdainfully, "Do you not know what your real purpose is?"

"Real purpose?" Jade Lady Mantis Chu Zhi slowly walked a few steps forward, seeming to confront Wu Hen face-to-face.

Cloth barely covered her body, her skin complexly fluctuating between human and Jade Mantis, Chu Zhi's eyes revealed endless disappointment, and resentment continuously surged in the depths of her heart.

"You humans have different factions, do we not have differing opinions as well? To let you survive, all the sacrifices I made, you turned a blind eye!" said Chu Zhi.

"So, you are from the Cultivation Faction among the high-dimensional insects, while other high-dimensional insects belong to the Experimental Faction?" Wu Hen responded.

"I hold mercy for all beings, even more eager to assist them in evolving, to better inhabit this Desert Dust... You too, I dispatched starships to protect you, I mediated factions within the Human Clan, I guided you to achieve an ideal life. If you truly understood the ancient teachings, you should see that my mercy towards you is no less than that of Bodhisattva Guanyin. If I shared the same views as my kind, you would have been annihilated long ago!" Chu Zhi explained.

She did not deny that she herself was a high-dimensional insect.

At the same time, she also made it clear that she opposed high-dimensional insects using humans for gene implantation experiments.

Indeed, due to her intervention, humans received temporary shelter in Red Port, but upon learning the truth, Wu Hen felt even more disgusted!

Had he not evolved the Death Omen Law, this entire homeland would have become an experimental box for high-dimensional insects.

"Alright, I believe you want to be called Bodhisattva Guanyin. From now, escort us out of Red Port and ensure no Red Zhe invades our homeland. If any other high-dimensional insects attempt to harm us, you will stand firmly with us... If you do this, we can build a temple for you, to honor the contributions you have made to all of humanity, comparable to those of Bodhisattva Guanyin," Wu Hen proposed.

Chu Zhi made no response, her eyes still blazing with resentment and anger.

Wu Hen wasn't aware of what had happened on Longevity Island, but it was clear that Li Feng's plans had thoroughly enraged this high-dimensional insect.

"You have no right to negotiate with me!" Finally, anger overcame all of Chu Zhi's reason; her voice bitterly echoed throughout Lun Mountain City.

"The disgusting essence of insects permeates your very core, yet you insist on draping yourself in a Jade Fragrance Skin. I admit you have evolved to a level we currently cannot match, yet you still can't shake off that inherent lowly trait of decay wherever you go. We worship Bodhisattva Guanyin because in our world, such beings truly exist, whereas no matter how much you high-dimensional insects try to act, you still resemble nothing but spiteful demons. Stop your pretense! Should you dare step into our homeland's soil, I will annihilate your very soul!" Wu Hen was no longer willing to waste another word with this self-righteous high-dimensional insect.

The sickening rhetoric, especially when it evoked folk beliefs, further fueled Wu Hen's anger!

Humans were driven into such dire straits, forced to die without dignity in captivity. If Chu Zhi were truly a high-dimensional Holy Mother, harboring a heart of mercy towards all sentient beings, she should have done everything in her power to cover for the human's escape, providing Yuan You Energy and even diverting the high-dimensional insects' attention...

If she had secretly done one true deed for the humans, Wu Hen would have respected her as an insect Saintess. But everything she did was like a cowardly accomplice to a cruel sadist, all her actions aimed to sedate the entire Human Clan, to sap their will to fight, to weaken their resistance, and ultimately, when they were to perform cruel acts, she would be on the sidelines with revolting words, "Don't be afraid, it won't hurt!"

Her behavior was pretentious, a poor and ridiculous imitation of human faith. Wu Hen had detested this woman from the start, as every organ in his body had "smelled" the foul stench of hypocrisy emanating from her.

As Wu Hen spat out his last sentence, the image of Chu Zhi as a human could no longer be maintained, nor was there a need to alter anyone's perception any further.

Her body transformed into the slender, cold, and noble figure of the Jade Lady Mantis. As a high-dimensional life form, her inherent appearance carried a charm of life that drew involuntary gasps from all who saw her true form, even those of different species. Without emitting any biological fragrance, people's neuro cells would become unusually active, inexplicably admiring, and even fascinated.

Previously, the Jade Lady Mantis had hidden among the miasma, and just her silhouette was breathtaking. Now, no longer concealing herself, she stood proudly atop a ridge, allowing all of humanity to behold her supreme physique. Her skin glowed with a pink hue that enraptured humans, but due to anger, this pink gradually deepened to a rosy red, exuding an air of divine and mysterious authority.

Upon witnessing this sight, people's thoughts could no longer remain calm.

They say people's morals follow their senses; once a brutally vicious person appears strikingly handsome, people instinctively make up many excuses to defend them. The strange allure of high-dimensional life similarly influenced those who had just survived a bloody battle. Many even raised their palms and continuously slapped their own ears, trying to suppress the bizarre thoughts that surfaced in their minds.

Clearly, this was no longer merely about biological signals altering cognition.

This was a characteristic inherent in high-dimensional life forms; they had evolved not just in Combat Power on their evolutionary path but had developed a more advanced sense of beauty among all life.

No wonder the Longevity Sect could easily captivate so many people around the world.

Even simple beauty constituted a form of dimensional warfare, not to mention their control over the eternal youth and immortality that all of humanity craved.

"Life, distinguished between the noble and the lowly."

"You don't even qualify as lowly."

"The evil and savagery in your bones do not deserve to live in this world!"

"Be annihilated!"

The Jade Lady Mantis took a step forward, slowly raising her jade-like limb, like an icy Alien Empress commanding her army to trample a barbaric and filthy land.

Behind the Jade Lady Mantis, an insect that resembled a sky beetle but also bore the perfect form of life appeared. Its dark carapace and robust proportions, two long and sturdy antennae that arched beautifully from the brows, were no less admired than the dragons' whiskers revered by people. Its shoulders, more majestic than a god of war, bore horned wings similar to a cape of royal mourning robes, solemn and regal...

Mourning Robe Sky Rhinoceros!

He seemed like a supreme fighter from an alien world, emanating a terrifying aura of being well-tempered and naturally murderous everywhere.

"This world is more beautiful in deathly silence," murmured Jade Lady Mantis, Chu Zhi, as she coldly stood by.

Mourning Robe Sky Rhinoceros approached Wu Hen.

It had a face that resembled a human's, except that it appeared to be made of black mercury, slowly flowing.

Wu Hen scrutinized closely and realized that the face was very similar to a person—always by Chu Zhi's side, the True Martial Hero, Liang Shou!

Liang Shou was also a high-dimensional insect?

Just as this thought surfaced in Wu Hen's mind, he noticed a fundamental difference in Mourning Robe Sky Rhinoceros compared to high-dimensional insects—it still carried an unsettling sense of incongruity, particularly the Mourning Robe Horned Wings on its back, which looked more like they were welded on!

"She transformed you into this form, and then obtained immortality?" Wu Hen asked tentatively.

Indeed, the face of Mourning Robe Sky Rhinoceros showed an expression—it revealed a touch of pain, but then stretched into a smile!

"In doing so, perfection is enhanced; this is a higher-dimensional shell, one that we could never reach through mere physical evolution!" exclaimed Mourning Robe Sky Rhinoceros.

His voice was exactly that of Liang Shou.

Indeed, Liang Shou had been transformed, modified into this form using a shed exoskeleton of a high-dimensional insect!

Wu Hen felt an inexplicable chill!

What exactly was the Longevity Sect's method of achieving longevity?

This Chu Zhi, even though she held different views from other high-dimensional insects who wanted to implant fear into human genes, what she did was certainly not for evolving humanity to a more perfect level, as understood from what she did to Liang Shou...

Mourning Robe Sky Rhinoceros carried a momentum a hundred times more terrifying than that of the tyrant tiger armor.

Initially, Wu Hen thought the white miasma contained a more powerful insect army, but he had not expected it to be just this one Mourning Robe Sky Rhinoceros!

Just this one, and it brought a momentum surpassing the tyrant tiger armor of ten thousand armies!

Wu Hen took a deep breath, knowing he couldn't hold back in the slightest in front of Mourning Robe Sky Rhinoceros; he had to unleash all his Divine Skills and fight with all his might!

"Wu Hen!"

"It is not a high-dimensional insect, just dressed in the armor of one!"

At this moment, a clear female voice came from behind.

The voice was somewhat familiar, but Wu Hen couldn't remember who it was at the moment.

Suddenly, Wu Hen felt something jump onto his shoulder, and turning his head, it was the Mechanical Mouse.

The Zodiac Rat had sacrificed itself during the Hao Clan's Ark escape, and afterward, Li Feng had a new rat body made, but due to limited materials, this mechanical form of the rat wasn't complete.

The Mechanical Mouse stood on Wu Hen's shoulder, its lively eyes staring at Jade Lady Mantis, Chu Zhi.

"Leave this high-dimensional insect's minion to us," said the rat.

"You, the Twelve Zodiac Beasts?" Wu Hen finally remembered that the Twelve Zodiac Beasts hadn't appeared yet.

The rat shook its tiny head and said to Wu Hen, "Leave it to my guardian."

Guardian?

Wu Hen's mind was flooded instantly with Li Feng's lengthy narrative.

In his narrative, there was a female student who had dedicated her young life to researching "Mutated Guardians."
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And the voice of the rat, indeed, was that of a young woman.

"Roar!!!!!!!!"

As Wu Hen's thoughts raced, a roar erupted from beneath the ground!

It was as if a volcano buried under the earth's crust had come to life, transforming into an ancient demon capable of devouring heaven and earth, tearing open the thick crust and breaking through all the ancient seals to step into this realm of human lands!

"Ksitigarbha Guardian, eradicate the enemies before us," the rat's voice carried a hint of ice-cold fury.

Wu Hen turned around abruptly, catching a glimpse of the rat's tiny figure, yet behind him, the entire world was dominated by a dragon of Earth Fire rising from below, the two extremely contrasting figures delivering an ultimate shock to Wu Hen's heart!!