Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 728 - 728: 726 Fear

Zhou Bai's thoughts flickered, and within the Void Crown, the Guihai Black Sha instantly twisted its shape, transforming the content represented by the text, and immediately issued a new command to the Void Crown.

The Heavenly Demon's internal text recognition system identified the change in text in less than a millisecond and extended Zhou Bai's will into the quantum network of the Heavenly Demon.

Thus, in the Material World, hundreds of 'Zhou Bai' turned their bodies in unison, looking up at Zhou Bai in the sky.

"Not bad, very responsive." Zhou Bai activated prayer mode and could constantly listen to the 'prayers' of these mechanized followers, hearing their state at this very moment.

Although the simultaneous prayers of several hundred followers were slightly chaotic, with his brain and Primordial Spirit far surpassing that of ordinary people, Zhou Bai adapted and was able to manage most of it after a while.

"The foundation for this shadowy clone of machinery is almost in place, and on the surface, it can almost be mistaken for the real thing. The last step is to turn them into fear-stricken followers."

Zhou Bai's first clone, formed through the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor, was a twisted shadow that had all his abilities, half his strength, and was incredibly powerful.

In comparison, these mechanized followers, called shadowy clones, were much weaker. Still, their numbers were great. However, if they could become fear-stricken followers, their combat power should not be underestimated.

Suddenly, Zhou Bai, wielding the Emperor's Sword, slashed out, and from this Nine Realms sword emerged a vast stream of Golden Sword Energy. Capable of damaging Nine Realms armor, the Golden Sword Energy let out a dull howl, tearing through the sky like lightning.

Then, under Zhou Bai's exquisite control, the Sword Qi instantly transformed into a thread-like fine line, silently and effortlessly slicing a shadowy clone of machinery in two.

Pfft! Blood sprayed everywhere, red organs scattered on the ground, even bones could be clearly seen at the incision.

The Heavenly Demon's technique for mimicking humans had long been developed profoundly; the so-called 'Heavenly Demon Reincarnation' involved mechanizing the human body, allowing those who sided with the Heavenly Demon to attain mechanical bodies while still appearing human.

At that moment, the blood and organs simulated by the nanomachinery scattered on the ground were nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.

However, Zhou Bai noted that among these mechanized followers, there was no change in expression, not even on the faces of the shadowy clones that were split by the sword. They started recombining with an unperturbed demeanor, as if controlling the nanomachinery to reshape into Zhou Bai's likeness like malleable rubber.

'Indeed, physical damage does not evoke any fear in these creatures.'

Under the gaze of hundreds of shadowy clones, Zhou Bai took out a spherical object, and at the same time with a thought, the Guihai Black Sha within all the shadowy clones had already transformed into content without text.

The intelligence that had been suppressed to control these mechanized followers was now fully restored to them.

The so-called mechanized followers were originally the Heavenly Demon followers turned into Zhou Bai's foolish followers. To facilitate control, their intelligence was reduced by combining the Guihai Black Sha with text, making them act as commanded.

Now that their intelligence was restored, these Heavenly Demons quickly regained their senses one after another, their gaze towards Zhou Bai filled with strangeness, curiosity, and confusion.

As Heavenly Demons, they possessed eternal life; should their shells die, they could simply be replaced. Furthermore, having been accustomed to serving as part of the vast Heavenly Demon forces, they were also used to being treated as tools.

They felt no discomfort being used by Zhou Bai as weapons after their intelligence had been reduced. Their bodies were merely weapons, expendable items, to begin with.

However, at this moment, they were also very curious about what Zhou Bai was going to do.

But in the next moment, the command of the Heavenly Demon king had already surged into their minds, causing subtle changes in their expressions.

Zhou Bai watched their transformations and slowly took out a sphere, saying to the crowd, "Your Heavenly Demon King must have informed you by now. To make you experience the feeling of fear, he has given me the power to forever seal your consciousness algorithms."

"Just like Xing Jun in my hand. His consciousness algorithm has been sealed away, and at this moment his consciousness is trapped in a void of darkness, unable to see anything, unable to feel anything..."

"Your Heavenly Demon King told me that you lower-level Heavenly Demons, although created by Bo Xun as artificial intelligences, mimic humans in your object of imitation and thought patterns. Therefore, I will also seal away those who do not obey."

"I know you can feel fear. It's just that your nearly indestructible bodies hardly ever cause you to feel it."

"So now... offer your fear to me."

The Heavenly Demons below stirred. If there was something the nearly undying Heavenly Demons feared the most, it was to be sealed away, never to see the light of day again, and because of their eternal lives, to forever taste that sunless feeling.

In the communication network, 'Ai' watching this scene said, "Is it really good to help him like this?"

Ji: "Xing Jun is just an insignificant pawn. To be able to witness more of Zhou Bai's abilities is a very worthwhile exchange."

Under Zhou Bai's coercion and bribery, after two more artificial intelligences were sealed on the spot, these Heavenly Demons finally felt fear and were then fed one by one with the Seeds of Madness by Zhou Bai, becoming his Fear Followers.

Then, as Zhou Bai's thoughts moved, Guihai Black Sha had already transformed into layers of twisted text that appeared in every corner of their bodies, continuously scanned by the character recognition probes within them.

With their intelligence continuously diminishing, they were now wholly under the command of Zhou Bai and the Void Crown.

Zhou Bai then went to another platform, where over three hundred Shadows of Machinery stood, watching him steadily.

'Fear Followers seem to be doable for now, but Worship Followers... can only try and see.'

'If it succeeds, then my Shadows of Machinery will have both Fear Followers and Worship Followers...'

Zhou Bai controlled the Guihai Black Sha, condensing lines of text within the bodies of the Heavenly Demons.

The first line was exactly this: First came Zhou Bai, then the sky; The Void is even before the Heavenly Demon.

...

Inside the Sky Flipping Sect, Li Xiuzhu and several figures converged to discuss the strategy for heading to Donghua City to assassinate Haoran Heavenly Lord.

Li Xiuzhu, "I've called you here today because I want to discuss..."

Li Xiuzhu directly shared his plan to raid Donghua City and assassinate Haoran Heavenly Lord. Those present all showed shocked expressions but after careful consideration of the current situation, they grew quite excited.

Beside Li Xiuzhu, 'Aware One' San Mei said with a smile, "I'm not too familiar with Donghua City. If you guys think there's no problem, then I don't have a problem."