Longevity Chronicles
Chapter 629 - 408 Cyber City, Nirvana Demon Buddha

Outside the city, warlords fought and killed each other in a chaotic battle, flesh and blood flew in all directions, and the cries of killing shook the heavens.

The citizens inside the city recited scriptures with religious fervor; sonorous chants of Buddhism rained down like blossoms.

The contrast between the two was so marked, who wouldn't find it bizarre?

And what was even more abnormal, making one feel bewildered after seeing it and feeling like they had fallen into another world, was the sight of Yinping City at that very moment.

Tao Qian had memories of his original body and the Human Dao Fortune; he had even once hung the Heavenly Lantern.

He might not know the Seventy-two provinces and their cities and towns like the back of his hand, but he was roughly familiar with them all.

Yinping City!

A major city within Qiantang Province, though not as significant as Qiantang City itself, it boasted a rich reputation with its Three Mountains and Five Lakes and abundant resources, quite a wealthy place.

In recent years, many strange and lewd techniques had come from the western Outer Domain, leading to a multitude of factories being built around Yinping City. As they watched the city grow richer and stronger, a sudden "Cyber Buddha Country" incident occurred. Cheng Arhat became the King, and millions of people throughout the province turned to Buddhism, devoted exclusively to the Demon Buddha Temple.

The monastic community did not engage in production, naturally leaving the labor to the common people.

It was already extremely difficult before, suffering the exploitation by both the Zhu Dynasty and the local gentry. After the transformation into the Buddha Country, their plight worsened as they had another burden to bear.

Even including the gentry and the officials, they also had to offer everything to support the monks, the Demon Buddha, rendering wealth, fragrant oil, food supplies, and even their lives, all for the sake of a few days of joy and a night of relief.

Thus, inside Yinping City, anything related to Buddhism—whether it be palaces or temples—each and every one was imposing and awe-inspiring, demanding one to look up.

Tao Qian and Yunrong stood at a high vantage point, observing closely:

The most conspicuous sight by far were statues towering a hundred zhang tall, whether they be Bodhisattvas, Arhats, or Vajras. Beyond that, there were temples flourishing with incense... and most were not built of wood, brick, stone, or tile, but rather of machines, bronze, ancient rainbow lights, Bai Gu, and other Alien Species materials.

Among these colossal buildings, slums sprawled out in every direction.

Inside, there were masses of people with yellow faces and thin muscles, clad in tattered clothes.

Despite visibly living in suffering, all of them wore devout expressions, sitting in the mud, chanting scriptures.

With neon lights filling the city and Buddha Incense curling around, all the people lived in misery—it truly was a bizarre and dazzling sight.

And in the innermost part of the city stood an ancient temple blended with modern structures, inscribed with three large characters: "Treasure Vase Temple." It was an ancient temple that had lasted through several dynasties, whilst not comparable to Han Mountain Temple, it was nevertheless not small.

However, the interior had been greatly transformed, and machines could be seen everywhere. Gears were hidden inside the bell tower, the glass lanterns had been replaced with electric lights, and hundreds of demon monks sat chanting, shaking their mechanical prayer wheels—one on top of another—resulting in a vast but monotonous chant that broadcasted far and wide, audible within a thousand miles.

...

As Tao Qian looked at the scenes within Yinping City, he too felt a bit dazed.

After staring blankly for a moment, a thought suddenly came from the bottom of his heart:

"Cyber Buddha Country?"

With that thought settling in, Tao Qian turned his gaze to the outskirts of Yinping City.

Two huge armies, each wielding Extraordinary Power, were engaged in a frenzied slaughter, numbering tens of thousands of soldiers.

The great plains had turned into a mire of ground meat.

Corpse Mountain and a sea of blood were being created bit by bit.

The first army appeared to be composed of savage Magicians who consumed raw flesh and blood; they were nearly naked, their bodies covered in grotesque and sickening tattoos, and most showed signs of transformation into beasts, their eyes nearly devoid of humanity and filled only with the instincts to kill and devour.

Their main force, or rather their heads,

adopted combat methods that were unmistakably Heterodox, belonging to Evil Demons and Heretics.

Nearly a hundred Magicians pulled objects from their personal treasure bags that appeared to have been just snatched from bloodied waters, skins of Devils.

All kinds of beasts and Devils were present.

As they draped these over their bodies, the hundred men simultaneously let out heart-wrenching cries of pain.

The skins merged with their flesh, rooting themselves like Parasitic Worms.

In a moment, nearly a hundred "evil objects" that stood between Devils and Beast Demons were born, unleashing an aura of death that swept across the entire battlefield, startling even Tao Qian.

Tao Qian found these evil objects unfamiliar, and the leading warlord, a middle-aged man with a rat-like face, was also unknown to him.

Though he did not know, Lian Jing'er, who quietly copied the "Primordial Human Record" from the National Salvation Congress, did.

Hearing Brother Tao's question, he immediately communicated through a psychic transmission:

"...Still comparing."

"After consulting, the target consists of over fifty thousand people, all from the Pi Mao Army from Xiangxi Province, led by Liu Guangyuan."

"His Master is the Loose Cultivator 'Lord of Pi Mao' from Xiangxi, a man of great renown; it is said that he even has relations with the Devil God, with Devil God Princesses such as Hong Fu and others calling him uncle."

"Liu Guangyuan, under the guise of his Master's reputation, was once a major warlord within Xiangxi, rife with evil deeds and innumerable acts of cannibalism."

"Later, unable to withstand the rising warlord Tang Renfeng of Xiangxi and his Master also defeated by Xiangxi's most powerful force, the Poison Immortal Sect, Liu Guangyuan had no choice but to lead his remnants to flee Xiangxi, wandering everywhere."

After hearing the introduction, Tao Qian turned to look at the other army.

Similarly, tens of thousands of people, with soldiers of both genders, and they were very succinct—to the point of wearing not a shred of clothing.

Their bodies, coated in some sort of powder, were riddled with wormholes.

Parasitic worms that looked exactly like the "Pork tapeworm" surged forth.

Their leader turned out to be a woman.

Dashing and good-looking,

but her face was frosty, and her eyes also showed no hint of humanity.

She wore the armor of a general, seemingly a Female Warlord.

However, with clouds and mist swirling around her and the sounds of worms echoing, her identity became clear to Tao Qian in an instant.

"Still comparing!"

"After consulting, the target consists of over sixty thousand people, likely from the Naked Army of Dayun Province, led by He Jinxiu."

"The Naked Sect belongs to the Side Door, powerful and formidable, having already taken complete control over Dayun Province."