Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 167 - 137. Purify, cleanse, Destroyer

Chapter 167: 137. Purify, cleanse, Destroyer

Thud.

The disguised Selya slowly took off her headset, everything was ready, and she maintained constant contact with Zhou Liefeng.

Only ten minutes were needed to reach underground and completely escape the threat of the beast tide.

By then, she could free up her hands to kill the driver and take complete control of the train.

Once they reached the crowded gathering area, the Pseudo-Humans could disperse and freely expand their influence.

She stood up and turned to look at the door.

"Oh?" Selya clicked her tongue in surprise, "Seems like there has been a little complication."

Before she finished speaking, the steel door quickly turned red and heated up, droplets of molten iron fell on the ground like cream, spreading bright and fiery flames across the floor.

"Are you the Senator?"

A calm male voice sounded in the space.

"This is not where you should be," the camouflaged Pseudo-Human said sternly, "Leave this place and return to your carriage!"

Pop!

Li Aozi stepped forward onto the path before him, his superb "Charm" granting him a deeper dominion over Arcane Energy.

[Spontaneous Combustion]

[Mode One: Purify Filth]

Flames split into two paths in front of him, the heated metal vapor was swept up, then explosively released like a bomb detonating right in front of the camouflaged Selya.

Boom—

The Pseudo-Human’s pupils constricted, immediately realizing before the high-temperature shockwave hit that the armor it had camouflaged could not withstand such an explosion, and promptly and cleanly abandoned its disguised form, liquefying and rapidly retreating backwards.

Metal, machinery, and electronic equipment were smashed by the fiery shockwave in an instant, and rapid oxidation caused them to instantly ignite, triggering a secondary explosion. The Pseudo-Human’s mood plummeted as it had just landed and reformed its front half, immediately engulfed by flames.

But compared to being nearly killed upon encounter, the Pseudo-Human re-assumed the form of Jian Neriya after surviving the ordeal, looking at Li Aozi with terrified eyes:

"You—how could a native like you possibly know the structure of the Society?"

"So it’s true that you devoured Jian."

Li Aozi nodded.

"Who exactly are you?"

Fear rose in the Pseudo-Human’s heart; it was impossible to know about the existence of the Society without being an interstellar civilization, and even within the Layer Abyss, Narrative-Level Civilizations kept the news about the Society tightly sealed.

Now, it was hearing clear mention of ’Senator’ from the mouth of a native of a civilization that had never left its Mother Star.

"I am a Forgery Council Member of the Forged Society: Yaoka Pseudo. Who, may I ask, are you?"

"I am your daddy."

He didn’t bother to answer all that.

Li Aozi raised his palm and scattered a fistful of iron-aluminum dust from his pocket. The two types of metal powder, which normally couldn’t burn in the air, were ignited by the ability of [Spontaneous Combustion], with the oxidation reaction violently accelerated and exploding into brilliant sparks in mid-air, falling like a meteor shower towards the Pseudo-Human.

"Damn it!"

Yaoka Pseudo quickly retreated as the thermite, even in small amounts touching its arm, immediately burned through, creating several transparent holes.

Jian Neriya’s "Plunderer" occupation provided good dexterity, and the basic "Constitution" was high enough to prevent her from being burned to death by the flames all at once.

The plan was exposed, and with the casually used Arcane Energy from this man—his "Strength" was at least at the Limit Threshold level, no, it wasn’t impossible that it had been reforged once.

’The Speaker assessed that native creatures reforged twice could not possibly emerge on this planet. If he shows stronger capability, it means he comes from the starry sky.’

Yaoka Pseudo turned and ran towards the rear door, switching to a liquid state and rapidly seeping through the door gap. As a Councilor Level citizen of Forgery, its shape-shifting and camouflage abilities far exceeded those of ordinary Pseudo-Humans, and after engulfing Selya, it had acquired a comprehensive layout of the entire train, mastering all the details, paths, and vents by heart.

’Eat dust, Interstellar Being, even if you have a Narrative-Level Civilization backing you, the ultimate victory still belongs to our Forged Society!’

Yaoka Pseudo’s mind was shrewd, as they would gain the trait of weak flammability after camouflaging as carbon-based life.

Even if it had to escape in this place, it was confident that the other party wouldn’t dare to set fire on a large scale.

’Keep setting fires all you want! Do you really think you can burn down this entire weapons carriage?’

However, Li Aozi didn’t give her the chance to escape. In three strides he reached the door, flame trajectories converged like a welding torch, instantly cutting open the rear door. His grey eyes lit up with a red flame-like halo, facing the one disguised as Neriya that was Yaoka Pseudo, he directly raised his palm.

[Spontaneous Combustion]

The high temperature convection transferred heat, the higher the temperature, the more intense the thermal movement of air molecules, the heated air quickly expanded, inflating the air in the entire corridor to hundreds of times its volume in an instant.

And thus, an explosion occurred.

[Mode Two: Cleansing Humanity]

Once the terrifying high-temperature field was created, it triggered a chain-reaction effect, first, the explosion shockwave completely blew the weapons storage room into the sky, then the surrounding walls and metal containers made bubbling noises, the surface of the metal swelled with bubbles, then burst and splattered, creating metallic streams that shot everywhere in the confined carriage. Excitement from surviving the close call on Yaoka Pseudo’s face instantly solidified, then turned into horror and fear.

Its body was penetrated by metallic streams moving at 3000 meters per second, creating transparent holes, followed by the high temperatures igniting its body with a pale and dazzling flame. Yaoka Pseudo couldn’t even scream, as the air in the field was consumed by the fire, without air resonance, sound couldn’t be transmitted.

The high-temperature shock wave generated by the area expansion burst outward rapidly, and then, because of the vacuum formed by the depletion of air, a massive amount of gas poured in. Merely the air pressure from the few tons of gas that infused rendered Yaoka Pseudo unable to move, as it pressed against its body.

"Your title ’Catastrophe’ effect is triggered! This attack is a ’Fatal Strike’! (Triple damage increase, weak point attack, high probability of death)"]

"Determining lethality..."]

"Perpetual· Willful —— Effect activated!]

"Perpetual· Love Hunting —— Effect triggered!]

"Determination grand success]

"After corrections, the damage dealt is: 4798 points of true damage (instant death)"]

But even so, this was not the hardest part. The robust body of a Councilor Level gave it a life force far beyond that of ordinary Pseudo-Humans. The body of Yaoka Pseudo, like a rag doll, was forcefully held down by the hair in the intense heat, its heated body melting the floor. With thousands of degrees of semi-molten steel, much denser than water, it opened its mouth for a soundless roar of despair. It seemed to be sinking into a bottomless swamp, dragged down bit by bit, helplessly watching its body melt, evaporate, and burn away in the high temperature.

Until the last drop of its false blood was also distilled, the Forgery Council Member called Yaoka Pseudo was utterly incinerated.

"Target has been incinerated"]

"Alert: You have slain a high-value target—’Forgery Council Member’]

"You have obtained the title: Novice Hunter—Any of your attacks will deal an additional 3% true damage to ’Society’ type enemies.]

"Hunt Achievement List activated. You can increase the level of your title by continuously hunting high-value targets.]

"Current hunting target: Forgery Society: Philoris (lv.270[Lower Society])]

The molten iron bubbled and boiled amidst the stormy blizzard. Li Aozi raised his hand gently, not wanting to look any longer.

"The revenge is just beginning,"

Li Aozi said solemnly.

He redirected the output of arcane energy, and molten iron quickly parted to create a path before him. Li Aozi moved through several train carriages and returned to the first-class seats—Du Zexin had already struggled to sit up. The blast was different from any weapon, and the pale-faced man looked at himself, opened his mouth, and asked:

"What in the world happened?"

"Some filth snuck onto the train. Qiu Ran is dead, and those Infected and Lady Selya are all dead."

Li Aozi did not expose the matter of the Pseudo-Humans. He bowed his head slightly and gently stroked the baby Xeno’s head on the sickbed. The infant, eyes closed, shared a message with spiritual resonance in his heart:

’You have done your best, Leo.’

"It’s Li Aozi," he corrected.

Without waiting for the baffled Du Zexin to question further, he had already left the first-class carriage and headed for the driver’s cabin, where Zhou Liefeng was concentrating on driving with his gaze fixed ahead.

"I’m so sorry," Li Aozi nodded, "I couldn’t save her, I can only seek revenge for her... There might still be remnants at the scene. Do you want to check it out and see the situation?"

Zhou Liefeng stared ahead, his hands firmly gripping the control stick, as he let out clear words:

"I don’t want to see anything."

Li Aozi nodded: "Condolences."

"She died on the train, which is good in a way." Zhou Liefeng’s tone was even, he spoke slowly and calmly, "Every brother and sister of the Metro Brotherhood was born on a train, she’s just gone home."

Gone home.

Li Aozi’s gaze darkened.

"What, have you lost a lover too?" Zhou Liefeng seemed to notice his micro-expression and asked.

"No, it’s not that kind of relationship," Li Aozi confessed.

"So it’s a friend?"

Zhou Liefeng shook his head and asked again.

Li Aozi replied: "I’ve only known her for four days."

Zhou Liefeng glanced at him: "A relative?"

Li Aozi denied: "Not that either."

"Then who is it that’s disturbing your peace?" Zhou Liefeng asked with curiosity.

"I don’t know. It might be Qiu Ran, or perhaps something else. But there is definitely something that makes me emotionally turbulent for someone completely unrelated, with whom I have no particular connection."

Zhou Liefeng looked at him and then said meaningfully:

"Welcome to the Outer World. To tell you the truth—I’ve been driving for twenty years, and I encounter things like this dozens of times every year. At first, I cursed the heavens, then became cynical, and eventually, the reality’s rain washed away the flames of hatred."

"A person can’t always live on hatred. Those who died because of you will ultimately become a part of you. All I can do is carry the wishes of the deceased to the next stop."

"Move forward, advance by any means necessary. If I don’t die, those who have made me will always exist."

Li Aozi fell silent for a moment, his gaze looking forward:

"All I know is that someone’s good days have come to an end."