Chapter 1344 - 1089: Evolution of the Golem

After Elsa resolved the trouble with the Divine Worm, she immediately found the Darkness Priestesses. When these members of the Core Clan learned that the so-called Heavenly Kingdom was actually an imposture perpetrated by the Divine Worm, they were first shocked, then flew into a rage. It meant they had all been played. Even though the Divine Worm was dead by this time, the fact that they hadn’t been able to discern the true nature of the Heavenly Kingdom made the Darkness Priestess feel a bit of self-reproach, after all, if one were to talk about the connection with the Giants, as a Golem, she was probably much more closely linked to them than Elsa.

"You can’t blame yourselves, after all, neither the Divine Worm nor the Heavenly Kingdom were really within our control, and I was just a bit luckier," Elsa comforted them.

"So, how do you plan to leave?" the Darkness Priestess asked.

"What, aren’t you planning to leave this place?" Elsa asked in confusion.

"Yes, you just mentioned that there is a pathway on this plane that leads to the Divine Realm. I suspect the Giant has gone there, so we plan to take a look," the Darkness Priestess said.

In the conversation just now, Elsa had conveyed to the Darkness Priestess this piece of information, which came from the Giants’ External Storage Device.

The Giant had gone to the Divine Realm, and if Elsa hadn’t seen this record with her own eyes, she would hardly have believed it. This question that had perplexed countless people had just been solved right before her eyes.

At the end of the war between the Giants and the Dragon Clan, the Giants suddenly decided to leave. The first place they went to was this narrow plane above the upper Plane, where they built a Teleportation Gate to the Divine Realm and then the entire Giant clan entered the Divine Realm. However, regrettably, there was no knowledge about the Divine Realm within this External Storage Device. Therefore, what exactly the Giants encountered after entering the Divine Realm was unknown to anyone.

"My suggestion is, don’t go. In the Divine Realm must reside Gods, and though you are extremely powerful as Golems within this multiverse, compared to Gods you are still far inferior. If you enter the Divine Realm and you do not encounter the Giant but other Gods, with your power it may not be sufficient to match those beings," Elsa said.

"It’s not a matter of may not, but that we simply cannot match them. However, we have no intention of actually going there recklessly to face certain death," the Darkness Priestess said.

As it turned out, during their time here, the Darkness Priestesses had gained a great deal of knowledge, which systematically explained the entire process and thinking behind the Giants’ design and manufacture of this latest generation of Golems. When the Giants were creating the Golems, they had not truly intended to strengthen them as war machines. Now, given their freedom by Long Yi, once they obtained knowledge, they almost immediately began the process of strengthening themselves.

In fact, when the Divine Worm that was disguised as the fake Heavenly Kingdom thought it had the ability to control these Golems. Of course, it was aware of the Golems’ strength; once it could control the Golems, it would not have met its match in these three planes. Therefore, it imparted various knowledge to strengthen the Golems to the Core Clan, aiming to make the Golems even more powerful. But obviously, it did not live to see that day.

"Among this knowledge, we discovered some things that had been hidden by the Giants."

The Darkness Priestess lowered her collar, the crystalline core emitting a glow.

"Originally, Long Yi, our master, had activated our cores, unleashing our energy. At the same time, he also did something the Giants had not done before – he made us a pact. Through it, we have consistently been receiving the power of the Giants. This power from the Giants gave us the ability to evolve. Before designing us, the Core Clan, the Giants had given us this evolutionary ability in case of emergencies, an ability that allows us to unleash unprecedented power. And most importantly, once we evolve, we will have the ability to directly contend with the rules."

The Darkness Priestess adjusted her collar back in place, looking at Elsa and saying, "In the past time, each one of us has been preparing for evolution. Now, whether it’s us or our Golems, we are all ready. We originally thought our mission was to help Long Yi master to smooth out all the obstacles in this plane. But now, it seems that we have an even higher purpose."

Elsa silently watched the Darkness Priestess, well aware that these diminutive girls, though seemingly delicate and fragile, were actually weapons specifically created by the Giant Clan, and they might well be more radical than anyone.

"I understand. So, how can I assist you?" Elsa no longer tried to stop them.

"We would like to examine the External Storage Device to see if there is knowledge suitable for us, and then, I hope you can protect us for a while during our evolution," the Darkness Priestess said.

"No problem," Elsa immediately agreed.

Elsa brought the Darkness Priestess back to the External Storage Device. Unlike her treatment at the Divine Worm’s place, the Darkness Priestess had no reading privileges, but Elsa directly gave her an authorization. The Darkness Priestess indexed every piece of knowledge related to the Golems and rules, and after careful comparison, she indeed found some useful sections, then discussed with the technicians around her and modified part of the evolutionary process.

A few days later, on the far side of the planet, in a gravity-free environment, the evolution of the Core Clan began.

Although Elsa did not think anyone would be foolish enough to cause trouble at this time, she still devoted herself to protecting the members of the Core Clan.

The so-called evolution was actually more like growth. These diminutive races began to grow gradually, eventually reaching the size of ordinary people before coming to a halt. During this time, there were neither chaotic energy flows nor any sounds and lights; everything was quiet as if nothing had happened. The energy they needed for growth and evolution did not come from the outside but from within the core!

However, when they opened their eyes, Elsa felt the entire space tremble for a moment, like a meteorite striking the ground, which was the release of the fragments of rules from the moment they opened their eyes.

As for the evolved Core clan members, there were no records in the External Storage Device since the Giants had not activated this function, so Elsa was unclear about their current strength. But one thing she was very sure of was that this was the first time she felt such pressure since she had received the power of the Ghost Spirits.

Then, Elsa understood why these evolved Core Clan members needed protection. As soon as they opened their eyes, the evolved Core Clan members immediately fell into an inexplicable frenzy, and they began to attack each other!

Their mode of attack was very simple and brutal. Terrifying energy beams shot out from the core in their chests, directly hitting another member of their own kind nearby. Yet the assaulted kin did not counterattack but instead started attacking another person! In an instant, the surroundings descended into chaos.

The so-called protection was not about safeguarding them from enemy attacks but from the chaos of their own making.

How was she to do this?

At first, Elsa tried using her Light Wing to block the attacks for each of the Core Clan members. But there were simply too many Core Clanspeople around; even though Elsa was extremely powerful, it was almost equivalent to spreading herself thin to take the brunt of each Core Clansperson’s attack.

Rather than this...

Suddenly, Elsa erupted with a remarkable Mental Impact that even created spatial ripples, causing all the Core Clan members caught in the chaos to shift their attention to her.

Without any command, all the Core Clanspeople began to attack simultaneously, and Elsa immediately felt the pressure decrease by a considerable margin. After all, she only needed to defend with all her might now, unlike before when she also had to watch for every individual’s opportunity to attack and defend.

Although Elsa had guessed that these Core Clanspeople were very powerful, when she truly withstood their attacks, she discovered that their strength was even greater than she had thought. The Core Clanspeople were not supposed to unleash their true power, which was the original intention set by the Giants. Even though they could provide an almost infinite supply of energy to the Golems when they transformed into cores, they were very weak when in humanoid form. However, now, even their unconscious instinctive attacks put a significant pressure on Elsa. If they were to assume the form of cores and continue to operate Golems, wouldn’t that power be even more astounding?

The confrontation continued until the Cyclops Golem maintaining the Giants’ External Storage Device suddenly made contact with Elsa, "Administrator, I detect the appearance of Giant experiment subjects."

Elsa immediately responded, "If you’re referring to these grown Core Clanspeople before me, then you are correct!"

"Grown Core Clanspeople? Please summon me through the contract; I need to assess them," said the Cyclops Golem.

Elsa immediately summoned the Cyclops Golem through the contract.

No sooner had the Cyclops Golem appeared than its sole eye emitted a flash of light, "Warning! High Energy Void Core stage two experimental subjects detected! Warning, subjects’ consciousness locked at the base level, subjects are in self-protection mode, estimated time to release from self-protection is three hours and seventeen minutes, do you require a forced restart of the subjects to restore consciousness?"

Was there even a need to ask? While Elsa was full of confidence in herself, she certainly did not enjoy the habit of standing there and getting pummeled.

"Yes!" Elsa immediately said.

"Warning, forcibly restarting the subjects will elevate the subjects’ self-defense level, please make the necessary defensive preparations. If you’re ready, please issue the start command."

Without a second thought, Elsa said, "Start!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)