The Obsidian City became the only safe haven in the world for a reason. It was probably because the city's shield was so strong that it makes no sense for demons to penetrate it. The energy source of this shield was the giant tower standing in the center of the Obsidian City, which was equivalent to the city's iconic building.
For Lucius, spreading the black light virus was just a secondary task. The main task was to destroy the tower. But the current Lucius did not possess enough firepower to singlehandedly destroy this tower. If Xerath was here, he could easily destroy it with his weapons of mass destruction.
This tower was an absolute no-go area that prohibits anyone from approaching. So even if the entire city was now in a panic brought on by the black light virus, the city guards patrolling next to this tower were only reduced by a few people.
Lucius did not want to be discovered. The existence of this city's lord, who might be a level 7 lifeform, made Lucius wary. But as a vampire full of hidden talent points, sneaking in was not a difficult task for him.
In the snowy and foggy weather with less than a dozen meters of visibility, Lucius turned into a small, inconspicuous bat and sneaked into the tall tower openly.
...
Inside, the things presented in front of him could not possibly be made by the technology level of this world.
"Indeed... is it a product from another civilization?" Lucius squinted his eyes and, for a moment, walked from the dim light into this dazzling room, making Lucius's vision a little uncomfortable. But after seeing the things in the room clearly, Lucius once again affirmed his inner suspicion.
There was no other existence in the tower, only a golden column emitting a dazzling light, above the column electric current or a light green glow similar to data flashed, showing that this creation could not be linked to magic, but technology! The power of this technology was breathtaking!
Lucius, a tiny bat from the Earth, froze in awe for a few seconds. He stared at the technology beyond the centuries of creation in front of him. Then, through the vampire's perception, Lucius began to analyze the principle of this thing.
A small, black bat stood on a raised platform inside the giant tower, frowned, and pondered for a moment. Then, finally, a look of dawning realization appeared on his face. "Ah, I really can't figure out. What a bummer, forget it."
'How do we even figure out this kind of technology that has surpassed the Earth for centuries?'
But there was one thing in common…
Lucius absorbed the memories of hundreds of millions of earthlings, including some scientists of great intelligence, but the grievances of these scientists' feedback to Lucius as a message was ...
"Bet fifty cents. Thirty high-level nukes will take care of this thing!"
"You're kidding me, ten on the line!"
"How about exchanging it with a satellite orbital cannon, simple and efficient..."
"No way, it's easier to drop Star Destroyer!"
"..."
Since Lucius devoured the consciousness of the people in the world, those resentful souls in the Dead River have some consciousness of their own. When Lucius opened the Dead River, he could even ask them some things as master and servant. So it could be said that the resentful souls in the Dead River were now more like Lucius's summoned beasts rather than his soul.
As for the character of these resentful souls, referring to the above conversation was a group of mad scientists! After thirty years plus of studying this kind of technology without any rest, this kind of behavior was likely to develop inside these scientist's minds.
Lucius did not want to question his own resentful souls that dwelled inside his Dead River. They have a memory of their 'skills.'
Lucius scratched his head with his paws. He checked that the golden cylinder, which was 100 meters high and used his senses to detect if there were any traps around. As soon as the mental power spread out, it made Lucius's whole body shiver.
'How much hatred does this place hold?'
'Is this place an execution ground?'
The height of the entire tower was close to several hundred meters. Every 100 meters, there are various organs that could instantly turn people into ashes. Among them, this column of light was more similar to a magical lifeform with organs attached to it. And only a small percentage of that was created with technology. If Lucius wasn't careful and fall into that, he might need to sacrifice a vast amount of souls inside his Dead River to escape.
"..."
Lucius once again pondered for a while, "System, how many despair points do you need for the most powerful explosive?"
"The Extinction of Creation
[Despair value: 130 billion]
[It could wipe out the world in one shot, with a force similar to that of the big bang, which was the force that started the creation of this universe.]"
Lucius ignored this very dangerous-looking explosive and then looked for some other explosives.
'The level of atomic bombs is basically around a million points of despair...'
'Let's buy ten of those...'
With a despair value of 10 million. Compared with the nearly 30 million residents in Obsidian City, this was definitely a cost-effective business.
It was just when Lucius was planning to have another map-wide nuclear weapon strike, someone interrupted him.
"What are you doing?"
"Blowing myself and this facility," Lucius replied easily. He knew he could never escape the explosion range, but a few nuclear bombs couldn't kill him anyway.
However, the people around him were different.
"Blow up the facility? I say, unknown little bat, what are you going to blow it up with? TNT?" that person asked again.
Long golden hair that reached his waist, pectoral muscles that would make all the girls blush, and a handsome appearance. —The City Lord of the Obsidian City, Lodhran, appeared beside Lucius at some point.
In fact, he had been inside this huge tower all along, but Lucius had only just felt his presence. But it was already too late, and now he was standing beside Lucius…
But Lucius still answered him with a calm face. —He had been caught by revealing his plan, anyway.
Those "How did you get here?" "It's hard to see that my plan has been spoiled," and other expressions were meaningless now…
"TNT? Lieutenant Lodhran, you even know such a primitive bomb, huh?" turning into a small bat, Lucius flew in place and looked up at the man who was half-crouched beside him.
Lodhran was talking to Lucius as if he had met a good friend on the side of the road until Lucius said the word lieutenant.
"You're not an existence of this world either? Who are you? The federal army? Or those cowardly pirates? It's hard to be...no...no...you don't have the scent of machinery on you, you can't be those damn guys."
As a level 7 being, he rightfully saw that Lucius was different from the norm, but he didn't recognize his identity because his world didn't seem to have vampires.
'The Federation Army? Was he once subordinate or the opposition of it? No wonder the system is showing the progress of planet destruction instead of the progress of world destruction.'
'Beyond this planet, the universe is indeed wide and exciting.'
Lodhran looked the little bat up and down, trying to find anything on the road to store items or a spatial device, but he couldn't find it. This was a completely harmless bat! He paused for a moment and said, "… Well, if you saved my heir just to destroy this thing, I'm sorry your plan failed."
"Plan? What's that? I don't have a plan since you found out." Lucius tilted his head, "Now, all I have to do is to destroy this place to the maximum extent possible."
"!"
The sense of danger made Lodhran reached out to grab Lucius, but it was already too late.
A missile indicating a radiation mark appeared in front of Lucius!
'Taste the power of nuclear warfare!'
The blinding light made Lucius close his eyes. Then, everything disappeared, and all Lucius could feel was the numbness of being disintegrated and the discomfort of the loud ringing in his ears from the sound of the explosion.
There wasn't even any dust left!
The moment the 13,000 metric ton nuclear bomb detonated, the tower was cut off by the destructive force of the explosion! The fire overturned the top of the building and shot up into the clouds, tearing the grey sky apart!
The shockwave spread throughout the city, overturning the snow that had accumulated everywhere, turning it into a raging avalanche. The whole world began to shake, mushroom clouds in the middle of the city, along with the eardrum-piercing sound rising.