A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 1478: Dusk Street


When the Fire Moth began the transformation of Fusion Warriors, the Lawyers' assault on human civilization on this planet continued unabated. Duanmu Huai led others in a counterattack against them.

One month after the defeat of the Flame Lawkeeper, the eighth Lawyer, Law of Knowledge, appeared. Initially, no one noticed its presence. It wasn't until a disease called sleeping sickness spread throughout the city that the World Government realized something was amiss. After investigation, they discovered it was a kind of memetic pollution, where those affected fell into a deep slumber from seeing a specific word online.

In the face of attacks from a spiritual level, people were at a loss for a moment—fortunately, Duanmu Huai, being an Ancient Dominator as well as an expert in spiritual pollution, adopted a straightforward and brutal method by directly observing the memetic pollution word, then when the enemy attempted to pollute him, he reversed the pollution back.

It turned out that when it comes to spiritual pollution, mere Lawyers are no match for Ancient Dominators.

Of course, the state of Law of Knowledge's death... well, was a bit indescribable.

Next came the ninth Lawyer, Rock Law.

This was also the first formal battle participation for the Fusion Warriors of the Fire Moth. Rock Law had the ability to manipulate gravity, attempting to use it to destroy the entire Continent. Facing the ninth Lawyer in battle was the first time the Fusion Warriors attempted the tactics of a Reality Bender, successfully neutralizing Rock Law's pseudo black hole, and ultimately killing it.

However, all this was still ongoing.

"So, I guess this time it's still the Lawyers causing trouble."

Sitting in a chair, Duanmu Huai stared at the map before him and snorted coldly.

"Their attacks are becoming faster and more frequent, perhaps they're losing patience."

Since Duanmu Huai dealt with the Flame Lawkeeper, the rate of the Lawyers' emergence has greatly accelerated, appearing now every few months instead of once every several years. Luckily, each time it's only a single Lawyer appearing, making them relatively easier to handle...

Until just now.

"According to reports, Fire Moth bases worldwide have faced varying degrees of attacks, and records show the attackers possess some of the Lawyers' powers."

Indeed, this was the message Dr. Mei had just sent to Duanmu Huai, indicating that Fire Moth's bases and facilities were under attack, and the attackers were not ordinary terrorists but Lawyers.

Moreover, based on the evidence gathered so far, these Lawyers possess powers from previous confrontations, including parts from the Third Law, Fourth Law, Fifth Law, Sixth Law, and Seventh Law.

Though their strength is perhaps less than a tenth of genuine Lawyers, the issue lies in their numbers and apparent command structure. If not for the Fire Moth placing Reality Stabilizing Anchors in key facilities, they might have already completely collapsed by now.

The Fire Moth also killed some of the Lawyers and dissected them, yet their core strength was less than a thousandth of those previously seized Lawyer Cores. Subsequently, several more Lawyers were killed, and inspections showed their Lawyer Cores were similarly weak.

"Therefore, if my assumptions are correct, this time we face a Lawyer capable of dividing its strength."

"What are their targets?"

"Currently, it seems to be the facilities manufacturing Reality Stabilizing Anchors, and the Lawyer Cores."

"Didn't you say to turn the Lawyer Cores into God's Keys? Just distribute them to the Fusion Warriors and let them protect themselves."

Presently, Fire Moth collected nine Lawyer Cores, with the Core of Law of Knowledge unusable due to Duanmu Huai's Ancient spiritual pollution, and subsequently destroyed. The remaining eight Lawyer Cores had been fashioned into God's Keys by Dr. Mei.

At the moment, five Fusion Warriors were ready.

The first Fusion Warrior was Alicia, who underwent the transformation smoothly without any rejection, and performed excellently in combat. Dr. Mei thus bestowed her with the God's Key "Black Abyss White Flower," crafted from the core of the Sixth Law, Death Law.

The second Fusion Warrior was none other than Yimih... This seemed to stem from her strong personal request, maybe a sense of atonement, or her will to fight to the end against Collapse. Coupled with Dr. Mei's interest in whether a Lawyer's body could undergo Fusion Warrior transformation successfully, she agreed to it.

In any event, she wasn't afraid of failure; if Yimih were to go berserk, Duanmu Huai could just punch her back to normal.

Luckily, the surgery succeeded. As for her weapon... Dr. Mei entrusted her with the greatsword "Heavenly Fire Divine Judgment," forged from the Flame Law Core.

The Flame Lawkeeper wielding a greatsword made from its own core was the ultimate poetic justice.

The third Fusion Warrior was a woman named Eden... She was the first volunteer selected. Duanmu Huai heard she was a very famous celebrity in this world, and quite wealthy. To be honest, this somewhat surprised him, given the high risk Fusion Warriors face. While it's understandable for warriors like Alicia and Yimih to volunteer, a wealthy woman who could spend the morning watching the sunrise on a Hawaiian beach and the afternoon drinking coffee atop the Alps participating in this... was a bit surprising, wasn't it?

Nevertheless, her Hume Index was very high, coupled with good Destruction Energy adaptability and a clean background with no violations, convincing the Fire Moth to proceed with the Fusion Warrior surgery.

From Duanmu Huai's perspective, the large donation she made was crucial. After all, Lumiaire had already informed him that the World Government is looking for reasons to gradually tighten and cut Fire Moth's funding. Having a wealthy backer is indeed essential for Fire Moth at this time.

The God's Key used by Eden is the "Star of Eden," crafted from the core of Rock Law—proof that money is indeed indispensable.

When someone sponsors so much, what harm is there in naming something after them?

Of course, Eden was an exception, as most Fusion Warriors in Fire Moth were selected internally, like the next two warriors—Sakura and Hua.

Sakura was the unlucky one who arrived when Duanmu Huai and the others first came to the Fire Moth Base and got chopped by Mianmu Zuoniao out of boredom. Though Mianmu Zuoniao hadn't gone all out back then, Sakura not getting the worse end shows her combat capability.

The facts indeed confirmed it, which led to her successful transformation into a Fusion Warrior, acquiring the God's Key "Seven Purifying Thunders," crafted from the core of the Fourth Law, Thunder Lawmaker, as a weapon.

As for Hua... Duanmu Huai had only heard that she seemed to be the sole survivor from the team during the rampage of the Flame Lawkeeper and had quite a deep relationship with Yimih. To follow Yimih, Hua also applied to join the ranks of the Fusion Warriors. It should be said that she had good luck as her values met the requirements and the surgery was smoothly completed.

Her God's Key was actually the "Thousand Realms in One" created by the core of the Second Lawyer, the Space Law.

In fact, theoretically, Dr. Mei should have performed the modification to become a Fusion Warrior herself. Unfortunately, despite Dr. Mei being a very important brain of the Fire Moth, her resistance to Destruction Energy and her Hume Index were fairly average. Though forcing the modification wasn't impossible, considering that if the modification failed, the entire Fire Moth could directly dissolve...

Hmm, better not.

After all, even messy code is code; if it runs, don't mess with it.

For this reason, there are now a total of five Fusion Warriors.

"Actually, now there are six."

"Oh? What's going on?"

"Another Fusion Warrior has successfully undergone surgery."

Dr. Mei placed the files in front of Duanmu Huai.

"Her name is Xixi, she's an orphan. We discovered her in the shelter, and because her Hume Index was very high, after talking with her, we performed the Fusion Warrior surgery."

"Oh......"

Duanmu Huai glanced at the files briefly and then put them down. Meanwhile, Dr. Mei's voice was heard again.

"I have already given the order; considering the current situation, we will retrieve all the Lawyer Cores and God's Keys and lock them in a research facility located on the Sinai Peninsula... Of course, this is just a decoy."

"Lure the enemy out, right? Not bad, hope they'll fall for it."

Duanmu Huai certainly understood Dr. Mei's intention. Since these guys were coming for the Lawyer Cores, then prepare a battlefield for them directly. Make it clear for a nice fight. Whether the other side will take the bait is hard to say, if these Lawyer ghosts are sly, that would be troublesome.

But Duanmu Huai didn't mind, after all, he had plenty of ways.

The premise is to capture one of them...

"Let the Tribunal cooperate with the Fusion Warriors to retrieve the God's Keys then."

Eventually, Duanmu Huai made his decision.

This was also the reason he appeared on the current street.

"Ugh, I should've known better than to get myself wrapped up."

Standing on the street in front, looking at the desolate scenery all around, Duanmu Huai frowned speechlessly. Six Fusion Warriors, but actually only four God's Keys are in their hands, namely Alicia's Black Abyss White Flower, Yimih's Heavenly Fire Divine Judgment, Eden's Star of Eden, and Sakura's Seven Purifying Thunders.

Void Collection, Thousand Realms in One, and the Wind Lawkeeper and Ice Law cores, which have yet to complete God's Key manufacturing, are kept separately at the other four research facilities. Originally meant for maintenance and God's Key manufacturing work, but with Dr. Mei's word, all work naturally halted, awaiting retrieval.

And the Tribunal cooperated with the six Fusion Warriors to start the retrieval work.

Mary and Sakura are responsible for retrieving the Void Collection together; this group is very reassuring and should have no problem.

As for Hua, it's quite unfortunate; she was chosen to go with Mianmu Zuoniao to retrieve the Thousand Realms in One—after all, it was originally her weapon. Whether Mianmu Zuoniao kills her on the way or not is none of Duanmu Huai's business, anyway, the Fusion Warrior's regeneration ability is strong, should be undying.

An Ze is responsible for going with Alicia and Eden to retrieve the core of the Ice Law. Compared to the already solidified God's Key, the unmodified core is clearly more dangerous. The Fire Moth even considered the core once absorbed by the human body could likely lead to the Lawmaker's resurrection, so Duanmu Huai's side also dispatched An to accompany them.

Of course, to mention casually, An and Alicia have a pretty good relationship, but for Duanmu Huai to evaluate:

There's only eight words.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Seeing An and Alicia chatting and laughing, Duanmu Huai couldn't help recalling Kanegi Chisato in the Magic World who clicked very well with An.

They're all the same type of people.

As for myself........

"Ugh........"

Looking at the timid little girl beside him, Duanmu Huai scratched his head and sighed silently.

This time, truly unlucky........

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