37: Consciousness pollution?!

Divine Summer, N City, Third Safe Harbor

Crunch! Snap! Gulp... Harsh, dense sounds of chewing and devouring, like rocks being ground,

roared across the entire giant harbor like ceaseless industrial noise.

Under the cold beams of the searchlights, a massive whirlpool churned on the sea surface. Ten terrifying tentacles, covered in savage bone spurs and faint blue electric arcs, were coiling mountains of frozen meat blocks into the abyss of the oral cavity with heart-stopping efficiency.

"Captain! Look! Lord Kraken! He's gotten much bigger than last time! That arm span... it must be almost 300 meters, right?"

A Dragon Blood Warriors Major was lying in the observation post high up in the harbor area,

pointing at the shadow below, which resembled a moving mountain, his face filled with fanaticism and awe.

"This devouring speed! It's simply a miracle! If this keeps up, Shadow Scale Clan? Lord Kraken could whip them into cosmic dust with a single tentacle!"

Beside him, Chen Feng tightly gripped his alloy longsword wrapped in dragon patterns, his knuckles turning white from the excessive force.

His heightened Perception, strengthened after promoting to Tier 20, was currently screaming alarms!

The familiar massive shadow of the guardian below no longer emitted a sense of vast and profound power,

but rather... chaos!

Mania!

It was as if countless violent wills were tearing and roaring within its massive nervous system!

The giant eyes that occasionally broke the surface, covered in scarlet blood vessels,

were hollow and tyrannical,

lacking any trace of their usual profound wisdom.

"Something's wrong..."

Chen Feng's voice was dry,

"The power is skyrocketing... but Lord Kraken's 'aura'... is chaotic! It's like... like it's been contaminated by something! I feel... deeply uneasy!"

After the last Major battle, Chen Feng had voluntarily requested to join,

coming to the Third Safe Harbor to "protect" Lord Kraken, repaying Su Chen's life-saving grace.

In fact,

Chen Feng's feeling was correct.

At this moment,

Su Chen's situation was indeed very bad.

Underwater,

"Eat... eat... eat!! More!! Give me more—!!!"

Su Chen's consciousness was sinking amidst frantic roars!

Scarlet red had completely swallowed the faint light of reason, leaving only the most primal and violent instinct to devour!

The ten tentacles were like runaway meat grinders,

frantically coiling up mountains of meat and stuffing them into the giant mouth,

completely disregarding the body's physical limits!

[Ding, 16,000 evolution points consumed. Congratulations, host, you have successfully advanced to Tier 6.]

[Arm Span: 250 meters (Increased by 30 meters)]

[Head Diameter: 25 meters (Increased by 3 meters)]

[Weight: 7,640 tons (Increased by 2,780 tons)]

[Realm: Tier 6 (0/32,000)]

[Strength: 2500 (+300)]

[Agility: 2000 (+300)]

[Constitution: 4550 (+450)]

[Perception: 2500 (+300)]

[Congratulations, host, for awakening D-rank Skill—Primal Force Vocalization. By consuming Primal Force, you can simulate vocal cords to produce sound. (Wow~ I can talk now~!)]

The surging energy of the upgrade was like ice water poured over his head, instantly dispersing a trace of chaos!

Su Chen's massive eyeballs suddenly trembled,

the scarlet receded slightly,

and brief clarity returned.

"Wh-what?! What... what happened to me?!"

Tearing agony exploded in his brain marrow!

He stared in horror into the depths of his consciousness—the savage roars of countless devoured creatures and chaotic energy fragments were like billions of frenzied venomous insects, gnawing at his nerves!

Just now... he seemed to have lost consciousness,

his mind filled only with eating!

Frantically eating!

[Warning! Moderate Consciousness Contamination! host's mental strength is insufficient to neutralize the side effects of the infinite devouring system! Loss of control is expected to occur again in 5 hours! The uncontrolled state will be dominated by the body's primal instincts!]

[Suggestion: Immediately search for a method to suppress Consciousness Contamination!]

"Consciousness Contamination?! Damn it! System, why didn't you tell me sooner?!"

Su Chen's consciousness roared amidst the sharp pain.

[Ding, since the host enjoys the rapid evolution provided by the infinite devouring system, you must bear the side effects of the infinite devouring system.]

[The system suggests the host quickly find a method to suppress Consciousness Contamination. Otherwise, you will degenerate into a monster that only knows how to devour.]

"Five hours? A way to suppress Consciousness Contamination? Where the hell am I supposed to find that?!"

Su Chen was exasperated,

however,

he still felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, Divine Summer had given him enough flesh and blood to devour.

Otherwise,

the self that was just dominated by instinct would definitely have turned into a terrifying monster, causing massive harm to the people of Divine Summer.

This was something Su Chen absolutely did not want to see.

Although he had now been reborn as a Kraken,

still,

his soul remained that of a Divine Summer soldier.

Morally and logically, he was unwilling to raise a tentacle against his motherland.

"Less than five hours until I lose control again. What should I do? Should I return to the deep sea first?"

Just as Su Chen was suffering from a splitting headache and extreme distress... on the outskirts of the harbor,

"Crack... Pfft..."

Without any warning!

Two alloy guard towers, dozens of meters high, silently snapped and collapsed mid-section, like tofu sliced by an invisible sharp blade!

The bodies of the elite guards on the towers abruptly decomposed into neat chunks of meat during the fall, blood and internal organs splashing down like rain!

Not even a scream was uttered!

"Enemy attack—!!! Maximum alert!!!"

A shrill alarm instantly tore through the harbor's noise!

The Garrison Regiment soldiers reacted instantly, weapons cocked, and searchlights frantically swept the area!

But,

it was too late!

The shadows beneath their feet, behind them, and on the walls... came alive!

Like ink dripping into clear water, hundreds of figures dressed in ninja outfits as dark as night,

silently "flowed" out from the flickering shadows!

The Kunai and shuriken in their hands were coated with a faint blue, deadly poison light, their movements swift as ghosts and vicious as vipers!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

Throat slashing! Heart piercing! Limb severing!

Blood splattered onto the cold metal ground!

Facing the hastily engaged Divine Summer soldiers, these "Shadow Division" ninjas were ruthless, cutting them down like harvesting wheat!

Even for the wounded who fell,

they accurately delivered a fatal blow, their indifferent eyes treating them like ants.

"It's the Fusang dogs! Tank! Three o'clock position! Blast them to pieces for me!"

Colonel Li Dongpeng, the Garrison Regiment Commander, had bloodshot eyes,

roaring as he pointed toward the area with the highest concentration of ninjas!

The engine of a Type 99A Main Battle Tank roared, and its 120mm smoothbore barrel instantly pivoted!

However,

the turret had only turned halfway!

"Buzz—Clang!!!"

Two streaks of dark purple blade light, thin as hair yet intensely sharp, flashed across the tank's heavy composite armor like lines of death appearing out of nowhere!

Slash—!

Boom!

The indestructible steel behemoth was instantly split into four pieces of twisted metal wreckage, like butter cut by a hot knife!

The internal ammunition detonated, turning into a towering fireball!

Amidst the smoke and fire, the figure of Shadow Emperor Hattori Hanzo slowly materialized.

He held two astonishingly long, Dark Purple Katanas, the blades flowing with faint light, emanating a sharpness capable of cutting through anything.