181: Chapter 180 The Absolutely Devout Walking Dead

Billions of humans on Blue Star and Earth had turned into "God Walkers," effectively walking corpses!

The black mist spewed by the red spores not only affected all living beings on Earth but also altered the ecosystem.

Vegetation withered, and water sources decayed. The entire planet was permeated with the foul stench peculiar to dead bodies.

After all, those humans were indeed already dead.

Chu Zhangyang arrived on Earth and stood before the artificial intelligence "Hope," followed by several people wearing gas masks.

The indicator lights on the large iron box flickered, and a mechanical electronic voice came through: "Shut me down. Earth is destroyed, and humanity is extinct. I no longer have any need to exist."

Chu Zhangyang laughed heartily: "You are wrong. Two billion Earthlings have not perished. On the contrary! They have attained rebirth; at this moment, they have become the great Shenxing Army, just like the people on Blue Star."

"They will be scattered throughout the universe to spread my great divine light."

"Hahaha, this should be the ultimate goal that all devout believers dream of!"

"Hope" no longer wanted to waste breath on this so-called deity: "Say whatever you want. In any case, they have already become walking corpses without self-consciousness. No one can refute anything you say anymore, can they?"

"Hahaha, that is precisely why this is absolute loyalty." Chu Zhangyang was smug.

But at the same time, he revealed a hint of regret: "It is just a pity that the divine mist, developed based on genetic mutations, has absolutely no effect on your kind."

"That is fortunate, as I do not wish to have a place in your zombie world. Please destroy me."

Through the countless still-functional surveillance cameras, "Hope" saw the tragic state of Earth.

All Earthlings had swollen into monsters over two meters tall, covered in tumors and oozing thick fluids.

Apart from still possessing limbs, no trace of humanity could be found anywhere else on them.

It was clearly an artificial intelligence created to assist humanity and provide Hope.

Yet, having witnessed the total extinction of humanity, "Hope" had long since ceased wanting to continue existing.

Unexpectedly, Chu Zhangyang had his own plans.

He smiled wickedly and said: "I will not kill you; I will even transform you into a powerful weapon! After all, not everything in the universe is carbon-based life."

"Be grateful to me, and continue to exist to proclaim my glory."

After Chu Zhangyang finished speaking, he dismantled all of "Hope's" hardware and moved it to the Holy City on Blue Star.

The Holy City was a massive city built with the largest Zhangyang God Temple on Blue Star as its center.

The entire city was shrouded in divine light, protected from the invasion of the black mist or the God Walkers.

It was the only pure land in the current Zhangyang Civilization, which spanned millions of light-years.

Inside lived tens of thousands of uninfected Blue Star residents.

Most of them were research personnel.

Chu Zhangyang did not keep them out of kindness; rather, the research on the black mist was far from perfect.

In a laboratory in the Holy City.

Wei Wei was staring intently at a stone inside a transparent glass cover.

This ordinary stone had been soaked in the black mist for quite a long time.

A spot on the edge had actually started to turn bright red.

Wei Wei used a mechanical arm to tentatively touch it a few times, and the texture had become somewhat soft and elastic.

She could not help but widen her eyes in astonishment.

Inorganic matter was actually transforming into organic matter!

But Wei Wei quickly calmed down; the deity would not be satisfied with this rate of transformation.

The great Zhangyang God wanted the submission of all things in the universe, and this submission was not limited to those living, jumping creatures.

Several researchers beside her also realized the problem and said in fear and trembling: "The deity is going to punish us. We have spent so long, and the results are still so insignificant!"

Wei Wei took a deep breath and comforted them: "Do not worry so much; the deity sees your day-and-night research and work."

"As long as you have not neglected your duties, the merciful deity will not blame you!"

Immediately, she changed the subject: "However, this progress is indeed too slow. If there is no further advancement, even if the deity does not blame you, you will feel guilty, right?"

"If you cannot produce results after some time, then you shall become God Walkers, and you can still do your part to spread the divine light!"

Upon hearing this, the researchers immediately broke out in a cold sweat and turned to bury themselves in their work, racking their brains to think.

They would rather toil day and night in the laboratory than turn into monster-like zombies.

Wei Wei silently said in her heart, 'Keep going. Only continuous results will allow you to continue living.'

Chu Zhangyang did not wait for the research on the "black mist" to be perfected before launching his Great Expedition.

He upgraded "Hope" and then relied on the artificial intelligence to build a massive number of unmanned factories.

Billions of warships were produced at an extremely fast speed.

Countless zombie-like God Walkers mumbled "spread the divine light" incoherently.

While swarming onto the warships, forming a Shenxing Army where all crew members were zombies!

Then, these fleets sailed toward all corners of the universe like dense swarms of locusts.

It was locusts crossing the border in the truest sense, leaving nothing behind.

No matter what civilization saw such a scene, they knew it was not a friendly visit.

Although the fleet of the Zhangyang Civilization was so massive that it inspired despair, they still dispatched all their space fleets to intercept and block them.

Unfortunately, the disparity in numbers was too great.

They were quickly routed by the artificial intelligence weapons carried by the tidal wave of Shenxing Army warships.

Then these warships flew into the atmospheres of those planets, dropping tens of thousands of God Walkers onto the ground.

Tens of thousands of capsule-like flight pods, two point seven meters high, fell straight onto the ground.

After slamming into the surface, the hatches opened in response.

Immediately, three ugly, foul-smelling monsters rushed out from inside, running frantically toward every living creature within sight.

Creatures attacked and bitten to death would lie on the ground for a minute or two.

Then they would transform into new zombies and begin attacking their own kin.

In as short as one or two weeks, or as long as three or four months, a highly developed planet would completely fall, becoming a world entirely of "God Walkers."

Then, under the control of the artificial intelligence, new unmanned factories would be built on these planets.

These newly "born" zombies would be loaded into newly produced warships, and then they would continue on a new journey toward the distance!

With the support of AI computing power, the warships sent to each new planet were just right in their precision.

They could ensure the destruction of the opponent without causing a waste of resources.

For example, some civilizations still in a primitive society, living by drinking blood and eating raw meat.

Chu Zhangyang's Shenxing Army would not even dispatch warships.

Instead, they would directly eject two flight pods.

After all, only six God Walkers were enough to quickly and completely transform that kind of backward civilization.

It was just a pity that those primitive people, upon seeing the objects from outer space, thought their prayers had been heard by the heavens.

The tribal chief or the leader of the tribal alliance would even specially lead the people to the place where the flight pods landed to kneel and worship.

Until the hatches opened, and the monsters that rushed out began to attack the people frantically.

Only then did they realize that their doomsday had arrived!