182: Chapter 182 The Last Humanity

With that roar, the entire underground factory shook violently as if hit by an earthquake.

The green nutrient solution poured out like a flood, instantly submerging the floor.

That massive, nauseating mass of flesh, having lost the restraint of its container, began to expand and grow frantically. Countless tentacles sprouted from the mass, greedily grabbing everything around it—metal, rubble, and even the corpses of the Men in Black who didn't have time to escape—all were pulled into its body to become nutrients for growth.

And the face belonging to Ye Fei, emerging on the surface of the flesh, was now twisting in agony, letting out shrill screams:

"It hurts... it hurts so much..."

"Why save me... let me die..."

"Shen Ye... kill me..."

The voice was shrill and mournful, carrying endless despair, piercing the eardrums of everyone present and striking deep into their souls.

"Ye... Ye Fei?"

Ye Fei, who was currently commanding Little Si in battle, felt like she had been struck by lightning upon hearing that voice.

She turned her head stiffly, looking at the mass of flesh turning into a monster, looking at that face that was exactly the same as her own.

A resonance from the depths of her bloodline made her understand something instantly.

"That... that's me?"

Ye Fei's face turned deathly pale, and the conductor's baton in her hand slipped to the ground.

She clutched her chest, the sharp pain as if her heart were being torn apart making it almost impossible to breathe.

"No... that's not me... that's..."

"That is you."

A deep, raspy voice, yet one filled with endless sorrow, suddenly rang out above everyone's heads.

"Who is it?!"

Chen Xi looked up abruptly.

He saw the space twist in the shadows of the factory's domed ceiling.

The phantom of Black-Robed Shen Ye slowly emerged.

He was no longer in that flickering state of poor signal; now, his figure was terrifyingly solid, and his entire body radiated suffocating spatial fluctuations.

He just floated there quietly in mid-air, his gaze watching the expanding mass of flesh below with obsession and pain.

"What you are seeing is the Ye Fei from thirty years in the future."

Black-Robed Shen Ye descended slowly, standing before the massive lump of flesh, ignoring the wildly flailing tentacles around him.

Miraculously, those originally highly aggressive tentacles actually became docile the moment he approached, gently wrapping around his feet as if acting spoiled, or perhaps as if pleading for help.

"In the future, to atone for humanity's sins and to suppress the out-of-control beast tide, she voluntarily transformed into the [Broodmother], using her own body as a vessel to imprison all bestiality."

Black-Robed Shen Ye reached out a withered hand, gently stroking that distorted human face, two lines of clear tears flowing from his eyes:

"She put shackles on herself and turned herself into a monster, all just to win a glimmer of hope for humanity."

"But... why?"

Black-Robed Shen Ye turned his head sharply, his eyes becoming hideous and crazed as he stared fixedly at Chen Xi and the others:

"Why did it have to be her who was sacrificed?!"

"Those greedy humans, those parasites who only know how to take, are they worthy?!"

"I won't accept it! I won't stand for it!"

"That's why I came back! Even if I have to reverse time, even if I have to defy the laws of heaven, I will change her back!"

"So you killed so many innocent beasts? Using this evil alchemy?"

Shen Ye stepped out from the crowd, his one eye looking at his future self, his gaze full of disappointment and anger:

"Look at what she's like now! Is this really what she wanted?"

"You call this saving her? You're torturing her!"

"What do you know!!"

Black-Robed Shen Ye roared:

"This is just a process! As long as the final step is completed... as long as the final step is completed!"

He suddenly pointed at Ye Fei standing behind Chen Xi, his eyes flashing with greedy light:

"As long as the 'past' her and the 'future' her are fused..."

"A complete soul, plus this perfect body reshaped from the essence of tens of thousands of high-level beasts..."

"She will be reborn! She will become a true god!"

"By then, no beast, no apocalypse will be worth mentioning before her!"

"Madman..."

Listening to this insane plan, Chen Xi felt a chill run down his spine.

Sacrificing a living person to a monster just to create a so-called "god"?

This was no longer love; this was possessiveness and destructiveness pushed to the extreme of paranoia!

"Ye Fei, come here."

Black-Robed Shen Ye reached out toward Ye Fei, his voice becoming full of enchantment:

"Don't you want to see how strong your future self is? Don't you want to escape this weak body?"

"Come, merge with her, and we will become the sovereigns of the new world."

Ye Fei trembled, looking at the mass of flesh and then at Black-Robed Shen Ye.

Her feet subconsciously moved forward an inch.

That attraction of shared blood, that instinct to end the pain, made her almost unable to resist.

"Ye Fei! Don't listen to him!"

Li Murou shouted anxiously:

"That's a monster! If you go, you won't come back!"

"Shut up!"

With a wave of Black-Robed Shen Ye's hand, a spatial barrier instantly blocked out Li Murou's voice.

He continued to induce Ye Fei:

"Come... end all this pain..."

Just at the moment Ye Fei was about to lose herself.

A warm and powerful hand grabbed her shoulder, forcibly pulling her back.

"Wake up!"

Chen Xi's voice was like a great bell, exploding in Ye Fei's ear.

A stream of pure mental energy surged into Ye Fei's body through his arm, instantly dispelling the fog in her mind.

Ye Fei shuddered violently, her eyes regaining their clarity.

She looked at the terrifying mass of flesh before her, then at Chen Xi standing in front of her, and cold sweat instantly soaked her entire body.

"Cap... Captain..."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Chen Xi shielded Ye Fei behind him, looking up directly at Black-Robed Shen Ye, his gaze cold as a blade:

"You want my team member?"

"Are you even worthy?"

"Chen Xi..."

Black-Robed Shen Ye looked at Chen Xi, the warmth in his eyes vanishing instantly, replaced by endless killing intent:

"As expected, you are the greatest variable."

"Since you refuse to hand her over, then don't blame me for taking action personally."

"Here, in this domain filled with 'life essence'..."

Black-Robed Shen Ye spread his arms, and the mass of flesh behind him began to writhe frantically. Countless tentacles shot into the sky, turning into a giant net that blotted out the sun:

"I am God!"

"God?"

Chen Xi sneered, the light from the card in his hand flaring up:

"Then today, I will—"

"Slay a god for you to see!"

"Everyone, get ready!"

With Chen Xi's command, the aura of the Nirvana Battle Team erupted instantly.

Su Xiaoxiao was surrounded by lightning, Li Murou's zither notes rang out, and Shen Ye and Xia Qing also drew their weapons.

An ultimate showdown spanning time and space was on the verge of breaking out in this blood and flesh factory buried deep underground!

However, just as the two sides were about to collide.

That massive lump of flesh—the future Ye Fei—suddenly let out a clear and sorrowful sigh.

"Shen... Ye..."

"Don't..."

A crystal-clear teardrop, radiating a seven-colored light, slid down from the corner of that twisted human face's eye.

Drip.

The teardrop hit the ground, making a crisp sound.

In this factory filled with blood and slaughter, this tear seemed so out of place, yet so heart-shaking.

That was...

The [Tears of the Broodmother].

It was also the last vestige of humanity remaining in the future Ye Fei.