“Damn it! This... what kind of ability is this?!” The Electro-Arc Youth subconsciously took a step back.
“Brother Long, what do we do now?”
The Windbreaker Woman pursed her lips, her gaze sweeping over the three-meter giant.
“Crush him!”
Long Er’s massive body slowly moved forward, like a moving fortress, rapidly approaching the soldier.
“Everyone stay away from that ghost, he’s already been affected by the Boss!” The Electro-Arc Youth warned everyone.
In fact, no reminder was needed; the surviving Martial Artists had already retreated over ten meters, as if avoiding a plague.
Just as Long Er approached!
The soldier with the torn mouth grinned, his body convulsed violently, and then…
“Thump!” The soldier fell backward.
It was as if everything that had just happened had never occurred.
“What’s going on?”
Long Er’s steps halted, and he frowned.
His individual combat ability was clearly not weaker than this Boss, yet he felt like he was punching cotton, unable to exert any force.
“Control… failed?”
“Or is there a time limit?”
The Electro-Arc Youth looked at the fallen soldier’s body, deep in thought.
The Windbreaker Woman’s nerves were taut; she scanned the corridor, her voice revealing an even deeper unease:
“If that soldier was controlled… then where is the Boss’s main body, or its core consciousness, hidden?”
No one could answer this question, and a chill began to spread through everyone’s hearts.
“Doctor, do you hear me?”
Long Er pressed the miniature communicator in his ear.
On the other end of the line, after a second or two of silence, the Doctor’s tired voice came through, tinged with heaviness and helplessness:
“I’m sorry, based on the information observed so far, I also don’t know where the Boss is. We know too little about this Outer God; we cannot comprehend it.”
“But…”
The Doctor’s voice trailed off, as if he had more to say.
Long Er said in a deep voice, “Doctor, just speak your mind. We are Martial Artists; confronting the Boss head-on is our mission, but analyzing information is not our strength!”
“Then let me share my preliminary speculation.”
The Doctor’s voice rang out: “From previous information, and from the two transfers and changes of host just now…”
“I believe this Boss can possess, which aligns with how I’ve named it.”
Possession? Long Er waited for him to continue.
“Actually, Possession is the best-case scenario,” the Doctor’s voice said.
“What do you mean?”
Long Er’s brows furrowed tightly.
The Doctor let out a dry laugh: “If it were a more thorough Possession, or a higher level of control, then we might all die.”
“What?!”
The Electro-Arc Youth’s pupils contracted.
Being able to Cultivate the Palm Lightning meant his Mental Energy was undoubtedly strong, and his thinking was sharper.
He instantly understood the Doctor’s subtext.
“The Doctor means…”
The Electro-Arc Youth’s expression was solemn, “If it’s Possession, it means that the occupied host, whether their original Soul or Mental Energy, or even their life… ”
“Might have been completely obliterated, replaced, with no possibility of reversal!”
“Yes.”
The Doctor said in a deep voice, “That’s what’s most terrifying! Simple Possession might only temporarily suppress the host’s consciousness; theoretically, the host still has hope of recovery.”
“But if it’s Possession…”
The Doctor’s voice grew even more solemn: “Then for every person occupied, we will completely lose a companion.”
“Killing its currently occupied body would merely allow it to Rebirth in another person. This is a terrifying cycle, and it means we will pay an even greater price.”
“And the next level up… is control!”
The Doctor’s voice was dry: “Mental control necessarily implies the existence of a main body or core will that can control everything.”
“It is hidden in a dimension we cannot reach, and all our attacks so far, even all our sacrificed companions…”
The Doctor took a deep breath and said in a heavy voice:
“Are nothing but puppets on strings.”
“We… might not even touch its shadow.”
Upon hearing this, Long Er and the others felt a chill run down their spines.
Especially the Electro-Arc Youth; his hair even stood on end, and a layer of coldness had already broken out on his skin.
He was a Mental Energy Martial Artist, and he understood the terror of this type of creature best.
Especially since the opponent was a Boss-level Outer God.
After meticulously setting traps and sacrificing so many people, they might not even have the qualifications to contend with their opponent.
From beginning to end, they were fighting an untouchable phantom.
All their struggles and sacrifices, in the opponent’s eyes…
Perhaps they were just a comical performance?
“Is this… Boss-level?”
The cold and elegant Windbreaker Woman’s voice gradually trembled.
The shock brought by personal experience far surpassed any description in cold archives.
The Doctor’s voice sounded again, filled with heaviness:
“Everyone, except for Lightning, this is your first time facing a truly Boss-level Outer God.”
“The Outer God I’ve temporarily named ‘Corpse Disassembly Immortal’ has just permeated reality. Its power is in its weakest state, but facing that eerie and unsolvable Divine Power, a slight misstep could lead to everyone’s death.”
“What should we do?” Long Er gripped his spear tightly.
“I have two suggestions.”
The Doctor’s voice came through everyone’s earpieces.
“First, gather immediately.”
“While gathering, also maintain a certain distance. If anyone exhibits abnormal behavior…”
“Given the Boss’s current state of Possession, it may not instantly adapt to a new body, so there will be some stiffness in movement, strange expressions, and abnormal speech.”
“Understood.” Long Er and the others nodded in agreement.
“Second.”
The Doctor paused, “If my hypothesis is correct, the prerequisite for the Boss to possess is the complete death of the current host…”
“Which means, prioritize controlling the target.”
“As long as we lock its range of activity to one body, we will have a chance to defeat it.”
“Strictly speaking, the Boss has not truly descended into our world yet. The body it possesses does not have the destructive power we might imagine.”
“Understood.” The few of them said in unison.
“Attention! Prioritize control.”
“Avoid direct killing.”