Chapter 135

"Lord Hal, the monsters have destroyed the entire city and have surrounded the mayor's residence!"

In a town called Cass within the Lance family's sphere of influence, Mayor Hal Lance and the other five apprentices were at their wits' end.

"Aren't the monsters supposed to have no intelligence? Why can't they just let the mayor's residence go? "An apprentice muttered to himself in despair.

They were the only humans left in the city. Even the servants and slaves of the mayor's residence had all mutated, and they had even killed a careless apprentice when no one was paying attention.

Curses and poisons were not only useless against the infected, but would also cause the virus to mutate again. Even though they had supernatural powers, there was nothing they could do in the face of such a situation.

Although ordinary ancient elemental magic could cause great damage to the monsters, they weren't good at it. Most importantly, the number of monsters was simply endless. Even the insects that could be easily crushed and blown away by a breath of air had joined in the siege against them.

"I've already asked for help from the family. The great mages will come and save us. Defend the mayor's residence!" Hal said in a hoarse voice. He was at his wits' end, and could not even fly away. The flying monsters were no less than the ones on the ground.

"They're coming! They're coming! "

The infected creatures' attacks were silent and soundless. Under the attack program set by the devils, they silently carried out the order to kill without any hesitation or retreat. The infected creatures that died would be torn apart and eaten by their companions in the next second, turning into nutrients that would help them mutate even further.

When enough ants could kill an elephant, when the number of infected spread across the entire Ceylon Island, and all of them were enemies of the enemy mages. The difference in quality was made up for the difference in quantity. Although they were no match for official mages, they could still surround and kill ordinary apprentices.

Cass City did not even last an hour before it was torn to pieces by the overwhelming number of infected. In other parts of Ceylon Island, situations like Cass City were happening all the time.

Adam was not in a hurry to go out and hunt official mages. In fact, in just three days of the virus spreading, he had already earned more than six hundred merit points while sitting in the laboratory. In addition to the merit points he already had, he was close to earning a thousand merit points.

"Kekeke, master, this is so interesting! It's so easy! I feel like I'm a god now! " The Devil was so engrossed in the new game that he couldn't pull himself out of it. He didn't even need Adam's request to take the initiative to attack the city.

Adam stood expressionlessly at the side. In front of him was a huge screen with a magnified map of Ceylon Island projected on it. The locations of every town were marked. The red ones were the fallen areas, while the green ones were the unexplored areas. He used this method to deduce the distribution of high-end forces on the entire island.

The mission was no longer difficult, and Adam wasn't willing to waste his time here. Although each person only needed a thousand achievement points, the Hyperdimensional Mage didn't forbid the trial apprentices from continuing to harvest after they had achieved their goal. Adam decided to collect as many points as possible to speed up the trial process.

— — —

On the other side, most of the remaining trial apprentices of the War Alliance had gathered outside the defensive perimeter of the Anti-Mage family. In their original plan, they would encounter the defensive perimeter of the Anti-Mage family after advancing a thousand kilometers, but now, even if they were obstructed, the ones blocking their path were the infected bodies that had no consciousness and could not communicate.

The trial apprentices kept attacking the infected bodies, while the members of the War Alliance gathered and set up a temporary command center to discuss how to deal with the infected bodies.

"Lilith, you were the first to investigate this matter. Any new information?" On a huge round table, thirty members were sitting around it. A male apprentice asked.

"What we can confirm now is that the mutation came from a virus that spreads through the air and blood. It's fatal to normal creatures, but it's ineffective against mages." Lilith was mentally and physically exhausted. That was all she knew. She couldn't investigate more because the infected bodies couldn't communicate at all.

"I speculate that the virus didn't come from the Anti-Mage," Lilith said after a pause.

"You mean, it was the work of the trial apprentices?" Someone questioned.

Lilith sighed. "That's right. You should know that this is a serious matter. If it was the Anti-Mage who did it, The Fifth Element Holy Tower would've issued a mission for us to deal with. But it's been three days, and there's still no movement on the bracelet."

Everyone was silent for a moment. The fact that there was no mission was the biggest doubt. They had also guessed that the virus might have been spread by the trial apprentices, but when they thought about it carefully, none of the apprentices in this batch had such attainments in pharmaceutics.

"If it was one of us who did it, who could it be? What's the benefit of doing so? "Someone asked.

"I don't know."

For some reason, Adam's name flashed through Lilith's mind. Although there was no evidence, she felt that it was Adam who did it. But doubts still remained. What benefit would he get from exterminating normal creatures?

In the midst of everyone's discussion, an apprentice suddenly entered and said, "Those monsters have retreated."

— — —

In the underground room inland, the Devil asked Adam, "Master, what should we do with the trial apprentices?"

A probe was inserted into the Virus Mother that the Devil named Garfields. The screen connected to the probe showed the scene that was happening at the gathering place of the trial apprentices.

Although the number of infected creatures was almost endless, the difference in strength between them and the elite apprentices was too great. The apprentices could easily destroy a large number of infected creatures with a single spell.

"Send a group of infected creatures to monitor them. The rest will retreat." Adam continued to extract cells from the mutated infected creatures as he replied.

The Devil's confidence had been inflated recently. He shouted, "Master, although the children are no match for them, they can still put them in a difficult situation. Isn't it too easy to let them go?"

"No, I need to end this boring trial as soon as possible. I can't kill all the official mages of the fifteen factions by myself. I need their strength."

The demon was unwilling to give up. "Master, the War Alliance isn't friendly to you. Maybe you're already wanted."

Adam said indifferently, "I know, but they are not worth my time. They are more beneficial than harmful to me. Not only do the infected creatures not have to obstruct them, they can even leak some information to them."

The Devil rolled his eyes and understood Adam's intentions. He smiled sinisterly. "I understand, master. When the time comes, I will find a few tough bones for them."