The circuits connected to these people's skulls were clearly inscribed with the Magic Net information transceiver set, without even a bit of modification. After roughly understanding its function, Betty couldn't help but sigh. "These guys, they don't even know how to copy properly. There are way too many useless runes here. Just modify it a little and it would be countless times stronger."

"Don't you feel uncomfortable?" Ren looked at Betty somewhat helplessly.

This girl's reaction wasn't what He had imagined.

Transforming individual bodies into bases that supplied energy to the brain, then transmitting all the information from the world of depravity into these brains, processing it through the Thinkers' brains, then feeding it back to the world of depravity, repeating this cycle to keep the world of depravity running normally... To Ren, this scene was truly evil!

"Uncomfortable? Not at all!" Betty was somewhat confused. "Why would I feel uncomfortable?"

Watching Betty tilt her head to an angle that humans could never possibly achieve, Ren didn't know what to say for a moment. She wasn't human, so of course she wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

"If there's no learning value, send them off." Sighing, Ren didn't dwell on that issue and instead said, "Using human brains for computing is actually a pretty good idea. Remember it well—maybe we'll use it in the future."

Right now, the Magic Net didn't have many functions, and the number of users wasn't too high. The book's computing power could basically meet the needs. But in the future, as functions increased and Magic Net users grew, perhaps one day computing power wouldn't be enough. Strengthening the book, adding similar magical creatures, or... having each user contribute a little bit of computing power all seemed like good choices.

In his previous life, Ren had seen biological chips—protein chips, gene chips—combining biological genes with semiconductors to achieve effects similar to ordinary computers, or even supercomputers. In essence, this should be pretty similar to that.

Human brain arrays... still kind of interesting. As Ren was thinking this, Betty had already started moving.

With just a light wave of her hand, all the surrounding runes were erased, then the liquid-like substance was disposed of, letting these 'Thinkers' die completely without a sound.

Actually, they had long been dead. When they were captured by the cultists, they were already dead. It's just that their brains were still being forcibly operated... Even if that legendary druid upstairs came, it would be impossible to heal them. Better to let them pass away quietly.

As the most loyal servant of the Goddess of Magic, Betty's strength was no weaker than some legendary magicians. If you said she was third in this world, absolutely no one would dare jump out and say they were second.

The entire process was smooth and flowing, just a few breaths of time, and it was over.

"Let's go, time to head back."

After confirming no one survived, Ren nodded slightly.

"We finally came to the mortal realm, let's go out and look around! This City of Gold is one of the most prosperous areas in the southern mortal realm!" Betty looked at Ren somewhat reluctantly.

The last time she appeared in the mortal realm, she'd already forgotten whether it was ten thousand or twenty thousand years ago—should be less than thirty thousand years. The long years hadn't made her forget the feeling of playing in the mortal realm.

"Alright, let's go look around then!" Ren thought for a moment and nodded slightly. "Just so happens we can see if we can drop off some Magic Net rings around here."

The City of Gold was the most prosperous place in the southern part of the continent. The climate was warm. Though the City-State Alliance wasn't very strong, an alliance of hundreds of city-state nations still had some value.

Plus, quite a few elderly magicians chose to come here for retirement.

The Magic Net should be able to bring these elderly folks quite a bit of comfort too.

After getting Ren's agreement, Betty instantly disappeared from the spot with Ren.

When they appeared again, they were already in the most prosperous district of the City of Gold.

Space magic, the most difficult series in magic, was actually no different from walking for Betty. In the mortal realm, operating it was even more convenient and quick than in the divine realm.

They had just left when the castellan of the City of Gold and others arrived at the basement. Looking at this scene, everyone's expression was quite spectacular!

"Hiss—your castellan's manor actually has a place like this! I didn't sense it at all!" Master Wrathwind had seen his share of storms, but after seeing this wine pool full of corpses, his expression still showed some shock.

Especially sensing that these druids had just died, made him feel even more shocked!

As a legendary druid, he had the keenest observation of life force in this world, yet he hadn't sensed these guys' existence at all. From arriving at the castellan's manor until now, he never noticed.

But the situation here clearly showed these guys had been here all along, just that, due to some unknown reason, they suddenly died just now.

What on earth was going on?! He turned his gaze to the castellan of the City of Gold. He knew the other party must know some inside information.

The impression of that drunkard from not long ago also appeared in his mind at the same time.

The Fallen Ones?

"Maybe it was Lord Ren who cleaned it up?" Looking at this scene, the Golden Princess's face also looked very unwell, even somewhat pale. She never imagined there could be such a terrifying place in this world, much less that such a terrifying place would be in her own home.

"Should be. Damn Fallen Ones! To do something like this to us!" The castellan of the City of Gold actually hadn't emerged from his grief at this moment, but the abnormalities in his body, and what happened at the castellan's manor, all made him extremely angry. Grief and anger intertwined. Toward those Fallen Ones who gave him a bit of hope just to take everything away from him, toward those who used the softness in his heart to influence him, his anger had reached its peak.

Wrathwind still looked confused, not understanding what happened. He quickly asked the Golden Princess beside him. After learning everything, his face was filled with disbelief, like he'd seen a ghost. "You're sure what you saw was the third prince of the Kingdom of Dawn?! You must have been blinded by the Fallen Ones' corruption. It's absolutely impossible!"

"If you don't believe us, look at this. The information on here won't lie!"

Quickly pulling out a Magic Net ring, skillfully praying, opening the Magic Encyclopedia about the Dawn royal family, showing it to the several people present.

Then.

The Magic Net ring quickly spread through the castellan of the City of Gold's manor.

But what happened today ultimately became an unsolved mystery... However, Wrathwind did get a good place to go. The salary offered by the castellan of the City of Gold basically meant he could be debt-free in three months... Of course, he didn't seem to have any intention of repaying his debts. He lost it fair and square with his own skill—why should he pay it back?!

Fallen Ones headquarters, in an ancient and hidden cave, a group of people gathered together, their faces all filled with terror and confusion!

"Van is actually dead! And we've lost perception of the Mirror of Depravity? How is that possible?!"

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