After Su Yu finished speaking, he didn’t immediately go looking for the so-called City Lord, mainly because he didn’t know where the City Lord was specifically.
He wasn’t in a hurry, instead, he observed the nearby residents for a while.
He noticed that these people seemed a bit strange, constantly muttering something under their breath.
Upon listening closely, it was all about the "Great God of Heavenly Punishment," "The City Lord is the incarnation of the Great God of Heavenly Punishment," "Heavenly punishment befalls upon the blasphemers," "We are the chosen subjects..."
This group of people seemed to believe in some obscure deity: the "God of Heavenly Punishment."
And the City Lord is the incarnation of this god.
At that moment, Xie Yitian also heard the prayers of these residents and said, "These people all believe in the so-called God of Heavenly Punishment."
"According to the memories in the soldiers’ minds earlier, humans are born sinful, and the so-called God of Heavenly Punishment will periodically descend to cleanse these sins."
"Only those humans who sincerely believe in this god and become agents of the City of Heavenly Punishment, bringing punishment upon others, can exempt themselves from heavenly punishment."
"This is how these guys brainwash themselves."
"...In short, they’re a bunch of lunatics."
There was deep disgust and disdain in Xie Yitian’s tone.
He had invaded the minds of thousands of soldiers and acquired a lot of memories.
His understanding of this City of Heavenly Punishment was already very deep.
But the more he understood, the more he realized the evil and distortion of this city.
Hearing this, Su Yu shook his head as well.
It seems that the entire city has already been brainwashed by the City Lord, becoming twisted believers.
It appears that after being struck by Zhang Chenfeng’s creation, the City Lord couldn’t find an enemy and imagined a "God of Heavenly Punishment," even considering himself as the incarnation of this so-called deity.
After observing these residents, Su Yu looked around and then at the city’s architecture.
He was pondering, where exactly was the City Lord?
At that moment, a small voice whispered in his ear, "Master... Master, I think I can feel..."
It was the Fear Intelligence speaking.
Meanwhile, from the moment he entered the city, Xie Yitian was exerting his full abilities, trying to locate the City Lord.
With Xie Yitian’s Data Ghost abilities, it was incredibly useful for gathering information.
This City of Heavenly Punishment was heavily defended, but in his eyes, it was like there were no defenses at all.
Where there were smart devices and data, he would immediately invade, acquire, and gather the information from those devices.
Even living people, without completely eroding their minds, Xie Yitian could read parts of their memories and even alter some of their memories and perceptions.
His thoughts transformed into invisible data, like a ghost, sweeping across the City of Heavenly Punishment in a short time.
Xie Yitian was fully confident that he would soon locate the City Lord.
"This City Lord of the Heavenly Punishment dared to secretly mess around in my Illusion City!"
"Now I will show you what a super hacker is, what a Data Ghost is!"
Xie Yitian’s purpose this time was to take revenge on the City Lord of Heavenly Punishment.
Locating the City Lord was the first step to revenge.
However, after he searched the entire city, his brow furrowed deeply.
Whether the city’s intelligent hosts or the memories within the residents’ minds, none contained information about the City Lord’s location.
Not even the entrance to underground locations.
This made Xie Yitian feel that the City Lord of Heavenly Punishment was too well-hidden.
He even doubted whether the City Lord was in the City of Heavenly Punishment at all?
It might also be that the City Lord’s hiding place was concealed by a more powerful invisible force.
Since the City Lord of Heavenly Punishment could hide such a large city, it wouldn’t be surprising if his hideout had even stronger invisibility powers.
Thinking this way, Xie Yitian felt that finding the City Lord’s hideout was utterly hopeless.
If he couldn’t find it at all, Xie Yitian would have to consider forcibly attacking the city to force the City Lord out.
But doing so would create a big commotion, and the City Lord would most likely not show up but instead sneak away.
This City Lord is very skilled in invisibility.
If he escapes and hides somewhere, as long as he doesn’t show himself, there’s likely no hope for Xie Yitian to find him, so how can he get revenge?
"Moreover, even if we find his hiding place, it might be of little use."
"Because it could be that even if he stood in front of us, we couldn’t see him..."
"With his skills, his invisibility is probably even more formidable, without flaws."
"If he hides anywhere, how would we find him?"
"He might even be standing right in front of me right now?"
At this thought, Xie Yitian’s expression changed again.
This City Lord of the Heavenly Punishment’s invisibility capability was indeed too troublesome.
It’s likely that originally the City Lord of Heavenly Punishment became invisible and went to the Illusion City, secretly eroding the ’illusion.’
Despite Xie Yitian’s control over the Illusion City, the fact that he never noticed anything was truly terrifying.
If it weren’t for this ability, Su Yu and Xie Yitian actually wouldn’t have needed to infiltrate the City of Heavenly Punishment at all.
Since confirming that the City Lord of Heavenly Punishment was the mastermind, they could have just gathered an army to besiege the city, bombard it into oblivion, and destroy them directly.
It was exactly because Su Yu wanted to hold a ceremony, they could commence a battle directly.
In a direct fight, Su Yu alone had the power to destroy the city.
But the issue was, causing such a big scene would likely allow the City Lord to escape.
This was the real threat.