Hey, hey, this is a big joke. Is it possible that the power system of the ancient times, the power of faith, is still related to the power used by demons today?

Snow picked up the damaged [replacement] in his hand and looked back and forth, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything with the naked eye.

If he wasn't worried that this thing would be completely destroyed, Snow would have wanted to take out his [Demon-Slaying Holy Flame] and shoot it to see how it reacted.

The defense mechanism that should be awakened does not work correctly. Either there is something wrong with this thing itself, or... there is something wrong with the demon Li Nali fought.

"Lu'er...isn't there any information about demons in Utopia?"

He couldn't figure out any clues anyway, so Snow just mentioned it casually with the mentality of giving it a try.

Utopia is not completely ignorant of demons in reality. After being connected to the main world for so long, Ark has already come into contact with demons - of course the kind that was destroyed.

Utopia is born in this world, and it often observes the world from God's perspective. It is natural for the demons that appear more and more frequently to be captured visually in Utopia.

Moreover, Snow and Phyllis also threw destroyed enemies into the ark.

There are currently many demon remains or fragments inside the Ark, which are placed in the internal laboratory for research purposes. The purpose is to find out the origin of this artificial weapon.

Among the undead crew, there are many technical talents like those in the scientific research class of the Black Order.

Although their talents are obviously inconsistent with this era, for this kind of supernatural man-made weapon, the things stored in their brains are still enough.

Not to mention, the existence of demons itself has something in common with the undead crew...

They are also the use of the souls of the dead. Whether it is the Undead Crew or the Devil, they are all products of soul technology, but their development focuses are different.

What the undead crew pursues is long-term preservation. They use their own strong beliefs or wills as anchors to firmly fix their souls on the shell, while selectively retaining the memory and personality of the original owner.

Although "immortality" sounds a bit evil, in fact every undead crew member in Utopia is a benign machine puppet.

It will not cause any threatening behavior to other things.

But the demons have taken a completely opposite path. What they pursue is evolution and use the pain of the soul as the eternal driving force.

Using the soul of the original owner as an incubator, a new will was born on that basis, with cruelty and killing as the main theme, tragedy and pain as the direction of evolution, and new killing weapons were created one after another.

They are real weapons of war. On the road of killing, they will never look back, and they will even regenerate their own individual thoughts.

However, after analysis by the remaining technical staff within the Undead Crew Association, they believe that the demon's core manufacturing technology has many similarities with the Undead Crew.

The sailing log of the crew association also records that on the day Utopia docked, the signal of the undead crew that could not be connected in the real world was detected...

Now it seems that it should be some kind of demon lurking nearby, because there may be some similarities between the two, causing Utopia's communication signal tower to misjudge.

"Something similar..."

Snow flipped through the research report in front of him, but he didn't recognize the various terms compiled on it.

The immortal crew member, who had long lost his humanity, could not use more intuitive language to explain or express him.

What's standing there now is just an automaton that still retains knowledge and technology.

"Lu'er, can you explain it to me? For example, this sentence... both sides have the same structure, what is the 'faith energy core mechanism'?"

Snow pointed to the first line of the sentence. He couldn't understand it at all. He knew every word, but he couldn't understand it put together.

"Whether they are demons or undead crew members, they are essentially mechanical creations. Even if the inner driving force is the soul, their bodies are still made of metal and other materials.

Just like converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, the soul, as a raw material, requires such a transformation organ as an intermediary object.

The 'Belief Energy Core Organization' plays such a role. The Immortal Crew is still a product of the old era, and their energy system still uses the power of belief in gods from the old era."

"God?"

"Yes, the immortal crew can survive for thousands of years not only by their own obsession, but also by the transformation effect of this mechanism.

It can be said that we have borrowed part of the power of the gods, and that is our belief in it!"

Although every undead crew member has now become a puppet, their individual souls are still preserved in the puppet container.

Theoretically... they are indeed still alive as "immortal".

"But where did the devil come from? The Millennium Earl's goal is to destroy mankind and become the enemy of the gods!

Also, how do I remember that I once saw on this boat... a record of the death of the gods?"

The Vatican, the superior organization of the Black Order, has a group of red-clothed protagonists who are a group of fanatical believers, but they have not received any feedback on their faith.

Although he often talked about God, Snow always thought that it was just a means used by some big families to unite the religious order and safeguard their own interests.

Gods... Although the Black Order is an organization of the church, this thing is really too far away from them... They have only heard its name but never seen its form.

By the way, I don’t even know the name of that god...

Snow stared at the fist-sized ball on the image, which contained a pool of purple-black liquid that looked like oil.

According to the conclusion of the analysis, this is the core item that constructs the devil - "demon substance".

Snow had seen this kind of thing when he was in the Black Order. This liquid has the ability to corrode everything, and the Order went to great lengths to retain a little bit of it.

Then I gave it a name that is opposite to "holy".

"Devil substance" is the source of demons. The Millennium Earl used this substance as the core to create killing weapons one after another that relied on the soul.

The devil virus also comes from this substance. As long as a drop of black liquid is integrated into human blood, a pitch-black reverse pentagram will soon appear on the body of an ordinary human being.

"This kind of demonic substance has become the most powerful weapon of the Millennium Earl and the Black Order. Without this thing, demons might not appear in this world."

Snow weighed the test tube made of special crystal inside. Ordinary containers could not contain this kind of demonic substance.

After all, this is a lesson learned from the past. The destroyed demon will either self-destruct quickly, leaving no trace of dregs, or the structure in the body will quickly evaporate into the air...

In addition, the demon virus self-destructs so quickly that the Black Order has never developed a serum that can successfully resist the demon virus.

"So, the Millennium Earl installed this substance in some mechanism, and then used it as a transit...to provide energy for the demon's activities?"

"No..."

For the first time, Luer only replied with this sentence and then fell into silence for a long time. She once again showed her human side.

"This kind of thing... is the so-called core mechanism.

It swallows the power that the soul has kindly given out, and then uses its own characteristics to transform and output it as the driving force for demons and undead crew members.

Just like eating food to get nutrients..."

"Oh! So that's it!"

Snow nodded as if he suddenly understood, and then a bolt of lightning suddenly pierced his mind.

"You just... were talking about demons and undead crew members?"

"Yes!"

"The cores used by both of them are actually the same material."

"Yes!"

"The composition of the undead crew also contains a part of demonic matter?"

Snow felt that his head was a little confused. If it was going around like this, wouldn't it mean that the undead dolls living on the Utopia Ark were also demons?

"No!"

Luer explained slowly.

"It's not 'the undead crew is using demonic substances' but 'the devil is using the power of faith'"

"ha?"

Snow couldn't help but open his mouth. He felt that his ears might not be working well, but he could even hear such ridiculous things.

"Devils use the power of belief in gods? Don't do it. Is it possible that those murderous demons still have to do mass and report every day?

I even have the power of faith in my heart.”

It's as absurd as Satan praying to God. You know, it's a complete opposite.

"But...this is the fact."

Luer's tone was more humane and helpless. Now she wanted to extract her body and run to the laboratory to test it with her own hands.

Not long after, an undead sailor walked over carrying a tray.

"What is this?"

"This is the power of faith we just discussed and it's a legacy..."

On the tray is also a transparent ball smaller than a fist, which seems to contain some kind of sloshing golden liquid.

Judging from the degree of viscosity, it seems to have many similarities with demonic substances.

"This is the power of faith...?"

"That's right, it is similar to the entity of faith that has been condensed. However, after the Utopia Ark lost contact, it has never been able to contact the gods again, let alone produce pure faith."

That’s why the phrase “the gods are dead” appears in Utopia Ark.

Snow lifted the two test tubes back and forth and looked at them.

"One is gold and the other is black. Are these two things really the same?"

He still wasn't willing to believe that the two liquids he saw were actually the same substance.
To be continued...