#642Chapter 642: No matter when, the hatred value of the traitor is the highestAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 642: No matter when, traitors always have the highest hatred.
Just like most wars in this world, often the most hated are not the enemies who slaughtered one's own units, but the traitors who betrayed their faction and secretly caused trouble.
As a sentient species with psychic specialties, and the former leader of his own race, when Root Bro's emotional fluctuations exceeded their limit, there was truly no one who could stop him.
As Cheng Tian had previously judged, pure human races would be very difficult for the Root of Mars to accept, so players who could be brought in were likely to have disguise abilities, or their racial positioning was more similar to the Martians' "mushroom" or "octopus" characteristics to be accepted.
And the guy with the ID "Jian Shou Qing" was the latter; his bloodline had been replaced with that of a Mushroom Person from the Super Mario worldview, a kin of Toad.
The mushroom cap on his head wasn't actually a hat, but rather his hair that had mutated into that shape.
This Mushroom Person race from the Super Mario world is a very typical non-combat bloodline primarily focused on "logistics," and some exceptionally talented Mushroom People can even actively cultivate various high-level mushrooms, which are called "treasures" in that worldview.
This includes, but is not limited to, Super Mushrooms, Mini Mushrooms, Poison Mushrooms, etc., and they can be planted in the Heaven's Chosen Space, although there are quantity restrictions on trading them.
Even so, Jian Shou Qing could live quite comfortably in the space with this ability, rarely even needing to take risks.
And according to the pre-deduction of the Heaven's Chosen Space, Jian Shou Qing alone was theoretically enough to contend with the Peregrine 004 squad, where Cheng Tian was, and players like the Modern Army Special Squad, as well as the Modern Army that went into space.
The reason was simple: the mushroom treasures in his hand.
To put it this way, if he could single-mindedly find ways to raise his faction status, making his say powerful enough for the Root of Mars to value the mushroom treasures he presented, and then incorporate these special mushroom treasures into the Martian gene sequence, then what Cheng Tian and his team would have faced in the spaceship might have been Super Martians who could change size anywhere, Poison Martians whose deaths could disperse highly toxic spores, Life Martians who could revive on the spot after dying, or even a super-dreadnought clone of Steve with multiple characteristics combined!
Unfortunately, after offering a Super Mushroom and realizing that the Root of Mars did not care about his treasures, nor did it understand the Martians' research capabilities regarding mushrooms, he completely gave up on offering more treasures and instead developed a greater ambition.
Just before the official war between Martians and Earthlings, Jian Shou Qing began to quietly spread "infected fungi" extracted from The Last of Us.
He wanted to be the mantis stalking the cicada, waiting for the Martians to completely annihilate the clueless Earthlings, then replace the Root of Mars.
However, Jian Shou Qing probably didn't expect that the Earth faction players, driving a bunch of flying coffins, could rush into the mothership so quickly, and even defeat the Root of Mars (Stage 1) at a speed far beyond imagination, and even the mothership he was on had unknowingly changed hands... As Cheng Tian officially occupied the entire mothership, Jian Shou Qing also received a prompt: [You are inside a large vehicle belonging to an enemy faction player].
This prompt also solidified Jian Shou Qing's determination to flee.
Having made it to the Bronze rank and having stayed in B-rank dungeons for a long time, Jian Shou Qing still had his discernment; if even a space combat fortress of this specification could be captured, what kind of monsters would this player team be?!
However, speaking of which, Jian Shou Qing wasn't entirely without a fight, because his mushroom system not only included the Super Mario and Last of Us worldviews, but also mushroom-related item abilities from Dungeons & Dragons, Baldur's Gate, and Dark Souls... It was just that when Cheng Tian classically used the tactic of surrounding on three sides and leaving one open, Jian Shou Qing's 'better a live dog than a dead lion' mentality prevented him from cultivating a do-or-die spirit.
Just like in the original work, where he grabbed a Metal Slug tank mid-air, Root Bro fiercely clutched Jian Shou Qing, who was in free fall and hadn't yet deployed his parachute-like fungal umbrella, tightly in his hand.
"This person is dead for sure."
Eileen, who had freed her hands and jumped back to Cheng Tian's side, said as she looked at the projected psychic scan image.
"No, this person may not die."
But Cheng Tian shook his head.
...Oh, you mean, this person might have a resurrection item?
Eileen, who had been prompted, immediately reacted.
"Correct, and the probability is very high."
Cheng Tian nodded.
Although he wasn't sure that this player was a formidable individual who could grow Super Mushrooms himself, based on the appearance of Super Mushrooms, he had reason to believe that this person most likely also possessed 1-Up Mushrooms, and like his own Golden Knight statue, they could be used outside the dungeon.
Alternatively, the opponent might also have an item similar to a "larval cultivation tank," allowing them to directly respawn within the space after dying.
After being clutched by Root Bro, Jian Shou Qing quickly calmed down from his panic, because he knew he was doomed.
"Any last words?"
Root Bro, whose psychic fluctuations had reached their peak, said to the traitor in his hand.
At the same time, Cheng Tian's psychic scan was also sweeping over Jian Shou Qing, ready to capture the sound vibrations and mouth shape changes he made at the first moment, to comprehensively judge what he said.
"Brother Mao Er was right, only doing logistics really has no future... I will be back."
The moment Jian Shou Qing's words fell, a close-range telekinetic shockwave, in the form of psychic vibration, instantly exploded Jian Shou Qing's head from the inside out.
Such a calm acceptance of death basically confirmed that the opponent undoubtedly possessed resurrection abilities.
However, his last words before death were somewhat unexpected.
Not only did this kid have resurrection abilities, but was he even connected to the "Ork" space mushroom race from Warhammer 40K?
If he held a grudge and fulfilled his "last words," he might still try to find ways to take revenge on the Root of Mars.
If so, Cheng Tian would one day confront him.
Just from the perspective of potentially meeting Orks, Cheng Tian even vaguely looked forward to the day he would see Jian Shou Qing again in the future.
The Root of Mars, who had completely crushed every cell of Jian Shou Qing with a telekinetic shockwave, also let out a heavy sigh of relief, and Cheng Tian, on his side, accepted the Root of Mars's conditions and surrender, incorporating him into his independent faction.
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