Chapter 415: Eye and Worm

It was like a giant lying outside the culture dish, looking down, staring at everything inside.

Under the gaze of that bizarre eye, all scenes were like a broken display screen, showing mottled color blocks and intermittent cracks, flickering.

The game had a BUG, textures danced in the sky, polygons shifted, collision volumes lost control, and piercing sounds continued.

Compared to the distorted and deformed sea area, the meteorite falling from the sky was just a few fireflies. Under the gaze of that eye, it rapidly became transparent, from existence to nothingness, turning into a phantom, completely dissipating.

In an instant, the dusk residual light was burned out, and everything returned to darkness.

*Boom!!*

In the last moment before dissipation, the scorching meteorite suddenly vibrated, disintegrated, and set off a huge wave covering the entire sea area in mid-air.

Violent air waves whistled in all directions.

Explosion!

It was just a pity that such power was still insufficient to break the "curtain" covering reality, at most, it only revealed a corner, showing the ferocity hidden behind the illusion.

Corpses, countless corpses.

Those semi-transparent corpse phantoms floated on the dead sea, rising and falling. The entire world, all the souls who had lost their self-awareness due to the Dream-Loss Syndrome, were revealed in the sea, drifting with the waves.

Just like being pulled by an invisible gravity, they were still gathering source after source, countless corpses intertwined into a bizarre vortex, silently circling, bit by bit gathering toward the barren island in the sea.

Until, crawling, climbing onto the barren beach, one after another, empty walking corpses with happy smiles, singing happily, involuntarily gathering toward the tower in the center.

One on top of another, constantly squirming, launching a climb toward the top of the tower.

New walking corpses kept climbing up the tower, and new ones fell, and more were pulled by their peers below, unable to break free, and even dismembered and swallowed.

Even though they were always stuck in the mud, their souls destroyed, every happy face had a smile. In their eyes, there was only a desire for the top of the tower and a pathological thirst.

Not shifting for a moment.

From beginning to end, the blood eye on the sky looked down on everything, staring at everyone with contempt.

*Snap!*

Ji Jue suddenly felt his vision go black.

His head hurt like it was splitting, unable to breathe, his soul trembling, unable to settle.

For a moment, the scene before him seemed to fall apart again, replaced by a giant tree reaching the sky, and even a rotting giant serpent corpse.

For another moment, everything disappeared and turned into other things.

Bubbles, rainbow light, smiling faces, a rotting heart beating constantly, and even his own broken corpse... just like the floating glimpses reflected in a kaleidoscope, changing constantly.

"Don't look!"

Huang Xu’s voice sounded in his ear, roaring.

In his hands, the flame-shaped sword and round shield collided, erupting with a high-pitched, sharp metallic tremor, waves spreading, waking up all the combatants who had fallen into a trance and daze unconsciously.

"...Land of Huaxu?"

Huang Xu’s eyes narrowed, scanning everything around him with his peripheral vision, then suddenly realized, saying decisively, "No, it’s the remains of the Yellow Millet!"

The remains of the Lord of Huaxu, the Lord of Yellow Millet, one of the former kings, the last fragments left in the world before the former Land of Ten Thousand Transformations turned to ashes.

As the essence stripped from the Supreme Good and existing in the world in a material form, merely unsealing the barrier above is enough to naturally erode the present world, forming a vortex that attracts all consciousness and desire!

It’s as if...

Ji Jue murmured in realization:

"————A Time Wedge of the Celestial?"

The four realms and twelve tiers of the Heaven-Chosen, a long, arduous road that countless Heaven-Chosen struggle their whole lives to reach the end of, actually has an incomparably cruel and mocking collective term—————【Raw Stone Stage】.

If the Heaven-Chosen are merely raw stones relative to the Supreme Good, then the existence of the Celestial is the key step of completely transcending the mundane and ascending toward the Supreme Good.

Four stages, twelve blessings; after passing through the four realms of Calling, Metamorphosis, Rebirth, and Transcendence, the Heaven-Chosen who completes this will truly become an existence that transcends the mundane.

The so-called Celestial.

Not only does it resonate with the tapestry of the Supreme Good from then on, becoming nearly one, but when going all out, it can even resonate to constitute the magnificent tapestry represented by the Supreme Good within time.

Like a nail piercing and fixing the gorgeous patterns on silk to a wall, it temporarily overlaps the part of the 'tapestry' it resonates with onto the present world.

Simply put, it is to forcibly overlap specific changes that 'happened in the past' or 'will happen in the future' with reality, constituting a unique manifestation!

And expressed here, it is as if a corner of the former Huaxu Kingdom has reappeared from reality.

This is the Time Wedge.

Wedge?

A word suddenly surfaced in Ji Jue's aching forehead, but there was no time to think; all thoughts returned to nothingness in the dimness.

At the same time, the original hair-raising feeling was gradually dissipating.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, what constitutes all this is not a Celestial, but merely a piece of wreckage from the Kings.

They noticed it early enough; as long as they don't get close, there is naturally no need to worry about being dragged in.

But the unfortunate part is that the Time Wedge, which a Celestial still needs to exert all their strength to maintain, is for that piece of wreckage that has infected the entire restricted zone, nothing more than a natural radiation. Just like the magnetic field of a magnet, it is constantly emitting distortion and pollution.

It might be even harder to deal with than a Celestial!

"Hey, this setup is really..."

Huang Xu in the projection sighed softly, looked back in Ji Jue's direction, and asked playfully: "Factory Manager Ji, the situation is so outrageous, surely you don't expect us to launch a frontal assault?"

Regardless of who the opponent is, since they have already eroded the restricted zone with the remains of the Yellow Millet, built such a massive domain, and occupy the home-field advantage.

This restricted zone has long since overlapped with the dream realm, as if it were a reappearance of the Myriad Transformation Paradise.

Even if the scale is limited, no matter how limited or small, it is still a part of the Myriad Transformation Paradise.

No matter who it is, rashly breaking into it will likely be eroded by the Time Wedge of the Yellow Millet remains, as if placed in a fantasy dream; they might forget their own name or what they came to do in an instant, or even become puppets in memories and illusory dreams that never existed, turning their blades against their former companions!

Unless...

There is a powerful enough force to instantly disperse the pollution of the Yellow Millet remains, just like a gale blowing away fog, breaking the Time Wedge's erosion of reality.

Ji Jue said slowly: "Speaking of which, the Northern Territory is, after all, a powerhouse of the Northern Perpetual Freeze Zone, with deep foundations and illustrious military achievements for so many years, making people tremble with fear among the Thousand Islands..."

"Stop!"

Huang Xu interrupted Ji Jue impatiently: "Cut the crap, talk about the real business."

No choice, they all have experience with him.

Things like Ji Jue often start barking the moment they open their mouths. The better he sounds now, the uglier his face will be when he finally reveals it. The more he paves the way, the more vigilant Huang Xu becomes, not knowing what kind of ghost idea he is plotting.

Ji Jue shrugged regretfully and sighed.

The foreplay failed, so he went straight to the point.

"————Do you have fusion bombs?"

【?】

For a moment, Huang Xu almost laughed out loud.

Out of anger.

Do you want to hear what kind of madness you are spouting?

Fusion bombs?

What the hell are you thinking? Do you really think this stuff is candy you can buy on the street? Scattering them around by the handful?

"We in the Northern Territory are decent people!" Huang Xu refuted decisively: "How could we have such dangerous things!"

This kind of forbidden weapon, explicitly prohibited by international agreements, is not something you can just take out and play with.

Once triggered, no matter how small the yield, it is a precursor to a total war of destruction that would cause all city-states and the two poles of the current world to sound the alarm...

A hundred years ago, in the armistice agreement signed by the Empire and the Federation, it was clearly written: during the armistice, any fusion explosion that has not been discussed by all parties with permission and reached a necessary conclusion, and at the same time, does not have the dual seals of the Federation and the Empire on the permit, is a provocation and declaration of war of the highest level against the Federation and the Empire.

A hell express that would doom the user to eternal damnation!

All parties will strike together; kill them without question.

If you don't kill them, beat them to death!

Of course, if you ask whether the North Wind Workshop, with its vast wealth and business, actually has this kind of thing... yes, brother, of course they do, but Huang Xu would never admit it even if beaten to death.

I don't have it, absolutely not, so you had better hope I don't have it either.

"Tsk..."

Ji Jue couldn't help but shake his head, "Are you even capable? You don't even have fusion bombs."

Here and now, inside the restricted zone, and right up against the pollution of the Yellow Millet remains, heaven knows, earth knows, you know, and I know; what's the harm in taking one out to use?

Do you think I'm going to keep it as leverage to report you in the future?

He was quick-handed and muted the audio directly. He only saw Huang Xu's beard and hair standing on end in the projection, his lips opening and closing rapidly, as if reciting a fast-paced book, but unfortunately, he couldn't hear what was being said.

Too regrettable.

It wasn't until Huang Xu was almost finished speaking that he finally restored the volume, and then he heard Huang Xu's words: "...Of course, if you, Factory Manager Ji, are awesome and powerful enough to open up the situation, then that's a different story. Otherwise, if you just keep letting the Dragon Bone Fleet do the heavy lifting, I think the results of our previous negotiations can be changed."

If the North Wind gets the MVP and Ji Jue becomes a freeloader, then naturally, the more you work, the more you get. Don't even think about touching anything in Punabantu in the future; put on this golden hoop and go stay somewhere cool!

So, if you have any ruthless tricks, hurry up and show them off.

Stop slacking off!

"Master, don't be impatient."

Ji Jue shrugged, sighed, glanced at the alienated world in the distance, and finally, turned his head back to look at the sky, pointing out:

"Can you lend me this to use?"

"..."

Huang Xu's expression changed slightly, as if stunned, his brows furrowing subconsciously.

He felt this kid was up to no good.

At this moment, outside the restricted zone, in the sky where the Dragon Bone Fleet was located, there was only a layer of thick, light-gray clouds, with constant thunder and lightning. Those were the thunder and rain clouds gathered by the Dragon Bone Fleet. Besides being used as a power source when necessary, they could also provide celestial support and cover for large-scale operations, or even serve as weapons...

Unfortunately, this time they went out, several supporting Heavenly Works were not brought, so they couldn't be of much use.

"Do as you please."

Huang Xu crossed his arms and glanced at Ji Jue sideways. He wanted to see what kind of bad idea this dog was brewing, and laughed playfully: "Do you need help? The scale is a bit large; I can help you unlock the control and restraints first..."

Even though his words were mocking, he didn't notice that he had unknowingly placed this dog on the same height and position as himself.

And facing Huang Xu's rare kindness, Ji Jue seemed shy.

He waved his hand.

"Oh, no need for such trouble."

He gave a shy, bashful smile: "Ahem, I've already started..."

At that moment, Huang Xu's smile froze on his face.

Only now did he realize that the heavy thunderclouds above his head had lost all response and control, with no feedback whatsoever.

All that remained was a heart-stopping spiritual quality fluctuation erupting from the bursts of thunder and fire.

Amidst the infinite thunder and lightning, a point of brilliant silver light quietly appeared, and then, it erupted, instantly spreading to everything. Brilliant silver radiance surged, occupying and filling the void clouds, swallowing the thunder.

The moment Huang Xu looked up abruptly, it was as if he saw a faint face emerging amidst the infinite clouds, indifferently lifting its eyes to glance at the illusions and blood-red eyes filling the sky in the distance.

Then, thousands of threads, countless in number, rose up, intertwining with each other like petals, unfolding layer by layer, like a lotus flower opening and closing, thirstily extending in all directions!

A storm rose abruptly!

The tide formed by the massive flow of spiritual quality surged, and with the expansion of the silver light, a bottomless black hole appeared in the clouds, greedily swallowing everything.

In an instant, it stirred the seawater, whipped up a gale, and in the howling wind that surpassed the thunder, it turned into a natural disaster!

Crown of Isis!

No, Specialized Type · Nether Sea Worm, incubation complete!