Chapter 432: Eye and Worm

It's like a giant lying outside the petri dish, looking down, staring at everything inside.

Under the gaze of that strange eye, all scenes were like a broken display screen, floating with colorful color blocks and intermittent cracks, flickering.

The game had a BUG, textures danced in the sky, polygons changed constantly, collision volume lost control, and harsh sounds continued.

Compared with the twisted and deformed sea area, the meteorite falling from the sky was just a little firefly. Under the gaze of that eye, it quickly became transparent, from existence to nothing, turned into a phantom, and completely dissipated.

In a flash, the dusk residual light burned out, and everything returned to darkness.

Boom!!

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

Violent air waves roared and flew in all directions.

Explosion!

It's a pity that such power is still not enough to break the "curtain" covering reality, at best, it just uncovers a corner, revealing the ferocity hidden behind the illusion.

Corpses, countless corpses.

Those semi-transparent corpse phantoms floated on the dead sea surface, rising and falling. The whole world, all the souls who lost themselves taken away by the Dream Loss Syndrome, appeared in the sea, drifting with the tide.

Just like being pulled by an invisible gravity, they were still gathering source after source, countless corpses intertwined into a strange vortex, rotating silently, bit by bit gathering toward the desert 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 high tower in the center.

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

Constantly new walking corpses climbed up the high tower, and new walking corpses fell, and more were pulled by the same kind below, unable to break free, and even dismembered and swallowed.

Even if they were always stuck in the mud, their souls destroyed, those happy faces all had smiles. In their eyes, there was only desire for the top of the tower and pathological hunger.

Not shifted for a moment.

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

Pop!

Ji Jue suddenly felt his eyes turn black.

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

For a moment, the scene in front of him seemed to fall apart again, replaced by a giant tree reaching the sky, and even a huge rotten snake corpse.

There was another moment, everything disappeared and turned into other things.

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

"Don't look!"

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

In his hand, the flame sword and the round shield collided suddenly, bursting out a high-pitched and sharp metal trembling sound, waves spread, waking up all the combatants who were unconsciously falling into a trance and dullness.

"... Country of Huaxu?"

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

The remains of the Lord of Huaxu and the Lord of Yellow Millet, one of the former kings, the last fragment left in the world before the former Ten Thousand Elephant Paradise was wiped out.

As the essence that was stripped from the Supreme Good and existed in the world in the form of matter, just uncovering the blockade above is enough to naturally erode reality and form a vortex that attracts all consciousness and desire!

Just like...

Ji Jue whispered:

"————The Wedge of the Heavenly Human?"

The four realms and twelve ranks of the Heaven-Chosen—a long, arduous road that countless Heaven-Chosen spend their entire lives seeking in vain—actually have an incomparably cruel and mocking summary: 【Raw Stone Stage】.

If the Heaven-Chosen are merely raw stones relative to the Supreme Good, then the existence of the Heavenly Human is the critical step of completely transcending the mundane and sublimating toward the Supreme Good.

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

The so-called Heavenly Human.

It is not merely echoing the tapestry of the Supreme Good from then on, becoming nearly one; when going all out, one can even resonate to construct the magnificent tapestry represented by the Supreme Good within time.

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

Simply put, it is the forced overlapping of specific changes that 'happened in the past' or 'will happen in the future' with reality, constructing a unique manifestation!

And as manifested 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 throbbing forehead, but before he could think, all thoughts vanished into the dimness.

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

He let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, what constituted all of this was not a Heavenly Human, but merely a piece of wreckage from the Kings.

They had noticed it early enough; as long as they didn't get close, they naturally wouldn't have to worry about being dragged in.

But the unfortunate part was that the Time Wedge, which a Heavenly Human would still need to exert all their strength to maintain, was for that piece of wreckage that had infected the entire forbidden zone, nothing more than a natural radiation. Just like the magnetic field of a magnet, it was constantly emitting distortion and pollution.

It might be even harder to deal with than a Heavenly Human!

"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 absurd, surely you don't expect us to launch a frontal assault?"

Regardless of who the opponent is, since they have already eroded the forbidden zone with the remains of Huang Liang and constructed such a massive domain, they occupy the home-field advantage.

This forbidden 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.

Anyone who rashly breaks into it will likely be eroded by the Time Wedge of the Huang Liang remains, as if placed in an illusory dream; they might forget their own name or why they came in an instant, and even turn into puppets in memories and illusory dreams that never existed, turning their blades against their former companions!

Unless...

There is a sufficiently powerful force to disperse the pollution of the Huang Liang remains in an instant, 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 Eternal Freeze Zone, with deep foundations and illustrious martial achievements built over so many years, making people tremble with fear among the Thousand Islands..."

"Stop!"

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

No choice, he had experience with this bastard.

When someone like Ji Jue opens his mouth, he usually starts barking. The nicer he talks now, the uglier his true colors will be later. The more he paves the way, the more vigilant Huang Xu becomes, not knowing what kind of scheme he is hatching.

Ji Jue immediately shrugged with regret 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.

He was infuriated.

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 possibly have such dangerous things!"

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

Once triggered, no matter how small the yield, it is the 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 and concluded as necessary by all parties at a meeting, and which does not bear the dual seals of the Federation and the Empire on the permit, is a provocation and declaration of war of the highest order against the Federation and the Empire.

An express train to hell that would doom the user to eternal damnation!

All parties shall strike it down; kill without question.

If you don't kill them, strike them until they are dead!

Of course, if you ask whether the North Wind Workshop, with its vast assets, actually has such things... yes, brother, of course they do, but Huang Xu would never admit it even if beaten to death.

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

"Tsk..."

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

Here and now, inside the forbidden zone, and pressed right against the pollution of the Huang Liang remains—heaven knows, earth knows, you know, and I know—what's the harm in taking one out to use?

Do you think I'd keep it as leverage to report you later?

He was quick-handed and muted the feed. He only saw Huang Xu's hair and beard bristling in the projection, his lips moving rapidly as if reciting a clapper talk, but unfortunately, he couldn't hear what was being said.

What a pity.

He waited until Huang Xu was almost done before finally restoring the volume, and immediately heard Huang Xu's words: "... Of course, if you, Factory Manager Ji, are badass enough to open up the situation, that's a different story. Otherwise, if you just rely on the Dragon Skeleton Fleet to do the work, I think the results of our previous negotiations can be revised."

If North Wind gets the MVP and Ji Jue becomes a freeloader, then naturally, it's "to each according to his work," and you can forget about getting your hands on anything regarding Punabantu; put on this golden headband and go stay wherever it's cool!

So, if you have any killer moves, 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 back to look at the sky, reaching out to point:

"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 forbidden zone, in the firmament where the Dragon Skeleton Fleet was located, there was only a layer of light gray, heavy clouds, with constant thunder and lightning. Those were the thunder and rain clouds gathered by the Dragon Skeleton Fleet; besides serving as a power source when necessary, they could also provide celestial support and assistance for large-scale operations, or even serve as weapons...

Unfortunately, they hadn't brought several pieces of supporting Heavenly Craft this time, so they weren't of much use.

"Do as you please."

Huang Xu crossed his arms, glancing sideways at Ji Jue. He wanted to see what kind of scheme this bastard was hatching, laughing playfully: "Need help? The scale is a bit large; I can help you release the control and restraints here..."

Even though his words were mocking, he hadn't noticed that he had unconsciously placed this bastard on the same level and position as himself.

And facing Huang Xu's rare kindness, Ji Jue acted as if he were shy.

He waved his hand.

"Oh, no need for such trouble."

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

In that instant, Huang Xu's smile froze on his face.

Only now did he realize that the heavy thunderclouds overhead had long since lost all response and control, with no feedback whatsoever.

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

Amidst the infinite thunder and lightning, a point of brilliant silver light quietly appeared, and then, it erupted, instantly spreading everywhere. The 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 raising its eyes to glance at the illusions and blood-red eyes filling the firmament in the distance.

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

A storm arose!

The tide formed by the massive flow of spiritual quality surged, and accompanied by the expansion of the silver light, a bottomless black hole appeared from 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: Underworld Sea Worm, incubation complete!