Chapter 223

Before he could finish, the sword in Void Lin Yu's hand had already pierced the red crystal on Qin Tianluo's chest.

Qin Tianluo let out a scream, a sound so sharp it could pierce one's eardrums, and then his body scattered like sand and disappeared.

Lin Yu stared fixedly at this "self," feeling a chill in his heart. "What on earth are you?"

"I told you, I am you, only I come from a world that has already completely perished, where everything is Void," Void Lin Yu walked toward him. "I am the king there, and you will be the savior of this world."

He raised his hand and slashed through the air, creating a rift, and space-time distorted.

"Follow me, I'll show you what the real trouble is."

Lin Yu grabbed Xuanyuan Qing's hand. "Why should I trust you?"

Void Lin Yu turned around and looked outside through the rift. "Because if you don't come with me, in seven days, everyone will die. Of course, that includes her, Xuanyuan Qing."

Lin Yu hesitated for a moment, but still held Xuanyuan Qing's hand tightly and followed Void Lin Yu into the rift.

The moment they passed through the rift, the world spun.

Lin Yu struggled to open his eyes and found himself standing on a transparent surface, with an inverted city above his head.

Skyscrapers hung upside down, cars shuttled between buildings, and people walked back and forth on inverted streets, as if completely unaffected by gravity.

What the hell kind of place is this? Lin Yu muttered to himself.

"This is the Mirror World," Void Lin Yu explained, "This is Earth completely transformed by the Void, but it's not destruction; it's evolution."

Xuanyuan Qing gripped the silver bell in her hand tightly; the sound of the silver bell echoed in this world, which was very strange.

"These people... are they still human?"

The people walking on the streets looked no different from ordinary people at first glance, but if you looked closely, you could see faint blue light patterns flowing under their skin, and they walked lightly, sometimes even floating briefly.

"Half-Void creatures," Void Lin Yu led them across the street, "Void energy allowed them to evolve and gain superpowers, but they still retain human emotions and brains."

A small child ran past them, suddenly becoming semi-transparent, passed through a wall, and ran out from the other side, their laughter crisp and clear.

This didn't look like an invasion at all. Lin Yu frowned even deeper; this looked more like... symbiosis?

"That's right," Void Lin Yu led them to a transparent crystal tower, "The Void was never the enemy; it's just another form of energy. It's humans scaring themselves that made things turn out like this."

Inside the crystal tower, countless data streams flowed on the walls, displaying information about various timelines.

A giant holographic sphere floated in the center, marked with numerous red dots.

"This is the Multiverse Monitoring System," Void Lin Yu pointed at the red dots, "Every red dot is a perished world."

Lin Yu walked closer to the holographic sphere. "Who did this?"

"The Terminators," Void Lin Yu's expression was grim, "Things older than the Void itself; they want to turn the entire multiverse into nothingness. And the timeline you are in is the next one."

The holographic sphere zoomed in, showing a black vortex devouring an entire galaxy.

At the center of that vortex was a giant eye, cold and emotionless, as if it were staring at the Void itself.

"In seven days, the Terminators will break through the final barrier, and your world will be completely erased, just like this."

Lin Yu didn't speak.

"Why are you telling me all this?" After a while, Lin Yu asked.

"Because to defeat the Terminators, you need the power of both Void and reality from the same source," Void Lin Yu pointed at Lin Yu's chest, "The golden-black energy inside you is the key. But relying on you alone is not enough."

He turned to Xuanyuan Qing. "The secret of the Bell Clan is far more complex than you think."

Xuanyuan Qing looked down at the silver bell in her hand, gripping it tighter with some unease. "I only know this was passed down by my ancestors..."

"That silver bell is not a key to open some Origin Land," Void Lin Yu walked in front of her, "It is a seal for the Terminators. Three thousand years ago, during the last Terminator invasion, Xuan Qingzi used his own life to seal a portion of them inside the silver bell and gave it to the Bell Clan to guard."

Xuanyuan Qing's eyes widened as she looked at the silver bell in her hand. "You mean... what I'm holding is..."

"A cage," Void Lin Yu nodded, "And you, Xuanyuan Qing, are the chain. The bloodline within you is specifically designed to deal with the Terminators. Qin Tianluo wanted to use you to open the Origin Land, but he didn't know the truth at all. Once he messed around and awakened the power within you, the seal would break, and the Terminators would arrive early."

Lin Yu struggled to digest this information and suddenly thought of something. "Wait, if this silver bell is a seal for the Terminators, then why can Xuanyuan Qing control it?"

Void Lin Yu's expression became somewhat complex. "Because she is not only the chain, but also the key. Only someone who possesses both the lock and the key can decide whether to open it or lock it tight."

Xuanyuan Qing looked down at the silver bell, which reflected a strange light, as if responding to her thoughts.

"What should I do?"

"Learn to truly control the power of the silver bell," Void Lin Yu said, "Not through any technique, but through the resonance deep within your bloodline."

Lin Yu wanted to ask something else, but the entire Mirror World suddenly shook violently.

The crystal tower was teetering, the inverted city buildings above their heads began to collapse, and giant rifts appeared on the ground.

"Oh no!" Void Lin Yu's expression changed drastically, "It has discovered us!"

The originally blue sky was torn open by a giant black rift.

From that rift, a cold giant eye slowly appeared, scanning the entire world.

When that gaze fell upon Xuanyuan Qing, the silver bell suddenly emitted a sharp ringing, and Xuanyuan Qing let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground.

"Qing girl!" Lin Yu hugged her, looking at the giant eye in the sky, his heart filled with panic.

Void Lin Yu took a deep breath. "The Terminators have discovered us. Time is running out; ask whatever you need to ask quickly."

"Run!" Void Lin Yu grabbed Lin Yu's shoulder and yanked him backward violently.

The two disappeared instantly, and when they reappeared, they were already at the top of the crystal tower.

Below, Xuanyuan Qing was still unconscious, with circles of silver light haloing around her body, wrapping her up like a cocoon.

In the sky, that giant eye slowly rotated, locking onto the crystal tower.

A black beam of light descended from the sky, blasting directly toward the top of the tower.

Void Lin Yu drew a circle in the air with both hands, and a transparent barrier appeared out of thin air, blocking the beam of light.

"Crack—" cracks appeared on the barrier, and they were constantly expanding.