Chapter 558: If We Swapped Roles

At the same time, in a place not too far from here, several warships were parked outside a narrow Dimensional Rift.

Inside the warship, Hunter stared at the constantly flashing energy warnings. The terrifying Energy Fluctuations in the battlefield had caused interference here as well.

"It should be about time... I see a lot of people have rushed out from the Light Dimension."

Hunter muttered, and then began to prepare. Accompanied by remote synchronization and coordinate positioning, a green Light Beam pierced through the void, charging into this Dimensional Rift with unparalleled accuracy.

In the Light Dimension, inside the Abyss Institute's base, alarms blared throughout the entire facility.

However, the whole base appeared rather empty. Most people had already rushed out to resist the Transformation Legion or the Mechanical Xenomorph Legion.

In the core Laboratory, Sagura stared at the screen. All preparations were complete; she was only waiting for an order to begin the fusion.

But with the external battle raging fiercely, it was clearly not a good idea to proceed with the fusion now.

"Doctor, news from outside requested that we prepare for fusion as soon as possible. It seems they won't be able to hold on much longer." A Senior Researcher quickly said:

"Won't be able to hold on much longer?" Sagura frowned slightly: "Who is attacking outside? The Abyss Institute is a top-tier interstellar organization, after all; how could they not hold on?"

"It's said to be Li Yu and the Salvation Ark, and they even deployed a Tier A5 Mechanical Lifeform..." that Researcher said in a low voice.

Sagura's expression flickered. Within the Abyss Institute, she was only responsible for the Light-Shadow Dimension Fusion project.

She wasn't too familiar with information from the outside.

Even regarding this Li Yu, she only found the name somewhat familiar.

"Never mind, let's fuse then. Prepare for hyperspace synchronization..." She issued commands, swiping across the operation console. Various data progress bars popped up, advancing at an extremely fast speed.

However, exactly at this moment, warning sounds came from the Laboratory. The external defenses had been breached. A green Light Beam pierced through the thick metal plates and blasted directly nearby.

"This..." Some Senior Researchers were startled, their faces turning pale.

Normally, they were only responsible for research; when had they ever experienced such a dangerous situation?

"Don't panic. This is just Life Energy. It has no explosive or destructive nature. Just don't touch it." Sagura was very calm, recognizing the Energy Attribute of this Light Beam at a glance.

But she was also somewhat confused in her heart. She had never heard of anyone using Life Energy for an attack. What exactly was going on?

"Doctor, the plants you cultivated are rapidly multiplying. It really is Life Energy!" A nearby Senior Researcher pointed at the Light Beam's impact point and said.

"What, impossible!" Sagura's expression changed slightly.

This concentration of Life Energy was obviously the Salvation Ark's handiwork.

Although it was called Life Energy, ordinary lifeforms fundamentally couldn't withstand this concentration of Life Energy.

The only outcome upon contact was rapid cell proliferation within the body, eventually exploding oneself.

That was why she had told these Researchers not to touch it just now.

But the green plants she cultivated were even more fragile, ordinary lifeforms that couldn't possibly absorb this concentration of Life Energy and then multiply rapidly.

While she was pondering, alluring flowers had already covered the entire Laboratory and were rapidly spreading outward.

These flowers paved under their feet but didn't cause them any harm.

"This kind of flower..." Sagura's face stiffened, and she abruptly looked at Boriel in the corner. He currently looked somewhat frightened, no different from the other Senior Researchers.

Did he himself not know?

No... he intentionally planted it here. This was the only place in the whole base where the appearance of flowers wouldn't be suspected.

Sagura's eyes were sharp, instantly sorting things out. At the same time, she turned on the base's broadcasting system and commanded: "Everyone, upon discovering the proliferating red flowers, think of any means to destroy them!"

Even though she didn't know what function these flowers actually had.

But since these flowers wanted to proliferate, she just had to stop them.

Unfortunately, supported by the Life Energy, these red flowers spread across the entire base at a terrifying speed.

And they rapidly devoured the peripheral Energy Barrier, beginning to cover the entire Light Dimension.

After proliferating to a certain scale, they began to actively devour free Energy, accelerating their proliferation speed once again.

The cleanup speed of the personnel left in the base simply couldn't keep up with the proliferation speed, especially after the scale became even more massive.

Ordinary attacks could hardly do anything to these eerie flowers.

"Hyperspace synchronization is complete. Energy preparation is complete. Docking is complete... initiate fusion sequence?"

The intelligent System's voice rang out. Sagura stared at the eerie flowers filling the Laboratory and the red button on the console, but didn't press it.

"Report this matter to the Leader, and ask the Leader if there is specific information regarding this flower!" she commanded.

Glancing at Boriel in the corner, she then said in a deep voice: "Capture this guy for me!"

………

Bang!

A ring-shaped Shockwave was generated between the two. Abyssal Head retreated, the surrounding space rapidly smoothing out, and the lingering energy cumulus dissipating.

Through repeated battles, he found that this Mechanical Lifeform before him was far less difficult to deal with than he imagined.

That initial attack had given him great misgivings.

But now, he speculated that that attack likely achieved such a degree by using some explosive method.

Scanning the battlefield, it was roughly in a stalemate. That was fine; as long as they waited for the Dimension Fusion to finish and Shadow Demon's thorough Metamorphosis, they would hold a massive advantage.

Completely annihilating these attackers.

However, a sudden voice by his ear caused his expression to change drastically, and he fiercely cast his gaze toward a High-Energy Reaction point in the battlefield.

"So this was your plan!?"

"Warn Sagura, stop the fusion sequence, it cannot continue any further!"

After repeated battles, the black robe outside his body was completely shattered, revealing his true appearance.

His appearance was similar to Interstellar humans, but he had six eyes, each a different color. Li Yu hadn't even seen this kind of lifeform before.

His expression looked somewhat ferocious. He had just received news from the Light Dimension that an eerie flower was rapidly proliferating within.

He didn't even know how that kind of flower had entered the Light Dimension in the first place.

However, he clearly knew the function of that flower.

After proliferating, it could devour an entire Dimension World.

If Li Yu activated this ability during the Dimension Fusion process, due to the unequal Dimension power, what would be destroyed wouldn't just be the Light Dimension; even the Shadow Dimension would be implicated.

He believed this was Li Yu's plan.

Destroying a Light Dimension evidently couldn't satisfy his appetite; he wanted to destroy the Shadow Dimension along with it.

Abyssal Head was furious beyond measure. For things to develop to this point.

It basically announced the failure of the Dimension Fusion.

Not only that, but the Light Dimension would also be devoured by Li Yu.

In short, this time was a massive loss.

Only now did he realize that the battle outside was just used to attract attention.

As long as those special flowers covered the entire Light Dimension, victory would belong to Li Yu.

This gave him a Crappy Feeling. It was like playing Interstellar Chess; his goal was to decapitate the opponent's Commander, while the enemy's goal was merely to kill one of his pawns.

The difficulty for both sides was fundamentally on different levels. How to fight this?

But the situation had already occurred. All he could do now was cut his losses in time.

He attempted to shake off Death Star's entanglement, his hands disrupting the surrounding space.

His ability had nothing to do with time or space, but was an Esper ability based on "Disruption".

Yes, he was an Esper, not an Agent of some Dimension.

When this ability was weak, it could only disrupt airflow or the flow speed of river water. But as he grew stronger daily, he could now even disrupt time and space.

This was why, despite multiple battles, many factions lacked detailed intelligence on his ability; it was very hard to define.

A disruption field covered Death Star, and his movements stagnated.

But accompanied by a sound like glass shattering, blinding Energy Radiance burst from Death Star's chest, surprisingly breaking right through the field's influence.

And pulling a mechanical Long Spear from his back, he shot himself once, enveloping himself in a blue stasis field.

Last time, he used this method to play the Meditation Organization's leader, Reinhardt, for a fool.

But this time, he shot himself. Enveloped by the invisible field, his speed suddenly accelerated; this time, it was surprisingly a time acceleration field.

Abyssal Head, unable to dodge in time, was directly blasted away.

A method to manipulate time!

His expression was gloomy, and he scolded in the channel: "Could it be that devouring the Light Dimension is still not enough to satisfy you?"

"Do you still want to make me stay?"

"Relying solely on this big guy!?"

He couldn't quite figure it out. Since Li Yu's goal was basically completed, why continue fighting?

Directly activating that special ability of his, causing the entire Light Dimension to gradually plunge into collapse, would essentially announce his victory.

"Goal completed? You underestimate me too much." The corner of Li Yu's mouth curled up.

Many fighting high-level lifeforms were still somewhat bewildered, especially those belonging to the Abyss Institute.

Listening to their Boss's angry voice, they still didn't quite understand.

What devouring the Light Dimension?

What was going on?

Hasn't Li Yu been fighting here all along?

…………

In the Light Dimension's core Laboratory

"Terminate the fusion sequence? I understand..." Sagura was somewhat puzzled but still nodded.

Not far behind her, Boriel was tied up solidly, but he looked completely bewildered.

He didn't even know what had happened when Sagura had other colleagues grab him and put him under control.

"Dr. Sagura, what exactly happened? Why did you tie me up?" He looked anxious, asking continuously.

In fact, she didn't need to answer; any Senior Researcher could answer him.

"Boriel, stop denying it. You planted those eerie flowers back then; we saw it clearly!"

"I planted them?" He looked around, his face blank. "I..."

However, before he could finish his sentence, his eyes suddenly changed. He looked down at the Mechanical Restraints on his body.

His eyes moved slightly, invisible Force Surges occurred, instantly shattering the Mechanical Restraints on his body.

Seeing this, Sagura's expression suddenly turned cold, and she shouted: "It really was you."

"Who exactly are you? You are definitely not Boriel."

"As expected of Dr. Sagura." Boriel, or rather Li Yu, slowly stood up.

Sagura leaped up, extremely agile, and a slender long leg swept toward his head.

It was a pity that the moment she was about to touch Li Yu, she was suspended mid-air by an invisible force.

Although this Doctor possessed some combat skills and her life tier wasn't low—probably C-class—she was clearly not Li Yu's opponent.

"You are behind those flowers too? What exactly do you want to do?"

Suspended mid-air in a shameful posture, Sagura's face was blushing—naturally from anger.

Li Yu ignored her, walking straight toward the console.

All data on the screen was ready; he only needed to press a button to initiate the Dimension Fusion.

And he pressed the red button under Sagura's puzzled gaze.

"What... do you want to do!?" Sagura questioned. "Why did the Leader suddenly terminate the fusion sequence, and why did you start it again?"

She really couldn't figure out the situation before her. The Leader, who should have ordered the fusion, had stopped her.

While the guy who looked like he was here to sabotage pressed the fusion button.

In an instant, the entire Dimension World seemed to be affected. The base trembled incessantly, and rumbling sounds echoed to the sky.

The hyperspace Link Channel in the center of the base bloomed with dazzling brilliance. Its surface rippled with continuous energy waves, surging upwards continuously. The Dimensional Wall was forcefully broken open, revealing a pitch-black, unknown space.

The Dimension Fusion had begun!

(End of Chapter)