Chapter 355

Tenjou Hikari truly has no expertise in this area, nor does he have any understanding of the relevant knowledge.

But Ye La is different.

As the "Star-Creating God," she understands this to a greater or lesser extent.

Of course, although Ye La is the "Star-Creating God," she is not a god who truly creates worlds in the literal sense, but rather the "God who creates life and death," the god who governs the reincarnation of all things in the world.

However, although their jurisdictions differ, it does not mean that the divine power Ye La wields does not touch upon this aspect.

A very simple fact is that the "Duel Terminal" world is actually not just a simple "planet."

Although the story of the Duel Terminal planet began with an attack by the Worms, the famous invaders of the universe, it does not mean that this tiny "Duel Terminal planet" is truly so ordinary.

Not to mention the various factions that fought until their brains were splattered, the indigenous inhabitants alone included many experts capable of going toe-to-toe with "cosmic-level forces," and in fact, there are "different spaces" hidden on this planet.

That is to say...

The "Fabled World."

The Fabled are ancient gods sealed away by the life on the Duel Terminal planet during the primordial era; they are genuine "God-types." Although they cannot compare to the Star-Creating God in terms of volume, mass, or specifications, their status is still far above that of ordinary life.

In the Fabled World, there even exist three layers of worlds. While it is called a seal, in reality, these Fabled, Fabled Beasts, and imps live normal lives inside, with not much difference from the real world.

There is civilization, teaching, training institutions, and research institutions; it is simply a special space different from a planet.

And this is clearly the handiwork of a true "God."

Whether it is the world Ye La created or the similar means Sophia used to seal Ye La, the vast majority of things on the Duel Terminal planet are inextricably linked to the two of them.

Even if this so-called "Fabled World" was not created by Ye La, she possesses the relevant knowledge and partial ability.

Ye La thought so, and she acted accordingly; she spent two hours meticulously investigating the Vampire Empire with her current power, and then made her own judgment.

Barring any accidents, the Vampire Empire will collapse directly in at most twenty years.

"What? Twenty years!? No, that's impossible—" At this, even the Young Lady was so frightened that she focused her mind directly, no longer looking like a lazy young lady, but like a female general about to go to the battlefield. "No, impossible... When I investigated before, it was just slowly shrinking. Twenty years? Impossible, it won't be that fast at all, it should at least be two thousand... two hundred years!

With the Vampire compatriots maintaining this dimension together, it can even delay this situation; it's absolutely fine!"

It refused to believe this conclusion no matter what, and at the same time, those spirits who were also listening to the results shouted out together, completely disbelieving this number, and many even doubted Ye La's ability.

"I am stating the result." Ye La looked at those spirits who dared to question the [result] she had calculated, sweeping her gaze over them. Behind her, it was as if endless blue flames were burning fiercely. All the spirits, whether it was the Vampire Young Lady or ordinary vampires, whether they were newborn spirits that "existed but were not yet born," or ancient spirits like the Necro Duke, even Camula, who was a vampire in the true sense, were all struck dumb with fear.

In this short instant, they felt as if their hearts were being picked up to be weighed, as if they were data being measured on a scale, and at any time, they could be given a "verdict"—a verdict of death!

Ye La snorted coldly, having no interest in telling them about her own anger or showing off her divine might; she did not care about such boring things.

She was just very impatient.

If she wants to state a conclusion, they should listen obediently.

A few spirits in the Great Universe Workshop who were being helped were already used to it.

Princess Ye La is like this; she almost never takes an interest in anything on a daily basis. If you need her help, you can try to ask her for it, and she will choose whether to help you based on her mood.

But—there is one thing that must absolutely not be done.

That is, questioning Ye La, questioning her judgment or calculations.

She raised a finger in front of all the spirits, especially those vampire spirits, and said: "Perhaps in your eyes, this broken dimension of yours is still very sturdy, and as long as you rely on your continuous protection, it can even exist for hundreds or thousands of years.

But this is a foolish judgment, no, or rather—self-deception."

"If this dimension were really that safe, would your leader have left here to seek answers and even now be completely missing?"

The vampires fell into silence.

"Indeed, at the current rate of destruction, this dimension will not collapse that quickly. However, this rate of collapse is gradually increasing." Ye La crossed her arms and said coldly, "Based on my understanding and cognition of spirits over the past year, most Duel Monster spirits respect and abide by the results and agreements of duels incomparably.

You, this vampire spirit, although not a top-tier spirit, are after all the head of a clan. You lost to Tenjou Hikari before, yet you only paid with your card while insisting on keeping your body here; that is because you also vaguely realized it, right?

Every day, every month, every year, the rate of collapse of your world will accelerate a little.

If you left this dimension, it would only take a year or two for the rate of collapse to become completely uncontrollable, and in another two or three years, even if you guarded here desperately every day, there would be no way to stop it."

The Young Lady lowered her head silently.

"Wh... what? Young Lady?" "Is that so..." "Really? Young Lady!! I said it, Young Lady would absolutely not play dirty tricks on the result of the Ceremonial Duel!"

Although their Vampire clan is known for being "despicable" and "insidious," they are Duel Monster spirits after all; how could they do such things?

"This old man only focuses on how the subjects I protect are doing every day... It is true that I have not paid attention to the situation of the dimension. Now that you mention it, there is a reason why my niece would be like this..." The Necro Duke also gradually began to believe Ye La's judgment.

If it weren't for this, how could the Vampire Young Lady have done those things?

"But... but I also didn't expect it, how could it be so fast? 20 years... this is too fast!" The Vampire Young Lady only vaguely felt that something was wrong; she didn't know the overall state of this dimension at all. Now that Ye La said this, it really made it feel a bit dizzy.

For a spirit who might sleep for a year at a time, 20 years... is too fast!

So fast that it feels like it will pass in the blink of an eye!

"Rest assured. Twenty years... is not short." Ye La replied casually, "If I'm not mistaken, this dimension of yours should be the edge area of destruction that was covered when the dimension collapsed initially, that is, the area affected by the splash damage.

Although it has been severely damaged, it is not yet so easy to collapse.

Relying on the dimension's own repair mechanism is obviously not going to work; it requires [major surgery]."

The so-called major surgery is for Ye La to fundamentally reshape the "mechanism" of this dimension, just like the Fluffal Sanctuary, to assist this world in entering a brand-new ecosystem.

But it is different from the dimension of the Fluffals.

The vampires are not only all old-school spirits, but the Vampire Empire is also much larger. More importantly, the Fluffals were a new dimension that was barely born a period of time before the collapse; those spirits complied with the dimension rules and reincarnation logic of the new era, so the dimension they were in was inherently easier to be influenced and modified under the change of power.

And here, it has to be modified by hand from the roots.

For Ye La, who only has half of her power, wanting to do this is a bit difficult.

If she doesn't have other things to assist, I'm afraid it will take a very long time to stitch and patch it up to keep this dimension from continuing to collapse, but wanting to "fix it" is not a matter of a year or a half.

She can do this kind of thing.

But she—doesn't want to.

A bunch of vampires, although they are also lives between life and death, are neither alive nor dead, nor are they machines; it is hard for her to have any interest.

There is one more thing; she has vaguely felt that something big is about to happen in the academy where Tenjou Hikari is.

She can help Tenjou Hikari when she is free, but to spend all her time doing this kind of thing is impossible.

Even if this kind of thing is an interesting new topic she has never done before, she doesn't have the mood to do it.

She had no interest in explaining to the vampires, so she directly told Tenjou Hikari the conclusion and the situation.

"I see." Tenjou Hikari stroked his chin and first calmed the emotions of the vampires.

Twenty years, it's not short, longer than his current age; twenty years, it's short, for these vampires, it is indeed very fleeting.

But, in fact, there is a win-win method.

It's very simple. For Ye La, the most troublesome point is actually not thinking of a plan or modifying it, but having no time and no means of execution; everything requires her manual operation.

But what if she had the means and the time?

In that case, everything could be omitted.

The simplest thing is to let Ye La have an extra "auxiliary machine."

Not an auxiliary machine like Lilith that specializes in destruction.

But...

An auxiliary machine of the [Other Side]!

Tenjou Hikari calmed the Vampires and notified the Wan Rong Alchemist.

For the next period of time, the research topic of their Great Universe Workshop became very simple.

He silently took out a card.

Pendulum Commander - Great Spirit Mechanical Army!

Because this card was a temporary card and was influenced by the power of the dragon behind Akaba Reo, Tenjou Hikari was completely unable to use it and could only watch it crack day by day.

But—

What's the big deal about that?

Indeed, the card in Tenjou Hikari's hand was cursed, and Tenjou Hikari absolutely could not use it. But for Tenjou Hikari, this was not important.

Tenjou Hikari needed its status and its "Pendulum." After a period of research, Tenjou Hikari had already made brand-new preparations.

It was just that before, Tenjou Hikari had other things to deal with, and "Namma" had indeed not been manufactured yet, so Tenjou Hikari figured he would slow down first.

But now...

Ye La watched from the side with golden light flashing in her eyes.

Oh!?

Is this about to start the backup plan?

Prioritizing the revival of the "Qli"?

That's right—

Next, Tenjou Hikari is going to manufacture...

Hidden Qliphort Killer Materialism!

Unlike the "Infernoid," the Infernoid is a process from simple to difficult, from bottom to top; while the "Qli" needs to go from top to bottom, therefore, the first "Qli" Tenjou Hikari needs to build can only be one, and that is...

Materialism!

This is the most difficult of all the Qli, and also the hurdle that must be faced right from the start. Its manufacturing complexity is even more difficult than the previous "Infernoid Lilith."

Moreover, unlike the "Infernoid," for which he had sufficient experience and had manufactured many, Materialism is different from Lilith; there was no prior reference, so Tenjou Hikari had to design it from scratch.

But...

Even so, it is still more labor-saving and time-saving than Ye La doing it by hand alone, and it is also more reassuring.

After discussing with Wan Rong for a whole night, Tenjou Hikari was prepared to sleep directly in the Great Universe Workshop, but just at this moment, Tenjou Hikari received countless alarms.

He opened the book and noticed that his friends from the "Earthbound Servant" were calling him frantically.

He was a bit surprised, quickly put away the book, closed his eyes, left the Great Universe Workshop, and appeared in the Fusion Department for the first time.

What happened—

He hurriedly wanted to ask the Earthbound Winged Dog Demon.

What's the situation?

Could it be that someone actually dared to rush into the Fusion Department while the three of them were stationed there?

"Tenjou Hikari—" Ye La also followed Tenjou Hikari to this world. Just by landing in the air of this world, she suddenly widened her eyes, looked at the window in shock, and called Tenjou Hikari to look.

Tenjou Hikari did not doubt it, ran directly to the window, and looked at the sky. He saw that in the sky, rolling black clouds began to roll in frantically, and the black clouds carried eerie thunderbolts, churning in the sky.

On the shore of the island, Edo took off his diving goggles. He had just finished all his work and finally came to the academy to fulfill his promise to Tenjou Hikari. As a result, as soon as he landed, he saw these terrifying black clouds.

"What happened?"

Not only him, but everyone who possessed a little bit of "power," and even some ordinary people, seemed to feel something. Professor Chronos, who had already changed into his pajamas, even came to the window holding his doll, looking at the horizon in confusion.

Dark clouds shrouded the entire Duel Academy island. A moment later, terrifying black light and black thunder bombarded down from the sky, landing on all the edges and shores of the Duel Academy island.

Edo watched helplessly as his beloved jet ski was cut in half by the black light. He screamed and rushed over, only to find that he was directly blocked by the terrifying black transparent light wall and could not leave at all.

This!?

Huh?

His mind was full of question marks.

I just got here, what happened?

Professor Cobra was also looking at the sky at this time. He looked at the terrifying scene in the sky and couldn't help but widen his eyes, full of joy. Behind him, a yellow phantom laughed: "Hehehehahahaha, hahaha... It has begun."

Tenjou Hikari withdrew his gaze and took a slow breath.

This...

Familiar power.

Not only him, but even the power that Ye La had already seen was shrouding the entire academy island!

Darkness!

That thing actually moved ahead of schedule so quickly!