Chapter 184: Lan Yu Qiancong's Realization

Lan Yu Qiancong looked curiously at the complex facilities beneath the Foundation Gate, although she had already known from some secret files that something mysterious was hidden beneath the Foundation Gate.

But this was also her first time coming here.

"Su Nian, where are we going? Is there really a way to save Itogami Island there?"

Lan Yu Qiancong asked with some worry; outside Itogami Island, the Leviathan, which had gone berserk due to losing control, was rushing toward Itogami Island.

"You'll know in a moment."

Su Nian's pace remained as light as ever; he did not stop, instead keeping Lan Yu Qiancong in suspense.

Seeing that Su Nian had no intention of answering her, Lan Yu Qiancong could only bury her doubts deep in her heart, following behind Su Nian while harboring unease.

Not long after, the two arrived at the lowest level of the Foundation Gate, passed the submarine base, and came before a stone gate.

The stone gate was carved with extremely complex patterns; Lan Yu Qiancong knew those patterns were magic circuits, and their complexity far exceeded all the Magic formulas Lan Yu Qiancong had ever seen.

But for some reason, seeing these patterns that she was clearly seeing for the first time, Lan Yu Qiancong had a sense of familiarity, as if she knew what they represented without needing to understand them.

"Su Nian, what is this thing?"

Lan Yu Qiancong had already sensed that this stone gate and what lay behind it were not simple.

"This is—behind this stone gate is the Saint Annihilation system, and it is also one of the few things we currently have that can defeat the Leviathan."

Since they had reached their destination, Su Nian stopped keeping her in suspense and said it straight.

"Saint Annihilation?"

Lan Yu Qiancong's pupils constricted, and she exclaimed.

"That's right, the very Saint Annihilation you know of, but this Saint Annihilation is not some ancient ruin that caused great destruction to the world and hides many weapons."

"This is a true Saint Annihilation system that possesses the great power to alter the world."

Su Nian put away the smile on his face and looked at Lan Yu Qiancong seriously; that pair of eyes as deep as the universe drew in all of Lan Yu Qiancong's focus, making her breathing difficult.

"Qiancong, now that we've reached this point, I don't want to hide it from you anymore; there are some things it's time to tell you."

"You are the Priestess of Cain. You don't need to understand what the Priestess of Cain is; as soon as you activate the Saint Annihilation system, you will know everything you want to know."

"You can understand the Saint Annihilation system as a type of weapon, and now that Itogami Island is facing the threat of the Leviathan, only the Saint Annihilation system can handle the Leviathan."

"I am telling you all of this here to give you your final choice, Lan Yu Qiancong."

"No one knows what will happen if the system is fully activated."

"And no one will know what will happen to the Priestess of Cain, who serves as the core control component, after the Saint Annihilation system is activated."

Su Nian's expression was very serious; he handed everything over to Lan Yu Qiancong, letting her make the decision herself.

"Of course, even if you don't activate the Saint Annihilation system, I still have a way to handle the Leviathan outside."

Su Nian put away his serious expression, and a smile with a hint of mischief reappeared on Su Nian's face.

"Why were you suddenly so serious?"

Lan Yu Qiancong was so startled by Su Nian's sudden serious expression that she patted her own chest, which was quite prominent for her age.

"If you had a way, why didn't you say so earlier? You nearly scared me to death."

"In other words, you've actually had a way to handle the Leviathan all along—no, wait, to defeat the Sanctuary Treaty Organization military, right?"

Lan Yu Qiancong revealed a helpless expression; this result still exceeded her expectations somewhat.

So all her worrying before had been for nothing.

"Otherwise?"

Su Nian shrugged and admitted it.

"Then why didn't you tell me sooner and let me worry for so long?"

Lan Yu Qiancong puffed out her cheeks in anger and turned her head away, not wanting to pay any attention to this big jerk, Su Nian.

"Su Nian, how do I activate this Saint Annihilation system?"

Lan Yu Qiancong asked while gently stroking the tightly shut stone gate and the complex patterns on it that made her feel inexplicably close to them.

Lan Yu Qiancong had already made her choice; after all, the Leviathan had lost control because of her.

This was a mess she had caused herself, so of course, she had to be the one to clean it up.

After all, she was the temporary Chief Crisis Management Specialist appointed by Su Nian Majesty, and handling the crisis on Itogami Island was her responsibility.

As for what bad things might happen upon activating the Saint Annihilation system, she believed Su Nian would intervene.

Having said that, Lan Yu Qiancong pushed open the stone gate without any effort and walked into the stone gate without hesitation.

Su Nian did not speak; he just quietly watched Lan Yu Qiancong walk into the Saint Annihilation system.

Seeing Lan Yu Qiancong walk inside, Su Nian shrugged his shoulders casually.

"It seems perhaps I won't need to activate the Saint Annihilation system myself."

In the deepest part of the Foundation Gate, within the Coffin of the Calamity God.

The moment she entered the stone gate, countless memories awakened in Lan Yu Qiancong's mind.

Among them were many secrets, and naturally, her true identity was among them.

She was one of the many descendants of the priestesses chosen by the Calamity God Cain in the distant past.

Upon coming into contact with the Saint Annihilation system, her power as a priestess was also completely restored.

"Is this Saint Annihilation? What incredible power; as long as it undergoes massive calculations, it can even arbitrarily modify the laws of the world."

Lan Yu Qiancong let out a sigh of amazement.

"Young Miss, even so, do not use this power lightly; do not expand the scope of the Saint Annihilation, and even more so, do not forcibly change certain laws. Its side effects on you are too great."

"If you act recklessly, you will be swallowed by this system!"

From Lan Yu Qiancong's mobile phone came the voice of an electronic AI, the strongest artificial intelligence on this island, and even in this world: Mogwai.

Of course, this was only its superficial identity; Mogwai's true identity was actually a virtual personality recreated from data of Cain while he was alive.

It could also be said to be a clone of Cain.

The Saint Annihilation system was created by Cain himself; no one knows better than he how powerful the backlash of the Saint Annihilation system truly is.

Even Cain himself died back then due to overusing the Saint Annihilation system, let alone Lan Yu Qiancong, who is merely a Cain Priestess.

"I know, Mogwai, I will not overuse this power, but in order to protect Itogami Island and everyone on the island, I have no choice but to borrow the power of this Saint Annihilation system."

The third-year middle school girl had a firm expression, revealing a look of absolute refusal to yield, and even a resolute will.

Accompanied by the activation of the Saint Annihilation system, the ocean roared, and the entire undersea continent was rumbling.

Especially for Su Nian, who was standing just outside the stone gate, the tremors felt particularly intense.

This was an earthquake caused by the massive extraction of magic power from the Dragon Vein of the Taipingyang.

No, it was more than just an earthquake; Su Nian could clearly see that with Itogami Island as the center, a piece of the continent was actually floating upward.

The land area of this continent was nearly ten times that of Itogami Island, forming a massive chain that visually transformed Itogami Island from an island into land, and from land into a floating city.

"Is this the world beginning to reject the Saint Annihilation system?"

Su Nian observed the grand spectacle of the Saint Annihilation system's activation with great interest, and all the changes brought about by the activation of the Saint Annihilation system—such as its operating methods and running programs—were taken into Su Nian's observation.

Suddenly, a deep red light shot out from Itogami Island; this red light ignored all magic power and went straight through the magic barrier covering the Leviathan.

"Roar!!"

The Leviathan cried out in anxiety, because wherever that red light swept, no matter how thick its magic barrier was, it would vanish completely, including the flesh and blood on its body.

Having lived on this planet for tens of thousands of years, it felt the threat of death for the first time.

"Emmm..."

Su Nian rubbed his chin as he watched this scene, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

The power of the Saint Annihilation system changed the physical effects of the light beam and distorted parts of the laws; under the laws of Saint Annihilation.

The magic power on the Leviathan became ineffective, just like the domain of the Dark Oath Book, and the magic barrier naturally lost its effect.

At the same time, those deep red rays also had the effect of turning existence into non-existence, causing everything the Leviathan was hit by to disappear.

But how should one put it? In Su Nian's view, this use of the Saint Annihilation system by Lan Yu Qiancong was merely utilizing the light emitted when the Saint Annihilation system turned on.

It was just like the light from a computer screen when it turns on.

The true distortion of the world's laws by the Saint Annihilation system was not reflected in the slightest.

It was like buying a high-spec computer at a high price, only for someone to use the glowing computer screen as a lamp.

"Moreover, the magic power provided by the Earth Vein is still far from enough for the Saint Annihilation system to be fully activated."

"I really don't know how Cain managed to activate the Saint Annihilation system back then, and even went as far as to remodel the Three True Ancestors—ah, no, the Four Great Progenitors."

Hmm, in fact, the Fourth Progenitor was also created by Cain; what is this, "I killed myself"?

However, the reason Cain let the Fourth Progenitor kill him was to leave himself a chance for resurrection.

The backlash of the Saint Annihilation system would gradually erase his existence; if it were erasing other existences, the Saint Annihilation system could reverse the flow to restore things to normal.

But for the caster alone, it could not be reversed, and it could not be stopped.

So, after Cain finished off the Familiars running rampant on the ground, he let the Fourth Progenitor kill him, leaving himself a chance to resurrect with the help of Cain's altar.

"But as for the power supply..."

Su Nian rummaged around and pulled out a circular object from his person that glowed with a golden light, looking just like a small night light.

Hmm, that's right, this thing is the Sun Authority; it looks a lot like a cheap toy, right?

That's exactly it! Divine Objects conceal their own brilliance.

(End of chapter)