Chapter 204: Xia Zhi: I (Again) Came Back from Fooling Around

Indeed, it was just as he thought!

Perhaps because he felt that crossing the tribulation and ascending came as a set? Once you cross the tribulation, you must ascend?

Xia Zhi's mind stirred, but he was not particularly surprised; this was a situation he had anticipated beforehand. Thus he reacted instantly, erupting with immense power to oppose it, and attempted to retreat to open the distance, withdrawing over a thousand li in an instant.

However... he then saw what seemed like Immortal Light shining down ahead, as if right before his eyes, within reach, to guide him up to the Upper Realm.

It seemed resistance had no meaning at all.

Opening the distance was impossible.

Clearly in the process of retreating, yet he undeniably drew closer to the gap ahead, able to feel his entire self constantly rising upward, as if captured by the gravitational field of a giant planet, about to be sucked into the abyss hanging upside down at the end of the heavens.

"This..."

The youth tightly furrowed his brow, naturally sensing that this strange gravitational force was extremely unusual.

After all, the intensity of energy had reached an unprecedented peak, naturally granting his body unparalleled advantage in this field; his sensory perception in this regard was extremely keen, as if his eyes were born to see and his ears born to hear. His perception detection function was extraordinary, possessing extra-sensory abilities ordinary people could not imagine—a form of perception specialized in gravitational force.

Although the positioning of his material-world body was like a shadow extending from higher dimensions, that did not mean its importance was diminished.

Precisely because it was the shell carrying a person's essence and qi, needing to bear the zero-point reactor in his cells and connect the circuit between spirit body and matter, Xia Zhi chose to base the reality of his physical body on the protection of higher-dimensional consciousness algorithms.

——That efficient Spiritual Energy Reaction Furnace provided his body and soul with ceaseless and endless power nourishment;

——This materialized body carried the material foundation of the Spiritual Energy Reaction Furnace, while maintaining its connection with the higher-level soul;

——Soul consciousness, through the path connecting spirit body and matter, obtained immense energy support, while projecting a shadow from higher dimensions into the material world as a save point recording the states of the other two.

Ultimately, he ingeniously constructed the relationship of essence, qi, and spirit into a closed-loop system, like an ouroboros biting its own tail, constantly renewing vitality in this cycle.

Therefore his body was nearly flawless on both physical and magecraft levels.

With the completion of the cellular-level biological engine modification, immense energy was transmitted to every part of his body every moment. Energy and mass are closely connected; when his entire body was filled with incomparable immense energy, his body in the material world was like a huge mass field, exerting powerful force on the surrounding spacetime. Plus his manipulation of his own gravity, his body had not yet truly solidified, still changing every moment.

Although it did not reach the previous intensity of structural changes like generating zero-point reactors at the cellular level, it was still not to be underestimated.

Through the mass field produced by incomparable immense energy, he reconstructed an unparalleled powerful self-gravity system; his body undoubtedly began to possess a kind of numerical beauty. Although still far from the level of White Dwarf Battle Body or Neutron Star Battle Body, not even qualifying as a Youth Version.

Precisely because he himself was a huge gravity source, and his "Gravity Manipulation EX" ability was undergoing unprecedented exponential explosive growth, whether from the characteristics of his body itself or the specialized direction of his abilities, he could of course easily judge that the strange gravitational force before him was unusual.

However his reaction was extremely fast, possessing thought speed transcending the mortal realm, like lightning in a raging wind, swift and precise, enough to make basic thoughts and reactions in units of microseconds.

In a flash of lightning and stone fire, Xia Zhi decisively reached out and drew a stroke.

The trajectory drawn was like an invisible sword, as if cutting space, causing distortion; space twisted, deformed, and tore under his fingertips.

Smooth space was cut open in the instant of birth and death; a pitch-black gap appeared before his eyes, as if opening a door to the Otherworld. At the boundary where the torn gap met smooth space, reality curved and fragmented, forming distortion and ripples in the Void.

Through powerful gravitational constraint, he squeezed and connected two spaces together, instantly creating the phenomenon of a "Traversable Static Wormhole."

In the era of Time Travelers, this was also an extremely high-level technical application—precisely by constructing "Einstein-Rosen Bridges," bridges connecting two different Spacetime Points, to complete long-distance Space Travel in a short time, allowing future Human Civilization to develop into an Interstellar Domain while maintaining development and rule over multiple Extraterrestrial Colony Star Systems. All this was premised on ensuring traffic and communication so that distance would not become an effective obstacle to rule.

Without any hesitation, Xia Zhi instantly crossed the Spatial Channel he had created himself.

Everything seemed frozen in an eternal instant.

However, when he rushed out from the other end of the channel, the scene before his eyes surprised him, or rather, was as expected. Because he did not appear in the distant Star Domain as wished, but found himself still in the Original Place, as if the Spatial Coordinates had been silently redirected.

The huge gap waited for him on the other side of the channel, flashing with countless Immortal Lights, brilliantly shining, like guiding light projected from the Upper Realm. These lights seemed to insist that he ascend to the Upper Realm immediately after crossing the tribulation, and no matter how he struggled, he could not escape; any attempt to flee only brought him closer to this fact.

This was even while he exerted his full effort in the first moment to manipulate the gravity field to oppose it, maximizing the offset of that pulling force.

Otherwise, he estimated he would have long been sucked in.

"Damn it!"

Xia Zhi also felt somewhat numb-clawed; he suspected that the gravity on the Opposite Side was actually from another world, and even transmitted through only a narrow gap, this power was so strong he found it hard to resist.

Even more troublesome was that it seemed mixed with some elusive factors, such as rules, laws, and Haruhi Suzumiya's Unconscious Power. All this made him feel extremely troublesome, unable to find an effective Countermeasure.

Indeed... in this matter, it was not up to him to decide.

He had already received the prepaid payment in advance, so how could she allow him to run out on the job?

Quickly glancing at the Team Leader who was still in his space, looking clueless, Xia Zhi sighed, and after a slight hesitation, still did not do anything else.

Indeed, although he had just been promoted to Foundation Establishment Cultivator and had many methods, it meant nothing. After a slight probing exchange, he already knew the gap between them; the Opposite Side was not even a tangible enemy, but merely a phenomenon he still could not figure out.

Under these circumstances, continuing to resist was not wise.

Gazing at the huge gap coming toward him, in the instant before he was about to be swallowed by light, he gently closed his eyes.

And at this moment...

A large amount of unfamiliar information flow appeared in this Star Domain, as if after some power sealing the Surroundings quietly faded, the information lifeform ruling the Star Sea suddenly discovered under its very eyelids a "Blind Zone" that should not have existed had appeared at some unknown time, only now noticing its existence.

However, it was ultimately too late.

In the Desolate Deep Space there was only cold darkness; the starlight in the distance was so sparse.

Nothing happened.

Nothing was left behind.

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"Hey, wake up, we've arrived."

In a daze, he seemed to hear such urging, and vaguely felt someone gently patting his cheeks.

Who is it! So impolite!

Haruhi Suzumiya indignantly opened her eyes, but the dazzling light made her unable to see clearly for a moment, and instead stimulated tears. In her blurred vision from the tears, she raised her hand to rub her eyes, vaguely seeing the general outline of a brand-new world appearing.

"This, this is——"

She looked on somewhat speechlessly; as her vision gradually cleared, colors, outlines, and lines quickly became distinct, revealing incomparably magnificent scenery between distant Heaven and Earth.

Huge trees, as if to display the world, stood at the very end of the Horizon; under endless twilight clouds, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, like an incomparably majestic Golden Tree, and also like the Middle Garden Wall at the World End. Even across such a distance, one could see the thick Trunk, seemingly endless, occupying the end of the horizon.

Merely at first sight, this most magical scene draped this brand-new world with an unparalleled charm.

And gave the girl the strongest and most shocking impact.

"As you can see, we've arrived."

Xia Zhi blinked, speaking in a lighthearted tone, his voice very natural.

"Arrived, arrived... uh, wait, where have we arrived? Did you succeed in your Tribulation Crossing?" Haruhi Suzumiya couldn't react, her mind dazed, as she subconsciously surveyed this magical world before her while recalling what had happened before.

"Bear your words, of course I've already succeeded."

Xia Zhi nodded, unobtrusively surveying the Team Leader's condition.

The air was filled with high-concentration magical energy; by standard measures, this was at the level of the Age of Gods. Not to mention ordinary people, even a mediocre Magician would find it hard to survive without protection in such an atmospheric environment, soon suffocating, having difficulty breathing, or dying from ruptured internal organs... yet the girl felt nothing, and could excitedly ask him questions with a face full of excitement.

It seemed that even after leaving that world, she had not thereby become an ordinary person.

As for whether she had specifically been weakened, that was hard to say.

"Then what place is this?"

The Team Leader had not the slightest awareness of having been abducted, asking eagerly.

She held onto the tree she had just been leaning against, stood up, and discovered she had just been sitting on a slope. The height was not very high, but the view was broad, allowing her to overlook the distance better, letting her more clearly peek at a corner of this magical world.

——Vast plains, towering forests, the World Tree in the distance...

——Twilight Glow filling the entire sky, at the end of the horizon near the World Tree's feet, faintly there was the outline of a majestic city...

——That was an exquisite city, shimmering with magnificent and beautiful radiance under the setting sun, with countless spires and high walls, huge domes and palace clusters extending endlessly...

Not at all modernized, but sufficiently magical.

It was as if it were a fantasy city in a magical world from a beautiful imagination, completely matching the result of all her fantasies and thoughts, that miracle towering layer upon layer in the ethereal setting sun.

"This place is Fairy Nation Britain, that is where Royal Capital Londinium is located..."

The youth stretched out his hand pointing to the distance, smiling as he turned back and said—

"Welcome to my world, Haruhi Suzumiya."

But unlike the calm on the surface, his inner heart sighed.

How to settle her was a problem, and moreover—how to explain to Big Sister Wang that he had brought back another new girl...

Huh? Why did he say "again"?

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(PS: The first floor was flooded at midnight, discovered due to a power outage caused by a short circuit, rescued from one in the morning until past three... everyone is numb, everything goes wrong (#_<-))

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