Chapter 343: Source of the Chains
Thud.
Thud.
Thud.
Heartbeat?
In this tomb where all signs of life have been completely extinguished, even the Línghún has become Heart-Dead, how could there still be a heartbeat!
Sun Wukong and Yao's movements, at this moment, were completely frozen.
They were like two statues, rigid on the spot, not moving at all.
The two exchanged a glance, and in the depths of each other's pupils, they saw an emotion called "Shock to the Point of Despair."
Yao's voice trembled, almost squeezed out from between her teeth.
"Wukong... I... I didn't hear wrong, did I?"
Sun Wukong gave no answer.
His complexion was as hideous as could be.
Those Fiery Golden Eyes, capable of scorching heaven and boiling seas, at this moment were filled with disbelief.
Because he also heard it.
That sound, exceedingly faint yet incredibly clear, was like the deepest drumbeat, thump after thump, precisely striking their Divine Soul.
That was certainly not a hallucination!
In this deathly world, completely polluted by Absolute Malice, where all things have fallen into Negation.
There truly was a "thing" pulsating!
"Go!"
Sun Wukong snapped back to his senses, seized Yao's wrist in one swift grab, giving her no time to react.
He didn't even tear the space.
Because in this world that has been utterly Negated, any grand fluctuation of law could invite unnecessary trouble.
He simply followed the direction of the heartbeat, turning into a streak of light invisible to the naked eye, skimming the ground, racing through the Deathly Silence of the steel jungle!
The closer he got, the clearer the heartbeat became!
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
That sound seemed to carry a kind of magic, heavy and oppressive, making Yao's heart throb with a pulsing pain.
She felt she was about to suffocate!
Soon, they arrived at the source of the sound.
The city's central plaza.
Here, it was more spacious than elsewhere, and even more Deathly Silence.
In the center of the plaza stood an immensely massive statue.
It was a statue of a man, clad in the distinctive attire of this civilization, his features resolute, his gaze looking far into the distance, full of yearning and hope for the future.
He was the founder of this civilization, the original guide who led the Blue Star Federation toward Grey Perfection.
And those heavy, oppressive beats, as if imprisoning endless pain and resentment, were the heartbeat.
It was emanating, crystal clear, from within this massive statue!
Yao's complexion had turned so pale it bore no hint of color.
A statue... how could it have a heartbeat?
Sun Wukong said nothing.
He simply stared fixedly at the statue, and in those golden eyes, a Storm was brewing.
The next second.
Boom!
Two dazzling, blinding golden light pillars, as if capable of piercing the Three Realms and the Six Paths, seeing through all illusion, burst forth from his eyes!
Fiery Golden Eyes! Full power activated!
His gaze, like the sharpest divine sword, easily pierced the statue's thick, solid shell!
Inside the statue, indeed, it was hollow!
It was a deep, viscous darkness that seemed to swallow even light!
And at the very center of that dark void...
Sun Wukong's pupils, in an instant, contracted into the sharpest needle point!
He saw!
A heart!
A heart so gigantic it was unimaginable, like a giant's heart that was a miniature star!
It was there, thump after thump, beating hard and stubbornly!
Each beat emitted a faint yet unyielding aura of life!
However, on the surface of that heart, it was covered by countless chains as black as ink,
chains exuding the aura of Absolute Malice and termination, binding it tightly, tightly!
Those chains, ferocious and twisted, like the most venomous curse, dug deep into the heart's flesh!
Each heartbeat tightened those chains even more,
raising rippling black waves, emitting a nauseating Negation force, wildly grinding away the heart's Vitality!
It is it!
That's it!
When Yao saw those chains clearly, her mind went blank and she let out a short, terrified scream!
She will not admit she was wrong!
The style and aura of these chains are exactly the same as those she first saw in the deepest part of the Dream Realm,
the chains that bound the massive, towering, suppressed shadow she saw there!
Exactly the same!
Sun Wukong's breathing also became extremely heavy.
His gaze followed those snarling chains, wildly extending downward!
He wants to see what the damned chains are actually connected to!
Are their other ends also connected to that damned Ultimate Seal left by the Master!
However, when his sight pierced the statue's pedestal and delved into the deep earth veins of this planet,
the scene he saw struck his Divine Soul as if hit by lightning!
The other ends of those chains aren't connected to any damn seal at all!
They are like the most greedy roots, dense and tangled!
They are deeply rooted in the statue's pedestal!
Rooted into every inch of this planet's land and every vein of ore!
Even…
Sun Wukong's gaze suddenly shifted to the plaza, to those "Living Dead" maintaining various postures!
His sight pierced their flesh and blood, reaching straight to the Línghún level!
He saw that each chain extending from a heart's end, its final tip, precisely and cruelly, was connected to a "Living Dead"!
No!
Not just one!
It's every person on this plaza, in this city, on this planet!
Every single one! No exception!
In that instant.
Sun Wukong instantly understood everything!
A wave of indescribable, universe‑shattering fury erupted with a booming blast from his chest!
"Damn it!!!"
An earth‑shaking roar made Yao's Divine Soul tremble violently!
Sun Wukong's monkey hair stood up like steel needles!
His golden eyes, inflamed by extreme anger, had turned a burning blood‑red!
His whole body was trembling!
Not from fear, but from the ultimate anger and humiliation after being deceived, toyed with, and made a fool of!
Contamination?
What damn contamination!
Negation?
What damn Negation!
This is not some civilization self‑extinguishing in "perfection"!
This is not an invasion of "Absolute Malice"!
Damn it, this is clearly a pre‑designed, colossal sacrificial formation spanning an entire Star System, vile to the extreme!
That imprisoned heart is the true "sacrifice"!
And the entire Blue Star Federation!
This "gray" civilization, which he placed great hopes in and personally pushed toward coexistence of "Freedom" and "Order"!
Along with their pitiful "Deathly Silence"!
Their hollow Línghún!
All are merely material!
All are just one gigantic Living Chain used to bind and Suppress this heart!
They, with their own death and eternal stillness, formed this most solid Prison that imprisons "Hope"!
That behind‑the‑scenes scum!
He not only deceived this world, but also deceived Sun Wukong!
He let himself watch this world's "Death" with his own eyes, and personally lay a "Seal" over this world!
He made himself an accomplice of this vile scheme!
He became a ridiculous jailer guarding this tomb!
"Aaaaaaa—!!!"
Sun Wukong howled skyward, the murderous intent in his voice nearly shattering this Deathly Silence‑filled starry sky!
This is no longer provocation.
It's as if his face were pressed to the ground and trampled mercilessly by billions of feet!
End of Chapter
