Chapter 294: A Sigh (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Contacting the Professor through Halsey to ask a few questions is something Aaron has been doing all along.

He lit the letter on fire and silently pondered the content of the reply.

"After becoming a Non-human Existence, does every promotion directly involve the Spirit World? That is understandable..."

As for the power of the 'Law'?

Aaron thought of the curse that had originally been coiled around the 'Crying Blade'—it infected directly through wounds in one's memory, spreading without any logic.

"Can it be understood as a power similar to a 'Meme'? It often represents—something unsolvable?"

"The ruins of the 'Blood of Decay' can be confirmed as power left behind by a High-Level Extraordinary, but not an 'Immortal'—this propagation characteristic can be named 'Diffusion Law'—is this the true strength of a Sixth Primordial Substance 'Crowned One'?"

"The Absolutely Neutral Existence located behind multiple veils!"

After his thoughts drifted slightly, Aaron looked back at the most practical problem: "I am still missing the last Non-human remnant of the 'Tower' for my promotion to 'Furnace', and I never expected... it would be in the Duioluo zhi cheng 'Diate'."

Aaron let out a silent breath: "My awakening itself represents the Spirit Tide Revival of the world... or rather, it has developed to a certain degree, crossing a huge threshold... The Seventh Primordial Substance, the 'Immortal' who truly possesses eternal life, is no longer a delusion!"

"Those Sixth Primordial Substances sprinting toward the Seventh Primordial Substance have a certain possibility of success!"

To put it bluntly, that time they only reached the outer perimeter and encountered a 'Beast of Darkness', and there were clearly herds of beasts in the depths!

Not only that, that region was permeated with the power of corruption, which had a great suppression effect on all Extraordinaries except those of the 'Darkness' path.

There were more black beasts gathered here, and the buildings were even more dilapidated.

"Wandering Spirit of the Unknown, Absolutely Neutral Existence, Silent Observer!"

"If I hadn't been unable to go deeper last time, could I have entered the city core directly this time?"

"And in this process, what happened that caused Lin and Olivia to promote and become Hidden Existences—'Mother of Nature'?"

With a touch of emotion, Aaron arrived at the location of the headquarters of the Light of Redemption in his memory.

Aaron walked past a two-headed 'Beast of Darkness'.

As he gave his response, Aaron's spirit suddenly left his body, seeing his own body sitting stiffly on the chair with eyes closed and a blank expression.

Thinking of this, Aaron no longer hesitated; after sealing the study, he began to chant the honorific name of the 'Wandering Spirit of the Unknown':

Looking at the surrounding environment, it was shockingly the place where their group had ventured the deepest!

"It seems my connection is much stronger than the 'Professor's' key... I don't need to enter from the periphery; I can instantly enter the interior of Diate?"

"The world is about to welcome a new tide..."

However, they did not notice a ghost-like figure walking past them...

Any creature whose gaze noticed the black flames could hear this sigh!

Around Aaron's illusory form, streaks of pitch-black flames emerged, seemingly wanting to burn away even him, who did not exist in the first place...

Just at this moment, a long, drawn-out sigh suddenly emerged in Aaron's ears.

Its two heads, one male and one female, did not notice it at all, looking around with madness, as if wanting to find an opponent to Bite.

The sound of this sigh seemed to be engraved here, in this piece of history, within the memories of the Spirit World!

This time, the scene before his eyes was completely different.

Aaron moved his feet slowly.

He passed by ruins of reinforced concrete buildings, seeing 'Beast of Darkness' creatures wandering among the ruins!

They had dog bodies and human heads, wandering aimlessly over the city ruins like the most loyal guards.

"After the Sun Fall and my slumber... did the Light of Redemption encounter a strike from the Black Sun Cult or other forces?"

"The core of 'Diate'? It should be the headquarters of the Light of Redemption, right?"

"This is all stimulated by the appearance of the Green Forest Earl... to a certain extent, their guess was not wrong!"

Finally, Aaron arrived at the core of the former Light of Redemption, the location of the Altar and hall where they sacrificed to him.

If the 'Professor' were to see this scene, he would likely be scared to the point of collapse and never dare to mention exploring Diate again.

Aaron walked through a large area of collapsed buildings, his expression nostalgic yet carrying a trace of something inexplicable: "This place... seems to have experienced a tragic battle?"

Thinking of that expedition, Aaron showed a pensive look.

For the current Aaron, the strongest combat power in his hands was just a tool spirit of Aokelaier, which had been blown up frequently lately, so it was clearly not enough.

"Creator above the Creator!"

"And the 'God of Suffering' has suddenly become active... wanting to do something big... besides promotion, what other pursuits do such Extraordinaries have?"

Aaron had already arrived in a dark city ruin.

Some groups of 'Beast of Darkness' numbered as many as twenty, especially the leaders among them, whose bodies were sturdier and even grew two or three heads.

Sometimes, these 'Beast of Darkness' would break out into internal fighting, battling crazily until death.

The pitch-black flames burned quietly in the void and pits as if they had been burning for ten thousand years, seemingly able to last until the end of time.

But under the erosion of the long passage of time, these had all perished, leaving only a few scraps for later generations to conduct Archaeology and pay respects to...

This place had long been razed to the ground, leaving only a large black pit.

The more Aaron saw, the more doubts he had in his heart.

"After going to Diate last time, this connection was re-established... and Diate opened its doors to me."

Clearly, these were advanced forms of 'Beast of Darkness', powerful Spirit World Creatures comparable to Fifth or Sixth Primordial Substance Extraordinaries!

"The 'Professor' still needs a key, but I don't... My connection to Diate had long existed and was very close... It was just that due to the changes in the Spirit World, it wasn't 'activated' at first, just like how I couldn't immediately enter the Spirit World through dreams after waking up."

Even if the entire team from back then had opened the Fourth Primordial Substance and promoted to Non-human Existences, they might not have succeeded in exploring it.

He went deep into the ruins of the Light of Redemption, wandering among the broken walls and ruins, as if he saw the faint radiance that once shrouded the ruins, as well as the bloodstains that had stained them later...

"Undying Black Flame... this is destruction caused by the level of a Sequence Age... 'Fallen Corona'?"

He did not linger and entered the Dream Realm directly.

"Fortunately... if it is only for Investigation, there is no need for Aokelaier to step in at all; the 'Spirit of Falsehood' is the best tool spirit."

The flames burned the void in vain, yet they stubbornly followed Aaron.

"A sigh that feels Zeng-familiar..."

Secret Source Power surged within Aaron's body, extinguishing the pitch-black flames; when he looked at the deep pit before him again, his expression became extremely complex: "This place... should be the site where a God-Sovereign fell!"

(End of chapter)