Chapter 604: River of Eternal Darkness – River Water

Whether it is the black fog condensed from desire and emotion, or the snake‑like tentacles sprouting from the ground, they spontaneously avoid the historical scroll formed by countless fragments of civilizations.

In the historical scroll, Lei Kedun and A Meng's figures continuously jump, chase, and fight across scene after scene.

Their movements cause the civilization fragments to flicker, and occasionally some fragments fade completely.

In the chase, A Meng seems to gradually discern the pattern here, repeatedly destroying the content of civilization fragments through fraud and theft, causing contradictions that naturally extinguish them.

"History is a very rigorous thing; it cannot tolerate any error, and I happen to be the existence closest to 'Error'."

"Fortunately my avatar is already a 'Fate Trojan', otherwise altering the contents of these civilization fragments would indeed be troublesome."

A Meng destroys civilization fragments while turning back to chat with Lei Kedun.

Having lost his informationization ability, Lei Kedun's actions in the historical scroll are severely limited, and he cannot quite keep up with A Meng's pace.

The brilliant starlight flickers, diving into the plane of this civilization; clusters of star‑rays reconvene inside, revealing Lei Kedun's figure. He gazes ahead as if waiting for his A Meng, and calmly says:

"Perhaps you need to speed up a bit; I still have many civilization fragments at my disposal, and if you don't hurry, the outside conflict may already be over by the time you emerge."

A Meng raised an eyebrow, looked unhurriedly at Lei Kedun and said:

"Do you think an unstable evil spirit, a kindred‑path angel, and a Wu Luo Liu Si with little direct combat ability could defeat that paranoid maniac?"

"Even if that long‑winged, fat lizard is a resurrected ancient god, at its current Sequence‑2 it possesses no extraordinary power, and in mental battles, a creature that has died once easily dies a second time."

"How did you tell? You probably haven't seen An Ge Er Wei De, right?"

Lei Kedun looked at A Meng with some puzzlement; Ya Dang thought recognizing An Ge Er Wei De was normal, but wondered how A Meng identified the other.

"Is it hard to guess? Earlier, when it and my paranoid‑brother brother restrained each other in the mental realm, I stole many thoughts from it."

As he spoke, A Meng pinched the single‑lens glasses over his right eye; the scene of people building houses in the civilization fragment suddenly erupted in flames, burning the wooden structures.

As the houses burned, that civilization fragment quickly dimmed, disintegrating piece by piece into void.

Having done all that, A Meng's body instantly became ethereal, breaking into streams of pure information that plunged into a lower civilization fragment.

Seeming to find his speed insufficient, A Meng's information torrent instantly split into several streams, diving toward civilization fragments in different directions.

Seeing A Meng's action, Lei Kedun sighed lightly. "Error" this path truly restrains me.

While sighing, his body rapidly cracked, spewing countless black things from within; in an instant he became a black tangle covered with eyes.

Each eye flickered with cold, pure light, giving an oddly sacred, wise impression yet appearing rather indifferent and temperature‑less.

In every eye, a civilization fragment was reflected, simultaneously showing all of A Meng's avatars.

By turning himself into an information‑stream creature, A Meng swiftly traversed the various civilization fragments, destroying them one by one.

During this process, A Meng's own information was gradually recorded and analyzed by Lei Kedun.

As the civilization fragments dimmed one after another, the historical scroll soon retained only the last illuminated area.

On the black tangle, each eye stared at A Meng, now a pure information being, swiftly shifting position; deep‑blue‑purple glows coursed through each eye, outlining an intricate, mysterious pattern.

Maintaining his information‑stream state, A Meng suddenly halted; the massive pure information collapsed inward, reconstituting A Meng's body.

Lei Kedun reclaimed the extraordinary ability that had "stolen" A Meng from him.

The stolen extraordinary ability was retrieved by the other side; A Meng was unruffled, curled his mouth, and laughed lightly: "In any case there's only the last one left, but your informationization ability is indeed handy."

Answering A Meng's words was a rush of splashing water; a dark‑green, black‑tinged river poured in from beyond the civilization fragment, vast and overwhelming, covering the entire fragment. Countless transparent souls struggled within the river, pulling each other, desperately trying to rise above the surface yet constantly dragged back by those behind them.

A Meng curiously glanced at the massive river, feeling the dense, unbreakable aura of death; he sighed lightly, then lifted the single‑lens glasses over his right eye, a faint white glow sweeping across the lens surface.

The massive river vanished instantly, leaving only a mottled, dimmed civilization fragment.

Crack! The single‑lens glasses A Meng wore sprouted two fine cracks, and a veil of grayish mist settled over the whole lens.

"No wonder it let my 'theft' succeed so easily."

He whispered a sigh, removed the single‑lens glasses, and met Lei Kedun's gaze from beyond the civilization fragment:

"What was the name of that river just now that bore 'death' straight to the 'end'? It shouldn't be 'River of Eternal Darkness'; you only used some of its similar properties…"

"Yellow Springs." Lei Kedun answered softly.

He had added two drops of River of Eternal Darkness water into the "Mysterious Reappearance" he just used, which is why A Meng's single‑lens glasses developed cracks.

Influenced by the aura of the River of Eternal Darkness, A Meng's unique "Error" could not be employed temporarily, and due to its close link with uniqueness, he himself suffered contamination from the River of Eternal Darkness.

After a few exchanges, the River of Eternal Darkness' aura infected the last civilization fragment, which also collapsed.

The historical scroll dimmed completely, fading piece by piece into void, and Lei Kedun and A Meng's figures re‑emerged.

All around them, countless black mists condensed from emotion and desire roiled, and black snake‑like tentacles erupted from beneath the ground, writhing willy‑nilly.

Between the black mist and the tentacles, a towering crimson‑purple flame giant stood, eyes tightly shut, his expression agonized and feral, as if trapped in an unawakening nightmare, in an uncontrollable state.

Two smaller heads sprouted on either side of his neck, and protruding, tumor‑like masses appeared on his shoulder blades and waist, as if new limbs were about to emerge.

One complex, three‑dimensional mysterious symbol after another interwove around him, centered on him and extending endlessly into void, as if to shatter the boundary between reality and dream.

The first to intervene were the "Cosmic Dark Side" and the "Prime Witch". Adam, who has mastered the "Dreamer"'s uniqueness, can now to some extent turn falsehood into reality? As thoughts drifted, Lei Kedun turned his head toward A Meng, only to find his figure already gone.

"Left?"

While muttering to himself, the wishing lamp he held suddenly emitted the lamp spirit's voice:

"What pact did you make with the River of Eternal Darkness? Those two drops of river water just now were not ordinary; the scent of all things' end was too obvious."

"Why a pact and not cooperation?" Lei Kedun raised an eyebrow and retorted.

As he spoke, his body became ethereal, breaking into massive information streams that spread outward.

In this process, an invisible transparent storm suddenly formed, as if woven from countless "spiritual breaths", capable of easily tearing the mind and piercing souls.

The sudden storm caused spiritual perception to be heavily interfered, like countless blade‑like gusts repeatedly striking and tearing the psychic shields of nearby beings.

The raging wind sounded both illusory and real, its howl mixed with intense fear and panic, subconsciously prompting thoughts of laziness and passive resignation.

Under the "storm" sweeping out from the mental world, Lei Kedun, now a pure information being, could no longer sustain himself; the massive pure information kept collapsing, reassembling his body, which uncontrollably plummeted from mid‑air.

In this process, the mechanical glove on his right hand glowed dark‑red, weaving imposing symbols that both disrupted the surrounding "storm" and lessened its impact on him.

The moment he touched the ground, his body suddenly turned transparent, became illusory, and upon impact turned into a mass of foam.

These foams quickly scattered and floated under the "storm", bursting one by one, vanishing in an instant.

Lei Kedun's figure immediately appeared at the edge of "Storm", then turned into a brilliant starlight that flickered and vanished, only to re‑emerge at the end of the street.

After repeating it several times, he quickly broke out of Beilunsi Port's range.

Brilliant stars floated around him one after another, shedding pure, clear radiance that calmed his spirit and repaired his nearly shattered mental shield.

Before he could even catch his breath, the black fog behind him from the "Cosmic Dark Side" suddenly turned frantic, chaotic, and highly aggressive, seemingly even demons could not adapt to this change, and his body began to undergo uncontrollable mutations.

A deep pale violet flickered in Lei Kedun's eyes; his gaze pierced the black fog, seeing clearly what lay within.

The demons that thrived within the black fog, born from various emotions and desires, fell into their own intense emotions and cravings, their expressions gradually becoming bewildered.

(End of Chapter)