Chapter 729: The Edge of the Universe, Qi Yu's Anchor Point

Qi Yu reached the edge of the universe.

The edge of the universe, a place most civilizations spend their entire lives unable to reach, but in reality, it is not what civilizations imagine.

Or rather, the edge of the universe is actually chaotic; it does not exist at a true boundary, but rather exists as an invisible barrier.

You may have passed by many times without noticing, yet the opportunity to cross the universe is right at your fingertips.

They thought the starry sky stretched on forever, but in fact the barrier has always been there, in a place you could never notice.

It is neither void nor a wall, but composed of layer upon layer of invisible boundaries.

Those boundaries have no color, no thickness; when you pass by them, you may not even feel their presence, yet they precisely divide each universe into separate, independent entities.

Some universes are dying, some are being born, some are bustling and prosperous, some have long been dead and silent. They ought to have no interaction, but these boundaries keep them isolated from one another.

Qi Yu stood in that seemingly ordinary starry sky, quietly sensing those boundaries.

She has lived far too long.

So long that, over the ages, she once gave up seeking her fate and tried to disguise herself as an ordinary person.

In a corner of some civilization, she rose with the sun and rested with its setting, pretending she too would age, die, and be content with a hot meal.

But most of those civilizations could not last long.

Because of pollution.

The pollution is still chasing her!!!

Since the Evil God's plan succeeded completely, the pollution has begun to proliferate wildly in this universe.

Those years, wherever she went, the pollution followed; the people there were unlike them—they could not resist the pollution and had no so-called awakening will.

Encountering the pollution meant death; she also tried to pass on her knowledge, but in vain—it could not save a civilization.

And the knowledge of the universe's edge came precisely from those civilizations.

Some civilizations, after exhausting generations of effort, managed over long ages to glean a little bit of truth.

Some civilizations, using their last remnants of strength, pieced together the fragments she knew into a complete map.

Those civilizations fell one after another, but the knowledge they left behind remained with her.

That is why she can recognize these boundaries.

And the direction of her journey is precisely here.

"My anchor point... has been triggered?"

She murmured, long ago, to mark the universes she had already visited, she deliberately left anchor points at the places she had been.

That's right, it is high-dimensional energy, but a weakened version; they do not self-propagate.

It is a lower-tier version of normal high-dimensional energy.

And it is precisely because of that pollution that she can sense the Master.

So she came.

She followed that aura all the way, passing through universe after universe, crossing layer after layer of boundaries, until today she finally stood at the edge of this Star Sea.

But.... the pollution there erupted.

This should not happen; indeed, it should be said, this is impossible.

Unless....

She thought of something, furrowed her brows, and recalled a certain civilization in that universe.

They had some overlap with her, but not much; they displayed an extreme yearning for their own power, which made Qi Yu uncomfortable.

Thus, after roughly exploring that universe, she left, except for the anchor point marking that location.

Now, it has gone out of control....

"Master..."

She was a little worried.

If the Master is there, could the pollution she caused have already reached him?

Qi Yu stood in place, gazing into the depths of the Star Sea, silent for a long time.

Then she raised her hand and lightly touched the barrier.

It was the brilliant starlight of another universe.

"Indeed... there really is the Master's scent."

Qi Yu suddenly felt hot tears well up, but also some worry.

"Master.... could it still be someone she knows?"

In her mind appeared that thing with a face full of tentacles; indeed, that is Zhang Jie's image in Qi Yu's mind.

All that can be said....

Cough, all that can be said is that Qi Yu's taste is indeed quite unique.

"I have come, Master."

She whispered, and her figure vanished into this starry sky.

Three lights of different colors shone simultaneously.

Three Breaking Dawn Judgments fired from three different directions.

Three pillars of light, pure condensed stellar energy, spanned the void; each carried enough power to evaporate a star, crossing countless light-years to slam heavily onto the same coordinates.

That writhing sea of flesh and blood.

In the first few minutes before the light pillars fell, the extreme heat already showed; that massive entity, like a lump of fat thrown into fire, had its surface frantically curl, char, and disintegrate, evaporating in swaths.

Hum....

The extreme surge burst forth instantly; though there was no sound, everyone could feel the terror of that fluctuation.

Is it over?

How could that be? The reason they're called anomalies is precisely because they possess almost limitless possibilities.

In that expanse of void, something stirred; a few strands of charred debris suddenly began to writhe, countless tiny fragments exploded from the wreckage and scattered along the energy flow, like the totem of some mysterious civilization.

The contamination wasn't eliminated; it was merely provoked.

It seemed to be contained, but in fact it was like pouring oil on the fire of this disaster.

"Did we win?"

Someone asked, but the next moment he felt a warm liquid slide down his lips.

"...."

"Compensate!"

That's right—the Dawn Judgment further stimulated the spread of the contamination, causing even those who were originally within the safety line to be affected.

A nosebleed is just one of the mildest symptoms.

"Withdraw! Withdraw!"

"Captain! Where is the captain?"

"The captain has mutated, captain!"

The interior of the ship was in utter chaos, yet these people were the elite selected from all civilizations by using the Alliance's Will Detection Instrument.

Yet, in fact, they were just as at a loss facing this situation.

Soon, the whole ship was utterly consumed, turning into a nest of anomalies; fine black fluid oozed from every seam, constantly undulating.

These people became the second batch of infected, after the flesh sea.

This matter was quickly relayed back to the Alliance, and at this very moment Zhang Jie was scratching his head in bewilderment over a mass of black fluid.

"This thing... Is it really the thing I know?"

"Leader! News has come from the Star Sea Hall!"

"The contamination has spread further!"