Chapter 1242

A Sound That Stops the Heart

It is difficult for ordinary people to see the essence through the appearance, let alone three "mortals" wanting to pry into the essence of the real universe.

Cheng Shi indeed had many conjectures because he saw the corpse field, but this still could not reveal the secret of this place.

He did not know how this place operated, nor did he know why the dead gods would be "sent" here. However, one point is beyond doubt: this must also be part of that terrifying Creator's experiment, and it is even very likely to be a garbage dump for "abandoned waste," or a regeneration ground for "recycled consumables."

With his perspective and knowledge, he could only think this much.

Of course, this accidental "trip" was not entirely without gains. At least Cheng Shi confirmed one thing, which was that the 【Silence】 "corpse" he saw before in the real universe indeed did not die!

If He really died, He would likely be like the boundary-leaking puppets in this corpse field, dismembered here, rather than drifting alone.

This made Cheng Shi even more confused.

It is not hard to understand 【Silence】 being alive; after all, mortals can ascend to the real universe, let alone gods with endless lifespans.

But the problem is, what is He doing?

Just drifting in the real universe, passively spreading His will?

No, this doesn't make sense, because He didn't assimilate nearby lives. His behavior is more like turning His body into a trap, but this kind of behavior only makes people hate Him, loathe Him, and turn away from Him; how can one talk about the spread of will?

Besides, to let a god leave the homeland of faith and choose to drift in the real universe, one would think the slice universe He was in had long been destroyed. Then 【Silence】 would naturally know the truth that the real universe is also just a more grand experiment. Since that is the case, why does He still practice His own will and show His piety to that ruthless experimenter?

Just to stay alive?

Reasonable, but not right.

Cheng Shi always felt something was wrong. Limited by the fact that there was too little intelligence in his hands that could be used for reasoning, he really had no clue.

The three nervously "strolled" in the corpse field for a while longer, and seeing there was no more usable information, Qin Xin suggested:

"It's time to go back. The longer the time of the accidental arrival, the more unpredictable changes there will be.

This trip has already had enough... gains. Let's go."

Hong Lin nodded, wishing to leave this terrifying place immediately, while Cheng Shi frowned slightly and looked at the infinite depths under his feet.

He just wanted to speak, but Hong Lin covered his mouth.

"You said you'd only take one look!"

Cheng Shi was stunned, patted the Big Cat's hand, and said in a muffled voice: "There is only one chance."

"!!!" The Big Cat was anxious, "I knew it, every time it comes to this, the one who charges is you, and the one who is steady becomes me."

Terror flashed in her eyes. She looked at the depths of the starry sky pit and then at the countless gods' corpses around the pit, her muscles tightening, and she nodded heavily:

"Fine, just one look, you walk behind me."

Saying this, Hong Lin gritted her teeth and fell toward the abyss beneath her feet.

Cheng Shi's face was solemn, following closely behind. Qin Xin consciously trailed at the end. He knew he was the hope of these two; once an accident happened ahead, he must use all the power of authority to rescue these two from danger.

The three, lined up in a row, began to accelerate their descent. The number of gods' corpses passing by them in the starry sky increased, the radius of the giant pit formed by the stacked corpses was shrinking, and the oppressive feeling of fear like a tide made everyone feel suffocated.

They were not sure how deep this giant pit was, but fortunately, the depths were the same as the surface, with no danger for the time being.

Repetitive scenes are the easiest to numb people's five senses and nerves. As the descent time grew longer, the three began to gradually adapt to this endless abyss and the corpse rain passing by their sides.

However, accidents always come when people's hearts are most relaxed. Just as the three saw the road ahead was endless and began to discuss whether they should stop in time and not risk exploring further, a thick and vast sound suddenly rang out on the "wall" of the corpse pit not far beneath their feet.

The sound was so abstract, as if it vibrated directly in one's mind, and also as if it echoed right in the ears of the three.

"Gods..."

This came without any warning, like an invisible giant hand directly gripping the hearts of the three, making them stop falling instantly in the deep pit.

Qin Xin's hands and feet went cold instantly, his whole body numb. His remaining consciousness immediately activated the 【War】 authority, pulling the other two to counter-charge upward. However, when he touched the other two, he found that these two had pale faces, stiff as dead wood, and had been so frightened that they didn't even dare to move.

Although this abrupt sound was terrifying enough, he didn't expect that players as strong as Cheng Shi and Hong Lin would actually be paralyzed into such a state.

Qin Xin didn't have time to investigate further, just dragging people and charging forward blindly. However, the next second, he himself was like being hit on the head with a stick, completely losing consciousness, because he heard that sound explode in his mind again:

"... annihilation, universe... disintegration, this is..."

"【Origin】!"

"!!!!!"

In the last second before his consciousness dissipated, Qin Xin gritted his teeth and activated the item effect. The power of 【Memory】 passed through the gods' corpse field, scooping him and Hong Lin up and re-imprinting them on the space-time bridge.

That's right, Qin Xin and Hong Lin disappeared.

But Cheng Shi had not!

He still remained in this abyss filled with deep echoes!

The most instinctive fear from the bottom of his heart made Qin Xin perfectly execute the planned retreat plan, but at that time he had no energy left to think about whether Cheng Shi had used the same retreat method as them.

Don't forget, Cheng Shi relied on his own 【Time】 talent as a backup to come here, so the moment Qin Xin activated the item effect, he was naturally left in place.

But fortunately, the scene of his companions disappearing also awakened Cheng Shi, making him instantly wake up from the endless fear. He looked at the place where the sound came from beneath his feet with a horrified face, and without even thinking, he snapped...

He didn't snap; he suppressed it.

At this time, Cheng Shi was not Cheng Steady, but Cheng Shrewd!

He took out the 【Filth-Corruption】 container at the first moment to absorb his tidal fear, and then his brows sank, choosing to gamble again at this crossroads of life and death!

He gambled that this sound did not come from the 【Origin】!

That's right, the reason Cheng Shi and Hong Lin were frightened like this was because both of them had heard the voice of the 【Origin】. Cheng Shi had heard it more than once, and at the gods' convention where 【Annihilation】 self-destructed, Hong Lin also had the good fortune to listen to the "oracle."

So when hearing this sound exactly the same as the voice of the 【Origin】, the two collapsed directly in fear.

Qin Xin had never heard it, so he naturally didn't feel anything wrong, but when the sound spoke the name of 【Origin】, he still couldn't restrain the most instinctive fear in his heart and chose to retreat safely.

The awakened Cheng Shi naturally wouldn't leave so quickly, because he knew that if this sound really came from the 【Origin】... then what was the point of escaping or not?

If *He wanted the mortals who intruded rashly to die, there was no need to make any sound at all.

But if *He didn't want to punish the three of them, why did *He speak rashly?

Don't forget, the grand scene of 【War】 charging at Him in groups didn't even earn a glance from *Him; how could the ruthless Creator lower a divine sound to three "mortals"?

So the source of that sound must not be *Him!

Nor could it be a god.

It is known that this place is where gods fall; if it were a god, it would be impossible to live here for long, and it would be impossible to be "sent" here.

Then the fact that this sound could appear here was strange enough.

Not to mention that the content of these words was no different from defying the divine countenance.

Gods annihilated, universe disintegrated, this is 【Origin】!

Listen, what kind of statement is this!?

In the past, only the 【Origin】 commented on the gods; when was it the turn of some "person" to comment on the 【Origin】?

Isn't this just saying that the 【Origin】 is the culprit behind the collapse of the world and the overturning of the universe!

Just from this sentence, the person who made this sound might not even be an enemy, but some Fear Sect member hiding here to avoid the gaze of the 【Origin】!

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi's eyes tightened, and he hardened his heart, sending Shadow Cheng Shi out.

He wanted to know what was hiding here "impersonating" the 【Origin】, and what purpose made him make this sound.

Just take one look, at most just one look!

Cheng Shi pinched his fingers tightly, waiting quietly for Shadow Cheng Shi's news.

Happy holidays, everyone~