Chapter 782 - 545: Electromagnetic Authority
Deep within the planet, it is not a scorching geological core but a bizarre space thoroughly devoured by chaos.
Here there is no up or down, no direction, no light or dark, no chronological order; even the flow of time is twisted into a blur of turbulence.
At the center of the chaotic space, murky mist roils like ink, with hints of eerie purple lightning darting through. In the depths of the fog, a colossal shadow beyond imagination floats—Lord of Water.
In the next instant, a pitch-black stream of light tears through the chaos, forcefully invading this forbidden land.
"This is..."
No sooner had Zhou Yang stepped in, than boundless fragments of whisper directly invaded his consciousness, not heard by the ear, but a permeation at the level of the Divine Soul.
Without syllable, without logic, only pure chaos, decay, and madness, like countless ancient deities whispering the ultimate disorder of the universe.
"Unnameable Chant!"
"Celestial Whisper!"
An unexpected transformation occurred.
On the surface of Zhou Yang’s dark alloy armor which was as smooth as a mirror, densely-packed bizarre eyeballs suddenly emerged, with murky vertical pupils glowing with a dead blue light.
Immediately, thick and rough gray-black hair furiously sprouted from the seams between the eyeballs, wrapping around the mecha, and even his blood was tainted with a layer of murky chaotic aura.
The mecha’s joints twisted, its lines grotesque, forcefully deforming towards the form of the Water Ape clan!
Zhou Yang’s expression remained calm, yet a sharp coldness flashed in his eyes:
"As expected, it’s the source of chaos, unseen, unheard, untouchable by ordinary people... an instant contamination, a touch and you go mad."
"Unfortunately, I am no ordinary person."
With a thought, at the core deep within Zhou Yang’s body, a blood-red lotus quietly bloomed.
Vast and powerful blood energy surged along the mecha’s energy conduits, transforming him directly into a **brilliant blood-red sun**, radiating intensely, causing even the chaos to retreat!
"Coronal Disintegration・Gamma Purge!"
In an instant, the blood-red sun hanging over the chaos exploded violently.
The corona peeled away layer by layer, intertwining crimson streams of fire with purple-blue gamma rays, shining so brightly it drained color from the entire space!
Like a world-ending deluge, the rays swept towards every direction with the destructive force of a star collapsing, engulfing all filth into the gamma storm.
The bizarre eyeballs on the surface of the mecha shattered instantly, the grey-black hair disintegrated inch by inch, the twisted joints reverted to their original positions.
The chaotic foulness invading the core was obliterated under the irradiation of the gamma mystical light, leaving not a single trace behind.
Chaos was cleared away, and Zhou Yang finally saw the true form of Lord of Water.
It was a conglomeration of chaos murky water continuously twisting, rolling, expanding, and contracting, with an outline of a terrifyingly grotesque giant Water Ape vaguely depicted.
Even more horrifying, numerous twisted tentacles wildly extended from the murky water, each crawling with large vertical-eyed essences, while the tips of the tentacles split into giant mouths lined with fangs, dripping viscous murky liquid that could dissolve all.
Distortion!
Chaos!
Madness!
Sensing Zhou Yang’s presence, the conglomeration of murky chaos water suddenly churned furiously, billions of tentacles frantically flailing the void, where they passed, the space dissolved, rules distorted.
Countless vertical-eyed essences simultaneously opened, locking onto Zhou Yang, their eyes filled with coldness, fury, and malevolent intent to devour all.
"Insignificant... lowly... ant..."
"Dare to... disrupt... divine slumber... chaos... shall consume you... eternally... plunge..."
The roar at the level of Divine Soul tore through the consciousness, mixed with endless mutated noises, threatening to crush his will directly.
Zhou Yang’s expression did not change a bit, his gaze sharp as a blade:
"A waste that can’t even maintain its own sanity dares to call itself a god?"
As his voice fell, a blood-red blazing sun once again coalesced in his palm, red light sweeping afar, staining the entire chaotic space crimson.
A terrifying energy far surpassing the Fusion Collapse Palm slowly took shape, and from the depths of his palm, a miniature black hole slowly surfaced, devouring light, twisting the void.
"Star Husk Annihilation Palm!"
This is the perfect fusion of mecha technology and his own combat power, causing the fusion energy to collapse a second time, forming the ultimate strike of stellar annihilation.
It was as though a dying star was breaking free from all constraints, unleashing light and heat suppressed over billions of years in a single instant, compressing the force field to an extreme capable of shredding all matter and rules.
"Die!"
He swung his arm across the sky!
Space abruptly collapsed, black cracks like spider webs frantically spread, chaotic murky mist was crazily swallowed by the black hole, the tentacles Lord of Water waved were forcibly pulled, twisted, snapped apart by the gravitational field.
"Sss—!!"
Lord of Water let out a sharp scream that rent the Divine Soul, piercing through the chaos, stabbing deep into the soul.
Its colossal chaotic body twisted madly, its chaotic source poured out with abandon!
On the tentacles, the billions of giant vertical-eyed essences exploded one after another, spewing ink-colored viscous murky liquid, frantically eroding the black hole’s horizon, attempting to corrupt gravity, disintegrate space, crush energy.
The giant mouth viciously bit down, tearing apart the void with each chomp, fiercely colliding with the power of Star Husk Annihilation, making heaven and earth tremble.
Black hole endless devouring, chaos frantically corroding.
One consuming, one annihilating, one corrupting, one destroying, two ultimate forces collided, clashed, and battled madly in the void.
Time flew by swiftly.
They had already faced off millions of times!
Zhou Yang’s expression was stern as iron, the mecha core roared under overload, the blood-red halo on his body dimmed by levels, his consciousness was filled with murmurs of ancient gods, Divine Soul in agony.
On his skin, gray-black chaotic patterns like poisonous vines spread, the mecha slowly being polluted, eroded, assimilated.
Yet he still held on stubbornly, not retreating half a step, willing to overdraw his origin, forcibly pushing his power to the peak.
Because Lord of Water, was already running on empty!
Under the persistent devouring of the black hole, its colossal body continued to shrink, collapse, tentacles, eyeballs, giant mouths exploded and dissolved one after another, its chaotic source on the brink of exhaustion.
"Kill!"
Zhou Yang’s will erupted dramatically, the blood lotus within his body blooming in a chain, vast blood energy surged into the black hole like a tsunami.
The Devouring Power was pushed to its utmost in an instant!
The horizon of the black hole expanded madly, gravity like a prison, unparalleled.
Lord of Water’s colossal chaotic body under the power of annihilation collapsed inch by inch, vanished completely.
Only a divine core infused with chaos resonance quietly floats amidst the blood-red sky.
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Federation homeworld.
Skyscrapers soar into the clouds, holographic advertisements dazzling with neon interwoven, creating a scene of technological and bustling grandeur.
On countless family holographic screens, the host’s voice trembles with excitement, spreading to every corner of the Federation:
"Breaking news! Breaking news!"
"Federation Marshal Zhou Yang led the elite mecha division, successfully slaying the Star God—Lord of Water—in the Tail Star System!"
"This is the first god-slaying in human history! A milestone for humanity towards the pinnacle of interstellar!"
Federation core, a tranquil courtyard.
Jiang Ming sits cross-legged in plain clothes, his body surrounded by faint spirit light, blending seamlessly with the earth’s magnetic fields, forming an invisible field.
Within the field, countless electromagnetic particles swiftly circulate.
He slowly opens his eyes, a hint of deep blue lightning flashes sharply like a divine insight, observing all creation.
In his heart, he muses:
"My junior brother succeeded in god-slaying... The history in Li Bai’s memories has been completely rewritten."
A pale blue panel floats before him:
[Star God Compatibility: 47%]
Since the compatibility surpassed thirty percent, Jiang Ming has grasped part of the Star God’s power.
Star Gods embody planets and are founded on origins, their power far exceeds what a single planet can bear.
With humanity’s current mecha technology, destroying ordinary planets is mere child’s play; a Martial Saint-level mecha master, surpassing three stars, can easily shatter the crust, ignite the mantle, and dismantle stars.
They can even use high-tier mecha’s powerful weapons to blast planets to dust directly.
But planets are merely the Star God’s "containers," not their "core."
Star Gods are manifestations of order, incarnations of chaos, what truly allow them to be gods is the "authority" bestowed by the universe.
And the authority Jiang Ming possesses is—"Electromagnetic Force."
This is not a simple discharge or lightning summoning, but ultimate control over one of the universe’s four fundamental forces.
Every magnetic field, every electric wave, every satellite, every energy node, every barrel of a space-based weapon...
Everything is within his perception range, manipulated at will, commanded with a single thought.
With just one thought, he can take over the entire satellite network, transforming the planet into an all-seeing eye.
With a single idea, he can lock down all energy nodes, cut off enemy supplies, and secure his defensive line.
With one command, the entire space-based weapon system will turn their barrels as his most terrifying weapon.
Information is a web, electromagnetism is an eye, space-based systems are soldiers, the planet is the domain...
Though it’s only partial authority, with the Federation’s technology, it makes him nearly the most fearsome presence in the entire Federation.
With him overseeing the Federation, Zhou Yang dares to slay the god!
...
At this moment, countless streams of information converge before Jiang Ming like data, deep blue light flickering, hiding no secrets.
From the major decision-making in the Federation’s center to the trivial thoughts of passersby, even the distant mecha master’s musings, all are vividly clear, sharply visible.
This is the electromagnetic authority branch—controlling information, perceiving human hearts, on this planet, almost no secrets can be hidden.
On the entire planet, only two people can evade his perception.
One is his junior brother Zhou Yang.
The nine-star mecha master, the Federation Marshal, god-slaying hero, energy restrained within his body’s furnace, shrouded by an invisible divine barrier, unassailable by magnetic force.
The other is the suddenly vanished Master Chen.
Like evaporating into thin air, leaving no trace, even with control over all magnetic fields, not a single clue can be captured, as if he never existed.
It is this very authority that allowed Jiang Ming to glimpse the secrets on his disciple—a rebirth seeker!
Yet he does not expose, does not investigate deeply.
Whether or not he is a rebirth seeker, at this moment it need not be concluded.
He understands that he still stands not high enough, sees not far enough.
Only by climbing further, grasping more authority, can he dispel the fog and reveal the entire truth.
Jiang Ming slowly closes his eyes, his mood serene:
"Authority is deeply corruptive, those Star Gods fell into chaos, lost reason, because of being backfired by authority."
"In Li Bai’s memory, I mysteriously perished, perhaps...because authority spiraled out of control."
"No rush, take it slow."
His surrounding electromagnetic particles increasingly stable, the integration with the earth’s magnetic field deepens:
"The world is vast, secrets are many."
"Master Chen’s whereabouts, Li Bai’s rebirth...everything, I will ultimately perceive and unveil one by one."
...
The river of life stretches across eternity, vast and mighty, infinite worlds drift like dust.
Chen Sheng sits serenely atop the river, his gaze indifferent, raising his fingertips lightly, a spirit light escapes from his fingertip.
The spirit light falls into the river, instantly stirring up towering waves.
The predetermined trajectory shatters abruptly, countless causal lines break then reweave...
In the spirit light, a figure vividly emerges—
It is none other than himself!
Yet it is a blank self!
Chen Sheng nonchalantly casts himself into the river.
"My existence itself is the greatest variable.