Light Fortress

The alliance of the three continents launched a full-scale attack on the Central Continent. After the Heavenly Sheath Strike dispersed, three huge breaches were blasted into the high wall, and the airships poured in. These three battlefields were each commanded and led by the high-level leaders of the three continents.

"What on earth has happened to this sea...?"

Mu Wanqiu, aboard the main vessel, arrived at the northern outer side of the high wall of the Source Tower, observing from a distance of about thirty or forty miles, frowning.

After the wall was breached, the faraway should have been a vast and azure inner sea, adjoining Central Continent’s major trade city in the north, "Ning Fan."

But now, the Ning Fan Sea Area was pitch black, shrouded in thick fog!

Even more eerily, there was no wind or thunder, just a drizzling rain—

In such weather, the sea area above shouldn’t be so gloomy.

"All Source Energy Boats entering the sea area have lost signal."

The airship fleet of the Fifth Legion received orders to hover before the Ning Fan Sea Area. Lin Lin only tentatively dispatched three to five micro-vessels, taking off from the deck of the heavy boats, using unmanned technology to scout ahead... But unsurprisingly, all these micro-vessels lost signal, and once entering the eerie sea area, they completely "evaporated," as if they had never existed.

Next to Mu Wanqiu, Lin Lin, the commander of the Fifth Legion, stood straight.

He stared expressionlessly at the sea area ahead: "It looks like the Ning Fan Sea Area is enveloped by the Spirit Network."

The consecutive "disappearances" of the micro-vessels made him give up the idea of continuing to advance... After the wall was broken, the resistance from the Source Tower was extremely intense. However, just recently, those Transcendents of the Source Tower who were fiercely fighting in the northern battle zone seemed to have received an iron order. They all retreated, disregarding casualties, and began to withdraw. Within tens of minutes, they disappeared completely.

They chose to leave the high wall of the Source Tower, no longer defending.

Leaving this blasted open breach to the expedition fleet of the Fifth Legion!

Such bizarre behavior naturally aroused Lin Lin’s vigilance.

The entire fleet now regrouped here, waiting for the next orders.

"The Upper City coordinates are located to the north of Central Continent, but at least a thousand miles from the Ning Fan Sea Area."

Mu Wanqiu couldn’t understand this scene. She muttered in confusion, "Can the influence of the Spirit Network really be this great?"

"Swoosh!"

With a thought, the white-robed phantom of the Judge emerged, floating behind Mu Wanqiu.

The domain of the white-robed specter fell like a cloak, bestowing upon Mu Wanqiu.

A layer of dark radiance surfaced from the depths of her eyes.

Mu Wanqiu cast her gaze toward the sea area ahead. What she saw was no longer just seawater. The fog was decomposed, transforming into strands of dark primordial matter. These were the "broken spirits" lingering above the sea! Countless wandering spirits surged with the waves, swelling, like strands of tentacles!

After activating the domain... Mu Wanqiu saw scenes that others couldn’t see. This bizarre sight made cold sweat seep from her back.

In the sea area, she saw the previously dispatched "micro-vessels," now all crashed, soaking in the sea, only half submerged.

Beyond that.

There were corpses drifting on the sea surface!

The Fifth Legion had yet to engage in battle over the Ning Fan Sea Area... Whose bodies were these?

Whose else could they be!

They must be those Transcendents from the Source Tower who had just retreated. They received orders to return to the Ning Fan Sea Area, and then... they just "died" like this?

No, they weren’t "dead."

Mu Wanqiu focused and looked for another moment. She noticed that the bodies floating on the sea surface hadn’t dissipated from their spirits. Each was like an ice block, connected by the tentacles extended by the Spirit Network at their forehead positions.

They weren’t dead; it was more like... they were asleep.

Drowning in the connection of the Spirit Network.

Their spirits plunged into the Deep Sea.

While their physical bodies floated above the sea surface.

Due to the Judge’s domain ability involving "Silent Annihilation," Mu Wanqiu was extremely sensitive to this half-annihilated state.

She immediately sent this mental image into Lin Lin’s Heart Lake.

"Wait..."

"Is this the Dead Sea?"

Lin Lin was momentarily stunned upon seeing the scene Mu Wanqiu captured with the Judge’s domain.

He had heard his sister mention the "Dead Sea Zone."

It was where Deep Sea’s computational power is most concentrated, the most forbidden area, with over ninety percent of spiritual power concentrated here... Simultaneously, the Dead Sea is also the "cornerstone region" of this Spirit Network. Logically, only the highest seats could enter the Dead Sea Zone. A significant characteristic of this area is that the spiritual power is broken to the extreme, each strand like fine seaweed.

In his youth, Lin Lin curiously asked his sister, the Empress, what kind of experience entering the "Dead Sea Zone" was.

And Lin Lei’s answer was: "It’s like entering a spirit space where gravity is lost, and the whole person floats up."

Due to the excess surplus of spiritual power, the Dead Sea Zone possesses powerful "buoyancy," creating the so-called suspension phenomenon.

The scene now seen by Mu Wanqiu unconsciously reminded Lin Lin of the concept of the "Dead Sea" stored deep in his mind.

"The Dead Sea... what is that?"

Mu Wanqiu furrowed her brow.

She had a vague ominous premonition in her heart.

"It’s something very bad."

Lin Lin’s face turned gloomy as he whispered, "All members of the Fifth Legion prepare to withdraw... move away from the Ning Fan Sea Area, depart immediately!"

If this thing really is the "Dead Sea"...