Chapter 837 - 686: Traitor
When Qin An and the others saw the heart, they all widened their eyes.
The heart, stitched together from corpses, gave off an eerie feeling.
Every corpse was wrapped around it, and the heartbeat of each corpse was also the heartbeat of the heart.
Besides its bizarre nature, the enormous heart was filled with a madness-inducing obsession.
Resentment, fear, hope, despair, and a will to survive.
Various emotions expanded, even from afar, causing a heart-pounding sensation.
"What is this thing?" Prince Zhenyuan’s surprise deepened, as if he had never seen such a horrific thing in his life.
Eunuch Yang’s hand tightened slightly in his sleeve, saying, "What we encountered earlier is a terrifying presence formed by those corpses outside. This must be its heart."
"Like us humans, it has organs, but all its organs are stitched together."
When this was said, Qin An and Prince Zhenyuan exchanged a glance, then nodded in agreement, acknowledging the plausibility of this explanation.
"What steps should we take next?" Prince Zhenyuan clenched his fists and asked, "We’ve come this far and seen this grotesque heart stitched from corpses. What should be our next move?"
As he asked this, Qin An said nothing, merely gazing at the bizarre heart before him.
His unusual behavior was immediately noticed by Prince Zhenyuan and Eunuch Yang.
They turned their heads, eyes filled with confusion, and asked, "Mr. Qin, have you discovered something?"
Qin An pointed to the strange heart and said, "I suspect that the voice came from it. Since it led us here, there must be a way to resolve this. We just need to wait patiently."
Just now, Qin An’s intuition told him there was certainly a way to break the deadlock here, and the eager feeling from the heart might be reaching out to him as the Savior.
Now that they had reached this place, all they needed to do was wait.
Prince Zhenyuan and Eunuch Yang nodded at these words, staying silent as they stood by Qin An’s side, vigilantly scanning their surroundings, patiently waiting.
While they waited, the bizarre heart before them underwent changes.
Initially beating, the heart suddenly increased its beat frequency.
Not only that, but as the frequency increased, that eerie feeling compounded visibly.
Within just a few breaths, the heart beat at an extremely rapid pace, and the strange feeling intensified to an extreme level.
At this moment, a crack suddenly appeared on the heart’s surface.
As the crack emerged, a figure suddenly flashed from it, slowly descending to the ground.
It was one of the corpses, resembling a young man, with a virtual conduit connected to his back, piercing straight into the heart.
As the youth landed, he immediately bowed deeply to Qin An, saying, "After standing for so many ages and such a lengthy time, we finally welcome the one who will avenge us. Truly joyous and congratulatory."
Qin An rubbed his chin and said, "Are you the voice from within this heart?"
Upon hearing this, the youth nodded and said, "I am the true eternal entity, and that attacker is an embodiment of my obsession, filled with hatred for this world and the Savior, which led to the earlier scene."
"Had you not broken through the palm and entered within, I could not have led you here from the outside. It’s all a matter of fate or destiny."
Qin An nodded and said, "Then how do we resolve this predicament?"
He didn’t dwell on it much because, in his view, knowing the cause meant finding a resolution.
As for how to resolve it, naturally, by turning to this true eternal entity before him.
The situation is critical, not just to uncover the secret of the Sea of Hope and delay the arrival of the Heavenly Demon, but also to be wary of Emperor Tianwu outside, ensuring they aren’t blasted upon exit.
Thus, Qin An intended not to waste time, focusing on resolving one issue first.
Prince Zhenyuan and Eunuch Yang also listened patiently, clearly eager to learn the resolution.
As the three set their sights on the eternal entity, it sighed.
Then, it turned to point at the heart behind, saying, "To resolve such a scenario, there’s only one way: destroy this heart. The endless obsession will naturally vanish."
Qin An raised an eyebrow and said, "Not easy to destroy, is it?"
It sounds simple enough, but he needed to clarify, since the ease or method of destruction required a specific procedure.
The eternal entity nodded and said, "With my help, it’s naturally easy to destroy. But I understand why the Savior is here, ultimately to harness the power of these myriad broken worlds as a barrier against the Heavenly Demon, delaying its arrival. So, it’s not just as simple as destruction."
Qin An asked again, "Then how can we destroy it?"
He had already clarified earlier; his goal was not merely the destruction of this horror before him but to seize the power resisting the Heavenly Demon’s arrival.
Hence, Qin An now wished to know how to obtain the power against the Heavenly Demon’s obsession.