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"Hmph, bluffing!" Honglian pointed out unceremoniously, "If your master, the Celestial Patrol, is really so magical, how could it be battered by the mere residual force of the Dimensional Limit Mechanism without hitting back? It even needs us humans to help it solve the threat of the Star God... Who is giving whom the chance here?"

This was the first time Chen Xuan saw her being so aggressive.

She clearly had no fondness whatsoever for the Evangelical Association and the nano-living bodies that have tossed the future into such chaos.

Facing her disparaging remarks about the Celestial Patrol, Will had no intention of getting angry, "How about humans compared to bacteria?"

"What?"

"He means humans are higher-level than bacteria, but humans also rely on the help of bacteria." Liuli read between his lines.

"That’s right, your companion clearly sees it more clearly." Will nodded gladly, "Without gut flora, humans would suffer from malnutrition; without mitochondria, humans would have issues even surviving."

"The gap in the macro perspective is too great, and cross-layer interference efficiency will be extremely low, which is the law of the world before Ascension, and my master must follow it."

"However... this will soon not be a problem. Now my master is just a giant nano-living body; once Ascension is completed, it will become a true external object."

"External object."

Chen Xuan heard this term from him for the second time.

The Star God has also mentioned the Self and the External Object.

Are these concepts the same?

"You created Pure White and then sacrificed yourself to it. So, is Pure White now the Celestial Patrol?" Chen Xuan asked.

"No... I never created any nano-living body, and Pure White is not the Celestial Patrol." Will said truthfully, "These living bodies formed themselves; my research is more like observing their habits. As for Pure White... You should know that nano-living bodies also kill each other, right?"

He nodded.

"Pure White was killed and annexed by other nano-living bodies. It’s like the flow of energy from the bottom up in nature, ultimately leading to the formation of a dominant entity."

Chen Xuan realized that the Celestial Patrol was the dominant entity in this region.

"So you..."

"I believe not in Pure White but in this newly born group consciousness of nano-living bodies." Will smiled slightly, "You’re not wrong; those who sacrifice themselves to the nano-living bodies will one day reunite at the endpoint. Whether he dies at the hands of the Ghost Subway or the Doomsday Tank."

"How is this possible? As far as I know, souls must have a body to carry them, or they’ll soon disintegrate into Spiritual Qi." Ji Lian, who had been listening all along, pondered aloud.

"That idea is not correct; isn’t an Inner Demon a soul without a body?" Will negated.

"That’s the Self..." Chen Xuan murmured softly.

The Self, the External Object, and the change...

He suddenly felt a picture forming gradually before his eyes.

Will looked at him meaningfully, "I can only answer this much; when you meet my master, you might ask him. If you’re lucky, it might personally dispel your doubts."

"I remember there being more than just one giant nano-living body like the Celestial Patrol in this world!" Honglian proposed a new challenge, "Are they going to let the Celestial Patrol ascend?"

"It’s not a matter of letting or not, but rather who can reach the endpoint first." The other party seemed relaxed, "The situation you’re describing will soon cease to exist. Mr. Chen, look over there."

Guided by him, Chen Xuan looked in the direction.

A "tower" rose on the metal plain—it was smooth in contour, cylindrical in shape, and its surface was like a shiny mirror, faithfully reflecting the surrounding machines in constant operation.

Its design was overly pure, and not a single mechanical structure could be seen.

This shape reminded Chen Xuan of what Ma Kang described as "Pure White."

Of course, it was undoubtedly much larger than Pure White.

Compared with the skyscraper-like machines around, this flawless cylindrical shape held its ground.

"What kind of machine is that?"

"It’s not a machine, or rather, it’s the only device on my master’s body that lacks actual functionality." Will replied, "To condense it, the healing of my master’s wounds will be delayed for three days and six hours."

He turned to Chen Xuan solemnly, "It’s specifically designed to greet your Ascension platform. As the highest point on the Celestial Patrol, this tower is undoubtedly the best vantage point to witness Ascension."

The mechanical Water Strider carried everyone, racing toward the tower.

After nearly twenty minutes, they finally arrived at the base of the tower.

Chen Xuan was pondering how such a smooth surface the Water Strider would climb upwards when unexpectedly, it jumped up directly, its slender legs spread out in all directions, instantly expending into thin wings!

It flapped its wings, flying vertically along the mirror-like wall of the tower.

The top of the tower was equally flat and smooth, where everyone could look down and clearly see their faces and upper bodies. This standard cylindrical surface was approximately the size of four basketball courts, with no guardrails around the edges, making it utterly unsuitable for those afraid of heights to stay for long.

"Please disembark." After everyone jumped down from the Water Strider, Will floated to Chen Xuan’s side and said, "The view from here is pretty good, isn’t it?"

If it weren’t for the surrounding sandstorm, they should be able to see the setting sun and the fiery sky at this point.

Chen Xuan didn’t follow up on his remark, "I suppose Ascension isn’t literally flying into the sky, right."

"Of course not, but standing high at least adds a bit more ceremony." Will chuckled, "Look, Ascension has already begun."

"Chen Xuan, look at those yellow sands!" Honglian suddenly called out softly.

He looked into the distance and found that the sandstorm revolving around the Celestial Patrol had developed a new change; they were no longer spread throughout the sky but quickly converged toward the Celestial Patrol. Meanwhile, dozens of giant arms extended from the edge of the mechanical skyscrapers, first lifted high, then plunged toward the ground.

Boom—

Even standing on the top of the Celestial Patrol, one could hear the astonishing rumble coming from below.

The sound was so loud that it seemed as if the earth was being torn apart!

"Oh no, the subway station!" Honglian’s expression changed.

"This way, perhaps you’ll see it more clearly." Will clapped his hands, and unexpectedly a circle of projected images appeared above the platform, showing in multiple angles the actions of the Celestial Patrol at the moment.

After burrowing into the ground, the ten-plus giant arms continued digging, at an astonishing speed, as if it wasn’t soil or rock strata they were plowing through but soft tofu blocks.

On the surface, perhaps the sensation wasn’t quite obvious, but the images showed the entire Jiang City trembling! The streets quaked incessantly, the concrete roads undulated like waves, and dilapidated buildings collapsed with thunderous sound, resembling sandcastles being battered on the beach.

One camera even thoughtfully focused on the Binjiang Garden Subway Station.

It was virtually right beneath the Celestial Patrol, temporarily spared the risk of being directly pierced through by the giant arms, yet as the man-made earthquake spread, how long could it, as an underground structure, hold out?

"Mr. Chen, this is just temporary." Will guessed what he wanted to say and took the initiative to explain, "My master’s goal is not humans, but other nano-living bodies."

The counterpart was not lying.

A metal giant arm drilled into the subway tunnel, quickly locking onto the Ghost Subway. It pounced forward like a venomous snake, instantly ’biting’ into the subway carriage. The latter struggled fiercely, its shaking carriage smacked the tunnel tiles into pieces, and thousands of claws reached out from the windows, frantically stabbing at the metal giant arm!

This was a complete war between giant nano-living bodies!