Chapter 469 - 344: Abyss? You Still Dare to Appear Before Me
In the distance, he could faintly make out... the ruins of buildings, their style unlike the architecture of the humans of Profound Yellow.
Fine black spores drifted through the air.
Farther on, he could see figures that looked like "people"—or rather, what were once people.
Their clothes were so tattered that the original designs were unrecognizable. Their skin was ashen, their eye sockets deeply sunken.
A dim, red light flickered deep within their pupils as they shambled through the ruins like the walking dead.
Occasionally, they would stop and look up at the sky.
Their gazes held no hope, no fear—only a numb despair.
Wei Song was shaken to his core. ’Is this what the world on the other side looks like?!’
A world on par with Profound Yellow Star in size, yet completely corrupted by the Abyss.
A few scattered members of the Human Race were still struggling, but... all hope was lost.
His "vision" continued to extend, passing through the ruins, through the fungal carpets, through the black oceans...
Finally, it settled on the deepest part of the world.
There, an indescribable "presence" dwelled.
It had no form, no boundaries.
There was only the purest corruption, and... the resentment and madness accumulated over hundreds of millions of years.
’So this is the World Will, completely twisted by the Abyss!’
It, too, sensed Wei Song’s prying and "looked" his way.
Instantly, Wei Song felt as if countless icy needles were piercing his Soul.
"Merge... become one..."
"Join... eternity..."
𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
The crazed whispers exploded deep within his consciousness. This was corruption at the Soul level!
Wei Song’s Will began to blur, his memories faded, his self-awareness dissipated, his Soul... was undergoing Assimilation.
Like a drop of ink in clear water, it spread and diffused rapidly.
He "saw" his own hands; dark purple patterns were appearing beneath the skin, spreading wildly.
He "heard" his own heartbeat descend into chaos, as if it were being torn apart by countless hands.
He "felt" his mind starting to fracture, twist, and descend into madness...
’I’m... becoming...’
Just as his last clear thought was about to be completely devoured...
BOOM!!!
Deep within his Sea of Spirit, the dormant panel roared to life with a violent shudder!
At the edge of his vision, crimson text cascaded down like a waterfall of blood.
[Detecting Abyss Erosion...]
[Erosion Source: Level Five]
[Warning: Contaminated World Will fragment detected...]
[Initiating high-level Purification protocol...]
VMMMM!!!
A silver vortex suddenly formed in the center of the Sea of Spirit.
The vortex spun at an incredible speed, emitting a piercing whine.
A pinpoint of pure white light ignited at the vortex’s core. The light was absolute in its purity, containing no attributes of any kind.
This was... the manifestation of Order.
The white light touched the black threads.
SCREEE!!!
A shriek so piercing it defied description erupted in his Sea of Spirit!
This was no ordinary sound, but a lament at the level of the Rules.
The black threads struggled frantically, trying to escape.
But the white light surged like a tide, completely engulfing the threads, while the unending sound of sizzling corrosion echoed.
In the light of Order, the Runes on the threads crumbled, shattered, and vanished one by one...
Finally, they transformed into a wisp... of pure golden thread of light.
The thread of light was thin and weak, like a guttering candle in the wind, but the aura of World Origin flowed within.
[Purification complete. Commencing absorption...]
The panel’s notification appeared again.
The silver vortex spun slowly, completely swallowing that wisp of golden light.
The panel devoured it quickly. A moment later, the thread of light vanished, and the vibrations subsided.
[Absorption complete. Rule database updating...]
[Added: Corrupted World Rule Structure (Fragment), Abyss Erosion Pattern (Level Five), World Origin Conversion Path (Incomplete)]
Wei Song’s eyes snapped open, and the text at the edge of his vision slowly faded.
Deep within his pupils, an orange-red light flickered violently, carrying the tremor of a near-death experience.
"Whew... That was dangerous!"
He let out a long breath and looked down at his hands. His skin was clean, with no dark purple patterns.
His heartbeat was stable, its rhythm normal. His thoughts were clear, his sense of self intact.
Everything that had just happened... it was like a brief nightmare.
But deep in his chest, the Thermonuclear Core was beating noticeably faster than before.
He could feel it... After the panel "digested" the black threads, it had fed something different back to him.
It wasn’t control over Energy, nor was it Rule Perception.
It was like a thin "film" had been layered over the surface of his Soul.
It made his Soul more... "attuned" to this world.
"World Origin... It’s truly incredible stuff."
Wei Song muttered to himself, his voice hoarse.
"That wisp must have been a torn fragment of World Origin. It’s a shame... the Abyss’s Erosion had completely corrupted it."
He recalled that final, piercing shriek; it wasn’t a sound a human could possibly make.
It was more like... the world itself was wailing.
’The panel... It performs Purification on the contaminated World Origin and then absorbs it...’
He temporarily suppressed the greedy thoughts that surged up. There were more important things at hand.
RUMBLE!!!
The entire Rift-space began to tremble violently and collapse.
The lead-gray sky began to fade, revealing the darkness of the Void behind it.
The ground cracked apart. Deep within the fissures lay not magma, but... spatial turbulence.
The grayish-white soil began to weather, turning into fine dust that drifted towards the Void.
The Energy concentration in the air dropped sharply, siphoned away by the Void.
Wei Song’s pupils shrank. ’The Rift... it’s headed for Annihilation.’
As a newly formed Rift, it naturally couldn’t sustain itself after losing the support of the World Origin.
He snapped his head up, looking towards the entrance.
There, the originally distorted spatial passage was rapidly shrinking!
Only a final, faint slit remained.
"Fuck!"
Wei Song cursed under his breath, his figure transforming into a streak of incandescent white light!
His speed surged to its absolute limit, tearing through the air with a sharp sonic boom.