“Nizi” (Rebellious Son) races possessed extremely resilient spiritual worlds, making it difficult for ordinary attacks to touch their core. Therefore, from the beginning, Hao Ren never intended to directly break through the prisoner's mental defenses with spiritual attacks. Instead, he chose to subject the prisoner to countless nightmares, hoping to gradually wear down the opponent's resistance in the process. With the help of the eldest son, Zorm's special abilities, he successfully built this system, but so far, he could only enter the surface consciousness of the Godslayer.

The new illusion was an infinite expanse of space. After being thrown into this empty place, the prisoner was curious for a moment – he found that this illusion was different from the previous ones. There was nothing here, neither pain and torment nor corrupting dreams. Only starlight accompanied him in the empty space. He looked around curiously, and soon discovered a person standing in the air not far behind him.

"Long time no see," Hao Ren waved to the "Nizi," his voice directly entering the other's mind. "Are you satisfied with your current life?"

"You finally couldn't resist taking the stage yourself," the prisoner showed no surprise at seeing Hao Ren. He revealed a mocking smile and answered in his mind, "It seems your abilities are nothing more than this – lower lifeforms are just lower lifeforms."

"Whatever you say," Hao Ren shrugged. "We have plenty of time, and your spirit should be finite. I'm here today to ask you, are you going to cooperate or not? You should know that continuing like this is meaningless. Sooner or later, you'll open your mouth in these endless illusions."

"You underestimate us, the new gods," the prisoner's face was cold, and his eyes were full of contempt for Hao Ren. Although he was a prisoner, he looked like the master of the place at this moment. "Our life form has evolved. These childish tricks of yours are just a joke to me."

Hao Ren shook his head, "Then I'll have to send you another round of new tricks."

The prisoner was very curious about what new tricks Hao Ren had come up with. Then, he suddenly felt his body sink, and a powerful gravitational force pulled him towards the side. At the same time, a scorching and dazzling light came from the side. He looked back in surprise, and saw that a blazing star had appeared out of thin air in the empty space. The star emitted brilliant light, pulling him into that endless, terrifying sea of fire.

The scene of slowly falling into a star from space was terrible and magnificent. It was more shocking than the hellish purgatory and mountains of knives in various myths. Even the spiritually resilient Godslayer couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw this scene. However, after a brief moment of astonishment, the prisoner ultimately smiled indifferently: "This time it's a bit more creative than before, but so what."

He just slowly fell into the sun with a mocking smile, ridiculing Hao Ren's meaningless efforts. The scorching sunlight ignited his clothes and flesh, and this stubborn guy slowly turned to ashes in the light.

Before his spirit truly dissipated, the illusion ended, and the prisoner suddenly woke up from the long illusion. He found himself lying on the floor of the crystal cell, and the strange machines around him were chattering as they retreated to the side. Hao Ren watched the movement from outside the cell, separated by the light wall: "You really are a stubborn molecule."

"Is this round over?" The prisoner revealed a faint smile, unhurriedly stood up from the ground, and carefully tidied up his clothes. Every movement seemed to be mocking the incompetence of this group of "lower lifeforms." "To be honest, you might as well just kill me. It would save you trouble, reducing your pain – the pain of constantly suffering failure."

Izhaks was a little annoyed that a mere prisoner of war was still so arrogant, even though the old demon had a broad mind. "Arrogant little creature, do you know who is standing before you?"

"Does it matter who you are?" The prisoner smiled indifferently. Even Vivian couldn't help but step forward, preparing to educate this arrogant "Nizi." However, at this moment, a violent tremor suddenly interrupted everyone's actions!

"Boom boom!"

Several consecutive loud noises came from deep within the building, each one as deafening as rolling thunder. The crystal prisms and crystalline domes in the prison area shook constantly in the bursts of huge explosions. The solid crystalline structures rubbed and shook, and even made "crackling" sounds, unable to bear the weight. At first, the prisoner in the cell didn't know what was happening, but soon he noticed that the expressions on Hao Ren and the others' faces were even more shocked.

"What's going on, what's going on?!" Lily was squatting on the ground, playing a game with Roll to see who could wag their tail faster. At this moment, she was startled by the huge vibrations and explosions and jumped up. "Is this place collapsing?!"

"Boom!"

Another even louder explosion came from afar. This time, the explosion point sounded closer than before, and the resulting shaking was even more terrifying. The entire prison area was shaking in this loud noise, and huge crystals fell from the dome with a crash. A crystal pillar connecting the dome and the wall – it might be some kind of energy pipeline – suddenly burst out with bright light, and then shattered into more than a dozen pieces. Flying crystal fragments rained down on the cell, even causing the light wall of the cell to flicker violently.

In this increasingly terrifying explosion and shaking, Hao Ren shouted loudly: "Host! Report the situation!"

The space station host's voice rang out: "The third connecting bridge is under attack. The situation of reactors one to four is unknown. The first experimental container is experiencing tremors, and the contents are leaking… Identifying the attackers…"

Hao Ren spoke urgently: "Bring up the visuals."

A huge holographic projection immediately appeared in mid-air, showing the situation outside the space station. In the vast space, groups of magnificent starships were constantly jumping out of the darkness. The starlight distortion caused by the starship's warp even made the entire cosmic background appear bizarre. These starships were gilded and dazzling, each one seemingly made of gold, and adorned with luxurious and high-profile complex decorations. They were like floating temples in the universe, carrying a magnificent aura from the moment they appeared.

Hundreds of such starships had now appeared in the space outside the crystal core research station, and more warships were constantly joining the battle. This huge fleet besieged the crystal core research station, and dense artillery fire stirred up countless ripples on the shields around the space station.

"Holy crap!? Where did they come from?!" Hao Ren couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this scene, and then immediately called the space station host in a hurry, "Release the interceptors! Activate all turrets! Call the nearest armed drones for support!"

Then he pulled the silly cat next to him, who was already frightened, and called the others: "Go to the central control hall!"

The sudden change completely disrupted the original arrangements. In the blink of an eye, everyone left the prison area, leaving only the prisoner guarding this empty prison. And continuous explosions and vibrations were still coming from all directions, as if the entire prison would be torn apart at any time.

"Looks like I'm going to die in this place…" The prisoner smiled self-deprecatingly, but before he could finish speaking, a crystal energy stone next to the cell suddenly burst out with intense light. It seemed that the overload of the energy pipeline caused the crystal to explode.

When the energy stone shattered, the cells in the prison area flickered.

A low hum sounded, and the indestructible light wall in front of the prisoner flickered a few times, finally disappearing.

However, the person in the cell hadn't reacted yet. He stared blankly at the changes in front of him – this light wall had confined him for many days. He had tried countless times to break it but failed. This thin layer of light film had established an invincible impression in his mind, but now the light film suddenly disappeared, which made him a little unable to react.

But soon, a voice awakened him from his daze: "What are you still standing there for! Do you want to be locked up here forever?"

The prisoner looked up blankly. He saw a tall figure slowly emerge from the darkness. This figure was wearing the gorgeous uniform of a battlefield commander, holding a scepter in his hand, with a majestic appearance and sharp eyes.

"We discovered the Surun Gate breaking away from the dark realm, and then tracked the signal all the way here," the tall battlefield commander said in a deep voice. "It seems you are the soldier from ten thousand years ago?"

The prisoner nodded and asked hurriedly, "You are…"

"Let's get out of here first," the officer waved his hand, and more fully armed soldiers immediately emerged from the darkness behind him. "They will react soon – on the way to the Promised Land, I don't want to die in the hands of lower lifeforms."

(Happy New Year~~ By the way, I originally planned to take a day off today for the festival, but I forgot when I updated at noon, so I still crawled out to update in the evening…)