The River Styx was too dark; even Gu Shen's mental strength couldn't extend too far.

After the transaction was completed.

He saw a faintly flickering "spot of light" in the dark river water...

That should be the direction the devil had pointed out for him.

"What is that spot of light?"

Gu Shen didn't rush to set off, but asked.

"I'm sorry... answering that question is not within the scope of the previous transaction."

The devil said casually, "I am only responsible for pointing out the direction for you; everything else is unrelated to me. If you want to remove and absorb the 'mental toxins' in this River Styx, go in the direction I pointed."

This fellow had become smarter.

Gu Shen didn't say anything; with the ironclad rules of the Ruler Space, he wasn't worried about the devil playing tricks on him.

The transaction had already been reached.

It had to point the way for him, and that spot of light must be the location of the mental toxins!

However, Gu Shen didn't know what dangers existed in the location of the light spot.

The original transaction didn't require the devil to guarantee his safety.

Regarding this, Gu Shen remained vigilant.

He swam slowly towards the location of the light spot, holding the protection of the Goddess of Fate, silently sensing.

The crucifix pendant emitted a faint light.

In this black river, full of weirdness and mystery... the mental fluctuations from the pendant remained alert.

Originally, on the snowy mountain, the guidance given by the pendant could roughly identify the direction.

But now.

The pendant seemed to have lost the power to distinguish specific dangers, or perhaps there were dangers everywhere in this River Styx...

Gu Shen decided to slowly advance towards the light spot.

However, in less than a minute, the devil spoke.

"Hey, Gu... considering that this transaction was successfully concluded..."

It sat on the throne, propping its elbow up as it watched this good show, and chuckled, "I'll give you a piece of news."

Gu Shen had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"In this River Styx, you're not the only one."

The devil reminded him, not minding making things more exciting, "At your current swimming speed, you'll probably be caught up by that Son of Light soon."

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Meng Xiao stood at the foot of the snowy mountain, on the banks of the River Styx.

Even though the light all over his body had been restrained, the black snow from the top of the snowy mountain still didn't fall on his shoulders... an invisible, extremely faint layer of light dust covered his robes.

Although the Throne of Light hadn't descended, the blessing of light remained!

His time was running out.

The black snow from the mountain top was surging fiercely and becoming increasingly frantic.

At this moment, he only had one path.

That was... to jump into this River Styx.

This black river was full of strangeness; even looking at it would make one feel uncomfortable.

This black river water was full of "mental toxins." Meng Xiao knew very well that his act of summoning the Throne of Light was equivalent to falling out with the Northern Continent... In this situation, he couldn't expect the Northern Continent Empress to detoxify him.

Actually, he had no choice.

Since he had failed to summon a deity at the top of the Black Snow Mountain, he couldn't return the same way... That Empress was most likely sitting in the ancient castle, controlling and watching everything that happened in this disaster zone. If he wanted to escape the will of the gods, he had to step into the latter half of the Doru River. This strange river could shield all auras; at least for a short time, the power of the Northern Continent couldn't interfere with him. Before setting off.

He once again used the power of the bracelet to see the future of the distant calamity.

Blazing light surged.

The young man on the banks of the Black River closed his eyes.

In his sea of consciousness, countless fragments evolved and converged...

That scene appeared again.

Above the Black River, a figure in black.

Gu Shen!

His "calamity" guidance once again led to Gu Shen. This scene hadn't changed much from before the mission began, which meant that the chase he led on the Black Snow Mountain... hadn't changed this future.

Meng Xiao opened his eyes, his expression somewhat gloomy.

He knew that he had made a very stupid mistake on the mountain top.

That was giving Gu Shen a chance to catch his breath.

But who would have thought that "summoning a deity" could also fail?

"Gu Shen... I will definitely kill you!"

Taking a deep breath.

Meng Xiao looked up at the black snow falling from the dome. He no longer hesitated and jumped directly into the Black River.

His mental strength couldn't spread in the Black River.

But it didn't matter!

This bracelet could provide "calamity divination" and also provide unreasonable aura guidance... After using the power of the bracelet, the darkness in front of Meng Xiao didn't change, but in the darkness, a faint spot of light slowly emerged!

He knew that was Gu Shen's location!

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"This River Styx shields all mental energy... How can he find me?"

Gu Shen didn't believe the devil's words immediately after hearing them.

He strongly suspected the credibility of these words.

He was the Underworld Lord!

Logically speaking... the previous Underworld Lord was dead, so the ultimate ownership of this River Styx should belong to him.

Even so, Gu Shen's mental strength couldn't spread; it was difficult to see things clearly within a hundred meters.

And Meng Xiao, this guy was burning with the blessing of light all over his body. As soon as he stepped into the River Styx, he would be entangled by the curse of calamity... How could he lock onto his location?

"Yes... you are a genius, a monster, with fortuitous encounters and treasures."

The devil asked with a smile, "But isn't Meng Xiao the same? You won't allow others to have a little means to find you, lock onto you... and then, kill you?"

Gu Shen was silent.

He roughly guessed the reason.

It seemed that the sealed item on Meng Xiao's body was really heaven-defying.

However, what was even more heaven-defying was the devil in the Ruler Space.

This River Styx sealed mental energy, and even the will of the Divine Throne couldn't penetrate it... How could it be able to see the scene outside the River Styx while being in the Ruler Space?

"Young man... sometimes, what you need to do is to believe first."

The devil started to babble again.

It smiled happily, "Although you call me 'devil' in your heart, but think carefully, which thing I have done is not for your own good?"

Believe first?

I believe your ghost... Gu Shen sneered. He had no time to pay attention to the fellow in the Ruler Space, restrained his mind, and focused on hurrying on his way.

However.

After the devil's reminder, the pendant quickly issued a warning.

It clearly told him... danger was approaching from behind.

Meng Xiao had entered the river!

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Above the Doru River disaster zone, dark clouds re-covered. The magnificent pillar of light that supported the sky didn't last long. Only a few tens of minutes later, it dissipated... Osmund and Lin Lin in the main control boat breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they didn't know what had happened.

But it seemed... the descent of the Throne of Light had failed.

"Her Majesty the Queen didn't take action at all."

Osmund looked at the main screen and fell into thought. He murmured, "No... Not to mention taking action, she didn't even show the slightest intention of showing up..."

Could it be that all of this was under the Queen's control?

"Signal being repaired..."

The "Deep Sea" mental network, which originally covered a large area of the disaster zone, was directly paralyzed when the pillar of light descended.

Only some basic functions that didn't require network connection could be used.

The missions between transcendents really needed "Deep Sea" too much. When all the mental links were broken and disconnected, the main control boat instantly became an isolated island. However, Osmund and Lin Lin didn't feel any danger... Their own strength was strong enough. More important than the main control boat being isolated was the safety of the other teams.

After the pillar of light dissipated, "Deep Sea" fully restored communication and began to self-repair at an accelerated rate.

A few seconds later.

"Ding, repair complete, signal restored."

Pictures after pictures were transmitted back from the laid-out electronic eyes. The communication of the teams not in the disconnected area also returned to normal one by one!

"The Giant Ridge team is on its way back!"

"The Deep Scale team is about to arrive at the main control boat!"

One after another, active requests for mental links poured into the main control room. Osmund and Lin Lin chose to connect all of them. The two commanders began to connect, contact, and exchange information with the captains about what had happened during this period... In fact, when the phenomenon of the descent of the Throne of Light appeared, several teams had already chosen to retreat from the tributary rivers!

The combat members selected for this restart mission had extremely high individual qualities.

In fact, in most cases, even without the command of the main control boat, these captains could still make the right choices...

Returning was definitely not a mistake!

After a conversation, the main control boat issued a recall order to all teams.

Fortunately, during this period of lost contact, no team encountered an attack from a suspected unknown creature.

The thing Osmund was most worried about hadn't happened!

"Fourteen teams, who else hasn't connected?"

After resting for a while, Osmund suddenly spoke. He had contacted most of the captains, but it seemed that he had missed a few.

"Meng Xiao, Zhong Yuan, Mu Wanqiu."

Lin Lin reacted extremely quickly. He said calmly, "It's impossible for Meng Xiao to connect... After causing such a commotion on Black Snow Mountain, I'm afraid he has already prepared for the follow-up countermeasures."

"Mu Wanqiu, the location of the exploration mission undertaken by their team is a bit far from the main boat, and the route is a bit strange, so it may still be in the disconnected area." Lin Lin slowly analyzed, "This team has the strongest strength. I think the possibility of encountering an accident is very low."

Osmund nodded slowly.

The first team captain of the Investigation Corps, Lu Zhe!

This guy was probably the most powerful transcendent in the entire restart mission!

Plus an "S-class" judge.

This team was also the one he was most at ease with.

"Only Zhong Yuan is left..."

Osmund's face gradually became serious.

He knew that the routes of these two teams were the same!

Meng Xiao summoned the "Throne of Light" on the Black Snow Mountain... There was likely a battle.

Osmund took a deep breath and became a little anxious. He proactively requested a mental link with Zhong Yuan, but was immediately rejected. This Third Legion's Eye was faintly unable to sit still. Some terrifying and terrible scenes came to his mind.

Zhong Yuan, this young man, and Gu Shen... were both excellent juniors he admired.

Even if Gu Shen didn't belong to the Northern Continent, he couldn't have an accident here.

"I'm going out."

Osmund took a deep breath and said with a gloomy expression.

However, before he could stand up.

"Ding-dong——"

The next second, a sound indicating that the cabin door outside the main control boat had been opened rang.

The visitor had passed the identity recognition of the main control boat.

Only captain-level figures had this authority!

"Lord Osmund, I have led the team back..."

Zhong Yuan, holding the removed source armor helmet, stopped halfway through his words. He paused slightly, looking at Osmund's angry face with some confusion.

Lin Lin gave him a wink.

Zhong Yuan immediately understood and apologized, "Sorry... because I was too close, I hung up your mental link request just now."

He had already logged into the main control boat when that mental link request popped up.

Seeing the blond man, the stone hanging in Osmund's heart fell to the ground. His expression softened a lot, but he still criticized in a deep voice, "No matter what the situation, never hang up mental links from superiors in the future!"

"You don't know how worried Lord Osmund was just now. If it had been any later, he would have set off himself." Lin Lin was born to remind him.

Zhong Yuan was grateful and apologized again, "Sorry... Your Excellency, such a thing will not happen next time."

"It's good that you're okay..."

Osmund waved his hand. He narrowed his eyes, glanced at Zhong Yuan's team members, and found that one was missing. His face became serious again: "Where's Gu Shen?"

Zhong Yuan said seriously: "I rushed back for this matter."

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In less than an hour, the captains who had dispersed to perform their tasks regrouped and returned to the main control boat under Osmund's call.

Zhong Yuan roughly recounted what had happened on Black Snow Mountain.

Zhong Yuan didn't hold back anything about the existence of "Mirror Dream" and the forbidden rules he had explored.

He successfully broke through his inner demons!

The entire team had completed the mission... but this wasn't the most important thing in this report!

The most important thing was Meng Xiao's actions on Black Snow Mountain.

"You mean Duke Zhenyue violated the Iron Law of the Northern Continent... and chose to attack a comrade?"

Fisher's dead fish eyes showed a hint of killing intent.

Although Gu Shen was a privileged person... he joined the restart mission this time to work for the Northern Continent. Being on the same battlefield, in his eyes, this was a "comrade"!

"Yes."

Zhong Yuan said in a low voice, "Everyone must have seen the scene of the light pillar descending just now... That was the phenomenon of the arrival of the God of Light. Although I wasn't on the mountain top, I could vaguely guess what happened. The two of them must have fought together."

The captains nodded one after another.

Everyone felt the coming and shock of the light.

Soon, Fisher opened his mouth: "Are you sure Gu Shen and Meng Xiao fought?"

Zhong Yuan was slightly taken aback.

Fisher asked with confusion: "If it's a battle of gods... then why didn't I feel the aura of the 'Fighting God'? If it's not a battle of gods, Xiao Gu is only a seventh-level transcendent. How can he fight the entire Meng Xiao team?"

The main control boat suddenly fell silent.

The captains looked at each other, and no one could explain the question that the living fish raised.

Even Osmund fell into silence.

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(There is another chapter tonight.)

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