The solidified light resumed its flow in an instant.

In the newly poured sunlight, the apostle's grasp of Jie Luo's invisible hand was no longer indestructible, but twisted and softened like a bubble. Dazzling blue light descended from the sky, replacing the little girl's own weak silver light that she used to resist – without the interference of the deity, even if the opponent was only a newly awakened consciousness, she couldn't easily win.

At the same time, two new figures rushed into the blocked domain.

It didn't find Yipusilong, but saw another target that needed to be eliminated.

The main creator of this world, Luo Lan.

Delta raised its other hand and slammed it down hard at him.

But this strike didn't even raise a speck of dust.

Before it even touched him, the power vanished into thin air, as if it had never existed.

Hundreds of meters were only a flash of lightning for a martial artist sprinting at full speed. Before Delta could make the next response, Luo Lan crushed its mask and directly grabbed the astrolabe.

No matter how it struggled, it couldn't escape the palm of his hand. If its power was only greatly weakened in front of Jie Luo, it was almost completely ineffective in front of Luo Lan.

"This is unfair—!"

Its consciousness began to dissipate as the astrolabe was stripped away.

Luo Lan remained unmoved. He knew that whether they were pure magic creatures or these enemies from Erosion, the key was the astrolabe rotating within their bodies. As long as it was forcibly pulled out, they would melt away like ice and snow under the scorching sun.

The power within his body cheered, as if welcoming the arrival of that moment.

Until now, Luo Lan still hadn't figured out the whole story.

Less than half a minute after separating from Valkyries, he received a call from Fei Yuhan, but no words came from the other end. The only thing he could hear was chaotic and harsh collisions and friction. The moment the call was interrupted, he saw the anomaly occurring in the suburban direction of the city through the sightseeing elevator.

A strange, translucent罩子 (罩子 is translated as cover here) enveloped the highway bridge connecting the city inside and outside, which was by no means something that could be done with technical means. Moreover, an anomaly that could cause a celebrity martial artist to not even have time to explain the specific situation must be extraordinary.

After he drove the car out of the underground garage, he happened to run into Valkyries, who was also running in the same direction, so he gave her a ride.

However, he didn't expect that after breaking through the "cover," he would find Jie Luo inside.

And that masked, robed weirdo was obviously a member of the apostles.

Therefore, even without figuring out the whole story, he didn't hesitate to kill the apostle first – the association had been looking for the whereabouts of these invading enemies, but had never obtained reliable clues. Now they主动 (主动 is translated as proactively here) appeared in front of him and even tried to attack Jie Luo, so he naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity.

At the moment the astrolabe was completely stripped away, a brilliant beam of light shot straight into the sky, enveloping him entirely!

As expected, this familiar scene came again.

"Uncle Luo Lan!"

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jie Luo's tear-stained face.

He barely managed to make a reassuring gesture, and the boundless radiance swallowed everything.

Compared to the unpreparedness of the last time, Luo Lan was somewhat prepared this time. He no longer deliberately resisted the incoming consciousness, but opened his mind and allowed himself to accept and feel them—

After all, there was no point in resisting.

It was better to relax and focus his attention on the surging consciousness.

"Hiss... hiss..."

His vision quickly became blurred, and countless snowflakes fluttered up and down, forming a black and white scene.

Along with the snowflakes, Lan's whisper appeared.

"The real answer is what you personally comprehend, rather than what I tell you."

...

He didn't know how long it had been before the light gradually dimmed, and he finally saw the scene in front of him clearly.

This is…

Luo Lan couldn't help but swallow. He saw a huge red void hanging in an endless black space – it had no thickness, but it was incredibly wide. From his position, the size of this void could only be measured in astronomical units.

Further away, countless spots of light flickered. They were mixed with the snowflakes, and it was impossible to tell whether they were real objects or illusions caused by blurred images.

In Luo Lan's memory, the only thing that could match such a scene was one thing.

– The black doesn't mean no light, the void doesn't mean emptiness, but it's too huge.

Those flickering spots of light, which ordinary people couldn't count in their entire lives, were only an insignificant part of it.

"Universe."

This span… is really unexpected.

Luo Lan couldn't help but complain inwardly.

He originally thought that seeing the legendary Bottomless Realm for the first time was shocking enough, but he didn't expect that this time the perspective not only didn't shrink, but instead expanded to a new level.

The problem is, if the scene he is seeing now is really the universe he understands, what is the connection between the two fragments? Could it be that the civilizations that "took" the Bottomless Realm's beam of light to the sky were actually sent into space? Speaking of which, the word "ascension" is quite suitable. But neither the Radiant Clan nor the Stick Figures seemed to be species that could survive in drastically different environments.

Since flames and sharp objects could hurt them, it meant that they weren't much stronger than humans in terms of resistance to temperature and pressure. But when "ascension" occurred, those Radiant Clan members who stepped into the beam of light didn't seem to have made any relevant preparations.

No… no, he quickly denied this guess. Such an explanation was too far-fetched and purely conjecture that forcibly linked the two fragments together. Putting aside other things, it was difficult to explain why the deities who were guiding all of this would do something so meaningless. Neither the endless war of divine will nor the fragments of inheritance that actually brought evolution seemed to be prepared for this scene.

There must be a deeper meaning in this.

Suddenly, Luo Lan noticed something wriggling below the red void.

As if influenced by his thoughts, the field of view began to zoom in on the location where the movement appeared – only then did he notice that many scattered meteorite fragments were floating below the void, like fragments of planets that had fallen apart, or perhaps they had always been like this. At first glance, they looked like a desolate ruin. With his knowledge, it was difficult to judge where these things came from.

And these碎石 (碎石 is translated as rubble here) gradually approached a particularly shaped stone in the center, as if they were being pulled by some force. As they layered on top of each other, the volume of the stone became larger and larger, and each time it accepted new rubble, it caused drastic changes on the surface. At this moment, Luo Lan suddenly realized that although these floating rubble looked fragmented and scattered, each one was probably of considerable size, so this aggregation seemed so earth-shattering.

Similarly, in the absence of a reference object, the whole process seemed fast, but the real time span was probably more amazing than he imagined.

As if to confirm this thought, the snowflakes began to become denser.

This scene seemed to be coming to an end.

In the noise covering the field of vision, the stone had gradually formed an irregular sphere. Then, he saw an incredible scene – a layer of菱形 (菱形 is translated as diamond-shaped here)纹理 (纹理 is translated as pattern here) quietly appeared, spreading along its surface. Wherever it went, it was shrouded in darkness, as if it were swallowing the sphere. If it weren't for the faint reflection, he would have even thought that the stone had disappeared into thin air.

When it was completely wrapped, the sphere completely disappeared under the huge red void.

Then snowflakes occupied the entire field of vision.

And just before all of this ended, a line of never-before-seen characters flooded into Luo Lan's mind.

Although he had never seen them before, he could understand their meaning.

Or rather, it wasn't a character, but a sigh that was directly reflected in his mind.

"This is the price."

"From this moment on, gravity is no longer the most revered force in this world."