Chapter 610 Soul of Emptiness (Below) (7400, Second Update)

Hyperspace is the other side of the normal universe.

It is not like the Spirit Realm, which is composed of the universe's free spiritual energy, a layer of film covering the normal universe. Hyperspace is another twin universe that coexists with the normal universe—based on information and emotion, but not without substance.

Just as in the material universe, life can weave all kinds of information with matter and spiritual energy, giving birth to all kinds of emotions, so too, in the universe of information, all kinds of material entities can be woven with information and spiritual energy.

In other words, in hyperspace, 'void creation' becomes even simpler.

Many civilizations' superstructures, star-level, and even galaxy-level behemoths, are completed in hyperspace.

For example, the Trade Federation's homeworld star system was moved into hyperspace by the Trade Federation. There, many of the Federation's experts transformed the star system into an iron-barreled interstellar fortress. This gigantic project, which might take hundreds of years in the real universe, took only one year and nine months in hyperspace.

However, bearing this convenience, hyperspace is also greatly affected when facing the extinction of spiritual energy.

If the life of the normal universe, in the era without spiritual energy, is nothing more than having no soul and no way to cultivate transcendence.

Then the native life of hyperspace, in the absence of spiritual energy, simply cannot have a physical body that can affect the material world, let alone change anything in hyperspace.

One is just unable to play with fire, and the other cannot even move, only able to be a bystander.

But even so, many powerful civilizations still move their core star regions to hyperspace—after all, whether there is spiritual energy or not, this is a very good means of protection.

All changes in the material universe cannot affect the interior of hyperspace, and even supernova explosions cannot break the barrier of the universe.

And when the Nihilism Order of the past sought out the ruins of an ancient pioneer civilization in the hyperspace wasteland on the edge of the Milky Way, even the most indifferent leader of the Nihilism Order was shocked.

Because here they saw the supreme creation left by the ancient civilization that sealed the 'Ultimate Ring of Suppression' in the past.

A 'living star' that is so large that it surpasses common sense.

There are always many magnificent landscapes in the universe that transcend the phenomenon of life. Whether it is the shining nebula, the various stars, the strange but inexplicably balanced galaxy structure, even a galaxy composed of many stars can give countless civilization artists immeasurable inspiration. Those magnificent scenery always inspires generations of life to explore the starry sky.

But sometimes, things that are too grand cannot be understood at all, but instead cause the brain to crash and feel confused.

Just like the Star Eater at that time.

As the Nihilism Order's fleet traveled in hyperspace, Kroatoa sensed something was wrong during its advance, because the space in front of it collapsed straight down, as if a giant black hole was hiding here.

But it was not a black hole. The extremely dazzling white light pierced through the fog that permeated hyperspace for many years—spiritual energy is represented as an entity in hyperspace, and is also the basic unit of the physical structure of many hyperspace creatures—as many Twilight Dependents turned on their observation organs, a huge, unparalleled star, far exceeding the size of any normal universe celestial body, appeared before them.

Nine billion kilometers.

The radius of this living star is nine billion kilometers.

The incandescent celestial body expanded endlessly in front of the many powerhouses of the Nihilism Order.

No matter how much the Twilight Fleet advances while gazing at this celestial body, it seems difficult to truly reach its front.

Looking up, there is endless brilliant spiritual light that cannot be seen to the end. The deep darkness of hyperspace is also completely illuminated, spreading to the boundless distance.

Looking down, there is also no end, even the concave mirror phenomenon in which space is distorted. All the light is converging in that direction, like a deep well cast by light, pulling people forward.

All senses, all thoughts, all visions, are all occupied by this star. Even looking back, because of the distortion of space, one can see the brilliant light spreading, as if to embrace everyone in its arms.

How could such a huge celestial body exist in this universe?

The radius of the sun is 700,000 kilometers.

And this star is nine billion kilometers.

In other words, its radius is sixty astronomical units.

It takes light 30,000 seconds, 500 minutes, or eight and a half hours to travel from its core to the outer layer.

If it were to replace the sun, then even Pluto, the former ninth planet farthest from the sun, would be swallowed by this star—Pluto's orbit is only thirty-nine astronomical units from the sun.

In other words, it is larger than the entire actual solar system... Moreover, it is not a red giant, but a genuine supergiant star.

Its mass is 21 billion times that of the sun.

One-fifth of the Milky Way.

Even if such a star collapses into a black hole, it far exceeds the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. There are only a handful of black holes in the currently observable universe with a mass higher than it. Even the supermassive stars at the beginning of the universe cannot match it.

[...High Priest, you called me over here just to eat, to eat this star?]

When the Star Eater reacted, absurdity arose in its heart: [Am I worthy to eat it? Star Eaters devour stars, nothing more than absorbing the core material and spiritual energy source of the star. Even a small star can be eaten by a complete Star Eater like me for thousands or even tens of thousands of years! (This is the measurement of other civilizations, but all subsequent measurements will be calculated in Earth standards)]

[And this star, I'm afraid I will eat until the end of the universe even if I binge eat and throw away half of it!]

[What's more...]

Saying so, Kroatoa looked reverently at the 'food' in front of him, like an ant looking up at a sugar mountain giant: [This star... is alive!]

[Indeed.] The gentle voice sounded, with a smile: [But don't worry, its so-called living is nothing more than controlling its energy to construct a sealing formation, locking this hyperspace, and even the 'rift' in the real universe... I have to say, the ancient ancestral civilization is indeed unique in technology. They really put a lot of thought into alleviating the arrival of the 'Final Moment'.]

[Don't worry too much. Although this star looks very large, it actually exists simultaneously in more than 800,000 worlds—the ancestral civilization used the ability of the 'Ultimate Ring of Suppression' to connect countless other universes, designing such a super celestial body that exists simultaneously in the heavens and myriad worlds. This is also why they can construct such a behemoth with a mass close to one-fifth of the Milky Way without leaving the Milky Way.]

[And the purpose of its existence is to 'plug the gap'.]

[The gap? Could it be the space-time cracks that crisscross the universe...] Hearing this, even the Star Eater understood somewhat. Kroatoa couldn't help but recall the cosmic rifts that had existed on the outer layer of this universe since his birth, and had become common sense for all life.

And the gentle voice, the existence known as the High Priest of the Nihilism Order, also calmly replied: [Yes. Legend has it that in the initial pastoral era of the universe, space-time cracks did not appear, and all civilizations had almost unlimited resources to explore, and there was no desire to fight each other at all.]

[Until one day, the universe shattered, and our universe was like being hammered by an iron hammer, bursting out countless terrifying cracks—and at that time, fragments of the universe, which are our target this time, fell from the source and were obtained by some civilizations.]

['Ultimate Ring of Suppression', that is the earliest and most powerful fragment. Its ability, as you can see, can connect countless other worlds, and can also 'seal' anything at will.]

[Just like this living star, it did not collapse into a black hole, simply because the 'Ultimate Ring of Suppression' sealed the process of its internal collapse. A powerful force solidified the internal material movement of this living star. Only the information transmission unique to hyperspace prevents it from even having its thoughts frozen, but allows it to maintain the existence of the seal according to its instinct, until the end of the universe.]

At this point, the voice of the Nihilism High Priest gradually became deeper: [In order to compete for it, the ancient universe civilizations competed with each other, launching a great war that tore apart the galaxies... And the Milky Way where we are located is one of the battlefields of that war. In fact, the entire Laniakea Supercluster (the super large galaxy cluster where Earth, the Milky Way, and the Virgo Supercluster are located) was the battlefield of that war.]

[This war to seize fragments of the universe even further expanded the 'cracks'—it was not until then that all civilizations suddenly realized that their war had made the entire universe precarious, and a huge rift appeared in the real universe due to the actions of some existence overflowing from the cracks.]

[If the universe is an incomparably huge bubble, then the rift that appears in the Milky Way is a hole in this bubble. If it is left alone, then the hole will expand and tear the entire bubble apart—in order to prevent the rift from expanding, many civilizations reconciled, and used the Ultimate Ring of Suppression they had fought for to seal the gap.]

Lowering his head, in Kroatoa's memory, the High Priest, who had lost his image, 'patted' the Star Eater's head, and said gently: [And those existences that created the gap are the predecessors of our Nihilism Order. They intend to destroy this universe, and this is exactly our purpose.]

[Why, why? Why destroy the universe?]

Shocked by the secrets before these distant histories, Kroatoa felt his insignificance for the first time...

Yes, if the entire universe is regarded as a planet, then what is the difference between the Star Eater, which only devours stars and transfers energy, and the mold in the soil? Their lifelong act of devouring and then self-terminating is simply like some kind of porter, an insignificant part of a more grand cycle structure.

[Why destroy the universe?]

Repeating the Star Eater's question, the High Priest chuckled: [Because it is obvious that outside the universe, there are existences that are larger than the universe, and can even cause the universe to burst into cracks.]

[Compared to Him, the universe is just meaningless debris... If you want to personally touch the truth, you must break away from this meaningless debris and go to 'the other side'.]

Although Kroatoa felt that what the other party said was correct, he still had many doubts: [But High Priest, who can be sure that the existence that shattered the universe is the greatest meaning?]

[If there is an existence larger than Him, wouldn't He also be meaningless debris?]

[Then continue to pursue greater meaning.] The High Priest's tone did not waver in the slightest.

[But wouldn't such a layered and endless pursuit be, wouldn't it be very 'nihilistic'?!]

He said so confusedly.

Then, the Star Eater sensed six pairs of eyes shining with brilliant light.

Looking at the giant beast that devoured stars, but it made the other party cower in fear, not daring to look directly.

The solemn voice of the Nihilistic Shepherd echoed in the depths of Kroatoa's soul.

[Therefore, nihilism is the truth.]

The Star Eater's memory began to become blurred here.

He could only see that, with the support of the entire Nihilism Order, the Star Eater used all his strength to urge his Star Eater instinct, intending to break through the outer shell of the living star seal with a mass of 20 billion times that of the sun, and obtain that 'Ultimate Ring of Suppression'.

But obviously, this action failed. Kroatoa's strength was indeed extraordinary. With all his strength, he even truly had the power to temporarily compete with the Grand Lunar God Emperor of the Perfect World.

But even so, he could not break even the instinctive stance of the living star, but only created layers of blurry ripples like snowflakes.

At this point, the Nihilism Order could only regretfully leave that hyperspace, and arranged various settings around that hyperspace, waiting for the distant future when they had enough strength to continue exploring.

Then, there was blankness.

No matter how much Su Zhou burned Kroatoa's soul power, he could only feel a 'nihilism' that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and even the depths of the soul.

However, this feeling of nihilism was interrupted by Yala's excited voice.

[Yes, that's it!]

For the first time, Su Zhou heard Yala's voice so excited and so excited. He sensed that since his strength had advanced to Overlord Earth Immortal, the serpent spirit who rarely appeared on Earth in physical form once again appeared on his shoulder.

The light lit up, and Su Zhou解除了宇宙战形态 (removed the Space Combat Form). The red serpent coiled around the shoulders of the human-shaped Su Zhou was already several meters long. It coiled around Su Zhou's arms and shoulders, and the other half of its body was wrapped around Su Zhou's waist. The ruby-like red snake's eyes showed excitement at this moment: [That's it! The core fragment of the seal! One of the main drivers of the seal hub!]

[It was actually this thing that fell... No wonder the Great Seal is shaking, no wonder the entire sealed universe is on the verge of collapse!]

[Who, whose power can shake the entire multiverse even when being sealed, causing one of their core drivers to fall?!]

At first, Yala's tone, in addition to shock and joy, also carried a sense of excitement at finally seeing the target.

But soon, his tone became heavy: [Ah... who else could it be...]

[It's only 'Twilight', only He has this kind of power... Is this a sign of His awakening? So much earlier than us, did He wake up at that time...]

Su Zhou did not speak, communicating with Yala now.

He just narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling the remaining fragments of memory after digesting Kroatoa's evil soul.

"It seems that my previous guess was wrong."

The earliest seal fragments in the entire Earth universe—or rather, the sealed universe—should only be the 'Ultimate Ring of Suppression'.

And the subsequent Divine Lateness Scale, and even the Galaxy Star, should be the second batch of fragments that fell off after the ancient civilizations fought with the Ultimate Ring of Suppression as the core, once again shaking the universe.

"In this case... if the situation of the Great Seal of the multiverse continues to deteriorate, there may not be a third batch of seal fragments falling off—but they must all be more secondary fragments."

Muttering softly, Su Zhou felt that through the memory of this ancient life, the Star Eater, he had vaguely discovered a deeper truth in this universe: "Moreover, the super giant star in hyperspace, a super celestial body that penetrates at least 800,000 worlds, and even connects the heavens and myriad worlds?"

"It is a seal, blocking the entrances and exits of other sealed universes, leading to the other side of the seal... In other words, if I am lucky, when I travel to other worlds, I may also see this big star?"

Thinking of this, Su Zhou couldn't help but shake his head slightly, sighing at the wonder of the multiverse.

"Yala, we have also found the third seal fragment—although we don't know the coordinates, it should be near the hyperspace headquarters of the Nihilism Order."

Turning his head to the red serpent spirit lying on his shoulder, who also seemed to be lost in thought, Su Zhou's tone carried a smile: "In other words, as long as we completely annihilate the Nihilism Order, we can also find the third seal fragment."

"Such a great thing, don't you have any other thoughts?"

[Ah... of course.]

As if awakened by Su Zhou's tone, Yala responded after a long pause.

He shook his head slightly, and then said somewhat helplessly: [But to be honest, the Twilight Dependents are not easy to deal with... You see, they have existed since the ancient times, and they are still thriving today.]

[They do not only exist in one world, but are organizations that exist in multiple worlds, like the pioneers' explorers, and are very difficult to eradicate.]

"Then I will eliminate one when I see one, isn't that enough?"

In response, Su Zhou did not show any distress.

He shrugged: "They have an infinite number, and now I am an immortal Celestial Immortal, and I also have almost infinite time."

"As long as destroying the Twilight Dependents can maintain the stability of the multiverse and the Great Seal, then I can kill forever and ever, to the end of time."

[...You haven't changed in this regard.]

Also turning his head to look at Su Zhou, Yala narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he saw the boy who vowed to slaughter all demons in the world, until the end of the demons, when he killed the first Twilight True Demon a few years ago.

He laughed: [Okay, indeed, this is a good thing, a great thing.]

[It's hard to imagine that in just five or six years, you have already done this step. Originally, according to my concept, you would have to have at least... several decades or hundreds of years to have such achievements.]

"That's because you have good vision, as expected of you!"

[That's because you have outstanding qualifications, as expected of you!]

After habitually praising each other, Su Zhou turned his head and flew towards the Earth fleet.

The collapse of Ross 128 will not cause a supernova explosion, but the spilled stellar material is still very dangerous for the spaceship. Although he thinks the Earth fleet can handle this situation, his existence can guarantee safety even more.

At the same time, in the Earth fleet.

Su Zhou's deputy secretary, Tang Yuan, couldn't help but sigh after recording all the details of this battle.

"Even such a giant beast that can devour stars was eliminated by the minister... and it was still after pushing the moon, and beheading it with a giant blade that seemed to be able to cut off the planet."

"I originally thought that the Setting Sun Bow would be needed as the final blow, but it was discarded after the shield was lifted, and the minister's power is far more powerful than we imagined."

"Such power... can simply turn around and hold the entire Earth civilization in his hands!"

After carefully considering a round, Tang Yuan was immediately stunned to realize that, except for the Setting Sun Bow and other top-notch attacking artifacts, there was nothing on the entire Earth that could threaten Su Zhou.

But now, isn't this divine weapon, the Setting Sun Bow, in Su Zhou's hands?

At this point, he finally understood what kind of trust the Earth civilization, the high-level officials of Zheng Guo, had placed in Su Zhou.

That was the trust of entrusting the future, entrusting everything.

And the reason why Su Zhou risked going to the other end of the universe to fight was precisely to repay this trust.

"Tang Yuan, what is the situation of the fleet now?"

Soon, with the continuous reshaping of the Spirit Realm, Su Zhou's increasingly clear communication rang in the fleet channel: "How much fuel do we have left?"

"More than enough, Marshal."

Although he still calls him Minister in his heart, what he calls is Su Zhou's current position. Tang Yuan glanced at the information and responded in a very professional tone: "We can even directly conduct long-distance jump experiments and directly jump back to the orbit of Jupiter or the Earth-Moon orbit."

"However, it seems a bit wasteful to go back like this. There are still nine experimental targets on the fleet target list that need to be completed. I think we can try it along the way..."

"No."

However, Tang Yuan's words were interrupted by Su Zhou when he was halfway through: "We are not going back—not going back to Earth."

"Tang Yuan, tell me, how far can the Earth fleet jump in one breath at most?"

"Eh?"

Hearing Su Zhou's response, the young secretary with a somewhat pale face couldn't help but react a little.

He frowned slightly, and then looked at the fleet's intelligence list again: "This, if we don't replenish the final breakthrough, it can probably jump about 230 light-years? But this is the extreme situation. Our technology is far less simple and sturdy than the Celastrian people. Jumping for so long may overload the engine and require a long time to repair..."

"It's okay, go as far as you can with the engine permitted."

Su Zhou's tone was gentle, but obviously did not leave room for refusal. He then shifted his target and transmitted a message to the Celestrian ambassador, Tain Prophet: "Ambassador, when will the Celestrian support fleet arrive?"

[This... the Spirit Realm was broken before, and communication could not be used. I interrupted contact with the Elder Council...]

For the first time, Tain Prophet was unable to answer this question, but after waiting for a while, he contacted the Elder Council again. The ambassador, whose eyes bloomed with a faint spiritual light, said in a deep voice, with the tone of the Great Elder: [Please allow us to say sorry, Venerable Su. Our support fleet was blocked by the endless Twilight Dependents on the way... It's strange, their number is far more than before, and they are as fearless as always.]

[Our progress has been delayed, and reinforcements will take several months to arrive.]

"As expected."

Su Zhou was not surprised by this—the Twilight Dependents' call for help was ultimately effective. Although it could not really save Kroatoa's life, it was easy to designate him, Su Zhou, as the target.

What's more, the information conveyed by the Star Eater later, that is, the information that Su Zhou holds the 'Seal Fragment', will undoubtedly drive the many Twilight Dependents who could have maintained a 'so what' state crazy—he dares to say that the current Nihilism Order has exhausted everything and is preparing to use all its power to encircle and suppress him.

As for why there are so many Twilight Dependents...

Su Zhou thinks that this is normal.

For a transcendent universe that used to be dominated by spiritual energy, the extinction of spiritual energy... how many Twilight Dependents can it spawn?

Everything studied in the past is meaningless, and all pride and strength are just jokes that some existence can easily cut off. Faced with this phenomenon that can easily extract the basic laws of a universe and change the basic forces.

Does the universe have meaning?

Su Zhou dares to say that the time before and after the revival of spiritual energy is precisely the time when there are the most Twilight Dependents in the entire universe!

Going back to Earth at this time?

Su Zhou doesn't want to become a sinner of all ages.

At least he has to hurt the Twilight Dependents before he can safely go home.

"So, Marshal, we are bait to lure all the Twilight Dependents away from Earth?"

Tang Yuan is not stupid. Su Zhou's dialogue is basically implying that he is going to use himself as bait—and because the Earth fleet is basically bound to him, diverting back to Earth at this time may also take away some Twilight pursuers, so it is better to follow Su Zhou.

Now that things have come to this, he doesn't want to know how dangerous this action is—being by Su Zhou's side is definitely not the most dangerous thing—Tang Yuan began to observe the star map and began to think about which direction to run would be more winding and make the pursuing Twilight Dependents feel a headache.

"Choose the nearest black hole as the target, you always have to find a trash can after killing the trash, right? Find one that is closer and more convenient, I'm in a hurry."

Naturally, Su Zhou has his own ideas.

Choosing a black hole galaxy can not only restrict the enemy's hyperspace transmission, but also join forces with reinforcements here to send all the constantly pouring enemies into the largest trash can in the universe.

In this way, no matter what dangerous Twilight Dependents, or what large non-combustible radiation waste, will have their own home.

"Okay, okay."

Holding back his smile, Tang Yuan, who had reduced the scope of selection, reached out to adjust the star map again.

At this point, both sides are very relaxed, and obviously do not think that such a strategic shift is a big deal.

But soon, as Tain Prophet, who was possessed by the Elder Council, spoke again, both Su Zhou and Tang Yuan's expressions became serious.

[Please wait, Venerable Su, we have very important information to share with you.]

The Great Elder's steady and heavy voice came from Tain Prophet's mouth, and the atmosphere of the Celestrian Elder Council was unusually solemn: [Currently, we have observed that an army of Twilight Dependents has come to the vicinity of the Huo Xi Star Region. This is not a big deal. With Venerable Su's power, it is just a small trouble that can be destroyed at will,]

[However, abnormal changes have appeared in the hyperspace around our former home star region, the 'Twilight Star Region'—a super giant void rift has begun to extend there...]

Speaking of this, even the Great Elder's tone became extremely solemn.

[The Twilight space-time rift that our ancestors sealed in the past seems to have a gap—and in that gap, a large number of abnormal reactions holding the aura of the Outer God, and even the 'Twilight of Twilight', have emerged!]

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