Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 1042 The Burning East Sea!
Xia Xiu teased Black God Blood like he was walking a dog. As he did so, Black God Blood's reactions became more and more intense and ruthless.

He also took this opportunity to reveal his [Triple Crown] and use the crown on his body and the node server to analyze the opponent's elements.

His golden pupils slowly lit up, and the entire field of vision was covered by a layer of light.

[Loading: Genealogy System - Heavenly Kingdom Disconnected Node Mode -]

With that chilling notification sound, Xia Xiu's consciousness synchronized with the [Homeostasis] main server he had built. The space trembled slightly, and a torrent of information unfolded in his mind, like thousands of fine lines lighting up simultaneously.

[System Feedback: Irregular energy fluctuations detected x2]

[Source determined: Chaotic contaminated area, Kailan Cape oil field]

Characteristic 1: "A person of crude oil"

Characteristics: Possesses a human-like structural replication mechanism; epidermal liquefaction and continuous secretion of flammable oils. It exhibits a bio-energy cycle system, capable of absorbing and releasing heat energy, and possesses a self-recycling reaction.

Feature Two: "Asphalt Baby"

Manifestations: A highly adhesive aggregate of organisms. Characterized by phagocytosis, organic absorption, and morphological learning abilities. It can reconstruct the memories and appearance of engulfed individuals in a simulated manner. It exhibits multi-layered mimicry and possesses a low-level intelligent aggregation effect.

[Hybrid State Determination: Fusion State - "Devourer Form"]

Its behavioral logic is: predation > imitation > reproduction.

Xia Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly, his thoughts precisely capturing the key information.

[The fused entity possesses a "crown pseudo-domain" effect—it can form an externally emitted form of information integration within a radius of tens of kilometers, replicating energy imprints, biological residues, and memories.]

The current activity level is estimated to be: LV5+ (quasi-abnormal domain)

[Currently in a breakthrough phase!!!]

"Crude oil people... asphalt babies... So, this oil field is trying to simulate the evolution of the crown realm using biological logic?"

“A pseudo-domain body.” Xia Xiu raised his head, exhaled softly, and a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.

"This is a unique chaotic system..."

A chaotic system is a state of a nonlinear dynamic system; it follows a set of definite and deterministic evolutionary laws, that is, the behavior of the system is strictly determined by the current state, but small initial differences are amplified to an extreme extent as the system evolves, making the trajectory of the system over a long time scale unpredictable.

In other words, chaotic systems exist in a seemingly contradictory yet real state between "determinism" and "unpredictability".

For example, the black blood formed from petroleum can be likened to a drop of ink, while the entire East China Sea is a pool of water.

In this clear pool, the surface is as calm as a mirror.

A drop of ink dripped very lightly into a corner of the pool.

At first, the ink drop will slowly spread in that spot. But if the water surface is constantly disturbed by slight winds, ripples, temperature differences, and fluctuations, the ink drop may not just spread smoothly, but will be carried, twisted, and drawn into complex eddies. Eventually, the ink stain may spread along unpredictable paths, even looking like a "chaotic" pattern.

While you know that the movement (rules) of the water in the entire pool can be described—the patterns of wind, waves, and flow rate—the trajectory of ink diffusion can be extremely difficult to predict accurately.

However, the ink will not fly outside the pool, that is, it will not spread to infinity. It is limited by the boundaries of the pool, but it may form complex trajectories inside the pool.

This is the intuitive impression that chaotic systems give: "Under certain rules, they exhibit highly unpredictable behavior."

“Interesting… This thing was most likely created by the Fifth Church. Only they like to create these strange things. Those four troublemakers prefer something more direct and exciting.”

Xia Xiu murmured as he dodged Black God Blood's attacks once again.

His bullying of the "honest oil worker" thoroughly enraged the other party.

"Gurgle~ Gurgle~ Gurgle~"

The oil underground began to bubble, and the sea, which had been just churning with black mist, suddenly emitted a distorted sound.

It wasn't thunder, but rather the sound of boiling oil being poured into cold water—dense, crackling, accompanied by a viscous, sucking sound.

Xia Xiu looked up; the sky was flowing.

The oil mist mixed with the sea air, forming a layer of gray-black sky.

Faint golden-red dots of light flickered inside the celestial canopy; these were the Eyes of Oil, floating densely packed together.

They trembled, merged, and split, gradually taking shape—wings.

"Wow... an aerospace unit that even knows about branch-of-service planning and has the operational thinking of an army group."

If this oil were on Terra, the Edisi Federation would be overjoyed… Terra oil is notorious for harboring Federation mold.

Xia Xiu remained unperturbed by the Black God Blood's outburst, and even had the leisure to dabble in the distant Edisi Federation.

At this moment, the shapes of those "oil wings" gradually became clear. What were originally just translucent oil and gas have now condensed into strangely shaped flocks of birds.

Their wings are made of oil and coke, and when they flap, they can splash oil droplets like sparks, creating intense high-temperature air waves that distort the air itself.

Higher up, several enormous shadows emerged from behind the clouds.

It was a huge creature resembling a dinosaur, its bones and flesh covered in black oil.

Their eyes are hollow, yet they gleam faintly, like metal reflecting light. Oil flows along the gaps in their bones, reforming into muscles and skin—this is not life at all, but an oil monster pieced together from memories.

They pounced on Xia Xiu, hissing as they approached.

[System Notification: High-density replicating life form population detected ×342↑ (continuously increasing)]

[Inference: This phenomenon is generated by "asphalt babies" mimicking the structure of the undead.]

The sky suddenly exploded.

The group of oil-winged creatures swooped down in unison, creating a deafening sonic boom.

The air was torn apart by their impact, creating a series of sonic booms. The entire sky was covered with a film of burning oil, and black and red flames flickered among the clouds.

Their bodies are not natural structures—each oilwing creature's body is composed of flowing black oil and asphalt, its skeleton is supported by solidified carbon fiber-like material, and its flesh is semi-liquid fuel tissue.

Such a life form, according to common sense, could not possibly fly at the speed of sound.

But they did it.

As they sped past, the air was torn apart in scorching white streaks, and the surrounding oil molecules, radiating heat from friction, were instantly ignited. Flames spread along their bodies, scorching their surface asphalt skin, only to be instantly regenerated by the oil film repair factors within their bodies.

Combustion and repair occur simultaneously, a process that defies the laws of physics, causing every inch of their movement to be accompanied by a chain of self-immolating flames.

They became a special suicide flight squad.

These fiery black wings streaked across the night sky like a swarm of comets, leaving long red and black trails. The oil mist in the air was swept up by the flames, burning like a falling meteor shower. Each explosion felt like the heart of the world being struck hard.

"Bam—!"

The first one swooped down, the impact force directly churning the sea surface and creating a wave of fire hundreds of meters high. Immediately afterwards, hundreds and thousands of "burning wings" swarmed down, their bodies already twisted and melted in the high temperature, flames shooting out through the hollow eye sockets of their oil bodies, and fire and tar spewing from their mouths.

"He even understands strategy. If this guy continues to evolve, the entire East China Sea will become a living oil arsenal..."

Xia Xiu's expression remained unchanged, his golden hair billowing in the wind, and a flash of golden light suddenly appeared in his pupils.

The next second, the whole world seemed to freeze for a second.

A burst of white light erupted beneath his feet, blooming like a flower of light in an instant.

Xia Xiu immediately activated Apostle Mode.

[Apostle Mode - Now Activated]

A crown of thorns emerged from above his head and slowly rotated. Three white, ethereal rings unfolded on the crown, overlapping to create a dazzling spectrum of runes above his head.

Xia Xiu's hair and pupils were covered in pure white, and even his psionic energy was cleansed into a holy color. He was dressed in white, his robes billowing like holy fire, and his bare feet dangled in the air, untouched by dust.

Behind him, thirty-six beams of light particles unfurled simultaneously.

The ordinary silver cane emitted a deep hum under the refraction of light particles.

Light diffused from the staff, as if steel were being forged, and the silver metal stretched instantly. The staff expanded like liquid, transforming in his hand into a long, silvery-white rod with patterns resembling starlight.

Countless geometric lines appeared on the staff, and energy veins flowed inside the metal.

Xia Xiu gently clenched his right hand.

He did not issue any instructions.

With just a gentle wave, the air shattered.

The long stick stretched out in an almost limitless way, instantly piercing through the entire cloud of oil, and then he swept it away.

"boom--!"

A deafening explosion resounded across the entire oil field.

The shockwave was like an apocalyptic storm, with giant waves crashing back and slamming a massive dent into the oil sea. The mixture of flames and black oil was propelled thousands of meters high, like a broken river of fire shooting into the sky.

The air was momentarily vacuumed, then immediately filled again—a series of roars and explosions erupted.

All the diving oil-winged creatures were completely disfigured by this attack.

Their bodies were torn apart and shattered by the impact, turning into countless balls of flame and black liquid, which were swept into the sky by the light particle storm and burned up instantly.

Xia Xiu stood amidst the firelight.

Her white clothes fluttered in the wind, and her white hair was lifted by the heat, dancing like white threads in the night sky.

A crown of thorns hovered above his head, three halos slowly rotating, the holy and destructive radiance intertwining as they fell, enveloping him in a dazzling white light.

He stood silently atop that inferno, looking down at the sea below—which was no longer a sea, but a hellish sea composed of black oil, flames, and biological debris.

Flames and oil mist intertwined, and explosions echoed one after another, like endless thunder, roaring from the horizon into the sky.

The sky above Cape Kelan was completely covered in fire, and even fishermen in the distant East Sea Islands could see the pillar of light, like the sun falling, rising on the horizon.

Many people were bewildered and stared in fear at the sky-fire.

But Xia Xiu—at the heart of that burning world—remained calm.

His gaze fell upon the patch of black oil beneath his feet, which was undergoing a new transformation. It wasn't just burning; it was growing.

The liquid beneath the sea surface was gathering and expanding at an alarming rate, with layers of fleshy, wave-like membranes rising from the oil's surface, containing bones, muscles, tentacles, carapaces... countless dead forms were being "restored." But this time, it was no longer a chaotic beastly shape, but an organized structure.

Xia Xiu raised his eyes and narrowed them slightly.

"...Have they begun to militarize?"

From an aerial view, the newly generated shapes are being categorized and organized.

The smallest creatures at the front are resembling armored beasts, moving in groups of tens of thousands; the middle layer consists of humanoid structures with long limbs, oily skin, and scarlet spots shimmering in their eye sockets; and behind them, even larger monsters are raising their bodies from the oil field—they resemble prehistoric giants, some with scales covering their bodies, some with tails solidified from oil and fire, and some with bone spurs like cannon barrels.

"Frontline assault units, main combat units, defensive support units... Ha, even tactical layers are included."

Xia Xiu chuckled softly, a hint of cold amusement in his smile.

"If this guy were to swallow a few more of Terra's battleships and air force squadrons... he might actually be able to create a three-army joint oil legion, and maybe even be able to play with the Twelfth Fleet of the Edisi Federation."

However, he now needs to launch a heavy attack on the oil fields below. If this thing were to cover the entire East China Sea and form a massive army group, that would be disastrous.

Xia Xiu stretched out his hand, and a white light instantly shone from his palm. The silver staff that was suspended in mid-air began to tremble.

"Give me... the town!!!"

He tossed it gently.

"call out--!"

The silver rod transformed into a streak of light, piercing through the air and instantly cutting through the clouds before plummeting downwards.

At that moment, it was as if a rift had been torn open in the sky.

The long staff pierced through several newly formed oil-bearing behemoths, penetrating deep into the oil field. A blinding white light erupted from the point of impact, followed by a deafening collapse of the entire sea surface, and a massive energy shockwave swept outwards.

"boom--!"

With a deafening explosion loud enough to shatter eardrums, the [Heavenly Lever] began to expand the moment it hit the oil field.

The silver rod, which was originally only two meters long, rapidly stretched and expanded into a huge metal pillar in the light.

Energy patterns spread along the pillar, radiating a scorching white light and distorting the air. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a sacred pillar that reached the heavens and the earth, its top piercing the clouds and its base penetrating deep into the heart of the oil field.

Even on the most remote islands in the East China Sea, that silvery-white pillar can be clearly seen—it's like a pillar supporting the sky that has fallen from heaven, nailing the earth and the sky together.

Then, flames burst from the base of the pillar.

The white flames spread rapidly from the pillar's center, rippling outwards. The fire was not ordinary combustion, but the result of a pure spiritual energy reaction.

It devours all forms of energy, whether it is oil, gas, or biological residue, which are all transformed into light dust the moment they come into contact.

At this moment, the entire East China Sea was ablaze.

And this means that the Second Horizon War has begun!

(End of this chapter)