Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 850 Action
"I'm telling you, Captain Hei, when you go crazy, you're even more deadly than the reincarnated ones!"

A sigh of helplessness echoed from inside the cabin. Yamu looked at the black-haired youth before him and complained, "Trying to force our way through the Abyss with the Legion's warships? If anything goes wrong, forget about reaching their base. We'll be lucky if we don't get crushed into mincemeat by the high-density spacetime!"

A hole in the abyss.

Everyone present understood the principle behind its formation, which is why Yamu criticized the Black-Haired Youth Project as insane.

It's important to understand that as a product of severe spacetime distortion, the spacetime density inside a stable abyssal pore is so high that even many abyssal behemoths dare not pass through it casually.

You'll understand once you look at how severely the spacetime flow is slowed down in the area outside the Abyss Hole.

According to the theory of conservation of spacetime volume, the reason why the spacetime flow velocity in those worlds residing in the Abyss Hole is abnormal when the overall spacetime volume remains unchanged is because the spacetime inside those worlds is completely distorted into the Abyss Hole, causing the spacetime density of the external world to drop drastically, which is why a day outside is equivalent to a year inside.

This is why, in the many abyssal worlds they explored, they could only see abyssal creatures transformed from native life forms. This is because, apart from the period when the abyssal wormhole was first formed and certain special high tide periods, the spacetime density inside the abyssal wormhole at other times was simply not enough to allow any living thing to pass through.

"According to the divination, this is the most correct way to break the deadlock. Moreover, in principle, as long as we can withstand the spacetime compression inside the abyss passage, the high spacetime density and the resulting curvature navigation efficiency will allow us to reach the enemy's base camp in the shortest amount of time."

Xin Lailai answered calmly, her expression unchanged.

"Moreover, I have already calculated that with the spacetime stabilization device on the warship, as long as it is operated properly, it is entirely possible to forcefully break through the abyss passage despite the spacetime compression."

"May I ask, what do you mean by 'proper operation'?"

"When necessary, we will be the blade to break through the spacetime compression."

"..."

"Of course, it's up to the two of us to do it first, since the Angel Potion for the Dead needs to be reserved for the source of the abnormality that caused this incident."

"Could the number of participants be changed so that you, sir, can go alone?"

"If I can handle it all by myself, that would be ideal."

"...Fine, never mind." Realizing he couldn't win the argument, Yamu's eye twitched slightly. Looking at Xin Lailai, whose expression was even colder than the Death Keeper beside her, he couldn't help but rub his temples and sigh, "Forget it, it's not the first or second time anyway, and, to be honest—"

"I'm getting really angry about being schemed against like this."

As Yamu spoke, he narrowed his eyes, and a captivating lightning flashed in his golden pupils, adding a touch of murderous intent to his entire expression.

"Lord Black Sword, the spacetime stabilization device and the warship's navigation route have been set up, and we are ready to depart at any time."

The next second, Blackthorn 3001's voice came through. Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai nodded slightly, looked at the huge planet covered by abyssal energy on the main screen and the route map beside it, stared at it for a moment, and then calmly said:

"lets go."

"As ordered."

As soon as the words were spoken, a tremendous roar exploded in everyone's ears.

The pitch-black warship, hovering in the planet's orbit, shot out like a spear from the sudden burst of violent spatial fluctuations, crashing heavily into the spacetime barrier below. It struck the entire planet as if it were a drumhead, producing a thunderous sound that could resound throughout the world.

……

……

It fell into that dream again.

In its dream, a faint sound seemed to linger in its ears:

"Kama, wake up, we should leave here."

“Gamo, have you heard? The expedition team has recently found another polluted area that is receding. The elders said that as long as we can hold on for a while longer, we can move there.”

"Astral Plane? Heh, you're really strange, always interested in these things."

"Alright, then I'll tell you a little more..."

In its dream, it heard its childhood babbling, the wild words it uttered in its ignorance, and the stories about the past told to it by the elders who cared for it.

"Kama, have you thought about what you want to do in the future?"

"No? That won't do! You're the only genius in our clan to receive this blessing; you should have some ambition!"

"Although we can only live a life of hiding now, with the king's presence, we will definitely be able to leave this hellish place one day. At that time, with your talent, you will surely shine brightly under the king's command!"

In its dream, it saw itself as a child, chatting with its companions, and dreaming of their shared vision of leaving that cursed and calamistic land under the king's leadership and returning to the homeland spoken of by their ancestors.

Then, the nightmare, which had repeated itself countless times, descended—

"How... is this possible?! Our king... has fallen?!"

"Cough cough...run...you guys, run!!"

"It's... over..."

"Let's go... let's leave... this place..."

"Kama...live on, you are...our...last..."

War, death, calamity, pollution... the pungent stench of blood filled my dreams, and curse-like murmurs lingered in my ears, until finally...

"Kama!!!"

A sudden awakening.

"Phew...was I dreaming again?" It opened its eyes, rubbing its forehead with its arms covered in dark scales, and just then—

Om!

A tremendous buzzing sound, like a raging flood, gradually became clearer in his ears. An intense, soul-tearing hunger began to resonate in his mind, and numerous cracks began to appear in his pupils.

Faced with this sudden change, it only let out a muffled groan, its left hand gripping the armrest tightly, its features contorted with intense hunger and pain, and it took more than ten minutes for the pain to gradually subside.

"It's gotten faster again...?"

After the pain subsided, it lowered its head and looked at its right arm, which was covered with burn-like cracks. Its eyes were slightly lowered, and a hint of silence passed through its vertical pupils, but it quickly turned into a calm and resolute gaze.

What good would speeding up do?
In any case, from the moment it reached out to this curse in its quest for revenge, it was already as good as dead.

No, to be precise, it was already dead when it witnessed the death of its last member of the tribe before its eyes.

"As long as I can get my revenge..."

It murmured, unconsciously clenching its fists, as images flashed through its mind, its pupils growing dark and unfathomable. Yes, as long as it could exact revenge, even if it was just giving those damned astral beings a painful lesson, it would be the perfect ending for a creature already as good as dead.

only……

"Are we close to finding the real door?"

A flood of information rushed into his mind along the abyss river that reached above his calves. In the scene, he could vaguely see a human team led by a black-haired youth constantly appearing in front of one abyss hole after another, destroying these abyss holes time and time again in various ways, causing him to fall silent.

too fast.

They thought that with the smoke bombs they had prepared in advance, they could at least delay the enemy for more than three months, but in the end, the enemy destroyed a total of 13 Abyss Holes in less than a month.

No, it's not just these things. In fact, everything started going awry from the moment the other side and those black-armored humans stained with the blood of its own kind appeared here.

The contamination that should have silently seeped into the elemental layers of the astral plane was stopped in advance...

The seemingly foolproof concealment was inexplicably discovered...

Although it left no trace, the other party seemed to have anticipated its thoughts, and every move it made perfectly blocked its room for maneuver, forcing it to change its plans time and time again.

Including now.

The plan was to wait until the pollution spread deep into the layers of those acquired elements before detonating it all at once, but the speed at which the enemy advanced far exceeded its expectations.

"Should we start now, or wait a little longer..."

For a moment, intense hesitation appeared on its face. It sensed the information surging into its mind, and its blood-red vertical pupils flickered with an uncertain, eerie light. After thinking for several minutes, it slowly closed its eyes and made a decision in its mind.

Indeed, it's always better to act early.

The astral beings that had entered this time gave it a truly unsettling feeling.

Especially the black-haired man at the head; having lived in the abyss for so long, this was the first time he had encountered someone even more perceptive than the Eye Demon.

If the other party actually gets to the actual door, given their keen perception, they will likely immediately notice...

"Um?!!"

Suddenly, as if sensing something, its expression changed abruptly.

How can it be? !
Why did they rush into the world where the door is located so quickly?!

Based on the previous pattern, shouldn't these humans rest for half a day before taking action?!

"Damn it, is it the divination system? But with the barriers of blessings and curses, divination methods within the astral plane shouldn't be able to detect it..."

It sensed the information transmitted from the 'river', and 'watched' the teleportation pod smash through the spacetime barrier as if it had locked onto some kind of target, its face as gloomy as water.

No more hesitation!

We must act immediately!

Dismantle the elemental barriers these guys have already built, let the abyssal energy flow back into the world where the gate is located, and force these humans to defend themselves!

This time, it hesitated for only a moment before making a decision. As its spiritual power surged, numerous cracks radiating firelight spread from its pupils and body, causing it to groan and contort its features once again.

Om-! !

As a result of this action, the dark river that had been flowing quietly across the land suddenly became extremely violent, as if it had been stimulated by something. In an instant, huge black waves surged up from the ground, and blood-red afterglow spilled from the dark void at the horizon. The whole world was suddenly hit by a torrential downpour of black rain surging upwards into the sky.

"Huff...huff...huff! Barely...I succeeded."

A heavy breathing sounded, and as the whole world fell into a state of great chaos, it slowly loosened its grip on the armrest, leaned back on the stone seat as if exhausted, let out a long sigh, and a deep sense of fear and relief flowed through its blood-red vertical pupils.

This should successfully force those humans to return to defend...

Although it didn't completely dismantle those elemental barriers as expected, in the current state it should still be able to deal a heavy enough blow to those damned guys...

It's a pity we won't be able to witness those guys being torn apart by wild beasts...

A strong sense of weakness surged up, causing it to instinctively close its eyes, and its consciousness quickly became blurred.

The power of the curse is immense, but the price is equally heavy.

Even if it had awakened a wisp of royal blood, it would still have to pay a considerable price to activate such power before the corruption was complete.

Fortunately, time flows slowly enough in this world. Here, even if one sleeps for several months, less than a day will pass in the outside world. Therefore, it has plenty of time...

wrong! ! !

As if it had witnessed something unbelievable, it was suddenly jolted awake from its near-sleep due to intense exhaustion. It stared intently at the enormous void in the distance, its eyes filled with disbelief.

"Unexpectedly..."

Boom——! !

A deafening roar, like that of a colossal beast from the abyss, exploded forth.

A chill even more biting than when facing the curse and pollution of the abyss surged from the soles of its feet, rushing straight up to its skull.

And in the reflection of its pupils, deep within that enormous void at the edge of the earth, one can see—

A pitch-black warship, resembling a ferocious beast, crashed through the terrifying spacetime compression—a compression so immense that no living being could possibly pass through—amidst spacetime fluctuations so violent they seemed to tear the entire world apart. It then slammed down, creating massive waves in the dark ocean.

As it gazed at this dreamlike scene, it vaguely recalled the words it had once heard—

“Kama, remember this: if you ever encounter someone with a special mark on their body, you must be extra careful of them.”

Why? Because they are very strong?

"That's only one aspect. More importantly, among those people... there are too many individuals that you can't judge using common sense."

"Those crazy acts that are unimaginable to us are probably just a daily occurrence on their path to becoming stronger."

"Especially those guys called pioneers and hunters, for us living in this unbalanced era, they..."

"—They are our natural enemies."

……

(End of this chapter)