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Chapter 213 The Observer

A musty yet spiritually vibrant aura wafted out of the cave entrance.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Zhe leaped in.

Below the cave entrance is a narrow passageway paved with bluestone slabs.

Along both sides of the passageway are inlaid luminous pearls that emit a soft glow.

The entire space was illuminated as brightly as day.

Li Zhe walked down the passageway.

Soon, a huge, futuristic-looking...

No, it should be said that a secret room filled with "ancient style" appeared before my eyes.

In the center of the sealed room, a... floats silently.

It is crystal clear, and its interior seems to contain the entire starry sky...

"Nine-Turn Golden Elixir!"
Below the golden core was a slowly rotating structure composed of countless complex runes—

Teleportation array!
"I see……"

Looking at the scene before him, Li Zhe's last trace of doubt vanished.

He finally understood why that old fellow Yao Chen would risk his life to refine this heaven-defying divine pill.

He wasn't doing this for any "foundation building" purpose at all.

He was...

Prepare for your "ascension and transcendence"!
This teleportation array is probably his last trump card to escape this world.

Unfortunately……

He ultimately made a mistake.

Just as Li Zhe was about to step forward and "accept" the golden pill and the magic array together.

A dangerous and malicious aura suddenly and silently attacked him from behind!

The aura was cold and filled with a viscous malice.

Like a deadly venomous snake lurking in the darkness, it silently coiled around the back of Li Zhe's neck.

Commander! Watch out!

Zero's emergency alarm rang in Li Zhe's mind.

However, it's too late.

Li Zhe felt a chill on the back of his neck.

A terrifying power, strong enough to freeze even the soul, surged into his body in an instant!
His body suddenly stiffened.

Consciousness began to blur and dissipate at an incredible speed...

"Jie Jie Jie..."

A mocking and smug laugh, like that of an owl, rang in his ears.

"It really came so easily..."

……

When Li Zhe's consciousness awoke once again from an endless chaos.

He found himself imprisoned in a cage filled with bizarre runes and made of pure energy.

His limbs were tightly bound to the center of the cage by chains crackling with black arcs of electricity.

The energy within the body's muscle armor was suppressed by a mysterious force.

Outside the cage, a mysterious figure dressed in a black cloak, whose face was obscured, floated silently.

The other person exuded a cold aura that was completely out of place in this world of cultivation, filled with the atmosphere of technology and data.

"Who...are you?"

Li Zhe's voice was hoarse and deep.

He could clearly feel that his life force was being constantly drained and devoured by this cage.

"I?"

The mysterious man let out a low, amused laugh.

“You can call me… ‘Observer’.”

The other person slowly removed their cloak.

What was revealed, however, was not a human face.

Instead, it's a...

A bizarre face that is constantly changing, composed of countless data streams that shimmer with iridescent colors, like pixels.

“You should feel honored, Li Zhe.”

The "Observer's" voice is devoid of any emotion, like the most sophisticated machine.

"You are the most interesting 'variable' I have discovered in this 'experimental field'."

He paused.

A near-fanatical, insatiable gleam appeared on that face composed of data. "Your body, your power, your soul..."

Everything was beyond my expectations.

“You’re like a bug that shouldn’t exist, a perfect ‘virus’ that’s capable of disrupting the entire ‘program’.”

"So, you're going to... 'delete' me?"

A cold glint flashed in Li Zhe's eyes.

"No, no, no."

The "Observer" shook its head and let out a pleasant laugh.

"Deleting it would be such a waste."

“I prefer… ‘anatomy’.”

He stretched out that ever-changing hand made of data streams.

Through the cage, she gently stroked Li Zhe's cheek.

"I want to thoroughly deconstruct and analyze you, from the most basic particle level."

"I want to know what secrets you are hiding."

"I will make your power, your knowledge, your existence... all of it mine."

His voice was filled with greed and longing.

"Then……"

“I will use you as a ‘blueprint’ to create… a completely new, perfect one, one that surpasses everything…”

"Ultimate Life Form!"

"And you..."

A cruel smile appeared on his face, which was made up of data.

"It will become the first stepping stone for me to step onto the throne of 'God'."

……

Li Zhe fell silent.

He knew that today...

It seems we're really going to fail.

It's unbelievable that we were defeated in this way by a "data ghost" that doesn't even have a physical form.

but……

Is this the end?

Do not!
There was not a trace of despair in Li Zhe's eyes.

Instead, it ignited an even more intense, burning fighting spirit, like a supernova explosion!

At this moment, I may have lost all my power.

He may soon be completely deconstructed and swallowed up.

But his will, his soul...

We will never give in!

"You want to dissect me?"

A smile, full of madness and determination, curled at the corners of his mouth.

"Then let's give it a try..."

"See, you devoured me first..."

"still me……"

"I'll stuff you until you burst!"

The moment he finished speaking, he suddenly detonated the energy within him—a fusion of two energy systems that he had already compressed to its limit…

Chaotic True Essence!

"boom--!!!!!!!!!"

……

"boom--!!!!!!!!!"

An indescribable, terrifying energy, powerful enough to level the entire Azure Phoenix Mountain Range, exploded from that small secret chamber!
At this moment, time and space seemed to be completely torn apart and shattered!
……

I do not know how long it has been.

When Li Zhe's consciousness awoke once again from an endless darkness.

He found himself lying on a cold battlefield filled with the stench of blood and gunpowder.

All around were countless mangled corpses and the long-extinguished flames of war.

The sky was filled with thick, oppressive, leaden-gray clouds, exuding an ominous aura...

(End of this chapter)