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Chapter 95 Universe 2, the Traitor?

Seeing that Li Zhe got straight to the point, Liu Yi also dropped her feigned mysterious demeanor.

She smiled knowingly: "That fragment, just as I noted in my submission, was something I accidentally unearthed in an ancient site that had long since sunk into the deep sea."

"Apart from that, I have no further information."

She shrugged, looking like she couldn't help.

"But..."

She changed the subject, a confident smile appearing on her face.

"It is not impossible to uncover more of its secrets."

"If you're willing to do me this favor, I'll cast a divination for you, and perhaps... we can find some crucial clues."

This again?

People from Universe 1, you're addicted to gossip, aren't you?

"Why should I believe you?" he asked coldly.

"I can tell your fortune without even asking you a question!"

A resolute expression appeared on Liu Yi's face.

She closed her eyes and began to perform forced divination.

Her data projection instantly became extremely unstable.

The massive data stream, like an out-of-control waterfall, surged and flashed wildly around her.

"puff--!"

She suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, her face turning ashen.

But she still managed to hold on, and in an extremely weak yet resolute voice, she gave a series of vague prophecies.

"The Sea of ​​Decay...coordinates...XXX.XXX..."

“There… lies your second ‘key’ to breaking this deadlock…”

"As for that fragment of the broken sword... I can sense it..."

"It...it comes from..."

"Inside a... a giant snake..."

After saying this, her projection could no longer be maintained.

After a series of violent flashes, the system was forcibly logged off.

Only one sentence remains, an echo that seems to transcend time and space.

"If this divination proves reliable... I urge you to... make another transaction with me... three days from now, at the same time... I... I'll be waiting for you..."

Li Zhe stared at the spot where she had disappeared, falling into a long silence.

"Reporting to the commander, the reverse analysis of the energy just now is complete..." Xing's voice was somewhat solemn. "Analysis and deduction show that the opponent sacrificed their own lifespan to complete this divination."

This woman was willing to pay such a huge price?
The internal competition within Universe 1 is so intense?

"Commander, should we analyze these coordinates immediately?" Xing's voice rang out at the right moment.

"analyze."

"As ordered."

Xing was extremely efficient and quickly came to a conclusion.

"Commander, these coordinates are located on the 0th layer of the Corruption Forest, an unknown area with extremely chaotic energy that conventional detection methods cannot penetrate."

“But based on our existing energy models, there are indeed fluctuations in this region that are highly similar to those of the ‘Key to the Dimension’.”

She paused for a moment, then gave her final assessment.

"Liu Yi's divination has a credibility of up to 95%."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhe had no more doubts.

In order to gather the two keys needed to break through the bottleneck of combat power.

He decided to go to the coordinates provided by Liu Yi to find out what was going on.

As for the collection of myths she wants, let's wait until we verify the results ourselves.

In addition, it marked its first participation in an auction.

As promised, Li Zhe also received a beacon that could open the path to the core area of ​​the 0th floor of the Steel Empire.

He put the road sign into the spare parts hangar.

I'll use it later, at least until my combat strength breaks through the current bottleneck!
Exit the trading hall and prepare for the next step...

After a night's rest, the next morning, on Sunday, June 29th, in the first year of the Crisis Era.

Li Zhe and Xing finished their preparations and teleported directly to the Corruption Sea Forest.

With a clear objective, this operation became much more efficient.

Following the optimal route planned by Xing, they sped towards the coordinates provided by Liu Yi.

Along the way, there was naturally no shortage of "food hunting".

The variety and strangeness of monsters in the Sea of ​​Decay are far greater than those in the Steel Empire.

As they ventured deeper, the monsters they encountered grew increasingly powerful.

"Commander, a high-density energy reaction has been detected 30 kilometers ahead, suspected to be a third-generation Abyss Apostle [Rainbow Jellyfish Swarm]."

"Commander, an elite-level [Turret Beetle] has been spotted 15 kilometers to the right flank. It is currently engaging in long-range sniping. We recommend prioritizing its elimination."

Faced with these powerful monsters, which other mech pilots considered a threat enough to wipe out their entire squad.

Li Zhe simply switched between different armed forms, cooperating with Xing's white mecha to fight, demonstrating near-overwhelming combat power.

To deal with the wide-ranging "Rainbow Jellyfish Swarm" that could unleash mental shocks, he directly switched to the Black Demon God form equipped with the "Netherworld Dragon Rider" weapon.

A single YJ-21 missile, filled with "childhood trauma," swept the airspace clean in an instant.

Facing the thick-skinned "Turret Beetle" with its long-range sniping capabilities, he piloted a white mech.

With lightning-fast maneuverability, they easily circled behind it.

The high-frequency blade precisely sliced ​​through its weakest joint, striking straight at its heart.

Every battle ended cleanly and decisively.

Each step forward is accompanied by the harvesting of all sorts of meme-worthy material.

After several hours of trekking, they finally arrived near the coordinates provided by Liu Yi.

The sight before him startled Li Zhe.

This place is no longer the sticky fungal carpet and huge mushroom forest I had seen before.

Instead, it was an area completely corroded by a crustacean that shimmered with a metallic sheen.

The air was filled with a strong, peculiar scent that was a mixture of pheromones and bioelectricity.

At the heart of the region, a colossal biological base, resembling an insect hive, rises from the ground.

The base's architectural style is full of organic features characteristic of arthropods.

On the walls, you can even see energy channels that undulate slowly like blood vessels.

This is completely out of step with the original "fungus" and "decay" style of the Sea of ​​Decay Forest.

"Could this be... the forward position of Universe 2?"

Li Zhe immediately recalled the intelligence Lu Ke had provided earlier—

The initial teleportation point of Universe 2 is the Sea of ​​Decay Forest!
Moreover, Universe 2 must have already obtained the beacon, enabling it to teleport resources from its own world into the Ghost Realm.

Li Zhe realized that he might have stumbled into another parallel universe, Blue Star, within the sphere of influence of the Abyss Domain.

"Commander, should we activate stealth mode and conduct further reconnaissance?" Xing's voice echoed in my mind.

"Yes, be careful."

Li Zhe nodded, preparing to retract his mecha and infiltrate in his muscle armor form.

However, just as he was about to take action...

A familiar yet malevolent energy surge suddenly emanated from inside the insect hive base.

The massive gates of the base slowly opened.

A mysterious woman wearing a black veil and an ominous black witch's outfit slowly emerged from within, surrounded by a guard composed of ferocious bio-weapons.

Her appearance seemed to freeze the air around her.

That cold and venomous aura made Li Zhe feel a bone-chilling cold emanating from the core of his body.

That's when.

Xing's voice, filled with unprecedented solemnity and killing intent, echoed in his mind.

"Commander, target locked."

"High-precision facial contour and energy feature comparison."

"This female individual is a 100% match to the 'perpetrator' of your second plane crash!"

(End of this chapter)