They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 136 The Sea of ​​Nothingness That Buries Heroes

After leaving Ruan Mei's laboratory, Dan Lei spent two full years before he arrived at the vicinity of the star system where Zhu Luo had fallen.

The universe is so big that without a way to travel long distances, we can only keep jumping over it.

Dan Lei first went to the interstellar peace company's transportation network, transferred to various large warp ships all the way, and then transferred to the Vimona warp at the nearest station.

This was already the shortest route we could find, and it still took two years.

There's no way around it; if we had only used Vimalakirti to travel from the beginning, it would probably have taken five or six years to arrive.

After all, the warp device installed on Vimona is for medium-sized ships, and its warp distance is certainly not comparable to that of large ships specifically designed for transportation.

The Vimana could not accommodate the warp drive of a large ship.

In the past two years, there has been a major news story in the universe: the Star Train has resumed operation.

This isn't some butterfly effect caused by Dan Lei; the Star Train wasn't repaired ahead of schedule.

Rather, the Star Train was originally built and put into operation during this period.

The game's mention of the Star Train departing again signifies the restart of its pioneering journey.

Walter's character story is already very clear; at the start of the game, he has already been working on the Star Train for eight years.

In other words, while Dan Lei was with Ruan Mei, Himeko might have already finished repairing the Starry Sky Train.

However, the Star Train, which had just been repaired, took on the role of a courier company in order to collect the data, funds, and energy needed to restart its pioneering journey in the future, helping various forces transport valuable materials and deliver letters.

Moreover, the Star Train, which has resumed operation, does not accept orders from remote areas. Otherwise, Dan Lei would definitely have taken the train and asked Himeko to take him to the place where Zhu Luo fell.

But this is understandable. Himeko was the only passenger on the Starry Sky Train that had just departed, and Pam couldn't get off. Taking a remote route would be too dangerous.

Since Himeko doesn't know Black Tower, she definitely won't easily go to remote areas of the interstellar peace transport network with Danlei.

By the time Ji Zi had found Lao Yang and Xu Kong Wan Zang the following year and gained some self-defense capabilities, Dan Lei had already reached the vicinity of his destination.

Therefore, Danlei missed out on the Void Archives here, and he didn't get to see why Pam threw him off the train, anger Himeko, and why he left without saying goodbye.

However, compared to the Void Treasury, Dan Lei is definitely more interested in the Yellow Springs and the Execution of Luo.

Even if one controls the Void Treasury, the increase in one's combat power is not that significant; its maximum strength is the same as Welt's Herrscher of Reason core.

Even Kiana, who gained all the power of the cocoon on Earth, was only at the Envoy level.

In the game, Welt is just a relatively powerful Fate Walker; whether he can beat the current Draig is another matter entirely.

After all, talking about toxicity without discussing dosage is irresponsible. Those abilities that seem unsolvable on Earth in Honkai Impact 3rd are just so-so when placed in the Star Iron Universe.

Walter's simulated black hole is actually the ability to manipulate gravity, rather than actually creating a small black hole.

Even if the Herrscher of Binding were to arrive, don't expect her abilities to actually make all imaginary energy disappear.

It is estimated that once this ability is introduced to the Star Iron Universe, it will become a way to suppress energy weaker than the user's energy level, and there will also be a limit to the amount of energy that can be used.

As for the knowledge about the pre-Honkai civilization, it can only be said to be useful. After all, the Honkai Earth in Honkai Impact 3rd belongs to a universe with an extremely skewed technology tree, and Honkai energy is also a kind of imaginary internal energy, which still has a lot of reference value for the Honkai Iron universe.

But expecting this knowledge to lead to any great achievements? The geniuses in the genius club would probably just chuckle and ignore anyone who has such thoughts.

Dan Lei has the genius Hei Ta, who specializes in imaginary energy, and the genius Ruan Mei, who specializes in life sciences, by his side. If he really wants to know something, as long as he can learn it, they will definitely teach him.

Going to get information about the pre-Earth civilization of Honkai Impact 3rd is simply taking the long way around.

Therefore, upon arriving at the imaginary storm region on the outskirts of the coordinate galaxy, Dan Lei did not hesitate at all. He summoned the Skarakabaz spirit, empowered it with the Envoy-level Breeding Fate, and combined it with the Crimson Dragon Emperor Armor, charging straight in.

Within the imaginary storm, the chaotic and disorderly impact of the raging imaginary energy made it impossible to distinguish up from down from left from right.

So Danlei directly ordered Skarakkabaz's spirit to fly straight ahead, and then, without giving any further orders, focused on resisting the Imaginary Storm.

Because at this point, the insect's instincts are more reliable than Danlei's judgment.

Even so, it took a long time for Skarakkabaz's soul to break through the Imaginary Storm. Dan Lei felt like he was about to collapse.

Upon entering, Dan Lei was greeted by a black sun and a dim, gray planet orbiting the sun, with a black energy line connecting the two planets.

Dan Lei couldn't describe what was going on with this black sun.

To the naked eye, it appears as a giant black sphere, but it is surrounded by white light, much like the glow of an accretion disk around a black hole.

However, this black sphere was not a black hole, and Dan Lei did not feel the gravitational pull when approaching a black hole.

It's important to know that Danlei isn't too far from this black sun right now. If it really were a black hole, he would have been captured by its terrifying gravity long ago.

Moreover, this black sun still emitted light, but this light was composed of ethereal destiny energy and some radiation energy that it itself was not quite clear about.

At this moment, Dan Lei was far from the Black Sun, and the light, which carried the power of nothingness, had almost no effect on him. He could block it with just ordinary life energy.

After all, the energy of the Void Fate Path is not inherently superior to other Fate Paths. It is just that, as the inevitable outcome of all concepts, other Fate Paths are destined to be unable to withstand its long-term erosion.

Based on Dan Lei's current physical sensations, he roughly estimates that as long as he doesn't foolishly rush directly into the black sun, which is most likely the shadow of the [Void] Star God IX, he can hold out for over a hundred years with just this light, even if the power of the Void Destiny contained within it is increased tenfold.

Of course, if one gets close to that planet, the amount of illusory destiny in the light increases exponentially, and the time one can stay safely will be greatly shortened.

The good news is that as Skarakkabaz drew closer, Danlei did not sense any significant change in the power of the Void Destiny within the light.

Indeed, the idea that the Void Star God equally shrouds everything is not just empty talk; its shadow also adheres to this rule.

However, when Dan Lei guided the Skarakabaz spirit into the atmosphere of the gray planet, he found that the entire planet was almost shrouded in dark clouds containing the power of nothingness, which explained why it looked gray from the outside.

Moreover, as he entered the clouds, Dan Lei instantly felt as if he were taking a sauna in a state of nihilistic destiny.

The amount of void destiny on the planet is more than ten times higher than that in the universe. Although it may not be dozens or hundreds of times higher, it is still twenty or thirty times higher.

There's something wrong with the clouds here. Just like how the atmosphere of a normal planet traps heat, the clouds here seem to be trapping the energy of the void, causing the void forces to accumulate on the planet's surface.

Furthermore, the energy of the Black Sun can be seen falling directly to the earth from the planet, which is why the energy of the void destiny is so concentrated here.

It can be said that the entire cyclical system of this planet is now infused with the power of the void destiny, which is omnipresent.

Therefore, Dan Lei directly activated Echo Intertwined, with Void Fate as the main focus and Hunting Fate as the secondary focus, and [Echo Intertwined: Forest Path] was directly applied to Dan Lei.

Danlei's use of Echoing Strike here is mainly for [Forest Path], which focuses on increasing damage. After the effect spreads, the noise is not as loud, and it can also speed up himself.

As Danlei approached the Earth through the clouds, he discovered that the planet had virtually no land; as far as the eye could see, it was a vast, gray-black ocean illuminated by dark clouds.

Dan Lei was now absolutely certain that the planet was completely dead.

There is almost no life on the planet, and the void of life force in the atmosphere is absolutely lethal to life.

Only powerful cultivators of destiny can survive in this environment, but they absolutely cannot stay long. Even Dan Lei, without a way to shield himself from these ethereal energies of destiny, could only stay for a year or two at most; any longer and he would definitely run into problems.

Moreover, this is all under the premise that one's own destiny and protective power cannot be broken during this period.

As soon as Danlei approached the sea, he was attacked.

Countless withered hands stretched out of the sea, and then a creature resembling a Type-Moon Shadow Servant leaped out of the sea and rushed straight towards Danlei.

Dan Lei knew that what was attacking him now must be the Blood Sin Spirit, after all, this sea was already the Void Sea that buried heroes.

However, as these things drew closer, Danlei said that describing them as Shadow Followers was somewhat insulting to Shadow Followers.

The Medusa Shadow Servant in the anime "First Order" is quite attractive.

These blood-stained spirits are said to be born from the obsessions of those on the path of destiny, emerging from the shadows of IX, and will unknowingly repeat the actions of the deceased in their previous lives.

But their appearance, at least the ones Danlei has encountered so far, doesn't resemble people at all.

These Blood Sin Spirits resemble zombies more than humans, and they only use the power of destiny to achieve nothingness, but their skills are indeed quite good.

The blood-stained spirits that pounced on Dan Lei were not as stiff as zombies.

During flight, the power of the Void Destiny manifested as their weapons.

These Blood Sin Spirits were clearly transformed from the patrolling knights who were besieging Zhu Luo. These people were not weak, and when fighting the antimatter legion, probably few of them would think of resolving all the battles through hand-to-hand combat.

Therefore, Dan Lei's first challenge is to face a barrage of long-range attacks conjured by various forms of illusory destiny power.

A quick glance revealed a wide variety of items, from small bows and arrows to large cannonballs and missiles.

Don't ask how these humanoid blood demons launch missiles, because Dan Lei wants to know too.

Anyway, one guy just pulled out a set of missile launchers that were obviously mounted on a large mech and started firing at himself.

Since these attacks are all formed from the energy of the void destiny, Dan Lei said that it's best to avoid them if possible.

Therefore, Danlei chose to use Skarakkabaz's spirit to accelerate and dodge the attack.

Then Dan Lei directly entered the Spirit Binding and Commanding mode, wanting to see if this special method for spirits would be effective against the ethereal Blood Sin Spirit.

Dan Lei was extremely cautious here, not daring to attempt to bind the spirits directly, but instead trying to lock these blood sin spirits first.

However, the Spirit Binding and Commanding Techniques of the Star Iron Universe can only unleash their original characteristics by fusing spiritual power and the power of memory and destiny.

Therefore, Danlei could only switch the Echoes to [The Domination of the Key] at this point.

As a result, when the spirit summoner came into contact with the Blood Sin Spirit with his spiritual power, it brought two pieces of news, one good and one bad.

The good news is that the Blood Sin Spirit is still a spirit, and the Spirit Binding and Commanding system is extremely effective against it.

The power of his ethereal destiny was instantly eroded and broken through upon contact with the [Rule of the Key], then turned into a lump of ice and fell into the sea, completely returning to nothingness.

However, bad news soon followed.

The brief contact of their spiritual powers caused the Blood Sin Spirit, born from obsession, to directly transmit its obsession and related memories to Dan Lei.

Dan Lei felt as if he had suddenly arrived at a brutal battlefield, surrounded by the corpses of his own kind, the corpses of the breeding insects, and the illusory soldiers of various antimatter legions.

The dying resentment of this sea patrolman, along with his murderous intent and hatred towards the antimatter legion, instantly flooded Dan Lei's mind.

Fortunately, this memory was the last memory the Sea Patrol Knight had before his death; it came quickly and went quickly.

The next second, Danlei came to his senses.

Then Dan Lei keenly discovered that a force of illusory destiny had also invaded his mental sea along with his memories.

However, this power was blocked by the fate of memories and could not erode him for the time being.

Without saying a word, Dan Lei took out a Void Softie and ordered it to absorb the power of his Void Destiny.

Despite being a self-destructive entity unwilling to move, the Void Soft was forced to activate its abilities by its master's command.

The power of the Void Fate brought by the Blood Sin Spirit was not much to begin with, so it was absorbed by the Void Softie in one go, which can be considered as solving the hidden danger.

However, to Dan Lei's surprise, the next second, a power of ethereal destiny suddenly erupted from the depths of his soul.

This power erupted without warning, just as Dan Lei had suddenly stepped into a void.

Of course, Dan Lei couldn't just step into the path of nothingness like that. He had a bright future ahead of him and two genius girlfriends. How could he possibly comprehend nothingness?

It is Albion who comprehends nothingness here. Clearly, the power of the void destiny just now stimulated it, and somehow it stepped into the void destiny.

Danlei immediately felt that he could no longer keep the dragon, so he released it and wanted to sever his connection with it and give it up completely.

Fortunately, as soon as Albion appeared, he roared to the sky and shouted excitedly.
"Dreig! I understand now, I've figured it out too!"

"My name is Albion Gwiber! I have mastered the power of the Void Fate!"

Dan Lei saw that Albian looked nothing like a self-destructing being, so he didn't immediately break the contract and let his soul disappear.

Moreover, upon further examination, Albion's Void Fate Power, like Draig's Destruction Fate Power, was perfectly obedient, showing no unusual activity and not truly affecting his mind.

So Dan Lei asked...

"Albion, tell me what you just realized. I explained to you the dangers of the Void Path. What did you realize?"

When Albion heard Danlei ask that question, his soul, which had no ability to sweat, almost broke out in a cold sweat.

The two had been in contact for some time and had become kindred spirits.

He knew that if he couldn't prove now that the power of the Void Destiny he had comprehended wouldn't affect Dan Lei, Dan Lei would kill him in the next second.

However, Albion couldn't lie about Danlei's question; he could only tell the truth.

"I'm not really sure either. Because I didn't want to keep falling behind Draig, I explored that power of ethereal destiny a little."

As a result, I sensed an indescribable, magnificent divinity, and then I remembered my true name and was able to use the power of the Void Destiny.

　"Existence is nothingness." — When an being inadvertently conceives of this thought and adopts it as a maxim, it will miraculously embark on a path governed by IX, receiving a meaningless glance from a star god somewhere in the distant void. This glance usually leads to two outcomes: one is that the being becomes despondent and truly becomes nothingness, known as the "self-destroyer"; the other is captivated by the magnificent divinity of the star god, spontaneously developing a sense of curiosity, thus becoming the "chaos healer."

　　The above is XingTie Think Tank's introduction to Chaos Doctor.

　　Those who walk the path of nothingness are not all self-destructive; nothingness also has two sides.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)