Please destroy the main timeline.

Chapter 224 Yes, it's me.
Upon arrival, the Star Insect army immediately began slaughtering and devouring the pollutants within the city. The blue-glowing insects flew everywhere at incredible speed, unleashing a killing storm throughout the city.

Soon a small squad of Starbugs rushed into the building where the Adaptors were hiding.

The battle broke out.

Under the siege of the adaptors, a small squad of star worms was surrounded and killed, but the moment the star worms died, they unleashed a mental pulse.

That was a death signal.

Like a flare in the night, it instantly attracted the attention of all the star worms.

The scattered star worms began to converge and swarm into the building.

Explosions continued to occur.

The battle was extremely fierce. As the number of Star Bugs increased, the less than one hundred adapted individuals were subjected to a one-sided massacre.

Mo Yu originally intended to take advantage of the chaos, but the sheer number and frenzy of the star worms meant that he would be ganged up on as soon as he showed his face.

If magic consumption were disregarded, he could kill quite a few Adaptors and Starbugs, but his magic was ultimately limited, and he wanted to save some to kill Kryptos and steal kills.

The all-out attack by the Starflies began in less than 10 minutes.

The building was razed to the ground.

The entire organism was torn apart and devoured.

Just then, a beam of black light shot out from the ground.

A dark purple energy sphere appeared and rapidly expanded. The sphere was translucent and shimmered with starlight. Any star worms swallowed by it would be instantly corroded, turned into fragments, and merged into the sphere.

It's Kryptos.

When he was discovered by the Star Worm and faced death, he finally broke the seal and unleashed his full power.

This attack wiped out hundreds of star worms, clearing a vacuum zone around the building. The 100-meter-diameter purplish-black transparent sphere did not disappear; it continued to slowly expand.

A chilling energy wave spread.

The surrounding star worms were also enraged. Their bodies burst forth with bright light, emitting terrifying shrieks, before they charged madly toward the purple sphere.

A war broke out between the two sides.

The head worm flew in to join the battle.

Despite being a fifth-generation evolutionary form, Kryptos relied on the power of the void and the special enhancements of the black light to directly confront the large force of Star Worms.

The two sides were locked in a fierce battle.

The head-worm, possessing the strength of a sixth-stage evolutionary being, was bounced back several times during its charges, unable to do anything to Kryptos.

The aftershocks continue to expand.

The city quickly turned into ruins.

Mo Yu was 3 to 400 meters away from the center of the battlefield and had no choice but to retreat to avoid being caught in the aftershocks of the battle.

Star worms have no emotions and are not afraid of death. They are purely biological machines that only know how to fight and slaughter. When they encounter Kryptos, it is a fight to the death.

The battle lasted 34 hours.

Kryptos attempted to escape several times, but failed each time. The battlefield shifted several times, and he had already arrived outside the Garden of Eden.

The support from the star worms was continuous.

Upon discovering a powerful individual that poses a security threat, these starbugs will send out signals, inviting nearby hives to launch a comprehensive annihilation. Conversely, they ignore weaker humans, simply killing them later without launching a dedicated attack.

In this apocalyptic world, Kryptos has nowhere to escape.

In the end, something as black as ink gushed out everywhere, outlining a formation between heaven and earth.

An ominous, black aura permeated the air.

Some kind of void ritual is underway.

"Oh my rabbit! Has he gone mad? This is an annihilation ritual!"

Amidst the teddy bear's exclamation, black matter erupted from the formation, instantly engulfing the entire battlefield. The folding door, being too close, was affected and destroyed.

Outside the barrier, it was pitch black.

After a long time, the darkness receded, and bright sunlight scattered.

The countless star-like insects disappeared, and even the black fog that blotted out the sky was punched with a large hole, which is slowly healing, and the sunlight is being swallowed up little by little.

A bottomless crater appeared on the ground, with a diameter of more than 10 kilometers.

Mo Yu, Elise, and the others gathered at the doorway, observing the large pit outside and sighing with excitement.

"Is this the Emperor after being enhanced by the Black Light? It's terrifying!" Mo Yu exclaimed.

He was unsure of Kryptos's true strength, but he certainly didn't possess the ability to directly confront the Star Worm army. However, now, enhanced by the Black Light, he had accomplished this challenge.

Mo Yu checked the panel. Kryptos is still alive!

His gaze fell on the large pit.

"Elise, come down with me."

"Could it be dangerous? Is that guy still alive?"

Elise answered weakly, the vampire beauty starting to chicken out again, but her body was honest, she reluctantly hugged Mo Yu, took him away from the barrier, and flew to the bottom of the pit.

About 1 kilometer down, there is a large, raised platform.

Kryptos knelt in the center of the platform, his body once again desiccated and crumbling away, on the verge of death.

The annihilation ritual was a sacrifice of his entire being.

I sensed someone approaching.

Kryptos raised his head, his empty eyes looking at Mo Yu.

"It's...you...all of this...is because of you..."

"That's right, it's me. You fell for it the moment I tricked you into going to Elder Huang's room. It's time for you to get going."

Mo Yu drew his Miao sword from his waist and immediately activated Shadow Swallow Piercing the Moon, too lazy to waste words with a dying man.

Before Kryptos could say anything more, he was pierced through a vital organ, his body completely disintegrating into a handful of white-gray dust scattered on the ground.

At the moment of his death, black light dissipated from his body, frantically being drawn outwards.

Mo Yu stood close enough.

His soul tentacles unfurled, forming an invisible cage that trapped all the black light in place.

Finally, the black light coalesced into a sphere the size of a basketball, constantly trying to break free of control.

Mo Yu leaned closer.

The black ball struggled violently, strongly resisting his touch.

The moment he touched it, his body acted like a sponge, quickly absorbing the black light.

[Absorbing Time Fragments, Current Collection Progress: 41%]

Mo Yu let out a long breath and glanced at the panel.

mission completed.

Kryptos is confirmed dead.

Rewards will be calculated after 24 hours.

Furthermore, Kryptos is not human; his kill record has appeared in the monster encyclopedia, and like the quest, a countdown is underway awaiting the outcome.

"All done, we should leave now."

Mo Yu sheathed his longsword and signaled to Elise to retreat.

Elise breathed a sigh of relief, but did not dispel the blood thorns surrounding her, remaining vigilant against any potential danger.

Mo Yu surveyed her surroundings.

The folding door was destroyed, and there was only dirt around.

This is no problem for him.

Using brute force to compact the soil, making a door out of clay is not difficult. With the help of manual skills, he can mold a door out of clay in less than 10 seconds.

They retreated to their hiding place.

Now, once Herobele opens the door on the other end, we can return to the expedition team's vehicle.

Alpha warned: "Station Master, the current derived timeline disturbance value is 8%."

"Huh? It's dropped this much?!"

Mo Yu was very surprised.

Kryptos deserves to die.

With only 5 days left until his return, he needs to do something quickly.

"Leleya, take your sister back and give her a proper burial. Alice, Govia, you two go with her, the sooner the better."

The three rabbit girls left.

They were going to take Xu Zi's body back to their secret base for burial, the birthplace of the Eight Sages.

(End of this chapter)