The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

The old heart roared.

The roar pierced through Gu Xu's body, through the fleshy ground beneath his feet, and through his entire cavity.

At this moment, my heart rate completely broke away from the "thump thump thump" of the outside world!

The effect is immediate.

A white light exploded.

It didn't go out, it exploded.

The intense, pure white light that filled the entire space flickered violently the instant the Heart of the Past roared.

It flickered on and off, like a fluorescent light being frantically pounded on.

At the same time, those familiar faces appeared before Gu Xu—

Broken.

Su Qiong's perfect smile was like a piece of porcelain shattered in the middle by an unseen hand, cracks spreading from the corners of her mouth.

First there was one, then two, three, and countless more.

The cracks grew denser and deeper until the entire face was reduced to shattered fragments.

After the fragments were peeled off, the true nature underneath was revealed.

That's not Su Qiong's face.

It was a mass of bloody, dark red tissue.

It lacks skin and the normal structure of facial features.

It has only one huge mouth that stretches from the left ear to the right ear.

Its mouth was densely packed with tiny teeth the size of pinheads, and yellowish-brown mucus seeped between the teeth.

And that hand that was about to rest on Gu Xu's shoulder—

The fingers disappeared. The nails disappeared.

The calluses on the tiger's mouth have also disappeared.

Instead, it had a dark red tentacle as thick as an adult's forearm.

The surface of the whiskers is covered with barbs, and the tip of each barb is trembling slightly, as if it is breathing.

It's not just Su Qiong.

Zhang Daoxuan's face was also shattered.

Beneath that kind old face was a constantly writhing tumor.

The tumor had three eyes of different sizes, all of which were cloudy yellow.

Li Weiguo's body from the waist down transformed into a tangled mass of soft tentacles.

Each tentacle had a mouth at its end, emitting a hissing sound.

All the pretense collapsed at the same time.

All the warmth was torn apart at the same time.

Those gentle smiles, tolerant eyes, and reassuring aura—it was all fake.

The illusion vanished very quickly.

Like a giant mirror shattered at its center, cracks spread wildly in all directions. The pure white space collapsed with a deafening roar.

White fragments fluttered down, each fragment turning into specks of light before touching the ground.

After the fragments fell away, the true scene was finally revealed to Gu Xu.

He wasn't standing in some empty white space.

There wasn't any from beginning to end.

He was standing inside a huge cavity.

The structure of this cavity is exactly the same as the previous flesh and blood passage, but its size is many times larger.

The dome was so high that it seemed to have no end, and the walls on all sides were made of dark red living muscle tissue.

These muscles are twitching.

It's not a breathing-like rise and fall, but a real heartbeat-like contraction.

The entire cavity is like the inside of a giant heart, and with each contraction, it causes countless thick blood vessels on the walls to pulsate.

The purplish-black blood surged through the veins, making a dull "whooshing" sound.

The ground was also fleshy, soft, and warm.

Each step you take will cause you to sink a little deeper.

But these are not the main points.

The focus is directly in front.

The center of the cavity, about twenty meters away from Gu Xu.

Something is floating.

A dark red sphere about five meters in diameter.

The shape of that sphere is that of a heart.

To be precise, it was a heart-shaped fleshy ball magnified countless times.

The surface is covered with a crisscrossing network of blood vessels, and glowing liquid flows through the vessels.

The entire fleshy ball would contract violently every few seconds, then expand back to its original size.

Contraction, expansion.

This is the source of that "thump thump thump" sound.

But what Gu Xu cared about most was not the fleshy ball itself.

It's the layer covering the outside of the fleshy ball.

A semi-transparent membrane.

The amniotic sac is pale pink and extremely thin, like a layer of solidified amber.

The surface has fine, flowing lines.

Through the amniotic sac, one can vaguely see what's inside.

Something was curled up inside.

A humanoid silhouette.

It has a head, torso, and limbs.

But it was curled up tightly, like a fetus that wasn't ready to be born.

The body is connected to the outer heart-shaped fleshy mass.

It's impossible to tell which part is the fleshy ball and which part is its body.

The mysterious embryo of Chuyun.

This is the true form of the Izumo Mysterious Embryo.

Gu Xu stared at the huge fleshy ball floating in mid-air, his gaze gradually shifting from initial wariness to scrutiny.

The fleshy ball seemed to sense the collapse of the illusion.

Its beating frequency suddenly increased.

"Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Four jumps per second, five jumps per second. Each jump releases a visible mental shockwave.

The shockwave, a translucent dark red, rippled outwards from the surface of the fleshy ball.

It spread in all directions like ripples on the water.

When the first shockwave swept across Gu Xu's body, his mind went blank.

It wasn't heavy, but you could clearly feel a push on your mental level.

The second lap followed immediately, even more frequent and faster than the first.

Third lap.

Fourth lap.

Shockwaves rolled in one after another, with increasing frequency and density.

The entire cavity was vibrating, and the blood vessels on the walls were writhing wildly like startled snakes.

Blood dripped continuously from his head.

The monstrous embryo is enraged.

Or perhaps—panic.

The illusion trap that Gu Xu had painstakingly set up was exposed with a single slap.

Hypnosis failed, and heart rate synchronization was forcibly interrupted.

Now it only has primitive methods left—using mental shockwaves for direct bombardment.

Gu Xu stood still, feeling wave after wave of mental shocks sweeping over his body.

The overwhelming drowsiness subsided almost entirely the moment the illusion collapsed.

His mind was rapidly clearing up.

"OK."

Gu Xu stretched his neck, making a few crisp "crack" sounds.

He looked at the still wildly beating Izumo fetus, and the corners of his mouth slowly turned up.

"Are you trying to scare me, Sister Qiong?"

"Fine, you've got guts."

"Then don't blame me for being impolite."

As soon as Gu Xu finished speaking, lines of dark red data appeared on the surface of the strange fetus.

It's different from the previous Wings of the Old Age panel.

The font is darker and more murky, with a fishy, ​​pungent smell that instinctively repulses people.

The handwriting was crooked and messy, as if it were written in the air with congealed blood.

【Name: Izumo's Devious Embryo (Seed of a False God/Parasitic)】

[Rank: False God (Not Fully Awakened)]

[Status: Incubating/Hungry/Target Locked]

[Introduction: Not born naturally, but a seed deliberately planted by twenty-two [Ancient False Gods], Starfall Aurelion (Protoss), nourished by the life and resentment of the entire realm, slowly gestating over countless years. Its sole purpose is to await the arrival of the Ancient Lords. When the Ancient Lords step into this place, the Evil Embryo will attempt to devour their authority and origin, seizing the power of the ancients for itself, and feeding it back to the False God lurking in the shadows. (Note: Someone has laid bait upstream in the river of time, and this bait—is everything beneath your feet.)]