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

However, inside the Supreme Command Building of the Shenxia Empire, although the atmosphere was tense, there was no panic.

Li Weiguo stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, his back to the group of busy staff officers behind him.

Listening to the urgent border reports relayed by the adjutant.

"The Northern Alliance is making unusual moves; the 3rd Armored Division is approaching the 'Frosty Dragon's Lair'."

"East China Sea radar detected the Japanese fleet crossing the line."

"South India is mobilizing..."

Li Weiguo turned around, his weathered face showing no fear.

Instead, it carried a hint of contemptuous sneer.

"These clowns, do they really think that just because Lin Yuan isn't here, Shenxia is a toothless tiger?"

He walked to the command platform, picked up the red communicator, and said in a steady and powerful voice: "Pass on my order to activate the [Zhenyue] Plan. Deploy all the elite combat readiness teams stationed in the four war zones."

"Let's give our old buddies a heads-up, it's time to stretch our legs."

"Since someone's reaching out, then chop off their claws...!"

……

The outside world is full of turmoil and intrigue, but for Gu Xu, who is hundreds of meters underground, it's all different.

It's like a story from another dimension.

The Corridor of Despair, Zone 3.

The environment here is completely different from before.

Gone was the stench of the sewers and the noise of the machine shop.

Here was a void of darkness, and beneath my feet lay a black surface of water as smooth as a mirror.

Each step he took created ripples.

The surroundings were eerily quiet; even the sound of breathing was swallowed up by this space.

"It's finally the end."

Gu Xu stopped and looked at the door that was floating in mid-air in front of him.

A gigantic portal composed of countless tentacles.

Countless eyeballs were embedded in the door frame, and those eyeballs were moving as Gu Xu moved.

This is the level leading to the final boss.

Gu Xu straightened his somewhat disheveled collar. Although he had been advancing steadily, his level was still a limiting factor.

The prolonged period of intense mental strain still left him feeling somewhat fatigued.

But more than anything, I felt excited.

Every cell in my body was cheering; it felt like a traveler who had left home was about to see his family.

It was like a hungry beast smelling blood.

"Open the door."

Gu Xu uttered two words calmly.

Beside him, Tu Qiqi rushed forward with a strange smile, slamming his white bone staff hard against the door.

"Boom!"

The door made a scraping sound and slowly opened to both sides.

A dense, abyssal aura emanated from it.

It gushed out like a floodgate being opened.

Behind the door was a huge circular altar.

In the center of the altar, a mass of indescribable flesh floated.

No, that cannot be called a piece of meat.

【Name: Abyss Projection (Complete Form)】

[Level: LV15 (Lord-level - Calamity Transformation)]

[HP: 500000/500000]

[Status: Abyss Gaze, Soul Corruption, Rationality Collapse, Spatial Distortion...]

This is Gu Xu's next target.

It has no fixed shape and looks like a giant ball of flesh.

Its surface is covered with thick tentacles and countless mouths of different sizes.

At the very center of the fleshy mass is a giant eyeball with a diameter of over three meters.

The eyeballs were an eerie purplish-black color, and the pupils were vertical slits.

It seemed to contain an endless starry sky and vortexes.

The moment Gu Xu stepped onto the altar, the enormous eyeball suddenly turned and locked onto him.

"Buzz—"

There was no sound, but rather a mental impact that acted directly on the brain.

If it were an ordinary person, their sanity would instantly drop to zero and their brain would turn into mush upon seeing that.

Become this monster's puppet.

But Gu Xu was stunned.

He stood there, without fear or nausea.

They could even feel their bodies getting hot, and the frequency of their heartbeats resonated strangely with the rhythm of the monster's tentacles wriggling.

That feeling... is appetite.

That's right, it's appetite.

Gu Xu was surprised to find that he wasn't afraid of the monster, but rather wanted to...eat it.

This is not physiological hunger, but rather seems to originate from instinct.

It stems from the desire of the original profession of the "Lord of the Old Ones".

The so-called "Abyss Projection" before him was no longer a terrifying BOSS in his eyes, but a high-energy supplement exuding an enticing aroma.

"I see……"

Gu Xu lowered his head and looked at his palm.

"Is this the only hidden class? The so-called abyss, the so-called calamity, are nothing but nourishment for me."

He raised his head, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth revealing a smile that sent chills down one's spine.

"Hey, big guy."

The next moment, Gu Xu looked up, took a step forward, and said in a flippant tone, "Since you are a projection, then just obediently let me absorb you. Don't struggle, it will hurt a lot."

She seemed to be angered by Gu Xu's gaze towards the food.

The enormous ball of flesh trembled violently, and the single purple eye in its center suddenly contracted.

"roar--!!!"

With a roar of the soul, dozens of thick tentacles, like black lightning, tore through space.

With a piercing whooshing sound, it crashed down on Gu Xu like a tidal wave.

Each tentacle was wreathed in black lightning, a power of the abyss capable of tearing space apart.

"Protect the Emperor."

Gu Xu smiled lightly and simply snapped his fingers.

"Squeak squeak squeak~! (Try this)"

Twitch's figure vanished instantly, and the next second, green poisonous mist erupted on the altar.

The tentacles would quickly rot if they came into contact with even a trace of poison gas.

Yellow pus is flowing out.

But that was not enough to stop the lord-level BOSS's enraged attack.

It looked like the tentacles were about to smash Gu Xu into a pulp.

A splash of bright red, like the red spider lilies blooming on the other side of the river, blocked Gu Xu's path.

The Ghost Bride.

She didn't adopt any defensive stance; she simply hovered there quietly.

The red wedding dress moved on its own even without wind.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Those tentacles, carrying destructive power, lashed fiercely at the Bride of Evil.

However, the heavy blow, powerful enough to shatter a tank, struck the wedding dress the instant it came into contact with it.

It was like a clay ox entering the sea, passing right through it.

[Entry: Blood Wedding Dress (Conceptual Level) Triggered! Immune to physical damage!]

Moreover, after passing through the wedding dress, those tentacles seemed to have had some kind of life force drained from them.

It became shriveled and withered.

"My lord...it has soiled my clothes."

The voice of the ghost bride echoed softly, carrying a heartbreaking sense of grievance and... extreme resentment.

She slowly raised her head, revealing a pair of jet-black eyes beneath the veil.

He stared intently at the enormous eyeball.

[Entry: Resentment Lock Activated!]

"Snap!"

There seemed to be the sound of chains tightening in the void.

The massive projection in the abyss suddenly stiffened.

It felt an emotion colder than the abyss and more desperate than death.

It forcibly instilled its consciousness following its gaze.

Its attributes were forcibly reduced by 50% in that instant!

"roar?!"

The monster let out a strange cry, unable to understand why it was in this low-level plane.

There may be rules of an even higher order.

It panicked.

It attempted to mobilize its mental energy to directly attack Gu Xu's brain.

Since physical attacks are ineffective, let's annihilate this human being at the soul level!

A beam of purple spiritual energy shot towards Gu Xu's brow like a laser.

This attack was so fast that it was impossible to dodge.