Simultaneous Transmigration: We Share a Role-Playing System

Chapter 207 Mission Completed

Mo Cheng and the others stood there, stunned, watching the being before them who was exactly like the Lord of Light and Shadow, sitting on the supreme throne forged from gears and steel.

As the light of the second Noble Phantasm slowly spread, the earth suddenly began to rumble.

In just a short while, deep, bottomless cracks began to spread out from beneath their feet.

Countless pure silver veins, hidden deep underground for hundreds of millions of years, burst forth from the earth like living creatures. The veins, as thick as buckets, meander and twist, like thousands of silver snakes dancing wildly on the land, illuminating the entire scorched earth with a bright white light.

Under the absolute pull of Viktor's will, the silvery veins began to twist and deform, flowing and converging like liquid metal. Some transformed into towering pillars, some into steel walls, and some coalesced into giant cannons gleaming with a cold, icy light.

But just as the metal structures were spreading across the land at a visible speed, everyone was horrified to discover that, intertwined with the silvery-white veins, emerging from the earth were also enormous, dark brown, wrinkled vines.

At the same time, the foundation of the manna ecosystem, the mantle vine, also emerged from the depths of the earth.

The moment the mantle vines burst forth from the earth, those carbonized fibrous vines, formed over hundreds of millions of years of geological evolution and far harder than special alloys, collided violently with the silvery-white mineral veins.

The deafening clang of metal against metal was deafening, and thick vines lashed out like giant whips, smashing the forming steel walls to pieces and halting Viktor's progress in rebuilding the land.

At the same time, countless scarlet mana spores gushed out from the folds of the vines, enveloping the entire area like a thick fog. These spores, which found no crevice, specifically targeted circuits and metal gaps, attempting to short-circuit and paralyze all of Viktor's mechanical structures.

Just as the hunters clenched their fists, secretly worried for Victor, a dazzling silver-gray meteor suddenly streaked across the sky, which was stained gray-black by gunpowder smoke.

Trailing a long, fiery tail, it crashed with tremendous force into the very center of the crater, stirring up clouds of dust and debris.

As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, the original form of the highest will of Mana ecology stood quietly at the bottom of the pit.

She raised her head and looked at the core of the ape vortex, which had been completely leveled and had no trace of its ecosystem left. In her eyes, which were like deep pools, there was no anger or emotional fluctuation, only an unchanging coldness and indifference.

Mana slowly raised her hand, her palm facing the smooth, mirror-like surface of the crater.

Her voice was flat, almost indifferent, without a trace of emotion, as if stating a predetermined fact: "You are always so foolish and ignorant. You think you can stop us from completing our mission, but in the end, you can't even slow us down."

The moment the words fell, countless spiderweb-like cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the crater center, which had been burned to the point of being devoid of even a speck of dust by the simulated white hole.

Dark brown mantle vines surged wildly from the cracks, supporting a giant mana flower as it burst from the earth.

The tentacles of the Mana Flower unfolded layer by layer, and countless scarlet light bands spread rapidly outwards from it, crawling all over the basin like blood vessels.

The swirl has reformed.

On the cliff, Bai Yuekui tightened her grip on the Tang sword slightly. The Awakened Walkers behind her stared blankly at the familiar crimson light below, falling silent in unison.

At this moment, they finally understood that without the help of civilizations from other worlds, even if they did their best to destroy the Ape Vortex, it would all be in vain.

All their desperate efforts turned out to be nothing more than a predictable failure in the face of Mana's unwavering ecological will.

The core of the vortex slowly unfolded again, and a giant mana flower burst forth from the bottom of the pit.

The crimson light flowed along the swaying tentacles on the Mana Flower sphere, instantly reconnecting it to the global ecological network.

After doing all this, Mana's initial form slowly turned her head, her cold gaze passing over the flying mineral veins and vines, locking directly onto the extraterrestrial enemy on the throne who was manipulating the earth's metal.

"You are the real threat."

Before she finished speaking, she lowered her body slightly and assumed a standard starting position.

The next second, the rocks beneath her feet shattered into dust, and Mana's initial form transformed into a black lightning bolt, shooting out. Only a blurry afterimage and a spreading white sonic boom cloud remained, causing the surrounding air to emit a piercing shriek.

But just as she reached the center of the crater, a dark purple bolt of lightning tore through the air without warning.

The heavily armored knight slammed into Mana's nascent form at supersonic speed, the immense impact sending her flying backward like a kite with a broken string. She tumbled dozens of times in the smooth, mirror-like pit before finally coming to a stop, carving a deep furrow into the hard rock.

Only then did the dark purple knight's icy voice finally reach her ears: "Stop your arrogance!"

Mana slowly rose to her feet, casually brushing the dust off her clothes. She looked down at Yegrit, her tone calm yet undeniably arrogant: "You cannot stop me. As fellow beings, your numbers are finite, while we—"

She paused for a moment, then slowly opened her four arms behind her back, as if embracing the entire world covered by Mana.

The next second, deafening roars rang out from all directions at the same time. On the horizon that had just been cleared by the mimicry white hole, a dense black beast tide surged forth again, rushing towards this place like a flood bursting its banks.

"We are endless."

Yegrit stared expressionlessly at the overwhelming horde of Devouring Beasts, showing no intention of making a move.

He slowly raised his head, gazing at the starry sky obscured by smoke. A meteor, growing ever brighter, trailed a long, fiery tail as it plummeted vertically towards the center of the crater. He turned to Mana's nascent form and coldly said, "You seem to have misunderstood something."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jaglitter transformed into a dark purple shadow and silently retreated.

Mana's initial body finally noticed the anomaly in the sky. Her specially constructed eyeballs easily pierced through the scorching sparks generated by air friction and saw the outline inside the meteor.

The meteor crashed to the ground with a deafening roar, stirring up a cloud of dust that blotted out the sky. As the dust slowly dissipated, Li Hua and the others, who had been hiding at the edge of their position, erupted in a deafening cheer: "Brother Luo is awesome!!!"

Indeed, standing in the center of the pit was Locke, who had just been fighting to the death with the Lord of Light and Shadow. In his right hand, he casually held the silver mask belonging to the Lord of Light and Shadow, which was engraved with star patterns.

Upon seeing this, Mana's usually calm and collected eyes suddenly narrowed.

She simply couldn't understand how the two, who had been evenly matched and seemingly evenly matched just moments before, could have changed so drastically in such a short time.

The outcome has been decided, and judging from the current situation, it's clearly a one-sided and crushing victory.

She began connecting to the ecological search for footage of the two's battle, only to discover that as the battle progressed, all the mantle vines on the planet were destroyed, leaving only the mantle vines that had just grown in this area. This left her completely unaware of what happened next.

After successfully upgrading to the third level of divinity and equipping himself with these traits, Locke finally began his performance.

Endless? For a normal ecosystem or bee colony, having a global ecological network connection certainly deserves that description.

But it seems you've got one thing wrong from the very beginning.

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly clenched his right hand.

The starry mask, engraved with star patterns, shattered in his palm, turning into countless shimmering golden stardust. Half of the stardust flowed into Locke's body like weary birds returning to their nests, while the other half transformed into a dazzling stream of light, shooting precisely at Victor on the distant throne.

The next second, Locke's shadow suddenly expanded. It swept outwards at a speed exceeding the speed of light, completely swallowing up sunlight and plunging the earth into eternal darkness wherever it passed.

In the blink of an eye, the entire Australasian continent was shrouded in an endless sea of ​​shadows, transforming into a pure black kingdom.

Originally, the Shadow King's power was not truly limitless. He could only extract shadow soldiers from the shadows of his enemies; the limit of his own power was the upper limit of the number of shadow legions. But now, with the enhancement of the Prismatic trait, the Triple Divinity was fully activated.

Locke not only perfectly "stole" all of the Shadow Lord's authority, but also gained a power boost of nearly a thousand times in a short period of time.

With the added enhancement from the superimposed versions of himself from more than a dozen parallel universes, his power had long since broken through the shackles of the character card, reaching a peak that even the former Shadow King had never been able to surpass.

"You are nothing more than a tool created by some lowly being to achieve its purpose." Locke's voice rang out from all directions at the same time, with a godlike majesty. "Your so-called infinity is only relative to the finite natural ecosystem."

As he finished speaking, the Shadow Sea, which covered the entire continent, began to ripple.

Countless shadow soldiers clad in black armor slowly rose from the shadows, wielding sharp blades to meet the overwhelming horde of Devouring Beasts. Even more chilling was that whenever a Devouring Beast fell, its shadow would immediately twist and writhe, from which an identical Shadow Devouring Beast would emerge, turn around, and begin to frantically tear apart its former kin.

"But for me, the more of you there are, the more soldiers I have." Locke's voice carried a hint of mockery, yet also an undeniable absolute truth. "Even if you truly possess infinity, my legion will always be above yours."

Locke slowly took a step.

With each step he took, the sea of ​​shadows beneath his feet would surge, and shadow legion commanders in different forms would slowly emerge from the depths of the shadows and stand solemnly behind him.

Each of these corps commanders exuded a terrifying aura no less powerful than that of the current Mana Primordial Form.

Locke had a large group of such subordinates.

"You are nothing but an insignificant speck of dust on a planet." Locke's voice echoed across the empty land, carrying the indifference of looking down upon ants. "And I, in the endless universe, manifest as countless natural disasters!"

Only at this moment did Mana's initial body finally feel a fear that penetrated to the bone.

She could clearly sense that as the Australasian continent was completely swallowed by the Shadow Sea, the global Mana ecological network was collapsing at a visible rate.

One by one, the mantle vines that had penetrated deep into the mantle began to wither and decay from their roots. Countless Devouring Beasts, now without their command, wandered aimlessly in place, and even began to attack each other.

Li Hua, Lao Zhao, and the group of hunters stood at a distance, looking up at the fragmented landscape above, cut apart by the Sea of ​​Shadows.

The sky, still retaining the last glimmer of daylight, glanced at the row of Shadow Legion commanders standing behind Locke like demon gods, and finally fixed its gaze on Mana's primordial body, which was trembling and tense all over.

Li Hua: "So, what exactly were we working on in the first place?"

Glasses: "I don't know, all I know is that the captain doesn't want to try anymore."

Sasuke: "Can anyone tell me what's going on right now??? I can't see anything!"

Mana's initial form forcefully suppressed the instinctive fear etched deep within her genes. Only now did she finally understand that these extraterrestrial enemies had been concealing their true strength from the very beginning. They had been waiting, waiting for her, the core of their ecosystem, to personally appear before finally revealing their fangs, fangs capable of crushing everything.

She clearly realized that this was no longer an enemy that the Mana ecosystem could fight against.

According to the highest priority program written into her core by the Creator, the only thing she should do now is to send the highest level of distress signal to the Creator, so that He can descend to deal with the invaders and reshape this polluted universe.

No matter how she tried, she received no response from the Lord, only absolute silence.

She can no longer contact the Creator.

So, only one option remains.

They sacrificed themselves to preserve the spark of the mana ecosystem.

As long as the core remains, and as long as the Creator will one day return, everything can start over.

With this thought in mind, the last trace of emotion in Mana's initial form vanished completely, leaving only pure rationality.

She gave up all resistance and immersed herself entirely in the final connection with the ecological network.

The giant Mana Flower Kings, which served as global ecological transit points, began to wither at a visible rate after issuing orders to all the remaining Devouring Beasts.

Apart from the Devouring Beasts that were still fighting, the rest of the Devouring Beasts knelt down quietly, offering up the life essence within the Spirit Seeds, allowing the torrent of essence to flow along the veins of the Earth Mantle Vine and continuously pour into the Mana Ecological Core at the deepest part of the earth.

After doing all this, Mana's initial form turned her gaze to Locke and spoke for the first time with emotion: "I cannot defeat you, but when my Lord returns, both you and these vessels will face final reckoning."

Locke walked slowly to Mana's primordial form, looking at this ecological apex that had given up all resistance.

He casually waved his hand, and countless fine black shadow threads instantly pierced through her body.

This body, standing at the top of the ecosystem, instantly turned into countless flying fragments, leaving only a crystal clear...

The Spirit Seed, radiating a soft glow, floated quietly in mid-air, gently held in Locke's hand.

"Trying to survive by cutting off your tail?" Locke looked down at the Spirit Seed in his palm, a mocking smile playing on his lips. "Too bad, I've been studying you since the first day I stepped into this world. Did you really think that hiding deep within the earth would leave you helpless?"

He gently turned the spirit seed, a knowing glint in his eyes.

Indeed, a tool is just a tool after all.

Even though she existed longer than any other life form on this planet, even though she possessed the power to rebel against them, in the end, her thoughts were still on how to protect the interests of the Creator, not on how a true life form should act.

In this way, they rose up in resistance for their own sake.

If she had chosen to fight to the death just now, she might have caused them a little bit of insignificant trouble.

It's good that they don't resist, since these things stick to your feet and are the hardest to wash off. This makes things easier.

Looking at the Spirit Seed in Locke's hand, Li Hua stepped forward and asked, "Brother Locke, is it over?"

Locke shook his head, indicating:

Locke shook his head slightly, his tone calm yet carrying an undeniable determination: "No, there's one last step—to completely eradicate the Mana ecosystem."

He slowly walked to Suiying, who was huddled in the corner and already delirious.

As fingertips traced the cold outer shell of the Abyss-Dweller, the heavy armor snapped open, revealing a withered, white-haired old man inside.

Covered in slime, Suiying's eyes were empty and lifeless, and he was unconsciously repeating the word "Mark" over and over again.

Locke gently placed the warm spirit seed in his palm.

"This is Mark."

Upon hearing those three words, Suiying shuddered violently as if struck by an electric current.

A glimmer of light suddenly appeared in his cloudy pupils, and his withered fingers trembled as he tightly gripped the Spirit Seed, as if he were grasping the obsession of his entire life.

His body, which had long been exhausted, miraculously regained a faint trace of vitality.

Locke turned around, pointed to the swirling abyss in the distance, which was slowly shrinking and preparing to retreat into the depths of the mantle, and said in a low voice, "Go."

Go in.

Destroy the mana ecosystem, end it all.

An unprecedented light shone in Sui Ying's eyes. His slurred speech finally became clear, and he repeated each word distinctly: "Find—Mark, destroy—destroy the ecosystem."

He walked unsteadily, step by step, toward the darkness that had swallowed countless lives.

He held Mark's Spirit Seed tightly in one hand, and the black feather that the Lord of Light and Shadow had given him years ago in the other.

The feathers trembled slightly in the wind, as if bidding him farewell.

Finally, he stood on the edge of the abyss. Below him was a bottomless abyss, and behind him lay a world ravaged by war.

He closed his eyes, and the last thing that flashed through his mind was 4277's smiling face and the crying of the child he had never seen before.

A tear slid down his cheek, tracing a silver arc in the air.

Then, he leaped into the air and was completely swallowed by the boundless darkness.

At the same time, Victor, sitting on the throne, received the power of light from the Lord of Light and Shadow. As the power of light filled his body, he resisted the urge to transform into Ultraman. Meanwhile, the images of four big guys appeared in his mind.

Then, the ancient and majestic voices of four burly men resounded simultaneously deep within his mind, like the roar of the beginning of the universe: "To withstand absolute destruction—qualified."

"To break through the deepest despair—qualified."

"To guide you on the right path — to be qualified."

"To demonstrate absolute light—that is the mark."

The next second, the eternal night that shrouded the earth was forcibly torn open with a huge crack.

In the deep galaxy, four towering, mysterious phantoms slowly emerged. Their figures were indistinct, yet they radiated a sacred light that could illuminate the entire galaxy.

They simultaneously reached out their hands to Victor, and four beams of light of different colors traversed space and time, landing precisely on him.

This is the recognition and gift from the oldest and brightest will in the universe, a power powerful enough to bring new life to a hopeless apocalypse.

Viktor raised his hand and grasped tightly the four beams of light that traversed the galaxy.

In an instant, absolute light erupted from his body, like a second sun descending upon the world. Locke's sea of ​​shadows, which covered the entire continent, melted away rapidly before this light, like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun.

Those silvery-white veins that he had been manipulating were now all dyed a brilliant gold.

As if they possessed life, they continuously extended and differentiated, transforming into billions of incredibly precise special instruments. Like golden roots, they penetrated deep into the mantle, accurately tracing the veins of every mantle vine, and began to systematically cleanse the manna ecological cancer that parasitized the heart of this planet.

As Suiying's body plummeted into the abyss of the vortex like a kite with a broken string, the black feather bestowed by the Lord of Light and Shadow burst forth with a final, dazzling light.

It transformed into a thin black barrier, doing its utmost to protect the warm spiritual seed in Suiying's palm.

However, Suiying's own flesh and blood body gradually decomposed and dissipated in the abyss, eventually transforming into countless black particles flying everywhere.

dust.

He paved the final stretch of the road to the true core of the Mana ecosystem with his own life.

At this moment, in the deepest core chamber of the planet, the Spirit Seed that carried Mark's entire consciousness finally resonated with the origin of the Mana ecosystem.

With the complete demise of the Mana Primordial, the entire ecological network lost the control of the supreme will, and it instinctively searched for the next successor.

This Spirit Seed, deeply bound to the ecosystem and having been completely integrated with the original body, became the only option.

Countless strands of spiritual soil and primordial essence wrapped around the spiritual seed, slowly awakening the dormant consciousness.

The moment Mark finally opened his eyes, the entire Mana ecosystem of the planet trembled slightly under his will.

He became the new Lord of Mana.

His first thought upon waking was clear and resolute, without the slightest hesitation, and filled with an inextinguishable rage: "I will destroy the Mana ecosystem."

Then, Mana Ecology completely gave up resisting, leading to its own end.

[Task Completed]

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