Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

Jiang Jiu frowned: "What's wrong? What happened? Just tell me."

“There are many, centered on the immortal ship you are on, many vital signs, and the responses from the sensors are very complex.”

"It's a bit like... an insect plague."

Jiang Jiu paused for two seconds, then suddenly found it somewhat amusing: "Then why aren't you nipping them in the bud? What are you waiting for? To let them spread, to let them endanger the entire world?"

“That’s not how it is, Lord Shi Jin.” The other end sounded somewhat anxious. “The ‘Luofu’ Immortal Ship has detected unidentified life signs, and its energy threshold is far higher than that of ordinary envoys.”

"..."

Fine.

In any case, this muddy river is destined to flow forever.

After turning off the communication, Jiang Jiu walked towards the Lin Yuan Mirror for a while. The further he walked, the more he could see the dense swarms of insects crawling out from underground.

Of course, this is only a part.

Faced with the insect plague, they couldn't even collect the bodies of these people.

So, while the Immortal Ship and the Sea Patrol Rangers were fighting, the bugs took advantage of the situation and invaded? How long has it been? How did things get so chaotic?

Jiang Jiu dodged a flying insect by sidestepping it. The insect crashed into the void and began to dissipate.

The insects seemed to be observing this "prey" that had brazenly entered their territory.

After the first insect gloriously sacrificed itself, Jiang Jiu was greeted by tens of thousands of insects.

Jiang Jiu took a step back, feeling somewhat disgusted, and used his sword to create a brief vacuum in front of him.

...That's disgusting.

"Aren't these things supposed to be obsessed with reproduction? How come they seem to have some brains now?"

He randomly burned an insect and examined the fate contained within the embers.

Hmm... I didn't recognize him.

It's not entirely about reproduction.

It's at least more troublesome than reproduction. He remembered that the path of reproduction itself was separated from immortality, and he didn't know what strange reactions would occur when these things were associated with immortality.

Several rather bold guesses flashed through Jiang Jiu's mind.

However, after thinking about it, I still didn't draw a conclusion easily.

The closer one gets to the Lin Yuan Mirror, the stronger the nauseating corrosive odor permeates the air.

Everywhere you look, there are wriggling, chewing, and reproducing "living organisms".

The Immortal Ship has now been completely transformed into a massive "insect nest" that is self-replicating and mutating.

Jiang Jiu gripped the Lonely Star Sword, and the power of the Void Fate swirling around him became increasingly apparent.

The quantity and quality of the surrounding insect swarms are increasing...

Ordinary true gnats were gradually replaced by some huge, twisted creatures that even had some dragon-like characteristics.

For example, it might have broken, scale-like bone plates on its back, or a deformed skull with the outline of dragon horns vaguely visible, or a tail-like appendage trailing behind it...

These creatures seemed even more frenzied; even knowing that Jiang Jiu's aura was somewhat terrifying, they still recklessly pounced on him.

Jiang Jiu killed them one by one with his sword, a hint of annoyance flashing in his eyes.

What on earth is this thing...?

Putting aside the games of his past life, this was the first time Jiang Jiu had ever seen the Lin Yuan Mirror.

In my memory, the clear waters of the ancient sea were polluted, with countless insect eggs floating and hatching within them.

The newly hatched larvae struggle to break out of their eggs and immediately begin to bite and devour each other, or merge into the polluted ancient sea waters and become part of it.

Several dragon eggs with special patterns, which were originally meant to give birth to the offspring of the enlightened dragon, also met their fate of death.

Most of the dragon eggs were now broken open, and what was exposed was not a baby dragon, or even a dragon in the true sense.

Instead, there were... frantically wriggling insects...

The only difference is that those insects have obvious dragon-like features.

Even though the people of the Vidyadhara clan rarely possess dragon-like characteristics anymore, these insects unexpectedly do...

The unhatched dragon eggs were also gently shaking; it was hard to imagine whether there was a dragon or an insect inside.

And in the center of the broken dragon egg, in the center of the Scale Abyss Mirror...

Nguyen Mai knelt there.

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She was covered in something of unknown origin, and her long hair clung messily to her pale cheeks and neck.

Her head was lowered, her expression unreadable, her body leaned slightly forward, and her hands hung limply at her sides.

And in front of her, less than three steps away, lay a... creature.

Why is it described as "entrenched"...?

Because although it largely retains the basic form of an insect, it is not like a typical true hibernating insect.

The creature's head had... a pair of enormous, twisted, and seemingly not yet fully grown... dragon horns?

The dragon horn is deeply embedded in the carapace, closely connected to the insect's body, giving an aura of immortality and reproduction being forcibly intertwined.

The creature sat silently, its countless compound eyes reflecting the kneeling Ruan Mei and the scene of rampant reproduction throughout the Lin Yuan Mirror.

It didn't attack or make any obvious moves; it seemed to be waiting for something.

It is looking at Nguyen Mai.

And Nguyen Mai seems to be responding to it as well.

Jiang Jiu: "..."

I'm offering a hefty sum for someone who's never seen these kinds of scenes before.

"What is this...? Is reproduction a destiny that branched off after immortality and death? Is this reproduction regressing to its ancestral form under the influence of immortality?"

"Nguyen Mai! Are you still conscious?"

"As a genius in the genius club, I don't believe you would risk your life for so-called research."

Nguyen Mai lowered her head, her ethereal voice emanating from various places around her.

"life......"

"It is a kind of reproduction... of existence itself..."

"Immortality... is its continuation..."

"And I..."

He slowly raised his head, his azure eyes veiled in mist.

"It will create a new destiny!"

A terrifying force erupted from Him. Jiang Jiu tried to block it but couldn't. Just as he was thinking about whether to restart, a soft light blocked the attack for him.

He is a pharmacist.

Jiang Jiu blinked, as if he understood something.

The pharmacist nodded slightly to Jiang Jiu and handed him a branch.

Jiang Jiu paused for two seconds, then said directly, "I do not seek immortality."

The pharmacist shook his head.

"Test complete. Abundant blessing from the God of Plenty."

The pharmacist wants to make a deal with you: He will give you a blessing, and you will give Him your "life."

"Ah, life? Nguyen Mai?"

The pharmacist placed the branch in Jiang Jiu's palm and then stopped paying attention to Jiang Jiu, turning his gaze to this new "defective product".

Jiang Jiu moved a little further away and glanced at "Abundance" and its tenderness toward "Life".

It's less about treatment and more about... takeover.

That's perfectly normal.

Reproduction itself is a concept torn from immortality; it was born from immortality.

Abundance is born after reproduction and decay, inheriting some of the power of immortality and reproduction.

In a sense, what Nguyen Mai did and the destiny she created, in terms of concept and breadth, partially overlaps with abundance.

But how could a newly born life, so flawed and incomplete, possibly rival such abundance...?

This situation...

Jiang Jiu said helplessly, "Then you can just say what you have to say to yourself."

"The preciousness of life lies in the fact that it will one day pass away. Life without limits will eventually lose all its former beauty and end up as a tragic monster."

"Goodbye, Nguyen Mai. The world has been anchored to the death of the 'Life' star god."

......

The hunter's arrows were mostly devoured by Destruction, and Hippe, unwilling to give up, wanted to strike back at Destruction.

But then Aha inexplicably stopped him again.

The group inexplicably formed a balance of power, much to Ah Ha's delight.

You can't eat what you want to eat, you can't run away from what you want to run away from, and you can't beat what you want to fight.

"Hahahaha!!! This is so funny! Who do you want to help?"

Aha suddenly turned his gaze to Jiang Jiu, as if he wanted to give Jiang Jiu the choice.

Jiang Jiu: "...?"

Who? What? Me? Me?