Chapter 247

At the same time, a powerful surge of energy broke free from the restrictions that Lilith had lifted, soaring into the sky with a deafening roar!

That was the evil beast sealed within Lilith's body. It had no specific form and could not be identified by the naked eye. People with superhuman perception could probably "see" it as an irregular, transparent energy body.

His existence was clearly extraordinary. The moment he appeared, he caused a sharp change in the energy entropy of the entire twenty-eighth floor. The primordial energy matter in the area expanded and spread, generating an extremely strong gravitational field in an instant. This caused the curvature of the spacetime structure to distort and twist, with faint signs of collapsing into a black hole.

If this terrifying force is allowed to continue its rampage, it will inevitably affect the entire Black Tower and may even destroy the entire instance.

At that moment, two gazes were cast toward Him from the cliff.

A smile returned to Lilith's lips, this time a kind one.

Contrary to her seemingly calm and serene demeanor, she raised her hand as she looked at the ferocious beast, grabbed the reins of her mental energy, and pulled them sharply backward.

roar--

The ferocious beast howled in agony, nearly being strangled to pieces by the power of the restriction!

Another ray came from the golden light.

It stood on the edge of the cliff, doing nothing but quietly watching Him, yet its oppressive force was like a massive boulder suddenly pressing down.

As if recalling some unpleasant memory, the beast, which had finally caught its breath, shuddered violently.

With these two mountains pressing down on him, he sheepishly withdrew his power fluctuations and, following Lilith's instructions, charged into the source of pollution, smashing them to pieces in a fit of rage.

Judging from how easily He slays monsters, there shouldn't be any problem with the defense of this level.

The golden light stretched into a clear human figure, but Lilith remained motionless.

Until Xie Xubai's voice came from beside her: "Lilith, I need your help, right now."

Lilith finally turned her head: "What exactly do you want me to do?"

Xie Xubai: "Someone has opened a gap in the spatial barrier between the instances. I need you to use the power of the spatial behemoth to widen this gap and accelerate the fusion of the instances."

Lilith's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Although they didn't have a detailed conversation, her actions were decisive. She channeled her mental energy to infuse the reins controlling the beast with commands.

The spatial behemoth trembled immediately and roared to the sky.

The sound waves surged forth, colliding with the rules. In the darkness, one could almost hear the crisp sound of spatial barriers being shattered one after another, and the restrictions that hindered the fusion of the dungeons were completely eradicated!

Players on all thirty-one floors of the Black Tower sensed the unusual commotion, became alert, and their hearts leaped into their throats.

The next second, dozens or even hundreds of blurry figures appeared in the previously empty place, and soon the phantoms solidified into reality—they were actually their own people?

Everyone couldn't hide their surprise and delight!

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Without system privileges, even just widening an existing tear requires considerable effort.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lilith's forehead, and her hand slumped down, trembling as she pressed it against the armrest of the wheelchair.

Xie Xubai did not step forward to help her up. Only when Lilith gritted her teeth and sat up on her own did he use his mental energy to relieve her mental stress.

Lilith's pale complexion regained some color, and after recovering, she asked directly, "And then?"

Xie Xubai also didn't utter a single unnecessary word.

He used his mental power to create a three-dimensional model of the thirty-one floors of the Black Tower. Each floor was marked with the main forces of both sides in precise detail, and adjustments were made in real time. Red represented the enemy and blue represented his own side, making the battle situation instantly clear.

"Just now, the system blocked all the access routes to the tower, and communication between different levels was cut off, preventing reinforcements from arriving."

I need you to constantly monitor the changing situation at all levels and use spatial teleportation to redeploy excess forces to suitable battle zones, reducing pressure on the defensive lines.

"During this period, I will use my mental power to build an auxiliary combat system to cooperate with your operation, establish a communication channel connecting all players on the server, and divide the channels into exclusive channels for key combat personnel according to priority, to collect intelligence and transmit information."

Xie Xubai remained calm and composed, handling the situation, strategic planning, and personnel arrangements with effortless ease.

"In addition, each player's ability stats and injury status will be displayed in this range. Remember to move the wounded to the rear."

If there are any suspicious individuals suspected of being system moles, I will flag them and assess their threat level. You must isolate and detain them immediately to prevent them from interfering with other operations. Any abnormalities will result in immediate elimination.

"I also have ten thousand elite knights of the kingdom here. They are in front of the tower climbing passage on the thirty-first floor."

A demigod-level knight commander, after going berserk, possesses the strength to contend with a Grand Lord even at a level higher. There are also 8671 S-rank assault troops, 1291 S-rank mages, and…

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At that time, the battlefield situation had reached a critical stage, and the players who had been able to hold on until now had almost exhausted all their strength and were gradually approaching their limit.

They were ready to die, but they never expected to hear a calm and composed voice suddenly ring in their ears.

"Everyone, I am Xie Xubai, the NPC who will guide you in this trial instance. I will be assisting you in completing this operation from now on. Please stay alert and pay attention to the battlefield situation."

Countless golden rays crisscrossed under Xie Xubai's palm, and the various combat modules were assembled in an orderly and rapid manner, constructing a grand and precise auxiliary combat system in the blink of an eye.

He had done the same thing once in the hospital instance, but this time he was clearly more proficient, and the sharing and transmission of information was more accurate and effective.

The players were still basking in the joy of seeing their own kind when they were immediately hit by a second surprise from the sky.

A semi-transparent screen appeared before them, clearly displaying the enemy's location, remaining number, and individual health on an interface that did not obstruct their view, as well as the most crucial weak points and the best attack route.

Not only that, they could even hear the voices of other players and establish temporary communication!

You should know that the system's group chat function can only display text, but on the battlefield, danger lurks everywhere, and who has time to look down at messages?

The temporary communication function has greatly improved the communication efficiency between different teams. More importantly, it's free! It's a godsend for them who have exhausted their points!

To dispel the players' doubts, Xie Xubai started with a large-scale healing spell.

A radiant golden light shone down, instantly transforming the ravaged land into a golden mountain bathed in sunlight. The player felt a warmth spread through their body, and the next second, their pupils dilated in disbelief.

The hideous wounds on his body healed rapidly, his depleted energy was quickly restored, the pain disappeared, and his fatigue subsided. He returned to his best condition in no time!

Players who were initially wary of the assistance system erupted in cheers on the spot!

There are no traps, no costs—such a good thing actually exists!

In an instant, Xie Xubai's name spread like a tornado to every corner of the battlefield, and players from other continents who had never heard of this name were deeply impressed and remembered him.

Moreover, looking at the golden light that soothed their fatigue and healed their wounds, everyone suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. In a daze, they felt a strong urge to get to know the other party and hurriedly asked the players from the Central Continent region who knew about it.

Who exactly is this NPC Xie Xubai?

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Xie Xubai and Lilith's sudden intervention turned the previously uncertain situation into a one-sided one. Light and shadow flickered on the three-dimensional model of the entire Black Tower, and the system's forces were forced to collapse in the fierce battle.

So far, the two young party successors, who were once at odds but secretly formed an alliance, have not exchanged any pleasantries, not even a preamble explaining the ins and outs of the events. All they have done is calm and efficient command and accurate execution.

However, their cooperation was seamless and natural.

Only when the outcome of the entire situation became clear did Lilith withdraw her mental energy, so exhausted that her vision blurred and she almost fainted on the spot.

She pinched her arm, trying to clear her head, before finally changing her cold expression and gritting her teeth as she cursed, "You really are the most bastard commander I've ever met."

Xie Xubai was also exhausted.

However, his divine power has increased, and his situation is much better than Lilith's. Hearing this, he laughed and retorted, "What you said is absolutely slander. No matter how much of a bastard I am, I am still better than that guy."

"who?"

"The former military finance minister of the Federation, that arrogant old codger. Do you remember him telling us to use a military budget reduced to only one-tenth of what it was to achieve a three-fold advantage?"

"But not long after, that guy was executed for colluding with foreign enemies." Xie Xubai shook his head and chuckled. "I really should have listened to your advice earlier and put him in a sack and beat him up."

Lilith chuckled.

As if an invisible barrier had quietly shattered, she brushed her sweat-dampened hair behind her ear: "Indeed, compared to those disgusting old fogies, you are at most a little fox who has just come out of the mountains. In terms of how hateful you are, you must be ranked lower."

Xie Xubai pretended not to hear her teasing and got back to the main topic: "How far can you see into the future this time?"

The shadow rose from the ground, creating a barrier that would obstruct the conversation between the two, intentionally or unintentionally blocking their path.

Lilith glanced at the shadow first, her lips twitching slightly, then looked at Xie Xubai and said calmly, "If you're hoping to get the answer directly from me, then forget it. If [precognition] were truly as omnipotent as people imagine, the teacher wouldn't have suffered so much, and your soul wouldn't have been shattered into tens of thousands of pieces in your past life, almost impossible to piece back together."

For prophets, the future is not a single, predetermined picture, but a quantum superposition of countless possibilities.

For example, if a person is going home and there are two roads in front of them, going left will cause them to fall into a sewer, while going right will cause them to be hit by a car.

The most basic kind of prophet will see two possible outcomes: "go left" and "go right".

A slightly higher-level prophet, upon seeing the "go left" route, can also see whether the person "pauses for a moment before proceeding" or "procesces without hesitation."

On the route where he "daydreams for a while before moving on," he might encounter a cat and get startled, or inadvertently discover that the manhole cover has been stolen, thus avoiding falling in.

On a route where he "walks without hesitation," he might suddenly feel sleepy, swaying back and forth, and just then, he might twist his ankle but not fall into a sewer.

In other words, possibilities are constantly changing, and a prediction at a certain point in time may not be correct; the result may be different the next second.

The higher the rank and the stronger the ability of the prophet, the more possibilities they can see, and the higher the accuracy of their predictions will be.

But there is a fatal problem here: the possibilities of the future are endless and cannot be fully seen.

For god-level prophets, when their prediction accuracy reaches 99.9999…%, all possibilities will flood their minds like a tidal wave. It would be a miracle if they didn't get lost, let alone find a needle in a haystack.

Fate is the most unpredictable thing; it transcends the concept of a three-dimensional world and involves the laws of four dimensions.

Even when Xie Yuchun made the choice to take Xie Xubai away, she couldn't be sure that she was right, and she might even be buried in the endless river of time and space for the rest of her life, constantly swimming back and forth.

Xie Xubai looked at the expressionless Lilith and suddenly realized that the reason she was unwilling to come to him was perhaps not because she resented his presumptuous decision, but because she was still bothered by those past events that she was powerless to change.

Whether it's Mom or him.

Xie Xubai was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "You misunderstood. I never expected to find the right answer in one step."

Lilith looked at him as if she sensed something: "So what do you want to know?"

Xie Xubai said slowly and deliberately, "I want to know, where will the system be when the current First Apostle successfully completes the game and achieves the record [10]? Will the game restart directly, or will it do something at that moment to cause the game to restart?"