Chapter 340 The Will of the Universe
The rosewood key radiates a warm and vibrant glow, like the rising sun.
The key in Qi Ran's hand was a cold and sorrowful deep blue, like a tear from the deep sea.
Two beams of light shot into the sky without warning, converging, colliding, and intertwining in the void.
Huali and Qiran looked at each other at the same time.
At the same time, Yan Xi, who had been silent all along, instantly flashed to Hua Li's side, protecting her on both sides with Luo Chuan.
Lian Zhuochenyu and Wen Jin followed closely behind.
Looking at Qi Ran's side, the five people also came to her side.
Everyone looked up at the same time.
Where the light converged, space itself distorted violently.
Ao Bai seemed to sense something and suddenly left the protective circle, running to the middle of the open space.
As soon as it stood firm, ancient runes outlined a huge magic circle pattern around it.
"This is a seal?" a knowledgeable cultivator exclaimed in surprise. "There's actually something like this here?"
The next moment, the light in the center of the activated magic circle suddenly collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, a constantly rotating vortex entrance was formed.
It wasn't simply dark inside, but rather filled with countless milky-white bands of light, carrying a fragmented quality.
A wind filled with a sense of calling and sorrow swept over me.
Yan Xi felt as if an invisible hand was crushing his heart, and he couldn't help but bow and frown.
Such a powerful energy field was not pleasant for him, who only had half a soul.
Karin noticed immediately and promptly sent healing power to him continuously.
All of this happened so fast, from the key glowing to the formation of the vortex entrance, it was all in the blink of an eye.
"Look, that's the real core entrance!"
"The opportunity must lie within."
The closest cultivators reacted the fastest, flashing forward and eagerly leaping into the vortex.
However--
Bang bang bang!
But they all crashed into an invisible wall and were bounced back at an even faster speed.
The group fell to the ground in a sorry state, their faces filled with horror.
The truth is self-evident—only those with the key are allowed entry into this core area.
"Host, hurry! Let's go in first!" Little Copper urged immediately. "This place feels unusual to me. There's a familiar aura here. Let's go quickly!"
Qi Ran glanced at Hua Li, then leaped into the light without hesitation, her figure disappearing instantly.
Ao Bai entered at the same time as her. "Hey! You dare to cut in front of your grandpa? Just you wait!"
Huali took a step forward, but then remembered something and suddenly turned around.
As expected, the five people behind her were trying to force their way through the barrier. Even Lian Zhuo looked anxious.
"I'm fine! This is very likely related to Steward Ao's memories, I need to go in and take a look. You guys wait for me outside, I'm already at the Tribulation Transcending stage, it's no big deal." Hua Lizhu poured out her words like water from a bamboo tube.
"The little star on your bracelet contains my primordial essence. As long as it's not broken, it means I'm alright. If it breaks, please come and save me immediately!"
The five instantly realized that the situation couldn't be resolved by force, and each quickly cast a protective barrier around Huali, saying, "Be careful, if anything happens..."
"I'll be the first to run!"
Karin leaped into the whirlpool.
As soon as her figure disappeared, the cultivators who arrived one after another were filled with infatuation again!
"Fellow Daoists, the entrance hasn't completely disappeared yet! Let's work together to blast it open!"
"Yes! We can't let those two girls monopolize this opportunity!"
"Let's all work together! Maybe we can force it open!"
The later cultivators roared in frustration, urging their magical artifacts to try and get a share of the spoils!
Just before their attack was about to be launched—
Five distinct and terrifying auras pressed precisely on each of the restless cultivators.
Wen Jin raised his head with a sinister look in his eyes. "Anyone who takes a step forward will die."
*
A flash of bright light appeared before her eyes, and Huali found herself in a new space.
The anticipated mysterious treasure and martial arts inheritance did not appear; there was only a soft yet empty pure white expanse.
"Ao Bai? Chief Steward Ao?!" Hua Li tried calling out a few times.
Forget about the big fat cat, we didn't even see a single cat hair.
What made Huali even more uneasy was that, for the first time, she completely lost contact with Ao Bai in her consciousness.
Suppressing her unease, Huali walked alone for a long time.
She grew so tall that she felt like she was getting snow blindness.
This is even more unbearable than watching the sunset dozens of times a day.
Hey, is anyone there? Even a ghost would do!
"Oh no, oh no, I thought the worst that could happen was a fight, but I didn't expect to unlock the White Prison directly."
Huali was truly at her wit's end.
When Ao Bai didn't respond, she started calling for Qi Ran.
Whether she's good or bad, as long as there's someone there, that's enough.
"Hey there! It's Qi Ran!!"
"Ranran?! Ranran!!!"
Unfortunately, even her nemesis has vanished without a trace.
Fortunately, just as Huali was sighing, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a small point of light out of the corner of her eye.
The familiar scent made Huali's brow twitch.
"Ao Bai?!"
Why did the cat's body get destroyed after it came in?
Huali immediately quickened her pace and walked over.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that this was not Ao Bai at all, but a palm-sized, fluffy white ball of light.
"What the heck? Two keys put together and you're summoned?"
Noticing Huali's disdain, the little dumpling slowly turned around.
It had no fixed shape at all; it was just two brighter little dots in the halo, like two eyes, glaring at her angrily.
"Little nose, quite a temper."
Huali was very familiar with the aura emanating from this little dumpling; it was almost identical to that of the Meow Meow King.
She stretched out her fingertips, trying to touch the faint light.
But the little dumpling was the first to run into her.
In an instant, a torrent of memories, carrying intense emotions and images, flooded into my mind.
Huali felt a sudden dizziness, and then she fainted with a "thud".
*
On the other side.
After Qi Ran entered, she also felt a brief moment of weightlessness and disorientation.
Once she regained her balance, she found herself surrounded by emptiness and silence, as if everything had returned to its origin.
"Little Copper?"
"Host, I'm here."
Xiao Tong looked around. "I haven't been able to find any trace of Hua Li yet."
Qi Ran frowned. "Where is the Book of the Goddess of the Luo River?"
Xiao Tong shook his head, "...The Book of Luo Shen is not here, but the power here is even greater than that of the Book of Luo Shen."
Qi Ran listened as she walked.
After an unknown amount of time, just as her patience was about to run out, something suddenly appeared in the pure white void ahead.
It was a black crystal with sharp edges and about half a person's height.
It floated there silently, creating a striking contrast with the pure, soft white surroundings.
Xiao Tong exclaimed in surprise, "Why is there the aura of the universe here?"
"Let's go take a look." Qi Ran approached the black crystal, hesitated for a moment, and slowly touched the cold mirror surface with her fingertips.
Buzz—
An irresistible, subtle torrent was implanted into her mind like a high-voltage electric current.
Qi Ran suddenly "saw" a sophisticated and complex, incomparably brilliant super-dimensional civilization, like the heart of the universe—Huanyu.
A cold, electronic voice, like a narrator, began to speak:
"If any mission participant happens to encounter this information crystal, be sure to preview it carefully."
"I am part of the consciousness of the universe, and have been sealed here for thousands of years by the Heavenly Dao consciousness of this small world."
Qi Ran was slightly taken aback. "Part of the headquarters system? How could it be sealed?"
In a flash, she suddenly remembered what the main system had said before:
During the anchoring phase of her mission, the headquarters information encountered extremely strong spiritual resonance interference and was implanted with the mission taker's false pattern.
Substituting one thing for another?
"The universe is the highest will in the multiverse. Its powerful energy operation requires the energy movement of smaller worlds to supply it."
The scene before Qi Ran's eyes changed.
After being extracted as a form of fortune, it flows into the core of the universe through the complex star map of the cards, and after purification, it becomes a pattern of pure energy flow.
"The existence of the universe is the cornerstone that stabilizes the laws of the entire cosmos. The extraction of the fortune of this place is an inevitable duty."
"Moreover, even if some of its fortune is extracted, the small world can still function normally."
"Although the individual with the best luck lost its top-level luck, it gained overall stability."
"However, the consciousness within this realm has begun to greedily prevent the flow of fortune to the universe." The electronic voice changed, and a twisted, expanding black shadow, attempting to devour all fortune, immediately appeared before Qi Ran's eyes.
"This is like an 'energy stagnation'. If it is not cleared in time, this small world will eventually collapse due to the disruption of the balance."
Finally, the image freezes on the system tasker, who resembles a star.
Qi Ran was all too familiar with this scene.
Under the radiant light of the universe, these people appear sublime and sacred.
"You executors are extensions of the universe's will and maintainers of order. Clearing obstacles and ensuring the smooth flow of fortune is not for plunder, but a great undertaking to uphold the highest laws of the universe!"
"Those who hear this message, please remember that there is another primal consciousness here, just like mine."
"Find it, and then completely erase it!"
The information flow came to an abrupt halt.
Qi Ran staggered backward, her face pale and her breathing rapid.
The grand yet cold logic of self-consistency relentlessly eroded the wavering and doubts that had recently arisen within her.
Completely different from the sadness that Karin felt, it was a kind of absolute authority and a "sublime" meaning given to her own mission.
Xiao Tong's voice came at just the right moment: "If that's the case, then isn't Hua Li constantly hindering the smooth output of the world?"
"Host, we must spare no effort to find the original will of this place before she does."
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